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welcome to bbc news, i'm aaron safir. our top stories: anyone arriving in the uk from spain will now have to quarantine for two weeks. it follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain and the return of restrictions in some regions, including catalonia. india records nearly 100,000 new cases of covid—19 in two days. a chief minister is one of those testing positive. thousands protest at poland's decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. and tributes are paid to the veteran american tv star regis philbin, who has died at the age of 88.
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hello and welcome. the spanish government has insisted the country is safe for tourists. it follows the uk's decision to ask anyone returning from spain to quarantine for two weeks. there has been a sharp increase in spanish coronavirus infections, with nearly 1,000 new cases in the last two days. the new ruling means the travel plans of thousands could be thrown into chaos. paul hawkins reports. preparing to board the last flight preparing to board the last flight of the day from gran canaria to the uk. these are the first britons who will have to self isolate 1a days after holidaying in spain. we have known in theory that countries could lockdown, that countries could lockdown, that countries could go back on this corridor list of not been able to visit without quarantine, but lots of
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people i have been dealing with thought that it was incredibly safe, haven't felt endangered, and were quite shocked at the idea that there's two weeks quarantine when we get back.” am quite fortunate, i am a teacher. you are on holidays, then. that i have had to rearrange for two weeks, but my wife is with me, she works in the city and she is going to have to quarantine. that will impact her because she had been due to go into the office over the next couple of weeks, so she can't do that anymore. but the uk government has imposed the uk government has imposed the quarantine because of sharp increases in infections in catalonia, aragon and navarre, as well as other places. 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. tens of thousands of british tourists have booked holidays in spain. many are trying to work out what to do now, while others have already given up hope. i am a key worker, james is working full—time, so we couldn't get
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back and then sort of have two weeks straight off work. that's not possible, so although we could go on the booked holidays, we can't come back and then stay in a house for two weeks. that just and then stay in a house for two weeks. thatjust wouldn't be possible, so we can't then go on holiday, because we can't come back and quarantine for two weeks. some flights from the uk to spain have already been cancelled. what was hoped to bea been cancelled. what was hoped to be a big increase in tourism in the coming weeks now looks doomed. this is going to be absolutely devastating. there are tens of thousands of people who are booked to travel to spain tomorrow, and in the next few days. effectively, nobody is going to be going on package holidays, that families up and down britain are going to be faced with this awful choice — "well, we're not going to get money back from the airlines, because we haven't got a package holiday. what do we do?" and, of course, you've got hundreds of thousands
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of people, some of whom flew out today, who are now facing the prospect of having to self—isolate for two weeks when they get home. tourism accounts for ii% of spain's economy, with britons making upa spain's economy, with britons making up a quarter of its tourists. that is why the ca nary islands government tourists. that is why the canary islands government is seeking an exemption from the quarantine rules, and the spanish government is stressing it has the situation under control. but with flareups in germany and france, other countries could also find themselves subject to similar quarantine measures. paul hawkins there, and hejoins me now. this announcement came pretty unexpectedly. what have we heard from the spanish government reacting to it? yes, so government reacting to it? yes, so they have been quite contrite with their reaction. they have said that they respect the uk's decision but that the situation is under control. as you say, it came through very late on saturday with this midnight deadline, and the travel industry are very unhappy with it. they say that they weren't given enough notice. british airways and easyj et say notice. british airways and easyjet say they are
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disappointed, although they are continuing to operate flights. two of the uk's biggest tour operators have cancelled flights, where they say for those that are in spain already, they can still take the same flights back home. the london—based world travel and tourism council say it is for the travel and tourism industry, and quarantine does nothing to help restore consumer confidence. so they are unhappy with the notice that was given. they are also not happy that this plan is for the whole of spain and notjust the whole of spain and notjust the localised regions —— ban. but the uk government says that, look, public health is more important than the economy, more important than tourism. we have always said that we were going to act immediately on the situation in spain is fluid. it is evolving. the number of coronavirus cases is increasing so we had to bring in this ban straightaway. thanks for the update, and we will be checking with you through the night, i am sure. let's get some of the day's other news: the first hurricane of the atlantic season has reached land in southern texas. hurricane hanna, with wind speeds of around 120 km/h, could bring storm surges
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of up to two metres. there have been demonstrations in russia for the third weekend in a row in support of the sacked governor of khabarovsk in the far east region. tens of thousands of people took part. india has recorded nearly a 100,000 new cases of coronavirus in just two days, taking the total number of people infected to over 1.3 three million. that means that india now has the third—highest number of coronavirus cases in the world. reged ahmad reports. india's coronavirus case numbers have been going up steadily. it now has more than 1 million registered infections, the third—highest case numbers in the world. some days have seen record surges. the chief minister of the state of madhya pradesh has announced he is one of those new cases. taken to hospital in a motorcade, he posted on twitter that he had been admitted after testing
