this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the economic impact of coronavirus — the number of uk workers on payrolls falls by nearly two thirds of a million since before the lockdown. as a result of the support the government has provided, £160 billion worth of support throughout this pandemic, we have also supported 9.4 million jobs through the furlough scheme. nearly a third of uk businesses expect to cutjobs in the next three months, according to a survey by the british chambers of commerce. if you've been affected or think you might soon be, do get in touch on twitter @annita—mcveigh or using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. hackers target twitter — breaking into the accounts of some of the biggest names

on the platform, including elon musk, barack obama and joe biden. an international team of scientists concludes a prolonged heatwave in siberia this year is "unequivocal evidence of climate change". king felipe of spain leads a ceremony to pay homage to the victims of the coronavirus and the moral strength of the country in tackling the crisis. england fast bowlerjofra archer is excluded from the second test against west indies for breaching the bio—secure protocols. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe.

official data has again highlighted the impact of the coronavirus crisis on jobs and likelihoods. —— jobs ——jobs and —— jobs and livelihoods. the office for national statistics revealed data showing that 649,000 people left company payrolls in the uk between march and june. the figures show 7a,000 fewer people on the paye register during june compared with the previous month. and the number of people claiming work—related benefits, including the unemployed, was 2.6 million. it comes as the british chambers of commerce warned that almost a third of uk firms expect to cut jobs in the next three months. that increase was not as big as many feared, because large numbers of firms have put employees on the government—backed furlough scheme. economists say the full effect on employment will not be felt until the scheme ends in october. norman smith is at westminster. with that fellow scheme not yet

ending and therefore uncertainty about how many people who are still officially unemployed keeping their jobs, how useful are the figures today and how accurate are they —— the furlough scheme? they give us an indication of the storm still to come because although the figures today are of course desperate for those who have lostjobs, they are not as bad as i think many at westminster expected. unemployment is likely to become later in the year worse because we have had in recent days and weeks a whole cast list of household companies laying off significant numbers of people, british airways, easyjet, john lewis, harrods all laying off staff. the figures today don't really i think reflect what i think most people at westminster think is probably going to be unavoidable, which is a very sharp upturn in unemployment, particularly of course when the furlough scheme starts to

be phased out from the end of this month. to be fair, i think ministers have been pretty candid about it. we heard rishi sunak just have been pretty candid about it. we heard rishi sunakjust the other day warning of possibly the worst recession in this country has ever seen so recession in this country has ever seen so presumably, as bad or even worse than that in the 19805 which decimated, a5 worse than that in the 19805 which decimated, as we know, much of british manufacturing. the figures today are the calm before the storm. ye5, today are the calm before the storm. yes, there are worrying aspects to them, the drop in payroll of around 650,000 put a slightly more encouraging areas, 5ugge5tion5 650,000 put a slightly more encouraging areas, suggestions that the claimant count has decreased, the claimant count has decreased, the average number of hours worked, particularly in self—employed 5ector5, increased, so there are 5ome 5ector5, increased, so there are some encouraging 5ector5, increased, so there are 5ome encouraging 5igns 5ector5, increased, so there are 5ome encouraging signs and this morning busine55 secretary alok sharma try to put the best gloss on the figures. i think anyone who is facing unemployment, for them it is going to be an incredibly worrying time and we want to reach out and support everyone through ourjob centre network,

through the rapid response service. what i would say is that, as a result of the support of the government has provided, £160 billion worth of support throughout this pandemic, we have also supported 9.4 million jobs through the furloughed scheme and you will have seen, from the 0br and others, who made it clear that if we had not provided this support, we would be in a far worse position, and, in fact, the cost of inaction would have been much greater than the cost of action. what we need to do now is to continue to open up the economy in a careful and phased way, as we have been doing, get britain back to work and work together, support businesses with a bounce back. of course what add5 of course what adds to the unea5e over growing a deployment is the 5ense over growing a deployment is the sense that it is likely to be publicly hard on youngsters who predominantly tend to work in those areas which have been most affected by the covid lockdown, you're talking things like ho5pitality, leisure, touri5m. that is why in

pa rt leisure, touri5m. that is why in part labour has continued to argue for a much more targeted re5pon5e part labour has continued to argue for a much more targeted response to the crisis with particular help for particular sectors put it yesterday we heard sir keir starmer talking about help for the aviation sector which has been devastated by the lack of international travel this morning shadow chancellor annelie5e dodd5 made the case again for extending the furlough scheme for tho5e extending the furlough scheme for those parts of the economy mo5t extending the furlough scheme for those parts of the economy most at risk. well, we know the office for budget responsibility, the watchdog for public finances, it is in their report a few days ago, they suggested that we could see a reduction of about 1.4 million jobs that are covered by the job retention scheme. that isjobs rather than individuals. it could potentially cover some people who are undertaking more than one job that is covered by the job retention scheme. but it does seem to be likely that unless we see a shift away from that one size fits all approach to removing the scheme and requiring

an employer contribution, that we will see extra waves of unemployment coming through. i mean, we have already seen some over recent days which appear to be related to the initial change to the employer contribution covering national insurance etc, that has already started to happen. we do think that is a warning signal that government needs to change course. both the chancellor and business secretary 5aid both the chancellor and business secretary said the government do not have any more 5cheme5 secretary said the government do not have any more schemes in mind to try to ease the threat of unemployment but what i think we will see probably in the next 24 hours is a major pu5h probably in the next 24 hours is a major push to try to encourage people back into their offices and workplaces in the hope that that might sort of breeze 5ome workplaces in the hope that that might sort of breeze some life into many city and town centres which have become dry and —— breathe 5ome life into cities and town centres which have become by and large desolate and empty because people we re desolate and empty because people were advised to stay at home so we will see a big push to try to

encourage people to get back into workplaces in the hope that that may give some life support to cafes and restau ra nt5, give some life support to cafes and restaurants, the sort of outlets which office workers used and which, at the moment, are really hanging on by the skin of their teeth. norman, thank you very much. let's talk to our business correspondent theo leggett. with these figures we can see the direction of travel in terms of the unemployment figures but where it goe5 unemployment figures but where it goes from here, it is difficult to predict precisely because much of that will depend on demand from cu5tomers that will depend on demand from customers and whether they are prepared to get back out there and spend their money? absolutely, i need to. we are kind of in 5ta5is at the moment, starting to see how big an effect the coronavirus outbreak has had. and oddly enough, it is not showing up so much in the core unemployment figures but if you look at that payroll figure, and we have some at that payroll figure, and we have 5ome graphs here, i can't see them

but hopefully you can, the payroll figures have been going up year5 but hopefully you can, the payroll figures have been going up years but now we have seen a drop off, some 650,000 people fewer on the payroll than before the outbreak. that in itself is not as bad a figure 5ome people have been expecting and that i5 people have been expecting and that is partly because of the job retention 5cheme, is partly because of the job retention scheme, the fact that million5 retention scheme, the fact that millions of people are on furlough. you get more accurate picture if you look the number of hours worked and according to the 0ns, since the start of the pandemic, total weekly hours worked in the uk have fallen by 175.3 million, 16.7%, which is an enormous decrease by 175.3 million, 16.7%, which is an enormou5 decrease and you can by 175.3 million, 16.7%, which is an enormous decrease and you can see from that graph that it has dropped offa from that graph that it has dropped off a cliff. then there was another concern. people losing job5 now will wa nt to concern. people losing job5 now will want to find new jobs concern. people losing job5 now will want to find newjobs but concern. people losing job5 now will want to find new jobs but with the economy in its current shape with consumption not picking up terribly quickly, there is a shortage of

vacancies. people are not recruiting and we are seeing just 330,000 new vacancies in april to june. and we are seeing just 330,000 new vacancies in april tojune. that is 23% lower than the previous record low which was in 2009 when of course we we re low which was in 2009 when of course we were in the throes of the global financial crisis. you can see it is a very difficult picture at the moment but this doesn't even reflect a lot of the job losses that have been announced but haven't actually taken effect, been announced but haven't actually ta ken effect, and been announced but haven't actually taken effect, and it is to take account of what will happen when the job retention scheme is phased out in the coming months. that is why politicians and analysts are all very worried that unemployment could be about to rise very steeply. so what are business lobbyists saying about what help they might need, something to help them keep people in work? i know one suggestion that has been talked about is the idea of a student loans type scheme for businesses, so they would be able to pay them off over an extended period of time as they return to profit?

that is a scheme which is designed to help people who have taken out covid support loans during the acute crisis and might find themselves in a position where they could not pay them back. what the banks are suggesting is that a method could be found to make that loan, that debt, into a tax liability that could be paid off in the coming years. that is one idea. another is a reduction in national insurance liabilities, for example, or a reduction in national insurance liabilities, for example, ora reduction in business rates. all of these things which are liabilities that businesses have to pay that are a burden on them and if you can ease that, it might make it easierfor the companies themselves to get back on theirfeet as the companies themselves to get back on their feet as consumption rises. this is what hannah 56, co—director of the british chambers of commerce, had to say today. —— hannah essex. it is really tough, people are facing really tough choices. the coronavirusjob retention scheme which the government introduced quite early on in the crisis has really helped to save people's jobs and save livelihoods and has kept people employed over this difficult time.

as businesses start to go back to work, they are seeing business picking up, which is great, but many of them have reduced capacity because of the safe working guidance they have had to introduce, and some of them are finding that their demand is not coming back as people are still not going out and behaving in the way that they did precrisis. so, as the retention scheme starts to cost people money from the beginning of august and comes to an end at the end of october, businesses right around the country are having to make these difficult choices about who they continue to employ. our data today, which we released in partnership with totaljobs, suggests that about a third of firms are looking to reduce their employee numbers over the next three months. if that tracks across all businesses, that could be really significant numbers of people finding themselves out of work. that really is the big picture, millions of people are currently on the furlough scheme with the idea being that the government pays their

wages until business picks up and companies can take them back but if trade does not pick up, if consumption does not pick up, those workers will be laid off or at least a large proportion will conduct that is why you are seeing experts suggesting that by the end of the year we could see unemployment levels of 4 million or so. thank you very much. if you want to get in touch with us about that story or any of the other stories we're talking about today, you can do that on twitter or contact us using the hashtag bbc your questions. the social media site twitter has apologised, and promised to take what it says will be "significant steps", after hackers took over the accounts of some of the most famous people in the world. among the victims, democratic presidential hopefuljoe biden, amazon bossjeff bezos, barack obama, elon musk of tesla fame, bill gates, kanye west, and even uber. they all found their accounts posting bogus offers promising bitcoin payouts if you sent some funds first of all.

alanna petroff has the latest. famous tech billionaires can buy themselves almost anything, but it seems no amount of money will help with cyber security. elon musk, jeff bezos, and bill gates were all victims of a major hack on twitter. their popular accounts were used to promote a cryptocurrency scam, sending out tweets like this. high—profile political figures were also targeted, including barack obama, joe biden and former presidential hopeful mike bloomberg. married mega celebrities kim kardashian and kanye west also compromised. this wasn't about fraud, i don't think. i think it was more about, you know, doing the hack.

in the hacker community, we would actually call this type of hack a little bit lame. twitter quickly took action. the scam tweets were removed. the company said hackers seemed to target internal employees with special system privileges. it posted this... this is a serious security issue for twitter, i mean, these are their power users, these are users that people come to see and read, people like elon musk or kanye west orjoe biden, barack obama, bill gates, these are figures that use that platform on a daily basis, and the fact that twitter couldn't keep that secure is a massive issue for them. experts say they could see more than $100,000 worth of bitcoin was deposited into the scam account. once it is there, victims cannot get it back. the twittersphere blew up about the hack. the incident began trending. tens of thousands of users used the hashtag hacked.

alanna petroff, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the economic impact of coronavirus — the number of uk workers on payrolls falls by nearly two thirds of a million since before the lockdown. nearly a third of uk businesses expect to cutjobs in the next three months, according to a survey by the british chambers of commerce. hackers target twitter, breaking into the accounts of some of the biggest names on the platform, including elon musk, barack obama and joe biden. a ceremony has been taking place in the spanish capital madrid to remember the country's 28,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic. the royalfamily and political leaders — all wearing face masks — attended the memorial at the royal palace, accompanied by senior world health organization figures.

