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this is bbc news. the headlines. the prime minister has admitted that the government didn't understand coronavirus in the "first few weeks and months" and has conceded there were things the government "could have done differently". looking back this crisis, you can see that this was something that was new, that we did not understand in the way that we would've liked and in the first few weeks and months. three teenagers are convicted of the manslaughter of pc andrew harper — killed just a month after his wedding — while responding to reports of a stolen quad bike. the way in which andrew was robbed of his life we all know to be barbaric and inexplicable. i am immensely disappointed with the verdict given today. huge crowds
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attend friday prayers in a mosque. more than half of england population will be offered the flu jab to decrease pressures on the nhs amidst coronavirus. rebecca vardy files legal papers filing her case. hello and watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has admitted that the government did not understand the coronavirus in the first few weeks and months of the pandemic. he suggested things could have been done differently. speaking as he marks his first full year in office, the prime minister said that there are very open questions as to
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whether or not the lockdown came into late. a change from the insistence of some of his ministers that the right decisions were taken at the right time. mrjohnson has been speaking to a political editor. we look back at this crisis, eve ryo ne we look back at this crisis, everyone can see that this was something that was new, that we did not understand in the way that we would have liked in the first few weeks and months and probably, the single thing that we did not see at the beginning which is being transmitted is symptomatically from person—to—person. that was not clear to us or to anybody. but, i have to tell you, and there will be plenty of time to look back at all of the things that we have to learn, but i am very proud of many of the things that people in our public service did that members deal with coronavirus. whether it is building
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the nightingales or making sure that we protected in finding the first reusable preparations and so on. but what you're saying tonight is that the response is too slow because the disease is not understood.” the response is too slow because the disease is not understood. i think it's fair to say that there things we need to learn about how we handle it in the early stages and i mentioned one thing in particular, what people really want to focus on now is what are we doing to prepare for the next phase. but people want to know what happened because hindsight is not just to know what happened because hindsight is notjust a wonderful thing, it is a useful thing and people want to know what happened. 40,000 people died and be tested positive, what do you think the m ista kes positive, what do you think the mistakes were was actually at his right to acknowledge them in order that they don't happen again. of course and we mourn every one of those who lost their lives and i
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have spoken with the families. and i ta ke full have spoken with the families. and i take full responsibility for everything that government did. there will be plenty of opportunities to learn the lessons of what happened, but the best way to honour those who lost their lives, the victims and their families because you keep talking about this like it is in the past and that we must not have a look back. actually, we need to make sure that we are prepared for the future and that is why we are getting on with our work in preparing for what could well be a resurgence and this. let us speak to our correspondence. a change in the tone for the prime minister? i think there was a change in tone. notjust the prime
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minister, the health secretary and said time and again that the government made the right decisions at the right time and i think there was a change of tone deaf and prime minister when he said, at least amongst the scientists, the question as to whether lockdown was delayed or whether it should've started exactly when it did. i think also there was an acknowledgement that perhaps the government did the scientific advisers did the government, did not understand it as well as they could have at the beginning, but nonetheless, they did not go into a lot of specific reasons as to why the government may have gotte n reasons as to why the government may have gotten things wrong so early on in the first few months the coronavirus crisis. it is up to labour, the main opposition party to put forward what they felt the government should have done better and so the health spokesman told us and so the health spokesman told us a little bit earlier that he had a full list of charges against the government of things they should've done earlier in things they should be doing better now. will be her
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singles borisjohnson be doing better now. will be her singles boris johnson catch be doing better now. will be her singles borisjohnson catch up be doing better now. will be her singles boris johnson catch up with the rest of the country and he said throughout that him and his government took the right decisions at the right time but that has not been true. we were slow on lockdown and still slow on testing and tracing and we have been slow on ppe, slower protecting care homes. welcoming for the prime minister is welcome that today. the prime minister is that if there was a delay in doing things because the virus was not understood at the time and a subsequent inquiry, the government will argue that he stuck to his words like glue to the scientific advice he got at the time. but the leader of the liberal democrats, the main opposition party has said tonight that this should not be an independent inquiry of coronavirus and if it is still with us, but it happened in the last six months should be learned. today marks one year since he became
