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.

a court in hong kong has found a couple not guilty of rioting during last year's pro—democracy protests. the verdict could set a precedent for hundreds of others charged with similar offences. and also coming up. the two life—time friends who kept a 20—year—old pledge to share a big lottery win. the historic hagia sophia site has held friday prayers for the first time since turkish authorities ruled that 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 to a mosque in the middle ages, and became a museum in 193a. its return to a mosque hasn't been without controversy —

as paul adams reports. a vast crowd to witness a new chapter in hagia sophia's 1500 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 ends today. we have been waiting for the opening of hagia sophia for a long time and thanks to our president and the court decision today we are going to perform friday prayers at hagia sophia. translation: we are witnessing history today, the day hagia sophia returns to its origin. a moment of triumph too for turkey's president, a day to put other concerns of a fragile economy and political challenges and the effects of coronavirus to one side. his supporters compare him to the sultan who captured constantinople in 1163

and claimed this byzantine 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 west 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 moment painful, but mr erdogan says christians have nothing to fear, hagia sophia will remain open to all. byzantine mosaics depicting jesus and the virgin mary will be covered, but only during prayers. in an address full of references to the country's

0ttoman glories, turkey's top muslim cleric said a long period of national heartbreak had come to an end. but away from the mosque, not everyone was celebrating. some see the president's move as needlessly provocative. translation: i think it would be much better if it remained as a museum. yes, we are muslims, 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. this was a day for president erdogan to savour but for all the sense of triumph, today's move does little to foster unity in a country full of divisions. the british prime minister, boris johnson, has admitted that his government didn't understand coronavirus in the "first few weeks and months", acknowledging that there were things that "could have been done differently" in handling the virus. there have been more than 45 thousand deaths in the uk, behind only the us and brazil.

in an interview with our political editor laura kuenssberg, borisjohnson also said there are "very open questions" over whether the uk's lockdown in march came too late. what have you got wrong so that you get it right next time?” what have you got wrong so that you get it right next time? i think when you look back at this crisis everybody 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 i think probably the single thing that we did not see at the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted a symptomatically from person to person. that was not clear to us or to anybody. but i am, i have to tell you it will be plenty of time, by the way to look back at all the other things that we need to learn and an occasion to do that, but i'm very proud of many of the

things that people in our public services did, that members of the public did to deal with coronavirus whether it was making sure that we protected the nhs and having usable preparations and so on. many things we re preparations and so on. many things were cheaper but you are seeing the response was too slow because the disease was not understood?m response was too slow because the disease was not understood? is fair to say there are things that we need to say there are things that we need to learn about how we handled it in the early stages. i mentioned one thing in particular, but i think what people really want to focus on now is what are we doing to prepare for the next phase? but people also wa nt for the next phase? but people also want to know what happened though. this is in the past, laura. people wa nt this is in the past, laura. people want to know what happen, hindsight is notjust a want to know what happen, hindsight is not just a wonderful thing want to know what happen, hindsight is notjust a wonderful thing it's also a useful thing. people want to know what happened. 45,000 people died who have tested positive. what do you think the mistakes were? it's

right to knowledge them in order that they don't happen again. of course. you know we mourn every one of those who lost their lives, and our thoughts are very much with theirfamilies, our thoughts are very much with their families, and i our thoughts are very much with theirfamilies, 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 the term of those who lost their lives, the victims and their families is you who lost their lives, the victims and theirfamilies is you keep talking about this in the past, laura and we must now have a look back, actually we need to make sure that we are prepared for the future. and isn't that precisely why it is right to be honest about what happened was it very well be a resurgence. isn't that precisely why now is the time to be honest about

