this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. researchers warn that the amount of plastic ending up in the world's oceans could nearly triple by 2040 unless major action is taken. here in england face coverings become mandatory in shops and other enclosed public spaces, including post offices and banks from midnight. borisjohnson says the uk's response to coronavirus shows the union is ‘fantastically strong," as he visits scotland for the first time since becoming prime minister. president trump deploys hundreds of federal officers to us cities, to tackle what he calls spiralling levels of violence. local leaders say his crackdown is unwelcome. also in the programme. from heavyweight champion mike tyson

is set to return to the boxing ring against x for time world champion royjones junior. and going, against x for time world champion royjonesjunior. and going, going, gone, the cigarette impersonality gifted from king george the six is sold at auction has proved more popular than expected. 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste could be dumped into the environment in the next 20 years, unless there is a global effort to reduce plastic waste. that's according to a new report that's just been published by a global team of experts. the ‘breaking the plastic wave‘ report a collaboration between teams including the pew charitable trusts, university of oxford and university of leeds sets out to measure the scale of the global plastic pollution problem and forecast how much worse it would get.

a separate scientific paper on the computer model underpinning the findings has been published in thejournal science. researchers warn that the amount of plastic ending up in the world‘s oceans could nearly triple by 2040 without major action to curb the problem. this would be a rise from 11 million tonnes a year in 2016 to 29 million tonnes in 2040. that is the equivalent of 50kg of plastic washing into the seas for every metre of shoreline, the report says. and it‘s notjust the oceans nearly 30 million tonnes of plastic are currently dumped on land each year, and almost 50 million tonnes are burned in the open, causing greenhouse gas emissions and harming health. the pew charitable trusts is an ngo based in the us, which funded the research. winnie lau is a senior manager with pew‘s preventing ocean plastics project. she co wrote the ‘breaking the plastic wave‘ report. shejoins us now. what she joins us now. what kind shejoins us now. what kind of major action are you calling for? in our

report, we find that we need to implement all of the actions that are available today that we know of today in order to stop the major roll of plastic in the ocean. if we we re roll of plastic in the ocean. if we were to implement the solutions ambitiously, we would be able to cut the amount of plastic going into the ocean in 2040 by almost 80%. what are those actions? we looked at four different categories of actions. 0ne is reducing a way the plastic that we don‘t need and the second one is to substitute a way from plastic into other materials, the third one is to recycle what we can as much as we can come and lastly, we need to safely dispose of the plastic that we cannot reduce, substitute or recycle. the world in a pretty funny place at the moment forth of the coronavirus pandemic and people losing theirjob. do you worried

that the problem of plastic in the oceanis that the problem of plastic in the ocean is no longer the priority though it would‘ve been back in january or february? the problem of plastic in the ocean is one that will not go away. right now, the world needs to deal with the urgent problem of the pandemic. but once we figure out how to manage the pandemic, we will be faced with all the environmental problems that we had before and plastic is one of the most urgent ones. imagine for a moment if you are me you live in london, a big world city, how should igo london, a big world city, how should i go about changing the way i live my life, though as shopping stores to reduce plastic? what we have found in our analyses is that there isa found in our analyses is that there is a role for everybody to play. governments, businesses, civil society, and of course all of us individuals. and as i said earlier, the four categories of solutions that need to take place, that applies to all of us. that applies

to every single person, every stakeholder, and if we were all to work ambitiously to what we can and then we can solve this problem and within a generation. how has the pandemic changed the way we all use plastic? the pandemic has resulted in more personal protective equipment and right now, that is is a use that is necessary, and what we will emphasise based on our analysis is that it is about how we manage the plastic that we use. first of all, minimising the use and then second, the ones that we do use, we properly treat them so that they don‘t end up in the environment. should efforts be focused on developed countries which use huge amounts of plastic or the huge populations in developing countries which are changing their habits with increasing many? -- increasing many. i report showed that it is a global

problem. it is one where it is a whole of society a problem that will require a whole of society solution to it. so there is a role for a high income countries, middle and low income countries, middle and low income countries, middle and low income countries, and in our report we highlight the different priorities with different specific geographies, and at the end of the day, if we don‘t all play our part, we will not be able to solve this problem. thank you forjoining us. the wearing of face coverings in shops in england will become compulsory from midnight, and failing to do so, could result in a 100 pound fine. but it‘s notjust shops, you‘ll have to cover your mouth and nose in other enclosed public spaces, including banks, post offices and public transport hubs. in some areas though, it‘s up to you to decide, including pubs, gyms and cinemas. in scotland, face coverings are already compulsory in shops, though not in wales, and from august northern ireland will run a public information campaign encouraging the use of face coverings before deciding if to make them mandatory.

