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for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the government is facing growing criticism of its decision to include the balearic and canary islands in its advice to avoid all but essential travel to spain. anyone arriving from the islands, orfrom mainland spain to the uk, must now quarantine for 1h days at a registered address. the decision has been criticised. spanish prime minister pedro sanchez said the uk's decision to impose a blanket quarantine was an "error" and "unjust". he said the upsurge in cases is focused in two regions, and that tourists in most spanish regions would be safer from coronavirus than in the uk. after initially saying it would still go ahead with its holidays, tour operator jet2 cancelled its flights to all of spain until the middle of next month. keith doyle has this report.

britain's decision to extend its "don't travel" advice to all of spain dominated the spanish news bulletins. the advice now includes the balearic and canary islands. anyone returning to the uk from anywhere in spain will have to self—quarantine for 1h days. thousands of britons have booked to go on or are already on spanish beaches, but the requirement to self—isolate when they return has caused anxiety and confusion. this family should have been unpacking their suitcases in spain, but they cancelled their holiday as they couldn't take more time off work. some people might think, well, let'sjust go, damn it all, we will come back and take two weeks

of work, but we just felt we couldn't do that to our employers. the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez said britain's decision to impose a two—week quarantine on everyone arriving is from spain was unjust and that the popular tourist islands where coronavirus cases where law should be exempt from the uk quarantine. translation: take the case of the canary islands, the balearic islands, the regions of valencia and andalusia, which i insist have a cumulative instance of the virus inferior to that right now registered in the uk. it would be safer to be in those destinations than in the uk. mr sanchez said he was hoping to convince the british government to rethink its strategy. that's too late forjet2.com passengers, as the airline has suspended flights to the balearics, as well as mainland spain, from this morning until august 16th. it has also suspended flights to faro in portugal. flights home to the uk will operate today. it says it has taken the decision because of the government's updated advice. keith doyle, bbc news. keith has been at gatwick for first night this morning and said this update of what is happening with the airline is now the uk government said it is standing by these quarantine rules. this is normally

peak holiday time. 18 million britons took a spanish holiday this time last year and of course these are not peak holiday times but for those who have chosen to take a holiday the government guidelines and advice against all but essential travel to spain means many of those holidays are cancelled or curtailed. jet2, holidays are cancelled or curtailed. jet 2, the airline, has already cancelled all its flights to spain. it has warned passengers not to turn up it has warned passengers not to turn up at the airport this morning because those flights will not take off. anyone in spain due to fly back to the uk today, those flights will operate. the airline says it will give more information to passengers today and over the next few days. tui have already cancelled holidays to spain. other airlines that are operating, british airways, ryanair and easyjet are operating, but easyj et has and easyjet are operating, but easyjet has cancelled a lot of its holidays. when it comes to refunds and insurance, because the official government advice is against all but essential travel to spain refunds

and re—bookings should be available, but when it comes to insurance if you choose to travel against that government advice, well, your holiday insurance may not be valid. clearly there is a lot of uncertainty and a lot of questions to be answered. for many people, this is not quite the relaxing spanish holiday they were hoping for. no, indeed. that was keith doyle. so what is the rate of infection in spain in comparison to the rest of europe? the latest figures from the european centre for disease prevention and control show that in spain there are 35.1 cases per 100,000 people. that compares to 14.7 cases per 100,000 people in the uk, which is similar to france at 14.6, and italy, which suffered

heavily in the pandemic early, have their cases down at 5.1 cases per 100,000, and germany are doing well also, at 8. luxembourg is the worst country on the list, with 219.4 cases per 100,000 people. correspondent gavin lee is following spanish reaction from barcelona and sent this update. the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez made clear he believes this decision is unjust, he believes this decision is unjust, he believes that britain has miscalculated the scientific data. he spoke on a late—night tv programme here in spain, and also talked about the incidence rates in the balearic islands, the canary islands, the tourist hotspots a lot of british tourists go to, saying there are a lower incidence rates than a lot of the uk and therefore he would say it is safer on average than most parts of the uk, that this isa than most parts of the uk, that this is a regional issue. it is the likes of here where i am, in barcelona, catalonia, and are a grocer, madrid, aragon, these are the places of big concern for spain —— and zaragoza, madrid and aragon. we have gone from

200 or 300 cases a day a month ago, to this week more than 1000 cases a day. that has dropped to more than —— dropped down to 855 at the incidence rate is on the rise and it is about three times higher in relation to the population than the uk. what does that mean? when using about 15% of the gross domestic product from spain coming from tourism, and that a large proportion comes from the millions of british tourists coming here, it is a huge blow. on the streets as well it is clear. two messages from the authorities, particularly here in catalonia, that people should limit their contact outside, that they should be in small groups of no more than ten people, and it is mandatory to wear a mask, notjust in public places but on the streets as well at all times, and while saying to tourist they should come here and can enjoy themselves, but they are keeping this place as safe as possible. the difficult two messages to bridge. gavin lee there in barcelona. let's go over to the

islands. let's go over to the islands. paul is in magaluf, the owner of sami's pub. what you say about this that all but essential travel is not advised by the british government?” think it is absolutely ridiculous myself —— sammy's pub. the lock then we went to was so stupid. allow to go out to my hours a night, after being locked down. it is stupid. —— the lockdown we had was stupid. you centre saying tourists are safer in majorca than they would be in the

uk? -- majorca than they would be in the uk? —— are you saying. majorca than they would be in the uk? -- are you saying. oh, yes. we have people out to second homes and they are saying they are safer in majorca that they would be in the uk. but that argument has been made and the government is adamant it is and the government is adamant it is a blanket ban on spain and its islands so what do you think the impact in terms of cancellations of holidays is going to mean for, well, for the island and indeed for your business? well, for the island itself i mean, i can look round now and there are four hotel is closed. they are not going to open at all. they are not going to open at all. the british not coming is going to affect everybody. i feel sorry for the bar owners and the workers here who have just come over and now they have to go back again. it is a crying shame. it is ridiculous. is there at least some tourist money from other european countries, that

the island can rely on? or are you beginning to fear now this is the shape of things to come and that other countries may be doing the same? we've just heard this other countries may be doing the same? we'vejust heard this morning germany is restricting its tourism to certain parts of spain. well, with the british not coming that's another nail in the coffin? majorca, especially for magaluf. you are saying basically magaluf itself is heavily dependent on tourism from the uk? yeah, correct. that's right. paul, we are very sorry to hear about your situation. we wish you all the best. take care. thank you very much. just before we leave the issue of the pandemic and some of the economic implications there is a story coming through from the uk department store selfridge's on job cuts. we have heard a lot of these job cuts stories over recent days and weeks unfortunately due to the

economic impact. selfridge's are announcing they will cut a50 jobs, around 1a% of its total headcount. annual sales set to be significantly less tha n annual sales set to be significantly less than last year due to the pandemic, selfridge's are saying. more on that later. now we will go to malaysia. the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has been found guilty of seven charges in a trial linked to a multi—billion dollar corruption scandal. it involved a state investment fund. mr razak led malaysia for nine years before losing power two years ago. the charges he was found guilty of included money laundering and abuse of power. in court it was heard how $10 million was transferred into his bank account from a state fund. mr razak is set to face a lengthy prison term but has already launched an appeal. our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, has the latest.

this scandal has hung over malaysia for the last five or six years. the amounts of money were extraordinary. at least sa billion siphoned off. a fund that was supposed to be investing for malaysia's future. extraordinary stories of the extravagance of some of those who took that money. mr najib himself is accused of going on spending sprees using funds that initiated with 1mdb, but the whole time mr najib was in power the investigations went nowhere. it was only his unexpected loss in a general election tonight yea rs loss in a general election tonight years ago that allow these investigations to start, but he still remains a very powerful figure inside his party, his party which ruled for 16 years until his election defeat and is still a very significant electoral player. until thejudge started reading out his verdict, it wasn't clear which way it would go, whether politics would play a role. mr najib himself had expressed confidence after another change of government in february bringing his old party back into government that he thought things

would go favourably for him. it simply didn't pan out. thejudge ruled in all of his conclusions, and he read out for about tonight hours, that all of mr najib's defence remain completely unconvincing and he has even disallowed an opportunity for mr najib's lawyers to postpone a mitigation plea which might reduce the sentence, saying it all has to happen today. he clearly appears to be in a hurry to get this particular trial over with. there are 2—3 other trials facing mr najib, more than a0 charges in total. so it is a long haul and at the moment the political wind limit seem the moment the political wind limit seem to be going in his favour. that was jonathan head. seem to be going in his favour. that wasjonathan head. let's look at seem to be going in his favour. that was jonathan head. let's look at the headlines on bbc news... the government faces growing criticism for its decision to extend their "don't travel" advice to include the canary and balearic islands. the foreign office's response to repatriate1.3 million british nationals stuck abroad at the start

of the pandemic was "too slow", according to a report by a senior group of mps. as by a senior group of mps. we were just hearing,... the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has been found guilty of seven charges in a trial linked to a multi—billion dollar corruption scandal. ina in a retaliatory move china has announced hong kong because my government will suspend extradition agreements with the uk, canada and australia. a foreign office spokesperson in beijing said the earlier decision by those countries to suspend extradition agreements with hong kong over a new security law where a gross interference in china's internal affairs. on tuesday new zealand became the latest country to suspend its extradition agreement with hong kong. new zealand's foreign minister said hong kong plasma criminaljustice system could no longer be trusted be independent.

it was a one country, two systems commitment by china and it is clear the law now is no longer what it was and therefore the extradition arrangements we have don't stand up, but if they should go back to honouring the commitment of 1997 then we would revisit our situation as well. in beijing or china correspondent stephen mcdonnell this following developments. once britain, canada, australia and now new zealand stopped extraditing people to hong kong it was always going to be the case that it would be the same the other way round, and so be the same the other way round, and so china's foreign ministry has announced that from now on people, suspected criminals, will not be extradited from britain to hong kong and nor will they be sent to canada nor australia. the new zealand announcement only came today so reciprocity in its case has not been put into place yet. i guess it has to go through the machinery of government here. but, you know, it is also kind of inevitable that

britain, canada, australia and new zealand would stop extraditing people to hong kong once this controversial state security law was put in place. i mean, the legal conditions are now completely different there. once you have a situation that somebody can face serious criminal time for pro testing, wearing a certain t—shirt, chanting certain slogans, even in certain cases being extradited to the mainland to in the most extreme possible cases face the death penalty —— for pro testing, wearing a t—shirt. well, then, those government limit had to rethink extradition to hong kong. although it is an independentjudiciary extradition to hong kong. although it is an independent judiciary there i think that independence is now being questioned there with a new state security law. so it was really kind of a matter of once the state security law came in, all these dominoes were going to fall and they are pretty much all down now.

just bring us up to date with the effects of that security law on the ground in hong kong. a huge amount of uncertainty at the beginning, four weeks ago, and a huge amount of the year when the move was past four weeks ago. just what effect is that having for the citizens of hong kong now? well, i think if you're just going about your daily life it doesn't necessarily have such a huge effect but once you want to protest in any way, well, it is having an enormous effect. for example, when demonstrators turn out, if they were to say something like, "liberate hong kong", or call for more autonomy for hong kong, the police there are holding up the special banners saying you are potentially

in breach of the new state security laws, then if they keep chanting out those slogans are singing certain songs they can be grabbed and taken away, and as i say face serious prison time. of course that has changed that city, it has changed freedom of speech in hong kong. the government there has tried to reassure people, "don't worry, you'll still be going before the courts," but in the case of state security it is in front ofjudges, by hong kong's leader carrie lam, a leader who let's face it has effectively been installed by beijing, and she won't be putting anyjudges in place who would be even the slightest bit friendly towards the concept of protest there. so the chances of a fair trial are also very limited. one other thing is that mainland state security agents are now operating in hong kong. they have these brand—new headquarters that's been opened up. they operate completely above the law there, so ordinary police, other agencies, can't stop them from doing anything and can't even question them. you know, they can probably shoot somebody in the street there and nobody in hong kong would be able to say,

"what on earth are you doing?", so, look, it has certainly changed that city quite a bit. again, in its most extreme form, carrie lam has suggested attempts to block the government's agenda in the local parliament there might be seen as being in breach of the state security law. i think people are scratching their heads. people thinking, "what can we do? "how can you challenge the government? " the idea, it seems, this is to stop people challenging the hong kong government, and especially the beige and government. and just one question from the chinese foreign ministry briefing on a separate topic, slightly puzzling line on north korea saying the united states must show in resolving the stalemate to address north korea's reasonable concerns. what is that about? well, look, people will cast their minds back to the time when it was sort of hoped donald trump and his north korean counterpart would be

sitting down and nutting out a deal whereby north korea wouldn't need nuclear weapons any more. well, that is all in tatters now, and we have had the north korean leader even coming out today saying, nobody should threaten us, we have our weapons in place, and what have you. china has sort of been an in between player and all of this, because it's funny, china tolerates a lot from north korea, but it has sponsored in the past talks to try to get rid of nuclear weapons on the peninsula because the problem for beijing is that nuclear weapons in north korea also means south korea and, well, indirectly, japan, they need some sort of nuclear deterrent themselves. china doesn't want more nuclear weapons in that area, so it has a real problem with its traditional ally and weapons and how to get rid of them. sol traditional ally and weapons and how to get rid of them. so i think they are trying to bring the us back to the negotiating with north korea, but at the moment it just the negotiating with north korea, but at the moment itjust seems so far away i can't see what the next

or so far away i can't see what the next or so to first steps are going to be, given they have had these summits, they have even had summits where the leaders of north korea and the us have sat down together, and it hasn't resulted in a breakthrough, as donald trump promised. so now beijing is looking for some way of getting the momentum going again, but i think many observers would question the likelihood of that succeeding. stephen mcdonnell. let's return now to the uk government travel advice about spain and those swiftly reimposed quarantine rules. our assistant political editor norman smith gave more details on why ministers had changed the rules. the government because my view is they are trying to keep the simple and trying to keep it clear by not going down the road —— the government's view is. making it clear by not making exemptions for the spanish islands just because they have lower levels of coronavirus. the view in government and it was discussed in downing street yesterday is if you have a regional policy, potentially that

could be more confusing. there is a danger of people travelling from some of the areas of high infection around catalonia, so maybe they might travel down to the islands and then seem to come back from their to possibly try to evade quarantine. also a fear that if they agree to a regional policy for spain then if they have to impose restrictions on other countries, say croatia and belgium, which have quite high levels of coronavirus infections, then those countries would demand, "well we want exemptions for part of belgium and croatia , " "well we want exemptions for part of belgium and croatia," and you would end up with a sort of patchwork quilt of areas where people could and couldn't go and it would all get terribly confusing, and absolutely impossible to police. that said, ministers this morning are stressing that all travel is not risk free and the government are keeping all countries under review, to see whether there are any sharp spikes

