hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the uk, us and canada claim that hackers almost certainly working for the russian state are trying to steal research into a vaccine for coronavirus. in a separate development, the government says it‘s "almost certain" that what it calls ‘russian actors‘ sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. the government‘s chief scientific adviser tells a cross—parliamentary group of mps the outcome of the uk‘s covid—19 response has "not been good". a court rules that shamima begum, who went to syria as a schoolgirl to join the islamic state group, should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship the harsh toll of the lockdown onjobs — new uk figures show the harsh toll of the lockdown the number of people on company payrolls fell by nearly 650 thousand onjobs — new uk figures show the number of people on company between march and june. payrolls fell by nearly 650 thousand between march and june. england bowler jofra archer is dropped from the team for the second test against the west indies — for breaching coronavirus rules.

and scientists have revealed sport and for a full round up, the closest images ever taken of the sun, which show mini solar from the bbc sport centre. flares, called "campfires", first, to the second dotted across its surface. test between england and the west indies at old trafford. there was no play this morning in manchester because of rain. england were put into bat by the windies with rory burns first to fall lbw to spinner roston chase for 15just before the lunch break. zak crawley then fell the very next ball after it, leaving england 29 for 2. joe root made 23 before being caught at slip. two developing stories this hour. england are now 112 for 3 uk security services claim hackers — dom sibley approaching a half almost certainly working century, ben stokes alongside him. for the russian state are trying commentary can be found to steal research into on the bbc sport website with in play highlights too. a vaccine for coronavirus — jofra archer has apologised after he was dropped for this test match after it more on that in a moment. emerged he‘d broken the bio—secure rules by going home meanwhile, the government has in between the end of the first test announced that it's "almost certain" that what it called ‘russian actors‘ and the start of the second. he‘s now in self sought to interfere in last isolation for five days year's general election. a statement released and will undergo two covid—19 tests by the foreign secretary, — which must come back negative — dominic raab, said the interference took the form of social media leaks before he can rejoin the squad.

of confidential papers on a planned trade agrement with the united states. it says in his statement that he has apologised. it's it‘s a selfish decision he has made. look at what the west indies have sacrificed to be here, arriving from the caribbean on thejune the 8th. they have come to a country that has been worst hit by the virus than many other countries. they have sacrificed plenty, look at some of the england players as well. own tea m the england players as well. own team members, one of his colleagues friends are only two miles away from here, so this decision, england have dealt with it in the right manner. well, first, let's get more on that developing story this hour that uk security services say that hackers working for the russian state you need pace, bounce, exactly what are trying to steal research he provides so england are light on a bowler and i think they have dealt with it in exactly the right into a vaccine for coronavirus. fashion. england captain owen farrell will remain at saracens, despite their relegation from the premiership for breaking our chief political salary cap rules.

correspondent vicki young joins us from westminster. 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 — this is a coordinated warning within as well as 83 for england. the uk, canada and america. they are british gymnastics says its stepping aside from an inquiry into widespread all saying they are now a certain allegations of bullying and abuse to remove any doubt over pretty much that there are russian the integrity of the process. hackers that have been trying to uk sport and sport england will now steal these secrets, really, of co—commission the independent those developing and trying to review. develop a coronavirus vaccine. they several gymnasts have came say it is about sealing the forward in recent days, outlining mistreatement. a confidential helpline‘s been set up for british knowledge, not disrupt it. in the uk, though they will not name the gymnasts who need support. it‘ll be run by the british athletes commission facility is involved, but we know and the charity the nspcc. oxford university and imperial couege oxford university and imperial college are pretty confident about second from bottom aston villa can move within a point of safety managing to get this vaccine, they tonight, their game at everton is one of four matches wouldn't name of these particular in the premier league villa have institutions but it is pretty clear that they think this is where it is three games to save themselves coming from a. interestingly what and will be hoping to pick up they are doing is linking these from where they left off on sunday. when they got a crucial win over crystal palace. hackers to the russian intelligence they haven‘t won back to back matches in the league since october service and they said they would and dean smith is wary of a side only do that if they were very that have spent big in recent years

confident that it was the case. the on players like richarlison group is known as apt29, they are and andre gomes who returns tonight. it's it‘s game day that gets myjuices flowing and i‘m really looking well known to those tracking cyber forward to all these games. but i security risks, they say that these keep reiterating to the players that we have to make sure we don‘t fall. attem pts security risks, they say that these attempts have been highly targeted over the last few months, they are we have to work hard because every game in this league is tough and persistent and ongoing. there is a thatis game in this league is tough and that is an awful lot of quality and reaction from the prime minister's i mentioned there, gomez being fit official spokesman. he said the and available, i think everton paid attacks taking place against the more per gomez then we have for our vital work to combat coronavirus are record signing. so it goes the despicable, working with our allies polity of established leagues in we will call out those who seek to esteem. everton villa kicks off at 6. do us harm cyberspace and hold them as does leicester against sheffield united, brendan rodgers to account. and this group they side could be out of the top four tonight if they don‘t win alleging did the hacking have and manchester united do, previously been linked to hacks on they‘re away at crystal palace whilst southampton take on brighton. that‘s all the sport for now. the democratic party in the usa in 2016. a very prominent warning here, the official saying they want to get england 112 for three at tea on day this information out there as widely

as possible to warn others who may one. be being targeted that this is what more now on the news that 649 thousand fewer people were in work is happening. in the uk at the end of last month than at the start of shamima begum, who at the age the lockdown.let‘s speak now of 15 left the uk to join to kirstie donnelly , the islamic state group in syria, ceo at city and guilds group. has won a legal battle to return to the uk to challenge the loss of her citizenship. shamima begum left london five years thank you for being with us. the ago and lived under is rule for more fellow scheme has certainly helped suppress those figures. they are than three years before she was found, nine months still shocking. they are shocking and at the end of the day, there are pregnant, in a refugee camp in february last year. 9 million people on furlough, so daniel sandford reports. this was shamima begum when she there is no doubt, although there first re—emerged last year, having hasn‘t been particular change of any gone to join the islamic state group significance, they are being masked aged just 15 with two of her east by that 9 million fellow. as a london school friends. result, the figures will be more when the bbc interviewed her, is had just lost depressing than the scheme comes to its last bit of territory in syria an end. exactly. we know that 4 million by the end of the year has and she was asking to come back been predicted and what we also know about the data that has been i just want forgiveness, released is that it isn‘tjust the really, from the uk. unemployed, it‘s also the level of everything i've been

through, i didn't expect i vacancies that exist, so this would go through that. losing my children quarter, we have seen vacancies across every single industry become the way i lost them... more depressed. that said, we shouldn‘t ignore the fact that one she was in the al—hol camp for is women in north—east syria. third of all vacancies are in health to prevent her returning and social care sector and there are to britain, the then home secretary, sajid javid, took her british citizenship away, leaving her stranded. opportunities out there for people a decision she had been with skills, we need to make sure fighting from a second camp, that we have people with al—roj, but the appeal court said tra nsfera ble that we have people with transferable skills into the jobs today she should be allowed to come quickly. your city and guilds group, to the uk, meet her lawyers and fight her case in person. how transferable are a lot of the lord justice flaux said, skills of the members and the organisations that you represent?m "whilst she remains is interesting. one of the growth areas is actually in education. that‘s one of the areas where there detained in the camp she can't give effective instructions or take are vacancies. we often don‘t any meaningful part in her realise that we have got many appeal. the only way in which she can tra nsfera ble realise that we have got many transferable skills. you take somebody working in the airline have a fair and effective appeal is to be permitted to come industry, somebody who has maybe into the uk to pursue her appeal. been working on the flights fairness and justice must, on the facts of themselves, they are trained in this case, outweigh the national security concerns." health and social care, custom care, the home office immediately said it would ask for crisis management. you have that permission to appeal what it called a very disappointing decision. across into the health care sector and all ofa so for now, shamima begum will not across into the health care sector and all of a sudden you have

somebody who has got a lot of tra nsfera ble be allowed into britain. somebody who has got a lot of transferable ability to go from one very different sector into another. she left the uk in february what is really important is making sure that people have access to 2015 with two school friends from bethnal green academy, that‘s really important, just in kadiza sultana and amira abase. time labour market information about they travelled through turkey where the jobs to is territory in syria, where they time labour market information about where thejobs are time labour market information about where the jobs are and get the right married fighters. careers advice and guidance to get kadiza sultana is dead into that localjob. is that enough being done on a national level to and amira abase is missing. make it clear to people and that shamima begum's father in bangladesh has told the suggestion that you gave, is very bbc by phone that he was delighted and that he welcomed today's court interesting. that you actually may decision, but the legal process have tra nsfera ble interesting. that you actually may have transferable skills and not is not over yet so, for now, shamima begum remains in al—roj camp realise it, so, come on, you can sort this out. absolutely on one of in north—east syria. the call to action that we have been talking to the government directly about is something called employment our home affairs correspondent and skills hubs, where you can dominic casciani is with me now. actually go and be put in touch with what happens next? it is a good local employment, you can have your question because we have any weird tra nsfera ble local employment, you can have your transferable skills a guest —— space where the government has lost and has been told it has to allow

her to return, assuming it can't get assessed. short course provision will be incredibly important to help the case into the supreme court, a people get the skills they need to get into thejob. challenge, they will have to be a people get the skills they need to get into the job. the chancellor made a number of announcements last solution but we are not yet at the week which were all about helping particularly young people get back stage of a militaryjet warming up into employment. a lot of it was its engine. it has all been about around work experience, so we need to be careful that we don‘t end up theissue with a revolving door and we don‘t its engine. it has all been about the issue of justice its engine. it has all been about the issue ofjustice and fairness, end up having young people coming in with the largerjustice are saying and out with lots of work it is not tenable for a court to experience. what they need is a job guarantee and that‘s job guarantee needs to come with skills and accept someone cannot have a fair training. we talked at the beginning hearing and go ahead with the hearing and go ahead with the hearing without shamima begum being about the furlough scheme masking there to defend herself. her lawyers the true figures. it simply can‘t go say that is all she wants, she is prepared to face justice, she wants on. at some point it had to end, to the right to come and defend because at some point, we have to pay the money back. absolutely and what we have to make sure is that we can use funds that are already out herself. there. there are government funders we know there are other british that have been committed to apprenticeships, to reskilling and citizens or former citizens in these retraining. let‘s now have our camps in syria. does her case have a moment quickly and direct those where they are absolutely most needed and we need to make this bearing on them also? it really does response back to the covid—19 because it is about the issue of a

economic recovery based on real time fair hearing. there is the think labour market information, so we are in place with people injobs where they are vacancies. thank you, tank estimating there are 150 people like shamima begum who have had their nationality stripped, excluded kirsty. from the uk who could now potentially have the right to come more now on the news that british back to the uk to challenge those security services say hackers working for russia are trying to steal research into a vaccine decisions taken by the home for coronavirus.our security secretary against them. that is an correspondent gordon corera has been speaking to the head of enormous headache for any government to stand with which is why the home the national cyber security centre. we are working flat out to protect secretary will want to have this in our vaccine research, it‘s so important right now and with our court to roll it back. even if she canadian and american partners, we gets into the country, that is not have seen russian spies with names the end of the matter, she still has to prove that she has not got recast like cozy bear trying to hack in to to prove that she has not got recast to bangladeshi citizenship but also the networks hosting the vaccine research, so what we are doing today that she isn't a threat to the uk is calling it out and publishing the and the home secretary's case has a lwa ys and the home secretary's case has technical details, so that as well always been that the security as the organisations that we are service mi5 can show she is a threat already working with, anybody in the to the uk because she went out world can see this and protect there, supported is, she married a themselves from it. what you think they are trying to do?”

