this is bbc news. the headlines... the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity. we'll get reaction from harry's mum in a minute. families and friends can be reunited with loved ones as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart if it's safe. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. we are pleased that our reputations have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close. are you a soft touch on russia, prime minister? pressure on the government to tighten security laws after accusations of underestimating

the threat of russian interference. and bad table manners — restaurant owners severely hit by the pandemic react angrily over the number of "no—show bookings". labour has apologised and agreed to pay what's been described as substantial, undisclosed damages to seven former employees who'd criticised the pa rty‘s handling of anti—semitism complaints. the party has also issued an "unreserved apology" and paid damages to a journalist who investigated alleged anti—semitism in the party for bbc panorama. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. july 2019 — jeremy corbyn was still labour leader and the party was being accused of not dealing properly with anti—semitism allegations.

the bbc‘s panorama aired allegations from whistle—blowers, who claimed senior figures close to mr corbyn had interfered in the party's disciplinary process. that provoked a furious reaction from mr corbyn‘s allies, who denied the allegations and called the whistle—blowers former disaffected employees with political axes to grind. fast forward a year, and labour, under new leadership, apologised for those comments. in a statement, the party said... we are pleased that our reputations have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership

which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close, but it is not the end of the story. the party also apologised tojohn ware, the journalist behind the panorama programme. labour's shadow foreign secretary welcomed the pay—out. i think it's a welcome step forward that shows labour is now taking this seriously, and justice is being done. we have acknowledged we got it wrong, that is the right thing to do. this case was settled in the courts but it has huge political meaning, too. keir starmer is trying to draw a line under some of the controversies over anti—semitism which have dogged the party in recent years, and to say while he is leader they will be dealt with very differently. but this afternoon, mr corbyn said he'd had legal advice that the labour party's case was strong. he added...

his ally, unite‘s len mccluskey, said the pay—out was a misuse of party funds. the new leader doesn't agree and hopes today's decision will help the party move on, but it could mean those splits in the party exposed once again. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. we can speak now to the former labour mp, ruth smeeth — who during her time as a mp was subject to anti—semitic abuse. she is now chief executive of index on censorship — a group which campaigns for freedom of speech. she joins us from stoke. this has been a long time coming. this has been a long time comingm really, really has. the trauma, really, really has. the trauma, really, there is no other word, the whistle—blowers have gone through since the panorama programme has been extraordinary and i am delighted we have got to this point, that the labour party has issued an

unreserved apology to the whistle—blowers and we can now move forward. the report is the next part of the journey but i really hope by the end of the year this is just a horrible chapter in labour party history. that is clearly the hope of the new labour leader, sir keir starmer, and he expressed that view in the houses of parliament today. but does this really draw a line under the issue of anti—semitism in the labour party? it doesn't yet. these are seven whistle—blowers from 70 current and former members of staff who have given sworn testimony. we are yet to see the report but in context, the current labour leadership have got the draft report and received it a fortnight ago andi report and received it a fortnight ago and i am sure in no small part today's actions were reflected in that. so we will get the full report later this year and then we move forward , later this year and then we move forward, but there is still part of a long journey to build back trust with the jewish a long journey to build back trust with thejewish community and make it clear the labour party is not a

safe s pa ce it clear the labour party is not a safe space for anti—semites, which is unfortunately where we have been for the last four years. the treatment of those seven, who were individually very brave in what they did was pretty grim. where does the buck stop for that? it is absolutely grim. we have had people talk about what their mental challenges and what their mental challenges and what their mental challenges and what the labour party did before them ina what the labour party did before them in a national context and the labour party has spoken about them and done terrible things for their reputations and their career prospects. they are brave young people in the main and i will be forever in their debt. they are inspirational. where does the buck stop? it stops with the former leadership of the labour party. i am delighted in the way keir starmer is dealing with this, putting a line in the sand and moving forward, but the buck stops on some of this with the former leadership of the labour party who decided to make

anti—semitism in the labour party a factional political issue rather than shut it down. there was no reason for us to end up in this place today. this was a political decision made them for reasons that i don't think i will ever understand. if the buck stops with the leadership, was jeremy understand. if the buck stops with the leadership, wasjeremy corbyn guilty of actively... active involvement in this was in activity has problem? i think most of the time it was his inactivity. he didn't want to engage in the issue and his silence empowered at the to say and do appalling things in his name. i thinkjeremy needs to look in the mirror. 0nly he can answer for his own actions over the last four years on anti—semitism in the labour party. how much damage do you think this did and what was the responsibility of this particular issue do you think in the last election result? huge, absolutely huge. you can see that it remains

today a legacy of the last four yea rs. today a legacy of the last four years. 0bviously for my constituents, they regularly saw, u nfortu nately constituents, they regularly saw, unfortunately me in the media talking about it, but it was raised on doorsteps up and down the country when i talk to people about how we had become the nasty party, the racist party. and no one understood why and i still don't. i think if you look at the polling differentials between where the labour party currently sits on by keir starmer sits, you can see the labour party brand is still damaged and there is a hugejob of labour party brand is still damaged and there is a huge job of work to rebuild the labour party as a brand. but events like today and acknowledging the pain and hurt felt by the whistle—blowers and the fact they were right is a step towards detoxifying the labour brand on this issue. detoxifying is one thing but how do you repair the damage done to the jewish community?” how do you repair the damage done to the jewish community? i think that is so difficult but the actions that

are being taken so far are exactly what we want. i think tomorrow the labour party is going to lose control of brighton and hove council because it has chosen to suspend three councillors because of anti—semitic comments they are reported to have made. we would not have seen that before. so there is a clear message to be sent, the labour party is acting in keir starmer is repeatedly reaching out to the jewish community. it will take a long time before thejewish community as a whole trust the labour party but he is do everything i think labour party but he is do everything ithink in labour party but he is do everything i think in his gift at the moment to do it. obviously with the ehrc report on how the party responds to it will be the next step on the journey but today was the right decision and he is taking us in the right direction moving forward. looking at your demeanour, there is the sense of a cloud being lifted. it is just the sense of a cloud being lifted. it isjust a the sense of a cloud being lifted. it is just a level of relief, relief to be able to say lovely things

about the leader of the labour party, but also, i was a labour activist who happens to bejewish andi activist who happens to bejewish and i will forever resent the fact i was made a jewish member of parliament by the actions of the last four years. that was not part of my identity in the way it now is. for me it isjust a of my identity in the way it now is. for me it is just a true relief should be able to talk about the fa ct should be able to talk about the fact this chapter will be coming to an end and the hurt and pain is going away and that there is hope. it is good to talk to you and thank you for your time this afternoon. families and friends of some care home residents in england will be able to resume visiting their loved ones, months after these were stopped due to the coronavirus crisis. visits will resume in specific care homes once directors of public health at local authorities decide it is safe to do so, the department of health and social care announced this afternoon. in wales, care homes were given guidance at the beginning ofjune to allow outdoor visits to restart. care homes in scotland have allowed residents to meet people outside since third july as long as the home has been virus free for at least 28 days. and, in northern ireland,

care homes are open, but visits are restricted to one at a time. fiona lamdin has been to see how one care home has been coping through the pandemic. let's get more on this with professor martin green, chief executive of care england, the largest representative body for independent social care services in the uk. for many people this has been a long time coming. it is, and we should acknowledge that part of the reason it has been a long time coming is because there has been a degree of caution and people have been very conscious that people who live in ca re conscious that people who live in care homes are among the most vulnerable to co—putt so the degree of caution has been around the fact people are very clear they don't wa nt to people are very clear they don't want to risk the infection getting into ca re want to risk the infection getting into care homes. —— vulnerable to covid. and this looks like it could bea covid. and this looks like it could be a complicated process. it could

be a complicated process. it could bea be a complicated process. it could be a complicated process. it could be a complicated process. it could be a complicated process and we should acknowledge it should be about the care homes themselves identifying when they are ready to again receive visitors. 0bviously the public health director within local authority will be giving a lot of help and advice in relation to that but ultimately i think the guidance will help care home manager is to have a framework on which they can decide when they want to readmit visitors and when they think it is safe to do so. wise england behind wales and scotland on this?|j safe to do so. wise england behind wales and scotland on this? i think it's about the degree of caution and we should also acknowledge that england has a much larger population of people and also care homes have been very affected by this so i think all those things have been pa rt think all those things have been part of why this has been done at a different pace to what has happened in scotland, northern ireland and wales. the news will be welcome by

families and friends of those in ca re families and friends of those in care homes. for whom this has been a very difficult time. and the mental health damage can't be overestimated. that's absolutely right. it's been so difficult not only for people living in care homes not being able to be in contact with theirfamilies but not being able to be in contact with their families but it's also been incredibly difficult for families who want to maintain the contact with the people they love. care homes have done a lot of innovative things to try to make sure those contacts still maintain between families and relatives but having that contact through technology is not quite the same thing as being directly in the same room as somebody. i think we should also acknowledge that this is very confusing for people living with dementia who don't understand why it's not possible for their families to visit or indeed to see families or staff in ppe, which is quite strange for them. so i think there

are massive challenges for people living with dementia. while the news will be welcomed by care home manager is they will want clear guidance as to what it is they have got to do. yes indeed. i think the guidance issued provides a framework for that but i would also get them to talk to their local public health departments and also to talk to relatives and their own colleagues about what the potential risk is in each particular care home because i think this has to be guidance that's interpreted home by home and in some areas it will be much easier to manage the return of the sitting than in others. and some of the population is in care homes will be much more frail then they will be in others, so that will be another element people have to consider. professor martin green, chief executive of care england, thank you for your time this afternoon. there's still considerable pressure on the government

over the russia report, with calls for tighter restriction on russians coming to the uk and more powers for the security and intelligence agencies. the labour leader sir keir starmer questioned the prime minister on the report in the commons earlier. the report was very clear that until recently the government has badly underestimated the russian threat and the response it required. it is still playing catch—up. the government has taken its eye off the ball. arguably, it wasn't even on the pitch! after this government has been in power for ten years, how does the prime minister explain that? mr speaker, i really think the right honourable gentleman's questions are absolutely absurd. there is no country in the western world that is more vigilant in protecting the interests of this country or the international community from russian interference. and in fact, we are going further now and introducing new legislation to protect critical national infrastructure and to protect our intellectual property. 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera, gave us this update.

we heard in the last half hour from james brokenshire, the security minister, with an outline of all the things he said the government had been doing about russia in the last year and a half since the government gave evidence to the intelligence and security committee. clearly the government knows it's on the back foot on this issue and is stressing that it's taking all kinds of action to deal with it. one issue which is certainly at the forefront at the moment is the issue of new powers, the possibility for instance of reviewing the official secrets act to bring it up—to—date for the cyber age, and this issue of a foreign agent registration act, which is something the us has, for instance, in which someone who is working on behalf of a foreign government has to register themselves. if they fail to do so because they are operating covertly, clandestinely, then they are liable to prosecution. that is something that has actually been talked about for a while and what we heard today

was it's being looked at, it's being reviewed. i think the crucial question to see is whether the government actually pushes ahead with that and how quickly. gordon corera. the headlines on bbc news... the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity — we'll get reaction from harry's mum in a minute. families and friends can be reunited with loved ones — as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart if it's safe. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. president trump has used his first coronavirus briefing in weeks to warn that the outbreak in the united states will get worse before it gets better. he also urged americans to use face coverings — it would show ‘patriotism', he said. all very different from news conferences not long ago and a marked change in tone. but then there's an election coming, and he's not polling well at the moment. peter bowes reports. a different tone and a different message —

noticeably subdued and less combative than usual, president trump took to the podium at his first coronavirus briefing since april. he acknowledged the pandemic was far from over. we are in the process of developing a strategy that's going to be very, very powerful. we're developing as we go along. some areas of our country are doing very well. others are doing less well. it will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better, something i don't like saying about things, but that's the way it is. it's what we have. you look over the world — it's all over the world. apparently heeding the advice of his experts, who were absent from the stage, mr trump spoke enthusiastically about facemasks, even though he's been seen only once in public wearing one himself. i mean, i carry the mask when i have to go away. i went to walter reed hospital the other day. i have the mask right here.

i carry it and i will use it gladly, no problem with it, and i've said that, and i say, if you can use the mask, when you can use the mask, if you're close to each other, if you're in a group, i would put it on when i'm in a group. if i'm in an elevator and there are other people with me, including like security people, it's not their fault. they have to be in the elevator. i want to protect them also. the change in rhetoric comes at a time when opinion polls suggest most americans disapprove of the way mr trump has dealt with the pandemic, and, with the number of new covid—i9 cases soaring in some southern and western states, the president seemed to go out of his way to hammer home his new message. we are imploring young americans to avoid packed bars and other crowded indoor gatherings, be safe and be smart. after questions about the virus, the news conference took an unexpected turn when a reporter asked about ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. ghislaine maxwell is in prison,

and a lot of people want to know if she's going to turn in powerful people. i know you talked in the past about prince andrew and you criticised bill clinton's behavior. i'm wondering, do you feel that she's going to turn in powerful men? how do you see that working out? i don't know. i haven't really been following it too much. ijust wish her well, frankly. i've met her numerous times over the years, especially since i lived in palm beach, and i guess they lived in palm beach. but i wish her well, whatever it is. i don't know the situation with prince andrew. ijust don't know — not aware of it. a surprise ending to a new style of coronavirus briefing from the white house. peter bowes, bbc news. the world health organisation has strongly rejected claims made by the us secretary of state in london yesterday that its director general was "bought" by china. speaking to a group of mps and peers, mike pompeo called the who a "political not a science—based organisation", and accused its current head, dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, of being too close to beijing.

the labour mp chris bryant — who was at the meeting — told the bbc what the secretary of state had said. he went into a long section about how the chinese had bought the head of the world health organization and mike pompeo then said that british people were dead because of chinese lies about the virus. i must say, in my heart i wanted to say, well, a lot of american people are dead because of donald trump's lies about the virus. the us government has abruptly ordered china to close its consulate in houston, texas, describing it as "political provocation". the chinese government has already promised a "necessary response" if the united states doesn't withdraw this decision. diplomats have been seen burning documents in the courtyard. the us's action comes after the uk suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong over a new security law for the ex—colony, which gives beijing more power.

