good afternoon. china's ambassador to the uk has denied reports that the country is carrying out a programme of forced sterilisation of uighur women in the western part of country — xingjang. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, said there were "gross and egregious" human rights abuses going on and that he found it deeply troubling. it comes amid a rise in diplomatic tension between the two countries over a new national security law in hong kong, and the british government's decision to ban the chinese company huawei from the uk's 56 network.

our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has the story. there's been growing international concern over china's human rights record, outrage in particular over its treatment of the country's uighur minority. men have been herded into internment camps, women subjected to forced sterilisation. it is clear that there are gross, egregious human rights abuses going on, which is why in new york, sorry, in geneva, at the un, we raised this with 27 partners, the first time it has been done, to call out the government of china for its human rights abuses of the weakers, also hong kong, so we are working with international partners. it is deeply troubling. these pictures appear to show uighur muslims bound and blindfolded, pushed onto trains to be taken to camps. the chinese ambassador was shown

the video this morning. uighur muslim people enjoy a harmonious live, peaceful, harmonious live, peaceful, harmonious coexistence with other ethnic groups of people. the uighur muslim people are just one small portion of the chinese population among even the muslims, but the majority of them are living happily and peacefully, harmoniously. britain and china are also at loggerheads over hong kong and a tough new security law imposed by beijing. it's designed to curb protests. tomorrow the government here is due to announce new measures in response but from the chinese ambassador camea warning. if the uk government goes that far to impose sanctions on any individuals in china, china will certainly make resolute response to it. tensions between britain and china are growing on many fronts. china has threatened to retaliate

against the uk's decision to ban huawei from 5g networks. at the moment, it's a war of words but it could yet have serious economic casualties. caroline hawley, bbc news. the prime minister has said he would be extremely reluctant to impose another nationwide lockdown if there were a second spike of coronavirus this winter. it comes as a senior public health official in blackburn and darwen, which has one of the highest infection rates for covid—19 in england, has warned the test and trace system isn't effective enough. here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. shuttered shops and empty streets, people told not to hang about in public spaces, emerging briefly on oui’ public spaces, emerging briefly on our doorsteps once a week to clap for carers before relative quiet descended again. the state of national lockdown borisjohnson has told the sunday telegraph he doesn't wa nt to told the sunday telegraph he doesn't want to see again. he said, i can't

abandon that tool any more than i would abandon a nuclear deterrent, but it is like a nuclear deterrent to—i but it is like a nuclear deterrent to — i certainly don't want to use it, and nor do i think we will be in that position again. by contrast, the government's chief scientific adviser is said there was a risk that national measures may be needed as we head into the winter. so, as employers are set to be given discretion to bring people back into the workplace, is it all too soon? while we are carefully monitoring the virus, we need to get the economy back firing on all cylinders as best we can. we are in the middle ofa as best we can. we are in the middle of a severe downturn. more cash for the nhs, bigger testing targets, all pa rt the nhs, bigger testing targets, all part of the mitigation measures. councils in england now have new powers to tackle local outbreaks, and on friday, public health england said it was focusing on certain towns and cities. leicester, oadby and wigton...

towns and cities. leicester, oadby and wigton. .. areas towns and cities. leicester, oadby and wigton... areas for enhanced support. but blackburn's public health director says there, many contacts health director says there, many co nta cts of health director says there, many contacts of infected residents aren't being traced. we could risk seeing an exponential growth because up seeing an exponential growth because up to half of the people that may have been infected by the first case with the virus will themselves not know they are infected or at risk of infection and get tested and self—isolate. infection and get tested and self-isolate. governments in scotland, wales and northern ireland of course have their own powers on deciding what to do, but labour says big holes remain in the uk government plan. you only have to go down to the local high street to see what the problem is. some of the shops and restaurants have now opened up, pops as well, but many people aren't coming out of their houses, they aren't spending again in the economy because they are nervous about what this means, whether there will be a second wave, whether there will be a second wave, whether there will be a second wave, whether the nhs will be overwhelmed. and we really do need to get to grips with the test, trace and isolate system. the department of

health says nhs test and trace has helped isolate more than 180,000 cases and that the service is working closely with councils across england. jessica parker, bbc news. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a member of staff was stabbed at a hospital in brighton. the victim, a man in his 50s, was attacked at royal sussex county hospital, at about 8:40 this morning. armed police attended the scene and the site was put into lockdown following the incident. a summit of eu leaders has reconvened 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—19. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee, joins me from brussels. they are still talking, but can they

