this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than a quarter of a million coronavirus cases in 2a hours — the largest single—day global rise in cases since the start of the pandemic. china's ambassador to the uk tells the bbc the uk's decision to drop huawei from it's 56 networks is a bad move for the country. i think uk should have its own independent foreign policy rather than dance to the tune of americans, like what happened to huawei. eu leaders meet for an unscheduled third day of talks on a post—coronavirus economic recovery plan. lebanon faces economic ruin as the country's currency loses 80% of its value against the dollar resulting in soaring prices.

and the first official photos of the wedding of princess beatrice and italian count edoardo mapelli mozzi from their private ceremony on friday attended by the queen and the duke of edinburgh. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, the number of new daily infections around the world has surpassed a quarter of a million. the biggest increases were in the us, brazil, india and south africa. nearly a quarter of them were in the united states which has been the country worst affected by the pandemic.

this is the first time world infections have surpassed quarter of a million. the biggest increases are in south africa, india, brazil and the usa where there are now approximately 71,000 new cases per day. 41 states out of 50 are seeing an increase but the biggest rises are in southern and western states like here in california, arizona, texas, and florida, which, eh few days ago, reported more new cases in i2li—hour period than the entire european union. many experts say lockdown was lifted too quickly, the messaging on masks has been mixed, with president trump wearing one but not insisting his fellow americans have to wear one, too, which directly contradicts his top infectious diseases expert. i would urge the leaders, the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizenry to wear masks.

brazil has approximately 16,000 new cases a day, total infections like the us are over 2 million, a figure reached in less than a month after taking four months to reachi million. but there is some good news. there is a plateau, an opportunity now for brazil to push the disease down, to suppress the transmission of the virus, to take control. india has approximately 35,000 new cases per day. scientists say the peak could still be months away. although the fatality rate is relatively low. south africa has 13,000 new cases per day. it has gripped the country, overwhelming hospitals and that is why all south africans have to wear masks with the president saying this last weekend. the sale, the dispensing and distribution of alcohol will be suspended with immediate effect. a curfew will be put in place.

and, so, without a vaccine, the numbers keep climbing. here are a few the death toll keeps rising, and the world tries to adapt. paul hawkins, bbc news. china's ambassador to the uk has accused the west of starting a "new cold war" with beijing. in an interview with the bbc‘s andrew marr, liu xiaoming claimed the uk had last week "purged" the telecoms giant, huawei, from its 56 data networks because of pressure from president trump. he was asked if his country planned to punish british companies operating in china as part of its response. we do not want to politicise the economy. that is wrong. that is wrong for the united kingdom to discriminate chinese company because of pressure from the united states. people talk about this national security risk. there is no hard, solid evidence to say huawei is a

risk to the uk. they've been here for 20 years, they've made a huge contribution, not only to the telecoms industry to this country, they have implemented their corporate responsibility, they helped the uk to develop and the uk wa nts to helped the uk to develop and the uk wants to have a prime minister boris johnson to have an ambitious plan to have a full coverage, 56 coverage by 2025 and huawei can deliver that, it can bea 2025 and huawei can deliver that, it can be a big help but it now seems to me the uk kicked them out. use your media word to purge them under the pressure of the united states. the us leaders claim credit because of this. that was the chinese ambassador to london. our business correspondent katie prescott has been listening to that interview. clearly furious as they are the chinese authorities are being kicked out, purge from the uk, of huawei. he said at the start he didn't think

the economy should be politicised by all of this because of course it is difficult to see how it can be anything but. 0ne difficult to see how it can be anything but. one of the china experts have been speaking to this morning says this could have repercussions for uk companies based in china that over the last ten yea rs in china that over the last ten years china has had form in punishing companies of countries it is in the diplomatic cross hairs. that is what will be very interesting to watch going forward just to see what this decision, this trail decision will have. and possible repercussions for chinese investment in the uk as well. we are hearing about tiktok rethinking their plans for a base in the uk. the big company, tiktok, the very popular social media company amongst teenagers, was planning to have a base year and might be rolling back

on that now. many chinese investments are seen as trophies for china. if you look at things like hinkley point, the big new nuclear power station built in the uk, so it is unlikely china will start to pull its investment out of the uk because its investment out of the uk because it isa its investment out of the uk because it is a way of showcasing just exactly what they can do. but whether it'll be seen as a friendly business environment for them to be in will be one to watch. 0k, thank you. katie prescott, our business correspondence. a summit of eu leaders in brussels will reconvene later for an unplanned third day as they try to reach agreement on an economic stimulus package, and their next budget. the leaders are continuing to haggle over conditions that may be attached to aid for the member states worst affected by covid—i9. james ra nsley reports. negotiations long into the night but still no deal on the coronavirus economic rescue package. translation: we need to get a result. unfortunately, at the end

of this day we have not achieved it, negative. leaders haggling over the proposed 750 billion euros recovering fund. translation: there is a proposal from the president of the european council now which i believe represents in a very smart way what we want but this doesn't mean that everyone accepted it so we don't have a deal yet. it was elbow bumps in the first face—to—face eu summit since spring lockdowns across the continent. pleasantries that masked a deep divide among eu countries over whether the package should be given as grants or loans. france and germany want grants to mostly finance the fund but four wealthy northern member states, the netherlands, sweden, denmark and austria, insist on loans. still, there is some optimism. translation: in summary, one can say it is going quite well.