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prime minister. but a year it has been. during the past 12 months, he has won a general election by a landslide, or to help negotiate a deal with brexit and on a personal note, got divorced and had a baby with his new partner. he was admitted to intensive care with coronavirus and what a list. steve richards is a political commentator and reflections on leadership, which cover every leader from harold to theresa may. steve, i've yet to write a book on borisjohnson's first year in power, what with the title be? the paperback of the book on prime ministers is going to include a chapter on borisjohnson. i can't thing of the title exactly, although the year he has had is been the most politically significant since they p 45. compared to all those other prime ministers —— since they p 45. compared to all those other prime ministers “1945. those other prime ministers —— 1945. he has been a wholly different in every respect, how he handled a hung
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parliament when he first, 500 years ago. all the time ago. a hung parliament prime minister usually woo their mps to keep the show on the world, he did the exact opposite. he withdrew the whip from famous prominent figures in his own party and one example of many how he has done things wholly different from other prime ministers of the modern era. indulge me for one second, where would you rank this? is first year against other prime ministers first years in terms of competence? in terms of competence, the virus would've tested any leader but i think he has not yet proven himself to pass that competence test as he did not actually acknowledging the interview, but began to recognise that there were issues in
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the early stages of his and the governments handling of this. but, in other areas it is quite interesting. some prime ministers with much bigger majorities than even him and he had a huge majority of the election december are quite cautious. tony blairfor of the election december are quite cautious. tony blair for example of the election december are quite cautious. tony blairfor example in 97 had a bigger majority than johnson has now come but move very cautiously on many different fronts. he has moved fast, brexit being a classic example. the former brexit —— form of brexit we are going to get in no deal is off the table, is a more hard brexit and theresa may and probably even those who voted brexit anticipated in that referendum. on other areas, the tories basically have been paying
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homage to margaret thatcher in different ways. mainly an economic policy and public service reform, david cameron and george osborne, yes and broken with, wanting nothing to do with austerity, he and his chancellor have used arguments about borrowing and spending as a way of growing the economy. these are arguments more familiar with those on the left. whether he delivers on this is a big unanswered question. steve, i'm sorry, can i ask you what, if anything has surprised you about him in the last year? the ruthlessness. i did not realise that he would be as brutal as he has been and we have an example a few days ago where she did not get his wish with the chair of the intelligence committee and julian lewis got it was a brexit tory mp and he was
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suspended immediately from the parliamentary party. the other thing is that he would have such a fear of scrutiny. i know him a little bit when he was a mere journalist and he occasionally appeared on programmes and presented certainly and the new labour era and he loved it. he loved the stage. but he has had a fear of scrutiny, turning down interviews, when challenged by its on site, the response with withdrawing the whip rather than exchanging discussion. brexit. because they knew they would just be sacked by his special adviser and that has surprised me. the ruthlessness in the fear of scrutiny of things that i didn't expect. the rest in the external events like the virus, no one could have anticipated and the historic implications of still being played
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out. plenty of material for the next chapter. three teeangers have been convicted of the manslaughter of pc andrew harper, who died in berkshire last year, after being dragged along a country road by a car. the officer, who'd been been investigating a burglary at the time, had married his childhood sweetheart just four weeks earlier, and today she spoke of her disappointment that the three accused were acquitted of murder. helena wilkinson reports. as the verdicts were read out, pc harper's widow broke down in tears. they had to listen to the most harrowing details over the past four weeks. he was killed while protecting the public just weeks. he was killed while protecting the publicjust doing his job. a warning that my report contains distressing details and flashing images. beaming on their wedding day lastjuly, flashing images. beaming on their wedding day last july, but just flashing images. beaming on their wedding day lastjuly, butjust four weeks after they promised a future
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together, it was so cruelly taken away when pc harper was killed. the teenagers responsible, 19—year—old henry, along with 18—year—olds albert bowers and jesse cole, seen here laughing after their first court appearance. the teenagers had that night gone to steal the squad bike and the owner watched on as the theft unfolded. form masked men were student make quad bike and i'm going out there. no, you said they have weapons. officers run their way, pc andrew shaw in the pc and true harper. this was the front facing camera of their unmarked police car. and the moment they found the thieves. you can seejesse cole trying to escape after unhooking the quad bike which had been attached by
