tonight at 10pm, the debate over quarantine intensifies, as spain urges the uk to think again about its policy. we'll have the latest from majorca, where thousands of british tourists now face 1a days of quarantine on their return to the uk. literally looked forward to it so much, and then we've come here and it's just been taken away again. after we've waited, it's gone. and one of those returning from spain today was the transport secretary, admitting that ministers had considered excluding the spanish islands from the new rules. we did have a look at whether certain islands could be included and not others. chris whitty, the chief medical officer, was very clear with us that he was concerned about the data.

so we'll be looking at the latest data right across europe and the claims that a second wave could be on the way. also tonight: at the start of the pandemic, care homes in england were "thrown to the wolves", according to a committee of mps. in germany, police have completed the latest stage of their investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann 13 years ago. bosses of the four tech giants defend themselves against accusations that they're too powerful and anti—competitive. and why scientists are confident that stonehenge has yielded another of its ancient secrets. and coming up in sport on bbc news: brentford close in on a place in the championship play—off final, with a dominant display against swansea.

good evening. the debate over quarantine measures for travellers to the uk has intensified today, with the spanish government putting more pressure on downing street to rethink its policy on journeys to and from spain. during the day, the boss of heathrow airport called for a comprehensive testing system at the airport, to avoid the need for sudden quarantine measures. but ministers say that airport testing only identifies a small minority of those infected. as things stand, ministers say, there is no viable alternative to the 14—day quarantine period for travellers returning from spain. spanish ministers have appealed again for the uk quarantine rules to be relaxed, especially for the balearic and ca nary islands, which are vital to spain's tourism industry and are currently recording relatively low rates of infection. the latest figures from spain's health ministry show there were just 8.35 coronavirus cases per 100,000

people in the balearic islands in the past seven days. the uk has been running at around twice that rate. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee, sent this report from the island of majorca. this is the street that is legendary for millions of british partygoers in magaluf — the strip, wall—to—wall with pubs and bars, all closed now. the club reps have no clubs to represent. at least 10,000 people normally. at least 10,000 people a night at this place. and now it's like a ghost town. jodie and christian from london come to work here every summer season. so i actually worked here, crystals bar, magaluf. i also lost myjob, obviously. there's about 20 other people that have lost theirjobs too now, people with kids, people that live here permanently, everyone, and now the british government have brought out the new two—week quarantine, which has completely destroyed it for everyone.

it's even quieter this week than it was last week. we've literally looked forward to it so much and then we've come here and it's just been taken away again. after we've waited, it's gone. the stuart family spent £5,000, hoping for a post—pandemic week in a deluxe villa. they were told the day before they arrived the hotel had closed. the only alternative was a theme park hotel. were you disappointed that you couldn't go on the holiday we booked and we had to come here? i was very disappointed. we'd waited two years to come back, hadn't we? we saved up all that money. it means now i have to go two weeks without any pay. i've been a key worker through the whole pandemic. i'm an essential key worker, so i'm going to lose out. majorca acted quickly when the pandemic first broke. it was the first airport in spain to close and, on the balearic islands, including menorca and ibiza, they've seen just 2,000 cases in five months. we are told that many businesses

that only opened a week ago have now closed again because of the quarantine rule and the advice not to travel here. in the side streets of the capital, palma, the tourism minister for the balearic islands says money from british holiday—makers has provided the backbone to the economy for decades. translation: no one in the uk seems to understand quite how much economic damage these quarantine measures are causing. in terms of the health risk, someone coming here will be far safer than in the uk. 0ne tourist returning home from spain today, transport secretary grant shapps. he said the government had considered allowing quara ntine—free travel to the islands. we did have a look at whether certain islands could be included and not others. chris whitty, the chief medical officer, was very clear with us that he was concerned about the data. across spain, covid cases are still rising, the majority in the north—east of the country. but the wish—you—were—here appeals from politicians on these islands now appear to have been in vain.

