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the government defends its decision to bring back quarantine for arrivals from spain. it is a blow to tour operators and holiday—makers, but ministers say the number of new cases being reported forced them to act. we must take these measures to avoid the risk of reinfection in the uk given the serious spike of cases in spain. the restrictions in place in spain. the restrictions in place in spain already are really good. with the masks, with disinfecting everything, with hand wash in the shops. that's better than what we have in london. so it seems a bit crazy to be imposing quarantine. we will be looking at the infection numbers in spain and what we know of its new covid—19 outbreaks. also tonight: how the virus is spreading into rural india and putting intense
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pressure on already struggling health care facilities. farewell to this is bbc news. one of hollywood's great stays. we will be taking a look at tomorrow's's papers on a moment, but first, the headlines. the government has defended olivia de havilland has died. the decision to reimpose quarantine england battle with bat and ball to restrictions on arrival from spain, saying the latest data from infections across the spanish give them a victory against the west mainland meant it had to act. we must take these measures to avoid the risk of reinfection into the uk indies. given the serious spike of cases in spain. but the spanish foreign minister insists the country is safe to visit. he is talking to the uk about excluding the canary and the government has said it was balearic islands from quarantine. absolutely necessary to reimpose quarantine restrictions on arrivals and the two time oscar winner, from spain a day after the change dame olivia de havilland, who starred in gone with the wind, has died at the age of 104. came into effect with just a few hours notice. all four nations of the united kingdom made the same decision, after what the foreign secretary dominic raab described as a "big jump" in new coronavirus
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cases in spain. everyone now coming into the uk from any part of spain is required to go into quarantine for 14 days. the greatest concentration of infections is in the north east of the country. popular tourist areas welcome to look ahead as to what the in southern spain, the canaries and the balearic islands are seeing papers will bring us tomorrow, with relatively low infection rates. we'll report from spain in a moment us, joe twyman, and property and but first our business correspondent katy austin on what this means for personal finance commentator and ashworth, thank you both forjoining travel companies and individuals. us and lovely to see you as far away as you are. tomorrow's front pages then starts with the guardian which any hopes of a great summer says that holiday—makers are being holiday revival have taken a knock this weekend. the reimposition of quarantine measures on arrivals from spain, with just a few hours notice has sparked frustration, including among people who had just gone out to spain from the uk. you just don't want your whole life to kind of be upheavalled and have to cancel all your work, not be able to go to school. it's a lot of stress and hassle. the government said it was acting after thejoint bio—security centre and public health england updated their coronavirus assessments of spain,
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based on the latest data. ‘g‘e’e have belie". this. in. 3 targeted—r —— ~ —— — . ,, and decisive and focussed way. we appreciate the disruption for travellers. anyone who is at risk losing money needs to talk to their travel operator, and look at their insurance, but we must take these measures to avoid the risk of reinfection into the uk, given the serious spike in cases in spain. it was always possible the list of countries exempt from the quarantine requirements would change, but the removal of spain, such a popular tourist destination, is a nightmare scenario for the travel industry. tourism and aviation companies who have been hit so hard in recent months hoped people would start to book their summer holidays again. the fear will be that now people have seen how quickly the situation can change, they will be put off future bookings. the way in which it has been communicated in the last 2a hours is shambolic, and the consequences that many families are left asking lots of questions, they're stressed, anxious, need to know from their employer whether they will be able to isolate when they return from their holiday.
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thousands of would—be holiday—makers now face difficult choices. refunds are unlikely, unless there are cancellations. british airways is still running its flights. so is easyjet, which is offering rebooking or vouchers. but the uk's largest tour operator, tui, has cancelled all holidays to mainland spain until after august 9th. the uk airlines' trade body said the government needed to change its approach. it's a big blow. spain is one of the largest markets for uk passengers going out, and as you say, it was only a few weeks ago when the first batch of travel corridors were introduced from the uk, which meant you wouldn't have to quarantine on arrival, and really, for us that was where the recovery of the sector was able to begin, because before that, the airlines across the country have been grounded for the best part of three months. employers are being urged to be sympathetic to employees who will now have to unexpectedly have to self—isolate, but they are not obliged to pay those who won't be able to work.
