there has been some important progress in the race to find a viable safe vaccine to halt the coronavirus pandemic today. here in the uk, scientists at oxford university say, the vaccine they're developing appears to be safe and triggers an immune response. but its not clear if that will be enough to protect from the virus, and it wasn't tested on older people, a particularly vulnerable group.

the uk government has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. the trials, which involved just over 1,000 people, showed them making antibodies and white blood cells that can fight the virus. the oxford team face competition from scientists in the us and china who are also producing promising results. american pharmaceutical firm moderna is hoping to enter the final stages of its trials next week. they are ready to administer the vaccine to 30,000 volunteers — the biggest and the most crucial phase of human clinical trials for the vaccine so far. chinese biotech cansino biologics are the first to publish a full scientific study on its early human trials. their vaccine trial produced good antibody responses. but it didn't work as well in people aged 55 and older. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. three, one, three, one, one, nine, seven. so much is riding on this.

could the oxford vaccine help end the coronavirus pandemic? more than 9,000 volunteers have received the jab in the uk — among them, these front line nhs staff in newcastle. i've seen what covid can do. the sort of severity of some of the cases has been quite upsetting at times, so i really wanted to try and help get rid of this disease. unfortunately, my dad fell ill with covid and was admitted here for eight days. and i think once it's been that close to home, it makes more of a difference... you feel like you want to do your bit. vaccines work by training the immune system to recognise and remember the enemy — in this case, coronavirus. the oxford vaccine stimulates the creation of specialist y—shaped proteins known as neutralising antibodies. in the event of future exposure, these should latch

onto the coronavirus and prevent infection. it also stimulates the creation of t—cells, another key part of the immune system. these should sweep up after the antibodies and destroy any cells that have become infected. in the first 1,000 volunteers, the vaccine was safe and two doses gave an even stronger immune response than one. the oxford team say it's a really important milestone. we're pleased with the results that are published today in the lancet, because we're seeing both neutralising the oxford team say it's a really important milestone. we're pleased with the results that are published today in the lancet, because we're seeing both neutralising antibody responses and t—cell responses that we are optimistic may be associated with protection, but we still need to conduct those trials to prove that that's the case in humans. but we don't know if the vaccine will work in the real world and protect people from infection.

trials have begun in south africa and brazil, both virus hotspots. so this is very good and it's very promising to start with. however, we have seen vaccines reaching this point and also failing, so we need to be a little bit careful and not quite popping the proseccojust yet. i can fit you both in at quarter to one. perfect. these over—70s in southampton are all signing up to receive the vaccine. older people are more vulnerable to covid—i9. and our immune system weakens as we age, so whether the vaccine protects them is another key question that needs answering. how do you feel? i feel fine. good. fergus walsh, bbc news. donald trump has promised to send federal law enforcement personnel to more us cities. it follows the deployment of federal officers in portland as anti—racism protests continue. there have been 52 nights of demonstrations against police violence there,

in the wake of george floyd's killing. portland's mayor has accused federal forces of abusive tactics. here's sophie long. another night of conflict on the streets of portland. tear gas is fired at demonstrators to drive them away from the courthouse. there have been protests against police brutality and racism here every day for nearly two months. and they are becoming increasingly volatile. some say that is due to the presence and tactics of the federal officers. it's picking back up because you've got the feds out here. they're tear gassing people, they're snatching people up, they're beating people in the streets. local leaders say this is an abuse of federal power. but president trump says they are helping portland, not hurting it. portland was totally out of control. the democrats, the liberal democrats running the place, had no idea what they were doing. they were ripping down, for 51 days, ripping down

that city, destroying the city, looting it. the level of... ..corruption and what was going on there is incredible. and then the governor comes out, "0h, we don't need any help." how about chicago? i read the numbers where...many people killed over the weekend. we're looking at chicago, too. we're looking at new york. look at what's going on. all run by democrats, all run by very liberal democrats. all run really by radical left. 0regon's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, accusing it of illegally detaining protesters. every american needs to be concerned about what's happening here in portland. these federal agencies are operating with no transparency and against the will ofjust about every leader in our state and i assume it will be the same in other states where they show up. but portland is currently the poster child for this administration. they are using us, sort of throwing mud on the wall to see if this is an issue that

might stick for the president. there is little indication the federal tactics are working. more people are now demonstrating — including a group of mothers who say they will come out until no protesters needs protecting. and i thought they were just going to leave us alone because we weren't throwing anything at them. but that's not what happened. so, we were gassed. they shot... it's like a very loud sound, and they also shoot these things that burst on the ground. i'm not familiar with military garb or language but it was terrifying. we're not there to hurt them. we're there to protest human rights violations. as americans, aren't we allowed? isn't that a protected right? the acting secretary of homeland security says the crackdown will continue. and if they see the same threat in other cities, they will order the same response. sophie long, bbc news.

