this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. gyms and swimming pools reopen in england but there's a warning up to a third may remain shut because of financial troubles. it comes as new evidence suggests being overweight or obese brings a greater risk of serious illness or death from covid—19. further restrictions in spain's catalonia region after fears of a second wave of the virus. a singaporean man pleads guilty in the us to working as an agent of china as us officials repossess the chinese consulate in houston. the british grime musician wiley is dropped by his management following anti—semitic comments on his social media accounts. details of a royal rift as a new book claims harry

and meghan say they felt deliberately cut off from the royal family. and 30 years after a gentleman's agreement to split a lottery win, one man keeps his promise after hitting a £22 million jackpot. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — 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 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 advanced 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. being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from coronavirus. that's according to a new report from public health england. it found that being "severely obese" increased the likelihood of dying by a0%. our science correspondent, helen briggs, has more. lockdown‘s brought new challenges for those struggling with their weight. the chance for more daily exercise, but the constant temptation to snack. now public health england says the case for action on obesity has never been stronger. losing weight can bring huge benefits for health and may also protect against the risk of severe complications from covid—i9. after a review of the evidence, it's found that coronavirus patients with obesity are much more likely

to become critically ill or die than those with a healthier body weight. professor susan jebb at the university of oxford says the bigger you are, the bigger the risk. being overweight increases the chances of insulin resistance, it puts up your blood pressure and all of these extra pressures and strains on the body are likely to be part of the reason why people, when they contract covid—i9, if they are also overweight, have these extra chances of being really sick. nearly two thirds of adults in the uk are heavier than they should be. if everyone were to lose a few pounds, this could have a big effect on reducing our overall risk, but many people need help and support to lose weight. the report calls for government action on curbing obesity. we know that people have the intention to improve things, but you get tripped up all the time. you go through a checkout and you often are faced with bars of chocolate on special offer,

for example, and those undermine what you intend to do, so we know that people need help. more details about the government's obesity strategy are expected next week. it's thought they will include new restrictions on howjunk food is promoted and advertised. officials in catalonia in north—eastern spain have ordered the closure of all nightclubs amid fears the country could be experiencing a second wave of coronavirus. yesterday, barely one month after spain ended in a state of emergency, its health ministry reported more than 900 new infections. france has advised 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. over to bus line at live in a few minutes, but first let's look at other stories. 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 british grime star, wiley, has been dropped by his management following a string of anti—semitic comments on twitter.

and instagram. 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. wiley appeared to be given a temporary ban from twitter but is now allowed back on his account. we've asked twitter for a response but haven't heard back yet. lord mann is an adviser to the government on anti semitism and says wiley should be removed from the platform. this is a deluge of hatred. many, many this is a deluge of hatred. many, ma ny tweets this is a deluge of hatred. many, many tweets on instagram as well, there is some hateful stuff. and it breaches their conditions. it is with the metropolitan police, because some of it references a

violent attack in london on a jewish rabbi in some detail, and i would say that it is glorifying the attack and how it is worded. so that is an issue for the police, but it is also an issue directly for these internet companies, twitter and facebook. they should remove him. that breaches all their standards. it is not even marginal. disputed —— this putrid hatred which is going on, he seems to be having some what of a meltdown because this has been going on with thousands of tweets for many, on with thousands of tweets for any on with thousands of tweets for many, many hours. it will soon be approaching 2a hours. i think he needs some help. and what it is doing is encouraging others to put out hatred as well, with others weighing in, including far right

fascist groups who are weighing in with holocaust denial and other such hatred on the back of what he is doing. it is appalling. he needs to be removed. esperanca casas is a perfumer who has a shop in the old town of barcelona. she joins me now from the city. it must be quite challenging for everybody. it must be quite challenging for you. tell us the situation today. the thing is that if the health care system does not work, we will go on, but we have a surety in the sense that we are not able to plan anything because we do not know what will happen next in the ten days, of economical damage. obviously the lockdown was lifted and there were hopes that something ofa and there were hopes that something of a tourism season might be

recovered, and tourism is so important for barcelona, so important for barcelona, so important for barcelona, so important for your business. are there any tourists given the new restrictions? very few. the thing is that small businesses, and shops like mine, are closed or are battling to keep us open. because all the cultural tourism will come next year, we know that. so you both sell perfume and you do one to one training for would—be perfume yeas. are both aspects of your business is hit hard? i have to adapt to new situations in the meantime, to make individual classes, and the only change is the masks and a screen so

that they can smell, but we adapt to other rules of course as well. we are going to leave it there because we have to move on with the rest of the news, but we wish you all the very best. thank you. the headlines on bbc news. james, leisure centres reopening across england but there isa reopening across england but there is a warning up to one third could stay closed because of a financial troubles. authorities announce further restrictions in spain's catalonia amid fears of a second wave of the virus. a singaporean man pleads guilty in the us to working as an agent of china. us officials re possess as an agent of china. us officials repossess the chinese consulate in houston. 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. 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 houston consulate chinese staff cleared the building of documents and other materials as anti—communist protesters gathered outside.