these shores are likely to stay quiet for some time. it's clear that come across spain, there are more restrictions being taken to cobit —— to combat covid and in every public area outside it's now mandatory to wear a mask in madrid as of midnight tonight. we are looking at a situation where the british government, spain says, are giving up diplomatic attempts to pressure the government to say, drop the quarantine rule for the islands, and in the meantime two of the biggest tour operators in the uk have extended their suspension of flights up until next week, so the message, it's not easy to get here any more, and the british government doesn't want british tourists coming out here. they say the risk too high. gavin lee with the latest in majorca. the recent spikes in coronavirus across europe could be driven principally by young people, according to

the world health organization. it says that several countries in europe have seen a higher proportion of new cases among young people, in what borisjohnson said yesterday was a sign that a second wave was developing in some parts of europe. our science editor, david shukman, looks at the latest evidence for suggesting a new wave is on the way. the coronavirus has been suppressed effectively in many parts of the world, but it is still circulating and we are now in a phase with a lot of flare—ups. so, first of all, what is happening with the virus in the uk? oldham is the latest in a series of towns to be hit by a spike in infections. new restrictions have been imposed. local outbreaks like this were always predicted. the sudden increase is worrying,

particularly because we had several weeks of prior to that. it's absolutely an area of concern, and thatis absolutely an area of concern, and that is why we decided to introduce some additional measures. in the uk we are nowhere near the peak of infections that we saw earlier this year, and bear in mind a lot more testing is being carried out than back in those days. but the numbers of infections have held fairly steady recently and have even shown a very slight rise in the last day or so. so what is happening across europe, and how does the uk compare? on this map, the colour red shows where infections were highest in the past fortnight. a few regions in spain, also bulgaria, but generally small areas, not all countries. there are concerns about this farm in germany, nearly 150 workers testing positive. but the authorities have moved rapidly to isolate them. romania is experiencing a spike in cases. many blame the release of covid—19 patients from hospitals.

how each outbreak is handled really matters. so, as we have seen in the uk, there could be a very slight rise in the last few days. in germany there has also been a small increase, and there it is blamed on young people not taking the disease seriously. in romania there are very clear signs of an increase, but in italy, which was very badly hit, there has not been a rise so far. in any event, the numbers involved are far lower than they were earlier this year. we are not seeing a new wave, we are seeing resurgence of outbreaks in many countries, and that resurgence could spread if countries are unable to control it, but we have the epidemiological means to do so, and countries throughout europe are showing that they can do that, have done that in the past, and hopefully will continue to do that without having to do another general lockdown. but what about the rest of the world? well, it's more worrying.

in the united states there has been a dramatic rise in infections over the last month, a very different picture to europe. in india there has also been a massive increase, and these numbers are bound to be an underestimate of what is really going on. even in hong kong, widely praised for its handling of the virus, there has been an increase, with a warning that the hospitals there could collapse. all this means new restrictions. da nang in vietnam is back under lockdown, a blow to a country that claims to have had no deaths from covid—19. the us is on the brink of a grim milestone, 150,000 deaths. —— the us hasjust —— the us has just passed a —— the us hasjust passed a grim milestone. whether it is the first wave or a new wave, the virus is still a threat. david shukman, bbc news. our daily update on coronavirus data here in the uk. there were 763 new confirmed cases of covid—19 in the latest 24—hour period. the seven—day rolling average is 726. you can see from the chart that

cases have been rising slightly in the past week, but scientists don't yet know whether that's because of more and better testing or the beginnings of the resurgence seen elsewhere in europe. 83 deaths were also recorded in the uk in that same 24—hour period. that takes the total number of deaths in the uk to 45,961. on average in the past week, 66 people have died every day from coronavirus — that is marginally up on last week. live to westminster and our chief political correspondent, vicki young. lots of the focus again today has been on spain, because of that decision taken by ministers, but to what extent are they concerned about other countries? they really are concerned about other countries as well. there has been all this pressure from the airlines, from tory mps and others are saying we