what happened and what went wrong? so that people can be confident that it won't happen the next time? and do you regret now that lockdown happened when it did? many people believe it might have been too late, you admit it but did not know how much of the disease had already transmitted. you are trying to come ifi transmitted. you are trying to come if i may say so, to run a kind of inquiry into what happened in the past. i'm not quite trying to run an inquiry uptrend trying to acknowledge what you got wrong. relook at the scientist the questions that you are asking are very open questions as far as i'm concerned. it will be time to consider all of those issues. laura speaking there to boris johnson. let's look at some of the day's other news dozens of journalists at hungary's leading independent news website, index, have resigned, claiming that the government is attempting to destroy their site. it comes after the firm's board rejected their request to restore the editor—in—chief, sobbolch dool, to his position. he was sacked on tuesday——a decision he believes was related

to his warnings of outside interference in the website's operations. malaysia says the us bank goldman sachs has agreed to pay out nearly $4 billion to settle a dispute over the troubled state investment fund, 0ne mdb. the finance ministry says that goldman sachs has recognised the misconduct of two of its former employees — claims that they deny. prosecutors allege that malaysia's former prime minister, najib razak spent much of the money on luxury goods. he's also denied wrongdoing. vietnam has banned the importation of wildlife and wildlife products to reduce the risk of new pandemics. it says it will also enforce a ban on illegal markets for such items, including online sales. vietnam has previously been accused of turning a blind eye to the trade in products such as tiger parts and rhino horns which are often used in traditional medicine.

the diplomatic row between china and the us shows no sign of easing. in the latest tit for tat move, china has ordered the closure of the american consulate in the city of chengdu. beijing said us personnel had interfered in china's affairs. it follows washington's decision to shut down a chinese consulate in texas, amid accusations from the us of spying and theft of intellectual property. joining us now from washington is scott kennedy, a china expert with the washington—based centre for strategic and international studies. thank you so much forjoining us in the programme. these tensions between the us and china have been simmering for a while, for the last two years we've been speaking of trade wars but this is rather an unusual act, isn't it? trade wars but this is rather an unusualact, isn't it? is trade wars but this is rather an unusual act, isn't it? is this a new frontier in the tensions between the us and china? it certainly is.

definitely as clean the tensions in the relationship. i think there is worse as they ever been, i can think ofa time worse as they ever been, i can think of a time that they have been this horrible. monday i would not have been able to tell you i could see a full rupture in the relationship but on tuesday following the us announcement about the consulate in houston i can see that. i can really see the path to that and so this is really troubling for the relationship and for everyone else involved. both sides are to blame, don't see an easy path out of this any time soon. you're describing a really, really quick escalation there. just a day that changed your perception. what is behind this rapid escalation or deterioration of the relationship? certainly you have two nationalist governments in washington and beijing. very protective of their sovereignty, very concerned about the other. and both have taken steps to not make

the other feel much more concerned. in addition to that you got what you already mentioned. the trade war in washington, the fear of china's technological ascendance, the behaviour during the pandemic and then i think you also see the shift and election strategy for the trump administration to shift blame of the pandemic to china and paint trump as tougher than biden. there's a sense among hawks within the trump administration that they need to hurry up and roll out a lot of harsh measures on china because trump may lose the election and biden would not necessarily pursue a less hawkish approach but he might be more disciplined, and so i think all of those things are working to see this escalation and pace of actions against china. and what do you see is the way out of this? you have the benefit of travelling to china and written about this relationship extensively. what is the exit ramp?

i don't see it from here but it has to involve some recognition from both sides that they are contributing to this. and a sense that the relationship, if it is maintained in trade and benefits their core national interests so that would require both sides addressing issues of climate change together, global public health issues together as in their common interests and that trade would reinforce those benefits, and that they can mitigate the risks. and come up with ways to do so. right now neither side is interested in trying to provide the type of reassurance to the other and it may just be that we see what happens in american politics and see if there's a chance for a reset after the elections here at the end of the year. and of course we will be following those developments closely. thank you so much for joining us from washington this evening. a court in hong kong has found a couple not guilty of rioting during last year's pro—democracy protests.