our business correspondent, sarah corker, reports now from wakefield, in yorkshire. going to the shops in the era of coronavirus comes with a whole new set of rules. in wakefield, at trinity walk shopping centre, retailers and customers are preparing for the latest change. come on in! you can sanitise your hands if you want to. inside this candle shop, owner tanya is taking a no—nonsense approach to compulsory face coverings. if someone refuses to wear a mask, what would you do? if they‘re just really not going to do it, i would just say, "i‘m really sorry, but i can‘t serve you." rather than get into a situation of enforcing anything, i just won‘t let them in. face coverings are not a substitute for social distancing and regular handwashing but an additional measure to help stop the spread of the virus, and from tomorrow anyone not wearing one in shops and supermarkets here in england faces a £100 fine. and coverings are also compulsory while buying takeaway food,

unless you‘re eating in — you don‘t have to wear one inside cafes and restaurants. some say the rules are confusing. i think it should be made compulsory throughout until they find a vaccine. and it won‘t put you off going shopping? no, no, not at all, no, not at all, i feel safe. it puts me off mainly because of the little one, because she looks at me funny when i've got it on, she can't see my expression. probably do a bit more online shopping and just try not to come out as much. you‘re saving people passing the virus on. i mean if some stupid ones want to pass the virus on, fine. be it on their head. children under 11 and those with a disability or certain physical or mental health conditions will be exempt, but there is debate over who should enforce the rules. food retailers like the co—op are worried about staff safety. we‘ve had abuse, we‘ve had physical assaults. 0ur colleagues have been threatened on a consistent basis through covid. this is another thing that they have to enforce,

and it will be a flashpoint. it‘s not theirjob, it‘s the police‘s job. but the organisation that represents most front—line police officers says they don‘t have the resources to be mask monitors. if we are getting calls about that regularly, then obviously that doesn't allow us to undertake our normal role of policing. obviously, if we're called to a situation where there is conflict, then of course we will attend, as we normally would do, and deal with that. but we are hoping we are a last resort to being called to deal with it. the government has changed its stance on face coverings as the science has evolved, and as the economy opens up, ministers say it‘s up to individuals to play their part in fighting the virus by following the rules. sarah corker, bbc news, in wakefield. let‘s talk to professor melita mills. she is the director of the leverhulme centre for democgraphic science at the university of oxford. she‘s the lead author of a report published by the royal society on the behavioural factors

around face coverings. professor, thank you forjoining us. if there is one thing we are really get at here in the uk, it is glaring at other people. it is going to become a thing where from midnight we now glare at non—mask where is? glaring would actually be a very effective way to enforce and get people to comply and wear face coverings. but even more importantly... it is really hard to glare at somebody when you can‘t use the bottom part yourface. laughter. good point. but the country that have had no culture and wearing face coverings before, the us, italy, spain, they had a massive uptake with the rules were really clear in the main thing in the main factor is not always fines or enforcement, but as the public understanding why they need to wear them. so they have to understand that protects them and it doesn‘t give them 100% protection, but more importantly in some of your

interview should say of it protects the people around you. so it really is important that the public understands and that they also, people underestimate their risk. in particular, certain groups, we know such as men or people within certain age groups and they will be less compliant, so it is really important that people understand and once they do, they will comply. of course we book, for valid reasons, are exempt, some people with medical conditions. might bea some people with medical conditions. might be a bit unfair if they are going got to shop and some people are looking at them in a strange way? do we need badges for people to say i am exempt and leave me alone. would that be picking on them? you don‘t want to engage in any sort of discriminatory measures. but ijust think it will be clear in the messaging that they are several groups of people with certain respiratory illnesses are mental or other issues and small children just cannot wear them so people have to