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the tow rope. this is the rear view from the officers vehicle with pc shaw at the wheel. through the back, you can seejesse cole's lex as he tries to get into the car close we followed by pc harper in that moment, the officer stepped into the tow rope was dragged away. my call he got out of the vehicle, running up he got out of the vehicle, running up to the vehicle and i have now lost them. pc shaw gave chase and the officer stepped fest was a short distance away. for the time, getting updates from officers. a body of the rope caught in the vehicle. pc shaw knew who it was. that does pc harper i sidestepped this in the room. there is shown this way she was dragged for over a mile. they said he was swung from side to side like
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a pendulum in an effort to dislodge him. their case for murder was that the teenagers knew the officer was behind the car and had intended to kill him, but thejury behind the car and had intended to kill him, but the jury was not convinced and convicted on manslaughter instead. with the help of a police helicopter, officers tracked down the teenagers car to a nearby ca rava n the teenagers car to a nearby caravan site. as the arrests were made, henry protested his innocence. andrew andrew was taken from us. his life was stolen and the lives of his family and friends were altered forever. this crime, whatever the outcome deliberated over in court was brutal and senseless. the way in which entry was robbed of his life, we all know to be barbaric and
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inexplicable. i am we all know to be barbaric and inexplicable. iam immensely disappointed with the verdict given today. at his funeral, his widow told the congregation that andrew was a gentle giant with the heart of gold that wasn't the day that passed for they did not say they loved each other. it cannot be revealed that jurors had to be given special protection measures because police received intelligence that associates of the teenagers had planned to intimidate the jury. the three teenagers will be sentenced next week. the historic hagia sophia site has held friday prayers for the first time since turkish authorities ruled it could be re—converted into a mosque. the 1,500 year old unesco world heritage site was originally built as an orthodox cathedral — it was then converted
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to a mosque in the middle ages, and became a museum in 1934. now its return as a mosque hasn't been without controversy — as paul adams reports. a vast crowd to witness a new chapter in aya sophia's 1,500—year history. this grand cathedral turned mosque turned museum, once again a place of muslim worship. for older conservative turks, a moment of huge national and religious pride. translation: our 86 years of longing end today. we have been waiting for the opening of aya sophia for a long time. thanks to our president and the court decision, today we are going to perform friday prayers at aya sophia. translation: we are witnessing history today. today is the day sophia returns to its origin. a moment of triumph is well thought turkey's president, a day to put other concerns, a fragile economy, political challenges and the effects of coronavirus to one side. his supporters compare him to the sultan that captured constantinople in 1453 and claim
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to untying cathedral for islam. for the president's critics, it is all part of a worrying trend. this is a symbolic act of reversing the turn towards the western and secularism and establishing the fact that turkey defends the right of islam, as much as it defends its own national rights. inside, 500 invited guests attended prayers in a vast space revered by muslims and christians alike. the pope has called this painful but mr erdogan says christians have nothing to fear, aya sophia will remain open to all, he says. byzantine mosaics depicting jesus and the virgin mary will be covered, but only during prayers. in an address full of references
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to the country's ottoman glories, turkey's top muslim cleric said a long period of national heartbreak had come to an end. it is certainly a day for president erdogan to savour, i think it will be much better if it remained as a museum. yes, we are muslim. we need mosques in turkey. if they want to use it as a mosque, it is fine. but there is no need to argue with the whole world. it is certainly a day for president erdogan to savour, but for all the sense of celebration, today's move does little to foster positive unity in a country full of divisions. an expert on the history of the region and relations between
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christianity and islam. how much these statements to orthodox christians. when the church was built, it was the largest church in the christian world from us a thousand years we have lots of reports of visitors explaining that they were rendered speechless and breathless missing the beauty of the building. its architectural masterpiece has been standing for yea rs masterpiece has been standing for years and so, it is incredibly important central for christianity in history of the christian faith too. we have seen disputes in many places, is there a way where if you research a lot of countries for a single site to belong to more than one religion? well, i think these things are fairly straightforward, turkey has the right to do what it wa nts turkey has the right to do what it wants and cited some borders, but this is the site of special importance for the whole city of
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istanbul and this is a political move by him. much different than islam and christianity, it is about tu rkey‘s islam and christianity, it is about turkey's vision at a time where we should see this in a much wider context. what does a single building where it is pushing very decisively ina where it is pushing very decisively in a different direction and historians and scholars and people of religion, whatever your faith, historians and scholars and people of religion, whatever yourfaith, i think this gets, takes second place from the wider political statements that they are making with this move. are people right to make similarities between this and the ottoman empire? the ottoman empire was extremely tolerant and islam had specific protections for christians and christian churches as well and for making sure that christians were protected as they went about prayer, but with cities and locations being