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positive, but was healthy, and urged people to wear masks and follow social distancing rules. india has been trying to deal with its spike in case numbers by implementing sporadic local lockdowns in some areas. it initially had a wider, strict lockdown, but the devastating economic and human cost forced it to ease restrictions. as it reopened and increased testing, case numbers surged. the reality of the spread of covid—19 hit home when a family described as bollywood royalty tested positive. aishwarya rai bachchan, her daughter and husband, along with her father—in—law — both men also famous — were taken to hospital. the news sent shockwaves around the country. but india's death toll has remained relatively low compared to its case numbers.
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the country is reporting a high recovery rate. some of it has been put down to under—reporting of deaths, but it doesn't explain the whole picture. it has experts perplexed, although they do warn the worst is yet to come. reged ahmad, bbc news. let's have a look now at the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic now. millions of american workers are at risk of losing vital unemployment benefits unless congress acts to extend legislation. the benefits programme known as the cares act was designed to help those suddenly unemployed due to coronavirus. however, that support officially ends this coming friday 31 july, with final payments sent out this weekend. prior to the bill, the average american claiming unemployment support received $383 a week. the bill gave each individual an extra $600 a week on top of what they already received. the bill also extended support to those who would otherwise not be covered by normal benefits. an estimated 32 million americans will lose out if that support expires.
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austan goolsbee is economics professor at the univeristy of chicago business school. he was chairman of the council of economic advisers and a member of the president 0bama's cabinet. thanks very much for your time. thanks very much for your time. thanks forjoining us. the clock is ticking. there is a lot at stake. are you confident that these benefits are going to be extended 7 that these benefits are going to be extended? no, not at all. you are right, the clock is ticking. it's going right down to the wire. but as you know, we are to the wire. but as you know, we a re really to the wire. but as you know, we are really in the middle of a presidential campaign, and historically in the united states, in the middle of a presidential campaign, the two parties cannot agree on much, because they want to beat up the other one. so i think you could easily get a situation where 30 million people are collateral damage in what is a
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political argument. they can argue about what the level should be. it has been $600 a week. hopefully they will do something, because we lost ten times morejobs in a single month than have ever been lost in the united states, more than 20 millionjobs in a single month. so there are a lot of people who are struggling not to get evicted from their homes and to put food on the table. soi and to put food on the table. so i think they have got to do something. one of the arguments we hear from the something. one of the arguments we hearfrom the republican side is that this extra money isa side is that this extra money is a disincentive, so people receive this money, it is more than they might get in their jobs, therefore they are not going to go to work, and that isa going to go to work, and that is a argument from the republicans for not extending it. what do you make of that? they have been saying that. i agree. the thing is, this is not a normal moment. we lost 20 million plusjobs in a single month. there are not mass hiring is taking place. there are notjobs hiring is taking place. there are not jobs available. hiring is taking place. there are notjobs available. if
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hiring is taking place. there are not jobs available. if this we re are not jobs available. if this were normal times, or as are not jobs available. if this were normaltimes, oras we come out of the back end of this, i think that issues like that, what are the marginal incentives, are totally relevant. at a moment of complete and utter shutdown and chaos in the economy, which is largely what we have had for the last three months, i think you threaten to do pretty serious damage. you are trying to make a theoretical point which i don't think applies right now. and there are millions of people who would happily go back to work if they could have their permanent job back. it isjust that could have their permanent job back. it is just that there are not permanent jobs right back. it is just that there are not permanentjobs right now, because everyone is in lockdown. a lot of countries went down a different route at the beginning of their lockdowns, and they had some sort of furlough scheme, where essentially companies were paid to keep people on the payroll and not make them unemployed in the first place. do you think the first place. do you think the us policy of increasing unemployment and if it's was the right policy in the first
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place? well, you know, for sure if you look at the labour market experience of other countries, in europe and asia, where they did more of that paying employers to keep people on payroll, they have had a lot better labour market experience that the us has had. the only thing that i would say about thatis thing that i would say about that is nobody had factored in that is nobody had factored in that — everyone thought that the virus would have decreased by now. no—one was ready for a massive resurgence of the virus, which has occurred mostly because of some bad policy choices here in the united states. but that resurgence of the virus has made this issue about what's the best form this should take a lot more complicated. because we did some of the paying employers not to lay off workers, but can we keep doing that for months upon months upon months upon years?