spain's king felipe vi paid this tribute to those who had lost their lives and the families left behind. translation: i would like to start by remembering those who have passed away, and i would like to share our condolences, deep and sincere condolences, with them. i would like to share with them our affection and great emotion. they are not alone in their pain — it is a pain that we share. their mourning is our own. and here it is visible before all the spanish people, this is pain and mourning that we all recognise ourselves in. let's speak to miguel otero, senior analyst at the elcano royal institute in madrid. thank you forjoining us. how important is it for spain and all the people in the country to have a

ceremony like this to mark in a way they have not been able to because of the restrictions the deaths of so many thousands of people?” of the restrictions the deaths of so many thousands of people? i think it is very important important for the homage to those that died because of the coronavirus and is well, for the future of this country opened the coronavirus is still with us, and unity is important. i think it was historic to see the head of state, the head of government but as well the head of government but as well the heads of the 17 regions, the opposition, really paying homage, as isaid, not opposition, really paying homage, as i said, not only to the families of the victims etc but as well to the sanitary workers, the health workers, people who were in the supermarkets, the transport people etc, all those on the front line of this battle. i was speaking earlier

to the bishop of the city of manchester where a memorial is happening today also for people who have died in that city from coronavirus. he said that going forward it was an important symbol to remind everyone that they need to abide not only by the letter of the law, of the regulations, but the spirit of the regulations in terms of social distancing and wearing masks and so on, to stop this virus getting a grip again. do you think thatis getting a grip again. do you think that is an important symbol that has been sent out in spain today through this ceremony? i think so. and i have to say the spanish people have behaved amazingly throughout this process. as you know, the lockdown in spain was one of the strictest, the toughest and four months, and people followed the rules and stayed at home. now, every time i go out

here in madrid, i can see many people, 90—95% of people are wearing masks. although there are certain people might not follow the rules, in general, the overwhelming majority of spaniards, i think they we re majority of spaniards, i think they were shocked, it was a trauma for us what happened in march, april, may, and people certainly don't want to go back to that. and especially the social behaviour, it has definitely changed in this country. i think the civil duty, it's not only about not getting, you know, me infected but don't infect others, given that there are so many a symptomatically people, it's a very important aspect to bear in mind. but is there a tension between the political imperative to restart the economy and the health imperative to avoid

another wave of this virus? this has been a tension from the very beginning. some would say that perhaps the lockdown did not come soon enough because people did not wa nt to soon enough because people did not want to shut down the economy. when we had to lift the restrictions as well, the discussions were, how fast do we do that given that we have the economy frozen? and i think this will continue. but i think the trade—off should not be seen as either or. these are both connected and therefore you cannot open the economy if people are sick or getting sick, and you cannot have a healthy country if you don't really go back to certain economic activity. i think just go back to certain economic activity. i thinkjust this middle way, this balance you have to strike

in the sense of trying to kill the virus, or at least we can virus as much as possible, but as well, with a certain economic activity. obviously concerns with spain being such a key tourist destination for many holiday makers across europe, including here in the uk, big concerns about what might happen over the next couple of months. how well do you think the systems are set up to monitor what is happening with the virus? is the political messaging clear? are the politicians really in charge of that system?m isa really in charge of that system?m is a major challenge for this country. as you said, this is the second most visited country in the world with more than 80 million coming every year. tourism is 12% of the economy and spain needs to show that it can still be an attractive

place to go on holidays and is safe. and has been quite a lot of effort in terms of testing, tracing, isolating. we have a number of outbreaks, and so far they have been controlled and monitored and contained. but i think it is really down as well to social behaviour. we have seen a certain behaviour that is unacceptable in terms of not keeping social distancing, in terms of partying like there was no coronavirus. and i think that should be stopped. but in many ways, spain has to reinvent itself. it cannot be the spain, the holiday destination, that it was before coronavirus. i think both the authorities at all levels, local and regional and national level, but as well the

tourists who come, they need to accept this and assimilate it and act accordingly. miguel otero, senior analyst at the elcano royal institute in madrid, thank you for your time today. england'sjofra archer has been excluded from the team to take on the west indies in the second test which starts this morning for breaching bio—secure protocols. the bowler will now be in self—isolation for five days, and undergo two covid—19 tests before he can rejoin the squad. the match at emirates old trafford is a bio—secure venue with hotel on site, meaning the players live on site, but archer has broken the rules. the west indies team say they're satisfied the right safety measures have been followed. ina in a statement, jofra archer said...

there appear to be fresh tensions between the white house and america's top infectious diseases expert, anthony fauci. dr fauci, a key figure in the white house coronavirus task force, has given an interview to the magazine the atlantic. dr fauci has been the head of the governmental agency the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases for over 35 years, working under six different presidents. the white house meanwhile has sought

to distance itself from an opinion piece published yesterday by one of its top advisors in which fauci is accused of being "wrong about everything." on wednesday, president trump was asked for his view on doctor fauci. we're all on the same team, including dr fauci. i have a very good relationship with dr fauci. and we're all on the same team. we want to get rid of this mess that china sent us. so, everybody‘s working on the same line and we're doing very well. we're doing well in a lot of ways and our country's coming back very strong. when you look at those job numbers — we've never had job numbers like we have right now. so it's coming back very strong. laura podesta from the us network cbs told us that dr fauci is alleging that the white house is conducting a smear campaign against him. i think he is accusing them, and rightly so, of a sort of smear campaign, an attack on his credibility which he is calling, quote, "bizarre". as you mentioned, the present‘s top adviser, peter navarro,

he published a scathing op—ed in usa today and said that fauci was wrong on the benefits of mask wearing. he's been wrong on nearly everything, navarro says, that fauci's ever told him. and he also believes that fauci was wrong in closing the borders in order to prevent the spread of the pandemic here in the us. in that interview with the atlantic, fauci said that, you know, he really didn't have a comment on navarro, but that, quote, "navarro is in a world by himself, so i won't go there." president trump has changed his campaign manager ahead of the us election in november. brad parscale, who you can see here, has been replaced by senior advisor, bill stepien. mr parscale will remain with the campaign team, overseeing the digital and data strategy. the shake—up comes as opinion polls continue to suggest democratjoe biden has a significant lead ahead of the election in four months' time.

scientists trialling a covid—19 vaccine at oxford university are expected to give an update on its effectiveness early next week. it comes as a group of 15 nobel prize winners, including one working at oxford, have written an open letter calling for healthy volunteers to be deliberately exposed to the virus in order to speed up the development. our medical correspondent fergus walsh explained the thinking behind any trial that would deliberately try to infect participants with covid—19. it's a really interesting idea and it has been tried many, many times before. i have watched as somebody has been deliberately infected with typhoid after they had received a typhoid vaccine. that was done in oxford, it must have been a decade or more ago. and it has been tried with malaria vaccines, it is a well tried and trusted technique to show whether a vaccine works.

it has not been tried so far with coronavirus vaccines because there have not been proven treatments. well, we do have a couple of those now, but there is growing mood and a drive to have what they call these challenge studies, and some of the arguments behind it are that very young, fit people in their early 205 with no underlying health conditions would be at extremely low risk of being a very unwell if the vaccine did not work. it would be a way of finding out almost immediately whether any of the 140 vaccines in early development, and 23 in the clinic, whether they actually work. that was our medical correspondent,

fergus walsh. the mp, julian lewis, has been kicked out of the conservative party it's after he was voted in as chair of the intelligence and security committee instead of the government's preferred candidate chris grayling. a senior government source accused mr lewis of colluding with opposition mp5 to secure the position. dominic grieve is a former conservative mp & was the previous chair of the committee. he's called the move ‘absurd'. this is a nonpartisan committee, and i think i'm right in saying it has never ever had a vote in its history. it proceeds by consensus. if you were to attend its meetings, obviously they take place in secret, you wouldn't know who's a member of which political party. so the idea that there's something wrong in julian lewis getting support from labour or snp mp5 to become the chair cannot be right, because that is to politicise it in a party political way, whereas the statute which sets this committee up makes quite clear that it is for the committee members at their first meeting

to elect their chair. it doesn't say "the party that is biggest will get the chairmanship". indeed, in the past, even with nominated chairs, there have been times when it's been an opposition mp who has been the chair of the committee, when the government of another party is in power. so what troubles me about this episode — quite apart from its utter absurdity, and now withdrawing the whip from julian, who is indeed highly respected — is the mindset it gives about what on earth is going on in downing street. a sculpture of a black lives matter protester erected in bristol yesterday has been taken down. the plinth was previously occupied by a statue of the slave trader, edward colston. bristol city council said the new statue would be stored at a museum, until its creator collected it. the city's mayor, marvin rees, has said it was up to the people of bristol to decide what goes on the plinth. putting a statue on that plinth

overnight did not come in line with that process and therefore it can't stay. it will be protected, it's an incredible piece of work to a very inspirational woman, but the statue, in and of itself, falling outside that process can't stay because there is a process that we think is essential to bringing the city together. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... the economic impact of coronavirus — the number of uk workers on payrolls falls by nearly two—thirds of a million since before the lockdown. nearly a third of uk businesses expect to cutjobs in the next three months — according to a survey by the british chambers of commerce. hackers target twitter — breaking into the accounts of some of the biggest names on the platform, including elon musk, barack obama and joe biden.

an international team of scientists concludes a prolonged heatwave in siberia this year is "unequivocal evidence of climate change". king felipe of spain leads a ceremony to pay homage to the victims of the coronavirus and the moral strength of the country in tackling the crisis. twitter has described a major security breach — in which the accounts of a string of high profile figures were hacked — as a coordinated social engineering attack. fake tweets were posted on victims' accounts, asking people to send one—thousand dollar donations of bitcoin, in the hope of doubling their money. bitcoin, of course, the crypto currency. technology and communications consultant will guyatt told me more. bitcoin is one of many cryptocurrencies, the one that everybody seems to know when you talk about cryptocurrencies which are currencies not regulated by a central bank. essentially, they exist on the internet and the thing that

makes them very appealing to unscrupulous individuals and hacker groups is they are almost impossible to trace. it would take a long time to find where this money has disappeared into the night. the thing i find most surprising about this story is that twitter clearly have or have had a process in place to take control of accounts. this would probably be used in a typical scenario, let's imagine donald trump's account gets compromised and somebody started tweeting from it, this tool they had internally in twitter would have been what would have stopped somebody from doing that. essentially enabling twitter employees to take control of accounts very quickly. that is what has been abused. none of these celebrities have fallen for "the scam", the service has been compromised. sorry to interrupt you, but twitter saying it was a coordinated attack targeting employees, "with access to internal systems and tools."

how do you think that might happen? it seems like a big breach of security and a nightmare for twitter. it sounds like social engineering, essentially a hacker or a hacking organisation have attempted to gain the trust of these people that have this access or have tried to trick them into clicking a link, getting them to click on something that they thought came from a colleague. pure speculation from me but i know the twitter team are encouraged to work from home currently because of covid—19, they are in san francisco and their business or their territory is all around the world. they have been encouraged to work from home so potentially that is where this has come from. for me, i cannot stand here and tell anybody how to keep their account secure because it seems that an internal tool has been used to cause this problem but the biggest question for me this morning is if you had access, ultimate access to twitter and to all of the public figures, people like donald trump and all of these big names that we have mentioned,

why didn't you try to do something a bit more far—reaching than attempting to grift a couple of hundred thousand dollars from people who think they will profit from it? elon musk got in real trouble several years ago when he essentially shorted the stock of his own company through a tweet. massive damage could have been caused to economies, society, and reputational damage for celebrities etc. the people who got hold of this decided to exploit cryptocurrency to make a few quid. to my hunch, i don't think this was a sophisticated foreign attack. in your package, somebody said hackers would refer to this as a bit lame and that feels absolutely accurate to me. breaking laws, shamima begum should

be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship, that ruling just in from seniorjudges. now 20, she travelled to syria in fairbridge 2015 with two other girls in her east london school. she lived under so—called islamic state rule before she was found, nine months pregnant, ina she was found, nine months pregnant, in a syrian refugee camp in february last year. the then home secretary sajid javid revoked her british citizenship on national security grounds. later that month. citizenship on national security grounds. laterthat month. in february this year, she lost the first stage of her appeal against the government decision to remove her uk citizenship. her barrister had told the court of

appeal removing his client ‘5 british citizenship took away the real possibility she could return to the uk. the barrister representing the uk. the barrister representing the home office said the fact the appellant could not fully engaged with the statutory appeal procedure was a result of her decision to leave the uk, travel to syria against foreign and commonwealth office advice, and align with iso but news just in from this tribunal, shamima begum who travelled to syria tojoin the so—called shamima begum who travelled to syria to join the so—called islamic state group in 2015 should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship. -- isil. removal of her british citizenship. —— isil. we are looking at the court of appeal ruling. on air right now. that's what you can see on your screens which has been published on their website, a very lengthy document, as you see. this has been

an incredibly detailed argument on both sides around shamima begum and this situation, her citizenship was removed. she told a reporter from the times newspaper last february she left krakow injanuary 2017 with her husband who was an iis fighter. —— left raqqa. she said her two children had died. her third child, she was pregnant with the child at the time when she was discovered, died shortly after he was born. we can hear some words from shamima begum, speaking last year, in february 2019. i was the one that made the choice. i was only 15 years old. ido, i made the choice. i was only 15 years old. i do, i could make my own

decisions. i do have the mentality to make my own decisions but i did leave on my own, knowing that, it was a risk. yes, i would admit, it's my fault right now. ijust want forgiveness, really. from the uk. everything i've been through, i didn't expect i would go through that. you know, losing my children the way i lost them, i don't want to lose this baby as well, this is really not a place to raise children, this can. may be temporarily but not permanently. -- this camp. if islamic state had not fallen, been defeated, would you have stayed? no, iwould fallen, been defeated, would you have stayed? no, i would not have. that was shamima begum speaking earlier last year to quentin somerville from the bbc, about her decision to travel to syria in the first place as a 15—year—old schoolgirl. at the time after that then home secretary sajid javid

revoked a british citizenship on national security grounds, later that same month, that was when shamima begum began the legal process , shamima begum began the legal process, the legal action, against the home office, they make that decision by sajid javid was unlawful because it rendered her status. and following that, the special immigration appeals commission, that's a specialist tribunal which hears challenges to decisions like this, to remove the citizenship of someone on national security grounds, ruled the decision was lawful as they said she was a citizen of bangladesh by descent at the time of the decision. but obviously, since then, since early last year, the legal arguments have continued, leading to this decision this morning saying shamima begum who left london at the age of 15, and is now 20, tojoin the

who left london at the age of 15, and is now 20, to join the so—called islamic state group, should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the deprivation of her british citizenship. those are the words of the seniorjudges this morning, giving that decision. we will have more on this very soon, talking to our home affairs correspondent who has been following this case for us. scientists say they've found "unequivocal evidence of the impact of climate change on the planet". a record—breaking heatwave in siberia over the past six months has seen temperatures in the arctic circle reach as high as 38 degrees celsius — and five degrees above the average for the region. a team of scientists led by the uk met office say the average temperatures would have been "almost impossible without man—made global warming". professor martin siegert is co—director of the grantham institute for climate change at imperial college london. and he spoke to me earlier. the arctic is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the planet. we've experienced about one celsius of