passport offices are dealing with a backlog of more than four with a backlog of more than 400,000 applications. home office minister baroness williams said reduced staffing — to allow social distancing — meant forms were taking longer to process. she said steps were being taken to increase capacity after travel restrictions were eased, but those applying may have to wait longer than the usual three weeks. it's the ultimate in bad table manners — the restaurant ‘no—show‘ where people book a meal and then don't turn up. and during social distancing — when tables are at a premium — it's an issue causing real problems, and hardship, to restaurateurs. their plea to diners who change their mind? "let us know." simon browning has more. we've had 33 no shows. on friday it was bad. got a bit better on saturday and it was just as bad on sunday as well. no—shows have always been a blight for restaurateurs. they are an acute financial problem now. covid security means fewer

chairs and fewer tables. but when customers who booked to sit in them don't show, it's really bad for business. these tables and chairs are the lifeblood of our business. el pastor, a mexican in kings cross, has welcomed back its treasured customers with tacos and margaritas. but last week, their restaurants had an average no—show rate of io%. that means paying for too many staff and too many ingredients in the kitchen, at a time when there is no slack. the gut reaction to no—shows, sort of in the pit of my stomach, it's very unpleasant because you know that it's impacting a bottom line that has already been deeply traumatised by the last three months. so how can restaurants fight back? i've heard talk of there being like a mandatory fee that you have to pay where you make a reservation. i think restaurants should fully employ that. i'd be happy to do that, especially if you can still call ahead in advance and say couldn't turn up, then i think that's more than fair enough, to be honest. when those don't turn up it can

have a negative impact. as so many restaurants fight for survival, one of the biggest table booking websites says please give them notice. let restaurants know with as much time in advance as you can that you won't be able to turn up for your table. every hour that you give a restaurant is time that they can use to refill those tables. and so it's really crucial that you communicate with restaurants and let them know. for restaurants up and down the country the economics of turning a profit have always been tight. pack people in and serve them fast. but as chairs and revenue disappear, restaurants are having to work harder than ever before to do what they've always done for their loyal customers. but as some feel the heat, others are adapting quickly. the wetherby whaler in wakefield hasn't suffered from no—shows because the fish and chip trade is all about walk—ins. and there's been plenty of them. initially we thought we'd just do

bookings only and then we soon realised that once we opened the door, booking wouldn't work because people were just coming up and saying, can we come in? so it's a party for how many people? to survive, restaurants need diners to come and enjoy. because no—shows means empty tables and empty tills. simon browning, bbc news. the foreign secretary says the uk and us have agreed to amend the "anomaly" that allowed harry dunn's alleged killer to claim diplomatic immunity. a court hearing last month heard that the "secret agreement" permitted anne sacoolas to return to her home country after a road crash which killed 19—year—old harry in august last year. dominic raab said the denial of justice was heart—breaking but said that "the new arrangements mean it could not happen again." let's speak now to harry dunn's mother charlotte charles and the family spokesperson radd seiger. charlotte, your reaction to this, a step in the right direction?

definitely, we are really pleased. we are grateful to dominic raab and his team for agreeing to close the loophole that the united states used tojump loophole that the united states used to jump through to get anne sacoolas back to the us. it's a huge step in the right direction but we now need dominic raab to work with us to make sure we get her back to the uk to face justice at sure we get her back to the uk to facejustice at some sure we get her back to the uk to face justice at some point soon. my understanding is this is not retrospective so at the moment there is no real change. simon, let me deal with that. you are absolutely correct on one level, but what it of course shows is that the united states is absolutely exposed morally and legally. if it is right injuly 2020, it was right in august of 2019 when harry died. they are behaving like international cowboys are not sending her back. it's a big step forward but you are absolutely right, it does not yet bring her

back, but watch this space. charlotte, do you have any sense that anne sacoolas, who has said all along she has no intention of returning to the uk, that the pressure might make her reconsider? we can only hope. we always live with hope that one day she might actually change her mind off her own accord to put herself on a plane to come back over here. we definitely will keep the pressure up and we will keep the pressure up and we will try to get this news out over in the states as well so she can see what dominic raab and his team have done and see what her own country have agreed to with the anomaly that they have now amended. but you a lwa ys they have now amended. but you always hope as a mother that she will find some of the same blood that courses through my veins and does actually do the right thing. this has always been a very simple right from wrong, and she has done wrong in walking away. she needs to

come back. her lawyer has said that she will not return voluntarily to potentially face jail for a terrible but unintentional accident, as the lawyer has said. we are very clear that this was not intentional. but connor syme, if you or i had done this on a road, driving on the wrong side of the road and taken a life, that breaks the law and she is charged with causing death by dangerous driving. this was not an accident. accidents are not preventable. this is an allegation of dangerous driving, and if it were committed by you or i then we would have to face the consequences. the important thing is, it's very simple, even if you are a diplomat, and we say she wasn't, it does not put you above the law. diplomatic immunity does not equal diplomatic impunity. if this had happened in

washington, absolutely the british government would have waived immunity without hesitation. i'm afraid this is yet another example of donald trump and his administration behaving presumably with that america first policy and not really caring about anybody else. charlotte, when this nightmare started for you, and we mustn't lose sight that harry is no longer with us, and this is at the heart of this, did you ever sense that the politics would start to give way in the way it seems to be because at the way it seems to be because at the time that seemed a very forlorn hope? at the time when we lost harry we have no idea that this fight we have had on our hands would even be political. when i lost harry that night, i made him a promise i would get him thejustice night, i made him a promise i would get him the justice he so fully deserves. i had no idea of what i

would be going into. i had no idea how hard it was going to be. and certainly this campaign never started off to become political. it is just unfortunate for us that we have found ourselves in this political storm because we now know all these months down the line that it was the fco that allowed anne sacoolas to leave unlawfully. so u nfortu nately sacoolas to leave unlawfully. so unfortunately the campaign had to ta ke unfortunately the campaign had to take a political tone for us to be able to get to the point where we are today. but if someone had said to me back then that they could look into the future and say i would be in this position now, that our family, me and other parents would be here, we wouldn't change a thing because without us doing this then otherfamilies because without us doing this then other families around here would have been at risk in the future of having suffered the same fate as us and having suffered the same abuse of human rights. so i had no idea we would be where we are today, but i

am so very glad we have achieved what we have done. i know you are constantly being asked for interviews by american media outlets, just wonder if you sense any change in the tone of the questioning they are? because inevitably there is a sense in america of, she is one of ours, just wonder if there is a change in the humanity of this story? look, simon, that's a very good point. a couple of months ago, you would in the united states, the overwhelming majority of americans agreed that anne sacoolas should return. my fight is not with the american people, i am an american myself living here. they like us no that this isjust a simple case of right versus wrong. i do sense, this isjust a simple case of right versus wrong. i do sense, as you know, i have spent a lot of time in the states with your colleagues

there in washington and in new york, as well as friends in the states. i have not spoken to a single person who can argue with charlotte and the parents to say it isn't the right thing to do. and what is so remarkable about this family is that you would never hear them talk about the length of any sentence or anything like that. this isjust about doing the right thing, going through the justice system. we are just victims of a crime, we are not the prosecutors or the judge or the jury. so i think what we are really dealing with here is the complicating factor and administration that is, as we can all see, even republicans like me, is literally all over the place, and i think none of us really can expect anne sacoolas to come back anytime soon, but with the help of you and your colleagues and the fantastic

british people, and the support is building, as you can tell, the momentum is now unstoppable, so we can confidently say, we know anne sacoolas will be back one day when the time is right. we have all the time in the world but we all own this incredible family a debt of gratitude in their deepest darkest hour, standing up and calling this out for what it is, and not kowtowing to both governments were trying to sweep this under the carpet last september, we are all slightly safer tonight because of these very brave people. yeah, it has been quite a campaign, and charlotte, i am sure harry would be more proud than anybody of what you have achieved up until now. i am going to ask you, it may seem a strange question on the face of it, but to anne sacoolas, herself a mother, who must, like you, wish to put the clock back every moment of her life to just before the accident happened, ijust her life to just before the accident happened, i just wonder her life to just before the accident happened, ijust wonder if her life to just before the accident happened, i just wonder if there her life to just before the accident

happened, ijust wonder if there is any sympathy, on the basis that she will have to live with that for the rest of her life? if there was a guarantee that she wouldn't face a prison sentence, but at least face justice, would that be enough? as long as she faced the justice, you know, this is what we've said all along, and the saddest thing is that if she had stayed in this country, we we re if she had stayed in this country, we were really open to the police, the northamptonshire police, right from the very beginning, because we understood she was a mum, she had, you know, a lovely family, we were happy to work with them to try and even get the sentence reduced, the accusation, sorry, reduced to death by careless driving, and then we would have worked with them to try and reduce that even further to get and reduce that even further to get a suspended sentence. she would have then been free to have stayed in this country if she had wished to, stayed for three years that they

we re stayed for three years that they were meant to have been here for, or she would have been free to leave, go back to the us, take her life back up over there. nobody would have known her name, none of this would have come out, we wouldn't have had the fight on our hands. we have had the fight on our hands. we have got the justice that harry so fully deserves, and none of this needed to happen. you know, we really... of the length of a sentence or anything is not important to us, it is important to us that when you do something wrong, you hold your hands up, you go through the justice system and you expect whatever is done to you. it's that simple. just do the right thing. it shouldn't be that hard. and that would be the message, you know how these interviews are picked up know how these interviews are picked up around the world, that would be the message if she was watching this right now? absolutely. don't be afraid. we are certainly not a family to be afraid of. you know, we

area family to be afraid of. you know, we are a standard family in a tiny little beautiful area in south northamptonshire. we are a very loving team of people, and we wouldn't be doing this if we were not, and we wouldn't have achieved today with the government what we have achieved if we were not. so i would say to her don't be afraid, come over, come and talk to us, come and go through ourjustice system, it is one of the fairest in the world, if not the fairest. so what happens next? well, looks, the campaign is only just happens next? well, looks, the campaign is onlyjust going to be starting. i know that sounds incredible, but the momentum now behind this family is incredible. what i really want now from dominic raab and boris johnson what i really want now from dominic raab and borisjohnson is what i really want now from dominic raab and boris johnson is a what i really want now from dominic raab and borisjohnson is a clear and structured timetable plan that will bring anne sacoolas back. we know the united states does not have a leg to stand on any more, but what are we going to do? are we going to

suspend the extradition treaty if they are not going to reciprocate with us, should we stop sending over there? my son turned 17 next month, he will be learning to drive around this base, should we say enough is enough? my son is entitled to go out and drive around this base really. should we be talking to him about liberty? look, actions have consequences. liberty? look, actions have consequences. the united kingdom appears tojust consequences. the united kingdom appears to just be the consequences. the united kingdom appears tojust be the united states's lapdog at the moment. i have asked manik raab in a lengthy meeting this morning to come out and set out a plan to bring anne sacoolas back. the other thing is the hearing of the parents's judiciary review has now been listed on 11th and 12th of november and thatis on 11th and 12th of november and that is when the court will actually decide whether anne sacoolas had diplomatic immunity or not. we are very confident to find —— —— they will find she didn't and then she will find she didn't and then she will have to get on the plane the next day. this campaign is not going

anywhere, we will support these parents until they get a little bit ofjustice and parents until they get a little bit of justice and the parents until they get a little bit ofjustice and the closure that they need, and then try to rebuild our shattered lives. charlotte, you have been thrust into a world you had no inkling of, they world you would rather not be part of, i'm sure, but harry would be very proud of you, wouldn't he? yeah, and he wouldn't have expected anything less, i don't think. we raised him and his twin and the siblings to be as honest as the day is long, to stand up for their own rights, to not allow themselves to be walked all over, to go and help anybody else that they would see if that was in trouble, so he wouldn't expect anything less of us than what we are doing right now. it just us than what we are doing right now. itjust pains me that we are having to do it in the circumstances, but yeah, hopefully he is up there, smiling down and watching what we're doing. he would be saying you are being very i suspect. brave or

stupid, i don't really know —— being very i suspect. brave or stupid, i don't really know -- he would be saying you are being very brave i suspect. we have no idea where we are getting the strength from, if anyone was to ask us to document that we would absolutely not know where to begin. it is extremely painful, morning, noon and night every minute of the day is painful. i think the campaign is actually helping us get through that pain as well. we are able to continually talk about harry. we owe it to him and we owe it to his twin and to his siblings, and indeed all of our supporters out there, including the media support, to keep going, and that's exactly what we intend to do. our determination is as strong as intend to do. our determination is as strong as ever intend to do. our determination is as strong as ever to make sure justice is done. i know it is not easy talking to the likes of me so i admire you too, a great pleasure talking to you. thank you both.

let's catch up with the sport now. olly foster i think. it is. the final day of the championship season. leeds have taken the title already but still a lot at stake this evening, automatic promotion, player places and a handful of promotion, player places and a ha ndful of clu bs promotion, player places and a handful of clubs still fighting against relegation. west brom are second at the moment but only by a point. they have to beat qpr at home to be sure of goint up to the premier league with leeds, but if they slip up, brentford or fulham could jump above them. it is 90 minutes till the end for something great, and we are ready to cross that line. we are ready to give everything. we are playing at home, we are playing on our pitch. i'm extremely positive and i'm extremely optimistic. we should be

proud of what we have done so far. the whole west bromwich albion team. now is the time to finish it off. we've got to do it. staying with the championship, wigan administrator gerald krasner has confirmed a preferred bidder has been chosen to buy the club. the bidder — who has has not been named — has until noon tomorrow to sign a letter, confirming their lawyers are holding the entire funds. contracts have to be exchanged by 31st july. wigan were deducted 12 points as punishment for going into administration and that could see them relegated after tonight's matches. evenif even if they win. they are appealing the points deduction. liverpool play their final home game tonight. after the match against chelsea, they will be presented with the premier league trophy. the captainjordan henderson has sent a message to the supporters to stay away from anfield. he's been speaking at

length with sally nugent. jordan henderson. this moment has been a long time coming. 30 years, in fact. how did you manage to turn the doubters into believers, all those people who perhaps thought this moment would never come?|j think, you know, obviously it first began when the gaffer actually said that in his first press conference. lfc, you have to change from doubter to believer, it's a very important thing. the moment he came in, i think everybody took to him straightaway, his charisma, the way he is as a person and as a manager, and also performances on the pitch. you know, i felt and also performances on the pitch. you know, ifelt straightaway and also performances on the pitch. you know, i felt straightaway you have seen a reaction from the players when he came in. since then, we have just improved and progressed every single season, which is pretty special, and long may it continue. but you are going to walk up those steps and be handed the trophy on

the kop, given to you by kenny dalglish. did you ever dream of this moment? obviously you have dreams, and a big dream was obviously to win the premier league. especially at this football club, you know, waiting 30 years is a long time, and they have had good managers, good teams in the past, but itjust hasn't happened, so to be part of a tea m hasn't happened, so to be part of a team that has been able to do it and give the fans something that they wa nted give the fans something that they wanted for so long is a real special feeling. chanting # you'll never walk alone. and how important is it that the fa ns stay and how important is it that the fans stay safe at the moment? yeah, listen, i know how difficult it must be, likei listen, i know how difficult it must be, like i said, we have waited so long for this football club to win the premier league, and it is huge, but at the moment, unfortunately, they can't be coming and gathering outside the stadiums because of the health and safety of the country,

and we need to protect the nhs staff, who have been working tirelessly over the last few months, and we need to keep going in the right direction. and if we do that, then hopefully sooner rather than later they can come back in the stadium and we can have that moment. so, please, yeah, watch it at home, celebrate at home, and look forward to the moment that we have together hopefully in the near future. the ecb say they are supporting england bowler jofra archer after he was racially abused on social media. archer broke coronavirus protocols following the first test against west indies and he was dropped from the last test. he says that because of the abuse and his five the abuse and his five days in self—isolation, he may not be "100 per cent mentally right" for the deciding test which starts on friday. cycling's biggest team, ineos, will be renamed ahead of this year's

tour de france. they'll be known as ineos grenadiers, named after the car being launched next year by team owner sirjim ratcliffe, as they increase their presence in sports sponsorship. they've yet to announce their riders for the tour, which starts on august the 29th. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that is exciting, isn't it? it is. the championship always is keenly contested, i think is the phrase. it's a phrase. thank you very much.