foreign fighter and appears to still themselves from it. what you think they are trying to do? i think any support them. there is a laugh like country right now, if they can get hold of vaccine research, to play for but it will take a long particularly in a hostile country time for the case to really pan out. with less sophisticated scientific and is there any sense of when we base and others, would like to acquire the sort of world—class might hear whether or not the research that has been done in the government has been given leave to uk. iam pleased appeal? that has got happen by the research that has been done in the uk. i am pleased to say that there is no reason to believe they have got hold of it, but we have to be on end ofjuly with the court the mag high alert. that is why we have going on holiday, so 2—3 weeks. they detected this attack and since, we will want to go to the court to have worked closely with the world —class have worked closely with the world—class institutions doing the research and we are on high alert appeal quickly to stop it is for further attacks. how difficult to get a case before the sophisticated it is been?” supreme difficult to get a case before the supreme courtjustices. difficult to get a case before the supreme court justices. you for further attacks. how sophisticated it is been? i think it hasn‘t been at the highest level of difficult to get a case before the supreme courtjustices. you have to argue the point you are making is really significant, you can't say sophistication. we are on constant you want another go, you have to watch, but that‘s why we have a show there is a fundamental issue really intensive programme. we have which affects the interests of had it for months with leading society about why the case should be universities and pharmaceutical companies about how to detect those heard. my guess is the supreme card to ta ke heard. my guess is the supreme card to take it on because they like the attacks, how to detect strange activity on your networks, that is nature of the case and they want to why we have been able to see it and say something about it. i think, as we have seen many times before, cyber attackers, even from the most hostile states, don‘t back to the foreign secretary... a lwa ys the most hostile states, don‘t

always reach for the most obvious, more now on the foreign don‘t always reach the highest secretary dominic raab —— sophistication tools, that is why who says russian "actors" sought people need to put in place basic to interfere in the 2019 general election by leaking documents about a planned uk trade deal protections. these won't have in the our diplomatic correspondent james landalejoins us now. past been considered the highest people were expecting a report from targets. for several months, we have been working with universities and a select committee about potential russian interference for stop is the pharmaceutical companies and health service to make that things that our statement by the foreign secretary covid—19 response depends upon as teed today linked to that? well, we the best protection available. we have moved several universities and don't know, but there is certainly a pharmaceutical companies of the highest level of prioritisation for coincidence of timing that the our support, from the national cyber reports have all come out. there is an investigation ever since the security centre, so we watch them lea ks last art actively, we watch the traffic on an investigation ever since the leaks last art and head of the the networks with their agreement. general election when the documents we show them how to patch, how to suddenly emerged detailing quite a make sure that their networks have the most up—to—date protections so lot of information about uk us trade they are receiving much more attention than they used it and we negotiations and they became a big are is confident that we can be that they are as well protected as they controversy during the general can be. do you believe that in election because the labour party used them to claim that the nhs either uk or elsewhere this has would be threatened by some of these actually had any impact yet? have trade talks potentially by some they got hold of anything? there is

no reason to believe at this stage trade talks potentially by some trade deal with the us claiming that our ability to produce vaccines control over some elements of the has been compromised or there has national health service, been a successful theft of valuable particularly the prices of intellectual property. clearly, this pharmaceuticals. it was very controversial. there has been an is something that has affected us, investigation since then, a criminal it has affected canada in the united investigation since then, a criminal investigation i'm going, but the foreign secretary has chosen today states, it is probably affected other countries so we must be on high alert across the world with our to reveal at least some partial partners about future attacks of this nature. there is also the story conclusions where he says the government is now almost certain today about russian interference in that russian actors were behind not british political life. does that necessarily the initial leaking but involve cyber activity? this is a the amplification of the documents and the british government assesses different issue but the foreign secretary has told parliament today that we saw activity last year by and the british government assesses an intend to interfere in the result of the general election. we will russian actors which sought to have to leave it there. thank you. influence the course of the last new figures have revealed further general election through the illicit evidence of the grim impact of the lockdown on jobs. theft of government documents. i am not able to say any more as it is the subject of live criminal they show that 649,000 people investigation. were removed from uk company let‘s speak now to the former chair payrolls between march and june. of the commons intelligence the number of people claiming and security committee — work—related benefits — dominic grieve. he also served as attorney general including the unemployed —

was 2.6 million. under david cameron. economists warn that the full effect of the crisis on jobs won't be felt thanks for being with us. your until the furlough scheme ends in october, as our economics picture has frozen but can you hear correspondent andy verity reports. me? i can. first of all, i suspect some job cuts in the last three months have made headlines, but many more jobs have gone that you aren‘t surprised by this, from less famous names. russia trying to nick off with 649,000 fewer people on employers' scientific secrets and meddling in payrolls is a statistic but, the election at the end of last for each person, like phil graham year. i'm not surprised at all. it and danielle skinner, it's a heavy is very much in keeping with... blow financially and emotionally. i was devastated. i was absolutely devastated. steal intellectual property and secret and we know from... i do feel a sense of shame, in a way, because, for me, i don't like to be out of work. processes... ok, we are going to i love working, i love being in ajob. keep going. you broke up a little danielle had got herfirstjob bit there dominic. but, one suspects in november to digital marketing company, but got made redundant also that the reports that you two weeks ago. she has applied for 50 jobs instrumental in putting together, at the end of last year the had only two responses. i felt heartbroken personally intelligence committee dealt with because i had just started the possibility that russia to get my career going and i felt interfered in the election. comes like everything wasjust

falling to pieces. phil lost his job as a pilot and trainer in march when his airline, flybe, went bust. out next week, we‘ll deal with past and there is little prospect of getting back to the job he loves. events... ok, we will have to leave i wish i knew what i could do now. it there. dominic, i do apologise my plan, basically, is to look and to the viewers as well. a dodgy line—out from dominic grieve. we at anything that i can do. will try and get him back on the line when we secure it in the next i try to call the recruitment agency few minutes. and i cannot get through to them. citizens advice has been taking a call about redundancy every two minutes. the city of leicester is expected to learn later today whether its local lockdown is to be extended. what we are seeing is a lot of people who have been in one shop the city has been subject to stricter coronavirus rules than the rest of england for more what we are seeing is a lot than 2 weeks — because of people who have been in onejob of a spike in cases. the city council says the figures for a very long time, perhaps 30 or a0 years, are now coming down, most of their working life, and people in the city are urging the government to ease who are very concerned the restrictions, about the idea of having to retrain as phil mackie reports for a different role. # i‘m locked down in leicester it's obviously very daunting. # i must say i‘m feeling the today the biggest survey of its kind pressure # why do they find it hard to revealed that 29% of companies accept are planning to shed staff # this virus needs to get in the next three months, better. # queen millz is a the highest figure on record, leicester—based singer. and 28% have shrunk their workforce the city‘s vibrant music scene in the last three months. is on hold because there‘s nowhere open and it‘s a city which has one more is going to need to be done of the youngest populations in the uk.

to help businesses keep she says her generation people in employment. is really suffering. we would like to see the government absolutely horrible, like, look again at cutting employers' everyone was so ready for pubs national insurance contributions. to open and everyone to go that way, they would be cutting and see their friends the upfront costs businesses face and family and socialise, and then itjust got, and allow them to pay their people like, everyone‘s dreams just rather than the taxman got crushed and, like, during what will be it was probably really disheartening for a lot of people. a difficult few months ahead. in areas where confirmed cases are still high, the number ofjobs being shed volunteers are going door—to—door with covid tests. doesn't show up in the official jobless count, which wasn't designed so we're here on behalf of the nhs with a pandemic in mind. and leicester city council today the survey the unemployment figures comes from asks with some covid testing home kits. if you are actively seeking work and if you are available for work and, if you answered the more cases that can no to either question, be detected the sooner the outbreak can be controlled. you are not classified as unemployment. you‘re shielding at the moment. if you lost yourjob in april are you concerned about the number or may, you may well have said no, i'm not available, of cases there have been because the government instructed everyone to stay at home. in this part of leicester? oh yeah, of course, very much so, because we are all locked down now and we can't do anything. so you could have lost your job but still not be classified as unemployed. and are you pleased they are coming today, labour criticised around like this, door—to—door, the government for taking a blanket to give people tests approach rather than targeting so that they can find out? the worst affected sectors. well, it's great, it's fantastic, the government said the best thing was to continue to open up i think. they are coming out the economy to get businesses and covering an area up and running. for phil and danielle, meanwhile,

which is much better. they are looking for work at a time when vacancies have hit a record low. the economic impact on the city is plain to see. other high streets are coming back to life. we can speak now to hannah leicester is back in hibernation. slaughter, economist pre—lockdown the lanes at the resolution foundation, in leicester would have been a policy organisation really, really busy, but with nobody which works to improve outcomes in the city centre no one is coming out to the shops, for people on low incomes so even places like this, which were really popular good afternoon. first of all, let's for a coffee and a cake, or a samosa, have now been forced to shut down for good. start with the figures. do think it‘s a gloomy outlook they give an accurate reflection of even away from the city. they give an accurate reflection of the extent of the jobs crisis right these are all business owners from glenfield, now? a village on the outskirts. what is really about the figures is they‘ve hardly had any cases here. that the headline unemployment even if lockdown is extended in leicester, they want figure which we would normally look their restrictions eased. at to understand the impact on jobs let's be honest, not everybody isn't moving in the way we would is following the lockdown rules. people are crossing the border expect it to. it is important to and they're going to towns that they know around glenfield that look at wider indicators. we know are actually open to the public from hmrc dated at 650,000 people and that business in some cases, many cases in fact, never have moved off employee payroll is actually comes back. between march and june and we also # eh, eh, i‘m locked down in leicester can see when we look at the total # i must say, i‘m feeling the pressure. # number of hours worked in the the latest data is being analysed

and later we expect a decision economy, that has gone down by nearly 17% in the three months to on whether to extend, amend or end leicester‘s lockdown. may compared to the same period last # free us up, they can‘t lock us year. from those figures, it is down. # phil mackie, bbc news, leicester. clear the impact the lockdown has yeah, man. had onjobs. really important to and after 5 o‘clock we‘re expecting an update think beyond the figures we might on the situation in england normally use given how different the from the health secretary matt time servers up and the fear is hancock, in the house of commons. stay with us for that. these figures are if anything going to get considerably worse once the an education consultant has been named as the chairman fellow scheme ends in october? of the government‘s new commission on race and ethnic disparities. absolutely and we know that people tony sewell has previously worked with prime minister borisjohnson, are losing jobs all the time, we see when he led the then mayor‘s education inquiry into the announcements from the big the capital‘s schools. companies and we know that companies in his first broadcast are struggling particularly in those interview my colleague reeta chakarbarti began sectors hardest hit by social by asking him how he‘ll be using his new position distancing measures and by the lockdown.. as the fellow scheme is wound down, that is likely to push morejobs over the edge wound down, that is likely to push more jobs over the edge so it is it is an exercise in trying imparted by the chancellor to think to understand and getting the government to understand, the about how better to support those matters behind may be some of the sectors. he announced some measures recent protests and also beginning to get a grip

as to how we can, in the mini budget, but he may find real terms, improve the lives of not only black young people and black as we come to the artem that he older people, for that matter, but for everyone. needs to take further action to it is across the piece. i‘m a suppose that‘s your challenge, supportjobs. isn‘t it, because people point out that we have our correspondent was suggesting had endless reviews, we have had five or six reviews that the figures out today don't in the past few years. how are you going to ensure something catch everybody who is unemployed. concrete comes out of this? would you agree with that? i think what we will do that is absolutely right and your correspondent was correct to say that people only count as unemployed is, i would like to if they say they are looking for work actively, which many people won't be at the moment so we can it did strike me that expect to see people moving into the one of them outcomes of that black lives matter protest, unemployed category over the coming months who at the moment might be which i support in many ways, was categorised as economically inactive, so people who are not that the demographic was not one working but not looking for work. it that i was involved in the 1980s, will be advising to keep an eye on when only 2% of people went to universities. the figures as well as we have a lot here was a group that of people in the data who are you could describe as middle—class employed and count themselves as but or lower—middle—class. not doing any work at the moment and what they wanted was

thatis opportunities and looking not doing any work at the moment and that is because they are furloughed but that is important when we think at the ways in which that group can be part of the mainstream society. about the economic impact. do you think there is anything the and really fairness, and equity. so, you know, it is office of statistics could give a a different way of better picture of the level of looking at race than it was perhaps in the 1980s. joblessness at the moment? better picture of the level of joblessness at the moment7m better picture of the level of joblessness at the moment? it is so, that‘s really interesting. welcome they have been publishing a you talk about people wide range of indicators, things wanting opportunities. like the number of people you are thought to be temporarily away from paid work and wary of the notion of institutional racism, which many people think putting out articles that try to of as being a denial explain the differences and of discrepancies between the different opportunities to people from ethnic minorities. measures and we think they should carry on doing more of that and in is that correct? would you say that of your and if so, why? these times that are so no, i wouldn‘t say that‘s correct. unprecedented in so many ways, it is i would like to put it for the record the same case in statistics and the that i do believe that racism exists in structures. it exists in your ons needs to evolve and keep doing own place, the bbc. what they do best in informing the it does happen. and i‘m not a denier of that. however, i do think that some nation and policymakers about the nature of the crisis as well as the of our disparities and they may not scale so people can really have their origins in race. understand what is going on and it could be something policymakers can support the workers else, like class or geography.