be tolerant when somebody is not able to wear them and that is got to be made clear. and i think that it has a fairly clear in the guidance but frankly, publishing guidance on what to do less than 12 hours before the law comes into place is adding a lot of pressure on the public but also shop owners as well. and also just some confusion around just exactly where we need to wear them and why not and hair salons like in other countries. why not and some cinemas are museums, so other countries. why not and some cinemas are museums, so that has not been made clear and consistent in comparison to other countries or countries such as japan jested that the recedes, enclosed places, or close contact settings. —— a japan did the three c‘s. donya face covering. i think there will still bea covering. i think there will still be a lot of confusion. picking up on that. if i want to a sandwich shop and wanted to sit down and have a sandwich in london, i can do so without a mask but if i want to go

to the same shop and pick up a take—over sandwich to the same shop and pick up a ta ke—over sandwich i would to the same shop and pick up a take—over sandwich i would have to wear a mask. is that right? i suppose that as to the sense of confusion you already explained. —— take—over sandwich. confusion you already explained. —— take-over sandwich. you just have to give clear examples. some countries have been clear it is a mix. use hand sanitiser when you come in. and we ordering something or walking to your table, or it to the washroom, donned the face covering but obviously when eating or drinking, you are are not using it. i think something that is really confusing with the guidelines release is strongly recommended that people and shops, the workers should wear them. and that makes it very inconsistent, so and that makes it very inconsistent, so it should be clear and consistent across groups and people know what they need to do. and it will be much more effective for everyone. thank you, professor. the it is been fun. the uk prime minister borisjohnson says the response to the coronavirus pandemic, shows the uk is a ‘fantastically strong institution‘. speaking on his first

visit to scotland since the general election, he promised to be a prime minister for ‘every corner of the uk‘. but his trip comes as some polls suggest growing support for independence. there‘s also a significant gap between his approval ratings and those of scotland‘s first minister, nicola sturgeon. here‘s our scotland editor, sarah smith. borisjohnson is, he stresses, the prime minister for every corner of the united kingdom. he‘s come all the way to 0rkney to make that point. with crab fishermen at the harbour, he is here to highlight what he calls the sheer might of the uk union and his government‘s economic response to coronavirus. what i‘m saying is that the union is a fantastically strong institution, it has helped our country through thick and thin, it is very, very valuable in terms of the support we have been able to give to everybody throughout all corners of the uk. many small businesses, like this gift shop in perth, relied on the financial support

provided by the treasury, but they don‘t necessarily see that as a bonus that comes from being part of the united kingdom. all businesses are grateful for help from the government, irrespective of from where it comes. because it is a lifeline, and we pay into the treasury, as does every taxpayer in this country, and we expect at least to be given enough of support that we can keep going. nicola sturgeon says she is concentrating on the crisis. borisjohnson has every right to be on a campaign visit to scotland today, in his shoes it is not how i would choose to be spending my time given what we are facing right now, and people can make up their own minds about these things and can make up their own minds about where they think the decisions that we are having to take right now are best taken. but none of us should be crowing about this pandemic in a political sense, is my honest opinion. perth is a city that voted to stay in the uk in 2014

but where support for the snp rose at the last election. it is people in places like this the prime minister has to try to convince of the ongoing benefits of the union. for the last four months, people in scotland have been watching nicola sturgeon making most of the day—to—day decisions on how to try to cope with coronavirus. borisjohnson wants them to remember that it is his government in westminster that has the power to borrow the money that has been funding things like the job retention scheme and extra spending for the nhs. perth has its own winery, producing fruit wines of many flavours. they‘ve kept working through the crisis and benefited from uk government support. not something they feel they have to be particularly grateful. we gave the money in the first place, then they give it back and we have to say thanks. if we didn‘t have the uk, we would be keeping the money to fund our own scheme. at raf lossiemouth in the north of scotland, the prime minister thanked the military for their role in the covid—19 response.

one more reason he believes why the uk should remain united. he‘s clearly worried about polls suggesting rising support for independence, even though he insists there will not be scottish referendum. president trump says he‘s going to send what he described as a ‘surge‘ of federal officers into three democrat run cities. he says the move is needed to combat an explosion of violent crime in chicago, kansas city and albuquerque in new mexico. a earlier deployment of federal security forces to portland in oregon has been highly controversial. 0ur north america correspondent sean hassett sent this report. this is the new normal in portland. federal troops out on patrol as people protesting against police brutality take to the streets for a 55th night. the trump administration says the troops are protecting federal property. others say they are making the situation worse.