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and while you would be entitled to statutory sick pay if you had the virus or symptoms, there is no such automatic entitlement during post travel quarantine. while calls continue for a more regional approach to the uk government's quarantine rules, the travel industry is bracing itself for more turbulent times ahead. katie austin, bbc news. the uk's decision is a blow to spain's tourism industry its government says the new virus outbreaks are being controlled and that the country is safe to visit. our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. for thousands of british holiday—makers, relaxation suddenly turned to frustration here in barcelona. it's a bit crazy, considering the restrictions in place in spain already are really good with the mask, disinfecting everything, hand wash in the shops, that is better than what we have in london. others think it's the right move. since the number of cases here in spain are rising,
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i think it is probably a sensible measure and i was expecting it. the decision has major implications for spain. britons make up nearly a quarter of all those who travel to the country. several parts of spain like barcelona are grappling with a resurgence of coronavirus, with a number of areas seeing a spike in cases. the spanish government insists that this is not a reason for tourists to stay away, and is calling for popular destinations to be excluded from being on the quarantine list. in particular our dialogue efforts at the moment are focussed around excluding from the quarantine measures the balearic and the canary islands, for two reasons, number one, these are islands, very safe territories, number two, their data is extremely positive, well below the data in the uk. despite the new restrictions, some
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in ibiza are happy to be on holiday. still going to ride it out. we are going to have a good time and deal with it when we are back. like you say, it is one of them, we need probably two weeks recovery. but for now, spain is paying a high price for the virus's continued spread. how much do we know about the source of spain's new outbreaks and how does the world heath organisation compare spain's infection numbers with other countries? here's our science editor david shukman who's been looking at the figures and the differing approaches to border control. a lockdown, strictly enforced, seemed to work well in spain earlier this year, because numbers came down dramatically. but since then, the coronavirus situation has changed. what's happening now is that there are spikes in different parts of the country. in catalonia, for example, home to barcelona and costa brava, there have been more than 8,500 cases in the past fortnight.
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but other areas are doing much better. the balearic islands, including majorca, have had just 92 cases over the same period. so how does spain compare with italy, and other countries that are popular with tourists? well, after a big rise, italy is now down to a few hundred cases every day. there's a similar pattern in france, though its infections are running at about 1,000 a day. by contrast, spain, with the recent rise, is now running at about 2,000 infections every day. so the risks of a resurgence are very real. so would it help to do more tests for coronavirus at airports as people arrive? in france, there's mandatory testing at airports for anyone arriving from a high risk country, including the united states and brazil.