need to encourage people to go on holiday, yet grant shapps returns and immediately says they can't rule out adding other names. there was a meeting tonight of the joint bio—security committee, brought together to assess the data and the risk to the uk. they are looking at two countries in particular, belgium and luxembourg. ithink two countries in particular, belgium and luxembourg. i think the numbers with belgium are still a bit up in the air but, with luxembourg, they would probably be joining that list pretty soon where people coming back to the uk would have to quarantine. on the other issue, testing at airports, many calling for that as well. i think there was a desire in government to try and make that work but i am told, at the moment, it simply isn't workable and they are too concerned about people coming in, getting a test, it's been negative and then thinking they don't have to quarantine, and they could lose track of them between them some second test. if that wasn't enough, i am also been told in the last few minutes that, when it comes to quarantine for those who have symptoms of covid, at the moment you have to isolate for seven

days, that is set to be extended to ten days, so with all of this i think we can see risk averse, caution is the word. thank you, vicki young. a cross—party group of mps has concluded that care homes in england were, in their words, "thrown to the wolves" at the start of the pandemic. the public accounts committee said the government's decision to allow hospital patients in england to be discharged into care homes at the beginning of the outbreak was "reckless" and "appalling". the bbc‘s panorama has been in touch with 124 care providers, operating 350 homes in england. more than a third say they face severe financial difficulties or closure. our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has the story. this is pelham house — a small, privately owned dementia care home in kent which, at the start of the pandemic, was looking after 20 people. you ok, doreen? thank you. like many homes, they feel, as today's report says, they've been thrown to the wolves.

they kept the virus out until may, but once the first person had covid—19, it spread quickly. nearly half the residents have died. roger waluube is the home's owner. we normally have three deaths, on average, a year, but we've had nine in the space of ten days. it's a shock. we are not used to death at this home. emotionally, it's very challenging. it's just to get rid of this nasty virus. panorama has followed pelham house as it tries to recover, but not only has it had the tragic loss of so many residents, it's also lost half its income. it may be forced to close, which would mean the remaining residents, like cynthia, lose their home. i do like living here, and it's very comfortable and there's lots of nice people. it's a very nice place to be, yes. if i had to leave, i think i'd miss a heck of a lot of it. panorama has contacted 124 care providers operating 350 homes.

more than a third say the extra costs of coronavirus mean they now face severe financial difficulties. here at leahyrst dementia care home in sheffield, the new screens in reception are their latest coronavirus cost. they've stayed virus free, but covid—19, along with low local authority fees and fewer people moving in, is still making life difficult. we would need 100% occupancy to make a profit of £24,000. that's 168 hours a week, 52 weeks of the year, every bed to be occupied. any lost bed is lost income. we cannot claw it back. coronavirus has exposed the historic problems in a care system which is fragmented, complicated and underfunded. a sign of the depth of the problems is that in sheffield alone, care homes claim a third of beds could be lost. some homes have already said that they've had to make redundancies,

which, given what they been through over the last few months, that really sad. so we've now got the worry of, you know, how long can our homes survive like this? the government says nearly £4 billion has been given to local authorities to help services, including social care. don't forget your mask! pelham house is now virus free and roger has received some council help, but he still needs to find more money. i will not get to the point where i've got two hours to go and i've run out of cash or i can't care for people any more. i will not leave it till the 11th hour. alison holt, bbc news. and you can see alison's full report on tomorrow night's episode of panorama: the forgotten frontline at 9pm on bbc one. four tech giants and their executives have been under the spotlight this afternoon in the united states, defending themselves

against accusations they are too powerful and that their business practices are anti—competitive. the congressional inquiry has been looking into the market dominance of facebook, amazon, google and apple. mark zuckerberg, jeff bezos, tim cook and sundar pichai have all been questioned following a 13—month investigation by us lawmakers. our technology correspondent, james clayton, has been watching the hearing. these four titans of tech run companies that are worth nearly £4 trillion. today they were grilled in the us capitol over whether their companies are too big, whether they stifle competition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the world. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook as well as instagram and whatsapp. together they have more than 2 billion users worldwide.