warming since 1850 and that's due to humans putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. but the article is warming at twice that rate so we now have 2 degrees, more than 2 degrees warming in the arctic. is this one of the strongest pieces of evidence that you've ever seen for man—made climate change? certainly, people i've spoken to when we found out about the weather event in the arctic, were immediately linking it to climate change because it's so unusual, it's so extreme. but of course, having a hunch is not good enough, what the people in the met office have done is crunch the numbers and demonstrate it is virtually impossible to get this type of heating without the level of c02 in type of heating without the level of co2 in the atmosphere that it is right now. it's incredibly striking that this period of high temperatures lasted for six months? indeed, that's what makes it particularly frightening, it's not just a short—term event, this is something that's gone on for an extended period in time. the arctic isa extended period in time. the arctic is a fragile place and if we change

it, and we will all see the effects of that. it's a real problem for us, we are very close of that. it's a real problem for us, we are very close to the arctic in the united kingdom, we are the most northerly non—arctic state, when you look at your weather map on the bbc, just above the screen, that's in the art, when conditions change their we should expect our conditions to change also. which leads me to my next point about the consequences of this warming in the arctic for the rest of the world and more specifically, the uk. we know we've had extreme weather events before, linked to conditions in the arctic. the beast from the east, people rememberfrom a the beast from the east, people remember from a few years ago, very cold arctic air it moved southwards and then westwards across us for several weeks and people will remember storms earlier this year but also a few years ago where a blocking height situation in the arctic caused a storm after storm after storm to come over us and not go further north. so we know that we are affected go further north. so we know that we a re affected by go further north. so we know that we are affected by the situation in the arctic. what we are less certain of

is precisely how a changing arctic will affect us. it stands to reason that it will but in fairness, we don't know the details of how changing arctic, which we know it's happening, is going to change us. it's a big gap in our knowledge at the moment. and it's something we think the uk has a strategic need to find out about. because in the arctic, in this biome, you have the permafrost which traps a lot of greenhouse gases. if that is affected, it melts, we can all do the equation, can't we? indeed, the methane that would be released from permafrost is a potent greenhouse gas and that we do a lot of damage but it's more serious, even, we know the arctic sea ice, the very thin layer of sea ice across the arctic ocean is reducing at something like 496 ocean is reducing at something like 4%a ocean is reducing at something like 4% a year ocean is reducing at something like 4%a yearand ocean is reducing at something like 4% a year and has been since we have been able to measure, since the 19705 are so and that's really important. at the moment it is a reflective white service, the son ‘5 energy simply bounces back into space, reflecting off the surface

but if it melts its replaced by a dark service, absorbing surface of the more sea ice we lose, the more the more sea ice we lose, the more the arctic eats up and it's a feedback process, that takes into account. but there's another reason that's important, the arctic sea ice is essentially a lid on the arctic ocean from the winds above it. you think about the north sea, you have waves generated and the winds whip up waves generated and the winds whip up the ocean, that doesn't really happen in the arctic because of this very thin layer of ice acting as a lead but of course, if that is removed, as it is slowly becoming removed, as it is slowly becoming removed, you start to mobilise the water masses in the arctic and the frightening thing, there is a lot of warm water in the arctic ocean, 100 metres or so beneath the surface and it starts to get whipped up, coming to the service, we will see a lot more warming. one of the consequences of lockdown has been that many children are spending a lot more time online. that's led to fears that they are becoming vulnerable to abuse, according to the internet watch

foundation, reports of child abuse images online increased by almost 50 percent compared to last year. our education correspondent bra nwen jeffreys has this report. during lockdown, screen time went up, leaving parents trying to find a balance. kelly spends time with her kids online, parenting app tracks their activity and prompts chats about how to stay safe. if there is anybody at all that tries to access them by talking to them, that they don't know, they let me or their dad, or if they are with grandparents at the time, they let them know straightaway so we can help them deal with it. but they do know how to report people, they do know how to block people on these things. they do know how to change their privacy settings. it is all about getting a balance. technology has connected children to their grandparents. it has allowed them to go on learning while schools have been shut. and of course keep in touch with their friends. but with many parents

distracted working from home, it has also given them more unsupervised time online. reports of child abuse images have also gone up in lockdown. the main uk hotline has seen a 50% increase. charities say it is an early warning. lockdown has seen some of the greatest risks in terms of online child abuse that we have ever seen. so our message at the nspcc to government is very clear, that the lockdown has shown that we must act with urgency to introduce an online harms bill and to ensure that children get the protection that they need and, frankly, that they deserve. but an expert who has worked for the police and tech industry told me it is too much to expect a new law to solve all the problems. we have to think this through very, very consideredly, if you like, that by introducing well—meaning regulation, we are not also creating

something of a chilling effect, particularly for young people. this college in cornwall has drawn on student experience, using it to help teachers and parents understand. at certain times, maybe there were things that people would say to me and ijust kept it to myself and it ended up bothering me for quite some time. and then i don't open up to somebody and ijust keep it for myself so they advice i would give to my younger self is to open up and talk about it. i feel like a lot of parents make the mistake of, kind of, putting the idea into children's mind that, like, the online world is a dangerous, scary place. it will make the children not want to talk to their parents about what they do online. you do have control. our digital lives are here to stay, keeping us connected and entertained. all the more reason to give them the skills to stay safe. branwen jefferies, bbc news.

alicia kozakiewicz is a survivor of internet grooming and subsequent abduction by a paedophile. she joins us now from new york. we really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us about this. you we re time to talk to us about this. you were just 13 when you were groomed online by this be there for. was there any kind of conversation going on at home or at school about online safety or things you should be looking out for. not really come at home my parents talked about stranger danger, this was back in 2002. there was internet safety education at all, no seminars, stories like mine. i was the first known case of child abduction by an online predator so no one really knew how dangerous this was. this individual who went on to be jailed,

we should say, posed presumably as someone similar in age to you? yes, he groomed me. grooming is really quite simple and it's even easier today. today, it's as simple as lacking a child ‘5 photo or following them on social media and giving them that attention stop grooming isjust pretending giving them that attention stop grooming is just pretending to giving them that attention stop grooming isjust pretending to be the friend of a child and making that child feel like you are the only person who can understand them. a5 only person who can understand them. as the groomer. this person watches over the insecurities and kids have so many vulnerabilities and that's what a predator is looking for, looking for a vulnerability to exploit and right now, children are especially vulnerable because of the lockdown. and they are going through so many different emotions, they are scared, they are angry, they are confused, they are bored out of their minds, their lives had been

uprooted and their schedules and everything had been changed so they are spending almost all their time online, this is how they are connecting with their friends, this is how they are learning in school. and the predators know this, they note that where the kids are, but the kids are home, they are using these applications. parents everywhere will recognise that description of children being uprooted from their usual activities and looking to online, to communicate. what is your key advice to parents and to children to take sensible precautions, what should they be looking out for? it's really important to talk about online dangers and it's not to make the world and online a dangerous place. that's not the point. the point is if you don't know what is dangerous you cannot protect yourself from it so we teach children to wear their seat belts, to look both ways before they cross the street, do not touch

that pot because it is hot and the reason we do that as they could get badly hurt. we are comfortable to have that conversation but we are afraid this one will make the world afraid this one will make the world a darker place so they need to know what to protect themselves from and then, how to protect themselves from it. we have to empower them, not make them live in fear. and it's really important to monitor your children. i know it sounds like you might be sneaky and you're but it's not about that. it's not about fear, it's not about getting your children into trouble. if they do something, if you don't point it out and say my gosh, on tuesday you did this or that, if it has to do with online dangers. so you can be ahead of it, it's not to get your child in trouble and most importantly, what you need to let your child know is they can come to you with absolutely anything at all and you will not judge them, you will not be mad at them, disappointed in them. and most importantly, we want to take awake

their device. children are so afraid you are going to take away their device, the children i speak to, all the time, are saying that as they're concerned so they are afraid to come to their parents for help. the fact is, often, parents don't know they are going through this. thanks so much for talking to us and reflecting on your experiences. we appreciate your time today. let's return to our breaking news now. east london schoolgirl shamima begum, who ran off tojoin the so called islamic state group five years ago, has won a legal battle to return home to fight against loss of citizenship. our home affairs correspondent is with me now. take us through the details of this judgement, essentially this is the court ruling against the government decision? this is huge. it's a very complicated case so shamima begum was one of three east london schoolgirls who went to join islamic state in 2015. she re—emerged,

sorry, fabry 2019, in a refugee camp, gave a load of interviews to the media, was stripped of her nationality by the then home secretary sajid javid on the basis she was a threat to national security and on the basis she could ask bangladesh for a passport because she was bangladeshi by descent, through her mother. she challenged that. what the court of appeal now says is we are not going to a nswer appeal now says is we are not going to answer the question today about whether or not she can be stripped of her nationality but they have accepted her case that it's ma nifestly u nfa ir accepted her case that it's manifestly unfair on her not come to london to be able to challenge the case in person because she is stuck ina case in person because she is stuck in a refugee camp, she cannot give proper instructions to her lawyers, and cannot make a case of today they have said she should be allowed to come to the uk to pursue her appeal, albeit subject to such controls as the secretary of state, the home secretary, deems appropriate. we are hearing the government reaction, very disappointing it says, the decision, and it will appeal. in a

sentence, no surprise that will happen? they've got to get the supreme court to agree to that, let's ta ke supreme court to agree to that, let's take that with a pinch of salt but her lawyers have said very clearly she needs to be given a fair opportunity to put her side of the story. dominick, thank you. you are watching bbc news. now, time for a look at the weather. here is matt taylor! hello. there will be a bit more sunshine today but even if the cloud remains in place it should be a bit brighter than it was during yesterday. also looking warmer across many parts of the country. let's look at the details. going into the afternoon, the odd spot of light rain and drizzle, temperatures in the north and west of scotland, particularly across the hebrides, this weather front approaching, breeze picking up, heavy bursts of rain. away from that, lots of cloud in the north—west of scotland, 15 degrees the high, warmer to the east of the high ground, aberdeenshire, reaching 24 degrees. breaks in the cloud possible,

sunny spells possible, may still be gloomy on some of the hills in the west, temperatures in the teens, more widely into the 205 this afternoon. across hampshire, we could see highest temperatures, 25 possible. this evening and overnight, rain across the hebrides clears, spreading to western scotland, the odd splash further north—east as well. damper in northern ireland. won't be a cold night, temperatures holding in double figures, the mid—teens for the vast majority. mild start to friday morning, rain at times in south—west scotland, northern ireland, brightening up later. turning wetter across northumberland, north lancashire, county durham, as well as anglesea. that is the dividing line between fresh further north, even with sunshine, and humid conditions further south, any sunshine could lift temperatures up to 27 degrees. as we go through friday night into saturday, the weather front moving south. starting the day cloudy, some rain for parts of northern england,

north and west wales, may stay damp across wales during the day, showery conditions across the midlands, lincolnshire. in the south—east and the channel islands, staying dry and sunny throughout, pretty warm, further north of this front, brighter in northern england, scotland and northern ireland, showers with sunshine. fresh air pushing south as we go through saturday into sunday. still lingering across east anglia and the south—east for early sunday, it should stay clear, mostly dry for most of us, showers in the north—west of scotland, fresher and we see over the next few days but pleasant enough in the sunshine.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. east london schoolgirl shamima begum, who ran off tojoin the islamic state group five years ago, wins a legal battle to return home to fight against loss of citizenship. the government says it will appeal the decision. the economic impact of coronavirus — the number of uk workers on payrolls falls by nearly two—thirds of a million since before the lockdown. as a result of the support the ggvernment has provided, hundred and £60 billion worth of support, throughout this pandemic, we've also supported 9.4 million jobs through the furlough scheme. nearly a third of uk businesses expect to cutjobs in the next three months — according to a survey

by the british chambers of commerce. hackers target twitter — breaking into the accounts of some of the biggest names on the platform, including elon musk, barack obama and joe biden. people who lost their lives to coronavirus in greater manchester are being remembered in a socially distanced service. here's the scene at manchester cathedral now. and king felipe of spain leads a ceremony to pay homage to the victims of the pandemic and the moral strength of the country in tackling the crisis. hello, and welcome — stay with us for the latest news and analysis.

our top story, the court of appeal has ruled that shamima begum — one of the schoolgirls who travelled to syria from london to join the islamic state group — should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship. m5 begum was stripped of her citizenship last year after she was found living in a northern syria refugee camp. the then—home secretary, sajid javid, revoked her status after ms begum expressed her wish to return to britain. the judgment means the government must now find a way to allow the 20—year—old to appear in court in london despite repeatedly saying it would not assist removing her from syria. in response, her solicitor said ms begum had never had a fair opportunity to give her side of the story and she was not afraid of facing britishjustice. our home arrairs correspondent dominic casciani spoke to me a short time ago...

