this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. travellers returning to the uk from spain after midnight tonight will have to self isolate for two weeks as the country is removed from the travel corridors exemption list. it follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain and the return of restrictions in some regions including catalonia. it's a heavy blow for thousands who had made holiday plans and for spain's tourism industry already hit by travel restrictions earlier in the year. protests in poland as the government says it is withdrawing from a treaty on violence against women. thousands of protesters line

the streets of khabarovsk in the far east of russia in a challenge to president putin. 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. our top story this evening is that all travellers arriving in the uk from anywhere in spain from midnight tonight will be required to self isolate for m days. the decision follows a significant spike in coronavirus cases in spain. details of the measure come as the uk government confirms that spain is being removed from the travel corridors exemption list. in a statement the department of transport said that people already in spain can stay for the remainder of their holiday and will have to self isolate upon their return. the foreign and commonwealth

office is now advising against all but essential travel to mainland spain — the government says this does not cover the ca nary islands or the balearic islands because travel advice is based on the risk to the individual traveller and covid infection rates are lower there than mainland spain. earlier tonight the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon confirmed the measure for travellers returning to scotland from spain and said matters are ‘subject to change at short notice‘ and the advice is to be cautious about non essential foreign travel. in a moment we'll talk to guy hedgecoe in madrid. first to leila nathoo in south london. how much of a surprise is this that the government has made this decision? well, it certainly has come out quite short notice. the announcement was only confirmed earlier this evening, and it comes into force from midnight tonight. so only a very short notice period for all of those travellers coming to any part of the uk who will now have

the quarantine or self—isolate for two weeks when they return, having been under the impression it was safe to go to spain, along with a whole host of other countries. remember this rule of quarantining for two week started off as a blanket restriction, covering all countries, regardless of the infection rate, back injune, when it was introduced. then countries we re it was introduced. then countries were exempted and people clearly made holiday plans accordingly. at the government has been clear all along that they would not hesitate to reimpose quarantine measures if the situation in some countries changes. and i think that is what we have seen today. the flexibility and that quarantine policy continuing, but had very short notice, with only a few hours to go, the government back to enhancing all travellers from spain now should self—isolate for two mega weeks when they return. and other countries are still on an exemption list. is that likely to be reviewed in the wake of this

decision? well, i think what you are seeing is a very quick reaction now from an associate of the evolving situation and the developing picture in spain. clearly there has been some alarm from a spike in cases, and the risk assessment has changed. a new body has been set up during the pandemic to assess the threat level to the uk from coronavirus, and they have changed their risk assessment of spain. and, clearly, in allfour assessment of spain. and, clearly, in all four nations, they have acted together to change their advice. so i think if this is an indication of what is to come, clearly there will be very fast responses in future, should there be significant spikes in other countries in europe, or indeed around the world. thank you very much. we can talk to our correspondent in madrid guy hedgecoe. what has been the reaction to this

news? the reaction from the spanish foreign ministry so far has been to say that it respects this decision by the uk, and that it is going to maintain contact with the british authorities over this issue. but the foreign ministry has also said that spain isa foreign ministry has also said that spain is a safe place to visit, and it has underlined that these outbreaks of coronavirus in the country are very much localised, and under control. that has been the response from the spanish government so response from the spanish government so far. but clearly it is very frustrating for the spanish government, because of what this means for the tourism industry and, by extension, the economy. and have we had any reaction from those in the tourist industry? as you say, it is peak summer holiday season. this is peak summer holiday season. this is going to have a huge impact. is peak summer holiday season. this is going to have a huge impactm is. i think it is still quite early but i think we are going to hear a lot of reaction from the tourism

industry. already, it is an industry that has been hard—hit by the situation so far. numbers this summer in terms of visits to spain have been much lower than they would normally be for obvious reasons. and people in the industry have been talking about how devastating that has been. so, already this is an industry which was reeling from an extraordinary situation. and clearly the fact that this measure is being taken by the uk, which makes up nearly a quarter of the spanish tourist market, is going to hurt it even more. guy hedger go, thanks very much for the latest. dr daniel lopez acuna is an epidemiologist based in the northern region of asturias. i asked him whether he thought the uk's 2 week quarantine policy was justified by the evidence.