google and you chop are run by sundar pichai. —— and youtube. around 90% of internet searches are on google. apple is run by tim cook. the question is, do they own a bit too much of the internet? that's what us legislators wanted to find out today. zuckerberg on the first and asked whether they simply bought competitors rather than compete with them, notably instagram ? competitors rather than compete with them, notably instagram? he accepted they were a competitor. in the growing space of mobile photos and camera apps, they were a competitor. he was also asked whether he wanted to buy google at one point. he was also asked whether he wanted to buy google at one pointm he was also asked whether he wanted to buy google at one point. it will bea to buy google at one point. it will be a while before we can buy google, did you recall writing that e—mail? ido did you recall writing that e—mail? i do not, but it sounds like a joke. some pretty pointed questions to tim

cook of apple, that apple uses its position to hurt businesses. visit defence. so, we do not retaliate or bully people, it is strongly against our company culture. and the questions got harsher, at one point jeff bezos‘s amazon's treatment of smaller businesses was compared to eight rug dealer dealing with a drug addict. you had to get your next fix, your next check. this is one of your partners, why on earth that they compare your company to wager dealer? i have great respect for you and this committee but i completely disagree with that characterisation. in truth, there was a clear theme. democrats want more on competition, republicans more unsentimental and whether these tech platforms were biased against conservatives. this two sundar pichai of google. biased against conservatives. this two sundar pichai of googlelj biased against conservatives. this two sundar pichai of google. i am concerned you are helping joe biden over president trump. we will not do

any work to politically tilt anything one way or the other. the political split at times boiled over. i would like to redirect your attention to our natural flow, rather than fringe conspiracy theories. mr chairman, we have the e—mail... what i want to know, when somebody comes after... the gentle lady is recognised. the hearing is still ongoing but the committee has sold are not landed any serious knockouts. the share price of all the companies has picked up since the companies has picked up since the start of the committee. the national trust is planning to make 1,200 people redundant as it looks to save more than £100 million. the charity, which has more than 5.6 million members, shut all of its houses, gardens, car parks, shops and cafes during the coronavirus pandemic. it says, as a result, it's expected to lose more than £200 million.

german police in hanover have completed the latest stage of their investigation in the case of madeleine mccann, the three year—old who disappeared on a family holiday to portugal in 2007. it's now emerged that the prime suspect, a convicted paedophile who's in prison in germany, rented the allotment that's been searched by police. our correspondent, jenny hill, is in hanover with the latest tonight. yes, this is the allotment which has been the focus of such intense police scrutiny. they have all gone now but they spent the last few days digging, taking material off the site. the police will not tell us what they were looking for and certainly not whether they fell dead, but we know that the main suspect in this case lived not far from here in the years following madeline's disappearance and there are reports that his connection to

this site might be even deeper. this afternoon we spoke to a neighbour who told is that in the spring or summer who told is that in the spring or summer of 2007, madeleine went missing in the may of that year, the suspect rented this garden. a neighbour said there was a little hurt, it sat on a concrete base, there was a small seller underneath. the manitoba neighbour he wanted to insulate that hurt. the neighbour says that he went on his summer holidays, came back in august to either garden deserted, the hut had disappeared and he never the man again. —— to find the garden deserted. the police operation is a p pa re ntly deserted. the police operation is apparently over. it is impossible tonight to say with any certainty whether that operation will contribute towards establishing finally what happens to madeleine mccann. jenny hill, with the latest in hanover, many thanks. it s two months since the killing of george floyd, the african—american who died while being detained by police in minneapolis. his death sparked protests around the world.

in the us, there have been growing calls for a more honest look at how the legacy of slavery influences american society to this day. the latest in our series of reports on colonial legacies comes from virginia, where our correspondent, aleem maqbool, considers the role britain played in the shaping of modern america. it was here, on the coast of virginia, that an english ship brought against their will the first 20 africans to what was already a british colony. and so began the horrific legacy of slavery here, from which, more than 400 years on, some of the greatest ills in american society can be traced. there are those who feel some people in britain looked at americans with contempt during the recent race troubles, but need to acknowledge their own wrong. britain put its stamp on america from the beginning. if you claim that america

has its foundational culture based on england, then you've got to take it all, and that includes slavery. that includes the systemic racism in our laws, in our practices and in our culture. policing in the southern united states traces its origins to slave patrols set up under the british, who also passed laws which regarded black people as inferior. the policing that we see that automatically assumes that a black person is a criminal, that starts from, really, the founding of our country that viewed africans as systemically different as people. but americans, of course, have to shoulder responsibility too. they won independence but then there was civil war, with the confederate south fighting to keep slavery.