things are going in the right direction. of course, as you'd expect, it is a tough struggle, a tough negotiation but there is movement in the right direction and that is the most important thing. with the pandemic dealing europe its worst economic shock since world war ii, leaders here are hoping they will be able to iron out their differences when they meet this morning. james ransley, bbc news. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee is in brussels, and has been giving us more details about the talks. the frugal four have become the frugal five, austria, the frugal four have become the frugalfive, austria, sweden, denmark, the netherlands and finland now, and it is all about the main issue, the money given out as grants rather than loans. 750 billion euros is the pot they want to race on the financial markets between the 27 countries to basically in the short—term survive the recession from covid—i9. 8% on average gdp

contraction across europe, spain 11% contraction, so what do they do to try to boost the economy, bizjobs, get people working again, and it comes down to leader of the pack, mark rutter, they say that in dutch, he is keeping a stiff leg, which means he is and budging an inch on this. the dutch want to see a smaller amount given in grants, around 400 billion euros not 500 billion euros as planned. the italians and spanish don't want to see that pot reduced, they want to see that pot reduced, they want to see money without these conditions of having to pay it back because they say it is simply not their fault. last night, we were told from mark rutter that angela merkel and emmanuel macron the french and german leaders walked out. he said ina grumpy german leaders walked out. he said in a grumpy break—out because they we re in a grumpy break—out because they were tired. they said they understood everybody‘s positions but they wanted to go home. they'd been talking for more than 25 hours to

try to work out this recovery fund, and the long—term budget worth more than a trillion and they have to pay extra to the coffers because of the uk leaving officially as of the end of the year, the transition period ends. that is taking time, too. one other thing to throw in, there are some conditions known as the rule of law which means that all countries abide by the general principles of the eu. there are three countries poland and slovakia and hungary that are saying they want these conditions attached to the cash, they have all been investigated against them on the issue in the past so to add this it is a massive political rubrics cube and a vacuum of day three of talks. angela merkel i think this morning has said they might not reach an agreement today and if they don't, what happens next? she has said this, it can well be that we won't have a solution today. i think they have to try. the conduit for these talks, into the

lions den in some ways, putting you into thejob, the new president lions den in some ways, putting you into the job, the new president of the european council trying to work out a way to try to work at everybody‘s position and get them together, he said to here today with a new proposal. he has already revised it once and yesterday he reduced the grants from 500 billion euros to 450 billion and gave people a super emergency brake which means that if spain apply for some money, and other country has three days to say, hang on, we have a problem and lodge it with the european council and commission and it is whether mark rutter is happy with that. the dutch are said to be more on board but at the same time we hear the austrians and danish are further trying to reduce the amount of grants. it is like whack a mole on a massive political scale. in short, it could be another emergency summit week or the weekend after. prosecutors in france say a man has been detained in an investigation into saturday's large fire in nantes' gothic cathedral. stained glass windows and the grand organ were badly damaged in the blaze which began early in the morning.

prompt intervention by more than 100 firefighters helped ensure it didn't spread further. yesterday, prosecutors said they believed three separate fires at the site had been started deliberately, it comes a little more than a year after the devastating fire at notre dame cathedral. lebanon is facing economic ruin. the country's currency has lost around 80% of its value against the dollar, prices have soared uncontrollably, and much of the middle class has been plunged into poverty. talks with the international monetary fund for a bailout have faltered. as our correspondent martin patience now reports from beirut, some are now turning to crime to feed their families. this is how lebanon wants to portray itself to the world. but here's the reality. a country with a rich cultural heritage...

