this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. britain's prime minister warns there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus in parts of europe — as he defends his decision to quarantine all travellers arriving from spain. what we have to do is take swift and decisive action where we think the risks are starting to bubble up again. 50 days. i feel like i have. we report from a hospital in texas, where doctors say they're adopting a new approach ——

to treating covid—i9. president trump's attorney general defends sending federal officers to anti—racism protests around the country. violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests to wreak senseless havoc and destruction on innocent victims. it's been running in london's west end for more than three decades, but now, the phantom of the opera, has been forced to close. the british prime minister,

borisjohnson, has warned it follows the sudden imposition of quarantine — on travellers from every part of spain coming into the uk. the decision has been strongly criticised by the spanish prime minister — calling it ‘unjust‘ and he is insisted it is safe cuntry for tourists. here in the uk — responding to reports about the possible reduction of the 14—day quarantine period — borisjohnson said' they are ‘looking at ways to mitigate quarantine.‘ meanwhile — germany has advised against travel to three areas of spain. our transport correspondent, tom burridge has the latest. a dose of spanish sunshine out of reach for many, now that the uk government advises against all non—essential travel to the whole of spain. today, jet2 scrapped

its flights and holidays there over the next 12 days. sam and josh can't quarantine for two weeks when they get home, so their holidays to spain are off. since the new restrictions that have come in and the need to quarantine, it's financially unviable for me to take an additional two weeks off of work, unpaid. i've worked through the whole of lockdown and this was, like, you know, my little treat to myself. the confidence to travel is vital, if more people are to holiday abroad this summer. but today, the prime minister sounded the alarm about the situation in parts of europe. let's be absolutely clear about what's happening amongst 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. and we all remember what happened last time. it's absolutely vital, therefore, that we make the necessary preparations here in the uk.

warnings like that might help keep ibiza's beaches empty, but the uk assessment of the risk of holidaying here is at odds with the view in spain — the spanish prime minister insisting places like ibiza are safer than the uk. translation: take the canary islands, the balearics, the regions of valencia, andalusia, where there is, i emphasise, a lower prevalence of the virus than in the uk. the companies normally taking huge numbers of brits off to spain at this time of year have been left perplexed. one boss told me they got no warning about the announcement, as it dropped in the middle of a busy weekend. it's clear at easyjet that it would be good for us to sit down with the government and have more structured and coherent conversations as to how we can handle some of that communication with our customers going forward, because building confidence within our customers is really important. travel agents, like this

one in belfast, had no customers for months, so trips to other destinations now even more vitalfor them. people are hesitant, but they are still going ahead with the travel. what we're noticing at the minute is there has been a decline in new bookings, but people who have booked are certainly keen enough still to travel to croatia, italy, france, are still going ahead as planned. but the warnings in westminster echoed in scotland about the risks of a trip abroad. if you are in a position to have a holiday and want to take a holiday, the safest way of doing so is to stay here in scotland. so, you avoid the risks of foreign travel, but you are also — as an added bonus — helping the scottish tourist industry as well. to travel, or not to travel? that is the question many are facing. for those still booked to spain, there's no simple answer. in the usa, president trump has

announced an initiative to develop generic drugs in the united states, with the intention of reducing dependence on pharmaceutical products sourced from abroad. president trump has been holding a news conference in the last hour — he says he wants to help the former photographic company make components for low cost medicines. there will not produce active pharmaceutical ingredients, which is a big deal. using advanced manufacturing techniques, they will also make the key starting materials that are the building blocks for many drugs. in a matter that is both cost competitive and environmentally safe. it will be competitive with almost all countries and soon with all countries. once this new division is fully operational, in addition to all the other plans we have opened with other companies about the united states it will have

all ingredients needed to make generic drugs in the usa. president trump also repeated his belief in hydroxy—chloroquine as a coronavirus treatment, even though the us fda revoked its approval for emergency for emergency use of the drug. many doctors think it is extremely good and some people do not. some people think it is become very political. i happen to believe in it. i took it for a 14 day period andi it. i took it for a 14 day period and i am here. right. iam here. i happen to think it is, it works in the early stages in the front line medical people believe that too. some, many. and so we will take a look at it. joining me now from la is our north america correspondent peter bowes. he is on message when it comes to