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probably not. so now everybody is trying to figure out, should we go into more lockdown or follow the european model, or what to do. and finally, this extension, potential extension of the unemployment benefits, is just of the unemployment benefits, isjust one part of the unemployment benefits, is just one part of the relief bill that is being considered. what other policies do you want to see and do you think would be most effective? well, a critical policy that i don't expect to see but i really wish that they would do more and it is that the states and the cities in the united states, in the federalism based system that we have, they are going to be suffering massively. their reve nu es be suffering massively. their revenues are drying up, and most of the states in the united states, all but one, have balanced—budget requirements, so they are having to raise taxes and lay off literally millions of workers in the face of this downturn. i wish there was more federal assistance to try to prevent it from snowballing into a worse recession, but i don't think there is going to
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be one. thank you very much for your time. great talking to you. a memorial service for the american civil rights icon john lewis has been held in his hometown of troy, alabama. he died last week of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. mr lewis was one of the ‘big six' civil rights leaders, which included martin luther king jr. he helped organise the historic march on washington in 1963 and served as atlanta's democratic congress member for 33 years. i think about one of my father's quotes. he used to say that the ultimate measure of a human being is not where they stand in times of comfort and convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge and controversy. but the ultimate measure was is it right? that's whojon lewis was. he always did that which was. he always did that which was right. from his heart ——
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john lewis. this is bbc news. the main headlines: travellers returning to the uk from spain will have to self—isolate for two weeks, as the country is removed from the travel corridors exemption list due to covid—19. india records nearly 100,000 new cases of covid—19 in two days. a chief minister is one of those testing positive. poland is taking the first steps to withdraw from a european treaty aimed at preventing violence against women. that's because — according to the country's justice minister — the treaty undermines what he describes as the "traditional family model." on friday thousands of people, mostly women, protested in cities across the country. from warsaw, adam easton, reports. poland's justice minister said 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,
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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 do not accept and which 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
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violence. even i've experienced it in some form, but i only recently realised this because domestic violence is not 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. slovakia and bulgaria rejected it over fears it undermines traditionalfamilies. the authors of the convention, the human rights watchdog the council of europe, say conservative and religious groups are spreading false narratives. it does not seek to impose a certain lifestyle on people, they say, nor does it include a definition of a family. adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. the veteran american television presenter, regis philbin, has died at the age of 88. mr philbin was the most prolific presenter in the history of american tv, spending more hours in front of the camera than any other television personality.