..is broken... ..and on the brink of a catastrophe. this was the rage across lebanon last month. people are desperate. food prices have more than doubled since the start of the year. mechanic mohammed says that even during the civil war here 30 years ago there was always cash. but now he says the money has dried up. and people can't even put food on the table. law and order is breaking down, and a one safe country is now seeing a surge in robberies. look at what this armed man is stealing. nappies. at a different pharmacy, a robber pulled a gun on ibrahim. ijust gave him all the cash

without doing anything. safety isn't his only problem. because of the currency crisis, ibrahim is struggling to import products. have customers come in here and you simply haven't had the drugs? yes, unfortunately, yes. that is happening in a lot of pharmacies, they say we are out of stock. lebanon is now facing a dangerous reckoning. the social fabric of this country is being torn apart and the sectarian divisions here are hardening. the big fear is that what we will see is a slide into violence. this man was once a fighter. now he is stealing to feed his family. translation: we are forced to steal from vegetable shops because we are dying of hunger. it's not our fault. but stealing is wrong. translation: i'm not a thief. the politicians are the real

thieves, they are the ones who got us into this mess. i really hope there is a future. but if the situation stays the same, my future will be the prison or the grave. lebanon has been plunged into darkness by crippling power cuts. in a region in turmoil, lebanon was seen as a stable country. not any more. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. in neighbouring syria, voting is taking place in government controlled areas to decide the make—up of parliament. no serious opposition has been allowed to parties loyal to president bashar al—assad, who has remained in office despite a devastating nine year war and the collapse of the economy. julie norman is a lecturer and researcher on middle east politics at university college

london. thank you for being with us. given there is no challenge to president bashar al—assad what is the significance of these elections? well, that said, we know these elections will go the same way the previous parliamentary elections have gone throughout the war which is with the baath party dominating so this is an election for show. what has changed, though, is that the regime is in charge of much more of the country now than they were since the last election in 2016. at that election the government only controlled 20% of the country and they now control 70%, so it is away for bashar al—assad to show his own legitimacy within the country by showing that he has this kind of extensive reach now, showing that people are coming out to the polls across the country in support of him

and for the baath party and their allies. this is of course against the backdrop of massive economic catastrophe in syria. you are speaking about the catastrophe in lebanon, that has impacted syria as well, so, even though this is a political moment for president assad to try to show his strength, the country is struggling. he controls ina 70% country is struggling. he controls in a 70% of the country. there was a time not that long ago that observers kind of thought he was on the brink of complete victory in syria. are we now in a stalemate there? you could definitely say that. there is one last armed rebel stronghold in the region. even there, however, the regime backed strongly by russia made very serious inroads earlier this so even that one stronghold area has been weakened and diminished a bit this year. right now we really see again

assad taking control in that way. but not being completely able to turn that corner of completely controlling the country and still battling that one area. again, this has been a very long war, over nine yea rs has been a very long war, over nine years now, and, again, this economic situation is going to make it that much tougher to try to bring back any kind of stability. and no sign, really, of any kind of talks or any kind of progress in ending what is such a horrific nine—year war. u nfortu nately such a horrific nine—year war. unfortunately not. there has been some attempts at diplomacy in the past. some are saying that perhaps this economic crisis will put more pressure on the state to be willing to make some concessions. as has been the case for a number of years now, though, a lot of the decision—making around syria is happening by outside actors. russia obviously playing a big role in this. there are some back channel

discussions going on now between russia and the united states, especially in the wake of the us imposing very strong new sanctions against syria last month. i guess an optimistic view would be to try to say may be some room for trying to have some negotiations around easing economic sanctions in exchange for some kind of diplomatic movement. but right now things seem to be in a pretty grim spot. thank you for bringing us up to date on the syria situation, julie norman, at university college london. uk prime minister borisjohnson has compared the prospect of a second national lockdown to britain's nuclear deterrent but says he wouldn't want to impose it. mrjohnson told the sunday telegraph newspaper he doesn't believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed if there's a second spike of coronavirus this winter. nick eardly reports. this wasn't so long ago — national lockdown across the uk. streets deserted.

things are starting to move again but the economic and social cost of the shutdown will be felt for some time — so the government is desperate to avoid a repeat. speaking to the sunday telegraph, the prime minister compares the idea of another national lockdown to the nuclear deterrent. something he can't abandon as an option but one he never wants to use. that's because the government thinks local action can work now too. in places like rochdale where locals are being told to take extra precautions. limiting visitors to the house to two, wearing a face covering in shops before they become mandatory in england. the government has offered a light at the end of the tunnel, saying things could get back to something like normal before christmas. but some of their own advisors think pre—lockdown life, hugging ourfriends, shaking hands with people we meet, everyone going back to work, could take longer, possibly not until

a vaccine is found. the government says everything is conditional on the virus being under control and nobody can be certain on what will happens next. nick eardley, bbc news. islamabad zoo is set to send its lone elephant, kaavan, to a cambodian sanctuary after a pakistan court ordered his freedom. he was kept in chains at the zoo and became the subject of a high—profile rights campaign. ishleen kaur has more. meet pakistan's loneliest elephant. this is kaavan, a 36—year—old male who came to pakistan as a baby elephant from sri lanka. now, he is set to move house again. in 2002, zookeepers said he was being temporarily chained due to increasingly violent behaviour. these zookeepers were later also accused of keeping him isolated and not providing proper shelter during hot summer months. in 2016, pakistan