that are needed. do you have a sense it could be different looking ahead of what the next six powers that are working on months might look like? it is hard communities or groups of people to tell at the moment and so much that we need to examine. so, it is really taking does depend on the winding down of intellectually a wider view the furlough scheme and any other of this, rather than a narrow view. measures but we know from so, you are chair of this commission. independent forecasters that we are you are going to want to come out expecting unemployment to peak later with concrete proposals for in the year, so things are government. u nfortu nately in the year, so things are unfortunately likely to get worse as do you have a specific sectors that you are particularly we go further into the year. interested in? possibly topping 3 million. thank oryes, we do. the two big ones are you very much for talking to us. obvious in the public sector and making sure, using some of the race and ethnic disparity data to come up with some real initiatives. the social media company criminaljustice is another twitter has apologised, place to look at and really beginning to look at my mate, and promised to take "significa nt steps", david lammy, and what his after the accounts of some recommendations are and seeing how of the most famous people in the world were hacked. that can be prevented properly. among the victims were the us presidential contenderjoe biden, and then, i think there is a big sector amazon's bossjeff bezos, that we haven‘t looked and former president barack obama. at and that is the private sector. they all found their accounts they are really interested were made to post bogus offers promising a doubling of payments in change and yet

i have a feeling to anyone sending in they don‘t know how. it is this brokerage, this way a thousand dollars in the cryptocurrency bitcoin. of making change happen, that we rory cellanjones reports. really want the at first, it seemed that the tesla commission to look at. tycoon elon musk and a couple so i‘m not prejudging anything, i am just of other prominent twitter users giving you the remit, and had been hacked. i think that hopefully it will come back in a few weeks‘ time and come after all, a tweet from his account asking people to send him some up with some ideas and we can of the bitcoin cryptocurrency bat around together. was an obvious scam. then, as similar messages requesting so you don‘t want to prejudge donations were tweeted anything but you will have views on by the accounts of barack obama, certain things. you mention the joe biden, kanye west and many criminal justice system. certain things. you mention the criminaljustice system. what is your view on the use of stop and others, it rapidly became clear search by the police?” that the security of twitter itself had been compromised. whether the aim was to make money your view on the use of stop and search by the police? i have an open view on that, and that is one of the orjust mischief isn't clear. things i would like the commission this wasn't about to focusing on the curse, in some fraud, i don't think. i think it was more ways, we see the excessive ways that about doing the hack. but they received, i believe, over about $110,000 in their accounts, is used, on the other hand there are so people actually believed this hack, unfortunately. but it was very noisy. real issues of all communities about how we deal with crime. so i want to

in the hacker community, find out if there is an effective we actually call this type of hack a little bit lame. way in which policing can be done twitter‘s boss jack dorsey said it was a tough day. that will mean that communities feel "we all feel terrible this happened." safe and are getting a service. not necessarily a force. do you think then the company revealed that employees had been that the protests after the killing tricked by the hackers. twitter says a technique called social engineering was used. this could mean for instance that of george floyd and the protests an e—mail arrived appearing to come that we have seen against statues of from their boss and the employees handed over the keys to the entire system. slave traders, do you think these indicate widespread desire for there is also speculation that the fact that so many staff change or is this limited to just a were working from home made them more vulnerable. certain group of people? no, i think now, though, the reputation there‘s a desire to change. it of a platform where politicians depends on how we affect that change and celebrities are told that nobody can steal their identity so for example, a lot of the things has taken a major hit. i see coming up are people kind of this compromises the entire verified system on twitter. this is the public figures with almost got reacting to this and then the blue tick next to their name. some of the virtue stuff that comes if they could take control of any out, and then you wonder really, is of those with this hack or this access that they had, this real change or indeed, are we they could have done untold damage on the platform. looking at things that are really there but people don‘t know about? it is hugely embarrassing for twitter. so, there‘s a sense for me that we

president trump was one prominent figure not caught up need a balanced view. my view on it, in this hacking scandal, but with the us election approaching, twitter knows it must shore up its defences to avoid let‘s ta ke need a balanced view. my view on it, let‘s take specific later statues, this isn‘t the remit of the the risk that it could cause major commission, but i feel that there damage to the democratic process. needs to be an education about rory cellanjones, bbc news. slavery and i think that pulling down statues in its self isn‘t really going to help us. but look, a memorial service has been held to pay tribute to the victims of coronavirus in greater we can look at these as we move on manchester. andi only 70 people were allowed we can look at these as we move on and i am very open in regards to to attend the inter—faith service that. at manchester cathedral and it was streamed online. scientists have revealed the greater manchester mayor andy the closest images ever taken of the sun, burnham said it was time which show mini solar flares, called "campfires", to remember the lives lost dotted across its surface. the pictures were captured by the but also to mark the special uk—built solar orbiter spacecraft. spirit of the people. our global science correspondent luxmy gopal has more. rebecca morelle has more. let us pray to god, who alone a remarkable view of the sun. its fiery surface revealed makes us dwell in safety. in extraordinary detail. these images were taken from closer prayers, readings and messages to our star than ever before. seeing these images for the first at a service for those time was breathtaking. you know, we knew they would be good but, actually, ithink of all faiths and none they beat our expectations. to remember the more than 2900

people in greater manchester who have died from covid—19. and, when we look at the sun, today's service was a recognition in these images we are able to see that grieving families not only lost explosions happening all throughout loved ones to coronavirus but also lost the chance to mourn them the sun‘s atmosphere, and we weren‘t expecting to see that. properly because of social distancing, like tony, who lost his wife ann to the virus. that‘s the beauty of it, finding new things for the first time, seeing the sun in a new way, in a way we couldn‘t have imagined. when i saw ann's picture on the screen, that got to me the spacecraft, called solar orbiter, blasted off and i went and touched the face on the screen, cried a little bit into space in february. but the actual service was really built in the uk, it‘s designed nice and a fitting gesture for ann, to withstand extremes. she didn't deserve to go on its sun—facing side, in the way she did. temperatures can reach that's why we're so grateful more than 500 celsius. for creating an online space, a book of remembrance, getting a close view of our star so that each person can be will help us understand what‘s remembered as a person known as space weather, where huge solar storms can knock and not as a statistic. out navigation and communication satellites and cause power failures the service was streamed online here on earth. so that everybody could be part solar orbiter‘s journey isjust beginning. now it will start to fly of it and an online book even closer to the sun. of remembrance has been launched scientists say today‘s images as a permanent tribute to remember those who have lost their lives. are just a hint of what‘s to come. among the 70 guests at the service rebecca morelle, bbc news. were health workers who have lost so many of their own to covid—19 while serving on the nhs front line. i think it's offered some closure.

now it‘s time for a look we've been holding memorial services at the weather with phil avery hello once again. at our hospital over the last month at its best, there really hasn‘t but i feel like this has brought been too much wrong. we see a lot of dry weather across the british isles, everything together but a lot of cloud as well. the favoured few have for the organisation, seen some brightness, particularly so to the eastern side so i find that it's really made me of scotland, parts of the eastern side of england too. feel really honoured as well to have come further south, it comes been able to provide to something when the bright spot on the south coast is the beach hut the care that i did. we are a grieving world, a grieving city and we hope on the hastings seafront. that this little offering the reason for all the cloud to our community in greater is a moist flow trapped manchester will be a sign of hope, between two weather fronts. a cold front closing in on the north—west quarter a bite—size, if you like, of scotland as we get into the latter part of the evening in small measure, but we hope and during the course of the night. further south, the odd gap that this will make a difference in the cloud, a lot of dry weather to you spiritually, to be had across england and wales. as you will see from the temperatures, it is every bit as close as it was last night, emotionally and otherwise. with some of the temperatures never lower than 14, 15, perhaps even 16. that weather front is slowly easing in coming together, it was a way its way down and across scotland of bringing if not closure, then as we start the new day on friday. at least some comfort to bereaved families. luxmy gopal, bbc news. eventually the rain scientists trialling a covid—19 vaccine at transferring across the border oxford university are expected into the north—west of england to give an update on its and north—western wales.

effectiveness early next week. following on behind the weather front, at least things turn a good deal brighter for the north—western quarter of scotland, it comes as a group of 15 but there will be quite a significant breeze as well, nobel prize winners, including one working at oxford, so 15 degrees or so in fort william. have written an open letter calling the rain eventually pushes for healthy volunteers to be deliberately exposed through northern ireland, to the virus in order but probably not getting away to speed ip the development. until about tea—time from those eastern shores. it gets across the irish sea to the virus in order to speed up the development. into anglesey around the same time. our medical correspondent, further south than that, fergus walsh, explained. a lot of cloud to be had, there's an astonishing 23 but it won‘t stop the temperatures, coronavirus vaccines that getting up to around 24 or 25. are now in the clinic, the same weather front and another 140 in early is still a nuisance across the heart development, in the space of the british isles as far ofjust eight months. ahead as saturday. saturday itself is a some of the front runners game of two halves — are the oxford university vaccine, where we have the brighter, fresher weather, with some showers up and across the north and west we also have vaccines in the us of the british isles, from moderna, genentech, pfizer. then the weather front slowly all of those have either given easing its way further south, results in the last few days or are about to give results. so robbing you of a wee bit of sunshine perhaps down in each case, it looks across the southern midlands, like they give a good immune east anglia and the south—east later response to volunteers. on in the day. the last of the really mild air associated with the front and ahead of it eventually being elbowed off into the near continent.

that's promising, but it doesn't as we get on into sunday, tell us in the real world what will happen when there is something a bit cooler those volunteers are and fresherfollowing on behind. exposed to coronavirus. but a better chance if you were stuck under the weather front on saturday of seeing some for that we are in the lap sunshine on sunday. of the gods, and in the hands some cloud will bubble up, there will be some showers of the virus for those volunteers, on the western side of scotland. to come across it and see temperatures just feeling that tad whether they are protected. and that's why this fresher, with a high of 21. group of scientists, including 15 nobel laureates, have said, "why don't we take some volunteers — young, fit 20—year—olds — deliberately infect them after giving them the vaccine, and see whether or not it protects them?" that could short cut everything, and it's done with other trials. scientists have revealed the closest images ever taken of the sun, which show mini solar flares, called "campfires", dotted across its surface. the pictures were captured by the uk—built solar orbiter spacecraft. our global science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. a remarkable view of the sun.

its fiery surface revealed in extraordinary detail. these images were taken from closer to our star than ever before. seeing these images for the first time was breathtaking. you know, we knew they would be good but, actually, ithink they beat our expectations. and, when we look at the sun, in these images we are able to see explosions happening all throughout the sun's atmosphere, and we weren't expecting to see that. that's the beauty of it, finding new things for the first time, seeing the sun in a new way, in a way we couldn't have imagined. the spacecraft, called solar orbiter, blasted off into space in february. built in the uk, it's designed to withstand extremes. on its sun—facing side, temperatures can reach more than 500 celsius. getting a close view of our star will help us understand what's known as space weather, where huge solar storms can knock out navigation and communication satellites and cause powerfailures here on earth. solar orbiter‘s journey isjust beginning. now it will start to fly

even closer to the sun. scientists say today's images are just a hint of what's to come. rebecca morelle, bbc news. this is bbc news. i‘m clive myrie. i've just the top stories... i'vejust had a i've just had a statement from the the uk, us and canada former home secretary sajid javid on claim that hackers — almost certainly working for the russian state the ruling of the shamima begum who are trying to steal research went to syria as a schoolgirl. he into a vaccine for coronavirus. says, whilst i respect the court and will limit how much i say about this we have seen russian spies with specific case, there are important names like cozy bear trying to hack principles at stake. any restrictions of rights and freedoms faced by shamima begum are a direct into the networks hosting the vaccine research. in a separate development, consequence of what direction she the government says it‘s "almost certain" that what it has taken. it is not clear to me why calls russian actors sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. the government‘s chief scientific adviser admits the outcome an appeal could not be made abroad of the uk‘s response to the coronavirus pandemic has "not been good". using modern technology. however, this is not solely a matter of justice, but of national security. the statement is quite long. there are many factors that will

allowing her and other terrorists play in when we say, what is it make back into to... would be a security some countries having done worse than risk which could not be mitigated. and he makes a second point that the judgment and precedent set in this case could bind the hands of the government in managing past and future cases. that statement about sajid javid mp who was home secretary at the time when shamima begum had her citizenship removed. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. it's been a pretty cloudy day for many parts of the british isles, some sunshine to the eastern side of scotla nd some sunshine to the eastern side of scotland and one and two eastern spots in england. we are jammed in between two weather fronts, the more westerly feature is a cold front which will drag in cloud producing rainfor which will drag in cloud producing rain for scotland and northern ireland during the course of the

line. further south, a pretty close on that yet again, temperatures no lower than 14 degrees. enter friday, it looks as though it will be a dive start for the greater part of england and wales, a little bit of brightness. they were different slowly dragging rain across the borders into the north of england and wales. brighter skies behind but and wales. brighter skies behind but a fresher feel across the north—west and quarter of scotland. that front ta kes and quarter of scotland. that front takes the whole of the weekend before it staggers its way further south, introducing a fresh feel eventually all parts.

hello, this is bbc news — with reeta chakrabarti. the headlines: the government says it's "almost certain" that what it calls "russian actors" sought to interfere in last year's general election. uk security services claim hackers almost certainly working for the russian state are trying to steal research into a vaccine for coronavirus. a court rules that shamima begum, who went to syria as a schoolgirl tojoin the islamic state group, should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship. the government's chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance is appearing in front of the science and tech committee. lets cross over that now. in that spirit, because that was some

general questions about the while the scientific advice is taken in the scientific advice is taken in the spirit of learning as we go. we have, as we know, some of the very best scientists in the world. you are invited many of them to participate in sage discussions. have you found that they have been willing to accept, how people responded to the call? yes, everyone we have invited to participate has accepted. we have different people at different meetings, it is not a membership organisation, we invite people tojoin as membership organisation, we invite people to join as we need them. membership organisation, we invite people tojoin as we need them. some have been at virtually every meeting, some fear. in general, this has been my experience when people are asked to help in a government emergency, the answer is yes, andy turn up and worked extremely hard at it. i would say that the people who have worked on this epidemic, from

various different universities, have really worked incredibly hard on this. one of the questions is how we keep that's available for them as the new academic term starts as well. you have the pick of british signs, one of the strongest forces in the world. —— british science. you said that there were no significant incidences in which the government had chosen to go against one ‘s advice, you quite rightly made a distinction between policy distinctions advice. the chief medical officer did subsequently say that they could think of no significant incidences in which the government had chosen to go away from that advice. is that still true? does that assessment still hold true? are there any instances in which government gone against

sage's advice? you are right to draw the distinction that sage is a advisory body, the ultimate decisions are a mixture of policy and timing, which are not in our control, knows are things that others have to make decisions around. in the general, what i can be absolutely at about is that those making policy decisions have heard and understood the scientific advice. that i am in no doubt about. clearly, as the pandemic regresses and as we get into release measures from lockdown, there are many other considerations that need to be taking into account as well as the science. therefore, the ultimate policy decisions will need to weigh all sorts of different factors, and therefore, is difficult to say that is based on scientific advice entirely, because it is not, is based on other things as well. we have given the advice, it has been heard and understood i will be incorporated into decisions. will