the ruling is being seen by some as a precedent that could mean hundreds of others avoid jail time too. last year saw many months of massive and sometimes violent demonstrations in hong kong. since then, china has passed sweeping and controversial new national security laws in the territory. reged ahmad reports. elaine to and henry tong standing outside a hong kong court, their hands are raised as supporters shout pro democracy slogans. the couple have just been found not guilty of writing during last year public protest. they were charged along with hundreds of others and faced seven years in prison. but now they are free. i was crying because a lot of people were crying, and itjust made me feel, it's a relief to hear that we are acquitted.

henry and elaine insist they were only providing first aid to people being tear gassed during one of the huge pro—democracy protests injuly 2019. they said they did not go near the front lines or act violently. the court believed them. saying there was no evidence the pair were involved. the couple own a gym in hong kong and before the trial they were preparing for the worst. henry even made a photo book for elaine so they could remember each other should they be separated by a lengthy prison sentence. the couple were married last year just days after being released from their first stint in jail. what was meant to be a small affair due to online threats instead saw dozens of family and friends show up. henry and elaine can now get on with their lives, but the couple say they won't celebrate while others are still waiting to be tried.

translation: we hope what we have been through can give them a little courage. can let them know that they are not walking alone. since last year's protests in hong kong, china has introduced a new national security laws which have some worried about the implications for trials like this. but others are hoping this not guilty verdict will set a precedent for many others facing the same charge. reged ahmad, bbc news. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the tokyo 0lympics postponed by the pandemic — but how certain is it that the games will take place this time next year? coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia. but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in spurn quantity, and an increase in malfunctioning spurn unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunch time, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is bbc news, the latest headlines.

friday prayers have returned to istanbul's iconic hagia sophia — for the first time since the museum was turned back into a mosque. britain's prime minister boris johnson admits the government didn't understand coronavirus at the start of the pandemic and could have handled things differently iraq's health system has been worn down by years of war and poor investment — and now it's being overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus infections, which were up by 600 % last month. fighters from the armed popular mobilisation units, which were formed to fight is, are now being mobilised to bury baghdad's dead, in a new cemetery in the desert at najjaf. reda el mawy reports. 0n the cusp of life and death. like many iraqis, jameela has endured much in her lifetime. her son has been by her side

for the last ten days. he is risking his own life to care for her. and he will stay until she recovers, or until she passes. in this battle, the doctors are heavily outnumbered. this doctor says he only has half the medics he needs. they are dealing with the double trauma of nursing the sick and putting their families in danger.

0utside, this man is helping someone find the remains of a loved one. before the outbreak, he was a taxi driver — now he drives bodies to the cemetery. none of the usual burial sites accept the bodies of covid—i9 patients, so he drives the bodies to the desert south of the capital, where a vast new city for the dead has risen from the sand. all 3000 graves are for victims of the virus. sadly, jameela, who we filmed with her son a few days ago,

did not survive. workers try their best to provide some dignity in death. the government has been overwhelmed. it has turned to groups who fought so—called islamic state to bury the dead. iraqis are used to conflict, and this fight will get worse before it gets better. reda el mawy, bbc news. if all had been normal — many of us would be enjoying the thrill of the start of the tokyo 0lympics this week. instead — because of the pandemic, the games have been postponed till this time next year. in the meantime, enthusiasm

for hosting the olympics in the city has waned. some people are wondering whether they will even take place at all. from tokyo rupert wingfield hayes reports: tetsuya sotomura is one of japan's best trampolinists. at beijing in 2008, hejust missed out on a medal. now, at 35, tokyo 2020 was going to be his last hurrah. but covid—i9 has killed his dream. "back in 2008, if the beijing games had been postponed by a year, i would have thought, 0k," he says. "it's another year to train, another year to grow. but now i'm 35, a year feels like a very long time, so i've decided retirement is the only option." there is another reason tetsuya is retiring. he thinks tokyo's new 0lympic stadium may never get to hold