it isa it is a very complicated case. shamima begum was one of three british schoolgirls who went to join islamic state. she re—emerged february 2019. gave a lot of interviews to the media. she was stripped of her nationality by sergeijavid. he said stripped of her nationality by sergei javid. he said she could as bangladesh for a passport. she challenged that, but the court of appeal has now said that we will not a nswer appeal has now said that we will not answer the question today of whether she can be stripped of her nationality. they have accepted her case as it is manifestly unfair on her are not being able to return to london to argue her case. today, they have said she should be allowed to come to the uk to pursue her appeal, albeit subject to controls deemed appropriate. we are just

hearing the reaction from the government. it says it is very disappointing. it is going to appeal. they got to get the supreme court to appeal to that. her lawyers said very, very clearly that she needs to have a fair opportunity to present her side of the story. let's just remind ourselves of the timeline surrounding the shamima begum case. in 2015, shamima begum was one of three schoolgirls who left london to join the islamic state group in syria. she was 15—years—old at the time. in february 2019, the times journalist anthony loyd found shamima begum in the al—hawl refugee camp in syria. shortly after, she gave an interview to the bbc in which she asked for forgiveness. the former home secretary sajid javid revoked shamima begum's uk citizenship on national security grounds later that month. in february of this year, shamima begum lost

the first stage of her appeal against the government's decision to remove her uk citizenship. we can speak now to the times journalist anthony loyd who found shamima begum in the al—hawl refugee camp in february. your response to today's ruling? it's about shamima begum right to appeal the revocation of her citizenship. i'm pleased because it is about the rule of law. it is also about counterterrorism policy. can you make terrorism someone else's responsibility. it to bring about here and see whether or not they have actually committed a terrorist crime. in terms of the practicalities, how easy do you

think it will be to extricate her from syria? before the outbreak of the coronavirus, it would have been very easy. the camp she is in is properly 25 minutes drive from the northern iraqi border secure area. she could be at the british consulate probably within four hours of leaving the camp. the coronavirus has made that more difficult. the borders are partially closed. you have obviously been in touch with her over the past couple of years. when was sme spoke to her?|j her over the past couple of years. when was sme spoke to her? i found her in february last year. the last timel her in february last year. the last time i saw her would have been november last year. and obviously it's very hard for you to put yourself in her mind. but knowing what you know of her, how do you think she will be responding today?

there is a good deal yet to go in the legalities. now she has a right to come back to the uk where she can represent herself fairly. it is important to remember that she spoke to me in the first instance primarily because she was desperate to save the life of her unborn child. she lost to previous infant children due to viruses and malnutrition. she is nine months pregnant when i found her, and she spoke to me because she got the publicity might get her back to the uk so she could give birth to her child in a secure environment. in fa ct, child in a secure environment. in fact, the opposite happened. she had her citizenship revoked on a wave of popular anger against her. she then gave birth. so the reasons around

our original meeting have changed. the question she now has is a legal one. and that will be her motivation. this is a landmark case. you mention the popular anger. her case has provoked a great deal of reaction on both sides of the argument. her lawyer said today that it is very important that her side of the story is told. what you think she will want to try to get across in any case hearing that she is entitled to back now in the uk? first of all, she was a legal miner, a school girl, which made a series of cataclysmic positions for which she was later held accountable. her case is particularly complex. what extent she was groomed online as a legal miner. then, what was she responsible for while she was living in the caliphate. but she actually

living in the calvert was she a memberof islamic living in the calvert was she a member of islamic state. there is a big difference between those two different statuses. she was arguing that she was not a member of any terrorist cell responsible for terrorist cell responsible for terrorist act. and we've had a statement from the home office— "this is a very disappointing decision by the court. we will now apply for permission to appeal this judgment, and to stay its effects pending any onward appeal. "the government's top priority remains maintaining our national security and keeping the public safe." a memorial service is being held at manchester cathedral, to pay tribute to the city's victims of coronavirus. only 70 people have been allowed to attend, although many others are expected to be streaming the service online.

people can submit the name of a person they've lost in an online memorial book, along with a photo and remembrance message. this is the scene live now in manchester cathedral. do notjust... to follow do not just... to follow the do notjust... to follow the spirit of what it means to socially distance. we need to avoid the recurrence of outbreaks among our own community. and further deaths. we have yet seen the last deaths of coronavirus in greater manchester, and we don't yet know whether as the months whereon there will be further spikes. so, today, in remembering those whose lives have already been lost, i hope that we also make our own act of commitment to do what we can to minimise those lives that will be lost in the future. thank you for being with us.

lord, we remember for those who we love. make our voices one with all your people in heaven and on earth. amen. let us pray to god, who alone makes us dwell in safety. for all who are affected by coronavirus, through illness or isolation or anxiety,

that they may find relief and recovery. lord hear us. lord graciously hear us. for those who are guiding our nation at this time in shaping national policies, that they may make wise decisions. lord, hear us. large, graciously hear us. for doctors, nurses or nurses, and medical researchers, and those who help and support them and enable them. that through their skill and insights, many will be restored to health. lord, hear us. lord, graciously hear us. for the vulnerable and the fearful, for the gravely ill and the dying, those that care for them and hold them

dear. that they may know your comfort and peace. lord, dear. that they may know your comfortand peace. lord, hear us. lord, graciously hear us. further, we come into your faithful love. help them to watch and pray through theirtime of help them to watch and pray through their time of darkness, in sure hope of the dawn of your forgiveness and redemption. amen. we commend ourselves and all for whom we pray to the mercy and protection of god. now, i would like tojoin in the line the micro at lord's prayer.l father who art in heaven. hallowed be thy name. your kingdom come. you will be done in earth as it is in heaven. give us today our daily

bread. give us our sins. a5 heaven. give us today our daily bread. give us our sins. as we forgive those who sin against us. lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. for the kingdom and the power and the glory. now and forever. amen. good morning, everybody. thank you to everybody who is taking part in this service online. thank you for joining us. on behalf of everybody, may i thank you for leading this service today and allowing us back into this much loved space. we are so into this much loved space. we are so grateful to have representatives from all of the ten greater

manchester boroughs. we are also pleased to welcome today families who have lost loved ones over these la st who have lost loved ones over these last few months. and particularly to see members of the national health service here today, and to whom we all owe so much. being here is a reminderofa life all owe so much. being here is a reminder of a life before lockdown. a different world. and we have all been living through the strangeness and most personal of times, communicating via screens, living alone or in small groups, and getting used to digesting a daily diet of grass and bar charts and statistics. and there is one number that has become something of a grim

daily ritual. the toll for those who have lost, nationally over 45,000 now. and here in greater manchester, 2933. and sadly that is still rising. 2900 and 33. as the bishop said, mums, dads, brothers, sisters, friends, workmates, neighbours, all of them sons and daughters of greater manchester. people who lived here, loved here, laughed and cried here, loved here, laughed and cried here, people who built our institutions, our communities, city

fans, united fans, people from all walks of life, followers of all religions and none. some born here, some drawn here from all parts of the world. they are welcomed into this place. into the spirit of a city that puts week before i. and all who gathered around the symbol of the b when tragedy struckjust three years ago. these are people who looked after us when we were growing up. people who taught us, people who cleaned our streets, our hospitals, our hospitals, our churches. who drove our buses, trams

and trains. who port our pipes, served our food, and shared a joke as they did it. people who put out fires, kept our streets safe. but, most of all, people who dedicated themselves to the care of others. and we think most about them today. people who dedicated a life to looking after others in our wonderful national health service, but in ourcare wonderful national health service, but in our care homes and other care services. and what it is to give up a life to look after other people's families. an incredible thing to do. but particularly at a time like this, when the risks are higher. and we can only look on in or at people

prepared to do that. and, sadly, some of those who have paid the ultimate price, and we rememberthem particularly today. still serving people at the height of this pandemic. and giving everything for others. today, greater manchester remembers them all. we celebrate who they were and what they gave to us. and we know their families so far have not been able to mourn them in the way that they would want, or come together to celebrate what they meant to them. as the world slowly reawakens meant to them. as the world slowly reawa kens into a meant to them. as the world slowly reawakens into a new normal, itjust would not feel right to move on, as people say, without taking this moment today to pass, to reflect on

what has happened these past few months and who we have lost. all of them. that is why we are holding this event. that is why we are so grateful to all of the staff here at the cathedral for supporting it. and for creating an online space, a book of remembrance, so that each person can be remembered as a person and not as a statistic read out on the daily news. we thank the teams and volunteers that have created this resource for the people of greater manchester, but i hope it will be seen as a sign of how greater manchester carers and doesn't forget. when we remember, today, to

comfort those who have lost, i hope we can also begin to give thanks for the positives we have seen. as the mayor of greater manchester, i want to take this moment to thank all public servants in greater manchester for what they have done these last few months. i have seen it. i have seen how they have put their selves out, gone way beyond what is normally expected. people working in the greater manchester authority but also the leaders chief executive staff of our ten councils. the chief constable and all of his office rs the chief constable and all of his officers and staff. the chief fire officer, who is here today. through him, we thank everybody in greater

manchester fire and rescue service. transport for greater manchester, and all of the people who have been out there running our transport in this most difficult of times. as mayor, i thank them all, and all of the volunteers in our communities, the volunteers in our communities, the charities who have been out there, unseen, working every day to support people in our communities. i celebrate that special spirit of greater manchester that we have all felt. people coming together to support each other, businesses donating food and other things to support our nhs staff. volunteers checking on neighbours, and of course an unprecedented drive to bring people inside. people who have been on the streets. give everyone a safe place to be. 2000 people are supported in that way. a huge effort of so many people to support people in that place of safety. i thank them all. each and every person who

has contributed to that amazing humanitarian response from greater manchester, rising to the challenge of this moment. in the worst of times, as ever, we see the best of people. and we also see the kind of change for the better that might be possible. we have all seen the world through new eyes during this time. and we can all pray together today that we can use the insights we have gained from this time to make the world a better place. where we value each other more and think more about what we can give rather than what we can take. a world where everybody has a room and a roof over their head as a basic right. a world where those who care for other people's families and relatives are seen as answering the highest calling in life, not the lowest. and a world where the workers we now call it

essential are respected and rewarded as such. this of course is all for tomorrow. for today, as such. this of course is all for tomorrow. fortoday, greater manchester remembers, gives thanks for the lives we have lost and pledges to build on the foundations they have left. paying tribute to those working behind the scenes to support people during the coronavirus crisis. let's join our corresponding outside the cathedral. he very thought provoking service? absolutely. so the services going on in the cathedral behind me. and as you've been seeing some of the images from inside, it is a

service for people of all faiths and none. so, as wellas service for people of all faiths and none. so, as well as prayers and blessings and readings there is also messages and words of thanks giving. and this service is to remember that the more than 2900 people who have died from covid—19 in greater manchester. of course, it is particularly significant because for those grieving families, not only have a lost loved ones to covid—19 but they have also lost the chance to grieve and mourn for them properly. because of social distancing, not everyone can go to funerals. not everyone can hug each other. this is an important way to help families to mourn and grieve properly. that was the message that the dean of manchester gave earlier when he gave that message in the beginning of the service here. and, of course, social distancing has affected the service as well. because only about 70 guests are able to go inside and those guests

include front line nhs workers and families of carers who lost their lives to the coronavirus. even though it is only a limited number in the service, it is also being streamed online on the cathedral's facebook site so that everyone can join in. it is also the launch of an online book of remembrance that acts asa online book of remembrance that acts as a permanent memorial where only members can upload photos of their loved ones and write messages and tributes. so it is a way of if not bringing closer than bringing a little bit of comfort to families who have lost people to the coronavirus that has not been able to mourn them properly. absolutely. i wonder how much knowledge there is in the city of this service, and how engaged people are given that they have tried very hard to make it as accessible online. absolutely. it is something that has been promoted as

an online event, and a lot of people i have spoken to this morning going past i have spoken to this morning going pa st we re i have spoken to this morning going past were aware that it was going on. because of past were aware that it was going on. because of course past were aware that it was going on. because of course it has affected so many lives. notjust here but everywhere. more than 2900 people in greater manchester have died of coronavirus. that is within hospitals and outside in the community. and i was talking to one of the people who was attending the service, tony, wife died of coronavirus. he said he wanted her to be remembered as a person, not just as a statistic as you hear about in the news. and i think that is what the message is here. and thatis is what the message is here. and that is what the people here are feeling. this is a way of helping people remember their loved ones, instead ofjust seeing them as numbers. it is a way of actually putting a face to each person. that is where the online memorial service will help as well. so people can upload not only photos of their loved ones, but everyone else can

add tributes to that stop and any nhs workers that will be remembered on that online book of remembrance will also have a little rainbow next to their name. that is a hugely symbolic thing because that is what has been associated with nhs workers. it is a way of putting a face to the people who have died from coronavirus. thank you very much indeed. just some breaking news on coronavirus. one thing from the health secretary. we hear he has to make what is described as an important statement on coronavirus at 5pm on the house of commons, according to the speaker. no further information on what that is. also, a political piece of breaking news. the intelligence and security committee, with its new chair, has agreed it will published it eagerly anticipated report on russia before

parliament rises for summer and next week. let's get a look at the weather now. hello. a little more sunshine around today. but even where it stays cloudy, it should be a touch brighter than it was yesterday. clowd is still thick enough across some western areas for the odd spot of light rain and drizzle. through the day, the hebrides are going to turn increasingly wet as the weather front starts to push in. the breeze picking up, as well. that wind coming in from a south—westerly direction breaking the cloud up in areas, particularly the east of scotland, through northern ireland, and some parts of england and wales. when you get the sunshine, as i said, much warmer than yesterday. 23—24 degrees aberdeen, the moray firth. could hit around 25 degrees through parts of hampshire, in particular. always a bit cooler around that weather front, though, and that will be on the move through tonight bringing outbreaks of rain across western scotland, later into northern ireland. the odd splash elsewhere in eastern scotland. most, though, will be dry through the night. partly clear skies and another mild night. temperatures in the mid teens for many of you as we start tomorrow morning. tomorrow, rain in south—west scotland,

northern ireland will slowly ease. for saturday, rain will be across parts of western england and wales, and a bit of sunshine elsewhere. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... east london schoolgirl shamima begum, who ran off tojoin the islamic state group five years ago, wins a legal battle to return home to fight against loss of citizenship. the government says it will appeal the decision. the economic impact of coronavirus — the number of uk workers on payrolls falls by nearly two—thirds of a million since before the lockdown.