come onto other sources of policy advice. in terms of recommendations of sage, earlier in the year you can think of any significant aspect in which the government had taken a different view from that recommended by sage — is that still the case? different view from that recommended by sage — is that still the case7m is absolutely case that government has taken the advice and understood it. i'm trying to think of an example to express why the this is not as straightforward. in a sense, what we're doing is laying out scientific reasons behind options from which people can choose. overlaying that with and other considerations is the job of government. clearly, if the government. clearly, if the government had done something which we said, you should not do that, we would stand up and say, you should apps do not deduct from our opinion and the signs. it is part of the

independence of sage. the membership of sage is a group of people move largely from outside government who are independent are not paid and not contracted, therefore, they give their views freely and frankly. reflecting as science does, you are one of the most eminent scientists in the country, a lifelong scientist, science is rigorous in confronting theory with evidence, so if we look at the structure of the taking of scientific advice, we have got one of the strongest signs bases in the world, people have been willing to serve. the government has specifically said it will follow the guidance and advice of sage. there

hasn't been an occasion where sage hasn't been an occasion where sage has been moved to speak out in public. so, all of that would imply a very strong system for navigating through this pandemic, and yet the uk's response to the pandemic is not the most admired in the world. so, in your role, have you begun to think about what might be the reasons for that? yes, we think about that a lot. clearly that there are things that we do is go along to keep learning from what is going on, and we are in regular contact with many international partners. as chris whitty has said before, it is very difficult to know exactly where we stand at the moment. it is clear that the outcome has not been good in the uk, i think we can be absolutely clear about that. it's also clear that you can see a band of countries that have done less

well in the temperate zone, countries that are very well connected internationally, countries that have got population structures which are of a certain type. i think there are many factors that will play in as we look and say, what is it that makes some countries having down was than others? there will be decisions made that turn out not to have been the right decisions, i'm sure about that as well stop a numberof sure about that as well stop a number of factors need to be taken into account. the other thing i would say is that one less in which i think is very important to learn from for emergencies in general is that data flows and data systems are incredibly important. you need the information in order to make the decisions, therefore, for any emergency situation, those data systems need to be in place up front in orderto be systems need to be in place up front in order to be able to give the information to make the analysis and decisions. in order to gather data,

you do have tests, therefore, in terms of the lack of testing capacity, it obviously has a medical dimension as to knowing who has the disease or not, but it has an information dimension as well, to understand the spread, the partings, who the virus affects and how. that is certainly absolutely case. i said before that it would have been absolutely preferable to have had much greater testing capacity early on, but it's notjust testing. it is a basic information flows around patients in around rates of admission, rates of movement— those sorts of things are important parts of this as well in making sure that all systems work flows. going forward , all systems work flows. going forward, it will be a number of things from local areas to make sure that we have the right information

flows to make decisions, those are the critical thing is to get right in this. testing, if you go back and look at the minute, it was a preoccupation right at the beginning, we kept saying that we needed to get more testing capacity in place. of course, it's important to know that the capacity and capability of the public health syste m capability of the public health system needs to be right in order to do this as well. in terms of those data flows, might it be expected, given that we have a national health service, that we would be an advantage in this country in having data flow, and yet you cite is one of the reasons why our performance might not have been as good as it could have been — is that right?|j think that the national health service does provide a fantastic opportunity to do this, the data flows are getting much better now. at the beginning, there were

definite times when we would have liked data and it was difficult to get the stop but is not surprising, ina way, get the stop but is not surprising, in a way, because although it is the national health system, it does not have centralised data flows and everything you need. i doubt that is true of many other countries as well. i think an improvement in data flow is a key part of management of this, and indeed, other emergencies as we look forward. thank you, that is very hurtful to know when it comes to making recommendations for the future. in terms of testing for that? that is very helpful to know. who is this possible for testing strategy? that is the responsibility of the department of health, and in terms of how the testing a new somewhat the crowd is where, the cn 0 somewhat the crowd is where, the cn o responsible for that. somewhat the crowd is where, the cn 0 responsible for that. when you say that we consistently say that we needed more testing capacity, did

you make that case explicitly public health england anti department of health? public health england and the department obviously both attend these as at sage. so, it was sage sufficiently muscular in a saying that we need more testing capacity and is not coming through quickly enough? sage is an advisory body, advisors can advise, decisions need to be made as to what the outcome are. sage can't get into trying to manage things, it just are. sage can't get into trying to manage things, itjust doesn't have the right constituency, it doesn't have the right make up authority to do that. could it not advise that we need more testing capacity based on looking at other countries?m need more testing capacity based on looking at other countries? it did. in fact, if i go back to papers from

early february, for example, on contact tracing and isolation the... i think it was only 12 or 24th of february, current capacity can be expect you not to be sufficient or sustainable at the limits of control and higher rates. we recommend that the level of enhancement should be enable a tenfold increase in capacity. there was clearly an under capacity. there was clearly an under capacity issue, which was well recognised, that is important to get right. that is what is important to get right now and the ramp up in test trace. just before i turn to my colleagues, could you explore some other reasons why our performance, at least provisionally, does not seem to be at the level of what

international reputation in this area? so, you mention data flows and testing. let me just explore another possibility, which is that the scientific method relies on evidence, but sometimes evidence ta ke evidence, but sometimes evidence take some time to acquire and time can be lost on their way to that. might it be the case that some countries, i'm thinking in particular in europe, make policy decisions are perhaps in advance of conclusive evidence in an academic paper, but actually, allow these countries to act more quickly than a country which, depending on a very scientific approach, waiting for the evidence. one example i would give is something that was published just last week, the vivaldi study of

asymptomatic transmission in care homes. the conclusion of the study reported last week said that the study suggest that care home staff may be at increased risk of contracting the virus, which they may then pass on to others if they have no symptoms. on the basis of that evidential conclusion, a change in policy was made last week, which was to have weekly testing of all ca re was to have weekly testing of all care home staff. is not the case that, actually, without the study being completed, one could have had a pretty good intuition that transmission amongst care home staff, given that we know it can be transmitted asymptomatic lay, was to be important? therefore, couldn't we have acted in anticipation of that, rather than waiting for this vivaldi study to report? if you go back and look at the minutes, it's very clear that care homes were flagged up very

early on. i think the first record i can find of it was in february, and there were of very many after that as well. it was always the case that there was a worry about people needing between care homes, for example, isa needing between care homes, for example, is a way to spread infection. what you are describing is the policy choices and how those policy choices are made. i think thatis policy choices are made. i think that is not a decision for me, that is for others as to how and when to make policy. but if we have a body, sage, that is very imminent, and the government has said that it will follow the science, and waits for definitive conclusions— is that not paradoxically a potential source of disadvantage compared to a country in which policymakers were able to make reasonable assessments of what seems likely? there are two bits to

the way you are framing the question, which is the assumption that somehow sage has policymakers in its grasp and policy makers will not move until sage does something— thatis not move until sage does something— that is not the method. sage provides advice, if you look at the ca re provides advice, if you look at the care home advice, that went right the way back to february. that advice was always, we are never dealing with certainty and a body of evidence that says it is absolutely the case, we are dealing always with uncertainty. it is in that uncertainty, and our job uncertainty. it is in that uncertainty, and ourjob is to express that uncertainty to allow ministers and others to make decisions as to which policies they wish to follow. i don't accept the prime minister that, actually, sage takes a position of only if we are 100% certain. we say there is uncertainty here. but within the bounds of this uncertainty, here are some advice. data sage advice at an

early stage that care home workers should be routinely tested?” early stage that care home workers should be routinely tested? i can't remember exactly what we recommend it on individual measures, i don't know when we recommended that, we certainly made advice about moving between care homes early on. we have had sage, and it's met very frequently, i think weekly — is at the case? we have had our bespoke system. if we hadn't had followed a approach that we had in terms of the structure of scientific advice, and if we had simply taken the decision to follow the world health organization's advice and every point, then in february, the who advice was to have a mass regime of testing... they released a statement

in march to isolate, test and treat every case to break the trains —— chains of transmission. we would have adopted a social distancing row of one metre would have indicated the use of face mask since the 6th ofjune. is there any evidence that we would have fared worse if we followed current who advice rather than having our own bespoke system of advice? clearly there is no evidence to suggest one way or the other, but i do want to pick up on a few things on that. there are obviously other things as well, such as those countries which were affected by mers in 2015, took public health action for these types of things. there were signals there that could have been looked at. face mask is an interesting one, because

if you go back to our advice on face mask was in april. we said that facemasks are of marginal positive value when used in enclosed spaces where crowding may occur and you cannot keep two metres distance, which is essentially the advice who have come up with. and it is essentially the advice which now forms the basis of policy, so i don't think it is the case the case that we have deviated from who in terms of the advice, we were rather ahead of it in terms of that particular piece of advice. similarly, on testing, it was clear very early on that we wanted testing ramped up, but i think there is a danger of confusing operation and accountability with scientific advice. in terms of the facemasks, that has always had been the announcement they are to be mandatory within shops. are you saying that the sage advice was

there in april and the policy decision has onlyjust caught up with that voice? the sage advice is there in the public domain to read and it says when face mask can be of value. it is true that in april and during lockdown, the value of the facemask was a very minimal because most people were not going out. it is sensible to think about timing, it comes back to the point earlier on about material difference between sage advice and timing to stop now as we going to release of measures, it isa as we going to release of measures, it is a sensible time to think about what other mitigating factors you wa nt what other mitigating factors you want to put in place. again, for example, making the workplace completely coded secure and the middle of lockdown would have made no difference because nobody was going into workplaces. sol no difference because nobody was going into workplaces. so i think timing isa going into workplaces. so i think timing is a policy question. thank

you, chairand sir timing is a policy question. thank you, chair and sir patrick. if i can briefly follow up or not facemask point you were making. i think i recall the deputy chief medical officer saying how —— could be not beneficial, this was before lockdown, was up based on sage advice as well, therefore, has the science change? i'm not sure early signs has changed dramatically. there are still not overwhelming evidence. they are really three lines of evidence on face coverings. one is experimental work, lines of evidence on face coverings. one is experimentalwork, in lines of evidence on face coverings. one is experimental work, in other words, if i take this matter is that looking at droplets and so on, do droplets go through it, or how do droplets go through it, or how do droplets get distributed. though studies all tend to show that yes, mask and stop things going through them, so they show a high level of

protection. there is a second level of advice which is around clinical trials. what happens when people do or don't wear them. they are the evidence is much weaker. in other words, you don't get as much protection if tested the. it varies according to settings. then there are observational studies, which is, what was the impact went mask were introduced in country ar country b— could you see a difference in the rates of infection? they are quite difficult to interpret because the intervention isn't usually a single thing like a mask. other things change at the same time. you put those three lines of evidence together, it reaches the conclusion that we did back in april saying, on balance, masks have a positive effect in terms of stopping other people catching it from you, not from you catching it from other

people, less evidence around up. therefore, in certain environments, thatis therefore, in certain environments, that is able to wear it. i think the may be one of the things that the deputy cmo may have been worried about is that if you wear mask for a very prolonged periods, people tend to fizzle with them, fizzle with the face unlock, move them around, take them off and so on, then it's actually a bit more tricky to see what the benefit is. that has been suggestions that one of the reasons that seed set that position out in the first place was to discourage people buying up all the facemask at the time, is that not the case? it was a purely scientific decision rather than an operational one? again, ithink rather than an operational one? again, i think it's important to recognise that sage doesn't give all the scientific advice. first up not

every author on signs comes through sage and is approved by sage. there's a whole system of public health and other things that make decisions based on science, they have all got of reasons to do so. i think it is the case that there was a real concern that the situation in which medical grade mass are clearly of value and a very important as in health care settings, therefore there was a priority to make sure that those health care settings had those mask. ithink that those health care settings had those mask. i think that is clear. ifi those mask. i think that is clear. if i could turn out to community. what is the latest scientific evidence and understanding of sage on how long immunity at last, and what the implications are for our future strategy? what has become much clearer over the course of this outbreak is that the vast majority

of people that you get to bed and an antibody response. for example, in antibody response. for example, in an outbreak setting, it looks like probably 95% of people get antibodies. there are a bit less. but the vast majority of people get an antibody response. it looks like most of those antibody responses contain so—called neutralising antibodies, antibodies which would be expected to actually reduce the ability of the virus to cause and effect, it also appears that in some cases it is not clear what proportion antibody levels seem to drop after about three months or so, or in the run up to three months. so, antibody responses may not be long lasting. that does not mean that some form of immunity is not long lasting. we have other parts of the immune system, we may have

memory cells on it b cell side of things, we also have t cell responses which are important. we don't know. there is much... studio: we are going to leave that session of the science and technology committee. sir patrick valla nce technology committee. sir patrick vallance that they are taking questions. he was asked very much about whether the government took a different view from sage, that is the government's scientific advisory group. his line was that scientists advise and ministers decide. he was clear that the outcome had not been goodin clear that the outcome had not been good in the uk, but that was due to a number of factors that needed to be taking into account. let's take a look at the weather now. it's been a pretty cloudy day for many parts of the british isles, some sunshine to the eastern side of scotland and one and two eastern spots in england. we are jammed in between two

weather fronts, the more westerly feature is a cold front which will drag in cloud producing rain for scotland and northern ireland during the course of the night. further south, a pretty close night yet again, temperatures no lower than 14 degrees. into friday, it looks as though it will be a dive as though it will be a dry start for the greater part of england and wales, a little bit of brightness. the weather fronts slowly dragging rain across the borders into the north of england and wales. brighter skies behind but a fresher feel across the north—west and quarter of scotland. that front takes the whole of the weekend before it staggers its way further south, introducing a fresh feel eventually to all parts.