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involved, things become more complicated so the question is, why when 86 years ago this was made into a museum that it works for visitors of the magnificent city as you know very well, it is a glorious location and a place of profound spiritual value, both with its christian origin, but also under the ottomans as well. in keeping it as a space seems to be very straightforward thing to do. so, changing this can be seen out of the context of turkey heavily engaged in the middle east and also very worrying territorial disputes with greece and what he is doing with the statement is not about his faith, he has not visited the site for 20 years, it is by repositioning turkey which is not considered multicultural were able to celebrate minorities and insisting the turkish identity is much more. outside ofjust looking
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at turkey but perks themselves. they have a long history of many minorities in different ethnicities and this is being taken over by varied dogmatic heart mind view of what the world looks like and erdogan's view coming in. the turkish government says that there will be pulled over, this ancient christian mosaics during the prayers and report back whenever visitors are there after it is over. does that some like a good move? lots of ideas and how that actually works as a mystery to anybody. i think the challenge with this from a historical point of view is that what you start covering things up, it becomes very easy to just paint them over get rid of them altogether. so, those of the types of preservation subjective look of her very carefully and scholars, those will be spending a lot of time
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thinking and working on sites like this and making sure that there protected is usually important. but when monuments can politicize, does not give anyone a great deal of confidence that the future is going to be preserving this magnificent building in the state of which it is. nhs trusts across england, it follows a series of reports since poor ca re follows a series of reports since poor care and some hospitals, the select committee has promised a investigation and how safe maternity places are. 44—year—old sturgeon died after the attempted assassination by poisoning of a former agent and their daughter. the high court has ordered the corner to reconsider what they should
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investigate. a video of thejohnny depp such as is ex—wife attack her sister has been shown to the high court. in the video which was given to the legal team last night, friends of her sister suggested she beat her. her body for bruises in the video, the actor is suing a publisher of the sun over an online article that labelled him a wife beater, which he denies. latest news and world health organisation, an increase in global coronavirus cases, a record increase in the total raising by 284,000 cases in the last 24 hours. the biggest increase in the organisation has been from the united states, brazil and india and south africa and that is according the daily report and deaths rose by 9753. that is the biggest single day increase since a record high in april the 30th. more
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on our website and do stay with us. hello. much of the uk got away with a fine friday but it wouldn't be the weekend without low pressure close by the uk, so, just as we have seen today with the weekend, there will be a few sunny spells around, but there will also be a bit of rain because here is the low pressure, it is already turning wetter across western parts of the uk and that rain pushes eastwards overnight and then showers of the weekend. so, some heavier bursts of random places of the go through the night, particularly in parts of scotland and northern england in the night. we will keep a good deal of cloud even from those areas where we see the rain clear and temperatures not going down too fast, a rather warm and humid night to come. so, into tomorrow, a lot of cloud for the morning, still some heavier bursts of rain, parts of northern england and scotland, many of us will brighten up as the day goes on, but there will be further showers breaking out and some of these
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could be heavy and thundery and these are bound to the east and southeast of england, which may merge for longer spells of rain. and as for those temperatures most of us into the high teens, a fewjust into the low 20s. blustery day, particularly around some showers and there will be some wet weather with the test match day too at old trafford. not necessarily though raining the whole time. it will be a breezier day as well, but if you're venturing out on saturday evening, still some these downpours to the southeast and also a few more arriving on western parts as well and going into the morning, still a chance of a few showers on sunday begins but some early bursts of sunshine around as well and they will be a bit cooler for the start of part two of the weekend and we will still have low pressure close by scotland, rain to its northwest and quite windy, blustery as well as showers into the northwest, some will track a bit further east as you go to the day, but not many of them falling into the southeast of england. these average wind speeds,
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just a bit higher it's 30 and 40 mph in some spots and temperatures, if anything, some days looking bit cooler for many of us. i will leave you with this thought that a year ago tomorrow, temperatures reached the highest on record in the uk, near 39 celsius. no one's saying that is an aspiration, just pointing out it is so very different from what we are having at the moment and it does look quite cool as go into the new week. initially, some wet weather, but it will turn drier and warmer for a time later in the week.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson boris johnson admits that borisjohnson admits that our lessons to be learned over the government's handling of the pandemic. when you look at back at this crisis you can see this is something that was new that we didn't understand and the way that we would have liked in the first few weeks and months. three teenagers are convicted of the murder of pc andrew harper, killed just a month after his wedding. his widow says his killer should have been convicted of murder. the way andrew was robbed of his lights we know to be barbaric and despicable. huge