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in germany, there is voluntary testing at airports, though it may become compulsory because there are doubts about people sticking to the 14 days needed for self—isolation. in the netherlands, they are trying a more targeted approach. anyone arriving from a very specific high risk area, including the city of leicester and several regions of spain, will be asked to self—isolate. so as the virus keeps circulating, there are bound to be more spikes, and changes in the way we respond to them. our science editor david shukman reporting. here, the latest official figures show that in the last 2a hours the deaths 01:14 people who had tested positive for coronavirus were recorded. in the past week, an average of 64 people per day died with coronavirus. let's head over to westminster now vicki young joins me. this change on quarantine means immediate questions for many people who are affected by this. what do
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you make of the government's approach? they are certainly not apologising. this shows they are acting decisively. these lockdown measures have been constantly under review, and ministers have said from the beginning that if circumstances change then measures can be put back in place. we've seen that in leicester, we've seen that now with travel to spain. the government knows how disruptive this can be. potentially hundreds of thousands of people having to quarantine for 14 days. the rules are pretty strict. you have to stay at home. you have to get other people to get your shopping for you if you can. and, of course, you can't go back to work. that is causing a lot of anxiety. labour are concerned that there might be employers who simply cannot afford to have people staying at home for two weeks. but this is the big test of these travel quarantine rules. ultimately you can be fined for disobeying them. but the government is relying on people to simply do the right thing. thank you
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very much. a12 week health plan that people can use to develop healthier eating habits, get more active and lose weight is expected to form part of the government's strategy on obesity due to be announced tomorrow. it comes after research by public health england found that being overweight puts patients with covid—i9 at greater risk of becoming seriously ill or dying from it. in india, the spread of the virus into rural areas is putting limited health facilities under intense pressure. despite rising numbers of infections, the indian government says there is encouraging news about the rate of recovery from the virus. covid—i9 has reached rural india, where hospitals are often just buildings with no staff or equipment. "bring oxygen", a woman pleaded, searching for doctors at a medicalfacility,
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in the eastern state of bihar. herfamily struggled to revive her father—in—law, who was unable to breathe. he died before a doctor could see him. many are asked to take loved ones to the nearest big city, patna, but here too conditions are grim. mani bhushan's uncle was treated in an icu, where there were dead bodies lying in the beds right next to him for nearly 36 hours. his family claims doctors rarely did the rounds. avdesh singh died a few days after the video was made. translation: the situation in bihar is so pitiful. the government says there are facilities, but you realise when you go to a hospital that only god can save your life. more than a thousand miles away, the scene is starkly different now in a part of india, the first to be badly hit by the virus.
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this is one of many field hospitals build in mumbai to treat covid patients. now that they've opened, people aren't struggling to find beds like they were a month ago. because of facilities like these, even with the highest number of cases in the country, mumbai, for now, is being able to cope with covid—i9, as is the national capital, delhi. but given its size and population, india is almost like a small continent and there's been a variety of responses to the pandemic. the eastern state of bengal has decided it will shut down for two days every week. madhya pradesh in central india has reimposed stringent restrictions. while this is an state of karnataka lifted a planned lockdown because of economic compulsions. india will never reach simultaneously a peak. each area will have its own peak.
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the higher the density, the higher the peak. as coronavirus spreads rapidly, floods have killed scores in the country. the threat of disease, even higher during india's rainy season. yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. president trump has declared a state of emergency in texas, after hurricane hanna lashed the area with rain and high wind. the state governor has issued a disaster declaration for 32 counties, saying the coronavirus outbreak would complicate the work of the emergency services. a prominent microbiologist who diagnosed early coronavirus cases in china has told the bbc he believes local officials covered up the scale of the initial outbreak. professor kwok yung—yuen, who was part of an investigation team in wuhan injanuary, says there were gaps in the action taken and a reluctance to acknowledge the number of cases. carrie gracie reports now
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on whether china's response to the virus contributed to the global crisis. last december, people started turning up in hospitals in wuhan with a mystery pneumonia. for three weeks, from the end of december, chinese state media played down the risks. they said there was no reason to suspect the virus was transmitted through humans, and no medical personnel had been infected. on the 12th ofjanuary, hong kong doctor kwok—yung yuen diagnosed a family with coronavirus in shenzhen. the eminent microbiologist new family clusters signal human transmission. i have the experience of diagnosing cases in shenzhen. and i know how efficiently the virus was spreading. and i know that it is acquired from hospitals. and i know that it can move by people, on flights from one city to thousands of miles away. professor yuen immediately alerted
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officials in beijing. china didn't tell its public, or the rest of the world, for a critical week, in which the virus was free to spread inside the country and beyond. on the 18th of january, professor yuen joined a team of experts in wuhan. he learned the market initially blamed for the outbreak had been disinfected before samples could be taken from all the animals. when we went to the wuhan seafood market, of course there is nothing to see. because the market was clean already. so you may say that the crime scene is already disturbed. because the seafood market was cleared, we cannot identify any of the hosts, which is giving the virus to humans. professor yuen helped to identify the sars virus 17 years ago. back then, beijing's withheld information forfour months. the response was faster this time. but he says wuhan officials were slow to admit rising patient numbers, and infections
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among medical staff. i do suspect that they have been doing some cover—up, locally at wuhan. the local officials who are supposed to immediately relate the information has not allowed this to be done as readily as they should. for three weeks, beijing had silenced front line doctors. but on january the 20th, it cited the evidence from shenzhen and wuhan to acknowledge what many had one from the start. ——and wuhan to acknowledge what many had warned from the start. three days later, wuhan was locked down. china says it has been open, transparent and responsible, and its firm measures bought the world time. but researchers now say if lockdown had happened sooner, the vast majority of infections could have been prevented. carrie gracie reporting.