budget negotiations between leaders of the 27 eu member states have gone into a fourth night in brussels. their summit was initially scheduled to last two days. they are attempting to settle i trillion euro budget covering the next seven years alongside a 750 billion euro covid recovery fund. 0ur europe reporter gavin lee is in brussels and gave more details of the latest plan leaders are considering. it would be a proposal for 390 billion euros in the form of grants — much less than the 500 and 360 billion euros in the form of loans. so this is considered quite a victory for the frugal four, plus finland. and also, rebates — go back to the time of thatcher, who started the rebates for those contributors and net contributors into the eu. those frugal four all get massive increases into their rebate. and this is one issue many

countries wanted to stop. so they haven't agreed to it yet, but there is some optimism that they could agree tonight. the frugal four have been lowering amounts, so they don't ask more from their taxpayers to give more as grants, but is that enough of the likes for italy, spain and others might need? or if they have problems that will lead to problems across the whole of the eu? remember this briefly, the whole of the eu will contract in this gdp by an average 8.6% this year. spain will contract in its gdp by ii%. we will see mass unemployment on a scale we haven't seen since the end of the second world war, according to eu heads. that's a problem, and that's why this money is so important. gavin lee. let's get some of the day's other news syrian state media says the country's air defences have intercepted a number of israeli missiles over damascus. a syrian military spokesman said most of the missiles targeted southern damascus suburbs which israel had hit in the past. it said seven syrian soldiers had been wounded.

there was no immediate israeli comment. a man found dead in a car in new york state is being investigated as the possible suspect in the deadly attack on the family of a us federaljudge. esther salas was unharmed after sunday's shootings, but her 20—year—old son was killed and her husband was critically injured. the wearing of masks in, indoor public spaces, is now compulsory in france. there is a penalty of more than $150 for failing to wear a face covering in places such as shops, restaurants and banks. france has seen a slight resurgence of coronavirus infections, in the latest evidence of growing tension between britain and china, the uk has suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong. this comes after beijing imposed a new " national security law" in hong kong. the uk has already offered residency rights to three

million citizens of the island. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. would the uk send someone back to this? a new law in hong kong has tightened china's grip on the streets and brought fresh danger for those fighting for democracy. it is a very tense situation. have sought political asylum overseas in many countries. for more than 30 years, if someone now in the uk was suspected of a crime, hong kong could ask the government to hand them over under the extradition deal. but now some forms of protest on the island could bring a prosecution, not any more. the government has decided to suspend the extradition treaty immediately and indefinitely. there remains considerable uncertainty about the way in which the new national

security law will be enforced. i will just say this, the united kingdom is watching and the whole world is watching. even in advance, before it was formal, china accused britain of brutal meddling in its affairs. the shine's most definitely come off since the days when the queen offered president xi a place in her golden carriage. keen to share in china's soaring economy, the government extended the regal welcome. the pints in the then prime minister's local. five years feels like 15. there is alarm among mps about china's creeping aggression, whether brutality in hong kong, with its historic links to the uk, terrible abuses of the uighur muslims who live in north—west china, or unease about the country's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. but is it britain's attitude or china's behaviour that's really changed ? balancing condemnation

and economic cooperation gets harder. ministers repeat they want to work with modern china, but the uk is not only interested in playing nice. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: how poverty caused by the pandemic‘s led to a rise in illegal poaching. coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia.

but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity, and an increase in malfunctioning sperm unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunch time, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. hopes grow for a coronavirus vaccine after results from two sets of trials in the uk and china are said to be "encouraging". president trump says he will send more federal law enforcement officers to deal with anti—racism protests. the egyptian parliament has voted to authorise

the deployment of its military abroad to defend national security and, in its words, fight criminals and foreign terrorists "on a western front". it's an apparent reference to neighbouring libya, where egypt has been supporting the militia leader khalifa haftar against the un—recognised libyan governement, which is backed by turkey. the bbc‘s sally nabil explains what the decision means. this does not necessarily mean that egypt will be sending troops to libya. the outcome of the vote today was highly expected, that it will give the mandate to president sisi to send troops overseas to libya but, according to a lot of experts we've been talking to, that egypt is trying to use this as some sort of leverage, this potential scenario of getting involved in libya as some sort of pressure on warring parties and on allies to come back to the negotiating table and try to find out a solution via diplomacy.