which might necessitate imposing quarantines on which might necessitate imposing quara ntines on other countries. which might necessitate imposing quarantines on other countries. that was the message from the local government minister simon clarke. all holidays have to be taken in the understanding that in the midst of a global pandemic that has caused devastation across the world have to be taken in the face of the rights of the government to make decisions to protect the uk. we have taken enormous strides in the last few weeks and have now got the situation very largely under control. we cannotjeopardise that very largely under control. we cannot jeopardise that and render all the sacrifices we have made redundant by failing to intervene to stop risk from being re—imported from abroad. by all means go on holiday, but understand it is a chance that you might be asked to self—isolate upon your return. meanwhile, there have been reports in the daily telegraph this morning suggesting the government is looking at reducing the quarantine days from 14 at reducing the quarantine days from 1a to ten. now, that has not been officially denied by anyone in

government but the latest we have heard from number ten is they are not expecting any move to reduce the number of days you have to quarantine. so it sounds to me like nothing perhaps imminent, but it may be an idea that it is in the mix of possible options to try to minimise obviously the disruption and financial pain for many families if they have to stay away from work for two weeks. norman smith. a range of measures to get people cycling and walking in england have been announced by the government. they are promising thousands of miles of new protected cycle lanes, changes to the highway code, and bikes made available through the nhs — as part of a two—billion—pound investment announced earlier this year. a delayed scheme offering £50 vouchers towards the cost of fixing a bike will also go live today. chris boardman is an

olympic gold medalist. he's also the cycling and walking commissioner of greater manchester. what you make of this initiative?m is more than 30 points, actually. bike vouchers are the smallest part of it. it is the first properly thinking joined up thinking on transport that brings in health, climate pollution, everything thought of in one go, and it is probably the biggest change i have seenin probably the biggest change i have seen in my lifetime because i can seen in my lifetime because i can see the mechanics behind it and the set up with the creation of active travel england to be the oversteer and arbiter of deliverer of cash and standards, but it has the makings of an incredibly tra nsformative standards, but it has the makings of an incredibly transformative plan. and the government sounding equally hopeful. they are talking about a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. what do they mean? what is special about this moment? well, i'm glad you raised that. going back to march, we did something that was unprecedented, and these being unprecedented, and these being unprecedented times. we effectively turned off global traffic for

months, and we gave people safe space, and time. lots of things came together, but effectively, essentially, whatever the reason being, bored kids, getting to work without public transport being reliable, shops, exercise, whatever the reason, people went out en masse and used bikes. so when every form of transport in the uk dropped to between 60—90%, cycling actually went up on pre—covid levels by as much as 300% in some places and that tells us. it says people say, if you give me safe space, i will do this. right now we have two reasons. we have public transport running at 30% capacity which means 70% of people who relied on it now have to find another way to travel to get to work. remember, a quarter of households don't have a car and they have no other option. so the pop—up lens you hear people talking about and the filter neighbourhoods to enable people to get around safely by bike —— pop—up lanes. they are a

moral imperative now. while that is happening, we are having a consultation at trying a road space differently. we are helping those people, then after three or four months if we like this we can say, 0k, months if we like this we can say, ok, let's change those cones to permanent bollards and keep the pla nters permanent bollards and keep the planters so kids can play in the street, and we change our transport culture. the real question for me, why wouldn't we at least even try? it is interesting to hear you mention a couple of times they are the safe spaces. what do you think is the critical thing to keeping spaces is the critical thing to keeping 5 pa ces safe is the critical thing to keeping spaces safe for cyclists? do you think it is the cycle lanes, the speed limits, what is the most important thing? since i've started working in greater manchester i've found with the cycling and walking the best thing i can do is ask people, what would you need? which is exactly where i started. what would you need, and what would you need to let your kids ride to school? and all of the things you list, that is what we have to put in place. otherwise why would you get

out of the car. so it doesn't always have to be segregated cycle lanes. if you are on a busy road, yes, it does. if you are commuting to— three miles to work. but it can also be a filtered neighbourhood, which mean stopping cars travelling through the neighbourhood, stopping them travelling at speed and making the streets fill safe enough that you would want to use them —— 2—3 miles to work. to be comfortable crossing side roads, etc —— taking the street feel safe enough. there are measures, but firstly you have to decide, what is a hierarchy in a street? who are the most important people travelling? everything you do after that, be it legislation, infrastructure, it should then start to deliver that aspiration. we shall see if it all works out but thanks very much forjoining and thank you for the injection of optimism. thank you. mps have criticised the way the foreign office handled the repatriation of more

than a million britons at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. the foreign affairs committee says the response was too slow, communications were inadequate and there was too much reliance on commercial flights. here 5 our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. when lockdown began in march, some 1.3 million britons were travelling the world. the government advised them to return in a massive repatriation. but for a lot of people, it wasn't easy. many countries shut their airports, closed their borders and banned internal travel. the foreign affairs committee said "many fco staff went above and beyond to help people get home in extremely difficult circumstances. "

but the mp said: "too many uk citizens were not provided with the support that they should reasonably expect to receive from the foreign office." the mps said communications were poor, with many britons unable to access information and others not treated with empathy or compassion. they urged the foreign office to improve its communication methods and its contingency plans. the committee chairman said there were clear failings in the foreign office response. the answer phones were not able to be fixed in embassies and couldn't be done remotely. so they were giving out mistaken messages, sometimes we found that social media was not being used appropriately, and we could have seen many more people informed much more accurately, earlier. so we will be giving a very, very close eye on how the foreign office handles this latest round of emergencies in spain. let's go back to what is happening with british tourists to take to spain or planning to. the spanish prime minister has described the uk government decision to impose a 1a day quarantine on everyone arriving from spence as unjust. the government is trying to tell people to avoid nonessentialjourneys to

the canary to avoid nonessentialjourneys to the ca nary and to avoid nonessentialjourneys to the canary and balearicjourneys as well as to the mainland in spain. —— michael canary and balearic islands. i spoke to someone from the university of oxford he said he was not surprised the uk had reimposed restrictions. many others predicted exactly this, it was predictable that such countries in europe opened up, lockdown was eased and mass tourism started again, that there we re tourism started again, that there were despite some people with dna very difficult situation and the government would be, how to manage these spikes once people have booked a holiday or already abroad. and we know the government position is a blanket for mainland spain and the islands, we just heard from the opposition suggesting there could be some exemptions for places with lower infection rates, that a more localised, targeted strategy would work. what is your view? in theory, it works, the practice is the problem. i come back from spain, how

do you know which part? i could have been travelling broadly orjust anyone location with a low rate. i can see why the government want to doa can see why the government want to do a one size fits all policy for a particular country but it does not make a lot of epidemiological sense. so what does make epidemiological sense? would you tell everybodyjust to this is a pandemic, it has not happened for 100 years, when things like this happen so rarely, i think it is very reasonable to do things very differently. we have a domestic tourism in the. i know people want tourism in the. i know people want to ta ke tourism in the. i know people want to take a vacation where it is warmer but this might be the one year whereas a nation we do not do that in order to avoid reintroducing the virus back into the country. in fa ct, the virus back into the country. in fact, i would go further and say we should be closing them pretty much

all nonessential travel and really putting all of our efforts in the next two to three months before the winter into trying to get covid essentially to zero in the uk and ireland. that would be a significant move and obviously there were the cries of pain notjust from individual holiday—makers from the travel industry. what would be your a nswer to travel industry. what would be your answer to them? i am not an economist but i understand that we britons spend more money abroad than people from abroad spent here, that people from abroad spent here, that people from abroad spent here, that people from europe spent here, so it would be good for domestic tourism, i completely understand that the airlines are desperate to get back to work but mit much, much more effective to pay the airlines to keep their staff, keep their equipment and not have to go through the huge economic disruption that a

second lockdown which calls. professor hunter. the uk government is dragging its feet over racism and making it a priority issue. that's according to the head of the equality and human rights commission. in an exclusive bbc interview, david isaac urges ministers to come up with a coherent strategy to combat racism and asks businesses to play their part by setting targets to recruit more people of colour into senior positions. after four years in post, mr isaac is due to stand down next week. the government will choose his replacement. our reporter sima kotecha has been speaking to him. there are unequal outcomes, and black people, black british people in particular, are actually rightly concerned that their role, their contribution, and their ability to succeed is very constrained. how do you feel the government has handled the fallout, post—george floyd?

i do believe that they are dragging theirfeet. it's complex, they've got other issues to consider, but actually right now this is a tipping point for these issues in our country, and i urge them to act as quickly as we possibly can to address these concerns. we need a coherent race strategy and a real need for leadership by government, and i implore them to act now, because the country is ready for this. businesses, public sector bodies, and i think the society as a whole has been shocked, notjust by what's happened in the us, but also by what we've seen during covid, which is real inequality of outcomes. the time for action is now. you mentioned business there. i heard that lloyds bank recently has promised to hire more black people and put them into senior roles. are you urging other businesses to follow suit? setting targets and actually putting in place programmes to support black

and minority ethnic staff to ensure that they flourish in the same way that other people flourish is something that the commission has been calling forfor some considerable time. and now, as i've said before, is a moment when businesses must play their part two. it's all very well for you to sit there and make these calls, urge the government to do x, y and z, say businesses should do this, but as you are leaving your role imminently what would you say you have done to improve equality in britain today? we virtually doubled the use of our enforcement powers, we've undertaken lots of inquiries in relation to things like racial harassment. you know, i believe that i leave the organisation a more confident organisation, and, you know, ready to proceed to face the ongoing issues that we've just been talking about.

david isaac, the head of the equality and human rights commission. a government spokesperson has said: "the government is committed to tackling racism as part of our mission to unite and level up the country. this new, independent commission is broader in scope in comparison to previous reviews, and builds on the work of the race disparity audit .we . we ask that those with strong views engage with the commission." the changes to quarantine rules for those returning from spain and its islands had disrupted things for many. wendy haines and jane hawkes help answers and of the many questions we have received a bbc news. matthew says i'd booked a flight news. matthew says i'd booked a

flight and hotel to barcelona prior to the pandemic, the hotel has cancel my booking but easyjet say they will still fly, my travel insurance is invalid, does easyjet have to refund me and, if not, have iany rights? have to refund me and, if not, have i any rights? they do not have to refu nd i any rights? they do not have to refund at the moment because the flights are actually operating, although that could change. two weeks in travel terms is a long time. i would approach easyjet and ask if you could move your flights rather than potentially losing money at this stage, if you think you do not want to travel, that would be my best advice. david asks, he has had many tests,

if they are accurate, because why can't he arrive home, self—isolate for those on as it takes to get a test and then return to a non—isolated life if it comes back negative? provides yours, frustratingly, andrew. many people have asked this. unfortunately quarantine is quarantine, testing is not being taken into account so it is not matter if you have had tests and you have antibodies or whatever, you will be subject to the same rules when you return and will have to quarantine. it depends where you are to quarantine. it depends where you 'n , to quarantine. it depends where you are going, keep an eye on the fco website where you can check out restrictions for where you are travelling to, there are still countries you can come back and you will not have to quarantine, but unfortunately key workers are not exempt from quarantine, which you would imagine they might be.

probably not the answer he wanted, but thank you for the straight answer. wendy, scott on twitter says i may foster carer going to menorca ina i may foster carer going to menorca in a week. can i be exempt from the quarantine on my return? at this stage u nfortu nately quarantine on my return? at this stage unfortunately there is a very good chance he will not be going on your holiday, to be honest. to a nswer your holiday, to be honest. to answer the question, i believe the quarantine restrictions advise that he woke —— key workers do not travel if there is a restriction in place anyway. i would look at maybe changing or cancelling your holiday, u nfortu nately. changing or cancelling your holiday, unfortunately. more bad news. amelia asks, iam unfortunately. more bad news. amelia asks, i am due to go to the balearics in but i have coronavirus antibodies, i still need to self—isolate when i get back? antibodies, i still need to self-isolate when i get back? this links to the previous question and is not taken into consideration at the moment, you can't actually go to

the moment, you can't actually go to the islands at the moment. the spanish government is appealing that so spanish government is appealing that soa spanish government is appealing that so a hippie that that changes, where we stand at the moment, keep a close eye, you may not be able to travel a nyway eye, you may not be able to travel anyway and you will have to try to get a refund or rebooking depending on what kind of holiday you have with this package or you have to think separately, and if you go and it isa think separately, and if you go and it is a country that you have to self—isolate, you have to isolate when you come back or go into quarantine, you will have to do that regardless of any testing or antibodies you have. panel asks -- pamela asks, i have a friday from friday, july 30 third to all content, can i still go? i can still isolate when i get back —— michael from july 31st to the 10th of august. another diva asks if my flight august. another diva asks if my flight to majorca takes places weekend and i travel, what are the

potential consequences? you need to keep an eye on the airline websites because there is a chance your site could be cancelled, and at very short notice. you need to check your travel insurance. if you are travelling anywhere against foreign office advice then your insurance is likely to become invalid and we would not recommend travelling anywhere without valid insurance. this one from jackie baker on insurance, will my insurance except my claim for flight refunds to tenerife if it does not has said not to go back to my flight is still going with ryanair? —— if he matt has said not to go. if the flight is going you are in a difficult position. travel insurance is very restricted, there is very limited cove r, restricted, there is very limited cover, if you took the insurance policy as in early march than potentially there is leeway but generally if you are unable package holiday then you are troubled by package arrangements and you would

be entitled if the fco advice is not to travel to that destination. if you book a thing separately, flights and hotels, i am afraid you are subjective the airline carrier's terms and conditions and you will have to liaise with them as to what you should do, that could be rebooked in but probably not a refund. wendy, a very frustrated dealer says for those returning —— a very frustrated viewer says how to see government expect people to live under wages for two weeks, and those wanting to cancel holidays will be penalised with cancellation fees, ryanair not penalised with cancellation fees, rya nair not refunding penalised with cancellation fees, ryanair not refunding flight so these will be lost. i don't know how these will be lost. i don't know how the prime minister expect working—class people to adhere to these rules, implemented a very short notice, without compensation. and i would like to ask why the pm let holidays go ahead and rush to open the borders and now the working

class public are paying for it? honestly, i feel your pain. things change at such short notice. this time last week flights were taking off, people were having a lovely time is on holiday and we were seeing green shoots of normality, but i believe that love is on advice, which can change alley, and i had to protect us —— i believe the government goes on advice, which can change by the hour, and i had to protect us. if you are planning on travelling anywhere this year you have to be prepared that the plans may change. wendy and jane, thank you for your wisdom and your warnings, see you again seen. —— soon. scientists in australia say nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by the unprecedented wildfires that devastated parts of the country in the summer. the fires spread across bushland

and forest, burning for many months. scientists say global warming is lengthening australia's summers and making them increasingly dangerous. our correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil, has been looking at the report. the scale of the devastation is just becoming clear now months and months from those summer bushfires. the big headline in january was that 1 billion animals were lost, now we know it is triple that number, and the reason we have that number of 3 billion, very, very shocking, is scientist who wrote this report cove rs m o re scientist who wrote this report covers more areas, the first number was estimating what was lost in new south wales but now this report includes north—east victoria and kangaroo island, they also covered most species, mammals, reptiles, birds and frogs. —— covered most

species. the outcomes of this are shocking, the size of that loss. to calculate that, the scientists looked at a certain area and estimated the density of the animals ina estimated the density of the animals in a place covered by the bushfires and they multiplied it by the land and they multiplied it by the land and they multiplied it by the land and the area that was burned. in those days when we were reporting it, we were talking about millions of hectares that were devastated by the fires, you can imagine how many animals were lost or displaced in the scientists are saying, what we are unleashing now and telling other countries is almost like a site into the future, this could happen when climate change makes those fires more frequent and ferocious, this is the kind of wildlife disasters that other countries could expect if these fires continue and climate change is not tackled. studio: shaimaa khalil.