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and you can watch panorama's china's coronavirus cover—up tomorrow night at 7:30pm on bbc one. one of the last remaining stars from the golden age of hollywood, olivia de havilland, has died. she was 104. during a career spanning several decades, she appeared in films including gone with the wind, the adventures of robin hood and the heiress which led to one of her two oscars. our correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at her life. despite its controversial depiction of race and slavery, gone with the wind is seen as a hollywood classic. as the virtuous melanie, opposite vivien leigh's wayward scarlett, olivia de havilland won an oscar nomination. what a lovely dress, scarlett, darling. india wasn't able to come tonight. will you be an angel? i do need you to help me receive my guests. yet she had taken the part against the advice of her boss at warner brothers. jack warner himself said to me, "oh, you don't want to be
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in gone with the wind!" he said, "that's going to be the biggest bust in town!" i said i'm not hungry. so you did. i'd forgotten. her career at warner's had blossomed with a series of adventure films, in many of which she starred opposite errol flynn. but later she won a legal battle against the company which helped break the stranglehold hollywood studios had over their contract stars. he came back with the same lies. once free of warner brothers, her career flourished. she won two oscars, the second in 1949... he has grown greedier with the years. ..for the heiress. olivia de havilland herself stood back from hollywood in the 19505, but not before her talent had made an indelible mark. olivia de havilland, who has died at the age of 104. with all the sport now, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. good evening.
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there was a lot at stake on the last day of the premier league season, especially at the bottom of the table. match of the day follows the news with all the goals and drama but if you want to know what happened, then stay right there. after five years in the top division, bournemouth and watford have been relegated today as aston villa did just enough to stay up. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson the premier league, it feels like you win it when you stay in it. even in the final minutes of the season, we had those twists. snapshots of i°y we had those twists. snapshots of joy to score, and then agony to concede immediately. dean smith felt it all, as an aston villa supporter, as well as their manager. a lot of people had is relegated and we have to work extremely hard. i thought we used a pandemic really well. we have been solid defensively, we have looked strong and we have managed to stay in the premier league now, which is a big achievement. having sacked three managers this season, watford were 3—0 down against
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arsenal before losing 3—2, a ruthless route to relegation this season. bournemouth are the contrast. club and manager entwined, but their win over everton was too late. collectively, over the piece, over the season, we haven't been good enough. the league table, it is a cliche, it does not lie, it tells a cliche, it does not lie, it tells a story. we have dipped below the levels we were at in previous seasons. there is no denying that. final day survival can unite a club like little else. villa employ players from over a dozen different nations. they all seem to know the words to one neil diamond song. joe wilson, bbc news. the final two champions league places were also decided today, again you might want to do something else for a few seconds. manchester united will be in europe's elite next season after beating leicester 2—nil, the foxes missing out on the top four. chelsea beat wolves to make sure that they also qualified.