johnny depp's lawyers have been questioning his former wife amber heard about her allegations that he attacked her with broken bottles. she is giving evidence for a third day at the libel case brought by the hollywood actor against the sun over a report which claimed he was a wife—beater. allegations he strongly denies. david sillito reports. amber heard on day three of her account of her relationship withjohnny depp. this case brought byjohnny depp is a libel action against newsgroup newspapers after an article by the sun described him as a wife beater, a statement based on claims by his former wife amber heard. the proceedings today began with questions about an alleged incident in australia. amber heard described it as a three—day hostage situation, the worst experience of her life. she said there was prolonged violence and she sustained injuries to her face and arms. but in court it was put to her that it was she who had been violent. "you worked yourself into a rage screaming at him. agree or disagree?" "disagree," she said.

"and you took a bottle and threw it at his head. "disagree," she said. "i put it to you you would get yourself into rages." "no, angry at times but not so that "i would throw something at him offensively." "i would suggest you throw things." "i only threw things atjohnny to escape him." "and you punched him?" "i punched him only in defence of myself and my sister." amber heard was then shown this photograph ofjohnny depp and was asked about the mark on his cheek. "you stubbed a cigarette out in your rage on his cheek?" "no, johnny did that," she said. "you did it, didn't you?" "no, johnny did that. "he often did things like that." she was then questioned about this appearance on the james corden show in december 2015 which took place just after an incident in which she claims she suffered injuries to herface. she said that the marks were hidden by make—up. she was also questioned about a visit from a nurse in the days after. it was put to her, "you met her looking dishevelled, weepy and sad "and told her about an argument with mr depp." she says that she saw bleeding from a lip but it was put to her,

"you didn't have any bruising at all." amber heard denied it saying, "i had two black eyes, a broken lip. "i had bruises on my hairline, on my chin. "there was chunks of hair missing." amber heard says "beneath this make—up there were tonnes of injuries." johnny depp strenuously denies all the allegations of assault. david sillito, bbc news. the government's being urged to ensure that work carried out to homes as part of its energy efficiency scheme is done to a high standard — after concerns about faulty installation at hundreds of thousands of uk homes. the green homes grant plan pays for at least two thirds of the cost of home insulation or boilers and will start in september. zoe conway's report was filmed before social distancing restrictions were introduced. i'll show you my boy's bedroom. as you can see there is black mould and spores in here. this is dangerous to anybody‘s health. gavin ward's house in bridgend is so riddled with damp and mould

that the council says it is uninhabitable. he and his family had to move out two and a half years ago. emotionally, what can be worse than you feeling that you've failed your child? homes built after the 1920s have a gap between the exterior brick wall and interior wall known as a cavity. insulation started to be added in the 1970s. it can be wool, beads or foam and is injected into the brick. before insulation is installed, the cavity must be completely clear of debris. but all too often, installers haven't bothered to check. you're seeing debris at the base of the cavity. once you have installed the insulation, that insulation and the rubble will cause a bridge and it will cause damp penetration from the outside to the inside. gavin has spent three years trying to get the company that did the work, miller pattison, to fix his house. but gavin won't get a penny off them. because like so many insulation companies,

miller pattison has gone bust. they've been fighting these cases for year upon year. they know what it can cause yet they are allowing families to stay in conditions like this. the work was guaranteed by the cavity insulation guarantee agency, or ciga. they have admitted the insulation should never have been installed. they have offered to extract it but not pay the £60,000 repair bill. they argue the house has been poorly maintained and say gavin could go to arbitration to resolve the issue. campaigners and some mps say that ciga isn't fit for purpose. how can it call itself independent? how can it say it's standing up for the consumer, they ask, when its governing body is almost entirely made up of the industry? in a statement, ciga says that it is now dealing with more than 3,000 claims per year. they say they have appointed a consumer champion and independent advisers to their board and,

they say, they now carry out physical inspections on 5% of all installations. in just a few weeks' time, another government green energy scheme will be under way. ministers say that installers will have to meet high and stringent standards, ensuring consumer protection. but what campaigners also want to know is what they plan to do to help all the people whose insulation has failed. zoe conway, bbc news. face coverings are fast becoming the new normal across the uk. mandatory on transport in england and from friday, in shops too. but, not everyone finds them easy to wear. one group that's struggled is sikh men who wear turbans. so one designer has created a special mask — after seeing her father in law struggle. pria rai reports. phone, keys, wallets and now your face mask when you leave home. many

sikh men like —— and have a turban and a long beard, which makes a normal facemask hard to put on. luckily, his daughter—in—law is a designer. for men that generally wear turbans, you can't put elastics over the ears, and if you have a long beard your mask only covers a proportion of yourface. long beard your mask only covers a proportion of your facelj long beard your mask only covers a proportion of your face. i was struggling with the mask provided to me due to my turban, because when i put it on, i have to hold with the string on the top of the turban. and he was just like i wonder if there is something i can do, and i was like i'm sure i can come up with something, you know, let me get creative. says she came up with a new mask with long strings to go over the turban and a pouch to hold the beard. across england, face masks are already mandatory on public transport, and from friday you will also have to wear one to go shopping. with people from asian and

black backgrounds being disproportionately affected by the virus, designing a mask that properly protect people like her father—in—law felt even more important. on this, with my beard, everything is covered, and it is ok. i think if we protect ourselves, we will protect other people as well. sol will protect other people as well. so i personally advise everybody to weartheir so i personally advise everybody to wear their mask always. but it is not just full‘s community that has got on board, sunni has had orders from one of the world. singapore, canada, malaysia, iwas from one of the world. singapore, canada, malaysia, i was like, from one of the world. singapore, canada, malaysia, iwas like, ok. from one of the world. singapore, canada, malaysia, iwas like, okw is fairto canada, malaysia, iwas like, okw is fair to say we will be more than likely to need a facemask than a bow tie for this year's outings. new tv series, ‘a suitable boy‘ is the bbc‘s first period drama to feature an entirely non—white cast. set in 1950s india in the aftermath of partition, it follows the journey of a university student who faces

family pressure to get married. some of the stars made a trip to the uk before lockdown and caught up with monika plaha. i know you're better than him. he's my english lecturer. and she's only met him once before today. from filming in india to the hustle and bustle of a busy press junket in liverpool to celebrate one of the longest books in english history being brought to life by the bbc and for the first time featuring an all—indian cast. how can she be so happy? lata is very adventurous in her love life. she goes through a phase of wanting to run away from home with the first lover that she finds, who is a love interest from university. set in the ‘50s, it's a mother's search to find her 19—year—old daughter a suitable husband. back in the day, 1950s india, marriage was so important. do you think it's as important now or do you think that has changed? i think it's still very important, especially in india,

and i think the tag is not as important now as it was back in the day because everything had to be labelled, like, "oh, you can'tjust be going out with this boy because what will other people say?" may i ask your name? lata. aren't you going to ask me mine? no. this may be tanya's on—screen debut, but with over 100 films to her name bollywood fans will recognise a very familiar face. it was entirely my pleasure. it was incredible. you dream of something like that. how did you come? my feet just carried me to you. these are fine clothes to risk in the dust. through the eyes of characters like maan and saeeda bai, the drama portrays a newly post—partitioned india where the love between different religions isn't easy and political tensions are high.

there is no similarity between this world and the world of the other characters that you see in the show. she is a courtesan, he comes from a very respected family so there is no way they can have a future together. family really is priority and family really is where all your value system comes from. this is a drama about indians telling their history, the important story of a nation and a young woman together finding their voice. monika plaha, bbc news. ‘a suitable boy‘ starts on bbc one on sunday at 9pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. —— with ben. after a fairly bright start to this week, many parts of the uk have more cloud to contend with today. you can see it wriggling in from the atla ntic see it wriggling in from the atlantic on our earlier satellite picture. this cloud has been

producing some outbacks of rain. northern scotland has seen something brighter through today, as has southern england, the far south of wales too, but that was the coast of east sussex with blue skies for a weather watcher early on, and as we keep the down towards the south, it will feel warm for the afternoon, 2045 degrees, but for mid wales up towards the north coast of wales, northern england will keep cloud, will keep some showery rain, northern ireland brightening up with some sunshine, 20 degrees there in belfast, but the cloud and patchy rain extends across southern and central portions of scotland. to the north of scotland though, caithness and sutherland into orkney and shetland, you will hold onto spells of sunshine for the rest of the day. as we head through this evening and tonight, we keep a supply of cloud rolling in from the atlantic and some slightly heavier bursts of rain returning into northern ireland, perhaps north west england, north west wales by the end of the night. but with all of that cloud around, it is not going to be a cold night by any stretch, in fact for belfast and liverpool, temperatures will get no lower than 15 degrees. tomorrow,

again lots of cloud across much of the uk, the wettest weather moving from northern ireland to northern england, seven scotland, some showery rain pushing through wales, the south—west and into the midlands. cloudier than today across east anglia and the south is so cool asa east anglia and the south is so cool as a consequence, but for scotland and northern ireland of hopeful things will brighten up a bit as we have to the end of the day. thursday and friday, this big area of high pressure centred across the azores will try to bulge its way in our direction. it will settle things down. friday is our window of fine weather in most places, certainly more sunshine than we have had across the northern half of the uk, though i think cloud will roll into northern ireland later on. if you show is down towards the south but there is where we will have the warmest of the weather with highs of 24 degrees. further north, 18 for belfast, 19 degrees in glasgow, but remember that when they were fine weather? well, it closes as we head into the weekend. low pressure pushing in from the atlantic, that's going to bring some showers or longer spells of rain, in fact the

potential for some heavy, thundery downpours down towards the south. sunday should be a bit drier and brighterfor most sunday should be a bit drier and brighter for most of us.

this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3:00pm... the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity. harry's mother says it's a huge step forward. it's important to us that when you have done something wrong you hold your hands up, you go through the justice system and accept what happens. it is just that simple, it shouldn't be that hard. families and friends can be reunited with loved ones, as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart if it's safe. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees, who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. we are pleased that our reputations

have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close. these idiots are you a soft touch on russia, prime minister? pressure on the government to tighten security laws — after accusations of underestimating the threat of russian interference and bad table manners — restaurant owners, severely hit by the pandemic, react angrily over the number of "no—show bookings". good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary says the uk and us have agreed to amend the "anomaly" that allowed harry dunn's alleged killer to claim diplomatic immunity. a court hearing last month heard that the "secret agreement" permitted anne sacoolas to return to her home country after a road crash in

northamptonshire which killed 19—year—old harry in august last year. dominic raab said the denial of justice was heart—breaking but said that "the new arrangements mean it could not happen again." earlier i spoke to the dunn family spokesman radd sieger and harry's mum, charlotte charles, who said the move was a step in the right direction. we are really pleased. we are grateful to dominic raab and his team for managing to achieve to close the loophole that the states actually used to jump through to get anne sacoolas back to the us. it's a huge step in the right direction but we now need dominic raab to work with us to make sure we get her back to the uk to face justice at some point soon. my understanding is this is not retrospective so at the moment there is no real change. simon, let me deal with that. you are absolutely correct on one level, but what it of course shows is that the united states

is absolutely exposed both morally and legally. if it is right injuly 2020, it's right in august of 2019 when harry died. they are behaving like international cowboys in not sending her back. it's a big step forward but you are absolutely right, it does not yet bring her back, but watch this space. charlotte, do you have any sense that anne sacoolas, who has said all along she has no intention of returning to the uk, that the pressure might make her reconsider? we can only hope. we always live with hope that one day she might actually change her mind of her own accord to put herself on a plane to come back over here. we definitely will keep the pressure up and we will try to get this news out over in the states as well so she can see what dominic raab and his team have done and see what her own country have agreed to with the anomaly

that they have now amended. but you always hope as a mother that she will find some of the same blood that courses through my veins and does actually do the right thing. this has always been a very simple right from wrong, and she has done wrong in walking away. she needs to come back. her lawyer has said that she will not return voluntarily to potentially face jail for a "terrible but unintentional accident," as the lawyer has said. we are very clear that this was not intentional. but, simon, if you or i had done this on a road, driving on the wrong side of the road and taken a life, that breaks the law and she is charged with causing death by dangerous driving. this was not an accident — accidents are not preventable. this is an allegation of dangerous driving, and if it were committed

by you or i then we would have to face the consequences. the important thing is, it's very simple, even if you are a diplomat — and we say she wasn't — it does not put you above the law. the government has given the green light for people to see relatives in care homes in england again, months after visits were stopped because the coronavirus crisis. visits will restart in specific care homes, once local directors of public health decide it is safe to do so. in wales, visits to care homes restarted at the beginning ofjune, after specific guidance from the welsh government. care homes in scotland have allowed residents to meet people outside since 3rd july as long as the home has been virus free for at least 28 days. and, in northern ireland, care homes are open, but visits are restricted to one at a time. professor martin green is the chief executive of care england, the largest representative body for independent social care services in the uk. he's been giving his reaction to the government's announcement.