during lockdown, six—year—old faith and her mother searched for magazines that represented children like her. when they realised there was a lack of diversity in publications for younger girls, they decided to design and print cocoa girl, the first ever uk magazine for black girls aged seven to 1a. and they've sold thousands as amanda kirton reports. hello, my name is faith and i'm the editor of cocoa girl. she's only six years old and is one of the editors for the uk's first magazine aimed at black girls. during lockdown, faith's mother went shopping for magazines to keep her daughter occupied. it was at this point that they realised there was a gap in the market. we decided to do a magazine which reflected her and other girls like her. there's a few mothers that have bought this magazine as a surprise for their daughter. some of them have never seen a black girl on the front of a cover before. this girl looks like me, because she's got those. leading figures within the magazine industry are aware of

the problems around diversity. i think genuine diversity is not just about a cover, it's about a culture, and really using this moment as an opportunity to look at the brands that we work for, look at our teams and take some of the learnings from the past few weeks following the black lives matter movement. but after the tragic death of george floyd in america, it looked like the launch of the magazine was under threat. i didn't think that i could launch a magazine which tells black children that they could be anything they want to be when we had seen such a sad death. a lot of people were asking, what can we do to support the black community? and the response was amazing. there was one time when the magazine was selling a thousand a day. i was somebody that had been trying so hard to get into publishing from such a young age.

i left the industry because there was always that glass ceiling that i couldn't get through. i'm really, really happy and proud. the fact that selena has actually created a magazine for six, seven—year—olds who actually are picking it up and reading it, that's awesome. we are really concerned that, actually, if we don't look at how diversity in content is being tackled now forfuture generations, it means that actually maybe that six, seven—year—old won't pick up a magazine, they won't read that content because it not relevant to them. i knew she was struggling with what she looked like. this journey that she's gone on to love her hair, to love her skin tone, to love everything about herself is the most amazing thing that happened. can ijust say something, mummy? if you are out there, friends, i want to say hi. faith and selina, congratulations.

stu d e nts faith and selina, congratulations. students have been taking lots of lessons online but not everybody feels comfortable that the video calling format. on—screen conversations can be particularly challenging for people with speech difficulties. 16—year—old thomas has spent lockdown perfecting his basketball skills with his siblings and, like school students everywhere, getting to grips with online learning. i am looking to go into science and do astrophysics or plant science. i really love the david attenborough documentaries, and brian cox, so they're a real... they are a real mentor for me. but his stammer makes communicating online difficult. the challenge i face in the video calls is the... ..the unmuting on my microphone, with the co—ordination of my brain and my mouth to speak, and also to make sure that people — i don't interrupt people.

it is a common problem for children and young people with speech difficulties. so when the way we communicate suddenly changed, when lockdown happened, we suddenly were only able to communicate on video. and that has allowed us to stay in touch, which is fantastic, but it does present some challenges for people who have communication difficulties. and one of those is the fact that it only relies on your face, and sometimes only your voice, and you lose a lot of the other ways we communicate using our bodies and our hands. and so, when you stammer, the anxiety around that can be more difficult. it is part of you, and you don't need to worry, and you're joining a very special group of people who have succeeded greatly, like, for example, sir winston churchill and ed sheeran, stormzy and emily blunt. famous faces who have embraced their stammer and followed their passions, just like thomas.

good luck to thomas. there is an urgent question in the house of lords by labour shadow leader angela smith on quarantine measures. we will keep across that and let you know what happens. next to uproar in france after the government announced its banning cafes and restaurants from using outdoors heaters because it's bad for the environment. paul hawkins has more. the famous alto parisian cafe culture, all year round it is what france is known for thanks to outdoor heaters, but this is set to change because the government says they are bad to the environment. translation: we will also ban outdoor heating and public spaces and restaurant terraces and require the closing of doors of all heated and air—conditioned buildings open to the public. this is about ending

practices that constitute ecological aberrations which lead to a com pletely aberrations which lead to a completely unjustified overconsumption of energy. for the mere comfort of not having to open the doors of a shop, we cannot air—conditioned a street when it is 30 degrees and we cannot fully heated terraces in the middle of winter when it is 0 degrees for the mere pleasure of drinking coffee outdoors while staying warm. change could say more than 75% of cafes and restau ra nts could say more than 75% of cafes and restaurants in paris have a heated terrace and although the government says the ban will not commence until after the winter because of covid—19, many cafe and restaurant owners are anxious. translation:” am worried about losing turnover in the winter. most of our turnover comes from the summer, during the winter it is a plus to have heaters and terraces for clients who want to smoke and drink, even if it is cold, soi smoke and drink, even if it is cold, so i think our turnover will decrease in winter. an environmental

group said france has at least 12,500 heated terraces, one of those has calculated that a 75 metres square terrace heated with gas for five months and it's as much carbon dioxide as a circling the earth three times. translation:” dioxide as a circling the earth three times. translation: i think there are more important things to do for climate change than banning heaters and terraces. there are better things to do than to private restau ra nt better things to do than to private restaurant owners of the heated terraces. 80 french cities have already banned heaters but the mayor of paris refused to do so because of the impact on businesses off a fuse french cities have. at some people think it is a good idea. translation: i go to terraces which are not heated. heaters appeared and it was amazing progress, that everybody knows we do not really needed. i stay warm with a little jacket or something sufficiently warm to stay on the terraces, drinking and aperitif or coffee. i do not need a heater. and that is

the government's point. they say the debate is a lot of hot, where a jacket or use a blanket instead. you are watching bbc news. carol has the weather now. hello again. yesterday, most of us had a taste of autumn. on friday many of us will have a taste of summer. but today, well, we're looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers and windy conditions. the strongest winds in the northern half of the country. it will still be pretty breezy in the southern half, not as windy as it was yesterday. but the strongest winds, where we have the isobars closer together, will be north—east scotland, particularly so across orkney, where we are looking at strong to gale force winds. here too we've got all this rain. now, there'll be showers across western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, parts of wales, and all those strong winds that will blow over to the east through the course of the day, even into the south—east at times. we could see some showers today

at old trafford for the cricket. and the winds will take the edge of those temperatures, which at best are 15 to 20 degrees. now, as we head onto the evening and overnight, the transient ridge of high pressure builds across us. that will kill off many of the showers. we will see some clear skies, so it's going to be a fresh night, particularly so in rural areas, where temperatures will be lower than this. these temperatures really indicate towns and cities. so with this transient ridge of high pressure across us, tomorrow, it means things will be fairly settled, but we do have a clutch of weather fronts coming in from the west. and look at the distinct lack of isobars. the winds will fall light tomorrow, so it will feel better tomorrow. so we still have some showers across the north—west of scotland, where it will be a cloudy start, but brightening up in scotland through the course of the day. for england and for wales, you start off with some sunshine, but the cloud building through the day and we'll see some rain getting into northern ireland and also parts of wales later on. as we move from wednesday into thursday, though, our weather fronts continue to push northwards through northern ireland, northern england and scotland, taking the rain with them.

high pressure hangs on for the rest of england and wales. a lot of dry conditions and a lot of sunshine. the rain moving out of northern ireland and pushing across scotland, where there will be a noticeable breeze. the breeze coming up from the south, so the temperatures are going to respond and start to climb. 25 to 27 across much of england and wales, 13 to about 19 in scotland and northern ireland. but it's friday that we see the peak of the heat, 32 quite possible in london. in belfast, temperatures not as high for you because we've got a weather front nearby, but it cools down at the weekend.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british government defends the decision to extend it don't travel advice to include the ca nary islands and balearic islands after the spanish prime minister called the decision unjustified. warns tourists about the risks they face. by all means go on holiday, but understand that it is a chance that you might be asked to self—isolate upon your return. the former pro minister of malaysia is found guilty or seven corruption charges are cuddle and purpose might

kai caught in a trial linked to emotive multibillion—dollar scandal. china has suspended hong kong was my extradition treaties with the uk, studi and canada as tensions between the countries escalate. a £50 by crib your skin begins in england as ministers push on with plans to help people become more active. i am the editor. and coming up, we will speak to the six—year—old girl who has launched her own magazine for black children and to teach others about black culture. welcome. stay with us for the latest analysis around the globe. the british government has defended its

decision to extend its don't travel advice to include the canary and balearic islands with a boris johnson's official spokesman morning no travel is risk—free during this pandemic. the new rules mean anyone arriving from the islands or from mainland spain to the uk must now quarantine for 1a days at a registered address. the decision has been criticised by the spanish prime minister, saying the blanket quarantine was a mistake and unjust. he said the upsurge in cases is focused into regions and that tourists in most spanish regions would be safer from tourists in most spanish regions would be saferfrom covid—19 tourists in most spanish regions would be safer from covid—19 than tourists in most spanish regions would be saferfrom covid—19 than in the uk. after initially saying it would still go ahead with its holidays, tour operatorjet2 has cancelled its flights to all of spain until the middle of next month. keith doyle has this report. britain's decision to extend its advice against nonessential travel to all of spain dominated the spanish news bulletins. the official advice from the british government now includes the balearic and canary islands. anyone returning to the uk

from anywhere in spain will have to self—quarantine for 1a days. thousands of britons have booked to go on, or are already on, spanish beaches, but the requirement to self—isolate when they return has caused anxiety and confusion. this family should have been unpacking their suitcases in spain, but they cancelled their holiday as they couldn't take more time off work. some people might think, "well, we're going to go, and damn it all, we'll come back and take another two weeks off work," but me and the wife just felt we couldn't do that to our employers. the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez said britain's decision to impose a two—week quarantine on everyone arriving from spain was unjust, and that the popular tourist islands where coronavirus cases are low should be exempt from the uk quarantine. translation: take the case of the canary islands, the balearic islands, the regions of valencia and andalusia, which i insist have a cumulative instance of the virus inferior to that right

now registered right now in the united kingdom. it would be safer to be in those destinations than in the uk. mr sanchez said he was hoping to convince the british government to rethink its strategy. that's too late forjet2.com passengers, as the airline has suspended flights to the canaries and the balearics, as well as mainland spain, from this morning until august 16th. it has also suspended flights to faro in portugal. flights home to the uk will operate today. it says it has taken the decision because of the government's updated advice. keith doyle, bbc news. and keith doyle sent us this update after the uk has decided to stand by those rules.

this is normally peak spanish holiday time. 18 million britons took a spanish holiday last year, but, of course, these are not normal times, but for those who have chosen this year to take a holiday, the new government guidelines and advice against all but essential travel to spain means that many of those holidays are cancelled or curtailed. jet2, the airline, has already cancelled all its flights to spain. it has warned passengers not to turn up at the airport this morning because those flights will not take off. for anyone in spain who's due to fly back to the uk today, those flights will operate. the airline says it will give more information to passengers today and over the next few days. tui have already cancelled holidays to spain. other airlines that are operating... british airways is operating, ryanair is operating, easyjet is operating but it has cancelled a lot of its holidays. when it comes to refunds and insurance, because the official government advice is against all but essential travel to spain, refunds and rebookings should be available, but when it comes to insurance, if you choose to travel against that government advice, then your holiday insurance may not be valid.

clearly there is a lot of uncertainty and a lot of questions to be answered. for many people this is not quite the relaxing spanish holiday they were hoping for. keith doyle. well, what is the rate of infection in spain compared to the rest of europe? the latest figures from the european centre for disease and can for show that in spain there are 35.1 cases per 100,000 people. that compares to 1a.7 cases per 100,000 people in the uk. and that is similar to france at 1a.6. italy, which suffered heavily in the pandemic has cases down at 5.1 cases per 100,000. it is eight in germany. luxembourg is the worst country on the list with 219.a cases per 100,000 people. our corresponding gavin lee is following the spanish reaction in barcelona and sent this update.