an olympic opening ceremony. and he's not alone. a poll this week found only 23% of japanese support holding the games, even next year. by now, the buildings around me here should have been bustling with thousands of athletes from all over the world getting ready to compete against each other. of course, because of covid—i9, they're not here. this place remains a ghost town. but will it be any different a year from now? if covid—i9 is still circulating widely, if there isn't a vaccine, then how will it be possible to host an 0lympics here in tokyo safely? from brazil to india, south africa to the united states, covid infections are accelerating. medical experts here think there is little chance the pandemic will be over by next summer. if a very effective vaccine became available, that could be a game changer. even with the lessening of the spread of the illness

thanks to vaccinations, still it is more likely that the viral illness or pandemic will continue by the year 2021. the olympics is supposed to be about bringing the world together, but could tokyo be held without foreign spectators? senior 0lympic officials say absolutely not. they have to decide, do they want the games to go ahead or are the risks too severe to countenance it? in which case, i thinkjapan would probably propose, and the ioc would probably accept, a cancellation. last night, inside the olympic stadium, they reset the countdown clock. one year until the opening ceremony. maybe. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.

long—time friends joe feeney and tom cook who live in the us state of wisconsin, made a pact many years ago — that if one of them won the us powerball lottery they would share it. and now, decades later, tom's numbers came up and he's honoured the deal. joe — who you can see here with tom and their wives — said he was stunned when his friend called to say they were sharing the jackpot worth 22 million us dollars. let's hear what they plan to do with the money and how the pact came about. whatever the big winner comes we are going to split it, so we buy every week and, you know, not really thinking it would happen. that happened many years ago. interests continued. a handshake is a handshake. i can't think of a better winner to do it. i won the powerball the next day. what can i lose? a few bucks.

with friends like that who needs to win the lottery on their own. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @kacungira 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 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, gusts 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.

this is bbc world news. the headlines: the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan says 350,000 people filled hagia sophia and the surrounding streets for the first friday prayers since the building was converted back into a mosque. in an exclusive interview with the bbc — britain's prime minister borisjohnson has admitted the government didn't understand coronavirus at the start of the pandemic and could have handled things differently. beijing has orderd the closure of the us consulate in the city of chengdu, just hours after the american secretary of state said that washington was hardening its stance in its dealings with china. a court in hong kong has found a couple not guilty of rioting during last year's pro—democracy protests. they had faced up to seven years in prison. you are watching bbc news.

let's hear more now from the prime minister, who's been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg in an exclusive interview marking his first year in office. mrjohnson became prime minister after a tory leadership contest, but in december won a landslide commons majority in a pre—christmas election. the uk left the eu as borisjohnson had promised at the end ofjanuary, but then came coronavirus. we can hear more of what he had to say. prime minister, it's been quite the year. i know you want to talk about the future, but let's begin with the event that's dominated all of our lives in in the last few months — the coronavirus. what have you got wrong so that you get it right next time? i think when you look back at this crisis, everybody can see that this was something that was new, that we didn't understand in the way that we would've liked to in the first few weeks and months, and i think probably the single thing that we didn't 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. but i have to tell you, there will be plenty of time to look back at all the other things we need to learn, but i am very proud of many of the things that people in our public services did and members of the public did to deal with the coronavirus. whether it is building the nightingales and making sure that we pledge to the nhs. and finding the first really usable preparations and so on. many things were achieved but you what you are saying today is that the response was too slow because the disease was not understood ? i think it is fair to say that there are things that we need to learn about how we handled it in the early stages. i mention one thing in particular. i think what people really want to focus on now is what are we doing to prepare for the next phase...