i think we should acknowledge that part of the reason it has been a long time coming is because there has been a degree of caution and people have been very conscious that people who live in care homes are among the most vulnerable to covid so the degree of caution has been around the fact people are very clear they don't want to risk the infection getting into care homes. the difficulty of course is that no two care homes are the same. and this looks like it could be a complicated process. it could be a complicated process and we should acknowledge it should be about the care homes themselves identifying when they are ready to again receive visitors. obviously the public health director within a local authority will be giving a lot of help and advice in relation to that but ultimately i think the guidance will help care home managers to have a framework on which they can decide

when they want to readmit visitors and when they think it is safe to do so. why is england behind wales and scotland on this? i think it's about the degree of caution and we should also acknowledge that england has a much larger population of people and also care homes have been very affected by this covid—19 crisis so i think all those things have been part of why this has been done at a different pace to what has happened in scotland, northern ireland and wales. the news will be welcomed by families and friends of those in care homes, for whom this has been a very difficult time. and the mental health damage can't be overestimated. that's absolutely right. it's been so difficult not only for people living in care homes not being able to be in contact with their families but it's also

been incredibly difficult for families who want to maintain the contact with the people they love. care homes have done a lot of innovative things to try to make sure those contacts still maintain between families and relatives but having that contact through technology is not quite the same thing as being directly in the same room as somebody. i think we should also acknowledge that this is very confusing for people living with dementia who don't understand why it's not possible for their families to visit or indeed to see families or staff in ppe, which is quite strange for them. so i think there are massive challenges for people living with dementia. professor martin green, chief executive of care england, thank you for your time this afternoon. labour has apologised and agreed to pay what's been described as substantial, undisclosed damages to seven former employees who'd criticised the pa rty‘s handling of anti—semitism complaints. the party has also issued

an "unreserved apology" and paid damages to a journalist who investigated alleged anti—semitism in the party for bbc panorama. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. july 2019 — jeremy corbyn was still labour leader and the party was being accused of not dealing properly with anti—semitism allegations. the bbc‘s panorama aired allegations from whistle—blowers, who claimed senior figures close to mr corbyn had interfered in the party's disciplinary process. that provoked a furious reaction from mr corbyn's allies, who denied the allegations and called the whistle—blowers former disaffected employees with political axes to grind. fast forward a year, and labour, under new leadership, apologised for those comments. in a statement, the party said...

we are pleased that our reputations have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close, but it is not the end of the story. the party also apologised tojohn ware, the journalist behind the panorama programme. labour's shadow foreign secretary welcomed the pay—out. i think it's a welcome step forward that shows labour is now taking this seriously, and justice is being done. we have acknowledged we got it wrong, that is the right thing to do. this case was settled in the courts but it has huge political meaning, too. keir starmer is trying to draw a line under some of the controversies over anti—semitism which have dogged the party in recent years, and to say while he is leader they will be dealt with very differently.

but this afternoon, mr corbyn said he'd had legal advice that the labour party's case was strong. he added... his ally, unite's len mccluskey, said the pay—out was a misuse of party funds. the new leader doesn't agree and hopes today's decision will help the party move on, but it could mean those splits in the party exposed once again. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. as we heard there, the former party leaderjeremy corbyn said it was "disappointing" that the party had settled the claim, adding that it was a "political decision, not a legal one". although he had no comment for reporters earlier this afternoon. should labour have apologised today?

absolutely nothing, that's what happened as he left home earlier this afternoon. we will keep an eye on that story for you this afternoon on that story for you this afternoon on bbc news. borisjohnson has insisted that the government has taken "the strongest possible action" against russian interference in the uk. his comments came at prime minister's questions in the commons as he promised new security laws, following yesterday's report by the parliamentary intelligence and security committee. the labour leader sir keir starmer accused ministers of "taking their eye of the ball" over the issue. the report was very clear that until recently the government has badly underestimated the russian threat and the response it required. it is still playing catch—up. the government has taken its eye off the ball. arguably, it wasn't even on the pitch! after this government has been in power for ten years, how does the prime minister explain that? mr speaker, i really think the right honourable gentleman's questions are absolutely absurd. there is no country in the western world that is more vigilant in protecting the interests of this

country or the international community from russian interference. and in fact, we are going further now and introducing new legislation to protect critical national infrastructure and to protect our intellectual property. our security correspondent, gordon corera, gave us this update. we heard in the last half hour from james brokenshire, the security minister, with an outline of all the things he said the government had been doing about russia in the last year and a half since the government gave evidence to the intelligence and security committee. clearly the government knows it's on the back foot on this issue and is stressing that it's taking all kinds of action to deal with it. one issue which is certainly at the forefront at the moment is the issue of new powers, the possibility for instance of reviewing the official secrets act to bring it up—to—date for the cyber age, and this issue of a foreign agent registration act, which is something the us has, for instance, in which someone who is working on behalf of a foreign government has to register themselves. if they fail to do so because they are operating

covertly, clandestinely, then they are liable to prosecution. that is something that has actually been talked about for a while and what we heard today was it's being looked at, it's being reviewed. i think the crucial question to see is whether the government actually pushes ahead with that and how quickly. gordon corera. nigel inkster is a former director of operations at the uk's foreign intelligence service mi6. he's now a senior adviser at the international institute for strategic studies. hejoins me now. good afternoon. good afternoon. what needs to change from your perspective? we have heard from the politicians and the argument has been if they don't ask for the security services to look into something then it doesn't happen. is that true question you're not entirely, no. obviously the -- not entirely, no. obviously the -- not entirely, no. obviously if the intelligence community identifies

something which merits attention which is not in the list of things it has been given to do, then it is ina it has been given to do, then it is in a position to raise it, to address it and even to devote resources to dealing with it. i think what we are looking at here is the need to rethink in quite a comprehensive way what constitutes national security in the 21st—century. the legislation we have got has already been said, it is not fit for purpose in the modern era. it still thinks about secrets as individual items stamped secret that need to be protected and what we need to do is think much more widely about what the threats to security, to democracy, in this country now amount to. are we expecting or imagining too much of

our security services, because there will be an assumption out there i suspect with some that when igor flies in from moscow, someone from mi6 knows what flight he is on, watches him arrive, follows him on the motorway and what is in for the next few days. our mi6 and m15 as advanced as all that? they are very advanced, some of the most technically proficient services on the planet and they have limited resources and latterly they have been required to devote a substantial proportion of those resources to the counterterrorism challenge. and every time something happens, every time an incident ta kes happens, every time an incident takes place, the first thing the media ask is, couldn't or shouldn't they have been doing more. the simple fact is, they have limited resources and in a democratic society, a limited remit. they can't go around kicking down doors and doing what they like. they have to

operate within the law. if their capabilities are to be expanded and increased then that's going to cost money. so people need to ask themselves, how much more tax they wa nt to themselves, how much more tax they want to pay. how would an updated official secrets act or whatever it is you wish to see, how would that change things when you look at the influencing of elections and referendums on the role of social media? it's just too referendums on the role of social media? it'sjust too big a problem, isn't it? it is a very big problem that i think you can break it down and address different aspects of it, which is how you deal with most problems after all. i think if it is accompanied by a foreign agents registration act, that in itself i think is helpful. at the moment it is really difficult to prosecute anybody under the official secrets act because for members of the public who are not in the government, or in the civil service, the prosecution has to prove damage

before a case can be made, and that can be very difficult to do. it is also the fact that the official secrets act is couched in such a way that if you are going to prosecute somebody under that act, you pretty much have to catch them red—handed, taking receipt of a bunch of material stamped secret. as i mentioned before, ithink material stamped secret. as i mentioned before, i think that has to change. we have to look at this differently in a wider context. and from a more strategic perspective, in terms of overall harms, rather than looking at individual incidents and individual cases. america has a law which many here are saying they wish we had here, where russian agents basically have to register themselves as they arrive in the united states to pretty much say what they are, but that isn't realistic, is it? that isn't realistic, is it? that isn't realistic, and of course

intelligence services will deploy covert operatives to this country and other countries and nobody seriously expects them to register themselves. the foreign agents register in the usa goes far more widely than that and deals with things like influence, so anybody who is representing any foreign government, whether pursuing their activities overtly or covertly, has to register and report what they are doing and if they don't they are liable to sanctions. so what that register does, i think is give the authorities a much clearer idea of who is doing what and that enables risk—based assessments to be made on whether certain activities are desirable or not. it's notjust about espionage. it's about other things, it's about these more subtle areas of political influence.” rarely speak to a former director of

operations at mi6, so bear with me. cani operations at mi6, so bear with me. can i ask you, from your time there, is there a moment you remember as one of those wow moments. we all have our own ideas of how intelligence services work, but there must be something you can tell us about your time there.” there must be something you can tell us about your time there. i am sorry! i have a lifelong commitment to secrecy on the sources and methods and i'm afraid i am going to religiously observe that.” methods and i'm afraid i am going to religiously observe that. i think i am probably hugely relieved to hear you say that. thank you for your time this afternoon, nigel. that told me. the headlines on bbc news... the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity — harry's mum says it's a huge step forward. families and friends can be reunited with loved ones, as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart if it's safe. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees, who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme.

president trump has used his first coronavirus briefing in weeks to warn that the outbreak in the united states will get worse before it gets better. he also urged americans to use face coverings — it would show "patriotism", he said. it's all very different from news conferences not long ago, and a marked change in tone. but then there's an election coming and he's not polling well at the moment. peter bowes reports. a different tone and a different message — noticeably subdued and less combative than usual, president trump took to the podium at his first coronavirus briefing since april. he acknowledged the pandemic was far from over. we are in the process of developing a strategy that's going to be very, very powerful. we're developing as we go along. some areas of our country are doing very well. others are doing less well.

it will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better, something i don't like saying about things, but that's the way it is. it's what we have. you look over the world — it's all over the world. apparently heeding the advice of his experts, who were absent from the stage, mr trump spoke enthusiastically about facemasks, even though he's been seen only once in public wearing one himself. i mean, i carry the mask when i have to go away. i went to walter reed hospital the other day. i have the mask right here. i carry it and i will use it gladly, no problem with it, and i've said that, and i say, if you can use the mask, when you can use the mask, if you're close to each other, if you're in a group, i would put it on when i'm in a group. if i'm in an elevator and there are other people with me, including like security people, it's not their fault. they have to be in the elevator. i want to protect them also. the change in rhetoric comes at a time when opinion polls suggest most americans disapprove of the way mr trump has dealt with the pandemic, and,

with the number of new covid—19 cases soaring in some southern and western states, the president seemed to go out of his way to hammer home his new message. we are imploring young americans to avoid packed bars and other crowded indoor gatherings, be safe and be smart. after questions about the virus, the news conference took an unexpected turn when a reporter asked about ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. ghislaine maxwell is in prison, and a lot of people want to know if she's going to turn in powerful people. i know you talked in the past about prince andrew and you criticised bill clinton's behavior. i'm wondering, do you feel that she's going to turn in powerful men? how do you see that working out? i don't know. i haven't really been following it too much. ijust wish her well, frankly. i've met her numerous times over the years, especially since i lived in palm beach, and i guess they lived in palm beach. but i wish her well, whatever it is.

i don't know the situation with prince andrew. ijust don't know — not aware of it. a surprise ending to a new style of coronavirus briefing from the white house. peter bowes, bbc news. the world health organisation has strongly rejected claims made by the us secretary of state in london yesterday that its director general was "bought" by china. speaking to a group of mps and peers mike pompeo called the who a "political not a science—based organisation", and accused its current head, dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, of being too close to beijing. the labour mp chris bryant — who was at the meeting — told the bbc what the secretary of state had said. he went into a long section about how the chinese had bought the head of the world health organization and mike pompeo then said that british people were dead because of chinese lies about the virus. i must say, in my heart i wanted to say, well, a lot of american people are dead

because of donald trump's lies about the virus. the us has ordered china to close its consulate in houston, in texas, by friday. diplomats have been seen burning documents in the courtyard. the state department said the decision was "in order to protect american intellectual property". china has described the action as "political provocation". the us's action comes after the uk suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong over a new security law for the former colony, which gives beijing more power. meanwhile, the home secretary has announced that following that decision to suspend extradition with hong kong, the route to british citizenship for almost three million people in the territory will open in the new year. priti patel said applicants would not need a job in order to enter the uk. on monday, the government said china had broken the terms of a 50—year—old treaty by introducing a new controversial security law. passport offices across the uk are dealing with a backlog of more

than 400,000 applications because of the coronavirus pandemic. the home office minister baroness williams said reduced staffing to allow social distancing meant forms were taking longer to process. she said steps were being taken to increase capacity after travel restrictions were eased, but those applying may have to wait longer than the usual three weeks. it's the ultimate in bad table manners — the restaurant ‘no—show‘ where people book a meal and then don't turn up. and during social distancing, when tables are at a premium, it's an issue causing real problems, and hardship, to restaurateurs. their plea to diners who change their mind? just let us know. simon browning has more. we've had 33 no shows. on friday it was bad. got a bit better on saturday and it was just as bad on sunday as well. no—shows have always been a blight for restaurateurs. they are an acute financial problem now.

covid security means fewer chairs and fewer tables. but when customers who booked to sit in them don't show, it's really bad for business. these tables and chairs are the lifeblood of our business. el pastor, a mexican in kings cross, has welcomed back its treasured customers with tacos and margaritas. but last week, their restaurants had an average no—show rate of io%. that means paying for too many staff and too many ingredients in the kitchen, at a time when there is no slack. the gut reaction to no—shows, sort of in the pit of my stomach, it's very unpleasant because you know that it's impacting a bottom line that has already been deeply traumatised by the last three months. so how can restaurants fight back? i've heard talk of there being like a mandatory fee that you have to pay where you make a reservation. i think restaurants should fully employ that. i'd be happy to do that, especially if you can still call ahead in advance and say couldn't turn up, then i think that's more than fair enough, to be honest. when those don't turn up it can have a negative impact. as so many restaurants fight for survival, one of the biggest

table booking websites says please give them notice. let restaurants know with as much time in advance as you can that you won't be able to turn up for your table. every hour that you give a restaurant is time that they can use to refill those tables. and so it's really crucial that you communicate with restaurants and let them know. for restaurants up and down the country the economics of turning a profit have always been tight. pack people in and serve them fast. but as chairs and revenue disappear, restaurants are having to work harder than ever before to do what they've always done for their loyal customers. but as some feel the heat, others are adapting quickly. the wetherby whaler in wakefield hasn't suffered from no—shows because the fish and chip trade is all about walk—ins. and there's been plenty of them. initially we thought we'd just do bookings only and then we soon realised that once we opened the door, booking wouldn't work because people were just coming up and saying, can we come in? so it's a party for how many people?