social distancing and masks, but still not with hydroxychloroquine. this really was a news of two halves, at the top and he talked about kodak and the manufacturing of drugs and then it became a little testy when he talked about hydroxychloroquine and has promoted for several weeks and still believes and he says there are doctors were saying that it can still be beneficial for people who are fighting covid—i9, even though the us food and drug administration did revoke its permission for the struggle to be used for the treatment of coronavirus patients. but the president still believes it is potentially positive. he also talked about some tweets about overnight that have been deleted, at least those tweets that he retweeted seem to suggest that there was limited value in wearing a mask and also tweets that were promoting

hydroxychloroquine and the president again, he insisted that he believed that this truck was beneficial when pressed. that was the moment where he decided to end the news conference. he clearly did not want to get into another round of arguments with reporters. the other issue that was interesting was talking about the doctor that is missed chief medical adviser through all of this and whose judgement yes question over the past few days and says he still supports doctor fauci, but then he made quite a remarkable statement about the doctor's opinion poll ratings. his popularity with the american people for stop suggesting that he was much more popular than he was himself, he says nobody likes me. nobody likes him was the phrase that president trump used and he seemed to be jealous that his chief medical adviser is seemingly more popular than he is.

thank you very much. staying with the united states, hospitals and health care workers in several states are dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases, as the nation struggles to control the pandemic. the state of texas has nowjoined new york, florida and california by recording more than 400,000 cases. our correspondent larry madowo has been inside a coronavirus unit in the city of houston, where doctors say they're adopting a new approach to treating patients. please, come in. welcome to the covid unit. drjoseph varon is chief of critical care here. most of the hospital has been taken over by coronavirus patients. this old ward was converted into a covid—only icu but, within a week, they ran out of space and expanded. they now have three covid units. ummc is a small community hospital. 80% of the patients they see don't even have health insurance,

and the doctors say it's allabout timing. if they came any later, many of them would not make it. dr varon is conducting a procedure called a tracheostomy. they're boring a hole in this man's neck to insert a tube into his windpipe to save his vocal chords. he's been here for two weeks and, if they don't do this, he may never speak again, even if he recovers. i've never seen an illness that is so tricky. every day, i get surprised with corona. every day, there is a new thing, something new comes out. the days are long and lonely for the patients here, with no family or visits allowed. the patients can only identify who's attending to them by the pictures hanging on their necks. we're going to go and see christina. this is one of your nurses? she's one of my nurses. nurse christina matthis was at work here when she too tested positive for covid—i9. this is my other family. so, to not be out there with my family is weird. to be on this side, it's like, i'm still asking them what i can do.

he's saturating. 88%, when i walked in... dr varon and the team here try to avoid the use of ventilators. instead, they use an experimental treatment, combining commonly used drugs in a unique cocktail to combat the inflammatory damage caused by the virus. we have found from the new experience, the spain experience, the italy experience, but when you put a tube in somebody‘s throat, the chances of them leaving the hospital lesson is 20%. the chances are my patients leaving the hospital are 95%. the youngest patient is just 18. the oldest is in her ‘80s. his lungs look amazing, amazing. this is a guy that was not supposed to be around. nearly 60% of the patients at the hospital are latino, and the impact on hispanics across texas is even greater. ephraim guevara, a professional chauffeur, is almost heading home, but he does not plan to return to work any time soon. he tells me coronavirus is real

and people who don't take care of themselves will die. the medical team describes this as a good week. patients are improving here, but more than 1,000 people die of coronavirus every day in the us, and cases are rising in at least 30 states. vietnam had gone nearly one hundred days without any new covid—i9 cases — the country had shut down swiftly and early — and it was hoped had escaped the worst of the pandemic. but a spike in new cases in the popular tourist resort of da nang has closed things down again and holiday makers are heading home. there s speculation where this strain has come from after borders were closed weeks ago. let s talk to dr todd pollack of harvard's partnership for health advancement and country director for the partnership

for health advancement in vietnam in vietnam in hanoi. in vietnam, it was the poster boy for the who for doing things so well. how do we think this virus spike happened? yeah, that's right. it has been 99 days without any reported cases in the community and things here have mostly returned to normal life. so, it is quite disappointing to see what seems to bea disappointing to see what seems to be a fairly sizeable outbreak, the largest city in central vietnam and at this point, we do not know what started this outbreak. the source patient, patient‘s era was still not identified and the investigation is ongoing. so, we can only speculate, but as you mention, vietnam is at a very strict response and borders of

