this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the wait is over as gyms and leisure centres reopen in england but there's a warning up to a third may have to remain shut because of financial troubles. it comes as news being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from coronavirus.

the british grime musician wiley is dropped by his management after posting a stream of anti—semitic abuse on twitter. also coming up — new light shed on a royal rift. 30 years after a gentleman is agreement to split a lottery when, and one man shares his jackpot. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. indoor gyms, swimming pools and sports facilities are reopening today in england for the first time since lockdown began in march. gyms must follow strict hygiene and social distancing measures. some have warned they can't afford to restart because of the financial

impact of the pandemic. elsewhere — there are fears that a second wave of coronavirus could be imminent in spain. officials in catalonia have ordered the closure of all nightclubs after a surge in infections. the situation there has caused concern in france, which has warned citizens not to travel to catalonia. and south korea has seen its biggest one—day increase in coronavirus cases for three months. 113 new infections were reported on saturday — the highest number since the end of march. with our first report on the reopening of gyms — here'sjon donnison. forfour months, gyms, pools and leisure centres have laid idle. from today in england, they can reopen their doors, but with strict hygiene and social distancing measures in place. liz and phil gabriel run the key health club in keyworth near nottingham. they say the key to survival will be making people feel confident it's safe to work out.

we are very lucky. we have a very loyal but small membership base, so 20% of our members have paid throughout, which for us is phenomenal and we will be forever grateful for those people, but 40% have cancelled and 40% froze their membership, so i think the trick will be really as to who actually comes back and how quickly we get them back. but under new rules, they will have to limit the numbers. customers will have to make an advance booking. they will be encouraged to change and shower at home, not in changing rooms, and equipment will be spaced out and it's thought a third of gyms and leisure centres in england, including those run by local councils, will remain closed over fears about financial viability. the local government association says without more government support, tens of thousands ofjobs could be at risk. in blackburn, phil talbot had been getting ready to reopen, but not any more after the council delayed easing lockdown restrictions because of a spike

in coronavirus cases. it is so frustrating, frustrating for me, for the industry and for the people who come here as well, who rely on places like this for their mental as well as physical well—being. and in scotland and wales, indoor gyms and pools remain closed, although in northern ireland, they have already reopened. after examining existing studies experts say being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from covid—i9. the review of evidence by public health england found excess weight put people at greater risk of needing hospital admission or intensive care. and the risk grew substantially as weight increased. there are fears that a second wave of coronavirus is taking hold in spain. authorities in the north eastern region of catalonia have reacted by ordering all nightclubs to close down again — just a month after nightlife

returned following a strict lockdown. the situation has prompted france to advise its citizens not to travel over the border to catalonia because of the spike. paul hawkins reports. the beach in barcelona, the capital of catalonia. working out, even though this sign says sports facilities cannot be used. dining out but little evidence of social distancing. there are fewer people here and in the famous las ramblas compared to last year. and those that are out are wearing their mandatory masks. translation: you can tell that the spanish follow the rule on wearing the masks more. in belgium it is not so mandatory. here i see that everyone is wearing it. i think that people follow the rules and the rules are a little more rigid here. but not everyone it seems is following the authorities advice a week ago to stay at home unless absolutely necessary.

that's because catalonia has seen 8000 new coronavirus cases in the past two weeks. that's half of spain's new cases over the same period. while here in aragon another spanish region next to catalonia doctors have seen a surge in new cases too. translation: yes, we are under pressure because the icus are very full. we have one free bed for any patient that might need intensive care. that is why the french government has issued this advice. translation: concerning the situation in catalonia which is displaying worsened indicators for infection where as you know the health indicators are deteriorating we strongly encourage french citizens to avoid going there until the health situation improves. we are in discussion with spanish and catalonia authorities so that the flow of travellers in the other direction will be as limited as possible. which isn't good news

for the catalan tourist industry. the region in north—west spain shares an open border with france. last year almost a fifth of its tourists were french, making up 19.3 million visitors to catalonia in 2019. that's more than any other spanish region. as if that wasn't bad enough norway has also announced a ten day quarantine for anyone returning from spain. catalonia's nightlife has been blamed for the rise in new infections. from today all nightclubs, discos and event halls are closed for two weeks. the border meanwhile between france and spain remains open but it may not be for much longer if the surge continues. we can speak now to a spanish journalist, sara canals, who is in barcelona. what can you tell as about the