to survive, restaurants need diners to come and enjoy. because no—shows means empty tables and empty tills. simon browning, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. many of us have had a lot of cloud to contend with so far today. that cloud producing some outbreaks of rain. you can see it wriggling in from the atlantic on the earlier satellite image. northern scotland and has held onto sunshine. southern wales and southern england have seen some sunny skies as well. as we go through the evening i think that's where we will keep the best of any clear breaks, down towards the south and south—east. elsewhere, a lot of cloud rolling in with some outbreaks of patchy rain. some heavier rain into the west later on, on what will be a very mild night. as we head on into tomorrow we will see some pretty heavy rain moving out of northern ireland into the far north of england, southern scotland. much cloudier and wetter than today for the northern isles. some showers pushing through wales, the southwest and into the midlands.

and in east anglia and the south—east where today has been largely sunny, it will be a cloudier day tomorrow. 22 degrees in london. some brighter skies, i think, developing into the afternoon for the northern ireland and scotland. friday, a fine day for most but it looks unsettled with some heavy bursts of rain at times. brisk winds too for the weekend. hello, this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines. the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity — harry's mum says it's a huge step forward. it is important to us that when you do something wrong, you hold your hands up, you go through the justice system, and you accept whatever is dealt to you. it's that simple. just do the right thing. it shouldn't be that hard.

families and friends can be reunited with loved ones — as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart — if it's safe. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees — who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. we are pleased that our reputations have been restored, although it will ta ke have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close. have you been a soft touch on russia, prime minister? are you a soft touch on russia? pressure on the government to tighten security laws — after accusations of underestimating the threat of russian interference. and bad table manners — restaurant owners — severely hit by the pandemic — react angrily over the number of "no—show bookings". sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly.

it's the final day of the championship season. leeds have taken the title, but there's still a lot at stake this evening, automatic promotion, play—off places and a handful of clubs still fighting against relegation brebntford are one of three sides that could clinch the second automatic promotion spot, they are third, one point behind west brom. if they beat barnsley and the baggies slip up, they will go up with leeds. imean, we i mean, we could have sewn it up on saturday almost, and we didn't, but as we always say at brentford, that's the brentford way. you never do it, never make it easy. so tonight's a big night. if we win and west bromwich draw, that's fine, we're there. if not, we're in the play—offs, and the history of bre ntford play—offs, and the history of brentford in the play—offs isn't great. i think we were the first side to lose in the lucky dressing room. so history isn't great, but

that doesn't mean we won't win the play—offs this time. that doesn't mean we won't win the play-offs this time. it is going to bea play-offs this time. it is going to be a nervy night, let's stay in the championship. one of the wigan administrators gerald krasner has confirmed that a preferred bidder has been chosen to buy the club. the bidder — who has has not been named — has until noon tomorrow to sign a letter, confirming their lawyers are holding the entire funds. contracts have to be exchanged by 31 july. wigan were deducted 12 points as punishment for going into administration and that could see them relegated even if they win tonight. they are appealing the points deduction. liverpool play their final home game tonight. after the match against chelsea they will be presented with the premier league trophy. the captainjordan henderson has sent a message to the supporters to stay away from anfield. he's been speaking to sally nugent.

jordan henderson. this moment has been a long time coming. 30 years, in fact. how did you manage to turn the doubters into believers, all those people who perhaps thought this moment would never come? ithink, you know, obviously it first began when the gaffer actually said that in his first press conference. lfc, you have to change from doubter to believer, it's a very important thing. the moment he came in, i think everybody took to him straight away, his charisma, the way he is as a person and as a manager, and also performances on the pitch. you know, i felt straight away you have seen a reaction from the players when he came in. since then, we havejust improved and progressed every single season, which is pretty special, and long may it continue. but you are going to walk up those steps and be handed the trophy on the kop, given to you by kenny dalglish. did you ever dream of this moment? obviously you have dreams,

and a big dream was obviously to win the premier league. especially at this football club, you know, waiting 30 years is a long time, and they have had good managers, good teams in the past, but itjust hasn't happened, so to be part of a team that has been able to do it and give the fans something that they wanted for so long is a real special feeling. chanting: # you'll never walk alone.# and how important is it that the fans stay safe at the moment? yeah, listen, i know how difficult it must be, like i said, we have waited so long for this football club to win the premier league, and it is huge, but at the moment, unfortunately, they can't be coming and gathering outside the stadiums because of the health and safety of the country, and we need to protect the nhs staff, who have been working tirelessly over the last few months, and we need to keep going in the right direction.

and if we do that, then hopefully sooner rather than later they can come back in the stadium and we can have that moment. so, please, yeah, watch it at home, celebrate at home, and look forward to the moment that we have together hopefully in the near future. some sad rugby union news. the former england winger mike slemen has died at the age of 69. slemen was capped 31 times, winning the five nations grand slam in 1980, and he also toured south africa with the british and irish lions that year. slemen, who was born in liverpool, made his last international appearance against scotland in 1984 and was england's most—capped winger when he retired. the ecb say they are supporting england bowler jofra archer

after he was racially abused on social media. archer broke coronavirus protocols following the first test against west indies and he was dropped from the last test. he says that because of the abuse and his five days in self—isolation, he may not be "100% mentally right" for the deciding test which starts on friday. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport you always do that, encourage people to go and do something else rather than staying to watch me. yep, there isa than staying to watch me. yep, there is a reason. it is lucky we have known each other an awfully long

time. too long! he's not wrong. let's get more on the news that families and friends of some care home residents in england will be able to resume visiting their loved ones months after these were stopped due to the coronavirus crisis. visits will resume in specific care homes once local directors of public health and local authorities decide it is safe to do so, the department of health and social care announced this afternoon. visits are already permitted in certain circumstances in scotland, wales and northern ireland. fiona lamdin has been to see how one care home in somerset has been coping through the pandemic. when we last saw her, it was cold, it was wet. we were all wrapped up in jumpers, and now we're all in our summer things and ijust hope we get to go and see her before we're back in our winter jumpers. dreaming of the reunion. they haven't seen their mum in person forfive months. you're not really there with them and giving them a hug. and while they cannot visit her, they can at least bake her a cake. it's a little bit short around the back.

anyway, mum, you're looking really well. so they're sharing their lives, like so many families right now, over the internet. i know! this doorstep is the closest they can get to 100—year—old barbara. you're so close, though. her room is just round the corner. it's so frustrating. this care home has been in complete lockdown. visitors haven't been allowed in. the staff haven't been out. but two weeks ago, after 84 days, most of the staff were finally reunited with their family and could go home. it was lovely because i had "welcome home" banners on the door and, you know, seeing all my family, lots of hugs and kisses. butjulie and her dog, poppy, volunteered to stay a little longer. that's it, good girl. there we are. going home, after all this time. when did you last have a day off? it's been so long, she can't remember.

yeah, when we came in, whatever day that was, i don't know. yeah, that was the last time i had a day off. so you've been here now for 98 days. what's it going to be like going back to the outside world? i'm a bit nervous, actually, because you've been so protected in here that i'm really feeling quite nervous about going outside. and what i can and can't do. see you tomorrow. we need to work out where the chairs would sit. so we've got two metres. but here in somerset, they don't want to rush things. we locked in before anybody else even thought of it. we stopped visitors coming in before it became the norm. we started testing our staff weekly before the government advised us to. it was all obvious to us what we had to do. so whatever the government says and you know, whatever rules that they make, we will decide when the time is right.

and when they do finally open up, visitors will have to have their temperature taken, wear masks, sit outside, and not touch. oh, look at that. barbara is clearly delighted with her homemade cake. very nice! she just wishes she could share it with her family. fiona lamdin, bbc news. just to bring you some more reaction to the labour party, which has issued an unreserved apology to seven former employees who sue the party in an anti—semitism row after a bbc panorama programme. we are just hearing that the deputy leader of the party, angela rayner, has described this as a prudent move. she has said it is part of that healing process that the labour party needs. she says today's ruling was about us acknowledging the pain and suffering people have felt within the jewish community with and suffering people have felt within thejewish community with the anti—semitism that was in the labour party. she was asked if members came

forward to challenge today's decision. she said it is important the whole of the labour party about the whole of the labour party about the past and acknowledges that we did have a problem with anti—semitism within the labour party. that party, and myself and keir starmer, is a safe place and a place where everybody can be members of our party and go forward, because we wa nt of our party and go forward, because we want to be the next government going forward, and to do that we need to have a zero tolerance approach to racism and anti—semitism. that is the latest reaction to what happened in the high court earlier today. johnny depp's lawyers have been questioning his former wife amber heard about her allegations that he attacked her with broken bottles. she is giving evidence for a third day at the libel case brought by the hollywood actor against the sun over a report which claimed he was a wife—beater. allegations he strongly denies. david sillito reports. amber heard on day three of her account of her relationship withjohnny depp. this case brought byjohnny depp is a libel action against newsgroup newspapers after an article by the sun

described him as a wife beater, a statement based on claims by his former wife amber heard. the proceedings today began with questions about an alleged incident in australia. amber heard described it as a three—day hostage situation, the worst experience of her life. she said there was prolonged violence and she sustained injuries to her face and arms. but in court it was put to her that it was she who had been violent. amber heard was then shown this photograph ofjohnny depp and was asked about the mark on his cheek.

she was then questioned about this appearance on the james corden show in december 2015 which took place just after an incident in which she claims she suffered injuries to herface. she said that the marks were hidden by make—up. she was also questioned about a visit from a nurse in the days after. it was put to her... amber heard says "beneath this make—up there were tonnes of injuries". johnny depp strenuously denies all the allegations of assault.

david sillito, bbc news. the government's being urged to ensure that work carried out to homes as part of its energy efficiency scheme is done to a high standard — after concerns about faulty installation at hundreds of thousands of uk homes. the green homes grant plan pays for at least two thirds of the cost of home insulation or boilers and will start in september. zoe conway's report was filmed before social distancing restrictions were introduced. if i can just show you my boy's bedroom. as you can see there is black mould and spores in here. this is dangerous to anybody‘s health. gavin ward's house in bridgend is so riddled with damp and mould that the council says it is uninhabitable. he and his family had to move out two and a half years ago. alpha half emotionally, what can be worse than you feeling that you've failed your child?

homes built after the 1920s have a gap between the exterior brick wall and interior wall known as a cavity. insulation started to be added in the 1970s. it can be wool, beads or foam and is injected into the brick. before insulation is installed, the cavity must be completely clear of debris. but all too often, installers haven't bothered to check. you're seeing debris at the base of the cavity. once you have installed the insulation, that insulation and the rubble will cause a bridge and it will cause damp penetration from the outside to the inside. gavin has spent three years trying to get the company that did the work, miller pattison, to fix his house. but gavin won't get a penny off them. because like so many insulation companies, miller pattison has gone bust. they've been fighting these cases for year upon year. they know what it can cause yet they are allowing families to stay in conditions like this. the work was guaranteed by the cavity insulation guarantee agency, or ciga. they have admitted the insulation should never have been installed.

they have offered to extract it but not pay the £60,000 repair bill. they argue the house has been poorly maintained and say gavin could go to arbitration to resolve the issue. campaigners and some mps say that ciga isn't fit for purpose. how can it call itself independent? how can it say it's standing up for the consumer, they ask, when its governing body is almost entirely made up of the industry? in a statement, ciga says that it is now dealing with more than 3,000 claims per year. they say they have appointed a consumer champion and independent advisers to their board and, they say, they now carry out physical inspections on 5% of all installations. in just a few weeks' time, another government green energy scheme will be under way. ministers say that installers will have to meet high and stringent standards, ensuring consumer protection. but what campaigners also want to know is what they plan to do to help all the people whose insulation has failed. zoe conway, bbc news.

the headlines on bbc news. the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity — harry's mum says it's a huge step forward. families and friends can be reunited with loved ones — as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart if it's safe. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees — who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. face coverings are fast becoming the new normal across the uk. mandatory on transport in england and from friday, in shops too. but, not everyone finds them easy to wear. one group that's struggled is sikh men who wear turbans. so one designer has created a special mask — after seeing her father in law struggle.

pria rai (pron: rye reports. luckily it is for men that generally wear a turban is you can't put elastics over the ears because your ea rs are covered. elastics over the ears because your ears are covered. if you have a long beard, your mask only covers a proportion of yourface. beard, your mask only covers a proportion of your face.” beard, your mask only covers a proportion of your face. i was struggling with the mask due to my turban. because when i put it on, i have to hold with the string on top of the turban. and he was, i wonder if there is something we can do, and i was, if there is something we can do, and iwas, i'm if there is something we can do, and i was, i'm sure i can come up with something, let me get creative. so sunni came up with a new mask with long strings to go over the turban and a pouch to hold the bid. across

england, face masks are already mandatory on public transport and from friday he would also have to wear one to go shopping. with people from asian and black backgrounds being disproportionately affected by the virus, designing a mask that properly protects people like sunni's father—in—law felt even more important. this one, with my beard and everything is covered, and it is 0k. and everything is covered, and it is ok. i think if we protect ourselves, we will protect other people as well. so i personally advise everybody to wear the mask always. but it is notjust darshin's community that has got on board, sunni's had requests from all over the world. then i started receiving what is coming through from singapore, malaysia, australia, canada, and! singapore, malaysia, australia, canada, and i was like, ok! it is fairto canada, and i was like, ok! it is fair to say we will be more than likely to need a face mask then a

new bow tie for this year's outings. animal rights campaigners are asking the south korean president for help to save hundreds of the country's caged moon bears. more than 400 bears are being kept on farms across the country. they're waiting to be killed for their parts which some people use as medicine. our seoul correspondent laura bicker has this report — and a warning — you may find some of the scenes upsetting. distressed, she rocks from side to side. she's not known life beyond these rusty bars. over 120 moon bears are crammed in filthy cages on this farm. some are missing limbs and fur. all are just waiting to die. translation: i started the farm to sell bear bile. back then, the bile used to sell so well, but now no one wants to buy it. this distressing footage shows a bear being killed for its bile. it's legal in south korea — as long as the bear

is over ten years old. the fluid is used for a number of health problems, from hangovers to heart disease. but demand has collapsed and farmers have no funds to feed the bears. these ones are fed leftover doughnuts from the krispy kreme factory. translation: this farm has the most bears out of any farms in korea. so we anticipated it would be in poor condition, but it's actually a lot worse than what we expected. campaigners are pushing the government to provide a sanctuary for over 400 of korea's forgotten moon bears and close down these farms. translation: we need to stop this rural farming culture, especially in this time of coronavirus when it's important to put distance between wildlife and humans.