nearly a third of uk businesses expect to cutjobs in the next three months — according to a survey by the british chambers of commerce. hackers target twitter — breaking into the accounts of some of the biggest names on the platform, including elon musk, barack obama and joe biden. people who lost their lives to coronavirus in greater manchester are remembered in a socially distanced service. and king felipe of spain leads a ceremony to pay homage to the victims of the pandemic and the moral strength of the country in tackling the crisis. official data has again highlighted the impact of the coronavirus crisis on jobs and likelihoods. the office for national statistics revealed data showing that 649,000 people left company payrolls in the uk between march and june. the figures show 74,000 fewer people on the paye register during june compared with the previous month.

and the number of people claiming work—related benefits — including the unemployed — was 2.6 million. it comes as the british chambers of commerce warned that almost a third of uk firms expect to cutjobs in the next three months. that increase was not as big as many feared, because large numbers of firms have put employees on the government—backed furlough scheme. economists say the full effect on employment will not be felt until the scheme ends in october. our assistant political editor norman smith explained a little earlier the significance of the figures i think the figures give us an indication of the storm still to come. the figures are desperate for those who have lostjobs, but they are not as bad as i think many at westminster expected. unemployment is likely to come worse later in the year. we have had, in recent days and weeks, a whole cast of companies

laying off significant numbers of people. british airways, easyjet, john lewis, harrods, all laying off staff. today's figures don't really reflect what most people at westminster think is probably going to be unavoidable, which is a very sharp upturn in unemployment. particularly, of course, once the furlough scheme starts to be phased out from the end of this month. i think, to be fair, ministers have been fairly candid about it. we heard richi sunak warning of the worst recession we have ever seen, perhaps worse than the 19805 which decimated much of british manufacturing industry. today's figures are the calm before the storm. yes, there are worrying aspects to them, they drop in payroll of around 650,000. slightly

more encouraging areas though, suggesting is that the claimant count is actually decreased, the average number of hours worked, particularly in self—employed sectors increase. there are some encouraging signs. this morning, the business secretary try to put the best gloss on today's figures. it is going to be an incredibly worrying time for anyone who is facing unemployment. what i would say is that as a result of the sport the government has provided, £160 billion worth of support throughout this pandemic, we have supported 9.4 million jobs throughout this pandemic, we have supported 9.4 millionjobs through the furlough scheme. you will have seen that if we had not provided the support, we would be in a far worse position. the cost of inaction would have been much greater than the action we take. what we need to do now is continue to open up the economy in a careful and phased way. get britain back to work and work

together to support businesses with the bounce back. what adds to the needs of growing unemployment is the sense that it is likely to be particularly ha rd sense that it is likely to be particularly hard on youngsters, who predominantly tend to work in those areas which have been most affected by the cover 19 lockdown. things like hospitality, leisure, tourism, which is why labour has continued to argue for a much more targeted response to the crisis with particular help for particular sectors. yesterday, we heard them talk about help for the aviation sector which has been devastated by the lack of international travel. the shadow chancellor making the case for extending the furlough scheme for those parts of the economy most at risk. we know that the office for budget responsibility, the watchdog for public finances, it is in their

reports, they suggested that we could see a reduction of about 1.4 millionjobs that are could see a reduction of about 1.4 million jobs that are covered by the job retention scheme. that isjobs rather than individuals, it could potentially cover some people who are undertaking more than one job thatis are undertaking more than one job that is covered by the job retention scheme. but it does seem to be likely that unless we see a shift away from that one size fits all approach to removing the scheme and requiring an employer contribution, that we will see extra waves of unemployment coming through. we have already seen some over recent days which appear to be related to the initial change to the employer contribution carriage covering national insurance. that has started to happen. we do think that is a warning that government needs to change course. the chancellor and the business secretary have said the government do not have any more schemes in mind to try and ease the threat of unemployment, but what i think we will see probably in the next 24 hours, is a major push to

try and encourage people back into their offices and workplaces in the hope that that might breathe some life into many city and town centres, which have become desolate and empty because people are, as they were advised to, staying at home. we are going to say a big push to try and encourage people to get back into their workplaces in the hope that that may give some life, support to cathy is, restaurants, and the sort of outlets which office workers use, and which at the moment arejust hanging workers use, and which at the moment are just hanging on workers use, and which at the moment arejust hanging on by the skin of their teeth. norman smith there. the social media site twitter has apologised, and promised to take what it says will be ‘5ignificant steps', after hackers took over the accounts of some of the most famous people in the world. among the victims — democratic presidential hopeful joe biden, amazon bossjeff bezos, barack obama, elon musk of tesla fame, bill gates,

kanye west, and even uber. they all found their accounts posting bogus offers promising bitcoin pay—outs — if you sent some funds first of all. alanna petroff has the latest. famous tech billionaires can buy themselves almost anything, but it seems no amount of money will help with cyber security. elon musk, jeff bezos, and bill gates were all victims of a major hack on twitter. their popular accounts were used to promote a cryptocurrency scam, sending out tweets like this. high—profile political figures were also targeted, including barack obama, joe biden and former presidential hopeful mike bloomberg. married mega celebrities

kim kardashian and kanye west also compromised. this wasn't about fraud, i don't think. i think it was more about, you know, doing the hack. in the hacker community, we would actually call this type of hacks a little bit lame. twitter quickly took action. the scam tweets were removed. the company said hackers seemed to target internal employees with special system privileges. it posted this... this is a serious security issue for twitter, i mean, these are their power users, these are users that people come to see and read, people like elon musk or kanye west orjoe biden, barack obama, bill gates, these are figures that use that platform on a daily basis, and the fact that twitter couldn't keep that secure is a massive issue for them. experts say they could see more than $100,000 worth of bitcoin was deposited into the scam account.

once it is there, victims cannot get it back. the twittersphere blew up about the hack. the incident began trending. tens of thousands of users used the hashtag hacked. alanna petroff, bbc news. a ceremony has been taking place in the spanish capital madrid to remember the country's 28,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic. the royalfamily and political leaders — all wearing face masks — attended the memorial at the royal palace, accompanied by senior world health organization figures. spain's king felipe vi paid this tribute to those who had lost their lives and the families left behind. translation: i would like to start by remembering those who have passed away, and i would like to share our condolences, deep and sincere condolences, with them. i would like to share

with them our affection and great emotion. they are not alone in their pain — it is a pain that we share. their mourning is our own. and here it is visible before all the spanish people, this is pain and mourning with that we all recognise ourselves in. king felipe of spain. there appear to be fresh tensions between the white house and america's top infectious diseases expert, anthony fauci. dr fauci, a key figure in the white house coronavirus task force, has given an interview to the magazine — the atlantic. in it, a journalist asks, "you are the government's top health adviser, and the government you're trying to advise is actively trying to discredit you. how do you work like that?" doctor fauci responds, "well, that is a bit bizarre. i sit here and just shrug my shoulders and say, ‘well, you know, that's life in the fast lane.”' dr fauci has been the head

of the governmental agency the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases for over 35 years, working under six different presidents. on wednesday, president trump was asked for his view on dr fauci. we're all on the same team, including dr fauci. i have a very good relationship with dr fauci. and we're all on the same team. we want to get rid of this mess that china sent us. so, everybody‘s working on the same line and we're doing very well. we're doing well in a lot of ways and our country's coming back very strong. when you look at those job numbers — we've never had job numbers like we have right now. so it's coming back very strong. laura podesta — from the us network cbs — told us that dr fauci is alleging that the white house is conducting a smear campaign against him. he is accusing them, and rightly so, of a sort of smear campaign and attack on his credibility which he is calling, quote, "bizarre". as you mentioned, the present‘s top

adviser, peter navarro, —— the president's top adviser. he published a scathing op—ed in usa today and said that fauci was wrong on the benefits of mask wearing. he's been wrong on nearly everything, navarro says, that fauci's ever told him. and he also believes that fauci was wrong in closing the borders in order to prevent the spread of the pandemic here in the us. in that interview with the atlantic, fauci said that, you know, he really didn't have a comment on navarro, but that, quote, "navarro is in a world by himself, so i won't go there." scientists trialling a covid—19 vaccine at oxford university are expected to give an update on its effectiveness early next week. it comes as a group of 15 nobel prize winners, including one working at oxford, have written an open letter calling for healthy volunteers to be deliberately exposed to the virus in order

to speed up the development. our medical correspondent fergus walsh explained the thinking behind any trial that would deliberately try to infect participants with covid—19. yes, it's a really interesting idea and it's been tried many, many times before. i have watched as somebody has been deliberately infected with typhoid after they'd received a typhoid vaccine. that was done in oxford, must be a decade or more ago. and it's been tried with malaria vaccines, it's a well tried and trusted technique to show whether a vaccine works. it hasn't been tried so far with coronavirus vaccines because there haven't been proven treatments, well, we do have a couple of those now. but there is a growing move, growing drive, to try and have what they call these challenge studies, and some of the arguments behind that

are that really very young, fit people their early 205, with no underlying health conditions, they would be at extremely low risk of being very unwell if the vaccine didn't work and it would be a way of us finding out almost immediately, whether any of the 100, 140 vaccines in early development, 23 now in the clinic, whether any of them actually work. fergus walsh. england'sjofra archer has been excluded from the team to take on the west indies in the second test which starts this morning — for breaching bio secure protocols. the bowler will now be in self isolation for five days, and undergo two covid—19 tests before he can rejoin the squad. the match at emirates old trafford is a bio secure venue with hotel on site, meaning the players live on site, but archer has broken the rules. the west indies team say they're

satisfied the right safety meausres have been followed. the headlines on bbc news... east london schoolgirl shamima begum, who ran off tojoin the islamic state group five years ago, wins a legal bid to return home to fight against loss of citizenship. the government says it will appeal the decision. the economic impact of coronavirus — the number of uk workers on company payrolls falls by nearly two—thirds of a million since before the lockdown. nearly a third of uk businesses expect to cutjobs in the next three months — according to a survey by the british chambers of commerce. let's look at more extreme weather — happening right now. it's unusually heavy rainfall across south asia — which has lasted several weeks, and has affected the lives of millions of people.

in bangladesh, bhutan, india, myanmar and nepal, monsoon floods and landslides have destroyed homes and submerged entire villages. sophia tran—thomson has this report. monsoon season. at this time of year, it is an annual occurrence in many parts of asia. already this year, at least 50 people have been killed and more than 2 million affected in the indian state of assa m. affected in the indian state of assam. heavy rain has submerged thousands of villages and hundreds of relief camps have been set up to shelter thousands of evacuees. this year, there is the added challenge of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. so far in assam, there have been 70,000 cases. we have two

challenges here, one is covid—19 and another is the flooding. still, our personnel are working your day and night to save lives. in india, more than1 million night to save lives. in india, more than 1 million people night to save lives. in india, more than1 million people have had to flee their homes. most of the national park is under water and hundreds of animals have needed to be rescued. including this 1—horned rhino calf separated from her mother. many others have not survived. in neighbouring bangladesh, around one third of the country is submerged and more than 1 million people have been displaced. translation: this farmer says his village is underwater and the water was chest deep. in nepal, at least 50 people have died in landslides and floods triggered by the heavy rains in recent weeks. bangladesh's says the consequences of this years

monsoon season will be the worst in a decade. with more to come, a river which runs through tibet, india, and bangladesh is at risk of bursting its banks. monsoon season may be an annual phenomenon in this part of the world, but that certainly does not lessen its impact. indonesian officials say at least 20 people have died after heavy rains caused flash floods on sulawesi island. hundreds of buildings were buried in thick mud after three rivers burst their banks. over a thousand people have been evacuated to temporary shelters. let's get some of the day's other news. president trump has demoted his campaign manager, brad parscale — who you can see here — and replaced him with senior advisor, bill stepien. mr parscale will remain with the campaign team, overseeing the digital and data strategy. the shakeup comes as opinion polls continue to suggest democratjoe biden has a significant

lead ahead of november's election. the latest figures on chinese growth have been published. china's economy grew 3.2% in the second quarter from a year earlier. the expansion was faster than the 2.5% forecast by analysts in a reuters poll, and followed a steep 6.8% slump in the first quarter, the first such contraction since at least 1992 when quarterly gdp records began. police in moscow have detained around a hundred protesters who'd taken part in an unauthorised gathering against recent constitutional amendments allowing president putin to stay in power for another 16 years. there were chants of "putin, go!" from sections of the crowd. a sculpture of a black lives matter protester erected in bristol yesterday has been taken down.

the plinth was previously occupied by a statue of the slave trader, edward colston. bristol city council said the new statue would be stored at a museum, until its creator collected it. the city's mayor, marvin rees, has said it was up to the people of bristol to decide what goes on the plinth. putting a statue on that plinth overnight did not come in line with that process, and therefore it cannot stay. it will be protected. it is an incredible piece of work to a very inspirational woman. but the statue itself, falling outside that process, cannot stay. because there is a process that we think is essential to bringing the city together. that is the mayor of bristol.

police are scrapping controversial forms which warn victims of crimes — including rape — that their cases might be dropped if they don't hand over mobile phones to officers. the so—called "digital consent forms" asked victims for permission to view data including messages, photographs, emails and social media accounts. photographs, emails and social victims' groups say the policy — photographs, emails and social introduced last year by forces in england and wales after a series of cases collapsed due to disclosure failings — amounts to a "digital strip search". borisjohnson has suggested that parliament could move to york while the palace of westminster in london is renovated. the prime minister confirmed in a letter that the government is considering establishing a northern hub and it would make sense to consider it as a potential location. if the move happens, it won't be until 2025 at the earliest. extra powers are being promised for holyrood, cardiff bay and stormont under the uk government's plans for dealing with brexit. the "internal market" system has been designed to ensure seamless trade between england, scotland, wales and northern ireland.