prime minister,... prime minister... you're talking about this as if it is in the past. and it is not. it is the present. hindsight isn'tjust a wonderful thing. it is also a useful thing. and people want to know what happened. 45,000 people died, who have tested positive. what do you think that mistakes were? surely it is right to acknowledge them so they don't happen again? of course. we mourn every one of those who lost their lives and our thoughts are very much with their families and i take full responsibility for everything the government did. but you say we didn't understand the disease quickly enough at the beginning. quite understandable. but did you take it seriously enough at the start so when the third, fifth, seventh and 9th of march, you were shaking hands in public when the government advice was advising people not to do that. did you personally take it seriously enough? that is not what the government

advice was at the time. let's be absolutely clear. it was on the 3rd of march. sage said the government should advise against shaking hands. that was not the advice that was given to ministers at the time. but it is true that there was differences of opinion and there were plenty of people who were not aware in the early stages that it was being transmitted asymptomatically as i said. and 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, it is now, you keep talking about this as it is in the past, laura, and we must now look back, actually, we need to make sure that we are prepared for the future. and isn't that precisely why it is right to be honest about what happened ? we are getting on with our work in preparing for what i'm afraid could well be a resurgence in the winter months.

prime minister, isn't that precisely why now is the time to be honest about what went wrong? so that people can be confident that it will not happen the next time. do you regret now that lockdown happened when it did? many people believe it might‘ve been too late. you admit it you didn't know how much the disease had already transmitted. you're trying to sort out, if i may say so, trying to run a kind of inquiry into what happened... i'm not trying to run an inquiry. when actually when i think you listen to the scientist, the questions that you have just asked are actually very open questions as far as they are concerned. and there will be a time obviously to consider all those issues, but i think what the public want us to focus on now is what are we doing. the public has done an incrediblejob. they have helped to get working together and tackling the disease

and using the social distancing measures, following advice, collectively, this country has done an incredible thing to get the disease down to the levels it is at. but we all know that it can come back. and we can see what is happening in other countries, i won't name them, but you can see the resurgence that is happening. we know we are vulnerable. that is why we are getting on now with our preparations for the winter. the massive flu vaccination programme... but prime minster... stockpiling ppe. ramping up test and trace and making sure people get tested if they have symptoms. and it is of course very important to be prepared for the next wave but surely the best way to be ready is for people to be confident that the government will act quickly enough. the next time. wasn't there a pattern that developed over time? you said you didn't need to ban public gatherings and then you did.

the government said we didn't need to wear a face mask and now we do. you didn't pursue community testing and now you say that is vital. isn't this a story of delay? no. 0n the contrary... if you look at the timing of every single piece of advice that we got from our advisers, from sage, you will find that whenever they said that we needed to take a particular step, actually, we stuck to that like glue. well, maybe your scientists were wrong. maybe. maybe there are things we could've done differently. but i think what, and there will be time to understand what exactly we could've done, or done differently, but what i think the public want us to do now is to focus on getting the preparations ready, for as i say could be a resurgence of the virus this winter, the flu vaccination programme and the ppe stockpiling. and the drugs. and making sure that test and trace is ready. but we are also getting

on with our work preparing for the economic fallout. we will come to that in a second. in that preparation, if there is a second surge of this ghastly disease, this time, will the government actually protect care homes? the health secretary claimed that a protected ring had been thrown around care homes. you know that is not the case. we have done a huge amount. i mentioned... i mentioned the difficulty of asymptomatic testing. but actually, thanks to the fantastic work of our care home sector, if you look at what is happening the number of new outbreaks in care homes is massively down. and you saw the care home action programme. we brought that in a few months ago. it has worked. and we are testing every care home worker. so it will be different next time? we are testing every care home worker weekly. every care home resident every 28 days. we will increase testing both for nhs and care home workers. both symptomatically