the smell of the bear dung that's piled up underneath these cages is really overwhelming. we are told that sometimes these bears will fight one another, injure one another, and often, they are just left to die. moon bears are not meant to be in cages together — they are solitary animals. this is what a happy moon bear looks like. he is a two—year—old in the mountains in this national park. bear bile was once so sought after that these bears were captured and killed to near extinction. but dozens have now been reintroduced to the wild — including this mother and her cubs spotted on hidden cameras. it's not possible to re—wild the over 400 bears in this country, but campaigners are trying to make some of them more comfortable — in the hope that one day they will have more freedom. laura bicker, bbc news.

the new bbc one series ‘a suitable boy‘ is the corporation's first period drama to feature an entirely non—white cast. set in 1950s india in the aftermath of partition, it follows the journey of a university student who faces family pressure to get married. it starts on sunday night. some of the stars made a trip to the uk before lockdown, and caught up with monika plaha. i know you're better than him. he's my english lecturer. and she's only met him once before today. from filming in india to the hustle and bustle of a busy press junket in liverpool to celebrate one of the longest books in english history being brought to life by the bbc and for the first time featuring an all—indian cast. how can she be so happy? lata is very adventurous in her love life. she goes through a phase of wanting to run away from home with the first

lover that she finds, who is a love interest from university. set in the ‘50s, it's a mother's search to find her 19—year—old daughter a suitable husband. back in the day, 1950s india, marriage was so important. do you think it's as important now or do you think that has changed? i think it's still very important, especially in india, and i think the tag is not as important now as it was back in the day because everything had to be labelled, like, "oh, you can'tjust be going out with this boy because what will other people say?" may i ask your name? lata. aren't you going to ask me mine? no. this may be tanya's on—screen debut, but with over 100 films to her name bollywood fans will recognise a very familiar face. it was entirely my pleasure.

ifi if i can steal this answer. it was incredible. you dream of something like that. how did you come? my feet just carried me to you. these are fine clothes to risk in the dust. through the eyes of characters like maan and saeeda bai, the drama portrays a newly post—partitioned india where the love between different religions isn't easy and political tensions are high. there is no similarity between this world and the world of the other characters that you see in the show. she is a courtesan, he comes from a very respected family so there is no way they can have a future together. family really is priority and family really is where all your value system comes from. this is a drama about indians telling their history, the important story of a nation and a young woman together finding their voice. monika plaha, bbc news.

‘a suitable boy‘ starts on bbc one on sunday at 9pm. the duke of edinburgh has made a rare public appearance to carry out a uniquely socially—distanced ceremony — handing over a military role to the duchess of cornwall. for 67 years, philip has been closely associated with the rifles and its earlier regiments, acting as colonel—in—chief of the infantry unit. but the 99—year—old, who retired from public duties in 2017, has now handed over his role to camilla — while she was almost 100 miles away at her highgrove home in gloucestershire. two photographs of his great grandson prince george have been released to mark his seventh birthday. in the photos — taken by his mother the duchess of cambridge — the future king is seen smiling at the camera. the images of third in line to the throne were taken at the family's norfolk home.

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. after a fairly bright start to this week, many parts of the uk have more cloud to contend with today. you can see it wriggling in from the atlantic on our earlier satellite picture. this cloud has been producing some outbreaks of rain. northern scotland has seen something brighter through today, as has southern england, the far south of wales too, but that was the coast of east sussex with blue skies for a weather watcher early on, and as we keep the susnhine down towards the south, it will feel warm for the afternoon, 24—25 degrees, but for mid wales up towards the north coast of wales, northern england will keep cloud, will keep some showery rain, northern ireland brightening up with some sunshine, 20 degrees there in belfast, but the cloud and patchy rain extends across southern and central portions of scotland. to the north of scotland though, caithness and sutherland into orkney and shetland, you will hold onto spells of sunshine

for the rest of the day. as we head through this evening and tonight, we keep a supply of cloud rolling in from the atlantic and some slightly heavier bursts of rain returning into northern ireland, perhaps north west england, north west wales by the end of the night. but with all of that cloud around, it is not going to be a cold night by any stretch, in fact for belfast and liverpool, temperatures will get no lower than 15 degrees. tomorrow, again lots of cloud across much of the uk, the wettest weather moving away from northern ireland to northern england, seven scotland, some showery rain pushing through wales, the south—west and into the midlands. cloudier than today across east anglia and the south east, so cooler as a consequence, but for scotland and northern ireland of hopeful things will brighten up a bit as we have to the end of the day. thursday and friday, this big area of high pressure centred across the azores will try to bulge its way in our direction. it will settle things down. friday is our window of fine weather

in most places, certainly more sunshine than we have had across the northern half of the uk, though i think cloud will roll into northern ireland later on. a few showers down towards the south but there is where we will have the warmest of the weather with highs of 24 degrees. further north, 18 for belfast, 19 degrees in glasgow, but remember that window of fine weather? well, it closes as we head into the weekend. low pressure pushing in from the atlantic, that's going to bring some showers or longer spells of rain, in fact the potential for some heavy, thundery downpours down towards the south. sunday should be a bit drier and brighter for most of us. this is bbc news, the headlines. families and friends can be reunited with loved ones as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart if it's safe. the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity. harry's mum says it's a huge step forward. it's important to us that when you do something wrong,

you hold your hands up, you go through the justice system and you accept whatever is dealt to you. it's that simple. just do the right thing. it shouldn't be that hard. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. we are pleased that our reputations have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close. are you a soft touch on russia, prime minister? pressure on the government to tighten security laws after accusations of underestimating the threat of russian interference. and bad table manners — restaurant owners severely hit by the pandemic react angrily over

the number of "no—show bookings". the government has given the green light for people to see relatives in care homes in england again, months after visits were stopped because the coronavirus crisis. visits will restart in specific care homes, once local directors of public health decide it is safe to do so. in wales, visits to care homes restarted at the beginning ofjune, after specific guidance from the welsh government. care homes in scotland have allowed residents to meet people outside since 3rd july as long as the home has been virus free for at least 28 days. and, in northern ireland, care homes are open, but visits are restricted to one at a time. professor martin green is the chief executive of care england, the largest representative

body for independent social care services in the uk. he's been giving his reaction to the government's announcement. i think we should acknowledge that part of the reason it has been a long time coming is because there has been a degree of caution and people have been very conscious that people who live in care homes are among the most vulnerable to covid so the degree of caution has been around the fact people are very clear they don't want to risk the infection getting into care homes. it could be a complicated process and we should acknowledge it should be about the care homes themselves identifying when they are ready to again receive visitors. obviously the public health director within a local authority will be giving a lot of help and advice in relation to that but ultimately i think the guidance will help care home managers to have a framework on which they can decide when they want to readmit visitors and when they think it is safe to do so.

professor martin green, chief executive of care england. let's talk to lucy craig who runs two care homes, in newcastle and northumberland, specialising in dementia care. thank you for your time today. are you glad this is changing now? yes, we had already planned ourselves that we were going to allow that visiting protocol to take place and we had had on outbreaks in one of our homes and we had gone over the 28 six —— consecutive covid three days. we have also stipulated our visits will be in the garden only and not within the care home. what are you most worried about? the worry for me is that the government haven't properly considered exactly the impact on our residents in terms of the visiting protocol. for example, we can now welcome

relatives into our gardens but that is with great restrictions. for example, we must respect the two metre distance. we are asking people to wear face coverings where appropriate. we are asking people that if they come into contact or have any symptoms of the virus that we then close our home down com pletely we then close our home down completely to visitors again. what we are saying to relatives is, here is your daughter, who is coming in to see mum. she is desperate to give her a hug, desperate to kiss her and see how she is, and that still can't happen. added to which, if we have a breach of protocol, let's say in 7-10 breach of protocol, let's say in 7—10 days' time, we have to com pletely 7—10 days' time, we have to completely close the home down again, meaning no visitors for a longer period of time.” again, meaning no visitors for a longer period of time. i understand it's incredibly difficult to manage, especially with dementia patients that you look after. does that mean you have to have staff supervising visits all the time? we will have staff supervising visits, absolutely, to make sure the right procedures are followed and we have

various and rigid risk assessments in place and we are asking visitors to adhere to those risk assessments. with our residential residents, the journey we have been through has meant journey we have been through has m ea nt staff journey we have been through has meant staff have had to take the place of those relatives over a prolonged period of time so, yes, we have to monitor those visits as and when they happen. i'm sure you would agree for those patients as well it will be really beneficial to see their own family members. it is, but we have maintained close contact all the way through with lots of video calling and window visits, but again, it's the care staff and staff on the floor who fill that void and continue to fill that void. it's trying to get that understanding across to relatives as well as residents that this is merely a stopgap and we don't know exactly when we will go back to what will be a normal level of existence. have you been given any guidance on how to prepare for the autumn and winter

when everyone is so worried about a second wave? absolutely none, nothing at all. we work closely with the local authorities who have been the local authorities who have been the ones to get me through this particular experience but in terms of what is happening in the winter, nothing at all from the nhs or central government and we have no idea on how they are planning that play out. are you surprised that that? no. we have had to do this on the floor with the local authority. in fairness to everyone else we have all been working retrospectively with this because we had no idea, nobody had any idea how this would play out and what the impact on the elderly market would be. you talk about having an outbreak in one of your home is. are you now covid free? how difficult has it been to ask patients to stick to the guidelines they must have needed to? we don't... we can't adhere to every single guideline within the home. that's why i talk about the strategy going forward for the care homes and

dementia market, the people making all these plans and putting strategies in place, to speak to us about it and see how it plays out. we have two homes who have exactly the same measures in place, we had an outbreak in one and the other has been completely covid free. i can't isolate an elderly patient with dimension. it would be a barbaric thing to do so we have to and let internally on a day to day basis. —— with dementia. if i listen to the media and what is said about a second wave, it is always a concern going forward. lucy, we totally understand, enormous pressures on you but you are doing an amazing service for so many in your care and i'm sure the families appreciate that. thank you and all the best for the coming weeks. labour has apologised and agreed to pay what's been described as substantial, undisclosed damages to seven former employees who'd criticised the pa rty‘s handling of anti—semitism complaints.

the party has also issued an "unreserved apology" and paid damages to a journalist who investigated alleged anti—semitism in the party for bbc panorama. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. july 2019 — jeremy corbyn was still labour leader and the party was being accused of not dealing properly with anti—semitism allegations. the bbc‘s panorama aired allegations from whistle—blowers, who claimed senior figures close to mr corbyn had interfered in the party's disciplinary process. that provoked a furious reaction from mr corbyn's allies, who denied the allegations and called the whistle—blowers former disaffected employees with political axes to grind. fast forward a year, and labour, under new leadership, apologised for those comments. in a statement, the party said...

we are pleased that our reputations have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close, but it is not the end of the story. the party also apologised tojohn ware, the journalist behind the panorama programme. labour's shadow foreign secretary welcomed the pay—out. i think it's a welcome step forward that shows labour is now taking this seriously, and justice is being done. we have acknowledged we got it wrong, that is the right thing to do. this case was settled in the courts but it has huge political meaning, too. keir starmer is trying to draw a line under some of the controversies over

anti—semitism which have dogged the party in recent years, and to say while he is leader they will be dealt with very differently. but this afternoon, mr corbyn said he'd had legal advice that the labour party's case was strong. he added... his ally, unite's len mccluskey, said the pay—out was a misuse of party funds. the new leader doesn't agree and hopes today's decision will help the party move on, but it could mean those splits in the party exposed once again. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. as we heard there the former party leaderjeremy corbyn said it was "disappointing" that the party had settled the claim, adding that it was a "political decision, not a legal one".

reporter: should labour have apologised today? although he had no comment for reporters earlier this afternoon. let's get more reaction to this. i'm joined byjonathan goldstein, chair of the jewish leadership council, which is a body that represents majorjewish charities and organisations in the uk. thank you forjoining us. we saw jeremy corbyn not giving a verbal reaction but he has issued a statement. what do you make of it?” think in the old phrase, he would say that, wouldn't he. the first thing we should do is pay tribute to the whistle—blowers who bravely stood out over a year ago and helped john ware with his programme. they have now been vindicated. rather than deal with the issue and deal with the messages, the labour party and its leadership at the time

decided to attack the messengers. in society, and the way in which we now live, we should be promoting those people who bravely stand up and stand out against racism, and against all other issues of dissemination and the labour party at that time, claiming to be the party that was the bastian in the fight against racism, showed itself to be exactly the opposite. do you believe keir starmer has now gone far enough to show he has brought the labour party to a very different position? will he getjewish labour support now? i think since sir keir starmer became leader in april, he has started on a journey of rebuilding the relationship with the jewish community and we want to thank him for the efforts he has made. but there is a journey the party wishes to go on. one only has to go online and see those people who are still spouting the nonsense we have seen who are still spouting the nonsense we have seen over very many years. but, yes, he has made very positive

steps since he became leader and has made this a principle that he intends to stamp out anti—semitism in the party and we should thank him for his efforts so far. are you happy to back him going forward? he was of course in the front bench underjeremy corbyn along with angela rayner and others. it's not myjob to back him or not back him ina public myjob to back him or not back him in a public way. myjob is to comment on anti—semitism when it occurs in public society. we all made a determination to say we would judge sir keir starmer as leader. we all know there was more that could have been done under the last regime. that is absolutely clear. we are also aware that in december last year, many people who are now working towards stamping out anti—semitism campaigns to make jeremy corbyn prime minister. but we are ina jeremy corbyn prime minister. but we are in a new time, a new age, and we need tojudge people by their actions. for many years we have said we wish tojudge actions. for many years we have said we wish to judge people not by their words but by their actions. and so keir starmer is showing that his

actions follow his words and he intends to stamp out anti—semitism within the party and we thank him for his efforts so far. people still waiting for the ehrc investigation into the labour party and there has been talk today about whetherjeremy corbyn could ultimately lose the labour whip over this.” corbyn could ultimately lose the labour whip over this. i can't comment on whetherjeremy corbyn should or shouldn't lose these whip. what we can assume is that the ehrc, which has been sent to the labour party and those named in draft form andi party and those named in draft form and i have not yet seen a copy of it, but we can assume the whistle—blowers have been vindicated by the ehrc report and as a result the labour party had the legal advice that they should settle the case. it's important we wait for the report and it's important, as sir keir starmer has promised, that the labour party under his leadership will enact all the recommendations of the ehrc report, so we should wait to see what that says. jonathan goldstein, thank you.