think it is unfair and unnecessary. i think doing it exclusively to spain, when we have other countries in europe that have similar or higher rates of incidents in the last seven days is, in my view, a problem. if you take sweden, it has a cumulative incidence larger than the one from spain. and we have several examples in europe along those lines. i think it is now more important than anything that countries within the european union, in the european economic area, and in thisi in the european economic area, and in this i would like to include the uk, work together to reduce the risk of asymptomatic positive cases that transmit the disease when they travel. and that requires doing testing of pcrs before people go to

these destinations. but we have not done this on a european basis. we have come in my view, rushed to fast for re—establishing the flows of tourists without the necessary bio—security measures. tourists without the necessary bio-security measures. you mentioned community transmission and localised hotspots. what other reasons do you think these certain areas have now got coronavirus operates? well, you have to analyse one by one. in the area of tarragona, most of it is attributable to temporary workers that are participating in the harvesting of the fruit. this is a high—risk group that needs be clearly targeted for running some reagent screening, to reduce the risk of transmission. in areas like catalonia, a lot has been associated through the night life, through the clu bs, through the night life, through the clubs, through the social

gatherings, through gatherings among the youngsters. and they are not restricting the physical distance, and the use of the mask. so i think we need to analyse, case—by—case, what is the logic of epidemiology to really act upon the causing factors. england's chief medical officer explained why the isolation has been reimposed. the latest data on spain shows there has been a sharp increase in cases, a sharp increase in the swap positivity, particularly on mainland spain. for that reason, the advice, as of now, from the foreign & commonwealth office, is that all but essential travel to mainland spain should be avoided. and that advice is given in respect of the risks to individual

travellers. but the other part of the advice is to consider the risks to the uk resident population as a whole. and for that reason, as of midnight tonight, people returning from any part of spain, including the balearic islands and the canaries are to isolate for 14 days at home in order to limit the spread of the disease into the uk. michael wilson is a brit who is in seville, having travelled there with his girlfriend to stay with her family. good to talk to you this evening, michael. what is your reaction to this news? well, it's very surprising. very frustrating. it's surprising, because when you arrive in spain the first thing you notice is that everybody is wearing masks, everybody is adhering to social

distance measures. so when you compare that with the uk, where under current government guidelines, things like wearing a mask wasn't mandatory, it is surprising that the reports are suggesting the cases arising in spain and the sort of isolation measures would be necessary for people coming from spain to the uk. and it's frustrating as well, because we obviously travelled before this decision was made, and now when we come back we, potentially, miss out on work and salary, things like that. you didn't think about rushing and taking a plane tonight? well... no, the weather here is glorious! i would say enjoy the next week. but it's very, very surprising decision, especially when you see that it is happening in local areas, it is small groups of people, and the

spanish government reaction is very swift. as soon as they spot any kind of spike, albeit a small one in a local area, they straightaway impose lockdown measures there, or they increase social distancing measures, whereas when you compare that to the kind of slow reactions that happen by the uk government, it seems as if perhaps more attention should be put on the uk's handling of it internally, rather than what is going on abroad. michael, how bad is coronavirus in the area that you are? of course, it is localised in certain areas. is it bad where you are? i am in seville. and here there is nothing in the new suggesting that cases are bad. like i say, when you go out, everybody is wearing a mask, everybody is adhering to social distancing measures. the restau ra nts, social distancing measures. the restaurants, the supermarkets, the shopping centres are all relatively quiet. so, people are staying on as much as they can. so, i would be