us officials maintained the mission had become a leading hubof chinese espionage. —— hubfor. the action to direct the closure of the consulate in houston was taken to protect american intellectual property and america ns' private information. china, in a tit—for—tat move ordered the closure of the us consulate in chengdu. it called allegations of spying on behalf of staff at the houston consulate malicious slander, and accused members of the trump administration of trying to stoke conflict with beijing. translation: their purpose is to smear and suppress china, divert the attention of american public and seek gains in us domestic politics. 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 escalatory, and also more risk—accepting when it comes to other countries and foreign policy around the world. a lot has to do here not so much with president trump, although an election is coming up, but also more 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. and in further sign of the growing stand off between washington and beijing, a singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the us to working as an agent of the chinese government. jun wei yeo also known as dickson yeo was charged with using his political consultancy in america as a front to collect information for china. he'll be sentenced in october. now, a teacher who delivered more than 7000 packed lunches during the lockdown to pupils at their homes — has set himself a new goal. zane powles is the assistant head at western primary school in grimsby, he walked about five miles each day to drop off the free school meals to his students and to check on their welfare. he is now embarking on a new challenge to cycle unsupported, around the capital city castles of the british isles to raise money for children who have limited access to adequate food and activity

throughout school holiday periods. well, zane set off early this morning and we can speak to him now... he is taking a break to talk to us. so much to talk about, but before we move on to your current project, i wa nt to move on to your current project, i want to ask about the packed lunches. obviously you were doing that for very many months during lockdown. why did you stop?|j that for very many months during lockdown. why did you stop? i didn't stop. it was the summer holidays anyway, and we were able to support pa rents, anyway, and we were able to support parents, because the free school meal project finishes during the summer as well. if we had not got the vouchers, we probably would have carried on. we are looking at lovely pictures of you in your pink tutu with your free school meals in bags. well done to you. when you went to talk to your pupils, how was their state of mind ? talk to your pupils, how was their state of mind? how happy did you find them? how well where they?

state of mind? how happy did you find them? how well where they7m changed throughout the week. at the beginning, the children that it was great and a novelty, but gradually as the weeks progressed in the lockdown, parents and children were struggling having to stay in the house all the time, so you could see their mental health deteriorating, children missing their friends and at school, so the first five or six weeks were tougher for everybody, but i did what i could to make them laugh and support them. well done, you. and now you have embarked on this new challenge. why a capital city castle is? what is that about? ijust city castle is? what is that about? i just wanted to city castle is? what is that about? ijust wanted to buy quite city castle is? what is that about? i just wanted to buy quite far, and... andi i just wanted to buy quite far, and... and i was thinking about where could i go, what places could igo to? i where could i go, what places could i go to? i thought about castles, surely every capital city has a castle, and yes they do, so then i worked out it would be about 1500 miles, soi worked out it would be about 1500

miles, so i thought i will bite all around them. that is the reason i chose castles. that you are not doing it in your to do this time. chose castles. that you are not doing it in your to do this timelj was going to this morning, but i was ina bit was going to this morning, but i was in a bit of was going to this morning, but i was ina bit ofa was going to this morning, but i was in a bit of a rash, was going to this morning, but i was in a bit ofa rash, so i was going to this morning, but i was in a bit of a rash, so i left it on the bed. i might get myself one once i get to edinburgh. so how is it going so far? just tell us what your state of mind is in doing this, what you are hoping to raise and when you are hoping to finish? feeling that at the moment. i am 35 miles n. cleethorpes tri club bite with me to the humber bridge, just five miles south of beverley at the moment... raising money for charity which is a national charity supporting children through summer holidays with food and activities, and also a charity in grimsby and cleethorpes called flag, that is through virgin money giving. you are a wonderful example to us all. we are going to let you

get back on your bike now. we wish you very good luck. come back and talk to us when you have completed the challenge. thank you very much. thank you for calling me. another cheerful story, about a cheerful and positive person. a lottery winner in the us has split his jackpot of 22 million dollars with an old friend because of a "gentleman's agreement" they made nearly 30 years ago. tom cook and joe feeney played the wisconsin lottery separately but they'd made a pact in 1992 to share any major wins. tanya dendrinos has the story. it's the stuff dreams are made of — cheesy grins and a cheque for $22 million. it's not every day you win the lottery. it was quite an experience. when i read the first two or three numbers and i kinda froze and handed it to her and she froze. and i said, are you jerking my bobber?