the headlines on bbc news... families and friends can be reunited with loved ones, as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart if it's safe. the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity. harry's mum says it's a huge step forward. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. the foreign secretary says the uk and us have agreed to amend the "anomaly" that allowed harry dunn's alleged killer to claim diplomatic immunity. a court hearing last month heard that the "secret agreement" permitted anne sacoolas to return to her home country after a road crash in northamptonshire which killed 19—year—old harry in august last year. dominic raab said the denial of justice was heart—breaking

but said that "the new arrangements mean it could not happen again." earlier we spoke to the dunn family spokesman radd sieger and harry's mum charlotte charles — who said the move was a step in the right direction we are really pleased. we are grateful to dominic raab and his team for managing to achieve to close the loophole that the states actually used to jump through to get anne sacoolas back to the us. it's a huge step in the right direction but we now need dominic raab to work with us to make sure we get her back to the uk to face justice at some point soon. my understanding is this is not retrospective so at the moment there is no real change. simon, let me deal with that. you are absolutely correct on one level, but what it of course shows is that the united states is absolutely exposed both morally and legally. if it is right injuly 2020, it's right in august of 2019 when harry died.

they are behaving like international cowboys in not sending her back. it's a big step forward but you are absolutely right, it does not yet bring her back, but watch this space. charlotte, do you have any sense that anne sacoolas, who has said all along she has no intention of returning to the uk, that the pressure might make her reconsider? we can only hope. we always live with hope that one day she might actually just decide of her own accord to put herself on a plane to come back over here. we definitely will keep the pressure up and we will try to get this news out over in the states as well so she can see what dominic raab and his team have done and see what her own country have agreed to with the anomaly that they have now amended. but you always hope as a mother that she will find some of the same blood that courses through my veins and does actually do

the right thing. this has always been a very simple right from wrong, and she has done wrong in walking away. she needs to come back. her lawyer has said that she will not return voluntarily to potentially face jail for a "terrible but unintentional accident," as the lawyer has said. we are very clear that this was not intentional. but, simon, if you or i had done this on a road, driving on the wrong side of the road and taken a life, that breaks the law and she is charged with causing death by dangerous driving. this was not an accident — accidents are not preventable. this is an allegation of dangerous driving, and if it were committed by you or i then we would have to face the consequences. the important thing is, it's very simple, even if you are a diplomat — and we say she wasn't —

it does not put you above the law. borisjohnson has insisted that the government has taken "the strongest possible action" against russian interference in the uk. his comments came at prime minister's questions in the commons as he promised new security laws, following yesterday's report by the parliamentary intelligence and security committee. the labour leader sir keir starmer accused ministers of "taking their eye off the ball" over the issue. the report was very clear that until recently the government has badly underestimated the russian threat and the response it required. it is still playing catch—up. the government has taken its eye off the ball. arguably, it wasn't even on the pitch! after this government has been in power for ten years, how does the prime minister explain that? mr speaker, i really think the right honourable gentleman's questions are absolutely absurd. there is no country in the western world that is more vigilant in protecting the interests of this

country or the international community from russian interference. and in fact, we are going further now and introducing new legislation to protect critical national infrastructure and to protect our intellectual property. our security correspondent, gordon corera, gave us this update. we heard in the last half hour from james brokenshire, the security minister, with an outline of all the things he said the government had been doing about russia in the last year and a half since the government gave evidence to the intelligence and security committee. clearly the government knows it's on the back foot on this issue and is stressing that it's taking all kinds of action to deal with it. one issue which is certainly at the forefront at the moment is the issue of new powers, the possibility for instance of reviewing the official secrets act to bring it up—to—date for the cyber age, and this issue of a foreign agent registration act, which is something the us has, for instance, in which someone who is working on behalf of a foreign government has to register themselves.

if they fail to do so because they are operating covertly, clandestinely, then they are liable to prosecution. that is something that has actually been talked about for a while and what we heard today was it's being looked at, it's being reviewed. i think the crucial question to see is whether the government actually pushes ahead with that and how quickly. gordon corera. president trump has used his first coronavirus briefing in weeks to warn that the outbreak in the united states will get worse before it gets better. he also urged americans to use face coverings — it would show "patriotism", he said. it's all very different from news conferences not long ago and a marked change in tone. but then there's an election coming, and he's not polling well at the moment. peter bowes reports. a different tone and a different message — noticeably subdued and less combative than usual, president trump took to the podium at his first coronavirus briefing since april. he acknowledged the pandemic was far from over. we are in the process of developing a strategy that's going to be

very, very powerful. we're developing as we go along. some areas of our country are doing very well. others are doing less well. it will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better, something i don't like saying about things, but that's the way it is. it's what we have. you look over the world — it's all over the world. apparently heeding the advice of his experts, who were absent from the stage, mr trump spoke enthusiastically about facemasks, even though he's been seen only once in public wearing one himself. i mean, i carry the mask when i have to go away. i went to walter reed hospital the other day. i have the mask right here. i carry it and i will use it gladly, no problem with it, and i've said that, and i say, if you can use the mask, when you can use the mask, if you're close to each other, if you're in a group, i would put it on when i'm in a group. if i'm in an elevator and there are other people with me,

including like security people, it's not their fault. they have to be in the elevator. i want to protect them also. the change in rhetoric comes at a time when opinion polls suggest most americans disapprove of the way mr trump has dealt with the pandemic, and, with the number of new covid—19 cases soaring in some southern and western states, the president seemed to go out of his way to hammer home his new message. we are imploring young americans to avoid packed bars and other crowded indoor gatherings, be safe and be smart. after questions about the virus, the news conference took an unexpected turn when a reporter asked about ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. ghislaine maxwell is in prison, and a lot of people want to know if she's going to turn in powerful people. i know you talked in the past about prince andrew and you criticised bill clinton's behavior. i'm wondering, do you feel that she's going to turn in powerful men? how do you see that working out?

i don't know. i haven't really been following it too much. ijust wish her well, frankly. i've met her numerous times over the years, especially since i lived in palm beach, and i guess they lived in palm beach. but i wish her well, whatever it is. i don't know the situation with prince andrew. ijust don't know — not aware of it. a surprise ending to a new style of coronavirus briefing from the white house. peter bowes, bbc news. the world health organisation has strongly rejected claims made by the us secretary of state in london yesterday that its director general was "bought" by china. speaking to a group of mps and peers, mike pompeo called the who a "political not a science—based organisation" and accused its current head, dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus of being too close to beijing. the labour mp chris bryant — who was at the meeting — told the bbc what the secretary of state had said. the us has ordered china to close its consulate in houston, in texas, by friday.

diplomats have been seen burning documents in the courtyard. the state department said the decision was "in order to protect american intellectual property". china has described the action as "political provocation". the us's action comes after the uk suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong over a new security law for the former colony, which gives beijing more power. the home secretary has announced that following that decision to suspend extradition with hong kong the route to british citizenship for almost three million people in the territory will open in the new year. priti patel said applicants would not need a job in order to enter the uk. on monday, the government said china had broken the terms of a 50—year—old treaty by introducing a new controversial security law. passport offices across the uk are dealing with a backlog of more than 400,000 applications because of the coronavirus pandemic. the home office minister baroness williams said reduced staffing — to allow social distancing — meant forms were taking longer to process. she said steps were being taken

to increase capacity after travel restrictions were eased, but those applying may have to wait longer than the usual three weeks. some of the latest coronavirus figures that we have had, and the government is saying 45,501 people have died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for covid as of five o'clock today, up by 79 from yesterday. separate figures published by the uk statistics agency is a show there have now been more than 56,100 deaths registered in the uk where covid—19 was mentioned on the death certificate. that's up by 79 since yesterday in those statistics that have just come bats are well known for their ability to use sound

to fly in complete darkness. their unique powers also include an ability to resist ageing and tolerate viruses. now, for the first time the genetic codes for these powers have been published in the science journal nature. and it's hoped it could all help us understand coronavirus a little bit more. emma teeling is a professor of molecular evolution at university college dublin. she's also director of batik — that's an international project to sequence the genomes of all living bat species. i don't know if we are sure that covid came from a bat. are we sure about that, is it proven, how does studying this set of genes help us go forward? the question of where the sars covid two, come from, we have found the closest type of

virus, most similar to this sars covid virus, was found in bats but it's not this particular virus. so, yes, scientists have come to the agreement that more than likely sars covid originated in a virus in bats but somehow it got into humans. and how it got from bats to humans, particularly 40 or 70 years ago, we are not sure of yet. it originated in bats, then potentially got to another intermediate species, changed and then became very infectious to humans. potentially. being able to sequence the genomes of all living bat species and their tolerance to viruses, will that ultimately help us perhaps be able to conquer covid? i do think so. the bats are extraordinary animals, as you said. they are the only mammals that have achieved true self powered

flight that have achieved true self powered flight will stop they show extraordinary longevity, resisting ageing and don't get cancers. they can use sound to coordinate darkness and they have a potential high tolerance of viruses. the idea is, there is one in five in every living mammal isa there is one in five in every living mammal is a bat. there is around 1412 species of bat as we speak. there are lots of them, and viruses will evolve to coexist with a host. the more species you have, the more viruses you have. there are lots of species in bats and rodents. what's interesting with bats, they seem to have a high diversity of coronaviruses that's different to other mammals we have looked at. they seem to have been able to survive and live with these viruses that would normally kill us. i'm interested in trying to understand, what are the mechanisms that bats have evolved to allow them to tolerate these viruses, and what do they do to be able to not die of these sars —like coronaviruses? so when we looked at the genome, what

we found was quite extraordinary. bats have evolved this goldilocks immune response will to put anything about what happens when a patient is very sick with any virus, sars—cov—2 right now, the body will mount an aggressive antiviral response and the immune system goes into hyperactivity. if we can't control the antiviral response of our own body then you die. bats seem to have evolved mechanisms to be able to very quickly mount an aggressive antiviral response and then very quickly dampen that. so when you look at the gene, and right now you can see this, and expansion of the antiviral genes, lots of genes involved in the anti—inflammatory processes , involved in the anti—inflammatory processes, and you can see we can predict potentially how do bats do this and what are the targets we need to now look at within humans to be able to achieve the same response.

professor, we know so many human illnesses have come from interaction with animals, do we need to rethink our interaction with the world, not just farming, our interaction with the world, not justfarming, and our interaction with the world, not just farming, and other wet markets, but what we eat, etc? is this not a massive wa ke—up but what we eat, etc? is this not a massive wake—up call?” but what we eat, etc? is this not a massive wake-up call? i think we really do and i think we need to realise that we are part of nature, nature is part of us, and we have to realise we are not invincible as a species, wonderful science allows us to ove rco m e species, wonderful science allows us to overcome these things and we do need to rethink how we interact with the environment for the benefit of all, biodiversity is important for our planet to survive. but it has happened many times before. where did hiv come from, where did the flu come from, it is not the first time and it won't be the last so we should rethink it. thank you very much.

and finally, oantas‘s last boeing 747 aeroplane has left a farewell message in the sky as it flew from australia for the final time. the so—called queen of the skies departed from sydney airport on its last journey to los angeles, and drew the company's kangaroo logo in the air before setting off across the sea. the jumbo jet will be sent to an aircraft graveyard in the mojave desert, where it will be parked and stripped for parts. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. many of us have had a lot of cloud to contend with so far today. that cloud producing some outbreaks of rain. you can see it wriggling in from the atlantic on the earlier satellite image. northern scotland has held onto sunshine. southern wales and southern england have seen some sunny skies as well. as we go through the evening i think that's where we will keep the best of any clear breaks, down towards the south and south—east. elsewhere, a lot of cloud rolling in with some outbreaks of patchy rain. some heavier rain into the west later on, on what will be a very mild night.

as we head on into tomorrow we will see some pretty heavy rain moving out of northern ireland into the far north of england, southern scotland. much cloudier and wetter than today for the northern isles. some showers pushing through wales, the southwest and into the midlands. and in east anglia and the south—east where today has been largely sunny, it will be a cloudier day tomorrow. 22 degrees in london. some brighter skies, i think, developing into the afternoon for northern ireland and scotland. friday, a fine day for most but it looks unsettled with some heavy bursts of rain at times. brisk winds too for the weekend. hello, this is bbc news with geeta guru—murthy. the headlines... families and friends can be reunited with loved ones — as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart — if it's safe. the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity — harry's mum says it's a huge step forward.

it is important to us that when you do something wrong, you hold your hands up, you go through the justice system, and you expect whatever is dealt to you. it's that simple. just do the right thing. it shouldn't be that hard. labour agrees to pay "substa ntial" damages to seven former employees — who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. we are pleased that our reputations have been restored, although it will ta ke have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close. are you a soft touch on russia, prime minister? pressure on the government to tighten security laws — after accusations of underestimating the threat of russian interference. and bad table manners — restaurant owners — severely hit by the pandemic — react angrily over the number of "no—show bookings".