according to experts as well, egypt does not want to get caught up in some sort of a guerrilla war in libya. cairo has always accused the national accord government and its ally turkey of bringing a lot of mercenaries and militants, and the egyptian army does not want to get involved in such a kind of war according to people we've been talking to. so, yes, the parliament has agreed to sending troops to libya but this does not mean that we will see boots on the ground anytime soon. this might be only some sort of pressure or kind of political tactics. sally nabil. amber heard has told the high court in london that her former husband, the actorjohnny depp, threatened to kill her many times. she's started giving evidence as part of his libel action against the owners of the sun newspaper. he's suing them after the paper alleged he was a wife—beater — allegations he strongly denies.

0ur correspondent david sillito was in court. amber heard, here in the white blouse, arriving in court for the beginning of her account of her relationship withjohnny depp, who was himself arriving in court through a different entrance. the case brought byjohnny depp is a libel action against the publishers of the sun newspaper over an article that described him as a wife—beater. did he give it to you? the couple first met on the set of the film the rum diary. during their relationship, she says, he repeatedly assaulted her — punching, slapping, kicking, head—butting, choking. she says she feared for her life. but in court, she was also asked about a recording of an argument. was this evidence that she had hitjohnny depp? i did not punch you. i did not bleep deck you. i bleep was hitting you. i don't know what the full motion of my actual hand was but you're fine. i did not hurt you, i did not punch you, i was hitting you. how are your toes? what am i supposed to do, do this?

how are your toes? i'm not sitting here bleep about it, am i? you are. that's the difference between me and you. you're a bleep baby. because you start physical fights? you are such a baby! grow the bleep up! because you start physical fights? i did start a physicalfight. yeah, you did, so i had to get the bleep out of there. yes. she said she was being sarcastic. if she had hit him, it was only to stop him choking after he had passed out. she was also questioned about this red mark. it was visible at a court appearance in 2016 but officers who saw her at the time of the alleged incident said they saw no mark. it was put to her in court. "i suggest you were not injured at all." "that's not true," she said. "johnny threw a phone right at my face. it was just one of many incidents." the questioning continued. "a number of officers saw you. a number of people saw you with no injury. she answered... in court she was questioned

about an arrest for alleged domestic violence in a previous relationship. she said there was no assault, no charges were brought. she was also questioned about a medical report that talked of substance abuse and mental health problems. all untrue, she said. johnny depp strenuously denies all the allegations but amber heard says she thinks he doesn't remember what he did and has been convinced by others that she is making things up, to which she says, "i am not." david sillito, bbc news. the coronavirus pandemic has had many knock—on effects — one of which is impacting endangered mountain gorillas in the democratic republic of congo. reged ahmad reports. these are some of the world's last endangered mountain gorillas, living in the democratic republic of congo's national park. and these are the rangers who help protect them. but thatjob has now become so much harder. with the economic impact of covid—19, poverty has led

to a spike in poaching. over the past few weeks, we have been registering an increase in the presence of snares in the mountain gorilla sector. rangers had to work fast to rescue this three—year—old baby gorilla when its hand was caught in one of those illegal snares. it is dangerous work. the formidable mother had to be sedated and the male silverback distracted so the baby could ultimately be saved. this increase in poaching has come at a time when rangers are already scarce. they have had to to reduce their presence in the park in order to protect these endangered apes from catching the coronavirus. the scientific advice that we have been receiving has consistently indicated that we have to be extremely cautious because of the risk of disease transmission, which could wipe out the entire population

of mountain gorillas. working as a park ranger here carries other dangers, too. in april, 12 were killed in an attack by suspected militiamen. the virunga national park, a unesco world heritage site, has been closed since march to reduce the spread of covid—19. but the lack of tourists and jobs has caused locals to turn to the forest to survive, making the task of saving some of the last mountain gorillas in the world even more challenging. reged ahmad, bbc news. andrew lloyd webber — the impresario behind cats and the phantom of the opera — tells the bbc he doesn't believe uk theatres with socially distanced audiences will be economically viable when they reopen next month. lord webber was showing our arts editor will gompertz the changes put in place due to covid—19 at his theatre, the london palladium.