wildlife foundation said kaavan showed signs of mental illness. in may this year, a court ordered that he be freed. and on saturday, it was decided he would retire to a wildlife sanctuary in cambodia. translation: the maximum age of asian elephants is said to be 40 to 45. he is 36 years old, so he needs to be retired. if he gets a better place where he can live the rest of his life free and happily, in my opinion, that is the best decision for kaavan. one of kaavan's champions is the pop idol cher, who spent years calling for his freedom. after the court's decision to order his release in may, she tweeted, "this is one of the greatest moments of my life." the singer had taken kaavan's case in 2016 after she saw pictures of the elephant miserably in chains in a small enclosure. so far, kaavan's life has

been one of turmoil, but the 25,000—acre sanctuary will at least mean a comfortable retirement for him. and we wish him well. buckingham palace has released the first official photographs of the wedding of princess beatrice and italian count edoardo mapelli mozzi. the private ceremony, attended by the queen and the duke of edinburgh, took place in secret at windsor‘s royal chapel on friday. keith doyle has more. like thousands of couples, this was not the wedding they'd planned this summer. coronavirus meant princess beatrice's marriage to edoardo mapelli mozzi was a scaled—down affair held in secret. these, the first official photographs, show it was still an elegant event with flowers completely covering the archway of the royal chapel of all saints in windsor. beatrice's grandparents, the queen and duke of edinburgh, were among the guests, which numbered no more than 30 to stay within the government guidelines.

prince andrew did walk his daughter down the aisle, but he does not appear in the official photographs released. he's taken a lot of flak over the past few months ever since that newsnight interview in november last year. he's come under a lot of fire, a lot of pressure, a lot of criticism, and he probably felt that it was time to be expedient, let the focus of attention be on his daughter. it is, after all, her day. and he'd keep out of the photographs. for the ceremony, princess beatrice wore a modified vintage dress belonging to the queen. she also wore the diamond fringed tiara, which the queen wore on her own wedding day in 1947. this was the first time the royal family were together since lockdown. the queen was seen later in the day, knighting captain sir tom moore. while this was not quite a normal royal wedding, one tradition for royal brides was followed — beatrice's wedding bouquet was placed on the tomb of the unknown warrior in westminster abbey. keith doyle, bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. hello. some sunday sunshine on the way for most of us through today, but there are some contrasts in our weather fortunes. a few showers around, particularly across northern parts of the country. down towards the south—east is a very slow—moving weather front still bringing cloud and some spots of rain, particularly through parts of east anglia, the coast of norfolk, suffolk, essex, kent, the london area, down towards the south coast. staying pretty cloudy, with some rain at times into the start of the afternoon. further north and west we see sunny skies for the most part. some showers, across scotland in particular. quite a few showers in north—west scotland. not as windy here as it was during yesterday. through the day, we will continue to see our area of cloud towards the south—east bringing some

splashes of rain right through into the afternoon across parts of kent. the further north and west you are, sunny skies. some showers for scotland, one or two possibly for northern ireland and northern england. temperatures a little below par for this time of year. 17 celsius in aberdeen, 22 in cardiff. but it is a much better day for the cricket at old trafford. it should stay fine throughout the afternoon, with spells of sunshine, top temperatures 18 celsius. as we head through the evening we will finally lose the slow—moving weather front, the cloud and rain from the far south—east. for most it is clear skies through the night. some showers still across scotland. quite a chilly night for the time of year. these are the temperatures in towns and city centres, up to 10 celsius. some places in the countryside will get a little bit chillier than that. after a cool start it is a bright start to monday morning, some sunshine through the day. the potential for some showers,

one or two for northern england and northern ireland. quite a few across northern and western parts of scotland. as far as temperatures go, 15 in aberdeen, 21 in cardiff, 22 the high in london. the mainly fine start to the new working week comes courtesy of high pressure. that will try to hold on and it will do, i think, towards the south for the most part through the week. a frontal system pushing in towards the north—west will bring some rain in the north—western areas through the middle of the week. towards the south it will warm up a little bit.

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china's ambassador to the uk tells the bbc the decision to drop huawei from it's 5g networks is a bad move for the country. i think the uk should have its own independent foreign policy, rather than to dance to the tune of americans, like what happened to huawei. there's been a record number of new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours — 260,000 cases were reported. the biggest increases were in the us, brazil, india and south africa. borisjohnson says he doesn't believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed — even if there's a second spike of coronavirus this winter. eu leaders meet for an unscheduled third day of talks on a post—coronavirus economic recovery plan. there's been a record number of profit warnings issued by leading uk businesses that are listed on the london stock exchange. and the first official photos of the wedding of princess beatrice and italian count edoardo mapelli—mozzi are released from their private ceremony