this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... the uk, us and canada claim that hackers working for the russian state are trying to steal research into a vaccine for coronavirus. in a separate development, the government says it's "almost certain" that what it calls ‘russian actors' sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. a court rules that shamima begum, who went to syria as a schoolgirl to join the islamic state group, should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship. the harsh toll of the lockdown onjobs — new uk figures show the number of people on company payrolls fell by nearly 650 thousand between march and june.

good afternoon. the uk, the us and canada are claiming that hackers almost certainly working for the russian state are trying to steal research from organisations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine. the uk‘s national cyber security centre said the hackers "almost certainly operated as part of russian intelligence services". they exploited software flaws to get access to vulnerable computer systems, and used malware to upload and download files from infected machines. meanwhile the government has announced that it‘s "almost certain" that what it called ‘russian actors‘ sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. a statement released by the foreign secretary, dominic raab, said that sensitive government documents relating to the uk—us free trade agreement were illicitly acquired before the 2019 general election

and disseminated online via the social media platform reddit. well, first, those suggestions that hacker — probably working for russia — are trying to steal coronavirus coronavirus vaccine research. vicki young joins us from westminster. how did this information emerge? it is an extraordinaryjoint warning from the uk, canada and america and they have been looking at this for a while, the group they are blaming fathers are known as cozy bear. they are well to these security services. the interesting point is they are leaking directly to the russian state and they say it knowing what they know about russia and the

government there that this kind of information will be known at the highest levels. it is understood they were trying to steal information, not disrupted but did steal it. we know in this country, oxford university working and optimistic about a vaccine for covid—19. they will not specifically say if they were being targeted but we can assume that is the case. the prime minister official spokesperson said the attacks taking place against a scientist doing vital work are despicable. working with our allies we will cull out those that do us harm in cyberspace and hold them to account. this group has been previously linked to hacking attem pts previously linked to hacking attempts during the american elections against the democratic party. a well known to the security services. what is interesting is deciding to go public. they say they wa nt to deciding to go public. they say they want to get the information out

there in order to warn others who may also be subject to the attacks and linking it directly to the russian state, being very specific about that. they are also saying any various trial is going on for the vaccine, the information has been taken and we don‘t think any information about the vaccines has been stolen. thank you, vicki young. more now on the interference in last year‘s general election. foreign secretary dominic raab says russian "actors" sought to interfere in the 2019 election by leaking documents about a planned uk trade deal with the us. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has been following the story. there has been an investigation ever since these leaks last autumn ahead of the election when the documents

emerged detailing a lot of information about uk us trade negotiations. they became a big controversy during the general election because the labour party used them to claim that the nhs would be threatened by some of these trade talks quite potentially by a us trade deal with us claiming control over some elements of the national health service, particularly the prices of pharmaceuticals. it was very controversial is that there has been an investigation since then, there are criminal investigations going on. it has been today revealed some partial conclusion, saying the government is almost certain russian actors were behind not necessarily the initial leaking but the amplification of those documents. and the british government has said it was an attempt to interfere in the result of the general election.

so two stories connected to russia — computer hacking that targets coronavirus vaccine developement and the interference by what the foreign secretary calls ‘russian actors‘ in last year‘s general election. professor alan woodward is a cyber security expert from the university of surrey and joins me now. good afternoon to you. thank you so much for talking to us on bbc news. two stunning stories, both a p pa re ntly two stunning stories, both apparently linked back to the russian state. yes, unfortunately it appears that, they have a reputation for being fairly aggressive in cyberspace. i think what is noticeable now is jointly comedy british comedy canadians and the americans have said it looked very much like apt29, all sorts of nicknames like cozy bear. their methods have been around for a

number of years now and i think it might have been the dutch intelligence service that named them publicly as being tied back to the russian intelligence services and every time you see this footprint, their fingerprints every time you see this footprint, theirfingerprints in every time you see this footprint, their fingerprints in the electronic world, it appears to trace back to them and unfortunately this is one where we have to call them out, we can‘t fight people messing around with this stuff. this group was known about to today? unfortunately, cozy bear, apt29 has been known about for a number of years, they had some standard software but it appears to be a fairly concerted campaign against those looking to do research into vaccines and the disease. they farmed a pattern and what they have been doing is using known vulnerabilities in routers, firewalls and finding their way in that way but they have been using

some malware, given names by the way they talk about, but they can get those aontu people‘s machines in the age—old way of sending you an e—mail and you have a booby—trapped document. the pattern, i don‘t think they will name who has been attacked but the patterns suggest it is about vaccine research and the techniques, are they tied back to this one group? what about motivation? why would they do this? i have been struggling with that question myself. i think the simple answer is they want to steal any advances people have made in the vaccine and lea pfrog people have made in the vaccine and leapfrog their own research perhaps. the real danger in doing that, in the scientific world, we share things by publication, it is not like that we will keep it secret. the vaccine has a value ultimately

to drug companies, but the real danger is with some of these techniques they are using, you can actually cause disruption. it might not be intended but you can actually disrupt the efforts of those studying the vaccines. the mere fact they are trying to steal the information may have some unintended consequences. i really help, i cannot imagine anybody would be that ill willed to actually disrupt the type of research going on because it is to everyone‘s benefit, but that could be a consequence u nfortu nately. could be a consequence unfortunately. we think this is a russian state backed group. do we have any idea what of personalities they are that are this group? we don‘t really know a lot about them. in the past we have had some people indicted by the americans, so some of them as serving officers in the

intelligence services there, sometimes they will hire it out, the russian intelligence services are not averse to using cyber mercenaries, people with these skills, but they are not of any particular type. but they are well organised. good to talk to you. thank you very much. the appeal court has ruled that shamima begum, who at the age of 15 left the uk to join the islamic state group in syria, can return to the uk to challenge the loss of her citizenship. shamima begum left london five years ago and lived under is rule for more than three years before she was found, nine months pregnant, in a refugee camp in february last year. the home seceretary has said that allowing begum back into the uk to pursue her case would create a national security risk that can‘t be fully mitigated. daniel sandford reports. this was shamima begum when she first re—emerged last year, having

gone to join the islamic state group aged just 15 with two of her east london school friends. when the bbc interviewed her, is had just lost its last bit of territory in syria and she was asking to come back to britain. i just want forgiveness, really, from the uk. everything i‘ve been through, i didn‘t expect i would go through that. losing my children the way i lost them... she was in the al—hol camp for is women in north—east syria. to prevent her returning to britain, the then home secretary, sajid javid, took her british citizenship away, leaving her stranded. a decision she had been fighting from a second camp, al—roj, but the appeal court said today she should be allowed to come to the uk, meet her lawyers and fight her case in person. lord justice flaux said, "whilst she remains detained in the camp she can‘t give effective instructions or take any

meaningful part in her appeal. the only way in which she can have a fair and effective appeal is to be permitted to come into the uk to pursue her appeal. fairness and justice must, on the facts of this case, outweigh the national security concerns." the home office immediately said it would ask for permission to appeal what it called a very disappointing decision. so for now, shamima begum will not be allowed into britain. she left the uk in february 2015 with two school friends from bethnal green academy, kadiza sultana and amira abase. they travelled through turkey to is territory in syria, where they married fighters. kadiza sultana is dead and amira abase is missing. shamima begum‘s father in bangladesh has told the bbc by phone that he was delighted and that he welcomed today‘s court decision, but the legal process is not over yet so, for now, shamima begum remains in al—roj camp

in north—east syria. with me now is sir peter fahy, former chief constable for greater manchester police. that afternoon. the home secretary has said today that allowing shamima begum back into the uk presents a national security risk which can‘t be fully mitigated. do you agree with that? whatever may be her intention, the fact is she has been involved in very extreme violent activity and supported it. the other worry would be she would be a lightening rod for our extremists on the other side trying to target her and try to harm her. this is a huge headache, a real challenge for the police, not clear whether her return will be facilitated in any way by the british government when she does

come back into the country, whether she will be arrested. we know that is problematic. she will be... and if she was allowed to remain, it would be a real challenge for the police and security agencies to protect her from people who are so incensed by the case that they want to do her harm. we should make it clear that her return is not necessarily imminent because the government has asked leave to appeal so we must bear that in mind. these are real operational issues. are these things that the government could have made clear error in terms of what the police involvement might have to be? i would have that probably contingency plans being put in place in the background and presumably all different options being considered in terms of not only the 150 former british people who have had their nationality

removed, to citizenship removed, but a greater group of violent extremist terrorists from a number of different nations who are there in the various camps likely controlled by the kurds. that problem is still going to be there so this is probably being discussed between the police and security agencies and the government, but it is still a huge operational challenge and i am sure there is a level of massive frustration that we still don‘t seem to have come up with a mechanism. people will obviously think she was a juvenile when she left and there isa a juvenile when she left and there is a huge issue this group are very violent extremists are in the camps, managed by the kurds, secured by them and at some point this issue will have to be dealt with by the various nations as to what will be the long—term solution. various nations as to what will be the long-term solution. what do you think should happen?” the long-term solution. what do you think should happen? i think it is a new challenge. my own personal view, it seems unfair on the kurds to be

left with this huge problem when they fight isis. and also unfair on countries like bangladesh who have nothing to do with people like shamima begum. then they are expected to take them in. i think ultimately the western nations will have to deal with this issue and negotiate with the parties involved, make decisions about when people come back if they can be prosecuted, and if not, still a threat, then some control mechanism has to be put around them to try and keep the country around them to try and keep the cou ntry safe. around them to try and keep the country safe. it is very difficult to know what might happen if she we re to know what might happen if she were allowed to come back to the uk and she lost her case. what would happen to her then? and she lost her case. what would happen to herthen7|j and she lost her case. what would happen to her then? i presume she would then be departed to bangladesh who have made it clear they do not wa nt who have made it clear they do not want her. if she stayed in the country, there would have to be consideration of what control art she would be under, the legality of it. long term she might have to have her identity changed if it would

make it easier for the her identity changed if it would make it easierfor the police her identity changed if it would make it easier for the police to protect her. the fact is, the main headache will be it is notjust her, it is the implications of this case on so many other people in similar positions you have had nationality and citizenship removed. we will have to leave it there. good to talk to you. the headlines on bbc news... the uk, us and canada claim that hackers almost certainly working for the russian state are trying to steal research into a vaccine for coronavirus. the government says it‘s "almost certain" that what it calls ‘russian actors‘ sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. a court rules that shamima begum, who went to syria as a schoolgirl to join the islamic state group, should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship.

new figures have revealed further evidence of the grim impact of the lockdown on jobs. they show that 649,000 people were removed from uk company payrolls between march and june. the number of people claiming work—related benefits — including the unemployed — was 2.6 million. economists warn that the full effect of the crisis on jobs won‘t be felt until the furlough scheme ends in october, as our economics correspondent andy verity reports. some job cuts in the last three months have made headlines, but many more jobs have gone from less famous names. 649,000 fewer people on employers‘ payrolls is a statistic but, for each person, like phil graham and danielle skinner, it‘s a heavy blow financially and emotionally. i was devastated. i was absolutely devastated. i do feel a sense of shame, in a way, because, for me, i don't like to be out of work. i love working,

i love being in ajob. danielle had got herfirstjob in november to digital marketing company, but got made redundant two weeks ago. she has applied for 50 jobs had only two responses. i felt heartbroken personally because i had just started to get my career going and i felt like everything wasjust falling to pieces. phil lost his job as a pilot and trainer in march when his airline, flybe, went bust. and there is little prospect of getting back to the job he loves. i wish i knew what i could do now. my plan, basically, is to look at anything that i can do. i try to call the recruitment agency and i cannot get through to them. citizens advice has been taking a call about redundancy every two minutes. what we are seeing is a lot of people who have been in onejob for a very long time, perhaps 30 or 40 years, most of their working life, who are very concerned about the idea of having to retrain for a different role.

it‘s obviously very daunting. today the biggest survey of its kind revealed that 29% of companies are planning to shed staff in the next three months, the highest figure on record, and 28% have shrunk their workforce in the last three months. more is going to need to be done to help businesses keep people in employment. we would like to see the government look again at cutting employers‘ national insurance contributions. that way, they would be cutting the upfront costs businesses face and allow them to pay their people rather than the taxman during what will be a difficult few months ahead. the number ofjobs being shed doesn‘t show up in the official jobless count, which wasn‘t designed with a pandemic in mind. the survey the unemployment figures comes from asks if you are actively seeking work and if you are available for work and, if you answered no to either question, you are not classified as unemployed. if you lost yourjob in april

or may, you may well have said no, i‘m not available, because the government instructed everyone to stay at home. so you could have lost your job but still not be classified as unemployed. today, labour criticised the government for taking a blanket approach rather than targeting the worst affected sectors. the government said the best thing was to continue to open up the economy to get businesses up and running. for phil and danielle, meanwhile, they are looking for work at a time when vacancies have hit a record low. the social media company twitter has apologised, and promised to take "significant steps", after the accounts of some of the most famous people in the world were hacked. among the victims were the us presidential contenderjoe biden, amazon‘s bossjeff bezos, and former us president barack obama. they all found their accounts were made to post bogus offers promising a doubling of payments to anyone sending in a thousand dollars in the cryptocurrency bitcoin. rory cellanjones reports. at first, it seemed that the tesla tycoon elon musk and a couple of other prominent twitter users

had been hacked. after all, a tweet from his account asking people to send him some of the bitcoin cryptocurrency was an obvious scam. then, as similar messages requesting donations were tweeted by the accounts of barack obama, joe biden, kanye west and many others, it rapidly became clear that the security of twitter itself had been compromised. whether the aim was to make money orjust mischief isn‘t clear. this wasn‘t about fraud, i don‘t think. i think it was more about doing the hack. but they received, i believe, over about $110,000 in their accounts, so people actually believed this hack, unfortunately. but it was very noisy. in the hacker community, we actually call this type of hack a little bit lame. twitter‘s boss jack dorsey said it was a tough day. "we all feel terrible this happened." then the company revealed that employees had been tricked by the hackers.