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ollie foster. there is a break, the third and deciding test starts on friday. football football, football tonight. it's the final day of the championship season. leeds have taken the title, but there's still a lot at stake this evening, automatic promotion, play—off places and a handful of clubs still fighting against relegation brebntford are one of three sides that could clinch the second automatic promotion spot, they are third, one point behind west brom. if they beat barnsley and the baggies slip up they will go up with leeds. i mean, we could have sewn it up on saturday almost, and we didn't, but as we always say at brentford, that's the brentford way. you never do it, never make it easy.

so tonight's a big night. if we win and west bromwich draw, that's fine, we're there. if not, we're in the play—offs, and the history of brentford in the play—offs isn't great. i think we were the first side to lose in the lucky dressing room. so history isn't great, but that doesn't mean we won't win the play—offs this time. one of the wigan administrators gerald krasner has confirmed that a preferred bidder has been chosen to buy the club. the bidder — who has has not been named — has until noon tomorrow to sign a letter, confirming their lawyers are holding the entire funds. contracts have to be exchanged by 31 july. wigan were deducted 12 points as punishment for going into administration and that could see them relegated even if they win tonight. they are appealing

the points deduction. liverpool play their final home game tonight. after the match against chelsea they will be presented with the premier league trophy. the captainjordan henderson has sent a message to the supporters to stay away from anfield. yeah, listen, i know how difficult it must be, like i said, we have waited so long for this football club to win the premier league, and it is huge, but at the moment, unfortunately, they can't be coming and gathering outside the stadiums because of the health and safety of the country, and we need to protect the nhs staff, who have been working tirelessly over the last few months, and we need to keep going in the right direction. and if we do that, then hopefully sooner rather than later they can come back in the stadium and we can have that moment. so, please, yeah, watch it at home, celebrate at home, and look forward to the moment that we have together hopefully in the near future.

the former england winger mike slemen has died at the age of 69. slemen was capped 31 times, winning the five nations grand slam in 1980, and he also toured south africa with the british and irish lions that year. slemen, who was born in liverpool, made his last international appearance against scotland in 1984 and was england's most—capped winger when he retired. two people, both players, have tested positive in the third round of premiership rugby's coronavirus screening programme. 896 players and staff from across the 12 premiership clubs were tested on monday. meanwhile, the whole england women's rugby union squad will be back in stage one training by the end of next week. with the world cup next year, the rugby football union is hopeful the women's squad will be able to play international

fixtures in november. the ecb say they are supporting england bowler jofra archer after he was racially abused on social media. archer broke coronavirus protocols following the first test against west indies and he was dropped from the last test. he says that because of the abuse and his five days in self—isolation, he may not be "100% mentally right" for the deciding test which starts on friday. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport the european tour golf is back, the first tournament since before lockdown. it is the british masters, taking place just outside lockdown. it is the british masters, taking placejust outside newcastle. david law has had a fantastic round, the scotsman, leading the way so far on seven under with a couple of holes left to play in his round. i will be back with an update on that in the next hour. it's six weeks since george floyd was laid to rest.

his killing at the hands of police officers in minneapolis sparked global anti—racist demonstrations, led by the black lives matter movement. more than 200,000 people marched in locations across the uk last month, demanding change from institutions here — and now, a film following the people at the centre of it has been made for bbc three, presented by bbc africa journalist and documentary maker, daniel henry. we are going through the same cycle. somebody sheds blood, then we shed tea rs, somebody sheds blood, then we shed tears, and that sheds awareness.

and daniel henry is with me now. this documentary goes out tonight, it is on the iplayer already. what we re it is on the iplayer already. what were you trying to do with this? well, when we pitched this, i think the key was really trying to understand why people were marching

here. i mean, it was quite obvious to me, personally. i knew that there was going to be some sort of response here, as they're often a lwa ys response here, as they're often always is when something significant happens in the states, but i think what became apparent very quickly was the scale of this process. i mean, we have not seen antiracism demonstrations like this in this country ever, not of this scale, not like this, and thatjust demanded something long form that would document what we see. and you have highlighted one case in particular, haven't you? that's right. within these protests, there were calls for change across british institutions, policing being one of them, and earlier this year, in april, the

wrapper wretch32 posted these really shocking images of his dad being tasered, and this was indicative really of the experiences that so many black people have in this country when it comes to police, tasered more than anyone else, use of excessive force more than anybody else. so we had to speak to him to find out what his experience was with him and his father. that isn't something that i thought and let me put that out there but the fact of the matter is that people need to see it. if you are hearing that it happened to a 21—year—old gang memberwho is happened to a 21—year—old gang member who is also a drug dealer, you have no empathy, you have no sympathy. but then now, what is the narrative for this? he walked into our home, and you tasered a 62—year—old man. if we let it happen to him, what chance do i have? what

chance does my son have, what chance does my little brother have? no further action will be taken by the met police over the tasering of rapper wretch 32's father, the force has said. "should a public complaint be made or information provided about injuries we will re—refer the matter to the independent office for police conduct," the force added. daniel, that is one case. i think the question that many might have is there has obviously been an eruption of anger throughout the world and the uk, is thisjust of anger throughout the world and the uk, is this just going of anger throughout the world and the uk, is thisjust going to be momentary, bullet pass, will it fade, well anything really change as a result of this? i think in the opening clip, one of the people we we re opening clip, one of the people we were speaking to very clearly saying, this is a movement. it is not about it being something that happens for one week that just passes, and i think people are already starting to see significant changes, but not the kinds of

structural changes that the movement is really after. but we can see cultural changes, you know, discussions about race that we have not had before. you know, you see the premier league aligning themselves with the antiracist movement that black lives matter are trying to highlight, and other corporations coming on board, giving themselves a standard to hit really, because i think what is interesting really is that so many couples have said they are going to do this, they are going to do that. it will be fascinating to see where they are next year after aligning themselves with this. i don't see this passing any time soon. black lives matter has been going for years, started in the states and has been here too, and this has been a really significant moment for it. it has

caused divisions, hasn't it? we saw the churchill statue, some people we re the churchill statue, some people were upset that was defaced, others said this is the time to look at the legacy of people who have been regarded as heroes here. and also the black lives matter movement itself has been criticised, in terms of some of the things, the anti—capitalist nature of it and so on. you know, how divisive potentially does this fight will antiracism be, potentially?” potentially does this fight will antiracism be, potentially? ithink having been on the protest, and having been on the protest, and having spent time with the organisers, the concept of it being divisive doesn't really make much sense to me, having spent time on the protests, because from what we filmed, from what we could see, there were people from all over the uk, various nationalities, various races, who were all coming together to say there is something very seriously wrong about the way that

black people are treated in this country. so just black people are treated in this country. sojust quickly, black people are treated in this country. so just quickly, from those that you spoke to, obviously it is a disparate movement, there isn't one leader, is it possible to say how success leader, is it possible to say how su ccess ca n leader, is it possible to say how success can be measured in three months, six months, 12 months‘ time? i think it is about the conversation continuing, and! i think it is about the conversation continuing, and i think it is about structural change. that is the outcome that i think the overall outcome that i think the black lives matter movement are after. that is something the organisers recognise will take time. daniel henry, thank you very much indeed. that documentary is on the iplayer now if you want to catch it. let‘s get more on the news that families and friends of some care home residents in england will be able to resume visiting their loved ones months after these were stopped due to the coronavirus crisis. visits will resume in specific care homes once local directors of public health and local authorities decide it is safe to do so, the department of health and social care announced this afternoon. visits are already permitted in certain circumstances in scotland, wales and northern

ireland. fiona lamdin has been to see how one care home in somerset has been coping through the pandemic. when we last saw her, it was cold, it was wet, we were all wrapped up in jumpers, and now we‘re all in our summer things, and ijust hope we get to go and see her before we‘re back in our winter jumpers. dreaming of the reunion. they haven‘t seen their mum in person forfive months. you‘re not really there with them and giving them a hug. and while they cannot visit her, they can at least bake her a cake. it‘s a little bit shorter around the back. anyway, mum, you're looking really well. so they‘re sharing their lives, like so many families right now, over the internet. i know! this doorstep is the closest they can get to 100—year—old barbara. you‘re so close, though. her room is just round the corner. it‘s so frustrating.

this care home has been in complete lockdown. visitors haven‘t been allowed in. the staff haven‘t been out. but two weeks ago, after 84 days, most of the staff were finally reunited with their family and could go home. it was lovely because i had "welcome home" banners on the door and, you know, seeing all my family, lots of hugs and kisses. butjulie and her dog, poppy, volunteered to stay a little longer. that's it, good girl. there we are. going home, after all this time. when did you last have a day off? it‘s been so long, she can‘t remember. yeah, when we came in, whatever day that was, i don't know. yeah, that was the last time i had a day off. so you‘ve been here now for 98 days. what‘s it going to be like going back to the outside world? i'm a bit nervous, actually, because you've been so protected in here that i'm really feeling quite nervous about going outside.

and what i can and can't do. see you tomorrow. the government have hinted that in the nearfuture, care homes will be welcoming visitors again. we need to work out where the chairs would sit. so we've got two metres. but here in somerset, they don‘t want to rush things. we locked in before anybody else even thought of it. we stopped visitors coming in before it became the norm. we started testing our staff weekly before the government advised us to. it was all obvious to us what we had to do. so whatever the government says and you know, whatever rules that they make, we will decide when the time is right. and when they do finally open up, visitors will have to have their temperature taken, wear masks, sit outside, and not touch. oh, look at that. barbara is clearly delighted with her homemade cake. very nice! she just wishes she could share it with her family. fiona lamdin, bbc news.

it‘s the ultimate in bad table manners — the restaurant ‘no—show‘ where people book a meal — and then don‘t turn up. and during social distancing — when tables are at a premium — it‘s an issue causing real problems, and hardship, to restaurateurs. their plea to diners who change their mind? let us know. simon browning has more. we‘ve had 33 no shows. on friday it was bad. got a bit better on saturday and it was just as bad on sunday as well. no—shows have always been a blight for restaurateurs. they are an acute financial problem now. covid security means fewer chairs and fewer tables. but when customers who booked to sit in them don‘t show, it‘s really bad for business. these tables and chairs are the lifeblood of our business. el pastor, a mexican in kings cross, has welcomed back its treasured customers with tacos and margaritas. but last week, their restaurants had an average no—show rate of io%.

that means paying for too many staff and too many ingredients in the kitchen, at a time when there is no slack. the gut reaction to no—shows, sort of in the pit of my stomach, it's very unpleasant because you know that it's impacting a bottom line that has already been deeply traumatised by the last three months. so how can restaurants fight back? i've heard talk of there being like a mandatory fee that you have to pay where you make a reservation. i think restaurants should fully employ that. i‘d be happy to do that, especially if you can still call ahead in advance and say you couldn‘t turn up, then i think that‘s more than fair enough, to be honest. when those don't turn up it can have a negative impact. as so many restaurants fight for survival, one of the biggest table booking websites says please give them notice. let restaurants know with as much time in advance as you can that you won't be able to turn up foryourtable. every hour that you give a restaurant is time that they can

use to refill those tables. and so it's really crucial that you communicate with restaurants and let them know. for restaurants up and down the country, the economics of turning a profit have always been tight. pack people in and serve them fast. but as chairs and revenue disappear, restaurants are having to work harder than ever before to do what they‘ve always done for their loyal customers. but as some feel the heat, others are adapting quickly. the wetherby whaler in wakefield hasn‘t suffered from no—shows because the fish and chip trade is all about walk—ins. and there‘s been plenty of them. initially, we thought we‘d just do bookings only and then we soon realised that once we opened the door, booking only wouldn‘t work because people were just coming up and saying, can we come in? so it's a party for how many people? to survive, restaurants need diners to come and enjoy. because no—shows means empty tables and empty tills. simon browning, bbc news. face coverings are fast becoming

the new normal across the uk. mandatory on transport in england and from friday, in shops too. but, not everyone finds them easy to wear. one group that‘s struggled is sikh men who wear turbans. so one designer has created a special mask — after seeing her father in law struggle. pria rai reports. phone, keys, wallet, now yourface mask when you leave home. many sikh like darshin wear a turban which make a facemask hard to put on. luckily his daughter is a designer. for men who generally wear turbans, you can‘t generally put elastic over the years because the years are covered, and if you have a long beard your mask only covers a proportion of yourface. beard your mask only covers a proportion of your face.” beard your mask only covers a proportion of your face. i was struggling with the mask provided to me either workplace due to my turban, because when i put it on, i have to hold with a string on the top of the turban. and he wasjust,

like i wonder if there is something we can do? and i was, like, i‘m sure we can do? and i was, like, i‘m sure we can do? and i was, like, i‘m sure we can come up with something, you know, let me get creative. so sunni came up with a new mask to go over the top of the turban and a mask for the top of the turban and a mask for the bid. on friday you will also have to wear a mask to go shopping. with people from asian and black backgrounds being disproportionately affected by the virus, designing a mask that properly protect people like sunni‘s father—in—law felt even more important. this one is with my beard, everything is covered, so it is ok. i think if we protect ourselves, we will protect other people as well. sol ourselves, we will protect other people as well. so i personally advise everybody to wear their mask always. but it is notjust darshin's community that has got on board. sunni has had requests from all over

the world. then i started receiving orders coming through from singapore, malaysia, australia, canada, and! singapore, malaysia, australia, canada, and i was like, ok! it is fairto canada, and i was like, ok! it is fair to say we will be more likely to use a facemask than a new bowtie this year‘s outings. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben. after a fairly bright start to this week, many parts of the uk have more cloud to contend with today. you can see it wriggling in from the atlantic on our earlier satellite picture. this cloud has been producing some outbreaks of rain. northern scotland has seen something brighter through today, as has southern england, the far south of wales too, but that was the coast of east sussex with blue skies for a weather watcher early on, and as we keep the susnhine down towards the south, it will feel warm for the afternoon, 24—25 degrees, but for mid wales up towards the north coast of wales, northern england will keep cloud, will keep some showery rain, northern ireland brightening up with some sunshine, 20 degrees there in belfast, but the cloud and patchy rain extends across southern and central portions of scotland. to the north of scotland though, caithness

and sutherland into orkney and shetland, you will hold onto spells of sunshine for the rest of the day. as we head through this evening and tonight, we keep a supply of cloud rolling in from the atlantic and some slightly heavier bursts of rain returning into northern ireland, perhaps north west england, north west wales by the end of the night. but with all of that cloud around, it is not going to be a cold night by any stretch, in fact for belfast and liverpool, temperatures will get no lower than 15 degrees. tomorrow, again lots of cloud across much of the uk, the wettest weather moving away from northern ireland to northern england, seven scotland, some showery rain pushing through wales, southern scotland, some showery rain pushing through wales, the south—west and into the midlands. cloudier than today across east anglia and the south east, so cooler as a consequence, but for scotland and northern ireland of hopeful and northern ireland hopefully things will brighten up a bit as we have to the end of the day. as we head to the end of the day. thursday and friday, this big area of high pressure centred across the azores will try to bulge its way in our

direction. it will settle things down. friday is our window of fine weather in most places, certainly more sunshine than we have had across the northern half of the uk, though i think cloud will roll into northern ireland later on. a few showers down towards the south but that is where we will have the warmest of the weather with highs of 24 degrees. further north, 18 for belfast, 19 degrees in glasgow, but remember that window of fine weather? well, it closes as we head into the weekend. low pressure pushing in from the atlantic, that‘s going to bring some showers or longer spells of rain, in fact the potential for some heavy, thundery downpours down towards the south. sunday should be a bit drier and brighter for most of us.

this is bbc news. i‘m geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at 5pm: families and friends can be reunited with loved ones, as visits to care homes in england are allowed to restart if it‘s safe. labour agrees to pay "substantial" damages to seven former employees who sued the party over anti—semitism and spoke out in a bbc panorama programme. we are pleased that our reputations have been restored, although it will take time to repair the damage caused by their unfounded attacks. we are glad that keir starmer is showing the leadership which is so desperately needed to bring this chapter to a close. the uk and america agree to "plug the loophole" that allowed the woman accused of killing harry dunn to claim diplomatic immunity.