it is a friendship that has lasted a lifetime, so there was no question when it came to upholding a gentleman's agreement made almost three decades ago. a handshake is a handshake, man. we said whenever the big win comes, we would split it, so we buy every week, not really thinking it would happen. but it did. the odds of winning the powerball jackpot are estimated to be around one in 292 million and for these graciousjoint winners, it's not about grand plans but the opportunity to enjoy their retirement and make the most of precious time with theirfamilies. such a nice story. let us get some other news. president trump has a 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 allows insulin and epi pens to come in, 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. it says 2013. —— since 2013. it follows the fact of when russia tested a weapon in space. russia tested a weapon in space. russia has denied that charge. facebook and twitter have taken down the accounts of several high—profile supporters of brazil's far right presidentjair bolsonaro. supporters of brazil's far right president jair bolsonaro. the social media giants say they are following legal guidelines after a supreme court order. users of the accounts include businesspeople and activists who have been accused of spreading disinformation. president bolton are is yet to comment. in the uk, we are warned not to book holidays unless passports are up—to—date. staff are working through a backlog of more

than 400,000 applications as a result of disruption caused by the pandemic. here is our home affairs correspondent. the latest advice from the passport office is that people should not book to go abroad until they have received their documents, and those who do not need to renew their passports should wait until after the summer. ministers say the backlog had built up because passport offices had fewer staff due to social distancing rules. earlier this week, the home office revealed that passport staff were working through 126,000 applications with a further 284,000 still to be processed. officials say they have issued 6500 passports to individuals on compassionate and emergency grounds and say at some overseas applicants who have experienced delays will be able to claim refunds. passports will be delivered within five days if people have been waiting longer than four weeks and if they produce evidence they are due to travel in the next fortnight. danny shah, bbc news. quick reminder

you are watching bbc news. now time for a look at the weather. here is sarah. we have a fairly unsettled weekend on the cards. showery rain and there is glimpses of the blue skies out there as well. this is the picture in cambridgeshire a little bit earlier on, but for most of us, today will be a fairly cloudy affair. some of the rain particularly through the afternoon could be quite heavy and possibly thundery at times as well. cast your mind back one year ago today on the 25th ofjuly 2019, the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk was recorded in cambridge, 38.7 celsius. today, for many of us, about 20 degrees cooler than that. we are dragging in the airfrom the atlantic, the school a westerly air, following behind the cold front bringing outbreaks of rain through

many parts. low pressure driving the weather, sunny spells and showers rattling around that low pressure. south—east, the rain this afternoon could be heavy and thundery and persistent. northwards, some sunshine for north wales into northern england, northern ireland are likely to see the arrival of heavy showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. scotland will have a mix of sunny spells and heavy and potentially thundery downpours especially towards the east. temperatures, top temperatures around 19—21 for most of us but could be 23 or 24 with the warmer air in the east. as the third test continues, there could be rain at times but it should be moving through quickly on the breeze, so expecting a drier weather. tonight, heavy and thundery downpours clearing away, dry conditions developing overnight. further showers in the far north—west of the uk. temperatures are remaining on the mild side through to night, double figures. to start your sunday

morning, more sunshine than there was first thing this morning, but low pressure not far away, sitting towards the north—west. quite a lot of isobars are so breezy. heavy showers pushing on across western scotla nd showers pushing on across western scotland in particular tomorrow. later in the day, one or two more heavy showers in parts of england and wales. it will feel fresher than it has done in recent days, but there will be more blue sky and sunshine to compensate for the fresher temperatures. highs of around 17—23 for most of us on sunday. the new working week is likely to start off showery and u nsettled likely to start off showery and unsettled but for many of us turning drier and warmer throughout the week. goodbye.

the government of catalonia in northern spain has closed night clu bs for two northern spain has closed night clubs for two weeks due to a spike in new infections, with 900 reported on friday. south korea has recorded 140 new cases, the vast majority in people arriving from overseas. us federal officials have repossessed the consulate in euston after it was ordered to be caused by president trump. president trump has signed executive orders aimed at lowering what he calls exorbitant prices americans pay for prescription drugs. medication could now be