it is an unconstitutional occupation. the tactics that are being used by ourfederal officers are abhorrent. the mayor himself was not immune. when federal troops used tear gas outside the courthouse, he was among those coughing heavily. the reason this is important is because it is notjust happening in portland, and the president has made it clear, it is going to happen in cities that are controlled by democratic leaders. the most notable city on that list is chicago, where 15 people were shot outside a funeral parlour on tuesday night. president trump has announced that hundreds of federal law enforcement officers will be sent there immediately. the president referenced figures which show a 51% increase in murders there this year. the chicago police department says there have been 414 murders in 2020, compared to 275 at the same

point last year. this rampage of violence shocks the conscience of our nation. we will not stand by and watch it happen to our nation, can‘t do that, president trump is blaming the increase in violence on the leaders of cities controlled by democrats. he has accused them of trying to weaken the police. critics say the move has more to do with campaigning than crime—fighting. chicago‘s mayor says she‘s willing to accept federal help if it supports local law enforcement, not if troops are just there to patrol the streets. that is not democracy that we saw unfolding on the streets of portland as a result of that federal action, that is what we call tyranny and dictatorship and we are not having it and chicago. but the president is sending in the troops whether the leaders like it or not.

as he puts it, "help is on its way". the nhs test and trace system is falling short of reaching the number of people infected with covid—19 it needs to get to, to be effective. latest figures suggest just under four out of five people are being contacted, that‘s around 78%. experts say it should be at least 80%. that means thousands of people who are infected are not having their contacts traced. all this comes as 53 more people have died in the latest 24 hour period, bringing the total number of deaths in the uk, to 45,554. on average in the past week, 62 people have died every day from covid—19. meanwhile 200 walk in test centres are to set up across england, to try to get more people checked out, in time for winter. here‘s our health editor, hugh pym. sha hzad and sayeeda and their son, on their way to a walk—in testing centre. they want to get tested for coronavirus because there was a case at their son‘s nursery. theyjust need to provide personal contact details, then they take the kits and get the swabs, which are

sent on to the labs. they‘re told results should be back the next day. they said the whole process was straightforward. easy, convenient. very easy. i would advise people to come in, you know, get them tested if they have any symptoms. this was one of the first walk—in sites. the idea is you can come along without booking, and it is open 12 hours a day. the system‘s bosses have set themselves a major task, creating a network of centres like this in towns and cities around the country in time for winter, with all the pressures that will bring. the executive leading the test and trace programme in england explained it was all about better access. we want to make sure that the majority of people living in urban environments are within 30 minutes‘ walk of a walk—in testing centre. we‘ve already got good access for drive—in testing, and we‘ll continue to expand out. for lots of us who live in big cities, we don‘t have cars, we don‘t drive. the top ten highest uk infection rates for the weekend in july 18th

were all in england. blackburn with darwen has the largest, with 79 cases per 100,000 people. that an increase of 32 in the previous week. leicester has 74 cases, a significant drop of 51. herefordshire also saw a fall in infection rates, while calderdale and kirklees have stabilised. the rest have all seen increases. the national testing system aims to reach contacts of those who recently tested positive so they can be told to self—isolate. but in blackburn with darwen, the director of public health said the system wasn‘t getting to about half of the contacts. he felt it really wasn‘t delivering in that area. what do you say to that? it‘s a team effort, contact tracing, and it‘s really important that we work together locally and nationally. on average, between 70—80% of contacts are reached by the national teams. the work on creating testing sites and laboratories to process

the swabs has been welcomed by health leaders, though some argue it was started too late. there have been some improvements, but i think we are paying the price for the initial stop—start approach of government in testing, so when the pandemic first broke, we didn't have a comprehensive approach to how we were going to test and trace. experts have warned that a robust testing and tracing system must be in place for the winter, with the possibility of another surge in cases. the uk has for the first time accused russia of conducting a weapons test in space. let‘s speak to our defence correspondent jonathan beale. why is the uk so concerned about this? it is notjust the uk. it is the us as well. we have had comments from air vice marshal harvey smith

from air vice marshal harvey smith from the raf who is not head of the uk space directorate but that is a new entity, saying that russia last week launched a projectile with a characteristics of a weapon, he has called for a halt for such tests and the us space command said that there is evidence that russian efforts to develop space weapons so clearly what people in the uk feel that russia has crossed the line. yes there has been other technologies used to target satellites by countries such as america, russia, china, india as well. which is normally ground based systems to missiles essentially to target satellites in space that can obviously have the potential to cause huge damage. this is different. this is a test that was conducted and the americans and the british believed by the russians