twitter says a technique called social engineering was used. this could mean for instance that an e—mail arrived appearing to come from their boss and the employees handed over the keys to the entire system. there is also speculation that the fact that so many staff were working from home made them more vulnerable. now, though, the reputation of a platform where politicians and celebrities are told that nobody can steal their identity has taken a major hit. this compromises the entire verified system on twitter. this is the public figures with the blue tick next to their name. if they could take control of any of those with this hack or this access that they had, they could have done untold damage on the platform. it is hugely embarrassing for twitter. president trump was one prominent figure not caught up in this hacking scandal, but with the us election approaching, twitter knows it must shore up its defences to avoid the risk that it could cause major damage to the democratic process. rory cellanjones, bbc news.

a memorial service has been held to pay tribute to the victims of coronavirus in greater manchester. only 70 people were allowed to attend the inter—faith service at manchester cathedral and it was streamed online. the greater manchester mayor andy burnham said it was time to rememember the lives lost but also to mark the special spirit of the people. luxmy gopal has more. let us pray to god, who alone makes us dwell in safety. prayers, readings and messages at a service for those of all faiths and none, to remember the more than 2900 people in greater manchester who have died from covid—19. today‘s service was a recognition that grieving families not only lost loved ones to coronavirus but also lost the chance to mourn them properly because of social distancing, like tony, who lost his wife ann to the virus. when i saw ann‘s picture

on the screen, that got to me and i went and touched the face on the screen, cried a little bit but the actual service was really nice and a fitting gesture for ann, because she didn‘t deserve to go in the way she did. that's why we're so grateful for creating an online space, a book of remembrance, so that each person can be remembered as a person and not as a statistic. the service was streamed online so that everybody could be part of it and an online book of remembrance has been launched as a permanent tribute to remember those who have lost their lives. among the 70 guests at the service were health workers who have lost so many of their own to covid—19 while serving on the nhs front line. i think it‘s offered some closure. we‘ve been holding memorial services at our hospital over the last month but i feel like this has brought everything together for the organisation, so i find that it‘s really made me

feel really honoured as well to have been able to provide the care that i did. we are a grieving world, a grieving city and we hope that this little offering to our community in greater manchester will be a sign of hope, a bite—size, if you like, in small measure, but we hope that this will make a difference to you spiritually, emotionally and otherwise. in coming together, it was a way of bringing if not closure, then at least some comfort to bereaved families. luxmy gopal, bbc news. scientists have revealed the closest images ever taken of the sun, which show mini solar flares, called "campfires", dotted across its surface. the pictures were captured by the uk—built solar orbiter spacecraft. our global science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. a remarkable view of the sun.

its fiery surface revealed in extraordinary detail. these images were taken from closer to our star than ever before. seeing these images for the first time was breathtaking. you know, we knew they would be good but, actually, ithink they beat our expectations. and, when we look at the sun, in these images we are able to see explosions happening all throughout the sun‘s atmosphere, and we weren‘t expecting to see that. that‘s the beauty of it, finding new things for the first time, seeing the sun in a new way, in a way we couldn‘t have imagined. the spacecraft, called solar orbiter, blasted off into space in february. built in the uk, it‘s designed to withstand extremes. on its sun—facing side, temperatures can reach more than 500 celsius. getting a close view of our star will help us understand what‘s known as space weather, where huge solar storms can knock out navigation and communication satellites and cause power failures here on earth.

solar orbiter‘s journey isjust beginning. now it will start to fly even closer to the sun. built in the uk, it‘s designed to withstand extremes. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with phil avery. it has been a pretty cloudy day for many parts of the british isles, some chance of sunshine it on the eastern side of scotland, some eastern spots in england. we are jammed between two weather fronts, a cold front dragging thickening cloud to bring rain to northern and western scotland and northern ireland overnight, further south in a pretty close tonight with temperatures never lower than 14 degrees. friday, it looks as though it will be a dry start by the greater part of england and wales, lots of cloud, some brightness, the weather front slowly dragging the

rain across the borders into the north of england and the north of wales. brighter skies. as high as 25 in the south and the front taking the whole of the weekend before it staggers its way further south introducing a fresh appeal to all parts eventually.

hello, this is bbc news — with reeta chakrabarti. the headlines: the uk, us and canada claim that hackers working for the russian state are trying to steal research into a vaccine for coronavirus. the government says it‘s "almost certain" that what it calls "russian actors" sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. a court rules that shamima begum, who went to syria as a schoolgirl tojoin the islamic state group, should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship. the harsh toll of the lockdown on jobs —

new uk figures show the number of people on company payrolls fell by nearly 650,000 between march and june. sport — and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the second test match between england and the west indies is under way at old trafford after a damp start to the morning of day one in manchester. england were put into bat by the windies, with rory burns first to fall lbw to spinner roston chase for 15just before the lunch break. zak crawley then fell the very next ball after it,leaving leaving england 29—2. joe root made 23 before being caught at slip just a few moments ago. england are now 83—3. commentary can be found on the bbc sport website (pres)one man england won‘t get

to call on in this test match one man england won‘t get to call on in this test match ios fast bowlerjofra archer — he was dropped this morning after it emerged he‘d broken the bio—secure rules by going home in between the first test in southampton and this match in manchester. he‘s now in self isolation for five days and will undergo two covid—19 tests — which must come back negative — before he can rejoin the squad. it says in his statement that he has apologise. but it is a self as he made. look at what the west indies has sacrificed by being here, coming for a country hit by covid more than any other countries around the world. they have sacrificed plenty. some of his own team is for family and friends. only two miles away here at old trafford, jimmy anderson cannot see his family. england had out with her in exactly the right

manner. he is in quarantine forfive days, he misses this match. he had at old trafford, you need pace and bounce, exactly what he provides. so, england are light on a bowler andi so, england are light on a bowler and i think they have dealt with are in exactly the right fashion. england captain owen farrell will remain at saracens — despite their relegation from the premiership for breaking .(oov) farrell‘s won five premiership titles and three 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. meanwhile the quarter finals of the european champions cup have been confirmed after the postponement following the covid—19 pandemic. the last eight ties will take place on the weekend of the 19th and 20th of september. saracens are at leinster on the saturday, with tolouse, ulster and exeter versus northampton on the sunday. the semifinals areduefto takef ,, f " fl .. place a week after that. next, a football line to bring you — wales will play england at wembley on october the 8th

behind closed doors. ryan giggs‘ side return to action for the first time in ten months against finland in the nations league — that‘s on september 3. matches against bulgaria and ireland will take place either side of the game against england. 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 us — 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 focus out here. you know, i feel like, when there‘s fans and there‘s that energy and the atmosphere, it‘s easy to get into that mind set that you need to get into. like, that‘s what we‘re 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, sort of easy to lose focus, easy to lose concentration. i think some of the mistakes that i was making was because of that.

and there‘s live tennis right now on the bbc sport website, too. british fed cup player katie boulter has already qualified for the semifinals of the all—british progress tour women‘s championship. she‘s playing herfinal group game againstjodie—anna burrage right now at the national tennis centre in roehampton. she won at the first set 6—3, she is 3-2 she won at the first set 6—3, she is 3—2 down in the second. watch the latest on the website. more for you in the next hour. the government‘s chief scientific adviser has said that the uk has not achieved a good outcome in dealing with the covid—19 pandemic. sir patrick vallance said he was sure that mistakes had been made in response to the crisis. sir patrick has been giving evidence to the commons science and technology committee. clearly there are things that we do as go along to keep learning from what is going on, and we are in regular contact with many international partners. as chris whitty has said before, it is very difficult to know exactly

where we stand at the moment. it is clear that the outcome has not been good in the uk, i think we can be absolutely clear about that. it's also clear that you can see a band of countries that have done have done less well, in the temperate zone, countries that are very well connected internationally, countries that have got population structures which are of a certain type. i think there are many factors that will play in as we look and say, "what is it that makes some countries having down down worse than others?" there will be decisions made that will turn out not to have been the right decisions, i'm sure about that as well. a number of factors need to be taken into account. the other thing i would say is that one lesson which i think is very important to learn

from for emergencies in general is that data flows and data systems are incredibly important. you need the information in order to make the decisions, therefore, for any emergency situation, those data systems need to be in place up front in order to be able to give the information to make the analysis and decisions. in order to gather data, you need to have tests, therefore, in terms of the lack of testing capacity, it obviously has a medical dimension as to knowing who has the disease or not, but it has an information dimension, as well, to understand the spread, the patterns, who the virus affects and how. that is certainly absolutely the case. i've said before that it would have been absolutely preferable to have had much greater testing capacity early on, but it's notjust testing. it is basic information

flows around patients flows around patients in hospital, around rates of admission, rates of movement — those sorts of things are important parts of this as well in making sure that all systems work. going forward, it will be a number of things from local areas to make sure that we have the right information flows to make decisions, those are the critical things to get right in this. testing, if you go back and look at the minutes, it was a preoccupation right at the beginning, we kept saying that we needed to get more testing capacity in place. of course, it's important to know that the capacity and capability of the public health system needs to be right in order to do this as well. a sculpture of a black lives matter protester erected in yesterday has been removed by the city council. the plinth was previously occupied by a statue of the slave trader, edward colston, which was torn down

by protesters last month. the figure ofjen reid with her fist raised was installed in secret at dawn yesterday. the new statue will be stored in a museum until the sculptor collects it. an education consultant has been named as the chairman of the government‘s new commission on race and ethnic disparities. tony sewell has previously worked with prime minister borisjohnson, when he led the then—mayor‘s education inquiry into the capital‘s schools. hejoins us now. congratulations on your appointment. what is your remit? the remit is why. at the same time, it‘s a short period of time so we really have two narrow things down. we already know that there has been a lot of work already done in this area, so what we wa nt already done in this area, so what we want to do is get a focus on this. we particularly want to look

at the race and ethnic disparities do network, and make sure that we now move to some sort of action on that. essentially, it is an exercise in trying to understand and getting government to understand the matter is behind may be some of the recent protests, and also beginning to get a grip as to how we can in real terms improve the lives of, not only for black younger and older people, but for everybody. it is across the piste. i suppose that is your challenge, people point out that we have had endless reviews, five or six in the past few years, how will you ensure that something concrete comes out of this? i think what we‘ll do is... inaudible. modernise the whole way that we look at things, particularly the issue of

race. it did strike me that one of the outcomes of the black lives matters protest, which i support in many ways, is that the demographic was not the one in which i was involved in in late 1980s, when only 296 involved in in late 1980s, when only 2% of people went to university this year. it was a grip you could describe as lower middle class. what they wanted was opportunities. looking at the ways in which that grip can be part of the mainstream society, and fairness and equity. so, it is a different way of looking at rays that was perhaps in the 19805. it is at rays that was perhaps in the 1980s. it is interesting that you talk about people wanting opportunities. you are thought to be wa ry opportunities. you are thought to be wary of the notion of institutional racism, which many people think of asa racism, which many people think of as a been a denial of opportunities to people from ethnic minorities. is that correct, would you say that of

yourself? if so, why are you? now, i would not say that is correct. i do believe that racism exists in structures. it does happen, i am not a denier of that. however, i do think that some of our disparities may not have their origins in rays, it could be something else, class, geography, different powers that are working on communities or groups of people. it is really taking an intellectual wider view of us rather than just intellectual wider view of us rather thanjust a intellectual wider view of us rather than just a narrow view. you are assured of this commission, you are going to want to come out with concrete proposals for government. do you have specific sectors you are interested in? yes, we do. obviously, the public sector and making sure that using some of the

race and ethnic disparity data to come up with some real initiatives that‘s going to work. criminal justice is another place to look at. i‘m really beginning to look at david lammy and what his recommendations are, and seeing how that can be implemented properly. then i think there‘s a big sector that we haven‘t looked at— that is the private sector. they are really interested in change, and yet i have a feeling they don‘t know how. it is this way of making the change happened that we really want the commission to look at. i‘m not prejudging anything, i‘m just giving you the remit. hopefully i can come backin you the remit. hopefully i can come back ina you the remit. hopefully i can come back in a few weeks‘ time and come up back in a few weeks‘ time and come up with some ideas we can batter out together. you don't want to prejudge anything but you will have views on certain things. you mention the criminal justice system, certain things. you mention the criminaljustice system, what is your view on the use of stop and search by the police?”