the scottish government said the proposals were a significant threat to devolution. eu leaders are meeting for a summit in brussels this week to try to work out a common response to the economic damage from coronavirus, significant differences among member states remain on key issues, including whether the recovery fund will be based on loans or outright grants to those in need. it's the issue holding up the deal. the so—called frugal countries, the netherlands, austria, denmark and sweden, say the fund should be used to issue loans, since grants would have to be repaid by all eu taxpayers. bethany bell reports on the mood in austria.

this man tends his vineyards in eastern austria. the lockdown here has eased in recent weeks, but he has lost half his yearly income. he says it is important for austria to help other eu countries, but he says they should be given loans, not grants. people will say, why, we are working so hard, nobody is giving us money, we have been working so hard, we have our children, we have our next generation. we will help, but they should give us the money back. not tomorrow, but there should be a plan that the people who got the money, they have to pay back. he says he supports the tough position taken by the austrian chancellor sebastien kurtz in negotiating the eu's recovery fund. sebastien kurtz is doing well in the opinion polls and his message about being careful with austrian taxpayers money and bargaining hard with the eu is popular. but observers here say there will be a deal. the austrian government knows that in the end europe is about compromise and that there will be a compromise. that is how europe works. it is easy for them to be tough for negotiations and then come home with a victory, because in the end they know

there will be a compromise, which will be also beneficial for them. other austrians say that sebastien kurtz‘s rhetoric is too hardline and nationalist. this translator says austria should show more solidarity. i think it is populist and egotistical and, frankly, a quite stupid position, because austria, while being a rich country, is dependent on its neighbours and the eu and the euro and it is a common currency and we should finance countries together. he said he is preparing to go to italy to train a winemaking business there. many here realise that help is needed throughout europe, but when it comes to money, the devil is always in the details. bethany bell, bbc news, in eastern austria.

you are watching bbc news. a reminder we will have more on these stories to come. and you can keep an eye on our website. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. there will be a bit more sunshine around today. even if the cloud remains in place, it should be a base be a bit brighter than it was yesterday. also looking warmer across many parts of the country. let's ta ke across many parts of the country. let's take a look at the details as we go into the afternoon. there will be an odd spot of drizzle around, dab his conditions in the north and west of scotland, particularly across the hebrides. heavy bursts of rain and a breeze. lots of cloud in the north—west of scotland. 15 degrees is the high, but a good deal warmer in the east. breaks in the cloud are possible elsewhere, sunny spells for just about anyone of you. still a bit gloomy in some of the hills in the west where temperatures

will sit in the wings. more widely into the 205 this afternoon. parts of hampshire could see the highest temperatures, 24—25. a5 of hampshire could see the highest temperatures, 24—25. as we go into this evening and overnight, the rain across the hebrides cleared but it spreads and across other parts of western scotland. the odd splash for the north—east. turning damper towards northern ireland later in the night. it won't be a cold night, temperatures holding in the mid teens. i'll start to friday morning, rain at times in south—west scotland, northern ireland, before tightening up later. it will turn a bit damper in northern england. that is the dividing line between something a bit fresher further north, even with the sunshine, and something humid further south. this is where the sunshine could lift temperatures to 26—27. there is that weather front as we go through friday night into saturday. slowly meandering southwards. starting cloudy with some rain for parts of northern england, north west wales.

my northern england, north west wales. my stamps stayed up across wales throughout the day. sherry conditions across the midlands. south—east corner and across the channel islands should stay dry and sunny throughout. still quite warm. there was further north of that weather front, one or two showers, some sunshine, a bit fresher. that fresher air will push southwards with him that weather front as we go through into sunday. it should clear and then most will have a largely dry day, sunny spells, if you sit showers in the north—west of scotland. pleasant enough in the sunshine.

this is bbc news. the headlines... east london schoolgirl shamima begum, who left the uk to join the islamic state group five years ago, wins a legal bid to return home to fight against her loss of citizenship. the government says it will appeal the decision. the economic impact of coronavirus — the number of uk workers on company payrolls falls by nearly two—thirds of a million since before the lockdown. a5 asa as a result of the support of the government has provided throughout this pandemic, we have also supported 9.4 million jobs to the furlough scheme. nearly a third of uk businesses expect to cutjobs in the next three months — according to a survey by the british chambers of commerce.

hackers target twitter — breaking into the accounts of some of the biggest names on the platform, including elon musk, barack obama and joe biden. people who lost their lives to coronavirus in greater manchester are remembered in a socially distanced service. and england fast bowlerjofra archer is excluded from the second test against west indies for breaching the bio—secure protocols. just to tell you something that we are expecting to hear in a few minutes. the business entry is due

to give a statement in the next few moments. the number of workers on the uk payrolls has fallen by nearly 650,000 to between march and june. the number of people claiming work—related benefits, including the unemployed, 2.6 million. the business secretary is due to take to his feet shortly. we will take you to that, life. our top story, the court of appeal has ruled that shamima begum — one of the schoolgirls who travelled to syria from london to join the islamic state group — should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship. m5 begum was stripped of her citizenship last year after she was found living in a northern syria refugee camp. the then—home secretary, sajid javid, revoked her status after ms begum expressed her wish to return to britain. the home office said the decision was "very disappointing" and it would "apply for permission to appeal".

in response, m5 begum's solicitor said she had never had a fair opportunity to give her side of the story and she was not afraid of facing britishjustice but welcomed it. let's just remind ourselves of the timeline surrounding the shamima begum case. in 2015, shamima begum was one of three schoolgirls who left london to join the islamic state group in syria. she was 15—years—old at the time. in february 2019, the times journalist anthony loyd found shamima begum in the al—hawl refugee camp in syria. shortly after, she gave an interview to the bbc in which she asked for forgiveness. the former home secretary, sajid javid, revoked shamima begum's uk citizenship on national security grounds later that month. in february of this year, shamima begum lost the first stage of her appeal against the government's decision to remove her uk citizenship. our home affairs correspondent

dominic casciani gave us more details a short time ago... it's a very complicated case. she was one of three british school coils that left to join islamic state. she gave a lot of interviews to the media. she was stripped of her citizenship by the home secretary on the basis that she was a threat to national security and on the basis that she could ask bangladesh for a passport as she was theoretically bangladeshi. she challenged that. what the court of appeal has now said is that we are not going to answer the question today of whether or not she can be stripped of her nationality. but they have accepted her case that it is manifestly unfair on her to not come to london to be able to challenge the case in person, because she is stuck in a refugee camp where she cannot give proper instruction to lawyers and give her case. today, they said she should be allowed to come to the uk to pursue

her appeal, i'll be at subject to whatever controls the home secretary deems appropriate. as i mentioned earlier, the home office have released a statement in response to the court's ruling. a5 as discussed, we are expecting a statement shortly. highlighting the effect of coronavirus on jobs and livelihoods. we are expecting that shortly. we are monitoring that for you.

official data has again highlighted the impact of the coronavirus crisis on jobs and likelihoods. the office for national statistics revealed data showing that 649,000 people left company payrolls in the uk between march and june. the figures show 74,000 fewer people on the paye register during june compared with the previous month. and the number of people claiming work—related benefits — including the unemployed — was 2.6 million. it comes as the british chambers of commerce warned that almost a third of uk firms expect to cut jobs in the next three months. that increase was not as big as many feared, because large numbers of firms have put employees on the government—backed furlough scheme. economists say the full effect on employment will not be felt until the scheme ends in october. norman smith is at westminster. i think there a pretty hard—headed

thought and westmount mr, because the furlough scheme has masked the true scale of the coronavirus. a5 the furlough scheme has masked the true scale of the coronavirus. as we know, that is starting to happen from august. a5 know, that is starting to happen from august. as the chancellor has bought a bit more time with this £1000 bonus for company's to keep on furlough staff two january, there is no getting away from the fact that many parts of the economy have been profoundly hit. that is had perhaps the hardest consequences for young workers who are predominantly concentrated in areas like leisure, tourism and hospitality, where the closures and lock downs are likely to be much more significant. i think what we will see in the commons is again renewed pressure on the government to offer some targeted specific help for those very vulnerable sectors. notjust hospitality and leisure. we heard

sir keir starmer highlighting the plight of the aviation industry. they companies, british airways, virgin atlantic, easyjet, are all laying off thousands and thousands because obviously international travel has pretty much shut down. so far, the government has pretty much close their mind too that because of the complexity of a sector by sector approach, which is very difficult to work out how far you are devoted to one particular sector. with people, products, ideas and investment moving seamlessly between our nations. safeguarding livelihoods and businesses and demonstrating that as a union, our country is greater than the sum of our parts. today, mr speaker, stood deputy speaker, i today, mr speaker, stood deputy speaker, lam publishing today, mr speaker, stood deputy speaker, i am publishing a white paperon speaker, i am publishing a white paper on the government's plans to

reserve the uk's internal market after the transition period. since the act of union, the uk internal market has been a source of unhindered and open trade across the country. one which pulls us together asa country. one which pulls us together as a united country stop and i note the right honourable gentleman opposite cares as much about our precious union as i do. since 1973, eu law has acted as a coherent voice for the uk internal market. in 2016, the british people voted to repeal this legislation allowing us now to articulate the continued functioning of the internal market. mr deputy speaker, the union's economic strength is unrivalled. since the act of union, the size of our economy has multiplied over hundred and 70 fold. successive uk governments have legislated to share

this prosperity and protect workers' rights. for example, through the introduction of the national minimum wage and is now the national minimum wage, by providing for more generous maternity leave as required by the eu. today, we are announcing plans to continue this hugely successful economic union. we will legislate foran economic union. we will legislate for an internal market in the uk law as we leave the transition period and the eu's single market. our approach will give businesses the regulatory clarity and certainty they want. it will ensure that the cost of doing business in the uk stays as low as possible. but, let me be clear, preserving the coherence of the uk internal market will be done in a manner that respects and upholds the devolution settlements. on the ist ofjanuary, 2021, hundreds of powers previously

held by the eu will rightly flow directly back to devolved administrations in the united kingdom. so, for the administrations in the united kingdom. so, forthe first administrations in the united kingdom. so, for the first time, because of our approach, the devolved administrations will be able to legislate on a whole range of policy areas. each nation that makes up our united kingdom will hold an unprecedented level of powers after the transition period. mr deputy speaker, to respect devolution and uphold our internal market, we propose to legislate this year businesses across the uk will be givena year businesses across the uk will be given a market access commitments. this will be underpinned by the principles of mutual recognition and non—discrimination, which will guarantee that goods and services flowing from one part of the united kingdom can always be sold into another. the single principle at the heart of this approach is a

continuation of our centuries old position that there should be no economic barriers of trading between the united kingdom. the economies of our foreign nations, within one united kingdom, are strongly integrated. by the time of the last census, hundred and 70,000 workers commuted daily from one part of the united kingdom to another. scotland makes up to £50 billion of sales each year to the rest of the uk, accounting for up to 60% of all exports. indeed, mr deputy speaker, scotland sells three times as much to the rest of the uk than to the whole of the eu put together. about 50% of northern ireland sales are to great britain, and 75% of welsh goods and services are consumed in other parts of the united kingdom. in some parts of wales, more than a

quarter of workers commuted across the border. it is in the clear economic interests of the whole of the united kingdom that its internal market continues to function successfully and seamlessly, as it has done for centuries. mr speaker, as part of our proposals we will also clarify in law the position that subsidy control is a reserved matter for the whole of the united kingdom. this has never been a devolved matter. the government has been clear that after the end of the transition period the uk will have its own domestic subsidy control regime. we will develop our policy proposals on this in due course. mr speaker, we will only recover from coronavirus by working together. just over two weeks ago, the prime minister set out how we would drink

then this incredible partnership between england, scotland, wales and northern ireland through our economic recovery. this will be underpinned by a strong united kingdom internal market. and it will avoid the damaging uncertainty for businesses of a fractured economy. it will provide the unquestionable advantages of continued open trade. it will benefit businesses, workers and consumers across the country, through lowering trading costs and allowing different regions to specialise in sectors where they enjoy a comparative advantage. mr deputy speaker, our proposals... the business sector is starting that statement not with unemployment figures but focusing on what he calls the preservation of the uk internal market after we exit to the european union. if he does return to the unemployment figures then we will bring you more of that. in the meantime, let's return to that separate survey by the british

chamber of commerce which suggests that many firms are planning job costs in the coming months. it is really tough, people are facing really tough choices. the coronavirusjob retention scheme which the government introduced quite early on in the crisis has really helped to save people's jobs and save livelihoods and has kept people employed over this difficult time. as businesses start to go back to work, they are seeing business picking up, which is great, but many of them have reduced capacity because of the safe working guidance they have had to introduce, and some of them are finding that their demand is not coming back as people are still not going out and behaving in the way that they did precrisis. so, as the retention scheme starts to cost people money from the beginning of august and comes to an end at the end of october, businesses right around the country are having to make these difficult choices about who they continue to employ. our data today, which we released in partnership with totaljobs,

suggests that about a third of firms are looking to reduce their employee numbers over the next three months. if that tracks across all businesses, that could be really significant numbers of people finding themselves out of work. let's speak to kate shoesmith, who's the head of policy andp ublic affairs at the recruitment and employment confederation. i know you will have been looking closely at the employment figures that have come out today. what did you make of them? i think one of the key things you have to bear in mind is that even though these figures go to the end of may, some of the more useful data that we can see is that 650,000 people have lost theirjobs. although the unemployment rate remained relatively static at about 3.9%, it is clear that the government'sjob retention 3.9%, it is clear that the government's job retention scheme had a part to play in terms of making sure that unemployment rate

stayed relatively low. but you are seeing more redundancies and you are seeing more redundancies and you are seeing more redundancies and you are seeing more restructuring coming. and you had that data from the british chambers today saying what our employers planning to do in the future. and it will be the key test for the economy and businesses. how easyis for the economy and businesses. how easy is it to see which sectors of the economy and which kind of workers are being affected? we know that across the board, if we speak to recruiters in our membership, they found that there was difficulties in almost every sector, almost every area of the uk. having said that, there's been a sense that some comeback in the last few weeks and months. there was definitely an impact on july the 1st and months. there was definitely an impact onjuly the 1st as people came back from furlough. we see that there has been more interest in digital and technology type roles given the changes we have all had to undergo about how we are as socialising and working now. but we have also seen that things like logistics have been swamped. they

have been overwhelmed by demand that has been created over the past few months. so far there has beenjob losses, and they will undoubtedly be more, we are also finding that there will be different types ofjobs coming through in the future. some of thejob coming through in the future. some of the job posting data that we have show that there are nearly a million job outfits out there. there are different types of jobs. job outfits out there. there are different types ofjobs. people will need to think about career transitioning. we will need government support for that. that was going to be my next question. people who are nervous, what with the advice from recruiters be? go and talk to recruiters. we are speaking to government right now about how recruitment experts can work with the very overstretched work with the very overstretched work coaches that are in job centres and working by dwp. they know the economy, they know which clients are looking to hire, use their services, think about how you construct your

cvs . think about how you construct your cvs. think about job think about how you construct your cvs. think aboutjob interviews. many people have been in this area for a while. they won't have been looking for a job. keep an eye for different types of opportunities and new ways of working. thank you very much. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. we won't be seeing the english bowler in action. he has been dropped. england only found out about it last night. he will undergo two coronavirus night. he will undergo two coro navi rus tests night. he will undergo two coronavirus tests which must come back negative before he can rejoin the sport.