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crowds attend friday prayers at the hagia sophia. it is being used as a spain may be experiencing a second wave of coronavirus, a government expert has suggested. and advisers has the contras tripled into a contagion in two weeks. her comments came as the country s health ministry reported 971 new infections in a one—day period on thursday, the biggest dailyjump since lockdown ended. this comes as the uk reviews its polities they can visit without —— which country they can visit without
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a quarantine. that list is being revealed i was —— revise every three weeks. they do not include portable, much to the chagrin of the portuguese authorities —— with me is the barcelona— based travel writer esme fox, and also, i'm joined by the travel guru jill starley—grainger from jet setjourneys. hello to you both. jill, bear with us. i'm going to start with as me. you're in barcelona. tell us how tourism businesses are dealing with the lack of visitors. it's been quite difficult for a lot of businesses here. i've heard that some of them had to drop their prices by around 20% because the locals can afford the tourist prices. i've also heard that almost one infour prices. i've also heard that almost one in four businesses might close due to the coronavirus. is the spanish government offering financial health of these
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businesses? yeah, there has been some financial help, but many people here feel it hasn't been enough. explained to us how important tourism is. you've got barcelona, the pyrenees, that is a place where tourism is a real source of income. tell us about that. it's hugely important here, especially for the city that almost all the restau ra nts, city that almost all the restaurants, bars rely on tourists. i actually just restaurants, bars rely on tourists. i actuallyjust came back from the casa barbara last week. domestic tourism there still needs international tourism. let's turn to jill. you can understand people's relu cta nce jill. you can understand people's reluctance to not just leave jill. you can understand people's reluctance to notjust leave their countries, but leave their homes in this coronavirus pandemic. countries, but leave their homes in this coronavirus pandemiclj this coronavirus pandemic.” absolutely understand that. however, the statistics are showing that spain right now is the number one spot for brits. load the flights
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have been booked to spain and plenty of people are travelling —— loads of flights. if you are considering to travelling to spain or france or anywhere else, the main thing i would consider doing is being sure that you either book with the travel company that allows free cancellations, particularly in cases of local lockdown. a lot of companies are allowing that. or making sure you have a travel insurance policy that will cover this, because i've actually seen a good news for travellers, a few policies lately have cancellation cove rs policies lately have cancellation covers for coronavirus. but do read the tees and sees very cover, carefully. it one cover cancellation like this. i think brits are travelling, including me.” like this. i think brits are travelling, including me. i can imagine this is the year where people are finally reading the small print in their travel deals when perhaps they would have done so in previous years. travel is still fun
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emma —— phenomenally complicated given how unpredictable everything is. the situation in spain, infections are continuing at people still set off in britain, they may not know the situation. absolutely. i'm in france right now, and i've driven over. the good thing about driving, if you are lucky enough to have a car or have access to a higher car. you can drive over. if anything goes wrong, it's a lot easier to adjust your plans. the fairies in channel tunnel have been running throughout the crisis. in limited numbers, but at least if you are ina limited numbers, but at least if you are in a car and limited numbers, but at least if you are in a carand came limited numbers, but at least if you are in a car and came over on a ferry or tunnel, it's easier to get back. do you think about what might happen if there is a lockdown in that area you're either going to or where you are. you could get stuck there for a week or two. what's it like for people ‘s travelling to spain? i think it's quite difficult
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at the moment because people don't really know what's going to be open when they get here. for example, barcelona is closing a lot of nightclubs, barcelona is closing a lot of nig htclu bs, restau ra nts have barcelona is closing a lot of nightclubs, restaurants have been limited to 50% capacity again. i think they're just very unsure what the situation will be when they come here and if they will be able to enjoy their holiday.” here and if they will be able to enjoy their holiday. i don't know if you've been near the airport recently, our people checked when they come in with a thermometer? do they come in with a thermometer? do they have to swear? do you know how it works when people arrive quick although i'm not sure. i think there are some checks the airport.” although i'm not sure. i think there are some checks the airport. i think france is considering closing the border with catalonia, although it's not actually enforce. it is july the 24th. that might just not actually enforce. it is july the 24th. that mightjust be peak summer ata 24th. that mightjust be peak summer at a normal year, but we've now got five or six weeks or so before he hit september, which feels incredible when i say that out loud.