your view on the use of stop and search by the police? i have an open view on that, that is one of the things i like the commission to really focus in on. in some ways, we see the excessive use of stop and search are being done and a wrong way. on the other hand, there are real issues for all community is about crime and how we deal with that. i want to kind of find out if there is an effective way in which policing can be done that will mean that communities feel safe and are getting a service, not necessarily a force. do you think that the protests after the killing of george floyd, and the protest we have seen against statues of slave traders, do you think these indicate a real widespread desire for change, or is this limited to just a certain group of people? it depends on how we

affect a change. for example, a lot of the things that i see coming out are people almost got reaction into this, then some of the virtue stuff that comes out. you wonder, is this a real change, or indeed, are we looking at things that i really learned that people don‘t know about? for me, there is a sense of balance. let‘s take specifically at these statues, this is not really these statues, this is not really the remit of the commission, but i feel there needs to be an education about slavery. i think pulling down statues itself isn‘t really going to help us. we can look at this as we move on, i‘m very open in regards that. just reminders of your timetable. we are back in december, we put out an interim report before that. as we speak, i am very busy

doing the work of the pm. you've got to get your skates on. thank you very much, tony sewell. this this one of the alleged victims of convicted child sex offender, jeffrey epstein, has described ghislaine maxwell as "vicious and evil." the british socialite is awaiting trial on charges of trafficking minors for epstein — all of which she denies. speaking to gayle king on cbs news, virginia roberts giuffre claimed that the former girlfriend of the disgraced financier was worse than epstein himself. let‘s take a listen. she is a monster, she‘s worse than epstein. she did things even worse than epstein did, she was vicious, she was evil, and she was a woman. her lawyers have said that ghislaine maxwell is not a jeffrey epstein, she has been a victim of media spin. they are doing theirjob. i‘ve known

that women really well. put it this way, epstein was pinocchio, and she was the guy pulling the strings. she had his money, he had her contacts, but she was much more conniving and smart than epstein ever once. prince andrew should be panicking, he knows he‘s guilty, he needs to be held accountable. we need to show the world that the rich and the amount can fall too. do you think that ghislaine maxwell's life is endangered? absolutely. if she spills on some of the people that they have videos on, they won‘t be happy about her talking about that. when you say that she has knowledge of ideals that exist about people. people like you ? of ideals that exist about people. people like you? very well known names. the government officials, the politicians, the royalty— they were taping everybody.

prince andrew has adamantly denied all accusations against him. the city of leicester is expected to learn later today whether its local lockdown is to be extended. the city has been subject to stricter coronavirus rules than the rest of england for more than two weeks because of a spike in cases. the city council says the figures are now coming down, and people in the city are urging the government to ease the restrictions — as phil mackie reports. # i‘m locked down in leicester # i must say i‘m feeling the pressure # why do they find it hard to accept # this virus needs to get better. # queen millz is a leicester—based singer. the city‘s vibrant music scene is on hold because there‘s nowhere open and it‘s a city which has one of the youngest populations in the uk. she says her generation is really suffering. absolutely horrible, like, everyone was so ready for pubs to open and everyone to go and see their friends and family and socialise, and then itjust got, like, everyone‘s dreams just got crushed and, like, it was probably really disheartening

for a lot of people. in areas where confirmed cases are still high, volunteers are going door—to—door with covid tests. so we're here on behalf of the nhs and leicester city council today with some covid testing home kits. the more cases that can be detected the sooner the outbreak can be controlled. you‘re shielding at the moment. are you concerned about the number of cases there have been in this part of leicester? oh yeah, of course, very much so, because we are all locked down now and we can't do anything. and are you pleased they are coming around like this, door—to—door, to give people tests so that they can find out? well, it's great, it's fantastic, i think. they are coming out and covering an area which is much better. the economic impact on the city is plain to see. other high streets are coming back to life. leicester is back in hibernation. pre—lockdown the lanes in leicester would have been

really, really busy, but with nobody in the city centre no one is coming out to the shops, so even places like this, which were really popular for a coffee and a cake, or a samosa, have now been forced to shut down for good. it‘s a gloomy outlook even away from the city. these are all business owners from glenfield, a village on the outskirts. they‘ve hardly had any cases here. even if lockdown is extended in leicester, they want their restrictions eased. let's be honest, not everybody is following the lockdown rules. people are crossing the border and they're going to towns that they know around glenfield that are actually open to the public and that business in some cases, many cases in fact, never actually comes back. # eh, eh, i‘m locked down in leicester # i must say, i‘m feeling the pressure. # the latest data is being analysed and later we expect a decision on whether to extend, amend or end leicester‘s lockdown. # free us up, they can‘t lock us down. # phil mackie, bbc news, leicester. yeah, man.

we have just had the elite uk wide figures for deaths in coronavirus. they have gone up by 66 in the last 204i they have gone up by 66 in the last 2041 was, i now stands at 45,119. just to repeat, there have been a further 66 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24—hour period, putting the overall death total at 45,119. pupils in scotland will not have to physically distance when schools return in august, but teachers will — that‘s according to new scottish government guidance. ministers have set a target for schools to reopen in full from 11 august. our correspondent lorna gordon sent this update. the advisory papers state that the balance of evidence suggests that the two—metre requirement won‘t be necessary between school—age children when schools return here in scotland in less than four weeks‘ time.

they point to the fact that 151 of the 18,000+ confirmed coronavirus cases here in scotland have been amongst children under 15. the advisory papers also state that the role of children in the transmission of the virus appears to be limited, both between children and from children to adults. scotland‘s education secretary said this new advice is all predicated on coronavirus infection rates remaining low. this advice remains conditional on general community factors, such as reductions in infection rates, confidence in 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. well, as long as infection rates remain low, there will also be no requirement for physical distancing for children on school buses. it‘s a different matter for teachers, though, and staff in school. the advice for them is that they will have to stay two metres from each other, and they will have to put on face

coverings if the come into contact with children. 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 more vulnerable to abuse. according to the internet watch foundation, reports of child abuse images online in the uk increased by almost 50% compared to last year. our education editor, branwenjeffreys, has this report. during lockdown, screen time went up, leaving parents trying to find a balance. kelly spends time with her kids online, a parenting app tracks their activity and prompts chats about how to stay safe. if there‘s 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‘re with grandparents at the time, they let them know straight away 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‘s all about getting a balance. technology has connected children to their grandparents. it‘s allowed them to go on learning while schools have been shut. and of course to keep in touch with their friends. but with many parents distracted, working from home, it‘s 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‘s 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‘s worked for the police and tech industry told me it‘s 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're not also creating something of a chilling effect, particularly for young people. 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 jeffreys, bbc news. if you would like more information and advice on how to remain safe online then check out the bbc own it — app or website www.bbc.co/ownit. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with phil avery. hello once again. at its best, there really hasn‘t been too much wrong. we see a lot of dry weather

across the british isles, but a lot of cloud as well. the favoured few have seen some brightness, particularly so to the eastern side of scotland, parts of the eastern side of england too. come further south, it comes to something when the bright spot on the south coast is the beach hut on the hastings seafront. the reason for all the cloud is a moist flow trapped between two weather fronts. a cold 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. as you will see from the temperatures, it is every bit as close as it was last night, with some of the temperatures never lower than 14, 15, perhaps even 16. that weather front is slowly 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 north—western wales. following on behind the weather

front, at least things turn a good deal brighter for the north—western quarter of scotland, but there will be quite a significant breeze as well, so 15 degrees or so in fort william. the rain eventually pushes through northern ireland, but probably not getting away until about tea—time from those eastern shores. it gets across the irish sea into anglesey around the same time. further south than that, a lot of cloud to be had, but it won‘t stop the temperatures, getting up to around 24 or 25. the same weather front is still a nuisance across the heart of the british isles as far ahead as saturday. saturday itself is a game of two halves — where we have the brighter, fresher weather, with some showers up and across the north and west of the british isles, then the weather front slowly easing its way further south, so robbing you of a wee bit of sunshine perhaps down across the southern midlands, east anglia and the south—east later on in the day. the last of the really mild air associated with the front and ahead of it eventually being elbowed off into the near continent. as we get on into sunday, there is something a bit cooler and fresherfollowing on behind. but a better chance if you were stuck under the weather

front on saturday of seeing some sunshine on sunday. some cloud will bubble up, there will be some showers on the western side of scotland. temperatures just feeling that tad fresher, with a high of 21.

this is bbc news. i‘m clive myrie. the headlines... the uk, us and canada claim that hackers — almost certainly working for the russian state — are trying to steal research into a vaccine for coronavirus. in a separate development, the government says it‘s almost certain that what it calls russian actors sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. the government‘s chief scientific adviser tells a cross—parliamentary group of mps the outcome of the uk‘s covid—19 response has "not been good". many factors can play, as we look and say what is it makes some countries, having done worse than others? there will have been decisions made that will turn out not to be the right decisions at the time.

a court rules that shamima begum, who went to syria as a schoolgirl tojoin the islamic state group, should be allowed to return to the uk to challenge the removal of her british citizenship. the harsh toll of the lockdown on jobs — new uk figures show the number of people on company payrolls fell by nearly 650,000 between march and june. good afternoon. britain, america and canada are claiming hackers, almost certainly working for the russian state, are trying to steal research a coronavirus vaccine. the uk‘s national cyber security centre, says the hackers "almost certainly operated as part of russian intelligence services" that they exploited software flaws to get access to vulnerable computer systems, and used malware to upload and download files from infected machines.

meanwhile, the government has announced it‘s "almost certain" what it called russian actors sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. a statement released by the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says sensitive government documents relating to the uk—us free trade agreement, were illicitly acquired before the 2019 election and spread online, via the social media platform reddit. first, those suggestions that hackers — probably working for russia — are trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research. vicki young joins us from westminster. the suggestion that russia may be involved, in potentially trying to steal details of the us uk free trade agreement, what more do we know? there are two things, the issue about vaccines. this is something, an extraordinary warning from canada and america, the uk, as

well. they feel now they can be sure that hackers linked to the russian state, which is the important thing here, has been trying to access information about these vaccines. in this country we have oxford university, imperial college, and others, trying to work on vaccines. the group behind it are a pt 29, also known as cozy bear, the dukes. they are well known to security services for a long time. a spokesperson said the attacks taking place against scientists and others doing vital work to combat coronavirus are despicable and working with our allies we will call out those who seek to do us harm in cyberspace and told them to account. they say the attempts had been highly targeted, persistent and ongoing and they say they want to

get this out there as widely as they can, not only as it, as they say right to call it out, but also for others who are working on important research can know what they are up against. the suggestion that russia is trying to get research on a vaccine, but then, the foreign secretary makes it clear russia, russian actors, in some form, were potentially trying to steal details of the us uk free trade agreement and this was in advance of the election. there have been suggestions, allegations and rumours that the russians are somehow involved in trying to interfere with british politics, whether the brexit referendum or general elections. this is a narrow acknowledgement by the government that they think russian actors, a crucial difference with the other story, not the state,

but actors, were somehow involved in the last general election in this country, because these documents which related to talks, highly sensitive documents, about a uk us trade deal, they were leaked, no one knows how, and they are not saying it was anything to do with the russians. they do not know how these documents were acquired and there is a criminal investigation into that. they were circulating, did not get much traction and then they were amplified. the accusation the government says it is they are pretty sure russian agents were doing the amplification. we know documents were used by the labour party and became an important part of the labour party‘s campaign at the general election, because they said it showed the conservatives we re said it showed the conservatives were willing and ready to put the nhs on the table, if you like, with trade talks. that is the accusation. it comes the week before we expect

the russian report to be published finally. we needed to wait for the intelligent select committee to be appointed and that has now happened in that report will come next week and it goes broader than this. it will look at russian actions in general and their influence in politics. the russian money that might be involved in british politics, but also things like the salisbury poisoning. really how the government is here over the years have dealt with moscow and whether they have done enough to stop this kind of behaviour. thank you. we will get more from moscow on this later. we can speak now to sir tony brenton, who served as british ambassador in moscow between 2004 and 2008. good to see you. this stuff about cosy bear and trying to get access to coronavirus vaccine mission

research —— vaccine research. to coronavirus vaccine mission research -- vaccine research. does any of this surprise you? not in the least for two reasons. the russians have written off their relationship with us, we are seen as major hardliners in the west in advocating tough policies with russia. whereas interfering in america has costs for them, interfering with us her smaller cost because we are a smaller cost because we are a smaller country and now we are out of the eu and lack that instrument. on the coronavirus charges there is a tradition of the russians, when they have an acute national problem which they do with coronavirus, of using secret intelligence to help them deal with it. you go way back to 1945, they stole the secrets of the atomic bomb. with coronavirus, they are keen to learn as much as they are keen to learn as much as they can about what we are up to on a vaccine in order to acquire one of

their own. is the timing interesting both stories appeared on the same day? it is a remarkable coincidence. the government denies it has anything to do with the russia uk politics report due out. i could not possibly comment. how about speculation that none of this would be coming out if a certain chris grayling had become chairman of this intelligent select committee? that isa intelligent select committee? that is a matter of the dark corridors of uk politics. what the british government particularly the conservative british governments tend to do when there are embarrassments in other areas, if you have a good russian scare it a tt ra cts you have a good russian scare it attracts attention away from other things going on. let's go back to russia itself and the suggestion that they are involved in this. how high up the food chain does it go?