with one of their satellite sent into orbit last year and there‘s a project which looked like a refuse and they are worried that this will be deleted to an arms race in space. —— a lead in. strong words from both america and the uk here calling on russia to halt these experiments come. russia, we have heard any comment. they said originally this was a satellite launch last year and what they called an expected satellite. the same satellite the american say he came close to an american say he came close to an american satellite earlier this year. in the egg and issued a warning. but i think you can sense the concerns amongst many countries hear about a new arms race in space and that is why people are so concerned about russia might be doing. thank you for keeping us up—to—date. more on our website.

the use of plastics and the introduction of face mask in enclosed public spaces. stay with us. hello. if you were hoping for a prolonged spell of dry, settled, sunny warm weather, over the next few days, that is not what we will get. the area of high pressure that would bring us that is centred in the south. you can see the clear skies on the satellite picture but in our neck of the woods, what we have this various strikes a cloud working in from the atlantic various frontal systems but we are over the next stone of her gap between those weather systems so one sliding away as we go through tonight and take ingrained with that and a lot of cloud left across other parts of england and south wales come a bit misty and murky for some as well. but mild, 50 degrees for plymouth,

cardiff and 16 in london and further north there will be that big cooler because the skies will be clearer and that is where we will see the best of the sunshine during tomorrow morning. we will keep you forever on a cloud in southern england and south wales and producing the shower, a small chance for a light shower, a small chance for a light shower in eastern england in eastern scotland. but for many it is a fine day tomorrow with sunny spells although they could cloud with very heavy bricks of rain in northern ireland do the second half of the afternoon. fairly warm with temperatures in most places between 18 and 24 degrees. during friday night, that rain in the west in northern ireland will sweep its way eastwards, and very heavy thunder reversed of rain, heralding the arrival of low pressure, just in time for the weekend. it is not going to look or feel very much like summer. it will be windy for the timea yearand summer. it will be windy for the time a year and there will be sunny spells but also some very heavy showers along the spells of rain, saturday morning will take our overnight ban of rain i wait northeastward split through the day,

a lot of heavy thunder ridge showers will pop up and if you do catch one of those to could give you a lot of rain ina of those to could give you a lot of rain in a short space of time. some sunny spells between the showers, high temperatures for norton whole, 22 and 23rd degrees. —— for norwich. if you sunday, low pressure still in charge. showers towards the northwest. better chance of staying dry the further south and east you are. it will be another blustery day in the windiest weather of all forces northwest of scotland. and forces northwest of scotland. and for most of us, it is going to feel fairly cool. 17 degrees for glasgow. may 223 in london and norwich. desh may be getting up to 23.

this is bbc news. the amount of plastic ending up in the worlds oceans can nearly triple by unless action is taken. face nearly triple by unless action is ta ken. face coverings nearly triple by unless action is taken. face coverings will become mandatory and public spaces, including post offices and banks. borisjohnson including post offices and banks. boris johnson says including post offices and banks. borisjohnson says the uk response to coronavirus shows the union is fa ntastically to coronavirus shows the union is fantastically strong as he visits scotla nd fantastically strong as he visits scotland for the first time since the general election. president trump to close hundreds of federal offices to tackle spiralling levels offices to tackle spiralling levels of violence, local media says his crackdown is unwelcome. former heavyweight champion mike tyson is set to return to the boxing ring against former champion royjones

junior. china‘s relationship with the west appears to have deteriorated further this week on two different fronts. ina this week on two different fronts. in a moment we‘ll look at the alleged mistreatment of the minority muslim people. but britain and china continue to clash for hong kong. the chinese government says it is considering not recognising the british national overseas passports as legitimate travel documents any more. many are held by people from hong kong. this comes in reaction to love those of the british overseas national passports to apply for special visas to live in britain and become uk citizens. here‘s the foreign minister. the uk has