reach a deal, gavin? well, it's been 25 hours so far of talks, and ultimately what is at stake is that whatever they decide will affect the future of europe. the fact is, across europe, there will be a deep recession, affecting a50 million people. it comes down to the fact that 500 billion will be issued as gra nts to that 500 billion will be issued as grants to countries that need it. the dutch prime minister is saying they want that figure much lower, and he is holding out for now, so much so that the hungarian prime minister has said, if you want to blame anyone for what is going on, blame anyone for what is going on, blame the dutch guy. i think tiredness is affecting the normal decorum of diplomacy here. it is getting frayed and people are frustrated. suggestions that germany and france walked out yesterday. 25 hours and, no sign of a deal. white mcgovern, thank you very much. --

gavin, thank you very much. buckingham palace has released the first official photographs of the wedding of princess beatrice and italian count edoardo mapelli—mozzi. the private ceremony 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 had planned this summer. 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 has 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 would keep out of the photographs. for the ceremony, princess beatrice wore a modified vintage dress belonging to the queen. she also wore the diamond french tiara which the queen wore on her own wedding day in 19a7. while this was not quite a normal royal wedding,

one tradition for royal brides was followed. beatrice's bouquet was placed on the tomb of the unknown warrior in westminster abbey. keith doyle, bbc news. let's catch up with the cricket now and its day four of england's second test against the west indies. the hosts need 18 wickets to force a victory. 0ur correspondent, henry moeran, is at old trafford for us. bring us up—to—date. lunch hasjust been taken. it's not exactly been the morning england were after, just one wicket. england need 80 more wickets to get the victory that would level the series. because we lost a day's play yesterday because of the weather, the pressure is on england to make a breakthrough. don best has looked the most likely. chances have gone down. itjust hasn't gone their way this morning. and somewhere in the bowels of this pavilion, they will no doubt be

coming up with plans to try and make more breakthroughs. the west indies‘ morning. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at a:05pm. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. we are going to get more the latest sports news now, more on the cricket and more on the football, because it is fa cup action again this weekend. let's get more. the west indies have had a good morning at old trafford on day four of the second test against england, following yesterday's wash—out. they started the day on 32 for1 and have lost just one more wicket. alzarrijoseph for 32, caught by ollie pope off the bowling of dom bess.

they've been chipping away and at lunch, they‘ re 118 for 2 after a3 overs. they trail england by 351. west indies lead the three match series 1—0. arsenal are into a record 21st fa cup final after they beat the holders manchester city 2—nil. pierre emerick—aubameyang scored both goals at wembley as mikel arteta got one over on his former club. it means arteta could still mark his first season in charge with some major silverware. well there are two games in the premier league today and arsenal will discover their opponents for next month's fa cup final. manchester united and chelsea meet in the second semifinal at wembley at six o'clock. this is a great chance to get to the final. we're just one step away, it's at wembley so we're focused on the fa cup and a trophy of course, that's massive for any player to win and any team to win,

so that's our main focus now, is to get to the final. and then we'll look at west ham and look at leicester after that. of course it feels like we're in a slightly different position this year because of the circumstances of the season, but we have an opportunity and it's up to the players and ourselves to make the best of it on sunday but we're playing a very good team, we know that, they're in good form. and whoever would await us in the final will be a very good team, so, the work is to be done. tonight's semi final between manchester united and chelsea at wembley kicks—off at 6 o'clock. it's live on bbc one and radio 5live with coverage starting at half past 5. there is also a big prize at stake for two clubs in the north west of england today. altrincham and chester fc meet in a national league north play—off this afternoon. and, as ian haslam reports, it's only been made possible by the efforts of players and supporters. these are exciting times at chesser fc, continuing this season has come

ata fc, continuing this season has come at a price though. mandatory coronas virus testing isn't cheap, but fans and players have saved the day. the support of people who have really dipped into their pockets, it has allowed us to do playoffs and next season. the players have done a massive gesture, they have donated their wages back to the club and they have been an absolute asset act is ten years into this club has reformed in this time they happen in the national league, but for the past two seasons they have been in the division below. however, under the division below. however, under the guidance of their management team, they are looking to get back there. thejoint team, they are looking to get back there. the joint managers achieved nationalfame at there. the joint managers achieved national fame at salford city, featuring in the documentary series, the owners have sacked their manager and are pending there hopes on the league smelt ruthless men. provoked opinion massively, the documentary, that is a type of