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really a brutal question, is it too late for the summer? i think for a lot of companies, it may well be too late. we've already seen quite a few travel companies go bust. it hasn't been big news because they haven't been big news because they haven't been at the top level, but it's been very serious news for people who lost their holidays. so the important thing to look for along with that coronavirus cover is when you take out travel insurance, try to get a policy that includes something called end supplier failure. what that means is if your travel company goes bust, whether it's a hotel or whatever element might be, that will protect you. unfortunately right now, that is more important than ever because for a lot of travel companies, they are still very shaky. given the current situation, i think we will probably see more bankruptcies unfortunately. can you just say that phrase one more time? it's called end supplier failure. try to get a policy that
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has that. about 30% of them do and if you're done —— yours doesn't, you can get it added sometimes forjust a few pounds more. 2020 is one of the most difficult years on record for people in barcelona and catalonia. our people thinking of hopes for 2021 and said?” catalonia. our people thinking of hopes for 2021 and said? i think most people are planning on travelling the summer within spain itself. spanish domestic tourism is quite the careful. i think most people are looking forward to 2021, because they're worried about the local lockdown here. looking to 2021. who isn't? thank you both so much forjoining us. the flu vaccine is to be offered to more than half of england's population this summer. 30—million free jabs will be provided, including to people aged 50 and over and children under 11. our health correspondent,
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catherine burns, has the story. it's not the virus we've all been focusing on, but like covid—19, flu can be serious. i can put a strain on the nhs and it can kill thousands. this year, it could come on top of the possible surge and coronavirus cases. which is why this winter, the government wants more than half of people in england to get this, the flu jab. or this, the nasal spray for children. the prime minister visiting a gp in london. there's all these anti—vaxxers now. nuts, he says. he can be clear on why the vaccination programme is being extended. —— could not be clearer. the reason is to protect the nhs in the winter months because obviously, we still got covid, we still have the threat of a second
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spike of covid, and it's vital to keep that pressure off the nhs by everybody getting a flu jab. normally it's free to those who are pregnant, anyone 65 or older or people with certain medical conditions. as well as pre— and primary school aged children. this winter though it will be extended to over 50s, children in the first year of secondary school, people who have been shielding and anyone they live with. plans for scotland, wales and northern ireland have not yet been announced. last year, 25 million people in england were eligible for the free vaccine, but around 10 million as not to have it. gp say it's a good idea to tackle flu had on, but real questions about how it's going to happen. normally during a flu clinic, this waiting room would be absolutely packed. right now because of social distancing, that only allowed five patients in the entire
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building. the programme will start across england in september. the nhs will invite the most at risk groups first and then eventually roll it out to over 50s. doctors say they might need to be creative to do this during a pandemic. we might have to deliver vaccinations and part. near shopping centres, car parts, where it is not in a confined building and also the capacity will be better in terms of social distancing. there's some optimism that handwashing, social and wearing masks measures that we brought into fight coronavirus, but also help stop the flu from spreading. catherine burns, bbc news.
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a covering must be it is compulsory for most people to wear a face covering in shops in england from today, but many retailers have said it's not up to them to enforce the rules. a covering must be worn in enclosed public spaces such as supermarkets, indoor shopping centres, railway stations and takeaways, with a fine of up to £100 for those who refuse to wear one. danny savage reports from northallerton in north yorkshire. like every high street in england today, new rules about wearing a face covering are leading to caution and questions. across the road in this department store, only 110 people are allowed in the shop at any one time if social distancing is to be observed. every single that's come through the door this morning has been wearing a mask already. we haven't had to ask anyone. there's been the odd person with them slightly down below the nose, just reminding things like that, but apart from that, it's all been fine. inside this store also highlights the variations of the rules. out here in the shopping area, you have to wear your mask, but when you come into the restaurant, you can take it off to have your food and drink. but you have to remember to put this back on as soon as you leave.
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many people are keeping their mask on between shops, although not everyone approves. if we weren't advised, i wouldn't be wearing them, to be honest. i can't see they have much effect. but the government says we should wear them, so we wear them. but mostly, shoppers are happy to comply. if it can stop the spread of the coronavirus, i mean, why not? it's not a big ask. it's a little something that you put over your face just to protect you and everyone else around you. it's important to tow the line. those of the rules, so that's what we have to do. i don't like wearing one, but no choice. this food shop will give customers a mask if they haven't got one, but they also won't be challenging people who aren't wearing one. we understand that people with certain medical conditions are finding it difficult to wear them, so we trust our customers to do the sensible thing, and we respect that. this co—op store near norwich as