in a statement — archer admits his actions put himself, his team—mates and management in danger. he says he accepts his punishment and has apologised for what he's done. he adds that it "deeply pains" him to be missing the match and says he's let both teams down. one thing that surprised me is that there is such a strict level of private security. why weren't the players transported by bus. there is some sort of facilities late on, then go to the toilet if they want to, but for all of this level of security, why are players allowed to drive themselves? i do find it surprising. a5 for the second test — rain has meant play on day one has been delayed. action should be getting under way shortly. victory for west indies

will win a first series win in england since 1988. england captain owen farrell will remain at saracens — despite their relegation from the premiership after breaking salary cap rules. farrell's won five premiership titles and three european champions cups since his saracens debut 12 years ago. he's made 199 appearances in all — plus 83 for england and four for the british and irish lions. world number one golfer, rory mcilroy, admits playing the sport without fans is impacting his game. he's played three events in the past few weeks in the usa — but failed to break into the top 10 at any of them. and later he tees off alongside tiger woods at the memorial tournament. it's very hard for me to keep focused out here. i feel like, when there's fans and that energy and the atmosphere, it's easy to get into that mindset that you need to get into, right? like, that's what we are used to. that's what we do. but, when you don't have that, i felt, the first three weeks,

my mind was wandering a little bit. it was sort of easy to lose focus, easy to lose concentration, and i think some of the mistakes i was making were because of that. and there's some big matches at both ends of the premier league tonight, plus promotion hopefulls leeds play barnsley in the championship and in spain real madrid could win la liga later — build up to all them on our website. i'll have more in an hour. let's get more now on the appeal hearing of shamima begum. we can get more from a senior research fellow at the royal united services institute, where he focuses on terrorism and counterterrorism thank you so much forjoining us. your reaction? i think it's ultimately the right decision. i have been of the right decision. i have been of

the belief that, for all her crimes, she should ultimately be repatriated and put through due process to ultimately serve some time, or whatever is appropriate for the type crimes she has committed. i think we are finally dealing with this case, which at the moment, until now, the approach has been to keep her as far away from british shores as possible, and to try and pass the responsibility for her off to someone else. you talk about the crimes that she has committed. there's been great debate around this. whether this is a young woman who went already idea logically convinced or if this was a young woman who was 15 and was brainwashed and didn't really understand what she was doing. i think age has a need to do with it and does have to be borne in mind. since going, she certainly seems to have participated in some pretty extreme activity. also, i think it feels very

incredible to believe that she wasn't aware of the organisation that she was going to be involved in. yes, there is something to her very young age, but she stayed with the group, she was reactive in terms of pushing out the group as micro—messaging. she stayed there long enough to ultimately have three children. when she was first interviewed by a reporter, she seemed to still have some of these ideas in her mind. certainly, i think there is a debate as to whether we should look at someone like this with an eye on the fact she was so young when she got into it, but people in the united kingdom are prosecuted for criminal acts at this age, for other horrible criminal acts. sol this age, for other horrible criminal acts. so i do think there has to be some kind ofjudicial process. the key is that we do need to deal with her like another criminal in our society of this age. when this happens, these people are put through a due process that ultimately ends in some sort of a custodial sentence, then they are offered a chance at redemption and a

return to society. so i think we should be treating her as another criminal than as should be treating her as another criminalthan asa should be treating her as another criminal than as a special case. there will be people in the emergency services and the police who are thinking that this could land on their desk and cause some issues. there is some thinking to go around this? certainly, there does. i don't think anyone is thinking that this is going to be an easy case to handle. once you get back into the country, there are all sorts of hurdles to get back into the hurdles. but when she is they are, it will be very, located to quick get her into a legal process because of the situation she has been in. in terms of building a case against you, that will become placated as well. ultimately, if she was found guilty and put injail they will be all sorts of issues with dealing with her sentence. and then there is the issue of reintegrating her into society. this is going to be a very low process. i don't think it is something we have gone through before. there are all sorts of horrible people that are

put through our criminaljustice syste m put through our criminaljustice system and are ultimately released. sol system and are ultimately released. so i think these are all issues that we have dealt with before. i think we have dealt with before. i think we should be dealing with them rather than the approach of stripping passwords and leaving them to be someone else's problem. thank you very much indeed. two other news, the social media site twitter has apologised, and promised to take what it says will be ‘5ignificant steps', after hackers took over the accounts of some of the most famous people in the world. among the victims — democratic presidential hopeful joe biden, amazon bossjeff bezos, barack obama, elon musk of tesla fame, bill gates, kanye west, and even uber. they all found their accounts posting bogus offers promising bitcoin pay—outs — if you sent some funds first of all. alanna petroff has the latest. famous tech billionaires can buy themselves almost anything, but it seems no amount of money

will help with cyber security. elon musk, jeff bezos, and bill gates were all victims of a major hack on twitter. their popular accounts were used to promote a cryptocurrency scam, sending out tweets like this. high—profile political figures were also targeted, including barack obama, joe biden and former presidential hopeful mike bloomberg. married mega—celebrities kim kardashian and kanye west also compromised. this wasn't about fraud, i don't think. i think it was more about, you know, doing the hack. in the hacker community, we would actually call this type of hacks a little bit lame. twitter quickly took action. the scam tweets were removed.

the company said hackers seemed to target internal employees with special system privileges. it posted this... this is a serious security issue for twitter, i mean, these are their power users, these are users that people come to see and read, people like elon musk or kanye west orjoe biden, barack obama, bill gates, these are figures that use that platform on a daily basis, and the fact that twitter couldn't keep that secure is a massive issue for them. experts say they could see more than $100,000 worth of bitcoin was deposited into the scam account. once it is there, victims cannot get it back. the twittersphere blew up about the hack. the incident began trending. tens of thousands of users used the hashtag hacked. alanna petroff, bbc news.

let's return to the news that workers on uk company payroll fell during march and june. on a visit to nottinghamshire, the labour leader was asked for his reaction. there are warning signs going off across the economy, and we have to look at each and everyjob loss as a real tragedy. we have seen tens of thousands ofjobs already gone, so it is up to the government to take measures to ensure that job retention isjob measures to ensure that job retention is job retention, measures to ensure that job retention isjob retention, and my concern is that for those sectors that most need support for the rest of the year, into next year, they have not seen the support they need. but the furlough scheme is working, isn't it? surely you've got to back that? these warning signs are going off across the economy is. we can see the different projections, the different figures, and there is a

real concern that tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands ofjobs, are really at risk. every effort has to be made to retain those jobs, and thatis be made to retain those jobs, and that is why we are pushing the government so hard on this. plymouth certainly looked more cloudy than that yesterday. i'll ta ke cloudy than that yesterday. i'll take you to the north—western coast of scotland. thickening cloud, and they will be some rain associated with that. dry, though, for northern ireland and the greater part of england and wales. fairly close as you come south. 23, 20 four celsius possible, but not in off a lot of sunshine. through the course of the night, that will drag the rain further south. it is as close as it

was last night. perhaps even 16 celsius close to london. on friday, a lot of dry weather originally until the front comes down later in the day. but at least things turn a little bit brighter and busier across the top half of scotland. look at the contrast. head of it, a stea my 25 look at the contrast. head of it, a steamy 25 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... east london schoolgirl shamima begum, who ran off tojoin the islamic state group five years ago, wins a legal bid to return home to fight against loss of citizenship. the government says it will appeal the decision. the economic impact of coronavirus — the number of uk workers on company payrolls falls by nearly two—thirds of a million since before the lockdown.

going to take you live to nicola sturgeon for her breathing. going to take you live to nicola sturgeon for her breathinglj going to take you live to nicola sturgeon for her breathing. i will start with the usual update on the statistics. an additional 11 positive cases were confirmed yesterday, which takes the total to 80,000, 384. a total of 630 are currently in hospital with the hospital. that is 19 more than yesterday but it includes a reduction of nine in the confirmed cases. six people last night were in intensive care with suspected covered. that's the same number overall as yesterday but an increase of one in the number of confirmed cases. since the 5th of march, a total of... patients have been now been able to leave hospital. during the past 24 hours, one death was

registered of a patient confirmed through a test is having covid and the total number of deaths under this particular measure is now 2491. even one death is, of course, one too many. but for us to have had just one register death of a confirmed case in eight days is a sign of the progress we have made. that said, the total number of deaths is a painful reminder of the heavy toll that this virus has taken. my heavy toll that this virus has ta ken. my thoughts heavy toll that this virus has taken. my thoughts are with everyone who has lost a loved one. we will publish updated information about the prevalence of the virus in scotla nd the prevalence of the virus in scotland today. our modelling suggests that the average number of people infected by one other infected person remains below one. the number of people in scotland with the virus continues to fall. our estimate for last week is that 700 people in scotland were infectious. these figures are a sign

of the considerable progress that has been made. a5 of the considerable progress that has been made. as i always do, i wa nt to has been made. as i always do, i want to thank everybody who has contributed to that, including every single member of the public across the country, but in particular our health and care workers for the remarkablejob health and care workers for the remarkable job that you do and continue to do in very difficult circumstances. there are three issues i want to briefly cover today. the first is childcare. an issue that is hugely important for families across the country, but also hugely important for the economy. today's dropped figures published earlier this morning highlight the economic impact of the pandemic and the importance of government and everybody working ha rd to government and everybody working hard to counter that in the weeks and months ahead. as you know, childcare services were able to reopen fully yesterday and john sweeney will talk a bit more about the childcare that is available now and which will be available in the months ahead. before that, i want to

ta ke months ahead. before that, i want to take this opportunity to thank everybody who works in childcare for all of your efforts to enable children to return safely. it is hugely appreciated by all of us. i wa nt to hugely appreciated by all of us. i want to thank parents and carers. i can only imagine how much disruption that the closure of childcare settings has cost for you over these past few months. i want to thank you for understanding why it has been necessary and for managing throughout this period. sometimes, i know, in very difficult circumstances indeed. finally, in the probably unlikely event that any of you are watching this briefing right now, i want to see thank you to all of the children across the country who have been affected by the closure of childcare facilities and of the schools. i hope that in the past few days you have been able to play with your friends a bit more andi to play with your friends a bit more and i hope that you are looking forward to going back to nursery or, inafew forward to going back to nursery or, in a few weeks' time, going back to school. i know how difficult it has been for you to stay indoors for

much of the time over the past few months. i know that not being able to see your friends has not been much fun at all. you have all been brilliant and i want you to know that everybody is really proud of you. the second issue i want to cover is shielding. the statistics now show that the prevalence of the virus in scotland is low and it is getting lower. that means we can update our advice to people who are shielding. in line with the route map that we set out for you last week. from tomorrow, we advise that you can, if you wish, stay in any holiday accommodation, including hotels, bed and breakfasts. you can also visit outdoor markets and public gardens. any change that i hope will be particularly welcome, non—cohabiting couples can meet without physical distance and, even if one or both of you are shielding and either if neither of you lives on your own. we hope to be able to pause the need for shielding

altogether at the end of this month. although, even if we do that, we will still encourage those in the shielding group to take extra care in things like physical distancing and hygiene. the prospect of returning to something more like your normal lives will be welcome for many of you, if not all of you, but i appreciate that it is likely to be quite daunting, as well. the scottish government will provide more information nearer the time and we will do everything we can to support you in this transition. in addition, the economy secretary has asked the uk government to ensure ongoing financial support for anyone who has been shielding and who may not be able to go back to work or to work from home. in addition, those of us who are not shielding should also be thinking about how we can help all of you during this transition. wearing masks in shops and on public transport, making sure we all keep two metres distance away from others whenever possible, that is the best way we can all help to

give shielding people the confidence to go out and about again safely. if you are an employer, please be sensitive to the concerns of any employees who may be shielding. if it turns out that we are able to confirm next week that shielding will be passed from the 31st of july, please reach out to people who might be going back to work, have honest conversations about how you can support them and try to think creatively about how you can make your workplace safer for them. as creatively about how you can make your workplace saferfor them. as i have said, the relaxation of shielding measures is good news, but it will be prompting some understandable stress and anxiety. all of us can take small steps that might makea all of us can take small steps that might make a big difference to people who are shielding. the final issue i want to cover relates to mental health. most of the focus of covid so far, for obvious reasons, has been on its physical impact but we are also increasingly thinking