characters we are. they now want to ta ke characters we are. they now want to take chester into the national league. we should have been there two years ago, i personally felt like we had always been cheated out of the chance to do that, we have the exact same aspirations to climb through the leagues. on sunday they play altrincham where fans have also donated huge amounts to help their club's national league push.m would be amazing, it is really hard work to get it on with regards to the testing and the social distancing rules and the fans contravening to allow us to get to this point has been unbelievable. the striker playing chester means coming up against his former managers and friends. coming up they always give me the old death stare, but in the game, we will shake hands. or one chester player, it means returning to the club he left in january. i think i am the one

that i'm the happiest that they say is behind closed doors, the fans would've accepted it, but we are not scared. and some friendships, is it surviving the stresses of management? he's my best power, huge, over the next few games, my best mate. 0bviously concerned about the weight he is put on lockdown... but no, really looking forward to it, there has been a real buzz around the place. for the two teams, around the place. for the two teams, a defining moment awaits. there is more on the bbc sport website. let's get more on our top story. china's ambassador to britain, liu xiaoming, has defended china's treament of the minority uighur community. the uighur are a muslim ethnic minority mostly inhabiting china's far west xinjiang province. china denies human rights abuses there, but there's evidence of mosques being destroyed—as you see in these before

and after pictures, and uighurs say they are subject to intense state surveillance. more recently, drone footage has emerged that appears to show uighurs being blindfolded and led to trains, destined for internment camps. the chinese communist party has denied locking up hundreds of thousands of uighurs in camps, but has also said the camps are not prisons, but schools for "‘thought tra nsformation'. it also says its policies in xinjang have been effective in the fight against what it calls "terrorism" and "extremism" in the area. vincent ni from the bbc chinese servicejoins me now. thanks for being with us, just talk us thanks for being with us, just talk us through the main allegations against the chinese in terms of the way they are treating the uighurs. the allegation has been there for some time, footage like this is not new comment has been circulating for some time. the latest allegation is that china is accused of forcing

second act women to sterilize, this isa second act women to sterilize, this is a very —— uighurs women to sterilize, outside governments are trying to take chinese to the courts, how effective this will be isa courts, how effective this will be is a question. the chinese ambassador this morning said that he was denying all of the allegations and saying that the uighurs lived happily in china, although it is said otherwise. and this will be a very interesting question for the uk, whether they are going to take action against that, the foreign secretary dominic rabb has said that he is very concerned about the situation in china, he also accused them of gross and egregious human rights violation against accomack. some serious allegations, but is also a difficult balancing act for britain and any western government with economic and financial trade interests in china, the british government seems to be going pretty ha rd

government seems to be going pretty hard on this at the moment, these allegations of human rights abuses. how was i going to affect's britain's relation with china considering huawei and hong kong? this is a perfect storm for uk— china relations, you have national security lobbying imposed on hong kong, and the uk as a former colonial power is definitely going to say something about it. the same time you have new evidence reviewed showing that china is allegedly forcing uighurs women to sterilize, soi forcing uighurs women to sterilize, so i think at the moment we are very much on the rhetorical sage in terms of the uk — china relations, because we are of the uk — china relations, because we a pandemic . r‘f‘ws of the uk — china relations, because we a pandemic we ‘f‘ws of the uk — china relations, because we a pandemic we 5: always looking post pandemic we are always looking for growth, jobs, for step for economic growth, jobs, for step depends on try to's economic performance. i think if china does weld in the conversation in the uk will slightly change. but we heard threats that there would be repercussions if britain decided

against huawei on a 5g, which it did, we are now reading and today's papers that tiktok might abandon plans to have a base here in the uk, 3000 jobs going with that... so are we going to start to see some real economic ramifications of this woods thatis economic ramifications of this woods that is very possible, we are talking about a lot of jobs at sta ke, talking about a lot of jobs at stake, but i think this is a perfect moment for american—led, anti—china narrative at the moment, but there isa narrative at the moment, but there is a lot of uncertainties, and we do not know who is going to be in the white house in november and a few months‘ time. white house in november and a few months' time. do you think donald trump has created a climate in terms of not just trump has created a climate in terms of notjust america‘s worsening relationship with china, but also now the uk‘s worsening relationship? certainly, the americans are very keen to persuade their allies, the uk is at the top of the lease, to persuade them to ban huawei and to