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england's cricketers are in complete control of the third test at old trafford with only the weather a concern as they look to clinch the series against the west indies. joe lysnkey was watching the third day's play. england's captain can see a way to victory. the biggest obstacle may come from up above. rain is coming to manchester tomorrow. that means less time. but in this new bio—secure world, england still have the old faces. stuart broad missed the old faces. stuart broad missed the first test, but since then he has turned the series round. he finished off the west indies' first innings all by himself. england were 172 in front. now they have the afternoon to get ahead of the weather. the openers drove to a century partnership. the first time england have done that in four yea rs. england have done that in four years. next, the captain came in and clubbed it round. joe root got 250 in 49 balls. at nearly 400 ahead, england called time on plotting. they would make a half—hour push for
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windies wickets. broad got too much of them. at 34, he is now one away from 500 in tests. with two days left, there could still be rain, but england have bowlers turning back the clock. there is no crowd at old trafford but 1000 spectators were allowed through the gates at the oval to watch a friendly between surrey and middlesex. the domestic cricket season starts next weekend and this game has been chosen by the government as the first pilot event in england to look at how they can safely re—introduce crowds much more on the bbc sport website including highlights and analysis of the day's play at the test. that's all from us. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello there. if you were following the weather
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forecast last week, you will know we have been reminding you thatjuly 2019 was a record breaker — the highest temperature ever recorded in cambridge botanic garden on 25thjuly. well, july 2020 has been a little bit disappointing, hasn't it. for many, it's been a case of sunny spells and scattered showers, just like we had on sunday, and temperatures have not climbed out of the 20s. but that could be set to change. more on that in just a moment. it's a gear change for monday morning, as we see some wet weather pushing in from the south—west yet again. some of that rain will be heavy, a couple of inches of rain is likely across higher ground of wales and north—west england. it's going to accompanied by pretty gusty winds as well. the rain a little lighter in nature across central and southern parts of england and wales, gusts of winds in excess of 30, 40mph, quite unusual really, for the latter stages of july. in terms of the feel of the weather, it is going to be a little bit disappointing as well. under the cloud, the rain and the wind direction, only around 14—17 degrees in the north, 21
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perhaps as a maximum. now, the low pressure will continue to drift off into scandinavia, but the wind direction coming from a north—westerly not a great direction at this time of year, and it will be a pretty gusty wind at that. so that's going to have an impact on the feel of the weather yet again on tuesday. there will be quite weather, that north—westerly breeze driving in some showers on exposed coasts and maybe more in the way of cloud round, so temperatures down on where they should be, really for the time of year. 13—16 degrees in scotland, asa maximum, of year. 13—16 degrees in scotland, as a maximum, maybe 20,21 of year. 13—16 degrees in scotland, as a maximum, maybe 20, 21 into the south. now on wednesday, high pressure is starting to build but again it won't be particularly exciting, in terms of the weather, or the feel of things but, drier, with just a bit of showery rain pushing into northern ireland by the end of the day. temperatures perhaps peaking at 22 degrees, 72 fahrenheit. but then, as we move
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into thursday, we will really start to see the signs of change, with high pressure continuing to build, a level of uncertainty as to where that i will be sitting into the north—west. that could have an impact bringing more wet and windy weather here but the wind turning round to a story temperatures will respond. highs of 25 or 26 degrees into the high 70, as we head into the weekend, that southerly wind stays with us, that will drive in darker orange tone, the warmer russet, the mile irair spilling further north across the country and so that means on friday, we keep a good deal of dry, sunny weather, to close out our working week, and temperatures are set to respond, so, friday is the final day ofjuly, and it could be that we see 30 degree, the first time that has happened this month. unfortunately, the extreme heat is not going to state with —— stay with us, if that is what you like but perhaps something more comfortable for the second a
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pa rt more comfortable for the second a part of the weekend but a return to wetter weather in the north—west as well. it looks as to that gear change is set to take place with low pressure moving in from the atlantic, a westerly feed set to dominate. one low clears away, only to be replaced by yet another. so no signs of anything settled, warm and 00:27:20,624 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 sunny, for the start
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