well, he spanish prime minister pedro sanchez made clear he believes this decision is unjust, he believes that britain has miscalculated the scientific data. he spoke on a late—night tv programme here in spain, and also talked about the incidence rates in the balearic islands, the canary islands, the tourist hotspots that lots of british tourists go to, saying there are lower incidence rates than a lot of the uk, and therefore he would say it is safer on average than most parts of the uk, that this is a regional issue. it is the likes of here where i am, in barcelona, catalonia, zaragoza, also madrid, aragon — these are the places of big concern for spain. i mean, there is, and the reality shows in the figure, there is a big concern. we have gone from around 200 or 300 cases a dayjust a month ago, a steady rise, to this week more than 1000 cases a day. than 2000 cases a day. that has dropped to down to about 855 and the incidence rate is on the rise and it is about three

times higher in relation to the population than the uk. what does that mean? when about 15% of the gross domestic product from spain comes from tourism, and that a large proportion comes from the millions of british tourists coming here, it is a huge blow. on the streets as well it is clear. two messages from the authorities, particularly here in catalonia, that people should limit their contact outside, that they should be in small groups of no more than ten people, and it is mandatory to wear a mask, notjust in public places but on the streets as well, at all times, while saying as well to tourists they should come here and can enjoy themselves, but they are keeping this place as safe as possible. a difficult two messages to bridge. gavin lee there in barcelona. the spanish pie minister has called the uk restrictions unjust. so for more on the diplomatic relations regarding this issue. i am joined now by my guest. this is a big

issue. welcome, thank you for joining us. what do you think is likely to be the impact of this? you look at the statistics, the number of cases in spain are higher per 100,000 than anywhere else. so, there is good grounds for the uk government to say we are following the signs here. welcome absolutely. but there are good grounds of course for the spanish government to be extremely worried about what the uk has done. because of the impact on spain pars vital tourism industry and it is an industry that they hoped was going to be able to get back up and running this summer. so, given that the uk are such a major contributor, it is, you know, a big economic blow for the spanish government. and they will be worried that other countries may well follow suit. it will be asked another large european countries of the uk is quarantining people from spain, then why are we not doing it? that must

be if big concern for the spanish government. could it be the start of a domino effect? well, it could be. i don't see that we will have a kind of tit—for—tat on this. we did not get that in previous lockdown situations, and hopefully, that will not be the result of this. but i think all countries look at what other countries are doing, not least because their governments don't want to be criticised for being behind the curve, and may well take action accordingly. and, of course, britain is not the best in europe in terms of covid. it could go both ways. well, it certainly can, yes. there are anxieties in mainland europe and some countries where the r rate is much lower than ours. at the moment that does not seem to have resulted in too much action against the uk, but it is noticeable, for example, that the uk is not on the green most

of ireland. so, there are all sorts of ireland. so, there are all sorts of differences and quirks between different european countries. often forgotten that the moment amidst covid but there are the brexit negotiations continuing. is there any chance that this might have an impact on goodwill in those negotiations? i think, to be honest, thatis negotiations? i think, to be honest, that is unlikely. it doesn't really help the mood music ef two countries are, if you like, falling out with each other over a particular issue, but so far we have not really seen that in the brexit negotiations. although michel barnier negotiated for the eu and has to some extent look over his shoulder at what the member states are saying, generally speaking, he conducts those negotiations for the eu 27 as a whole and therefore one country is not in any way going to make a difference. how much joined up thinking and decision—making is there in the situation with covid, because the statistic that we

mentioned, 35.1 cases per 100,000 in spain, compared with less than half that here in the uk, the same in france, much less in italy, is there a point at which all countries would agree that the border should be shut again in the interest of everybody? and if not, why not, because that would take the heat out of it?” think that would, but we have a situation in which governments are clearly responsible for their own electorate and that is what there are worried about. there has been a notable degree of cooperation between eu countries which developed after a rather rocky start at the beginning, but nevertheless, i think this is such an important issue for governments, something that they really cannot afford to be seen to fail on, that ultimately, the national interest and the national electrics are going to trump any coordination reflex, if you like. thank you very much for that, tim.

daly increases recently increased in germany. berlin is introducing mandatory free covid test from those returning from infection risk areas. the german health ministry is considering testing all returning holiday—makers. our correspondent in berlinjenny hilljoins holiday—makers. our correspondent in berlin jenny hill joins us holiday—makers. our correspondent in berlinjenny hilljoins us now. jenny, bring us up to date with the figures and what the concerns are in germany, please. there is a great deal of concern among scientists and politicians, because in the last few days, the number of new daily infections has really risen significantly, some days we have seen 800 new cases and a single day, compared to just a few weeks ago when that number tended to sit around 200 300. this morning it is just over 600 new cases. so the scientist to advise the government have this morning said they are extreme are concerned. there are two

broadly speaking reasons for this. firstly, it is the holiday season and the lockdown measures which were in place many weeks ago have been lifted, people are going on their holidays. they are coming back and in some cases bringing infections with them. that is a huge concern to the german government. the health minister here has now said that he plans to introduce mandatory testing for people travelling into germany from what are deemed high risk countries. it is worth noting that actually, no eu country with the exception of luxembourg is on that list of high—risk countries. it is also worth noting that this is a federal system, so each german state will bring that particular rule in bit by bit, and as it sees fit. we will have to see how that works out in the coming days. the other reason simply is that people seem to be getting neglectful, getting careless, and we have seen appeals from senior politicians here in recent days to the general public to stay careful. there has been a bit ofa

stay careful. there has been a bit of a problem here in recent weeks with young people in particular gathering for mass parties in german cities, drunken parties outside which have turned very violent in some instances. that is worrying the authorities. so, too, is the behaviour of everyday citizens, who are going about their business perhaps forgetting to wear the face masks, forgetting they are supposed to keep distance from other people whom they meet when they are out and about. the german government broadly speaking is sticking to those two strategies at the moment to try to stop infections coming back in with tourists returning from holidays, but also reminding the german public that it must behave sensibly if those numbers are to be combated. the real concern of course is not so much the actualfigures the real concern of course is not so much the actual figures presently, but if it gets to the autumn or winter, when circumstances will change, that people will perhaps need to be in those a bit more, it will not be possible to meet people outside, and the economy must start to recover, and if those numbers are not getting below the 600 new cases

each day, said angela merkel‘s chief of staff just yesterday, then that will be a real problem for german society and the economy here. thank you very much for that update come from berlin. the former malaysian prime minister, najib razak, has been found guilty of seven charges ina been found guilty of seven charges in a travelling to a multi—billion—dollar corruption scandal. it involved a investment fund. mr razak led malaysia for five yea rs before fund. mr razak led malaysia for five years before losing power two years ago. he was found guilty of money—laundering and abuse of power. in court it was heard how s10 million was transferred into his bank account from a state fund. the prime minister is set to face a lengthy jail time but has prime minister is set to face a lengthyjail time but has launched an appeal. jonathan head has the latest. this scandal has hung over malaysia for the last five or six yea rs. malaysia for the last five or six years. the amounts of money were extraordinary. at least sa million

that were siphoned off, a fund that was supposed to be investing for the future of malaysia. they were extraordinary stories of the extravagance of some of those who took that money. najib razak is accused of going on spending sprees using funds that were originated with 1mdb. the entire time he was in power the investigations went nowhere it was only when his unexpected loss in a general election two years ago that allow these investigations to start. he does remain a very powerful figure inside his party. umno party which ruled for 60 years before his election defeat is a very significant election player and tell thejudge started significant election player and tell the judge started reading significant election player and tell thejudge started reading out his verdict it was not clear which way it would go for the politics would play a role. mr najib had expressed confidence after another change in government in february bringing his old party back in may to think things would go favourable for him but it did not pan out. the judge ruled in all of his conclusions, he read out for two hours, that all of

mr najib's defence remain completely unconvincing. he even disallowed an opportunity for mr najib's lawyers to postpone a mitigation play which might have said it all has to happen today, he appears in any hurry to get this trial over. there are two or three other trials facing mr najib, more than a0 charges in total. so it is a long haul, and at the moment, the political winds do not seem to be going in his favour. the headlines on bbc news... the british government defends the decision to extend its don't travel advice to include the canary and balearic islands after spain's prime minister call the uk's decision unjustified. germany's chief scientist once again travelling to three regions in the north—east of spain following a spike in the number of positive covid—19 infections in the past week. and malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is found guilty on seven charges of corruption at kuala lumpur‘s high court and a trial

leading to a multi—billion dollar scandal. scientists in australia have said that nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by the unprecedented wildfires that devastated parts of the country in the summer. the fires spread across and forest, burning for many months. scientists have said that global warming is lengthening the summers in australia and making them increasingly dangerous. joining me now is professor chris dittmann from the university of sydney who coordinated the study. thank you for joining us. that figure isjust mind blowing, isn't it? what kind of animals have perished during this period? it is absolutely a shocking figure. the number refers to the numbers of mammals, birds and reptiles and frogs, and again, not all of the species fall into those categories, but rather those four

groups comprise the estimate. and can you tell us what proportion of the total numbers in that area of the total numbers in that area of the same kinds of animals have been wiped out? in many of the areas where the fires were particularly intense it is likely there were few survivors that came through at the end of the fires. some may have escaped the immediate effect of the flames, but for others that may have escaped by going underground or into boroughs, it is likely that they would have suffered really quite a grim future after re—emerging into the bond landscape, no resources, food or shelter, and a chance of being picked off by predators. so, some speciesjust don't being picked off by predators. so, some species just don't exist in those areas for now? obviously, they are not extinct and can repopulate, but that will have an impact on the ecosystem ? but that will have an impact on the ecosystem? indeed it well. it is likely that some species will return

quickly. going into the bush now, there is grass and herbs in many areas, many of the trees are beginning to release proud. the general species can cope with that environment and they will come back quickly. but the species that have particular habitat requirements such as leaf litter or logs, it will take longerfor this kind of as leaf litter or logs, it will take longer for this kind of forest environment to come back. and what animals would that be? small birds, runners and mammals. some of the ground dwelling small marsupials, small kangaroos for example. all of these habitat components on the forest floor, the khim pot —— the forest floor, the khim pot —— the forest components have been wiped out by the virus. there is no guarantee that those fires we are a one—off. you know, next summer sad they could see similar ones. how do you feel about the future for these

species in these areas? yes, i think for some of them it is going to become increasingly difficult. you are right, i think we will get big fires again in the future. fortu nately fires again in the future. fortunately it looks like this coming fire season will not be so bad because there has been a lot of rainfall which means that much has already been burnt already. but in the years to come, the similar co nflu e nce the years to come, the similar confluence of conditions that brought about the last fire season, there is a long run of what conditions, a very dry year, the driest and hottest year on record in australia, if we get more runs of those sort of conditions, then fire to top it off, the conditions are likely to be set for further mega— fires. sorry for interrupting, we are looking at some of the animals that i cannot identify, u nfortu nately. that i cannot identify, unfortunately. i do not know if you

can see the pictures. but there is a very cute little marsupial or rodent which is like a brown with white spots that we are looking at right now, what would that be?” spots that we are looking at right now, what would that be? i cannot see it at the moment but it might be a type of marsupial. they are the smallest and they spent time in trees. they hang about in the lower limbs of trees and jump on small wallabies as they pass by below them. they are dependent on the forest resources . them. they are dependent on the forest resources. it is quite likely that the populations of this beautiful and spectacular and will well have taken a big hit in the fires. much of its range was on the path of the bushfires. what would the future be for some of these animals for that one and others? could it expedite extension for certain species? it is quite possible and quite likely that it

will speed up extension. the government in wake of the fires convened an expert panel on that panel has come up with a list of 119 species of vertebrates and hundred 19 species of invertebrates and a71 species of plants, as well as quite a large number of ecological communities, all of which were threatened at the time of the fires and which had at least some of the distribution on the path of the virus. so, these are all species that are likely to be at greater risk as a consequence of having their populations, or the size of their populations, or the size of their communities, reduced. their populations, or the size of their communities, reducedm their populations, or the size of their communities, reduced. it is devastating to hear the impact. we do appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. thank you very much. thank you. some breaking news coming through from spain, where the original chief in madrid has been making some comments and saying that facemasks will be compulsory everywhere at all times to curb covid—19 contagion. and also there

are going to be limits to gatherings, limits on gatherings of ten people, even at home, and reducing capacity in terraces. so they are bringing in measures to try to curb the spread of covid—19. we know that the number of cases per 100,000 in spain is not the highest level in europe but it is up there, 35.1 cases per 100,000. and you compare that with 1a.7 in the uk, and 5.1 per 100,000 in italy, that gives you a sense of where spain is and so it is introducing these new measures to try to reduce the spread of covid—19. of course, after the uk introduced quarantine for any travellers coming back to the uk from spain. now, china has said that hong kong was not government will suspend extradition agreements with britain, canada and australia in retaliation for similar actions by the three countries. earlier on

tuesday, new zealand became the latest country to suspend extradition agreements with hong kong because of china's imposition ofa kong because of china's imposition of a controversial security lock on the territory. new zealand's foreign ministry said hong kong was maximal just the system could no longer be trusted to be independent. in 1997 there was a one country, two systems commitment by china. it is clear that the law is no longer what it was. and therefore, the traditional arrangements that we have do not stand up, but they should go back to honouring the commitment of 1987 and if they do so we will change every situation as well. stephen mcdonell, our china correspondent, is following developments. this was inevitable, really. after first canada, then australia, then the uk, now new zealand, pulled out of their extradition arrangements with hong kong, following the introduction of the controversial new state security along —— law is there, china was a lwa ys along —— law is there, china was always going to follow suit in terms

of hong kong, and that is what has happened. it seems, however, that initially, it was only with canada, australia and the uk that hong kong would be suspending its extradition arrangements, not yet new zealand, and that is because that has only come today that an announcement from new zealand. so, i suppose it needs some time to get through the machinery of the chinese system in terms of reciprocity. but i think, again, it is not surprising also that those countries have pulled out of their extradition arrangements with hong kong, now that there is a new state security law there and it has changed everything in terms of the legal system. and in those countries feel that they can no longer be expected to extradite somebody to a jurisdiction whereby forms of political protest are now criminalised, punishable by prison time. for example, if you were to

wear a certain t—shirt or chant a certain slogan, what's more people can, under certain circumstances, even be extradited to mainland china, where there is the death penalty for certain serious crimes. and so, i think once the new state security law came and in hong kong, it is almost like all these dominoes had to fall, and that is exactly what has happened. now, some more breaking news to bring about the investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann. german police investigating have begun to search an allotment in the northern city of hannover. a spokeswoman for the regional prosecutor has come from to the german press agency that the operation is related to their ongoing investigation into a a3—year—old german man whom they suspect of killing madeleine mccann. she disappeared on the evening of the 3rd of may 2007 from her bed in

a holiday apartment in praia da luz in the algarve in portugal. in recent months police have begun or it has emerged that a particular man is being investigated, suspected over the disappearance and now we hear from local prosecutors in hannover that they are searching an allotment in connection to the investigation. we welcome of course, keep you updated. the range of measures to get people cycling in england has been announced by the government. an initial 50,000 bike prepare vouchers will be released later today on a first—come, first—served basis. more will be released in batches. the £50 for xu are back vouchers were due to beissued for xu are back vouchers were due to be issued in june for xu are back vouchers were due to be issued injune but have been delayed. borisjohnson's plan for a golden age of cycling includes thousands of miles of new protected cycle lanes and changes to the highway code. heidi alexander is the