welcome to the london palladium. my favourite theatre, if i am being a little indiscreet. my temperature is being taken. this is a very exciting piece of kit because this is what we imported from korea where the theatres are and full and it sprays you. very theatrical, this! it is the relationship of the audience with the stage which is so great, which is why so many performers love playing here. but the palladium needs to be full. it really does. your experiment is with social distancing on thursday. so what does that look like if i am in here? well, i tell you what it looks like because it just so happens i mocked it up. 0k. that is what it would look like. with one metre spacing or two? 0ne metre spacing. so you are not really interested in opening up with this? you can't. we've got to get to a pilot

where we don't have social distancing, which is why we have put all these measures in at the palladium, not to prove, i must stress this, not to prove that the palladium can work — it is to prove that every venue can work. what i can't understand is why is it that it is safe to go on an aeroplane and that you come into a theatre such as this, where the air is pure, you will be required to wear a mask when you come in and you have to go through all of the measures we are putting in place, but why is it that it is unsafe to go to the theatre? i just simply don't get it. if you could, would you open tomorrow? yes. do you think the audiences would come? i think they would, yes, i do think they would. we need to know that, subject to certain conditions, which i hope i have

demonstrated here, subject to certain conditions, we can open say on november the 1st orjanuary the 1st if it had to be, but i want it to be november because i so believe that the regions need those pantos. if the government said, ok, we will give you a date, not before the 31st of march 2021? well, then, you have to work to that date. at the moment, it is this limbo land. it can't be done unless we have a date. it would be better to say you can't open theatres until 2027! at least give us some certainty. andrew lloyd webber said the culture secretary told him on saturday the government aspired to fully open theatres in november but that, he said, is only a hope, not reality, which means his shows still cannot go on. will gompertz, bbc news.

seen that many people on that is me for. and hello. this week started off on a fairly dry settled note for most places, but we will see weather fronts approaching from the atlantic, bringing some outbreaks of rain in through this week. now, tuesday will start on quite a chilly note. we will see the cloud building through the day and that will bring some rain later on to parts of northern ireland and scotland courtesy of this weather front approaching here. further south, high pressure holding onto things so it's a dry picture of it to sit across the bulk of england and wales. under clear skies, quite a chilly start. temperatures in the mid—single figures for many of us first thing tuesday morning,

a few early mist patches. in fact temperatures could be as low as around 3—4 celsius in the coldest rural spots. after that fresh start, there will be some long spells of sunshine through the morning. later in the afternoon, cloud will tend to build so that sunshine at times a bit hazy, cloudier skies later some rain working into the northern parts of northern ireland, the western isles as well. 1—2 showers around for the north—east of scotland too. now, temperatures across scotland and northern ireland between about 14—18 celsius. england and wales typically around 18—21 celsius, a little below par for the time of year. heading into tuesday evening and overnight into wednesday, we will continue to see this weather front in the north bringing rain, quite heavy at times, to northern ireland and parts of scotland as well. for england and wales, it's going to be dry, but with the cloudier skies, it won't be quite as chilly as it has been over the past couple nights. into wednesday, outbreaks of rain continue at times for northern ireland and for scotland. later in the day, a few of those showers could just push into parts of northern england and north wales as well, but further south across england and wales, you should have a dry day

and with some sunshine, it will be a little bit warmer. so temperatures up to about 23 celsius down towards the south—east. we're typically looking at the mid to high teens further north across the uk. looking towards the latter part of the week, and this waving weather front will push its way gradually southwards and eastwards, bumping into higher pressure across the near continent. it will be fizzling out, but we could still see some outbreaks of rain on thursday particularly across western parts of england and wales too. they'll be followed by some fresher, brighter conditions of sunshine and scattered showers across parts of scotland, and temperatures will range between about 16—22 celsius on thursday. then things continue on a fairly unsettled and a showery theme as we look through friday and into the weekend for many of us, as well. that's it for now. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... early results from two more coronavirus vaccine trials have produced an immune response without any serious side effects. 0ne trial was carried out at the university of oxford, and the other at china's academy of military medical sciences. donald trump has said he plans to send federal law enforcement personnel to more us cities to tackle anti—racism demonstrations, which he insists are the work of anarchists. some democrats have called their actions deeply disturbing and unacceptable. european union leaders hold a fourth day of talks in an attempt to overcome major differences about a 750 billion euro coronavirus rescue package a divide on how it will be funded. the actress amber heard

says her ex—husband, johnny depp,