enclosed and anyone entering the country has to going to 14 days of quarantine and receive covid—i9 tests. how this outbreak started, i think there are some possibilities, one is that someone across vietnam and avoided the quarantine procedures and another possibility isa procedures and another possibility is a breakdown in the prevention protocols at the quarantine. this is a different strain, which may be more potent. that would be alarming. is there any truth in that? not that the strain is more potent, i do not think there is any evidence for that. there is some evidence that the newer strains that are circulating in the world now may be more infectious, but i don't think we have enough evidence to say that for sure. this was circulating in

vietnam before but this is not so surprising because the country had very limited community transition and all the new cases were... people are heading home from da nang in the tens of thousands, with that increased the risk of spreading this now? yes, da nang is a popular tourist destination and this is the summer tourist destination and this is the summer holiday, so there were tens of thousands of domestic tourists and the country, the government is allowing them to return home and there is a risk of spreading that. but, you know, based on the previous way the country has responded, they'll be doing strict contact tracing and all returners have been asked to quarantine at home. so the population is confident that it is on the track record where you can get a handle of this current outbreak as well. thank you very

much forjoining us here on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the music of the night is silenced, as the phantom of the opera closes its doors in the west end. we'll talk to sierra boggess who played christine about the closure. the us space agency has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot

patrol in the area, once an everyday pa rt patrol in the area, once an everyday part of the soldiers lot, not no more after almost four decades. cubs on the prowler on the park. they had been left with a roar of approvalfrom visitors. they had been left with a roar of approval from visitors. yeah, they're cute. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. britain's prime minister borisjohnson has warned that there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus, in parts of europe — and that further quara ntines for holiday—makers, might be on the cards. in the united states ——

hospitals and health care workers in several states are dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases. the state of texas has nowjoined new york, florida and california by recording more than 400,000 cases. we are a nation of laws not of men — so said john adams the second president of the united states. yet the us attorney general bill barr got a grilling in washington today, as democrats questioned his use of the law. from federal agents deployed in america's cities, to accusations that he does the president's bidding, mr barr faced hostile questioning from political opponents — as republicans were supportive. it was a contentious day, as aleem maqbool reports. in appearance in congress by attorney general was going to be confrontational. democrats accuse him ofaiding confrontational. democrats accuse him of aiding the president and using the justice him of aiding the president and using thejustice department him of aiding the president and using the justice department as

him of aiding the president and using thejustice department as a highly politicized plaything. one issue they focused on was the deployment of outside federal forces in portland, oregon, which is in its 60th day of protest after the killing of george flood. the forces have been accused of acting like secret police so donald trump can say he is tough on law and order. something that the attorney general strongly denied. the courthouse is under attack in portland. they are inside the perimeter around the courthouse defending it from almost two months of daily attacks where people march to the court, try to gain entrance and set fires, throw things, use explosives. in the attorney general was also questioned about that moment peaceful protesters are forcibly removed from the square close to the white house just before the president could pose there in front of the church. when

did you first learned of the president planned to walk through the park and go to st. john's church? i would like to respond. my time is limited. answer the question. i learned that sometime in the afternoon that the president might come out of the white house and then later in the afternoon, i heard that he might go to the church stopped loose there was absolutely necessary the park to be clear. it had nothing to do with that. necessary the park to be clear. it had nothing to do with thatm necessary the park to be clear. it had nothing to do with that. it was necessary that the park be cleared and it was done and you said, get it done. it was dominated by grandstanding by politicians from both parties, a taste of things to come, republicans portraying democrats is dangerous when it comes to law and order and democrats focusing on perceived unethical behaviour and incompetence by the president. it a billion dollar behemoth, the second longest running musical in the west end, the longest running musical on broadway, with millions

of fans around the world. but today the chandelier candles have been snuffed out, the music of the night silenced, and the phantom of the opera returned to his lair beneath the stage of the paris opera house, for now at least. in the past few hours the show‘s producer cameron mackintosh announced that andrew lloyd webber‘s hit musical will be closing due to the coronavirus pandemic. like many productions the phantom has struggled to stay financially viable, with social distancing making it impossible for theatres to be re—open safely. well — here to discuss is somebody who is no doubt saddened by today's news — sierra boggess who played christine on broadway, at the 25th anniversary production at the royal albert hall, and in the west end, and joins me now from her home in denver, colorado. very sad news for you and everyone. millions of people i've seen the

show but inevitable so?|j millions of people i've seen the show but inevitable so? i am deeply saddened as everyone is. but it brings up for me is how tragic this pandemic is that even a show like phantom of the opera cannot last because financially, as he said, i work for both cameron and entering they are two incredibly generous humans and forces beyond any of our control and everyone shares this. sharing what he had to say, they agree that he had become a very wealthy man from the spectacular musicals that have gone around the world. is there no way that he could have perhaps subsidized this until the social distancing matters had been resolved? i do not know of his financial situation that is the