deputy mayor of london for transport and says it is high time we invested in safe cycle infrastructure.” and says it is high time we invested in safe cycle infrastructure. i do welcome this initiative today. i think it is high time that we do more to enable people to cycle across the uk, and indeed, in london, where we have made a lot of progress in recent years. and in order to do that, you need to invest in safe cycle ways, so that people feel confident when they are out on the road. you need to enable people to access things like cycle training, perhaps when people haven't been on a bike for a number of years. that is really important that you get that confidence before you get back out on the road. and so ido you get back out on the road. and so i do welcome it, i think it is a very positive thing. greater manchester cycling and washing —— walking commissioner chris boardman praised the plans. it is the first properly joined praised the plans. it is the first properlyjoined up thinking on transport that brings in health,

climate, pollution, everything thought of in one go. and it is probably the biggest change that i have seen in my lifetime, because i can see the mechanics behind it, and he set up with the creation of active travel england to be the overseer, the arbiter of delivering the standards. it is the makings of an incredibly transformative plan. hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: the british government defends the decision to extend its ‘don't travel‘ advice to include the canary and balearic islands, after spain's prime minister called the uk's decision "unjustified". ministers warn tourists about the risks they face. by all means go on holiday, but understand there is a chance that you might be asked to self—isolate upon your return. germany's chief scientist warns against travelling to three regions in the north—east of spain following a spike in the number of positive coronavirus

infections in the last week. malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is found guilty on seven corruption charges at kuala lumpur‘s high court in a trial linked to a multi—billion dollar scandal. china says it has suspended hong kong's extradition treaties with the uk, australia and canada as tensions between the countries escalate. british holiday—makers have been left with more questions than answers after the government changed its foreign travel advice. many tourists will be wondering what they should do next. our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker has been looking at some of the most frequently—asked questions, and searching for some answers. for those dreaming of a holiday getaway this summer, there are still plenty of questions — should i cancel my holiday to spain, and will i get my money back? the foreign office is advising against all nonessential travel

to spain, and that now includes the canaries and balearic islands like majorca and ibiza, so anyone coming back from spain and its islands will have to quarantine, and people whose trips have been cancelled are supposed to get a refund within two weeks. tour operator tui has cancelled all of its holidays to mainland spain until 9th august, while some airlines, including british airways and easyjet, are continuing with their programme of flights to the country. so, what does this mean for my insurance? travelling against foreign office advice will invalidate your policy. if you're already in spain when the government advice changed you should be covered and until you got home. if in doubt, check with your insurers. if you are booking booking a european holiday, which obviously many of us are, and there's a lot of pent—up demand, if you're concerned about foreign office advice changing, which it's always possible that it could, book a package holiday. because if you do that,

if the advice changes when you're due to be travelling, then the tour operator will let you go later in the year when the situation improves, go to another country, or have your money back, that's the best way to protect yourself. will i get paid if i have to quarantine? it will depend on individual employers. if you can work from home, then you can get paid as normal. but if you can't, then you're not automatically entitled to statutory sick pay of £95.85 a week. there are, though, other options. the other options are possibly an extended period of annual leave, which would be paid. or alternatively, maybe a mutually—agreed period of unpaid leave, which obviously wouldn't be paid. so it's dependent on what's agreed between both parties. as the virus continues to circulate, changes to policy are inevitable. and the government's advice could also again with very little notice for holiday—makers. sarah corker, bbc news

at manchester airport. we have just heard from the court in malaysia that the former prime minister has been sentenced to ten yea rs minister has been sentenced to ten years injail over three money—laundering charges over a multi—million dollar fraud case. money—laundering charges over a multi—million dollarfraud case. the trial was the first of several related to a scandal that revolved around billions of dollars that has now led to the former prime minister, najib razak, being sentenced to jail. during lockdown, six—year—old faith and her mother searched for magazines that represented children like her. when they realised there was a lack of diversity in publications for younger girls, they decided to design and print ‘cocoa girl', the first ever uk magazine for black girls aged seven to 1a. and they've sold thousands, as amanda kirton reports. hello, my name is faith and i'm

the editor of cocoa girl. she's only six years old and is one of the editors for the uk's first magazine aimed at black girls. during lockdown, faith's mother went shopping for magazines to keep her daughter occupied. it was at this point that they realised there was a gap in the market. we decided to do a magazine which reflected her and other girls like her. there's a few mothers that have bought this magazine as a surprise for their daughter. some of them have never seen a black girl on the front of a cover before. this girl looks like me, because she's got those. leading figures within the magazine industry are aware of the problems around diversity. i think genuine diversity is not just about a cover, it's about a culture, and really using this moment as an opportunity to look at the brands that we work for, look at our teams and take some of the learnings

from the past few weeks following the black lives matter movement. but after the tragic death of george floyd in america, it looked like the launch of the magazine was under threat. i didn't think that i could launch a magazine which tells black children that they could be anything they want to be when we had seen such a sad death. a lot of people were asking, what can we do to support the black community? and the response was amazing. there was one time when the magazine was selling a thousand a day. i was somebody that had been trying so hard to get into publishing from such a young age. i left the industry because there was always that glass ceiling that i couldn't get through. i'm really, really happy and proud. the fact that selena has actually created a magazine for six, seven—year—olds who actually are picking it up and reading it, that's awesome. we are really concerned that,

actually, if we don't look at how diversity in content is being tackled now forfuture generations, it means that actually maybe that six, seven—year—old won't pick up a magazine, they won't read that content because it not relevant to them. i knew she was struggling with what she looked like. this journey that she's gone on to love her hair, to love her skin tone, to love everything about herself is the most amazing thing that happened. can ijust say something, mummy? if you are out there, friends, i want to say hi. carina white is founder of dope black mums podcast and bought cocoa girl magazine for her ten—year—old daughter, zoriah. she says it's the first time her daughter has felt represented in this way. thank you both forjoining us. what did you think when you saw the magazine? i felt happy because in other magazines you don't really see

black girls in it, so that made me really ha p py black girls in it, so that made me really happy to have a magazine that had black girls in it. how did it make you feel, because we heard that faith has felt better about yourself asa faith has felt better about yourself as a result of this. did it make you feel differently about yourself, at all? yeah. in what way? it made me feel like the world has noticed us, a lot different to before when we weren't really noticed. a lot different to before when we we ren't really noticed.” a lot different to before when we weren't really noticed. i am thrilled to hear it made you feel that way and i'm so sad that that is how you felt until now. karina, it is shocking really, isn't it, that it has taken so long for something to come along like this? yes, for years, we have been asking for more representation and more diversity in the media, and it has taken

something like the death of george floyd for the world to wake up and ta ke floyd for the world to wake up and take notice. as long as it is happening, that is the main thing, and it is amazing to see this representation and what selena and her daughter have brought out is absolutely amazing. when you were growing up, what did you think about the magazines that were out there for you? for us, it was the norm that if you opened up magazines you wouldn't see yourself represented and there, you just felt that was the way it was. if you wanted to look at new hairstyles or get inspiration on how to do new rules in your hairorwhat inspiration on how to do new rules in your hair or what to do with your afro, you didn't have that in the magazines that we had another day, but now we have opened up this magazine and they had a page on their dedicated to blackas my care. there were different afro hair styles and different came rose, it was actually representative of us andl

was actually representative of us and i really wish there was something like that when we were growing up. that is absolutely the thing, isn't it, because it is not about a tokenistic image on the front of a magazine with the content doesn't represent a broader diversity? as with anything that happens and seems so obvious, there isa happens and seems so obvious, there is a lot of scope for more like this across different areas, different age groups. do you think this is the start of something? yeah, definitely, i really do hope it is the start of something and i hope the start of something and i hope the publishers out there already really do take note and realise that we have been dying for content like this. you don't have to have a magazine dedicated to black women or black girls, but at least have some representation within there, make sure the content is representative and diverse, because this is what happens when there is a lack of diversity and representation, people are coming and having to create their own magazines and books. with

us with dope black mums, i didn't find it, one of our co—hosts did, she found the date for that reason, because there wasn't a platform that catered to black motherhood. there was nowhere for us to have a voice, have the ability to get in contact with other mums like us. if you don't feel represented, represent yourself. create your own platforms, yourself. create your own platforms, your own magazines. they have definitely shown that it can be done and it has had such success in such and it has had such success in such a short space of time. i like the page where you write words to describe yourself around an image. did you do that, and if you did, did you share the word she used to describe yourself? yes. powerful. beautiful. strong. independent. wow!

they are beautiful, perfect words to describe you. did you learn stuff and reading the magazine, as well? yes. this girl that had a skin condition, to me that felt like people are understanding what it is, because one of my france has that condition and people bully her, so it made me feel sad, but when i read the magazine it made me feel happy that people are actually getting to know what it is. and that she is not alone. it is the same with everything we go through in life when you don't see it elsewhere, you think you are the only one, but you never are, and that is important. what do you want to do when you grow

7 what do you want to do when you grow up? i want to be a hairdresser, because i like doing hair on my dolls and myself and my mum because my care, and it makes me feel happy when i do their hair. it makes me feel really happy. a lot has changed in recent months. most of us have probably evaluated where we are in life, what matters to us, did you feel like these are times when things can be different going forward ? things can be different going forward? i do feel like it could be different, but i feel like a lot of it might be performing from brands and companies. what we need to keep doing is holding brands and companies accountable and ensuring that in two or three months' time this doesn't die down and things go back to normal. we really need to keep motivated, keep pushing this. so it is notjust something that

falls on the shoulders of black people. we all should be global citizens, so we should all be allies in pushing for diversity. having diversity doesn't mean that black people are going to all of a sudden ta ke people are going to all of a sudden take over the world, what it means is that there will be fairer chances and equal chances for everybody regardless of their skin colour.m is so great to talk to you both. thank you very much indeed. mps have criticised the way the uk foreign office handled the repatriation of more than a million britons at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. the foreign affairs committee says the response was too slow, communications were inadequate and there was too much reliance on commercial flights. here 5 our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. when lockdown began in march some 1.3 million britons were travelling the world. the government advised them to return in a massive repatriation. but for a lot of people it wasn't easy. many countries shut their airports, closed their borders and banned internal travel.

the foreign affairs committee said "many fco staff went above and beyond to help people get home in extremely difficult circumstances. " but the mps said: "too many uk citizens were not provided with the support that they should reasonably expect to receive from the foreign office." the mps said communications were poor, with many britons unable to access information and others not treated with empathy or compassion. they urged the foreign office to improve its communication methods and its contingency plans. the committee chairman said there were clear failings in the foreign office response. the answer phones were not able to be fixed in embassies and couldn't be done remotely. so they were giving out mistaken messages, sometimes we found that social media was not being used appropriately, and we could have seen many more people informed much more accurately, earlier. so we will be giving a very, very close eye on how the foreign office handles this latest round of emergencies in spain.

the foreign office spokesman said it had taken unprecedented steps to help people and it had not been realistic to charter more flights. james landale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the british government defends the decision to extend its ‘don't travel‘ advice to include the canary and balearic islands, germany's chief scientist warns against travelling to three regions in the north—east of spain following a spike in the number of positive coronavirus infections in the past week. malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has been sentenced to ten years in prison after being found guilty on seven corruption charges in a trial linked to a multi—billion dollar scandal. there has been strong opposition in france to a government announcement that it is to ban cafes and restaurants from using outdoors heaters. they have taken the decision because of the effect of heaters on the environment. paul hawkins has more.

the famous outdoor parisien cafe culture. all year round, it's what france is known for, thanks to outdoor heaters, but this is set to change because the government says they are bad for the environment. translation: we will also ban outdoor heating in public spaces and restaurant terraces and require the closing of doors of all heated or air—conditioned buildings that are open to the public. this is about ending practices that constitute ecological aberrations that lead to a completely unjustified overconsumption of energy. we cannot, for the mere comfort of not having to open the doors of a shop, air—condition the street in the middle of summer when it's 30 degrees, and we also cannot fully heat terraces in the middle of winter when it is zero degrees for the mere pleasure of drinking one's coffee outdoors while staying warm. trade group say that more than 75% of restaurants and cafes in paris have a heated terrace, and even though the government says the ban won't come

in until after the winter because of covid—19, many cafe and restaurant owners are anxious. translation: i am worried about losing turnover in the winter. most of our turnover comes from the summer. during the winter, it is always a plus to have heaters on terraces for clients who want to smoke and to drink, even if it is cold, so for sure, i think our turnover will decrease in winter. environmental groups say france has at least 12,500 heated terraces. one of those groups has even calculated that a 75 metre square terrace heated with gas for five months emits as much carbon dioxide as a car circling the earth three times. translation: i think there are more important things to do for climate change than banning heaters on terraces. there are better things to do than depriving restaurant owners of their heated terraces.

a few french cities have already banned heaters. the mayor of paris refused to do so because of the impact on businesses. despite that, some people think it is a good idea. translation: look, i go to terraces which aren't heated. heaters appeared and it was amazing progress, but everybody knows we don't really need it. i stay warm with a little jacket or with something that is sufficiently warm to stay out on the terraces, drinking an aperitif or a coffee. i don't need a heater. and that's the government's point. the debate over heaters is a lot of hot air, they say. wear a jacket or use a blanket instead. fans of ten pin bowling in england will finally be able to get back on the lane on saturday, as alleys are allowed to reopen. however, parents of young children who are desperate for the chance to finally visit a soft play centre again will have to wait a little longer. tim muffett reports. stephen's first bowl in four months. take that, coronavirus. feels good to be back?

feels great to be back. from saturday, bowling alleys in england can reopen. what's going to be different? we've reduced the capacity in our centres by 50%, so you'll have this whole bowling environment to yourself. we fully clean down all of the balls and all of the customer touch points at the end of every game, we've extended the gametime by an additional two minutes to give our team members the time to be able to do that really effectively. and if you want to wear gloves, you can? fully optional, providing gloves to everybody as they come into the centres and at various different points throughout the venue, as well as lots of different hand sanitiser stations. hollywood bowl has more than 50 centres across britain. it's unclear when its sites in scotland and wales can reopen. we don't have any takeaway, we don't have any online business, so from the 20th of march we've been faced with zero revenue and ongoing operational costs of 1.6 million a month. so, yeah, it's been incredibly challenging. face coverings will be optional and bowlers can wear their own shoes. i hope your customers do a little better.

this is my four months of not going bowling! and like many bowling alleys, this one in milton keynes is part of a shopping centre that relies on it to attract punters. the cinema and the bowling are the core anchors, the core tenets that draw all the footfall in for the restaurants and the other retail operators that are around us. it's super important that we all open, even though some of our centres will probably be loss—making in the start. but a couple of miles away, an eerie sight. a silent, empty soft play centre. whilst indoor play centres in northern ireland have been told they can reopen, in england, scotland and wales there's still no word. gordon forster owns two sites and is convinced they could reopen safely. there's two things. obviously, the cleaning and the social distancing. and we believe we can do both of those. we've got a product from the cleaning perspective that keeps active on the surfaces for up to 30 days.