situation this morning? this morning it has been one week since catalonia implemented these new set of measures. there is no stay at home lockdown, as the one that we experience here during the entire crisis, but the measures here are strict. some believe they are too much. some believe they are necessary. people here are recommended to stay home and to avoid travelling to second residences. we have seen last week as well as yesterday how some cars are still left a way to their second homes, and meetings to ten people are banned. nightclubs are closed. the announcement yesterday that in the entire region bars and restau ra nts the entire region bars and restaurants are a limited capacity to 50%, terraces now forcing to shut down at midnight, cinemas, theatres, sports facilities and gymnasiums are closed. and some stores require prior appointment. it is extremely

sunny and that summer makes people wa nt to sunny and that summer makes people want to go to the beach. that capacity is also now limited. our police having to enforce some of this? you said that some people think it is too much. there is control but mostly what we have seen here in catalonia is that two weeks ago the facemasks were made mandatory. social distancing is guaranteed in public places with fines of up to 100 euros. while these are recommendations, the measures you were mentioning before. at some point police cannot force you do not go to a terrace, do not go to you do not go to a terrace, do not gotoa you do not go to a terrace, do not go to a restaurant. people, of course the activity is not as high as one month ago, when the economy reopens, and when we went back to this new normality scenario in spain and barcelona. but you still see a little. on the night clubs closing

01’ little. on the night clubs closing or being suspended, do you get a sense that the discussion or the public view in catalonia is that it is young people and their activities that are causing the surge? what is the public analysis of the situation? definitely. we have seen how most of these outbreaks have originated in parties, social gatherings amongst young people. also in family gatherings, which is very worrying. this is why this new measure of closing the nightclubs has been sort of well received generally. not amongst young people may be. this is also an issue. also, social responsibility will be key in these upcoming weeks in order to control these outbreaks. this is why and catalonia they have warned that if you do not follow that rule a stricter lockdown or stricter measures could be implemented. it is

trying to find this right balance between keeping the economy active but also ensuring safety. if nig htclu bs have but also ensuring safety. if nightclubs have to be closed, then they will have to be closed. but that might not be well received amongst young people. other origins of the outbreaks, maybe you can find it among seasonal workers that have been working and living in poor conditions. also amongst vulnerable groups. but mostly they have originated in parties and in social gatherings. thank you for giving us your time. south korea has recorded its biggest one—day increase in coronavirus cases for three months. 113 new infections were reported on saturday — the highest number since the end of march. the vast majority are of people arriving from abroad on two planes carrying south korean workers evacuated from iraq,

and an outbreak on a russian fishing vessel docked in busan. just 27 cases have been caused by local transmission. the duke and duchess of sussex have distanced themselves from a book which claims to give a detailed account of a breakdown in their relations with other members of the royal family. the book, finding freedom — being serialised by the times — suggests harry and meghan had felt their complaints weren't being taken seriously. a spokesman for the duke and duchess said they hadn't been interviewed or contributed to the book. the british grime star, wiley, has been dropped by his management following a string of anti—semitic comments on twitter. the musician, who was awarded an mbe in 2018, has been heavily criticised for sharing anti—semitic conspiracy theories and insulting jewish people. in one tweet he said, "i don't care about hitler, "i care about black people".

he also seemed to compare thejewish community to the ku klux klan. security has been ramped up outside the us consulate in the chinese city of chengdu — as staff begin to leave. removal vans entered the building this morning and the area has been cordoned off by police. chinese officials have ordered the closure of the consulate within 72 hours in what's regarded as a tit—for—tat move in the escalating diplomatic row with the united states. federal officials in the us have repossessed the chinese consulate in houston saying it was a hub for intellectual property theft. the bbc‘s north america correspondent david willis reports. at the huston consulate chinese staff cleared the building of documents and other materials. as anti—communist protesters gathered outside. us officials maintained

this had become a leading habit of chinese espionage. the action to direct the closure of the consulate in houston is taken to protect american intellectual property and american's private information. china, and it tit—for—tat move ordered the closure of the us consulate in chengdu. it caused allegations of spying on huston, malicious slander, and i clues deck and accused members of the trump administration of trying to stoke conflict with beijing. translation: their purpose is to smear and suppress china, divert attention of american public. the tricks of these us politicians will not fool american people and the international community. whilst relations between the two leaders have always seemed cordial, diplomatic tensions between the us and china have escalated dramatically in recent months, not

least over the coronavirus pandemic. the economic impact of which has prompted policy changes on both sides. there is a level of insecurity in china's leadership that has led them to become more reactive, more escalator, and also more risk accepting with other countries foreign policy. a lot to do here not with president trump, although the election is coming up, but also to do with what is going on in beijing. how much of this comes down to an ideological clash with president trump's america first nationalism, and how much it is an attempt to divert attention from the president's political problems ahead of the november election is not clear. but not since richard nixon moved to normalise relations with china in 1972 have relations between the two superpowers been quite as