thing that everyone thinks when someone thing that everyone thinks when someone has quite a few dollars. or pounds, as it would be. but i know cameron and if there was something that he could do, then he would've donejust that he could do, then he would've done just that. but as cameron spoke about, he made his money from the theatre and he has given all of his money into the theatre and is so generous to his actors and i know that he is someone that takes care of his performers and his staff and continues to do as much as he can. so, it really just continues to do as much as he can. so, it reallyjust breaks my heart that this is the situation that we are in and in my opinion, it is of no fault of anyone's except that this pandemic that we are in and i really, really think there should be something for the arts. i always say try to get to this pandemic, try to get through this quarantine without the arts, as we have all seen, show people, where some the most

resilient people and we come together, we have been singing online, we've been doing all kinds of things, filming to create anything so that people can bring people joy, anything so that people can bring peoplejoy, can anything so that people can bring people joy, can bring anything so that people can bring peoplejoy, can bring people some type of relief from the sadness, the devastation that everyone is experiencing health—wise or financially, everyone is in such a difficult place and so, try to do that, try to feel better without some type of figuring or any type of the arts, there must be some financial support. the british government has made £i.5 financial support. the british government has made £1.5 billion available, i do not know what is happening for you over there, but presumably, it has been devastating for you and fellow singers as well and just for you and fellow singers as well andjustan for you and fellow singers as well and just an answer to that and if you would, because we have a few seconds left, could you sing this out? i can sing you the phantom of the opera is here inside our minds.

that is made a lot of our nights. thank you very much. thank you for joining us on bbc world news and good luck with future as all other performers and musicals on the concert hall and stage. we are back inafew concert hall and stage. we are back in a few minutes' time. hello. it looks like july is planning to leave us with something to remember it by. although if you are a fan of summer eat, this all may although if you are a fan of summer heat, this all may be to little too late. but friday, the last day ofjuly, it is going to be a hot one for many of us. it is quite a transformation this week from what we had at the start of the week with low pressure and strong winds and rain and high pressure building, and although low pressure will bring a bit more rain back to some of us before the week is done, it is the position of these pressure systems which will allow the wind to turn around to a south southeasterly for friday, drawing up that heat, lifting those temperatures,

it's not out of the question the uk could record its his high temperature of the year so far on friday. we will get to all of that as we go through the forecasts. clearly, we are not there yet. and for wednesday, it will be a little bit warmer out there. the winds are lighter and many places will be dry and these are starting temperatures. it will be cooler than this in rural spots of some of us in single figures as the day begins and is still quite windy in the northern isles, parts of northern scotland, but the wind will ease further during the day and we will lose any outbreaks of rain as it become drier into the afternoon. for many places, it will be dry. best of sunny spells probably in southern scotland and northern england, quite a bit of cloud around temperatures a little bit higher. and you notice we do have a weather system that will bring some rain towards northern ireland to end the day, some patchy rain affecting parts of wales and northwest england as well. it may ease for a time and some heavier rain overnight pushing into northern ireland and on thursday, that will spread north across scotland, we're ahead of it with the clear skies and it will be chilly for some of us as thursday begins. here goes the rain on thursday. it clears northern ireland,

quite heavy in places, then pushes across scotland. for england and wales, look at this. a lot of sunshine to come. the wind going around to the southeast and the temperatures are heading up. it does get hotter on thursday, that heat is more widespread by the time we get to friday, and in northern ireland, it will be close to the weather front here. not particularly hot. we will see a bit of rain to end the day. we cannot rule out a thunder shower into parts of eastern england as well. and notice how the temperatures come right back down again at the start of the weekend. that is because the system bringing rain to end friday is a cold front which moves east across the uk for the weekend as it turns much cooler again.

this is bbc world news. the headlines: britain's prime minister borisjohnson has warned that there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus, in parts of europe — and that further quara ntines for holiday—makers, might be on the cards. in the united states, hospitals and health care workers in several states are dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases. the state of texas has nowjoined new york, florida and california by recording more than 400,000 cases. president trump's attorney general, william barr, has been defending his oversight of the department ofjustice. democrats on the housejudiciary committee have criticised him for recommending the deployment of federal officers in response to civil unrest. in germany, police are searching a garden in hanover, in connection with the disappearance of madeleine mccann,

of madeleine mccann.