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pa rt this co—op store near norwich as part of one national supermarket chain, which also won't be enforcing the new rule. it says it's the job of the police to do that. in bristol, most people in the shopping centre were doing as they been told and in scotland, face coverings have been mandatory for two weeks now. policing it isn't straightforward though. one person has been fine so farfor not though. one person has been fine so far for not complying. though. one person has been fine so farfor not complying. in though. one person has been fine so far for not complying. in wales and northern ireland, covering yourface and shops is still optional. back in england, this is now the norm. although traders stay they are very worried about the effect this will have on business if it is still the rule in the run—up christmas. tammy savage, bbc news. —— danny savage. mrs vardy claims to have suffered months of online abuse after implying that she had been leaking details of colleen rooney's private
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life. rebecca vardy, wife of jamie vardy is herself a well—known media figure. especially after her parents on i'm a celebrity. the last few months she says have been a torment as she revealed on the programme loose women. i've suffered severe anxiety attacks. i've ended up in hospital three times. because of this torment, herfriend, colleen rooney, the wife of wayne rooney. the trouble began when stories about coueen the trouble began when stories about colleen and wayne appeared in the papers. colleen began detective work and set up a private instagram account is accessible to one person. she then watched to see if the information she posted appeared in the press. a few months later, she revealed what she done. in her name, rebakah revealed what she done. in her name, reba kah va rdy. she's
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revealed what she done. in her name, rebakah vardy. she's not filed a claim for libel. she said she didn't lea k claim for libel. she said she didn't leak anything and that she suffered a torrent of online abuse, ridicule and also threats to both herself and herfamily. in and also threats to both herself and her family. in her court and also threats to both herself and herfamily. in her court document, she said she has been targeted by online trolls and attack on social media platforms, including but not limited to twitter and instagram. she said the claimant also suffered from severe insomnia. she was taken to hospital three times whilst fragment what she suffered ain't dumb anxiety again, —— while pregnant. even on the football pitch, it was a subject of chance. vardy says she didn't leak anything in various people had access to her instagram account. coueen access to her instagram account. colleen rooney's response so far has been a single statement through her lawyer saying...
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david sillito, bbc news. the us has recorded more than 4 million confirmed cases. at the same time, the uk -- confirmed cases. at the same time, the uk —— the country because my economic recovery has stalled. that's an unexpected rise after 14 weeks of decline. wall street chairs suffer their biggest one—day fall in almost four weeks. around 30 million workers, one in five are now collecting jobless benefits across the united states. these figures come as extra benefit payments of $600 a week are set to expire at the end of the month, but congress is currently debating an extension.
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robert rightjoined currently debating an extension. robert right joined me currently debating an extension. robert rightjoined me now from california. mr secretary, what hope is there for an extension to those benefits? there is some hope, republicans and the senate are under pressure from their constituents to extend the unemployment benefits. not only does the coronavirus extend to republican states, but also this terrible economic downturn which is the result of the virus is extending the result of the virus is extending the republican states as well. many of them are up for reelection in november and they are under some pressure. they are not going to be as generous as the democrats were in the house of representatives however. they signalled that. but i do expect there will be some extension of employment benefits. for those who don't know america well, how much money what a family of four need simply to survive every week? a family of four probably
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needs, it depends on the cost of living in various places around the country, and that depends largely on different costs of housing, which are quite dramatically different if you are on the coast. generally speaking, $600 a week is probably enough, maybe seven or $800 for a family of four, at least with regard to the midsection of the country. again, if you're close to the coast and higher areas, it's again, if you're close to the coast and higherareas, it's going again, if you're close to the coast and higher areas, it's going to be more likely 1200 or $14 a week —— $1400 a week. and that is way more than the $600 a week. are you seeing exa m ples of than the $600 a week. are you seeing examples of people in danger of losing their homes, worrying whether their next meal might come from? yes indeed. there is a very large danger. so far injuly, one third of americans, almost one third, 32% of americans, almost one third, 32% of americans, are behind in their payments on their mortgages for
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their homes or their payments of rent. that means with that number, one out of three americans, we are going to see really a catastrophe with regard to homelessness, unless the federal government acts quickly and dramatically. the economy at some point needs to get going again. asa some point needs to get going again. as a former labour secretary, how should people get back to work? the only big thing stopping this economy from functioning as the coronavirus. the fact that the trump administration has botched it so badly in terms of really controlling the virus in ways that other countries have managed, like italy or germany, the united states really is an embarrassment. the rate of infection, the rate of deaths, the rate of hospitalizations continues to rise. it's not as this —— as if we are getting this under control, quite the opposite. until it's under
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control, consumers are not going to willingly go into the shopping malls or theatres or into airports and planes. they're or theatres or into airports and planes. they‘ re not or theatres or into airports and planes. they're not going to be consumers nearly as much as they we re consumers nearly as much as they were before, which means in an economy where 70% of the economy depends on consumer purchases, we are simply not going to see the economy getting back on track anytime soon. has the pandemic crisis made america a reconsider the kind of safety net it offers? not yet. i hope so. again, many middle of america republican areas have been very hard hit, including texas, florida, nevada, arizona. these are places that are traditional republican wrong holds, but many people are singling to posters and others that they are now desperate. it's one thing to have your ideology, but it's quite another when your life is threatened, and with the livelihoods of your love