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he's best known for hosting the us version of who wants to be a millionaire and the long—running morning show live with regis and kathie lee, which later became live with regis and kelly. we'rejoined now from the us by singer deana martin, who was a long—time friend of regis philbin. thank you so much for your time, thanks forjoining us, and our condolences to you for the loss of a friend. just tell us the loss of a friend. just tell us about what he was like? oh, my gosh, and thank you for inviting me on, but it is dina, like dino, my name. sorry. that's all right. so, regis was the most amazing guy in the world. he was funny, he was kind, he was the hardest worker i have ever known, aside from my dad, who was just always, it seems like he was always working. but regis philbin was down to earth. he, gosh, he was
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a dearfriend of mine because he would come to my concerts, he would come to my concerts, he would come to my concerts, he would get up and sing with me, and in fact on he would get up and sing with me, and infact on my he would get up and sing with me, and in fact on my show, on friday live, i made a toast to him and sang the song he would a lwa ys him and sang the song he would always sing with me. he and joy we re always sing with me. he and joy were a joy to be around. they we re were a joy to be around. they were just... you know, down—to—earth, hard workers, and he was, he loves dean martin, and in fact, and he was, he loves dean martin, and infact, one of and he was, he loves dean martin, and in fact, one of the pictures that we have sent you is, "i am sitting on the dean martin shared that regis got from my dad", and that, he was so excited about that. we have definitely lost a true legend. and he was, as you said, in front of the tv cameras more than anyone, ever. but he loves that. in fact, than anyone, ever. but he loves that. infact, i than anyone, ever. but he loves that. in fact, i was on one of his first tv shows when he was
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the announcer forjulie bishop, and that is going way back. i have known him for many, many yea rs, have known him for many, many years, gone to his house, i was on regis and kelly. he was an amazing human being and i hope everybody knows that and remembers the incredible work he did all through his life, and charities, also, what he did force he was just one of the greatest guys, and he could sing, he could dance, and i would love it when he would sing withjoy, because you could see the love in their eyes. as i say, they would come to my shows, and in fact the last time, it was not long ago ata last time, it was not long ago at a jazz club in beverly hills, i was singing there and he and joy came and sat in the front row. he was just a truly remarkable person and i hope we a lwa ys remarkable person and i hope we always remember regis philbin,
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the rege. he was a good pal of mine. looking back over that career that spans so many yea rs, career that spans so many years, how did he manage to stay popular and successful over so many years when styles and fashions changed? you know, because he moved along with that. but regis had his own style but was classic and timeless, and he would keep up with things. he would keep up to date with what was going on. there was nothing that he wouldn't try. he was always trying to learn new things. he was always doing that. and i remember, he was very nervous to get up and sing. he didn't really wa nt to get up and sing. he didn't really want to sing you're nobody till somebody loves you because dean martin had done it, but he got up and did it anyway. he was out of his time. he would read, he would watch things. he was up to date on everything that was going on, not just everything that was going on, notjust on everything that was going on, not just on the everything that was going on, notjust on the great american song, the tv show he was doing. he read, he learned, he experienced everything. there was something about him that
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was something about him that was just timeless and classic, and it was just a dream was just timeless and classic, and it wasjust a dream to be with. even the way he spoke, he was excited. you would sit with him, it could be out to dinner on his tv show, and he would say something to you, he would just come out with something. he kept you engaged, he kept young people and older people, everybody loved regis. everybody in the world still loves regis philbin. it was just such a shock to hear that he is no longer with us, but we have all of his work. and dina, if you could share one memory with us, with viewers around the world, of what he was like, what would that be? you know, my last memory, when we were at my last memory, when we were at my house, my husband and i were at his house, i was interviewing him for a radio show, and he wasjust interviewing him for a radio show, and he was just so... interviewing him for a radio show, and he wasjust so... he took me around to all of the memorabilia he had in his home, and we stood under a photograph of dean, frank and sammy, the rat pack, and hejust of dean, frank and sammy, the rat pack, and he just told of dean, frank and sammy, the
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rat pack, and hejust told me, he put his arms around me and he put his arms around me and he said, i love your dad, and i hope i can be like him one day. and i said, regis, you are definitely right up there with dean, frank and sammy. a part of us. tears were coming down from his eyes and he hugged me. and i willjust never forget that. that wasn't that long ago. he was in good health, and j°y ago. he was in good health, and joy was there, and he was just a tremendous, kind, sweet, loving, hard—working individual, and i know that he loved his audience all over the world. indeed, and that is such a lovely tribute you have paid. thank you so much for sharing your memories with us on bbc news. my pleasure. thank you for doing this. the experience of lockdown in our cities has led many people to be much more aware of the problem of noise. after all that quiet and birdsong, the sound of engines and sirens seems all the more invasive. in paris, the authorities are taking the opportunity to step up their campaign against vehicles hugh schofield reports.