bad. a singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the us to working as an agent of china, the latest incident in a growing stand—off between washington and beijing. people who want to go on holiday abroad are being warned not to book unless they have an up—to—date passport. a backlog of more than 400,000 uk passport applications has built up because of disruption caused by the coronavirus. officials say they ll prioritise emergency cases and those who need to travel in the next two weeks. the headlines on bbc news. gyms and leisure centres reopen across england but there is a

warning that up to one third may stay closed because of financial troubles. n ig htclu bs troubles. nightclubs in catalonia are ordered to shut amid fears the country could be seeing a second outbreak of coronavirus. and a man from singapore pleads guilty in the us to acting as an agent of china. us officials re possess agent of china. us officials repossess the chinese consulate in huston. let us return to this story on the reopening of indoor gym. people have been using the exercise equipment again but things are a bit different. you can probably see here some of the machines are out of use. that is for social distancing reasons. people need to stay apart. there is lots of signs on the floor

as well warning you to keep your distance from each other. hygiene is important as well. you do not have to wear a mask that you need to make sure you clean the equipment before and after you use it. ventilation is really important as well for venues like this. and there are some markings on some areas to make sure of where people are doing the exercises they have got their own area apart from everyone else. people have been queueing up for exercise classes. you have to book those and there are limits to how many can be in one class at one time. the same is true of the swimming pool, limited numbers. personal training sessions can also start again in gyms. jack has been doing training sessions. how has it been going? this is yourfirst doing training sessions. how has it been going? this is your first day back at work in four months. yes, a couple of sessions and, we are really enjoying it. social distance throughout. it will take some getting used to. it is just making

sure... you may not be able to attach them to correct what they are doing. exactly. we can portray that through demonstrations to make sure they get it as clear as possible. and for you how important is it to be back in their three again customer i am so happy, last night i did not sleep. i ran in this morning. as well as physically getting back to where i want to be, me ntally getting back to where i want to be, mentally as well is has a massive impact on me. i am so happy to be here. some of my friends have been coming here for 12 years. enjoy your time back here. a big crucial point for businesses in the fitness industry is how many people will renew their memberships again because there has been a drop off during the lockdown. people have got used to may be doing online sessions instead of buying equipment to exercise at home. or perhaps just running and cycling more than they used to. the industry needs those

membership levels to pick up again if businesses like this are going to remain viable. the challenge of social distancing, fewer people being able to do some activities. they will have to see how things go in the coming months to see how viable they can be going forward. and the financial pressures have been such that not every swimming pool been such that not every swimming pool, gym and leisure centre will be able to open straightaway. there have been warnings that some of them may have to close permanently. here at least there is evidence from what we can see here that a lot of people are keen to get back into gyms again and start exercising, as they have been doing before march. an example to us all. we will talk to you again later. some other countries reopened their gyms sooner ? let's take a look at how well has it has gone in italy — where gyms opened towards the end of may. lets speak now to jairo junior who works at a virginactive in sicily. his company, cross cardio, also trains fitness instructors to operate over the web.

hello, good morning. how is it going? it is going well. i am glad to be here with you again. i am glad for you and england to the start. that problem is that many clubs are not prepared to reopen. it is hot weather now. many people are not coming to the club stop what most of the managers are doing is trying to prepare for future business. the managers are doing is trying to prepare forfuture business. the first two months we reopened, for the first 30 days a lot of people come to the club, at the same time, what's to come into the fitness clu bs, what's to come into the fitness clubs, they realise, many of them

just quit and did not come any more. we lost a lot of clients because of the measures for containing. that is interesting. basically you are seeing people did come back when you reopened but then some of them did not like to have to be distanced, did not like the hygiene, the mass wheeling? exactly. that is a problem. that was a problem stop first of all, because you have a different kind of way with the gyms, most of the problem was coming back to the club, they have to have masks, the changing rooms, the to i lets, masks, the changing rooms, the toilets, are not really open in the clu bs, toilets, are not really open in the clubs, because the measures for us, the changing rooms you could not go at the same time. three or four

people each time. this kind of service just stops people come to the club because people are more afraid to come back. then together with the situation, also the season. it is summertime. many people decide to go outdoors for training. the clu bs a re to go outdoors for training. the clubs are now thinking about the future, what to do during this time to be close to people and make training at the same time. that is why online training becomes popular and people are looking for this more and people are looking for this more and more, even in italy.|j and people are looking for this more and more, even in italy. iwas and people are looking for this more and more, even in italy. i was going to ask you about online because i am guessing some people during the strict period of the lockdown got used to doing the exercise online, and presumably given what you have just described about the difficulties and inconveniences of the way gym clinic have to operate, some people think they might stick with online? many of the fitness

clu bs with online? many of the fitness clubs in the industry now, they have to prepare themselves for the future, raising the service for their clients. clients want to train physically but at the same time to train online. if the clubs prepare themselves given this opportunity, themselves given this opportunity, the for sure will keep people, and they will keep people more close to them. once they cannot come to the clu b them. once they cannot come to the club they can train with the club in the home. a new service for them. my company found this a great platform, to give this service for clients. people can come to the club, but if they are not feeling like it, or the messy market, they can train at home. i believe that will be the new trend for the future stop people are afraid. that is the first thing. second, new mindset of training. you can do it at home if you want.