in these play frames, a lot of the pads are actually 1.2 metres apart, so they are self—designated areas without you even having to put ropes in, so you can actually explain to children and parents to keep either an obstacle or a pad apart. surely it would be very hard, though, to maintain social distancing in, say, a ball pit, for example? i think, to be fair, a lot of the indoor play operators will actually just take the ball pits out. if that is what the government said, and that was the hurdle, we would just take those out. that's not a problem. outdoor playgrounds are totally noncontrolled. there's nobody there managing the capacity, the cleanliness, anything like that, but we can do that any very controlled environment. every parent the summer holidays is looking for things to do with their children, particularly on a wet day like today, it's challenging. if i'm happy to take my children to a playground, then i'm more than happy for them to come here because, actually, i know it's cleaner and i know that it's not going to get as busy as some of the playgrounds i've seen in the last few weeks.

professor netflix is one thing, but you had much rather have your child running around the soft place. there's so many benefits, obviously from the exercise perspective. there's more than 1,000 soft play centres like this in the uk, employing 30,000 people. at least 15 have permanently closed in the past few weeks. this is hugely frustrating and, you know, if you look at, you know, for us, this is about children staying active, 0k? and the government are stopping children staying active. if they don't allow us to open by the winter, the majority of these venues will close, and they will close forever. an industry that thrives on fun and laughter facing its biggest crisis yet. tim muffett, bbc news, milton keynes. just before we said goodbye to viewers around the world, a few bits of breaking used. the prime minister of breaking used. the prime minister of the uk says the uk has to be

vigilant regarding a second wave of covid—19. you can do local easing you should, but we will see with the review says. he refers to leicester, where there has been a local lockdown, saying he has every sympathy with the views of local people there, but we have to prioritise public health and apply simple common sense and i think people understand that. he said it will do everything we can in these tough times for businesses, families, for people whose mental health has been effected during lockdown to give them the support they need. he said the most important thing is for everybody in all communities is to follow the advice, not to be spreading it accidentally and to get it right down and we will be able to ease the restrictions across the country. he says clearly we now face the threat ofa says clearly we now face the threat of a second wave in other parts of europe and we just have to be vigilant and be very mindful. those comments following on from the reintroduction of quarantine measures for anyone returning to the uk from spain. spain not happy about

that, but the government here says it has had to be done because of the number of cases in spain. it has had to be done because of the number of cases in spain. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, again. yesterday, most of us had a taste of autumn. on friday, many of us will have a taste of the summer. but today, we're looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers and windy conditions. the strongest winds in the northern half of the country. it will still be pretty breezy in the southern half, just not as windy as it was yesterday. but the strongest winds, where we have the isobars closest together, will be north—east scotland, particularly so across orkney, where we are looking at strong to gale force winds. here too we've got all this rain. there will be showers across western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, parts of wales and on those strong winds they will blow over to the east through the course of the day, even into the south—east at times. we could see some showers today at old trafford for the cricket. the wind will take the edge of those temperatures,

which at best are 15 to 20 degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight, a transient ridge of high pressure builds across us. that will kill off many of the showers. we will see some clear skies, so it's going to be a fresh night, particularly so in rural areas where temperatures will be lower than this — these temperatures really indicate towns and cities. with this transient ridge of high pressure across us tomorrow, it means things will be fairly settled, but we do have a clutch of weather fronts coming in from the west. look at the distinct lack of isobars — the wind will fall light tomorrow. it will feel better tomorrow. so we still will have some showers across the north—west of scotland, where it will be a cloudy start, but brightening up in scotland through the course of the day. for england and for wales, you start off with some sunshine, but the cloud building through the day and we'll see some rain getting into northern ireland and also parts of wales later on. as we move from wednesday into thursday, though, our weather fronts continue to push northward through northern ireland, northern england and scotland,

taking that rain with them. high pressure hangs on for the rest of england and wales, so a lot of dry conditions and a lot of sunshine. the rain moving out of northern ireland and pushing across scotland, where there will be a noticeable breeze, but the breeze coming up from the south, so temperatures are going to respond and start to climb. 25 to 27 across much of england and wales, 13 to about 19 in scotland and northern ireland. it is friday that we will see the peak of the heat — 32 quite possible in london. in belfast, temperatures not as high here because we have a weather front nearby. it cools down at the weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the prime minister warns the public to remain vigilant amidst fears of coronavirus resurfacing in europe. let us be clear about what is happening in europe among some of our european friends, i am afraid you are starting to see, in some places, the signs of a second wave of the pandemic. germany's chief scientist warns against travelling to three regions in the north—east of spain following a spike in the number of positive coronavirus infections in the past week. china says it has suspended hong kong's extradition treaties with the uk, australia and canada as tensions between the countries escalate. a £50 bike repair scheme begins in england as ministers push on with plans to help people become more active.

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these are decisions for families and individuals to make. we wanted to ta ke individuals to make. we wanted to take quick action before things bubble up again. let us be clear of what is happening in europe and amongst some of our european friends. i am afraid you are starting to see, in some places, the signs of a second wave the pandemic. and we all remember what happened last time. it is absolutely vital therefore that we make the necessary preparations, here, in the uk, as we are doing. vital that we all continue to observe the rules on social distancing, washing your hands, wearing masks and shops and on public transport and so on. everyone being within one metre or two metres apart. everyone knows the rules. that is how we will help ourselves. but also, it is vital that when people are coming back from abroad, if they are coming back

from abroad, if they are coming back from abroad, if they are coming back from a place where, i'm afraid, there is another outbreak. they must go into quarantine. that is why we have taken the action that we have and we will continue throughout the summer to take such action where it is necessary. i am afraid that is the best advice i can give people. is there any hope for those going into quarantine that that period could be reduced from 1a days, and if so, is track and testing going to be available? we are always looking at ways in which we can mitigate the impact of the quarantine, to try to help people, try to make sure that the science is working to help travellers and holiday—makers. at the moment, you've got to stick with the moment, you've got to stick with the guidance we have given. we are giving the guidance now about spain and some other places around the world. iam and some other places around the world. i am afraid if we do see signs of a second wave in other countries, it is really our duty and ourjob to act swiftly and decisively to stop re—infecting, to

stop travellers coming back from these places seeding the disease here in the uk. well, let's go to our assistant political editor norman smith. the serious warming, norman, from the prime minister. -- warning. we get clarity from the prime minister as to why he believes the 1a day period of quarantine is necessary for spain because he believes in parts of europe there is the risk of a second wave of coronavirus. and, i guess, we also learned that he has underlined the government's readiness to reimpose injections on other parts of europe of the virus suggests that it, too, isa of the virus suggests that it, too, is a serious threat and may be a second wave is developing in other countries. on the big question, which i guess many people will be mulling over, namely their eye risky holiday or going abroad, what should ido? you holiday or going abroad, what should i do? you don't really get much clarity on that, instead, the prime minister passes it back to you and

me, saying it is up to individuals and families to decide whether it is safe or sensible to try and take a summer break abroad this year. you andi summer break abroad this year. you and i must make that decision, he clearly will not issue any specific guidance over whether we should pass ona guidance over whether we should pass on a foreign holiday, saying, no, over to you, you must decide what to do. now, in part, isuspect that over to you, you must decide what to do. now, in part, i suspect that is because he does not want to put his head on the block, but also, because where he to do that, that really would be a killer blow for the travel industry and the holiday industry if he was to come out and say, look, such as the risk of a second wave in europe, you must think twice now about a break abroad this year. he has not gone that far but we get a clear indication that he is increasingly worried about what is going on in europe with fears of a second wave emerging, and that the danger of that being imported back into britain, possibly kick—starting a resurgence in the virus here. the other thing i think we learned, on the story, in the

telegraph this morning was about possibly a cut in the quarantine period from 1a down to ten days, but the prime minister has said not now, but we are always looking at ways to minimise the impact on ordinary folk. that suggests to me that they are waiting for the scientists, for test and trace to be in a sufficiently robust position to think about possibly reducing the quarantine period, but we are not there yet. i was going to ask you that exactly, because in germany, that exactly, because in germany, thatis that exactly, because in germany, that is the approach they have spoken about today, with concerns about foreign travel, talking about compulsory testing. where are we with that? i think the truth is, we are not much further forward. where we are now, there was an interview with michael gove separately this morning, in which i think he pretty much put it on the line in terms of what the thinking of the government is, and to use the phrase, "safety first," and i think that is what

this is all about. a 1a day quarantine period might be an awfully long time and terrible for people who risk losing out on to beat‘ pay, but if that provides some guarantee against bringing the virus back into the country, then safety first, that is the price that will have to be paid. —— two weekh‘s pay. and i think this government has shown it will try if possible to avoid a second wave that the prime minister clearly believes is beginning to get a grip on parts of europe. and other countries will be making their own decision about the level of risk that they find palatable in other countries for travellers to return to there‘s, and there is a fairly broad spectrum across europe in terms of a number of cases per 100,000. is there any guidance at all as to what we should be looking at when borisjohnson

says it is up to individuals to weigh up the risks themselves and decide what level of risk i guess they are comfortable with? well, there really isn‘t, no. i guess what we do get a clear warning from mr johnsonjust now we do get a clear warning from mr johnson just now and from downing street is that yesterday, all foreign travel now comes with a risk, and frankly, the risk is that the government could very, very swiftly impose quarantine restrictions on the country you are visiting. so, if you are a family trying to work out whether it is safe to go abroad, i guess you are looking at things like the par number in different countries, the death rate, the rate of new infections, all of this nitty—gritty. —— the r number. we have to look at the infection rates, into an entirely different thing to think about when looking at your holiday destination. but honestly, i think that is what you must look at.

when you look at countries now, the likes of belgium and croatia, they have around 25 cases of covid per 100,000. spain had 35, we have 1a. so, they are the next highest rates but they are quite a way off of that of spain. so, maybe, no other countries will have quarantine restrictions imposed and you might be perfectly free to go anywhere but spain. then again, there is an element of risk, and i guess each individualfamily will element of risk, and i guess each individual family will have to make their ownjudgment. individual family will have to make their own judgment. thank you, norman. some news to bring about a warning potentially about long—term impact of covid—19 for survivors. the uk sepsis trust has said that people diagnosed with covid—19 are being encouraged to familiarise themselves with the signs of sepsis after a poor —— report found as many as 20,000 covid—19 survivors could

be diagnosed with it within one year. they have said that one in five covid—19 survivors who have required hospital treatment is at risk of sepsis within one year of being discharged. the charity has estimated 100,000 people will be discharged from hospital in the uk having had covid—19, which means about 20,000 at risk of life—threatening sepsis, and they are calling for the government to invest in an awareness campaign. sepsis is a life—threatening reaction to an infection and it happens in the body‘s immune system, when it overreacts to an infection which can lead to organ failure and death. so they are saying that they wa nt death. so they are saying that they want people to be aware of the symptoms. there are six signs that speu symptoms. there are six signs that spell out the word sepsis. that is an easy way to remember them. the first is for slurred speech or confusion. then extreme pain in muscles orjoints. then passing know you‘re in in one day. severe breathlessness. it feels like i am going to die. and skin that is

mottled or discoloured. that is the message that the sepsis trust wants out. warning that it could be a long—term complication after surviving covid—19. we have heard the prime minister warning of the dangers of a second wave of covid—19 with countries of rising cases. what is the rate of infection in spain and other popular tourist destinations in europe? the latest figures from the european centre for disease prevention and control show that in spain there are 35.1 cases per 100,000 people. that compares to 1a.7 cases per 100,000 people in the uk, which is similar to france at 1a.6. italy, which suffered heavily in the pandemic, have their cases down at 5.1 cases per 100,000, and germany has 8. luxembourg is the worst country on the list, with 219.a cases per 100,000 people. sean tipton is a spokesperson for abta, the trade organisation for tour operators

and travel agents. hejoins us now. thank you he joins us now. thank you for joining us. we are obviously in a moving situation. what are your thoughts on what the reality is going to be around travel with covid in the background ? going to be around travel with covid in the background?” going to be around travel with covid in the background? i don't think anything new has happened really, because when the government first said that they were going to introduce other air corridors, what they said was that they would allow people from the uk to travel to destinations which had law or a similar rates of infection, and by doing so, i coming back into the uk without going into quarantine, they we re without going into quarantine, they were not actually increasing the risk, nothing has changed. they said that the time that they would review the situation if the situation worsened in any particular destination, that is what we have seen. so, i don‘t think you as a member of the public will have to check this, the government is already doing that, and if they feel

that the situation has worsened in a particular destination, they will be taken off of the list, we do not have to sell quarantine. the issue in particular we have is spain and it has been done in a blunt fashion, because as you have talked about many times over the past few days, the situation in terms of increasing infection is in the north of spain and we have seen the german government take the sensible decision to say that their national should not visit that particular pa rt should not visit that particular part of spain. by saying that you have to sell quarantine from coming back from the balearic islands and the canary back from the balearic islands and the ca nary islands back from the balearic islands and the canary islands with the infection rate is low, i do not see the logic of that, because if you are coming back from a destination with a low rate of infection, lower than the uk, why should you sell quarantine? the government are quite right in deciding that a country is somewhere where self quarantine is required, that is sensible, but it isa required, that is sensible, but it is a question of making that clear and as quickly as possible giving people plenty of notice and also

looking at different geographic regions of a country. they canary islands are hundreds of miles off the coast of the west of africa, they are nowhere near catalonia with this problem is developing in spain. the balearics likewise. they have gone over these arguments and this is where they have ended up. so, thatis is where they have ended up. so, that is what anyone travelling is having to deal with. as you have said, it was brought in quickly and people are facing the issue of grappling with quarantine. in terms of booking any other foreign travel, what impact do you think it will have? you have said that the government will make the decisions for you on whether there is going to bea for you on whether there is going to be a quarantine or not, what the risk factor is, but once you have booked, you are strapped into that roller—coaster, aren‘t you? should people leave it for the moment? roller—coaster, aren‘t you? should people leave it for the moment7m isa people leave it for the moment7m is a question of how much you want to travel? i have speaking —— i speak to many members of the public and have college as well, and there

isa and have college as well, and there is a split between people who are not keen on foreign travel at the moment and others who are desperate to get away. those desperate to get away will bear that in mind that there is a potential risk that things could be cancelled, but the chances are that it will not either. some have come back from italy and had a great time. for that level of protection, if things were to change and your holiday was to be cancelled, it is best to book a package holiday because they foreign office is advising against travel to a destination, like they are with spain, it will give you the option of waiting for the situation to improve what will at some stage, or going to some other destination with advices that you can go or getting your money back. people most at risk are those that have booked independently if the foreign office changes its advice, because the problem is that airlines are not so inclined to give back money. they are good about letting you rebook, but there is an issue of accommodation, if you cannot use it