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noisy motorbikes. an old problem in france, and getting worse. but here is the new anti— noise brigade of the paris police for once doing something about it. bikes that seem to louder stopped, then after a check with a decibel metre, those that are above the permitted level are given a fine. translation: noise is a real nuisance for parisians, so we have decided to step up police checks in order to cut some levels in the public space. after confinement, noise is back on the agenda, and it is back on the agenda, and it is motorbikes and scooters in the firing line because they are what aggravates the public the most. this video shows noise levels and the number of people who are awoken when a bike crosses paris at night with an illegal adjusted exhaust. and how do you do that? adjust your exhaust? easy, according to mechanics. just take out the silencer. 0n
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small bikes, illegal exhausts give extra speed as well as creating a racket. 0n bigger bikes, it is really only about noise. translation: big engine, it isa noise. translation: big engine, it is a big noise, no? it is the problem with electric bikes. they may have big engines but if they do not make the noise, how do you know they have got the power? but it's not just police patrols have got the power? but it's notjust police patrols that are starting to clamp down on noise now. this is the prototype of the new system that should soon be rolled out across paris. it is a kind of noise radar, and eventually it will be able to impose fines automatically on vehicles that are too loud. that was hugh schofield reporting from paris. an experience i am sure many of us are an experience i am sure many of us are experienced with, those noisy scooters. let's see what happens there. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @aaronsafir.
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hello. after a saturday which brought us some torrential downpours, some thunderstorms, even a tornado, sunday is looking a little bit quieter by comparison. a lot more in the way of sunshine around for many of you. some will stay dry, but there'll still be a scattering of showers to hide from every now and again. and one or two showers have continued through the night into the first thing in the morning. a fresher feel, as well, but still temperatures in double figures. and with the sunshine on your back across england and wales, that won't feel too bad in particular. plenty of dry, bright weather here to begin with. a few isolated showers in the west in the morning, developing more widely into the afternoon. showery morning followed by a largely sunny afternoon for northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland. but more persistent rain will be arriving into the hebrides later on, and it's here where winds will strengthen
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to gale—force. elsewhere, though, more of a breeze around compared with what we saw through saturday. temperatures will have dropped, but don't forget — with a bit more sunshine and strong july sunshine on your back at that, it shouldn't feel too bad, around 17—23 degrees. coolest of all, though, in the north—west of scotland, where the strong winds, heavy rain will continue into the first part of the night. after a dry start to the night elsewhere, though, cloud and rain will develop in england and wales to take us into the monday will develop in england and wales to take us into the monday morning rush—hour. temperatures climbing again. could be down to single figures, though, to start the day across parts of scotland and northern ireland. so, a cool start to the week here. but here's the chart that shows what's happening through sunday night into monday. outbreaks of rain comes from this weather system. now, a little bit of uncertainty how close that'll get to northern ireland and southern scotland. it does look like we'll see some wet weather for a time, but that should ease for northern ireland later. heaviest of the rain, most persistent of the rain in northern and western parts of england, as well as across wales.
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the rain fairly showery towards the south—east, and it's across the south and east where we see the strongest of the winds, touching gale—force for one or two. temperatures, well down again on we'll see on sunday. and given the fact there'll be cloud and rain for many, too, it is going to feel distinctly cool. and a cooler feel as we go into the middle part of the week. that weather system clears out during monday night. tuesday allows a north—westerly flow to develop, coming all the way from the north atlantic.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: people arriving anywhere in the uk from spain will now have to quarantine for two weeks. it follows a sharp increase in spanish coronavirus infections — nearly 1,000 new cases in the last two days. the spanish foreign ministry says the country is safe, saying outbreaks are localised and isolated. thousands of protestors have gathered in cities across poland against the government's decision to withdraw from a european treaty aimed at preventing violence against women. the government says the treaty undermines what it describess as the traditional family model. and tributes have been paid to the veteran of american television regis philbin, who has died at the age of 88. according to the guiness book of world records, mr philbin spent more hours in front of the camera than any other television personality. the case for action on obesity
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has never been stronger — that is the message from public health england

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