about the mental health of people who have had covid. there are now more than 500 people who have been discharged from intensive care or high dependency unit say in scotland. being in intensive care is obviously a traumatic experience and many set one patients have had to go through that without any prospect of being visited by friends and family at any being visited by friends and family atany time being visited by friends and family at any time well they have been in hospital. although we know that most people will make a full recovery with the help of their loved ones, some people, we know, we'll need additional support. scotland already has a very effective programme, which is used by several health boards, for helping patients who have been in intensive care. the inspire programme use a specialist from different programmes. it puts former intensive care patients in touch with other people who have had the same experiences and it encourages them tojoin the same experiences and it encourages them to join community organisations or other groups which can help them through. we plan to learn from that and supporting to or

one patients. i am delighted to confirm that a psychiatrist with nhs lothian has agreed to lead on this work. i think it is important way of ensuring that people who have had to mark one get the long term help that they may well need to recover. before i hand over tojohn sweeney, i want to stress again that as the figures demonstrate, we have now got toa figures demonstrate, we have now got to a position, it has been hard earned, and it has not been easy, but we have now got to a position where at this stage there are very low levels of the virus in scotland. however, as you hear me say every single day, the only way to ensure that things remain that way is to continue to stick to the rules. every single one of us have a duty, andi every single one of us have a duty, and i think it is a duty that all of us have as citizens, to remember that the decisions we take as individuals have an impact on the collective well—being of all of us. that is more important now as we emerge from lockdown than it has

been at any point over the past four months. i want to remind everyone of fa cts . months. i want to remind everyone of facts. the five key vitally important things that all of us should remember in absolutely everything we do. face coverings should be worn in enclosed spaces, they are mandatory in shops and public transport, but our advice is that in any enclosed space were physical distancing might be difficult, we are a face covering. avoid crowded places, notjust indoors, that is especially important, but even outdoors. clean your hands regularly and thoroughly, if you're touching hard surfaces, clea n if you're touching hard surfaces, clean them too. two metre distancing remains the general rule and the strong advice we give to everyone. self—isolate and book a test if you have symptoms. remember, if you have a new cough, a new fever, a loss or change in your sense of taste or smell, do not wait to see if you feel better, act immediately. self—isolate and go to the nhs

website and book a test. by doing that you give our system the opportunity to break the chains of transmission. if we all remember these five basic measures, we can help to stay safe, protect others and save lives. my thanks again to eve ryo ne and save lives. my thanks again to everyone who is doing the right thing and sticking with these rules. if we keep doing it, then we will continue to make progress. thank you for listening. i will hand over to the deputy first minister and we will take questions after that. thank you. i will give an update about childcare and the reopening of schools. i would like to express my thanks to teachers, parents and children for their engagement in learning over the period of lockdown. i know it has been a tough and demanding time and i am very grateful to everyone for their extraordinary efforts that have been put in place to support our children. i would like to express my thanks to a child care staff of scotland. the end, day out you work

incredibly hard providing a loving, nurturing environment that is a foundation for a positive future for our youngest children. childcare has carried on during the pandemic. key worker childcare was at the heart of keeping scotland going during lockdown. without it, scotland could not have responded to the covid—19 pandemic the way that we did. i extend my warmest thanks to you for your efforts. in phase one of the relaxation of lockdown, all childminders and fully outdoor childcare provision were able to reopen. last week, the first minister announced that from the 10th ofjuly, informal childcare and the use of nannies could resume. from yesterday, all other early learning and child care settings we re learning and child care settings were able to open. looking ahead, i expect childcare settings will reopen in line with schools next month. this will be welcome news to parents, families, the child care workforce , parents, families, the child care workforce, and most importantly, to children. it is important to

remember that this reopening is not a return to normal. childcare will look and will feel a bit different. some public health restrictions will remain in place at that time. this is about keeping children, staff, and parents and the wider community safe. at its heart, is the need to reduce the overall number of contacts that we each have in order that we can suppress the virus. we haveissued that we can suppress the virus. we have issued guidance for the safe reopening of the early learning and child care and school age child care services that were created in collaboration with the sector, and focuses on child and staff well— being and safety. focuses on child and staff well—being and safety. this focuses on child and staff well— being and safety. this approach means that providers have had to adapt their approach. it will have had an impact on how many children can attend a setting and may mean settings have had to spend money to reopen safely. i want to make clear that i do not want to keep these restrictions in place any longer than is necessary. i am pleased, therefore, to say that we have received further scientific advice

on these issues and we will be developing fresh guidance. if the virus continues to be suppressed, if we stay on track, then we can start to ease these restrictions. we will work with the early learning and childcare sector to issue revised guidance by the end ofjuly to take effect in august. this will not be a return to normal childcare operations but we now expect that the bubbles model that restricts children to small groups will not be needed. we will be able to ease the complete ban on mixing or blending different track types of childcare, such as childminding and nurseries. i hope this will be welcome news for the sector and for the parents. on child care, i know it has been difficult for the private and third sector during covid—19 and i know that the transition to the new way of working that the virus requires will increase cleaning, additional equipment, developing outdoor space and adaptations to support the

physical distancing of adults will all mean more financial pressure. the childcare sector is essential to our economic recovery and i am therefore announcing we will create a transitional fund for the childcare sector to the value of £11.2 million to financially support the reopening of childcare services. lam also the reopening of childcare services. i am also delighted to announce that a new work for support fund for childminders is opening for applications. it will see the scottish government and the scottish childminding association jointly provide grants to childminders to help them adapt to the reality of the virus. finally, to schools, work is ongoing to plan for the safe resumption of full—time schooling for all pupils in august. this morning we have published the scientific advice that will inform the approach that is taken to plan for this the approach that is taken to plan forthis aim. the approach that is taken to plan for this aim. this advice remains conditional on general community factors, such as reductions in infection rates, confidence and surveillance measures, and a process

for handling local outbreaks. all of which will be informed by the advice of the covid—19 advisory group on education and children's issues. the advice we have now received, however, sets out that knows physical distancing is required between children and young people in primary and secondary schools. the advice also states that school transport, dedicated services such as school buses, also do not need to have physical distancing within them as long as infection rates remain low. we will continue to work with councils, professional bodies, trade unions and parents to can develop guidance that schools need to successfully reopen next month. subject to parliament's agreement, i plan to make a further statement to parliament next week on vital issue. thank you. today, i actually want to talk to you about something a little bit different. about data and

surveillance and how we can use this to an error approach to coronavirus across scotland. i want to start by encouraging you to think about the concept of what lies beneath. generally, when you hear the positive testing numbers here that we tell you about every day, this is mostly in those people who have been tested for coronavirus because they have symptoms. if you think about coronavirus in scotland as an iceberg, in the water then these positive tests are like the positive top of the iceberg that we can say about the water line. most people get the virus have very mild, or in fa ct get the virus have very mild, or in fact no symptoms at all, and that is the bottom of the iceberg beneath the bottom of the iceberg beneath the water. that is the part we cannot say. the part that is much harder to detect. this is important because if we want to work out the true number of infections with coronavirus in scotland and establish the extent with which the

infection has spread across the country, then we need to know about the whole iceberg. that is where surveillance comes in. what are the message that we use for surveillance as antibody testing and you may have heard things about antibody testing in the press recently. for those who don't know, antibodies are specific proteins that your body makes when you're fighting any kind of infection. if you're infected with coronavirus, your immune system responds by producing these proteins, these antibodies to help the virus. after you have recovered from coronavirus, these specific antibodies stay in your blood afterward for some time. at least for several weeks. interestingly, this happens whether you have symptoms or whether you do not. this, if we look at antibodies across the population, allows us to measure the whole of the iceberg in terms of covid in the population in

scotland. the public health scotland surveillance programme uses blood samples that have been taken for any reason within community health care and other settings on an anonymous basis to estimate the proportion of people in scotland who have these antibodies to coronavirus. this is known as zero prevalence. yesterday, public health scotland published their first report on this work, which is what i want to tell you about today. just to note, the report provides an analysis of samples which were collected between the end of april and the end ofjune this year. it covers approximately 4751 tests which were submitted to public health scotland for the surveillance purposes. the results. the work estimates that the proportion of people across scotland who had antibodies to coronavirus during this time period is approximately 4.3%. that is 4.3%.

what does that mean for all of us? i don't think i need to tell you that it means that only a fairly small proportion of the population have so farare proportion of the population have so far are likely been exposed to coronavirus in scotland. it is this low number of people likely exposed that explains, i think, and reinforces our ongoing messages to you. firstly, that we need to be careful when we are easing out of lockdown. secondly, this is why we still want you to follow all of the current events on physical distancing and the other measures we recommend in order to protect you, your loved ones, and all of us. i wa nt your loved ones, and all of us. i want tojust your loved ones, and all of us. i want to just reassure you about how this type of research, this type of surveillance is undertaken. in order to do this kind of analysis, we do need to use an anonymized patient data from gp surgeries from across the whole of scotland. this is what

allows us to scale up this analysis to create a picture for the whole population. it also allows us, if we wa nt population. it also allows us, if we want to, to break the data down to focus on particular groups in the population for different areas of the country. health protection scotland have engaged with the royal couege scotland have engaged with the royal college of general practitioners and the scottish gp committee of the british medical association before undertaking this research and they have both endorsed this essential approach to surveillance. the required data that we get from all the gp systems across scotland comes to us, but it is anonymized, patient details are replaced with an anonymous study code, and only once personal details are removed and the data be used. that is there to reassure you. i data be used. that is there to reassure you. i can data be used. that is there to reassure you. i can absolutely state that data privacy is a priority for all of us and you should be reassured that the data that we use

for surveillance is limited only to be sorts of important processes in terms of covid research. it is very strictly governed by the cover 19 privacy panel and process so that it is all assured. because we are using this anonymized data, and we because think you should know about this, we have provided information on the health protection scotland website because we want to share this with everyone. please do read this if you have any concerns at all about the use of your anonymized data in this type of work. but i hope that from what i have told you, you can see how important this work is and how important the data is and also be reassured that we are taking all the steps to protect your confidentiality. in the end, the better our understanding of covid—19, then the better placed we are to limit the effects that it has and give you the best possible advice in terms of how to protect yourself and your loved ones. you

can find more information about the work i have mentioned on the health protection scotland website and the full report on the zero prevalence work on the public health scotland website. i want to finish by thanking public health scotland for this work that they have undertaken. although i have just given you this one estimated figure, 4.3% of the population with antibodies to covid, this is underpinned by months of painstaking work by people in public health scotland and we are very grateful to them. it is as a result of this that we are helped in terms of this that we are helped in terms of the information about what lies beneath and what this means for all of us in the next critical stages of our covid journey. thank you. we will move now to questions. the first question is from lucy white at bbc scotland. good afternoon. on schools, given that the scientific guidance now seems to support the

plan to go back full—time. how confident can parents and teachers believe that what is going to happen at the start of august? and also, it does say the evidence is not as clear around oval older children, so can you reassure them and their families that their safety will be paramount? or to be very clear, what has been published today is scientific advice. it is not guidance, we now have to turn that into guidance and that will involve discussions thatjohn referred to earlier. the advice is telling us what we think is possible assuming we keep the prevalence of the virus as low as it is just now, if not more preferably. we will then have to have conversations with parent groups, teachers, councils, to determine what is acceptable in terms of assurance and the safety of both pupils and teachers in schools. that is what the guidance will seek to do. safety is paramount and it is

our hope and ambition and intention that schools can return full—time in august, but that depends on this virus suppressed to the levels, if not more, than we are seeing today. that involves all of us continuing to do the right things. we are at a very critical point in this judgment... we will leave the briefing that they are. we are expecting what has been described as an important statement from the health secretary to the house of commons at 5pm this evening. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. there really hasn't been too much wrong. we have seen a lot of dry weather but a lot of cloud as well. some have seen some brightness. particularly to the eastern side of scotland, the eastern side of scotland, the eastern side of england. come further south, the bright spot on

the south coast is the beach hut on the south coast is the beach hut on the hastings seafront. the reason for all the cloud, we are trapped between two weather fronts. this weather front closing in on the north—west quarter of scotland as we get into the latter part of the evening and during the course of the night. further south, the odd gap in the cloud. a lot of dry weather to be had across england and wales, but as you will see from the temperatures, it is as close as it was last night. some of the tempter is never lower than 14—15, perhaps 16. that weather front is slowly easing its way down and across scotla nd easing its way down and across scotland as we start the new day on friday. eventually, the rain transferring across the border into the north west of england and northwestern wales. behind the weather front, things turn a bit brighterfor the weather front, things turn a bit brighter for the north—western quarter of squat scotland but there will be a significant breeze as well. 15 degrees or so they are in fort willian. the rain is eventually pushing through northern ireland but probably not getting away until

tea—time. it gets across the irish sea into anglesey around the same time. further south than that, in a lot of cloud to be had, but it will not stop the temperatures, 24—25. the same weather front is still a nuisance across the heart of the british isles is far ahead as saturday. saturday itself, its a game of two halves. we have the brighter, fresher weather with some fresh servers in the north—west of the british isles. the weatherfront though eases its further south robbing you of a wee bit of sunshine across the southern midlands, the south—east. the last of the really mild air associated with the front and ahead of the weather front eventually being elbowed off into the near continent as we get on into sunday. something a bit cooler and fresher following sunday. something a bit cooler and fresherfollowing behind. a better chance, if you are stuck under the weather front on saturday, of seeing some sunshine on sunday. some cloud well built bubble up and there will be some shows on the western side of scotland, but those temperatures just feeling a bit fresher with a

high of 21.

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