because you cannot travel, it could because you cannot travel, it could bea because you cannot travel, it could be a cancellation charge involved. but across the board, if you look generally at the situation in many destinations, things are not getting better because the number of countries added to the list we don‘t have to self quarantine, not that long ago, that there is is increasing and getting longer, the problem in spain is that it is such a massive destination, by far the most popular overseas destination and understandably it is hurting the headlines. but i would hope that the government would reassess its decision to say that people cannot travel to the entire country, especially when the most popular destinations are the islands. -- etting. thank you very much, sean tipton. now straight to edinburgh where nicola sturgeon is giving the latest briefing on covid—19. that is six fewer than yesterday. a total of two people last night were in intensive care with kin from covid and that is the same number as

yesterday. finally, iam covid and that is the same number as yesterday. finally, i am pleased and relieved to tell you that during the last 20ai was yet again no deaths we re last 20ai was yet again no deaths were registered of a patient confirmed through a test as having covid. the total number of deaths under this measurement therefore remains at 2a91. although we are now reporting fewer deaths daily and there have been several days now with no deaths amongst people confirmed through a test, the total that i have just read out nevertheless reminds us of the impact the virus has had on families across the country and again i want to extend my condolences to everyone who is grieving a loved one. as always, let me record my thanks to our health and care workers for the extraordinary work that you have done and continue to do. i have three things i want to briefly update on today. firstly, it relates toa update on today. firstly, it relates to a new nhs pharmacy service which is being launched today. it is

called nhs pharmacy first in scotla nd called nhs pharmacy first in scotland and it is available across all community pharmacies across the country. it replaces our minor ailment service, but unlike that service, which was restricted to certain groups, this new service is available to everyone in scotland. the scottish government has closely worked with community pharmacies scotla nd worked with community pharmacies scotland and health boards in planning and delivery the new service and i am grateful to them for their hard work. as more of our nhs services start—up we want to ensure you get the right care in the right place and in many circumstances the best place for you to go for care certainly in the first instance will be the community pharmacist. pharmacist can help people with minor conditions like earache, cold sores and sore throats, and can help with common clinical conditions like unitary tract infections for which prescribed medication is often required. at this point and given the nature of what we are dealing with right now, it is important that i stress that you should not go to your pharmacy first if you have any

of the symptoms of covid, a new cost, high temperature or a loss or change in your sense of taste or smell. in these circumstances you must self—isolate immediately and put a test through the nhs inform website or by calling 080022 aa88. a member of the team will be able to provide advice and if they feel that your condition needs investigation or more specialised care, they will be able to refer you on to your gp or another nhs service. pharmacy first scotland is another demonstration i think of the importance and value of the work done by pharmacies across the country. community pharmacies have been open throughout the pandemic so farandi been open throughout the pandemic so far and i know that staff have worked incredibly hard during this whole period. the new service launched today shows their ongoing commitment to the health and welfare

for people in the community and i am grateful for all of for people in the community and i am gratefulfor all of their for people in the community and i am grateful for all of their efforts. the second point i want to raise is again relevant to the resumption of nhs services. yesterday, i was able to visit the nhs louisa jordan facility at the scottish events campus in glasgow. that is the temporary facility we created in case we needed additional inpatient capacity because of covid. thankfully, we have not needed it for that reason yet, although we are retaining it as a contingency through the winter encase need it because of the virus in the future, although we hope that will not happen. over the past few weeks, a pilot project has been there while the hospital is not for covid. through that pilot project more than 300 patients have received orthopaedic and plastic surgery consultations since the start of july. and because of the success of that pilot, the hospital will increase the number of patients it

welcomes each day, and it will expand the services that it offers, for example, providing x—rays and other medical image scans and dermatology appointments. and by doing so, it will help us to reduce hospital waiting times and improve outcomes for patients, and ensure that we are making use of our facility created to help us deal with covid but not at this stage required for that. so, we are getting some value and it is contributing to the wider nhs efforts. i saw yesterday how much work has gone into preparing the louisa jordan for the covid contingency but also for these new services it will be offering and i wa nt services it will be offering and i want today to thank everybody who has been involved in whatever capacity in that project. the final point i want to make today relates to the hospitality sector. outdoor hospitality was allowed to reopen three weeks ago and then the hospitality resumed two weeks ago. there has been a lot of hard work by businesses and staff across the country to make the premise is safe

for visitors. however, although the majority of businesses are following the rules, we know anecdotally of some instances of guidance being breached. of seating area is not been thoroughly cleaned between customers, staff not wearing face coverings and contact details for test and protect not being taken. the guidance for hospitality is on the scottish government website, so businesses know what to do and you, as customers, also know what to expect. if you are not aware of that, you can go and read that. in response to the industry, the scottish government and hospitality associations have produced an updated set of questions and answers responding to questions that businesses have raised. these were widely shared yesterday across industry association networks and they deal with everything from curing arrangements from customers to the mitigations which need to be in place to allow for one metre distancing. as you have heard me tell you before, compliance and hospitality sector has generally

been good and i am grateful to eve ryo ne been good and i am grateful to everyone for that. but ensuring even better cooperation even better compliance is in the interests of all of us. government, customers and of course the sector itself. if we start to see outbreaks linked to the hospitality sector, we would need to ta ke hospitality sector, we would need to take action and that could include closing premises down again. nobody wa nts to closing premises down again. nobody wants to see that happen. so, i want to send a message to everyone in the sector today that these guidelines are not just sector today that these guidelines are notjust for sector today that these guidelines are not just for the first few weeks, they must become the norm and you cannot allow standards to slip. and to customers, if any venue you are frequenting or visiting does not seem to be taking covid seriously, for example, if you are not asked for example, if you are not asked for your contact details, and if there is not clear guidance and place about physical distancing, my advice is to go somewhere else. because all of us, individuals and businesses have a role to play in making sure that compliance is high, standards are high and that we are not giving the spiders the

opportunity to spread because standards are slipping. —— giving the virus the opportunity to spread. the wider message is also important and that is what i want to leave you with today. the progress we continue to make in scotland is very significant and very welcome and ease this the sticks have shared with you today that again. but as you have heard me say many times, the progress, because of the nature of what we are doing with and this very infectious virus, that progress remains fragile. —— statistics. it might seem odd given the current numbers in scotland, but i remain highly concerned, possibly increasingly concerned again, about the covid risk. we are currently seeing a worrying resurgence of covid cases, not just seeing a worrying resurgence of covid cases, notjust in far—away parts of the world, but also in several countries across europe right now. for example, parts of spain and belgium have seen increases in covid in the past few

weeks and we are seeing outbreaks in countries like germany and france. and i think there are two match important lessons from that. the most immediate one is that as the prevalence of covid in scotland continues to fall, we must guard against the risk of cases coming into the country from outside. if necessary the scottish government will reimpose quarantine restrictions on travel from certain countries, as we did at the weekend for spain, if those countries see a sharp increase in cases. so, people planning overseas holidays need to be aware of that. you cannot assume andi be aware of that. you cannot assume and i said this last week, you cannot assume that the rules and regulations applying to or in your destination when you book a holiday will remain the same while you are there or be the same when you come to travel home. and again, as i have said before, but! to travel home. and again, as i have said before, but i want to reiterate this point strongly today, my advice to you remains to be very cautious about non—foreign travel at this

time. and if you are in a position to have a holiday and want to take a holiday, the safest way of doing so as to remain here in scotland. so that you avoid the risks of foreign travel but you as an added bonus are helping the scottish tourist industry as well. there is a wider lesson from the rise in cases we are seeing in other countries. covid is currently declining in scotland, but it is not declining around the world. the who is clear that globally this pandemic is still accelerating. and several countries which had seen drops in the rate of covid as we are seeing and have been seenin covid as we are seeing and have been seen in scotland, are now dealing with new cases again and rising incidents. the point i want to make again today is that the same thing could easily happen in scotland. and it will happen if we drop our guard. so, all of us must continue to be careful. for the government, that means we must continue to take steps to guard against a surge in cases,

and sometimes that will involve us taking unpopular and difficult decisions, but we will not shy away from that if that is necessary to help protect the country. and it is one reason why when we announce a review of the remaining covered restrictions on thursday we are likely to adopt a very cautious approach at this stage. —— covid restrictions. it is vital that we do everything possible to stay safe as we support local businesses and we must think we are enacting in a way that allows the virus to spread. that is why i want to end, as always, by highlighting facts. the five steps that will help to keep you safe even as you go out and about more. and please, do not see these as optional, see the steps as an essential part of life right now and for the foreseeable future. see them as steps that are just as important to your well—being and safety as wearing a seat belt or looking both ways before crossing the road. in this situation,

remember that failure to comply does not just put your own remember that failure to comply does notjust put your own health at risk, it puts the health of others at risk as well. remember the five golden rules. face coverings must be borne in shops and public transport, you should wear a face covering in any enclosed spaces. avoid crowded spaces indoors and outdoors, when your hands on hard surfaces regularly, to metr distancing remains a very clear advice. add self—isolate and book a test if you have symptoms. you can go to the nhs inform website to find out more about that. —— two metr distancing. if we remember these five basic measures we will all play our part in minimising the opportunities for covid to spread and we will therefore be helping keeping this virus under control. and that will help protect ourselves, help protect others and it will protect the nhs and help all of us to save nice. thank you once again to everyone who is doing the right thing. i know it was like we have been living with us

for a very long time, we have, and it has been difficult and painful and it will continue to be like that, but we must not drop our guard because the risk of covid has not gone away. it is still present and we must play our part in continuing to help tackle and mitigate it. thank you very much for listening, i will hand over to the deputy first minister and then to the deputy to chief medical officer before taking questions as normal. thank you, first minister. the education recovery group reached an agreement la st recovery group reached an agreement last week on the guidance that can enable schools to reopen safely on a full—time basis from the 11th of august. i am grateful to the hard work and collaborative approach of all of our partners in this task in local government, the unions and the professional associations and amongst parents. the education recovery group has received and considered multiple pieces of scientific advice, from the covid—19 advisory subgroup on education and children's issues. that advice has helped us to develop guidance for

local authorities and schools which clearly sets out the approach that must be taken subject to risk mitigation measures to allow pupils to return safely to both primary and secondary schools on a full—time basis, without reducing capacity within that school. the endeavours of everyone in scotland to follow facts as the first minister has just set out and take the steps to suppress coronavirus means that i believe at this point we should be confident that our schools can reopen safely and our children can return to learning with their peers and teachers at school. a final decision will be taken by the cabinet tomorrow and set out to parliament by the first minister on thursday. that is part of our statutory three—week review process at which point we will also publish the guidance which i have referred. as we consider the reopening of schools, it is vital that along with our partners, we address the wider impacts of the virus on the health,

well— being and educational attainment of children and young to whom we have carefully listened about their aspirations about the return to schooling. it is important to recognise at this moment that the well— being of children to recognise at this moment that the well—being of children and young as they reconnect with learning is critical and needs careful planning. schools and local authorities also recognise this and i can assure parents that they are working hard to develop plans for children and young people to return to school. i know how important it is for parents to feel reassured that schools will be safe for their children, as well as places to learn and to flourish. you need to know the type and level of support schools will be able to offer your children in the new term. in preparation for this, the scottish government has provided local authorities with funding of £50 million to help them recruit more teachers and support staff. this will bolster support for children and young as they return to face—to—face education, mitigate for them and lost due to the impact of

covid—19, and support closing the achievement gap. it will also provide much needed resilience to our education system as we work to re cover our education system as we work to recover from covid—19 and to support staff in the delivery of the important work that they carry out within our schools. i have made £20 million immediately available to local authorities to help with the logistics of opening schools, including things like cleaning and the procurement of ppe. it is to be expected that some children and young people may have new needs is the result of the covid—19 pandemic, therefore specific advice for parents and carers, including to support children and young people with additional support needs, has been published on the coronavirus hub. the guidance on the recovery curriculum advises that school should prioritise well— being curriculum advises that school should prioritise well—being when schools reopen. i want to be clear that this will be a big change for

everyone. throughout this crisis are important focus has been in supporting those children and young people who rely on schools early learning and child care. those individuals for whom these places offer a place of stability that otherwise there would be lacking. i have emphasised the importance of learning hubs. having witnessed at close hand, the endeavours of colleagues across the education sector in recent months, i am confident that together we will be ina confident that together we will be in a strong position to support her children and young people to return safely to school at the beginning of term next month. this is all part of the work to achieve our shared vision for education in scotland, which is to achieve excellence and equity for all our young people. it isa equity for all our young people. it is a moral and educational imperative to support our young people back into school as soon as we know it is safe to do so. i know there are partners in local

government are as committed as we are to have her children back at school, and i look forward to making that a reality for scotland because my children and young people as early as we can in august. today i would like to talk to you all about turning science into action. to begin with i want to share with you some promising news in terms of a potential vaccine against coronavirus, which i know many people want to know more about. some of you will have seen just last week the latest results from the oxford vaccine studies which were published in the lancet. the way the oxford vaccine actually works is if someone is vaccinated, their body recognises the bits of coronavirus in the vaccine as foreign and makes an immune response to those bits of coronavirus. the important thing is that then the body remembers this immune response, so that if the real

coronavirus then comes along to infect person, their immune response recognises that much faster, having seen bits of it before, and can hopefully prevent the virus from than infecting or causing disease. last week there were reports on the results of 500 people who have been given this candidate vaccine as part ofa given this candidate vaccine as part of a trial. the results, well, firstly and crucially, the vaccine appeared safe with no serious side effects seen in the trial. secondly, in those people wear their immune response was able to be measured, all of them showed a good response in terms of both parts of the immune syste m in terms of both parts of the immune system that we know are important in fighting viruses, so that is both a sales and the antibodies. in terms of the science, there is obviously more, much more to be done with larger numbers of people to be tested with the vaccine and we need to know how well it works in the

real world in terms of whether it definitely protects as many people as possible from coronavirus. it is still early days, but it is definitely good news. research has always been a vital part of our nhs and how we provide the best possible ca re and how we provide the best possible care for all of the people in scotland, but science and research have never been more important to all of us than now. recently, i am really proud to say that our research community in scotland has supported over 60 covid studies involving over 6700 people, and this includes the oxford vaccine work. this has led to advances in our understanding of the virus, but also success in identifying treatment options. this work done in scotland is testament to the world—class research we have here and the willingness of many of us as

patients and members of the public to support that vital research. more action is always needed. with larger scale trials required to support vaccine research and development, a new nhs covid—19 vaccine research registry has launched across the four uk nations. crucially, what this registry does is it allows those who are interested in volunteering for covid vaccine trials to register their interest online and to give their permission to be contacted by research teams conducting the trials. the online sign up is available on the website at www. forwards research contact. please do visit the online site if you can and think about whether you like so many others can volunteer to help with vaccine trials. this

important covid—19 research will obviously continue, but we are also now in scotland working to restore all of the other vital health research studies that scotland offered before the pandemic. i want to finish by expressing my thanks to the research community across scotland for their sustained and absolutely sterling efforts, and i also want to thank you, the members of the public, patients and their families for their participation in these research studies. covid—19 has demonstrated the vital importance of research in terms of health and, remember, that many of us have our own part to play in helping to turn this science into action. thank you. you have further stock before about how we all have a part to play in tackling this and that is very true.