it would vary. i expect the skripal attack would be authorised from the top. just as would the alexander litvinenko attack. things like the virus will be routine intelligence gathering. i expect the russians are not the only people doing that. interfering in british politics, first, it is striking, among the claims the foreign secretary made, he did not say it was the russian government. there are lots of hooligans in russian cyberspace doing their own thing. again, the russians are cautious about interfering in us politics after the effective they‘re doing that in the us presidential election. they are less cautious in our case than in the case of other european

countries. and it is a useful way of reminding the west that they have instruments with which to embarrass us and inconvenience us and if possible hurt us. you say the russians are more careful about trying to meddle with american politics. is there a suggestion that perhaps we have not done enough to make it clear to russia they should not be doing this? it is slightly unclear what more we can do. we have substantial sanctions on russians. we announced more last week. the magnitsky sanctions. we have strong information exchanges. the fact is we are a medium—sized power with limited instruments to affect the russians. if we had a major trading relationship and the russians valued the political relationship, we would be more cautious about damaging it, but because the political

relationship is thin and the trading relationship is thin and the trading relationship suffered from sanctions, the cost of them doing actively hostile things is much less. is this situation worse because we have left the european union? the russians do not actually ta ke union? the russians do not actually take the eu that seriously. i expect a marginal effect, but we were the major proponents within the eu are various sanctions package is introduced after the russian annexation of crimea and the russian launching of the war. they will know within the eu we were a hawk and they will be relieved we are out and one of the hawks has been removed. and also our influence in the world isa and also our influence in the world is a bit less because we do not have that major international player to operate within. thank you.

we can go to moscow now. sarah, any response so far to these charges of russian involvement in trying to ta ke russian involvement in trying to take vaccine research? there has been a response more broadly to allegations from the uk. looking at those allegations of interference with the elections, that is a response coming from the russian government, the foreign ministry spokeswoman and kremlin. both of them dismissing the claims outright. i have not heard anything specific on the allegation about stealing vaccine science. that is an interesting twist on what russia generally sees as a lot of unfounded allegations. russia has a big problem with coronavirus, as countries around the world do, and it has been developing its own vaccines, it says, for some time. we

have heard about them on the state news agencies and television and there have been trials among russian military and among volunteers who have been given the vaccine to test it. there has been a lot of positive news reporting about how russia is progressing with its vaccine. i have not seen yet a direct response to the suggestion perhaps it is trying to steal technology and the science behind other countries‘ vaccines. that would be embarrassing for russia but i expect it will call it more unfounded attacks. russia feels most broadly that it is like a country at war. a terminology we hear a lot here. feels like a country surrounded by hostile forces and hostile countries and this will be seen and be portrayed to the russian public in that context. one wonders if the kremlin is bracing itself for the potential release of the russian report next week, likely

to go into the salisbury poisonings, russian interference not just to go into the salisbury poisonings, russian interference notjust in the run—up to last year poss my collection, but also to the brexit campaign. —— last year‘s general election. that is likely to be criticism of russia in the report.” do not think russia would worry about criticism. if you look at the way the foreign ministry responded to the latest allegations about meddling in the uk elections, the foreign minister laughed it off and she referred specifically back to salisbury and theresa may‘s response at that time, when she said it is highly likely russia was behind that attack. she repeated that, today saying dominic raab, instead of saying dominic raab, instead of saying highly likely, he could not use that phrase so he used almost certain. she laughed at that saying it was allegation so contradictory

that they almost made no sense. that is the kind of response i think we will get from russia publicly. it is a difficult time politically for vladimir putin domestically. in the past, he and his government, the kremlin as a whole, have always tried to play the enemy at the gates card, the idea of russia surrounded by enemies, to bolster the patriotism and unity in the country here. that is not so easy these days when the economy is struggling and coronavirus has hit hard and hit the economy hard and vladimir putin‘s popularity rating is pretty low for him. still pretty high for most western leaders, but it has taken a hit. there is concern about the popular mood in russia, and so i think that is the concern of the kremlin, those external policy issues at the moment, i think, are

on the back shelf. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... the uk, us and canada claim that hackers almost certainly working for the russian state are trying to steal research into a vaccine for coronavirus. the government says it‘s "almost certain" that what it calls russian actors sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. the government‘s chief scientific adviser tells a cross—parliamentary group of mps the outcome of the uk‘s covid—19 response has "not been good". the appeal court has ruled that shamima begum, who at the age of 15 left the uk to join the islamic state group in syria, can return to the uk to challenge the loss of her citizenship. shamima begum left london five years ago and lived under is rule for more than three years before she was found, nine months pregnant, in a refugee camp in february last year. the home secretary has said that allowing begum back into the uk

to pursue her case would create a national security risk that can‘t be fully mitigated. daniel sandford reports. this was shamima begum when she first re—emerged last year, having gone tojoin the islamic state group aged just 15 with two of her east london school friends. when the bbc interviewed her, is had just lost its last bit of territory in syria and she was asking to come back to britain. i just want forgiveness, really, from the uk. everything i‘ve been through, i didn‘t expect i would go through that. losing my children the way i lost them... she was in the al—hol camp for is women in north—east syria. to prevent her returning to britain, the then home secretary, sajid javid, took her british citizenship away, leaving her stranded. a decision she had been fighting from a second camp, al—roj, but the appeal court said today she should be allowed to come

to the uk, meet her lawyers and fight her case in person. lord justice flaux said... the home office immediately said it would ask for permission to appeal what it called a very disappointing decision. so, for now, shamima begum will not be allowed into britain. she left the uk in february 2015 with two school friends from bethnal green academy — kadiza sultana and amira abase. they travelled through turkey to is territory in syria, where they married fighters. kadiza sultana is dead and amira abase is missing. shamima begum‘s father in bangladesh

has told the bbc by phone that he was delighted and that he welcomed today‘s court decision, but the legal process is not over yet, so, for now, shamima begum remains in al—roj camp in north—east syria. new figures have revealed further evidence of the grim impact of the lockdown on jobs. they show that 649,000 people were removed from uk company payrolls between march and june. the number of people claiming work—related benefits — including the unemployed — was 2.6 million. economists warn that the full effect of the crisis on jobs won‘t be felt until the furlough scheme ends in october, as our economics correspondent andy verity reports. some job cuts in the last three months have made headlines, but many more jobs have gone from less famous names. 649,000 fewer people on employers‘ payrolls is a statistic but, for each person, like phil graham

and danielle skinner, it‘s a heavy blow both financially and emotionally. i was devastated. i was absolutely devastated. i do feel a sense of shame, in a way, because, for me, i don't like to be out of work. i love working, i love being in ajob. danielle had got herfirstjob in november at a digital marketing company, but got made redundant two weeks ago. she has applied for 50 jobs had only two responses. i felt heartbroken, personally, because i had just started to get my career going and i felt like everything wasjust falling to pieces. phil lost his job as a pilot and trainer in march when his airline, flybe, went bust. and there is little prospect of getting back to the job he loves. i wish i knew what i could do now. my plan, basically, is to look at anything that i can do. i try to call the recruitment agency and i cannot get through to them. citizens advice has been taking

a call about redundancy every two minutes. what we are seeing is a lot of people who have been in one shop of people who have been in onejob for a very long time, perhaps 30 or 40 years, most of their working life, who are very concerned about the idea of having to retrain for a different role. it‘s obviously very daunting. today, the biggest survey of its kind revealed that 29% of companies are planning to shed staff in the next three months, the highest figure on record, and 28% have shrunk their workforce in the last three months. more is going to need to be done to help businesses keep people in employment. we would like to see the government look again at cutting employers‘ national insurance contributions. that way, they would be cutting the upfront costs businesses face and allow them to pay their people rather than the taxman during what will be a difficult few months ahead. the number ofjobs being shed doesn‘t show up in the official jobless count, which wasn‘t designed with a pandemic in mind. the survey the unemployment

figures comes from asks if you are actively seeking work and if you are available for work and, if you answer no to either question, you are not classified as unemployed. but if you lost yourjob in april or may, you may well have said no, i‘m not available, because the government instructed everyone to stay at home. so you could have lost your job but still not be classified as unemployed. today, labour criticised the government for taking a blanket approach rather than targeting the worst affected sectors. the government said the best thing was to continue to open up the economy to get businesses up and running. for phil and danielle, meanwhile, they are looking for work at a time when vacancies have hit a record low. the government‘s chief scientific adviser says the uk hadn‘t achieved a good outcome in dealing with the covid—19 pandemic. sir sir patrick vallance says he‘s sure mistakes have been made in response to the crisis. he‘s been giving evidence to the commons science and technology committee. clearly, there are things that we do as we go along to keep

learning from what is going on and we are in regular contact with many international partners. i think, as chris whitty has said, it is very difficult to know exactly where we stand at the moment. it‘s clear that the outcome has not been good in the uk. we can be absolutely clear about that. it‘s also clear that you can see a band of countries that have done less well in the temperate zone. countries that are very well connected internationally. countries that have got population structures of a certain type, so there are many factors, i think, that will play in as we look and say, well, what is it that makes some countries having done worse than others? and there will be decisions made that will turn out not to have been the right decisions at the time, i‘m sure about that as well and this is going to be a number of factors that need to be taken into account. the other thing i would say is, one lesson which i think is a very

important one to learn from this pandemic for emergencies in general, is that data flows and data systems are incredibly important. you need the information in order to be able to make the decisions and therefore, for any emergency situation, those data systems need to be in place upfront, in order to be able to give the information to make the analysis and decisions. in order to gather data, you need to have tests and therefore, in terms of the lack of testing capacity that we might come on to talk some more about, it obviously has a medical dimension as to knowing who has the disease or not. but it has an information dimension as well to understand the spread and the patterns, and who the virus affects and how. and that... is that the implication of that... that‘s certainly one. it is absolutely the case, and i‘ve said it before, that it would have been absolutely preferable to have had much greater

testing capacity early on. but it‘s notjust testing, it‘s basic information flows around patients in hospital, around rates of admission and rates of movement, those sorts of things are important parts of this as well and making sure all of those systems work. going forward, it‘s going to be a number of things from local areas to make sure we have the right information flows to make decisions. those are critical things to be able to get right in this. testing was, if you go back and look at the minutes, was a preoccupation right at the beginning. we kept saying, we need to get more testing capacity in place. we being sage. we being sage, needs to have more testing capacity in place. and of course, it‘s important to note that the capacity and capability of the public health system needs to be right in order to do this as well. sirsir sir sir patrick vallance. and after five o‘clock, we‘re expecting an update

on the situation in england from the health secretary, matt hancock, in the house of commons. stay with us for that. the social media company twitter has apologised and promised to take significant steps, after the accounts of some of the most famous people in the world were hacked. among the victims were the us presidential contenderjoe biden, amazon‘s bossjeff bezos, and former us president barack obama. they all found their accounts were made to post bogus offers promising a doubling of payments to anyone sending in a thousand dollars in the cryptocurrency bitcoin. rory cellanjones reports. at first, it seemed that the tesla tycoon elon musk and a couple of other prominent twitter users had been hacked. after all, a tweet from his account asking people to send him some of the bitcoin cryptocurrency was an obvious scam. then, as similar messages requesting donations were tweeted by the accounts of barack obama, joe biden, kanye west and many others, it rapidly became clear that the security of twitter itself

had been compromised. whether the aim was to make money orjust mischief isn‘t clear. this wasn‘t about fraud, i don‘t think. i think it was more about doing the hack. but they received, i believe, over about $110,000 in their accounts, so people actually believed this hack, unfortunately. but it was very noisy. in the hacker community, we actually call this type of hack a little bit lame. twitter‘s boss jack dorsey said it was a tough day. "we all feel terrible this happened." then the company revealed that employees had been tricked by the hackers. twitter says a technique called social engineering was used. this could mean for instance that an e—mail arrived appearing to come from their boss and the employees handed over the keys to the entire system. there is also speculation that the fact that so many staff were working from home made them more vulnerable.

now, though, the reputation of a platform where politicians and celebrities are told that nobody can steal their identity has taken a major hit. this compromises the entire verified system on twitter. this is the public figures with the blue tick next to their name. if they could take control of any of those with this hack or this access that they had, they could have done untold damage on the platform. it is hugely embarrassing for twitter. president trump was one prominent figure not caught up in this hacking scandal, but with the us election approaching, twitter knows it must shore up its defences to avoid the risk that it could cause major damage to the democratic process. rory cellanjones, bbc news. a sculpture of a black lives matter protester erected in bristol yesterday has been removed by the city council. the plinth was previously occupied by a statue of the slave trader edward colston, which was torn down by protesters last month.

the figure ofjen reid with her fist raised was installed in secret at dawn yesterday. the new statue will be stored in a museum until the sculptor collects it. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with phil avery. hello, it‘s been a cloudy day for many parts of the british isles. the chance of some sunshine, particularly out to the eastern side of scotland and some eastern spots of england, as well. the reason — we are jammed between two weather fronts. the more westerly feature, a cold front, eventually drags cloud to introduce rain across northern and western scotland and northern ireland during the night. further south, a close night yet again with temperatures never lower than 14—16 degrees. we are off and running into friday. it looks like it will be a dry start for the greater part of england and wales. a lot of cloud, the odd bit of brightness. the weather front slowly dragging rain across the borders down into the north of england and eventually the north of wales.

brighter skies following on behind, but a fresher feel across the north western quarter of scotland. as high as 24—25 in the south. and that front takes the whole of the weekend before it staggers its way further south, introducing a fresher feel, 02:30:14,562 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 eventually, to all parts.