ban any chinese technology companies, the americans are also very keen to single out the chinese communist party, this is being used when american diplomats talk about china, and is a communist party against the rest of the world, rather than china against the rest of the world. so it will be interesting to see whether uk will continue to play along the narrative that america shapes, but i have to say, there is a lot of uncertainty out there and you cannot make a performance of china, in years to come there is still uncertainty at. it isa come there is still uncertainty at. it is a big uncertainty in this country in the uk, and who is going to be in the white house in november, i think this is still a big uncertainty. good to talk to you, thank you so much for being with us. spain‘s catalonia region has again recorded more than a thousand covid infections in a single day, as residents endure new restrictions. the surge led to tough new measures

being announced on friday for an initial period of 15 days. people in the regional capital, barcelona, are being asked to stay indoors, and gatherings of more than ten people are discouraged. let‘s return to the summit for eu leaders in brussels which is meeting for an unplanned third day as they try to reach agreement on an economic stimulus package, and their next budget. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee is in brussels... gavin, what are the sticking points? what are the main divisions between, if we want to call them, the more generous and the less generous countries? yes, it is a political rubiks cube at the moment, it is difficult and it matters because a50 million people across europe in a an area where the economy is going to shrink, spain over 8% over the year, the decisions of the building behind me over a8 hours, and the third day

today, is going to affect the future of the economic recovery. and a big issue is, part of the recovery fund, 750 billion euros, 500 billion of it is argued about this being given out asa grant is argued about this being given out as a grant to countries that need it, therefore they don‘t have to pay it, therefore they don‘t have to pay it back. the dutch, the austrians come this week, and the danes, plus finland want to reduce that amount thatis finland want to reduce that amount that is granted and other conditions to that. so the club med countries of spain, italy, and grace are saying that is not there, they have been affected by that i financial crisis in the past, this is not their own doing. is part of it, the dutch my minister, they say he has been keeping a stiff leg, basically keeping his cards close to his chest, he is not compromising, so much so that the german chancellor and the french president apparently walked out of the talks in frustration yesterday, said they we re frustration yesterday, said they were ina frustration yesterday, said they were in a grumpy mood. there are conditions attaches some of the

money as well, including the ethics, the rule of law, three countries, poland, slovakia and hungary have argued against that, they have been investigated for these reasons and thatis investigated for these reasons and that is why there is another issue to sort out here set in the last few minutes the diplomacy has slipped a bit, because the hungarian prime minister has sent to the press, it is not me that is holding things backs, it is a dutch guy, he is to blame for this. so the premises slipping, no sign of the deal. what if there is any old? angela merkel was saying there may not be in agreement today? what happens if thatis agreement today? what happens if that is a case? there are so many elements to this, so far they are saying that they‘re going to break away now and have a smaller group with germany and france, and some of the other countries that i mentioned like reese and spain, they will bring them in at four o‘clock and try to get a new proposed offer from the eu council president. ultimately they have to agree to something, and if they can‘t decide today, they either decide to carry on tomorrow,

the dutch team have booked an extra night hotel, so i could possibly go into the week, or they book a second emergency session next week. at the moment, the leaders themselves do not know. many thanks for all of that, gavin lee, our european correspondent. london‘s metropolitan police has released bodycam video footage of its officers being pelted with objects as they tried to disperse crowds at an unlicensed music event. bottles, canisters and a bicycle were thrown at police as they tried to shut down the event, in east london, on friday night. two men, aged 18 and 19, were arrested. two officers suffered minor injuries. two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing at an amusement park in england. police say a man in his 20s suffered a serious stomach wound after an altercation between two groups at thorpe park, in surrey, yesterday afternoon.

visitors were locked inside the park while the emergency services attended. you are watching bbc news. 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 once 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 this 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. boris johnson has been pictured with his new son wilfred for the first time since the baby‘s birth. downing street released this image of the prime minister and his fiancee carrie symonds with their 11—week—old son. they were speaking via a video conference call to midwives who helped to deliver wilfred at london‘s university college hospital. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. we can split sunday‘s weather quite cleanly into three areas.

it has been rather cloudy, damp and dull so far in the south east corner, the best of the sunshine has been across england, wales and northern ireland, with a scattering of showers into the far northwest of scotland. and that is how we are going to close out the day, with temperatures peaking between 15 and 22 degrees, now, through this evening and overnight, skies will continue to clear. those showers, bit of a nuisance into the far north, but under those clear skies, temperatures are likely to fall away into single figures. quite unusualfor the middle part of july, so it is going to be a chilly start, but there will be lots of sunshine to compensate, and that is going to help with those temperatures quite rapidly. we still run the risk of a few showers, particularly into the northwest of the great glen, but with lots of sunshine coming through, temperatures will respond quite nicely with highs of 23, maybe 2a degrees. that is mid—70s in fahrenheit.