this is another possible way in which some of us will be able to help in development of a vaccine. if you are help in development of a vaccine. if you a re interested help in development of a vaccine. if you are interested in registering your details to see if he could volunteer to take part in the vaccine trial go to the website. i will tweet out that website later this afternoon. we need people to volunteer so the work to develop a vaccine can continue and reach a successful conclusion soon, hopefully. we will move to questions. katrina renton from bbc scotland. good afternoon. a scientist has told the bbc that he does not understand why the scottish government waited untiljune to make mask wearing in care homes mandatory. he says the evidence of asymptomatic transmission was there in march. did the scottish

government with too long?” understand that disclosure programme you referred to will air tonight so i have not seen it. i will wait and get the opportunity to set before i comment in i have stayed here at this podium and answer questions —— a nswered this podium and answer questions —— answered questions on a whole range of issues on the management of covid in care homes, in terms of the provision of ppe to staff, you heard us talk about that in relation to ca re us talk about that in relation to care home staff and health staff. obviously, visiting has been very restricted in care homes, so those coming into care homes from outside has been under extreme constraint and has no slowly started to move forward again. you have heard me talking about issues around testing and they effectual control and risk assessments that were done in terms of people being admitted to care

homes. i am of people being admitted to care homes. iam happy of people being admitted to care homes. i am happy to respond and give more detail should be required, but i will wait to see the programme before responding to things that i have not actually seen in full. if you want to ask me again tomorrow, i will probably be in a better position to give you an answer. louise scott from stv? thank you. are you able to give us an update on how enforcement is going for those returning from countries where quarantine is required? how frequent are the checks being made? how many fines have been issued to those floating quarantine? can i ask about gibraltar? it is on the exempt list. are there concerns that travellers could be visiting mainland spain from gibraltar? could this be reviewed? i will provide you with the up—to—date statistics later on.

there is a process now under way we re there is a process now under way were people who have come into the country, there are checks done and the percentage of people are contacted so that we have an understanding of compliance. all of the information i have is that we believe compliance is high. i think thatis believe compliance is high. i think that is true uk wide. we will see a big gap and give the up—to—date statistics on that later on. in terms of the point about trying to circumvent regulations by going through different countries, i don‘t have the regulations in front of me soiam have the regulations in front of me so i am not quoting here, but the regulations are drawn in such a way that if you come into this country from a country, even if it is not your starting point, but if you come in from your starting point, but if you come infrom a your starting point, but if you come in from a country that is on the quarantine list, then you have to quarantine. domestically, within the uk, although we have an aligned position across the four countries, you have heard me say before if you come to scotland to come through an airport in england, the regulations

if you‘re coming to scotland apply, so you can circumvent these regulations by taking a circuitous journeys. that is a general point not a specific point to i would want to make on this is to underline the point at my opening remarks. last week, exactly this time last week, week, exactly this time last week, we we re week, exactly this time last week, we were talking about spain, which at that point we had decided to put on the exempt list for quarantine and there was explaining some of the reasons behind that. i made the point then and i will make it again, it isa point then and i will make it again, it is a general point that relates to every country across the world is, and will relate to the uk in terms of the considerations other countries are making. these things are not set in stone. we are dealing with a virus that is unfortunately unpredictable, that can change very quickly in terms of going from a position where it looks as if it is

under control to rising again very quickly. therefore, if you are booking foreign travel right now, just because as you pick that travel at country looks to be exempt from quarantine, do not assume that that won‘t change. as we saw with spain last week, it may change at very short notice. you also can‘t be sure that the country you are going to wa nt to that the country you are going to want to change its own internal regulations while you are there, if it has a spike in cases. all of that leads me to pretty much advise to be very, very cautious about nonessential foreign travel right now because it is unpredictable. i know that is very frustrating for people who want to go on holiday after a very difficult few months, but you cannot be certain that the situation doesn‘t change while you are away, so that is why i continue to urge that degree of caution. tom from itv border. on lockdown

reopening, can i please relay a question to you from michelle douglas, the owner of a dance studio in kelso. she says that from the dance performing sector in scotland, we would like to know when we will get guidance on when and how to open studios safety for children and young people across the country. as soon as we are in a position to do that, we will. that is my answer to any sector that has not yet been given the go—ahead to reopen. we know that these sectors want indicative dates and guidance around this safety measures they will require to put in place. we will do all that as quickly as possible, but we are in a face right now, and i‘ve set this on several occasions, where we have made a lot of changes in the last few weeks and we don‘t yet have the certainty about the impact of those in our domestic incidence and prevalence. we also see a situation internationally where the on the rise again. and we have very clear

objectives for the next few weeks. we obviously want to see those who have been shielded get to live their lives more nobly again, and that central objective of getting schools back full time. these are the absolute priorities. therefore, that does mean that we will take a very cautious approach to any further opening up. i know that is difficult for people who are in the sectors that can‘t open right now and we will try to give certainty as soon as we can add as much certainty as we can, but we cannot do everything all at once or we will quickly compromise our ability to do the things that i think most people accept their priorities, which is to get young people back to school. alan smith? thank you. on the issue of quarantine, radio clyde has spoken with a glasgow taxi driver who only arrived in majorca on saturday night, and he only decided

to travel once the quarantine restrictions have been lifted, but now he faces not being able to work for two weeks when he comes home and he says that will lead to a substantial loss of earnings. there have been calls for some sort of compensation scheme to be put in place for people who have been put in that situation. is that they considered come at all? it is not something i want to give people an expectation around. i will continue to say that we consider every possibility, but i don‘t want to raise people because my expectations. these decisions are tough. the people who bear the consequences of these decisions find it difficult, as well. contextually, there is an inherent uncertainty and everything we are dealing with, and inherent unpredictability. we are dealing with the virus that doesn‘t do what we always would like to tell it to do. the situation with the virus can change very quickly. we

know that the lockdown and all the restrictions that are in place have a big economic impact, so we tried to ease them up when we can to try to ease them up when we can to try to balance out these harms, but all of this is subject to change. last week, because the most up—to—date data that we had on spain, show that its prevalence was closer to scotland, we thought given the impact of these decisions on the aviation and terror sector that we could make a move on spain, but the data that we saw at the weekend showed that there had been a doubling of cases in the most recent weeks. unfortunately, that is the basis on which we have to take these decisions. that is why last week, standing here on this very day last week, i was very clear to people that notwithstanding what the regulations say at one point or

another in different countries and whether they are on the quarantine list or not... we say goodbye now to viewers of bbc two, but remember you can stay up to date with all our stories — just go to our news website at bbc.co.uk. i continue to take the people, and ta ke i continue to take the people, and take no pleasure in saying this because of the impact on individuals and the impact of industries that are very important to scotland, but right now be very cautious about booking foreign travel that is not essential because you don‘t know that when you‘re in a country they may change their regulation so you mightfind may change their regulation so you might find yourself restricted in that country, then when you go to come home you might find the quarantine rules have changed here. u nfortu nately, quarantine rules have changed here. unfortunately, that is the nature of what we are dealing with. i want to be really blunt and clear with people, that i wouldn‘t, if you are asking me, iwouldn‘t

people, that i wouldn‘t, if you are asking me, i wouldn‘t be booking our foreign holiday right now because of these reasons. i would be choosing, ifi these reasons. i would be choosing, if i had the time to go on holiday, i would be choosing to spend it here in scotland. fraser night from global? just picking up on the point that you have made to alan. he said the country is on the exemption list are under constant review. while you do stress caution for people booking holidays abroad, there are people undoubtedly out there still looking for last—minute getaways. can you tell us some of the other countries that are under close review at the moment? he said at the start of this that some of them were amber or red, some of the other countries, could you tell us some of them?” some of the other countries, could you tell us some of them? i will try to be even clearer in my answer to alan. all countries are under review. there are countries a couple of weeks ago i would not have

expected to see a resurgence in cases, but we are right now. there are countries right now where things get really stable and low level right now, that a week or so for now might look very different. that is the nature of the virus. i know i am making an obvious point here and i don‘t want to sound as if i am being oversimplistic about this, but this is an infectious virus. it doesn‘t obey borders of governance, it doesn‘t behave in the way that wants to behave and it takes advantage of the things we do to live the opportunities to spread. it is uncertain. any country could change at very short notice. if i was to say right now here is a list of countries that might be ok to go to, i would be misleading to keep —— people potentially because i don‘t know if next week that would be the

case. my advice to anybody, and i know how badly at this time of year people want to get away on a break and get some sunshine, i totally understand that, but right now... you are all responsible adults and you will make your own decisions about this, all i can do is first minister is give you the best advice ican and minister is give you the best advice i can and right now i would be very cautious about foreign travel that is not essential. i can tell you as a citizen, right now i wouldn‘t decide to go away on a foreign holiday because of the inherent uncertainty in everything we are dealing with. people can choose to ta ke dealing with. people can choose to take that advice or not, but i don‘t once knew to be able to come back at me and say i didn‘t give you that advice clearly. it is about the third time done it today, and i will probably do it a few more times as well. nicola, do you want to say

anything about the inherent uncertainty about what we are dealing with? we all appreciate how difficult the situation is. we are all in this together. we are doing the best that we can to provide the most up—to—date information on all the countries in order to be able to protect the people of scotland. because everything can change so rapidly with this virus, that means that nowhere is completely safe. it isa that nowhere is completely safe. it is a global pandemic. i think we run the risk of thinking because lots of things have been opened up and our case numbers, thankfully, remain low for the current time in scotland, that the virus has gone away. it hasn't. it is a global pandemic. we need to be so careful at the moment because in a few weeks we don't want to be in the same position as some of these other countries where rates of these other countries where rates of transmission have been low, then have shot up. it is a highly

infectious virus and we know within scotland, as i have spoken about before, but elsewhere in the world, an enormous number of people have not yet been exposed to this virus, so the risk is still there, the risk is real, which is why these measures are so important and we wouldn't put them in place if we didn't think it was necessary to protect the health of the public. i would love, as with the first minister, to be able to give you a list of places and carte blanche to be able to go to them, but i wouldn't do it to members of my family and i wouldn't do it to anybody else in scotland either.

i have a couple of questions regarding the reopening of schools, which perhaps may be better suited to the deputy first minister. i wa nted to the deputy first minister. i wanted first of all, quite simply, ifa wanted first of all, quite simply, if a decision about the reopening of schools is being taken on wednesday by the cabinet, why is it not being announced on wednesday? after all, pa rents announced on wednesday? after all, parents and children across scotland have been waiting a very long time to find out what is happening with schools and the return to education. i also wanted to ask about the return date of the 11th of august. usually councils across the country will set their own date for schools returning and in some cases this will mean that teachers and children are missing out on holiday entitlement. will these authorities where schools are going back earlier than had been planned be able to reta ke than had been planned be able to retake those holidays at a later

stage? on the first point, this is a very significant decision, and parliament has been very clear with the government, rightly in my view, that significant decisions about coronavirus should be analysed to members of parliament, and that is exactly what will happen on thursday when the first minister gives it three weekly update on the progress in relation to the route map out of the coronavirus... the latest briefing from the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, and her advisers. hello, again. yesterday, most of us had a taste of autumn. on friday, many of us will have a taste of the summer. but today, we‘re looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers and windy conditions. the strongest winds in the northern half of the country. it will still be pretty breezy in the southern half, just not as windy as it was yesterday. but the strongest winds,

where we have the isobars closest together, will be north—east scotland, particularly so across orkney, where we are looking at strong to gale force winds. here too we‘ve got all this rain. there will be showers across western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, parts of wales and on those strong winds they will blow over to the east through the course of the day, even into the south—east at times. we could see some showers today at old trafford for the cricket. the wind will take the edge of those temperatures, which at best are 15 to 20 degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight, a transient ridge of high pressure builds across us. that will kill off many of the showers. we will see some clear skies, so it‘s going to be a fresh night, particularly so in rural areas where temperatures will be lower than this — these temperatures really indicate towns and cities. with this transient ridge of high pressure across us tomorrow, it means things will be fairly settled, but we do have a clutch of weather fronts coming in from the west. look at the distinct lack of isobars — the wind will fall light tomorrow. it will feel better tomorrow. so we still will have some showers

across the north—west of scotland, where it will be a cloudy start, but brightening up in scotland through the course of the day. for england and for wales, you start off with some sunshine, but the cloud building through the day and we‘ll see some rain getting into northern ireland and also parts of wales later on. as we move from wednesday into thursday, though, our weather fronts continue to push northward through northern ireland, northern england and scotland, taking that rain with them. high pressure hangs on for the rest of england and wales, so a lot of dry conditions and a lot of sunshine. the rain moving out of northern ireland and pushing across scotland, where there will be a noticeable breeze, but the breeze coming up from the south, so temperatures are going to respond and start to climb. 25 to 27 across much of england and wales, 13 to about 19 in scotland and northern ireland. it is friday that we will see the peak of the heat — 32 quite possible in london. in belfast, temperatures not as high here because we have a weather front nearby. it cools down at the weekend.

more cancelled flights, more confusion, as the government defends its decision to quarantine holiday—makers returning from spain. the prime minister says there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus in europe, and that calls for a swift response. let's be absolutely clear about what's happening in europe, among some of our european friends. i'm afraid you are starting to see, in some places, the signs of a second wave of the pandemic. the spanish prime minister calls britain‘s response "unjust" and "disproportionate". translation: take the case of the canary islands, the balearic islands, the regions of valencia and andalucia, which, i insist, have a cumulative incidence of the virus inferior to that registered right now in the united kingdom. we‘ll be getting the latest from spain, and the political ramifications in westminster. also this lunchtime: biking on prescription —

the government wants