and asymptomatically. so we are learning the whole time and what i would say to you is that yes, of course it is been an incredibly difficult time for the country. and yes, there are lessons to be learned. but i think what people want to see is a focus now on the next few months, how we are going to deal with the two things coming together — the medical crisis and the economic crisis. i'll ask about that in one second. also, this disease also affected you personally. did you think you were going to die at that moment when you were so seriously ill? i was very lucky. iwas... i had fantastic doctors and nurses in the nhs. one thing by the way that i think did make a difference is, for me and for quite a few others, is an issue that we are raising that we are raising today,

is the issue of being overweight. and that is why we need to tackle our national struggle with obesity. typically, our great country tends to be a little bit fatter than many other countries in europe. they ask about my own personal circumstances. one of the lessons i drew from that is the need for us to all be fitter and healthier and if we are fitter and healthier, we will also be happier. and here's the key thing, if we are fitter and healthier and if we lose weight, we will be better able notjust to withstand a coronavirus, but we will do a great deal to protect the nhs. that is why we will be bringing forward an obesity strategy. next week? very soon. what are your priorities now? after this roller coaster year. the priority is exactly what they have been and more so. we are doubling down. look at what happened.

i got elected on a programme to deliver brexit and unite our country and our party and defeat the then leader of the opposition. that is what we did. and to energise the country. now actually, what we need to do as a country is double down on that agenda. i am very proud of the things that we are doing. we are delivering the 40 new hospitals and there will be spades in the ground by 2024. we are recruiting 20,000 more police officers. we've already got i think between three and 4000 more. we are recruiting 50,000 more nurses. already 12,000 more nurses in our nhs. nurses in our nhs then there were a year ago. 6000 more gps. we have done things like stopping early release of terrorists. we have a new immigration system coming in. we are delivering on the priorities of the british people. we will build hundreds of thousands more homes,

help people to have the joy and the opportunity of homeownership which is been denied to younger people for such a long time now. we are getting on with our agenda. but what covid has taught us and it gets back to your earlier question about dealy, covid has taught me that for too long, this country has moved too slowly sometimes. we need to go faster. when we look at some of the obstacles and problems that we have as a government and a society, we need sometimes to be willing to push and to move things along. if we will have any hope of delivering the infrastructure that we need, delivering gigabit broadband to every home in the country, in the way that we need, then we are going to need to move faster. that is why we have set up project speed, that is why i want to see us doubling down now on that agenda of uniting and leveling up. that is the right thing to do anyway.

but it's especially the right thing to do now that we have faced the economic turbulence caused by the covid crisis. and so that is what we want to do. so you say what is the agenda now? the agenda is what it was when i stood on the steps of downing street a year ago. but we want to go further and we want to go faster. and the test for me, of success, of whether i have delivered on what i said to the british people, it will notjust be whether we have managed to get the hospitals going and whether we have the police out on the streets and all the things that we will do. it will be whether life is really starting to feel different and be different and be different, whether we are offering more hope and opportunity for people who entrusted us with their vote in 2019, from parts of the country that perhaps had never voted tory for a very long time if at all. that is going to be my test. that is my personal test.

and yes, the country has been going through a very tough time. and psychologically, it has been an extraordinary time for the country. but i also know that this is a nation of incredible natural resilience and fortitude and imagination. and i think we will bounce back really much stronger than ever before. and so there is one thing that we will be focusing on, particularly in the bounce back agenda. and that is the green industrial revolution, green technology, green jobs, and delivering on the low carbon agenda. and there, i think you have the chance to tackle all sorts of problems at once, not only the environmental problems, but also the economical difficulties and the need to create hundreds of thousands ofjobs. we can do it. prime minister, thank you very much indeed.

that was laura kuenssberg into an exclusive interview with primus to borisjohnson. now it's time for the film review with mark kermode. —— prime minister borisjohnson. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in the home and in cinemas. remember them? the big movie news this week was that the release of christopher nolan's tenet has been delayed yet again due to coronavirus. yet despite the shock waves caused by that announcement, uk cinemas are starting to welcome back patrons, with movies like the killer crocodile picture blackwater abyss now playing in theatres, and the russell crowe

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