fitness clubs to have to train at home, people like to train physically at the club, but it is a good option to maintain people close to you. thank you. we wish you all the best. thank you. president trump has signed executive orders that allow prescription drugs from canada and other countries where prices are cheaper, to be imported into the us. the president says this affects insulin and epi—pens, and that the move would "completely restructure" the prescription drug market in the us. the united states has announced it will hold the first formal talks with russia on space security since 2013. the announcement follows accusations from the us and britain that russia recently tested an anti—satellite weapon in space. moscow has denied the charge. facebook and twitter have taken down the accounts of several high—profile supporters of

brazil's president jair bolsonaro. the social media giants say they're following legal guidelines after a supreme court order. the users of the accounts include businessmen and activists — who have been accused of spreading disinformation. criminals are exploiting people s concerns and anxieties about the coronavirus pandemic to carry out fraud. that s according to one of the uk s leading fraud investigators. graeme biggar, head of the national economic crime centre, has told radio 4 s money box programme law enforcement agencies need more resources and a more joined up approach to tackle it more effectively. money box s dan whitworth joins us now from salford. what type of scams are we talking about? speaking in broad terms we are talking about authorised push payment fraud. that is a general

term for different types of scams. criminals trick, target victims into handing over a key personal details which then allows them to steal money from them. some figures and statistics. £455 million was stolen in this way last year. that is at nearly one third on the year before. the person you mentioned in your introduction is worried that number could be higher this year because of criminals preying on the anxieties of people and their concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. on the saturn in's programme we are looking ata saturn in's programme we are looking at a particular type of scam called impersonation fraud. that is when criminals impersonate people and try to pretend to be people from banks or government agencies and steal peoples money. we have got a fascinating insight into this because we have got hold of a recording of one of these frauds taking place in real time over the phone as commoners are trying to

steal someone's money. —— criminals are trying to steal. what do we learn? it is a fascinating conversation. the victim in this case is actually a bbc colleague of ours. she was recording the call because it was easy than taking notes. she genuinely believed she was speaking to her bank because not only do these criminals have efficient —— efficient and ruthless at thejob efficient —— efficient and ruthless at the job that they are technically savvy. it looked as though it was a ba rclays employee savvy. it looked as though it was a barclays employee that was calling. they sent text messages that looked as though they came from the bank. she was straightaway taken in. they had a 60 minute phone call with her. they got her fostered and panicked and distressed. they told her account had been compromised and they were, here to help her. this is all coming from criminals and false as you are looking to steal money in

the first place. they got her fostered and panicked so she was not making rational decisions and essentially got her to hand over personal details of her bank account. they took control of it and stole £1600 from her. so distressing. what else can be learned from that experience and from that call? we decided to plea out that call to a specialist fraud prosecutor. she said there is a lot of reverse psychology. for example, in the call, we here are a victim being warned about fraud, about scams, by the criminals who are literally engaging in fraud, unbeknownst to her, right under her nose, they are also polite, courteous, efficient. and whilst they remain calm throughout the entire call, alice was flustered and stress, that is how they want their victims, so they do not make rational decisions. what happened in the end, how is

alice now? financially she is ok because ba rclays, financially she is ok because barclays, the financially she is ok because ba rclays, the bank financially she is ok because barclays, the bank involved in this particular incident, investigated, realised quickly she had been the victim of a very sophisticated targeted impersonation fraud. they refunded her the £1600. barclays along with most main high street banks signed up last year to a volu nta ry banks signed up last year to a voluntary code which obliges them to refu nd voluntary code which obliges them to refund victims of fraud if they are found to be innocent. financially she is ok, she got the money back. emotionally and mentally, it is a different story. this only happened a couple of weeks ago. alice is struggling to sleep because she is worried what other personal details these kernels might have. do they know where she lives mr mack emotionally and financially, it is a very big problem for her. she has feelings of guilt, shame at falling for it. that is very stereotypical of fraud victims, they get those feelings of guilt and shame. but they are complete the innocent victims in this and they should not feel this way. one last word of warning, advice on this, if you get a call, and