confident in saying that cases here are not as bad as the small local areas where they have seen spikes. michael wilson, enjoy the rest of your holiday in seville. hopefully your holiday in seville. hopefully you will get back safely. thank you. "the case for action on obesity has never been stronger." that's the message from public health england, after a review has found that being overweight greatly increases your chances of being hospitalised, or dying, if you have covid—i9. the report also found that overall levels of exercise have fallen since the pandemic began, and the lockdown has seen a rise in snack food and alcohol consumption. ministers are due to publish a new strategy for tackling obesity next week. simonjones, has the story the warning from health officials is clear. if you are overweight or obese and get coronavirus you are more likely to end up in hospital, more likely to become critically ill.

this graph illustrates the scale of the problem based on a study of over 19,000 people who have tested positive for covid—i9. it shows the bigger the bmi or body mass index the risk of intensive care increases. someone who is severely obese has over four times the risk compared to someone who is the normal weight. 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 if they also overweight have these extra chances of being really sick. although some of us have been using the extra time we have had on our hands during lockdown to do sport, evidence suggests overall exercise levels haven't increased. what has is the amount ofjunk food and alcohol we have been buying from high street shops. at this park in london despite no shortage of keen exercisers,

people admit the past few months have been challenging. i made a conscious effort to do more exercise and obviously with a little one, we have been getting out to the parks pretty much every day but i would say i have probably eaten more as well. once the bars opened, we have been overindulging probably back in bars and restaurants, i think it will settle down and we will get a balance. looking at the rate of obesity per 1000 people in european countries, the uk is among the most obese with 26.2 people out of every thousand considered obese. there is a call for more government support. they are expected to unveil a strategy for england next week which could see snack food promotions limited and a ban on tv adverts for junk food before the watershed. public health england is warning the case for action has never been stronger. we need to change, if you like a, the food culture so that people are encouraged to eat healthily. in the past, the government back row has

shied away from taking action. do you think it will be different this time? there is a need to the pandemic. the prime minister has spoken about his commitment to tackling obesity. so we are optimistic for the announcements which we are told will be coming next week. the aim is to reduce the amount of sugar on our shelves and in ourdiets. the headlines on bbc news... travellers returning to the uk from spain after midnight tonight will have to self isolate for two weeks as the country is removed from the travel corridors exemption list, due to covid i9. health experts have said the case for action on obesity has "never been stronger" because of the coronavirus pandemic. poland plans to withdraw from a european treaty that combats violence against women because it "acts against the traditional family model" the country's justice

minister zbigniew ziobro has said. mr ziobro said the government would start formal steps to withdraw from the council of europe's istanbul convention on monday. the previous centre—right government ratified the treaty in 2015. the current nationalist conservative government has pledged to defend "traditional family values". on friday thousands of people, mostly women, protested in cities across poland against the government's plans to withdraw from the convention. from warsaw, adam easton, reports. poland's justice minister says the government's opposition to the convention is ideological. it does not oppose its aim to combat violence against women. mr ziobro said the convention wants to force schoolchildren to learn about gender, it promotes lgbt issues, he said, and unfairly blames religion for causing domestic violence. translation: in this area of combating violence against women there is our agreement and full

acceptance of the provisions of the convention, but there are also provisions of an ideological nature in this convention which we don't accept and we consider harmful. poland doesn't need this convention, he said, because polish law is sufficient to prevent violence against women. on friday, thousands of people, mostly women, demonstrated against the government's plan in cities across the country. in warsaw, people protested outside the offices of a conservative legal group that opposes the convention. many held placards saying women's strike, a movement that successfully blocked the group's plan to introduce a total ban on abortion several years ago. translation: yes, i know people who have experienced domestic violence. even i've experienced it in some form, but i only recently realised this because domestic violence isn't always physical or sexual. so, yes, i do know victims of abuse. i think we need a discussion about domestic abuse, but not like this, going out on the street and yelling,

we need to actually discuss what we can do about it. many countries in this region have not ratified the convention.