neglected china‘s argument and is politically manipulated the issue. it has broken its promise and violated international law and basic norms. the uk has intervened in both hong kong and china plus plus domestic affairs. the uk broke its promise first and so china will consider not recognising bno as a valid travel document. china reserves the right to take further actions. human rights commission. what happens if china does not recognise the travel documents? that in itself will be a breach of international law. the chinese foreign ministry says that it is us that is violating the agreement. but it is violating the agreement. but it is violating thejoint declaration by the agreement. but it is violating the joint declaration by destroying hong kong autonomy the big question

is how it will enforce it. are they going to stop everyone from hong kong from leaving? there was a chance under a conservative government to have done this was shallow absolutely. i welcome the fa ct shallow absolutely. i welcome the fact that we have done it now butlj would say better late than never, but we should have done more at an earlier stage in the situation now, it is in danger, if we go down this route, of being something akin to the soviet union stopping people from leaving east germany when the wall went up and it would destroy hong kong if they threaten to do this. they have changed the way life in hong kong works. broken parts of the declaration and a 50 year period post the handover, but can you not think that this is of the us not having available china to warn them not to do this? yes. i think the uk

policy on china has taken a dramatic shift in the space ofjust a few weeks or even a few months. partly because of the hong kong and partly because of the hong kong and partly because of the covid—19 pandemic and partly on the huawei issue in the minority muslim mission. and we were going to have a golden age but having that much for relationship, we should embrace this with china some years ago. a lot of these issues are not about the mistreatment of uighur muslims which we will talk about later was known about for years. suspicions over huawei when the government renewed the contract with huawei, it does seem strange that suddenly looking at things in a new light when it accusations have not changed. you are absolutely right. the conservative party human rights

commission which i have been a part of published a major human rights report on the inquiry that we carried out in the report was called the darkest moment and things got even darker still. but at that time, we we re even darker still. but at that time, we were largely sidelined and ignored by the government of the day. but there has been this coalescing of different major issues and at the same time, uighur hong kong and four way but i certainly agree with the palms of your question that we should have been recalibrating our relationship with china much earlier on. and we were kowtowi ng to china much earlier on. and we were kowtowing to china and now finally we are standing up. but it‘s rather late in the day. thank you very much for joining late in the day. thank you very much forjoining us. for many years the country has been accused of mistreating its uighur

muslim community. the australian strategic communities is the more than 80,000 uighur muslims were moved out of the west to work under coercive conditions in factories across china. a coalition of troops, accusing human rights watch and international are calling for the best known clothing brands to not use the forced labour used in the region which the of the world economy. but speak now to the founder of the coalition of genocide response and also uk adviser and he joins us live from west london. these are serious allegations. how can you prove the? your right to the difficulty and transparency because china has not been to allow people to come in and conduct their investigations. so, people have to make what they can from government data, from hundreds of testimonies from people with direct experience.

but mainly, from intelligence reports from what they can clean through satellite imagery and we now have really thick dossiers from a lot of reputable institutions that are alleging that what was going on in the uighur autonomous region is a state sponsored and organised campaign of forced labour being exacted upon uighur muslims. labour from that province, worthy being sold in euros —— in your estimation? about 84% of what is produced is in that region. that finds its way into the close that we are wearing and many of her high street stores are selling. the

issue around this is that we cannot be sure that it is been produced without slavery. in fact, increasingly, we are becoming concerned that it has and if that is the situation, civil society, government and just regular consumers have got to step up to the plate and say no more. we do not wa nt to plate and say no more. we do not want to buy products that have been sourced and made by slaves in western china. are you in dialogue with retailers? yes and many of the organisations working the anti—slavery movement and some of them are trying to step up their game in the uk did move on this in 2015 and we passed the martin slavery act which did have some requirement for businesses but a has to go further. we are in a situation where we are required by our legislation to have a turnover £146 million to produce a modern slavery statement in statement could be a lie and there would be no legislative punishment for that. it would be no comeback on that. after

have to move further than that and say look, if you cannot be sure that you do not have slavery in your supply chain, you cannot be in the uk market. you can be procuring government contracts. thank you so much forjoining us. the eu chief brexit negotiators says there‘s a real risk of trade deal that it will be agreed by the end of the year. after the latest round of negotiations, this at the two sites are still far away in the major sticking point being eu fishing boats to british waters. the uk government has confirmed that there isa government has confirmed that there is a considerable divide between number ten is a considerable divide between numberten in is a considerable divide between number ten in brussels but they are committed to more talks through august and september. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is the details.