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ones are threatened. i think this has brought many people, certainly independents and conservatives around understanding the importance of having a competent federal government. secretary robert right, thank you. a mother of three has described how her 12—year—old son was arrested at gunpoint after he had been seen playing with his toy pistol. alice adgey—pong who lives in north london was asleep when armed officers burst into her home with sniffer dogs. she's been speaking to greg mckenzie on how the ordeal has left her and her family ‘traumatised'. so this is the gun. it's plastic. mum of three says things will never be the same after being held at gunpoint by armed police inside the family's home in north london last
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friday. the rifles basically, just aiming them at me, at my girls who came downstairs. they had those blazers on, sort of armed police attire. her 12-year-old son was handcuffed before being arrested and placed into the black of a police man “— placed into the black of a police man —— the back. he tells me he's too upset to relive the experience by talking about it on camera, but said they handcuffs plates on him really hurt and left marks on his wrist. he was scared to go to the door in terms of who could be out there. it wasn't just door in terms of who could be out there. it wasn'tjust one. there is at least three to four. just on him. obviously, he was immediately arrested, taken away from his family, not really understanding
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what was going on. she claims the police told her they were acting on a tip—off after a passer—by came through a window into her home said they'd seen a black male with a gun. they decided that level of force was necessary. i said why didn't you come to my house and ask? i would have let you in. obviously, i see in movies and i see it as the lasers on you, then you shoot. that's all i could think, we would get shot. at no point did i not think we would not get shot. —— did i not think we would get shot. i would say he should have a gun that looks like that, then parliament should band them and shut and allow kids to have them. the metropolitan police has apologised to the family and has confirmed that 12—year—old clyde was
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arrested then d arrested on suspicion on possession of a firearm. it later transpired the gun in question was in fact a toy bb gun. in their statement, they say the metropolitan police take all allegations of racism extremely seriously, and it has no place in the force. they add where the need to review or investigate the conduct ofan to review or investigate the conduct of an individual officer, they will do as they understand the importance of community confidence and impartiality. the matter has been referred to the independent police watchdog. before we go, long time friends made a pact back in 1992 that if one of them what —— ever won the us and powerful lottery, they would share it. and now, decades later, tom's numbers came up and he's honoured the deal. joe, on the right in this picture here, said he was stunned
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when his friend called to say they were sharing the $22m (£17m) jackpot. that is friendship. to stay with bbc news. hello, much of the uk got away with a fine friday. it wouldn't be the weekend without low pressure close by the uk. just as we seen today with the weekend, there will be a few sunny spells around. there'll also be a bit of rain because here the low pressure. the rain turning what are across the western parts of the uk. the rain pushes ease overnight, and it showers for the weekend. some have your burst of rain and places as we go through the night. particularly in parts of scotla nd night. particularly in parts of scotland in northern england later in the night. we will keep a good deal of cloud, even from areas where we see the rain clear in temperature is not going down too fast. rather warm and humid night to come. it to tomorrow, a lot of cloud for the
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morning. still some heavier burst for parts of northern england and scotland. many of us will write up is the day goes on, there will be whether showers breaking out. notice these down towards the east and southeast of england may emerge to give some longer spells of rain. as for those temperatures, most of them into the high teens. a few into the low 20s. there will be some wet weather on test match day two at old trafford. if you are venturing out on saturday evening, still some downpours down to the southeast. also more arising across western parts. still a chance of the feud showers as sunday billions, but there will be sometime around —— sunday begins. still low—pressure for scotland with drains toward the northwest. some will track a bit
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further east as you go on to the day, but not many of them falling into the east and southeast of england. these are average when speeds. somejust a bit higher. as for the temperatures, sunday is looking a little bit cooler for many of us. i'll leave you with this thought that a year ago tomorrow, temperatures reach the highest on record in the uk, near 39 celsius. i'm not saying that's an apt separation, just pointing out it's very different than what we have at the moment. —— an aspiration. initially some wet weather, but it will turn drier and warmer for a time later in the
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this is bbc news. i'm nancy kacungira with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. huge crowds attend friday prayers at hagia sophia in istanbul — the first time the site has been used as a mosque in over than eighty years — but many outside turkey are critical. been used as a mosque in over eighty years — but many outside turkey are critical. britain's prime minister boris johnson says that his government didn't understand coronavirus at the start of the pandemic and could have handled things differently the single thing that we did not see at the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted asymptomatically from person to person. that was not clear to us, or to anybody.
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