many british elites backed the south, but their side lost and slavery was banned. decades later, statues to confederate leaders were put up here, to rewrite history and remind black people of their place. we were told, "don't look up at them." we were told, "keep walking straight." "keep driving straight. " "you don't have to look up to that white man." they made it that big so that you would have to hurt your neck to look up to them. and we are done with that. in fact, we are now going to create a space that's just comfortable for us to be around. statues in the former confederate capital, richmond, have now been doped with graffiti or torn down. —— daubed with graffiti. including one of former confederate presidentjefferson davis, who died utterly unrepentant about his role in fighting his own country over slavery. but some of his descendants say we need to look past that detail. none of the individuals that

are being attacked today were solely slave perpetuations. they had an illustrious history that is associated with many more acts that may preclude that scenario of slavery. britain may have brought slavery here, but it's some americans still commemorating its legacy. remarkably, there are 11 confederate statues that still stand in the us capitol building. the question is what message does it send to african—americans when some people whose fame and notoriety is derived from the fact that they defended, even fought to keep, the institution of slavery are celebrated here in the most exalted corridors of american power. there are now moves to take away these statues. but progress towards a more complete representation of america's past is slow. the museum of african american

history close by is one of few national institutions that tackles the horrors of slavery head on. across the south in particular, even in schools, there is reluctance to do that. but for many, tolerance is wearing thin, notjust for this sidestepping of unconscionable history but also the slow pace of change in modern america to make it a more just society. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in virginia. mps are to hold an inquiry into the billions of pounds spent on personal protective equipment at the height of the pandemic. they say they will examine whether the sums spent by the uk government represented value for money, and whether the process for buying the equipment was transparent enough. in the early stages of the pandemic, the government was urgently trying to source supplies of protective equipment at a time when global demand was at unprecedented levels, as our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. these production lines didn't

exist a few weeks ago. now this west midlands firm is making three million foam visors every week, crucial kit for the nhs. it was one of several businesses that stepped up when the government asked for help in getting ppe at the height of the pandemic, opening this factory injust ten days. we wanted our front line heroes to have something that was better than the alternatives out there. this project alone has created 500 new jobs. this was empty eight weeks ago. to look at it today, producing, you know... yeah, it's inspiring. here, they say the government's approach worked, producing vital equipment when needed most. another day of concern about the availability of protective equipment. this was april. coronavirus had taken hold. global demand for ppe skyrocketed. the government's usual supply chains were hugely disrupted. so great the need, the raf was drafted into ship supplies from turkey, which, in the end,

failed to meet standards. in whitehall, a 500—strong team was set up, processing thousands of offers from british business to make or source ppe. contracts totalling billions of pounds were issued to a range of firms, some to known suppliers, others with little past experience. now, some government decisions are being challenged in the courts, and mps want a closer look. we are very concerned about this general lack of openness. when you are dealing with something at this pace, almost inevitably, there is going to be some attempt at fraud. the key thing that we'll be looking at is whether government had mechanisms in place to prevent that. and, crucially, to prevent the wrong equipment, you know, not proper equipment, being delivered to the front line. the government said to keep up supply, billions of items of ppe had been delivered, and more ordered, saying there is a robust process in place to ensure that orders are of high quality and meet strict safety standards, with the necessary due diligence undertaken on all government contracts.

the firms that won these contracts didn't need a background in ppe, theyjust had to show they could make it or get hold of it. the whole point was finding new sources of supply. but in this urgent period, vast sums of public money weere spent quickly on critical kit. and now the question is whether it was all spent in the right way. in stoke—on—trent, reliance medical already supplies the nhs with health care products. it has a factory in china, making face masks, and says it offered ppe to the government, but had little response. now it exports masks to other countries. it is strange. some of the companies that have been chosen to do some of these things, who have got no experience. we've got a wealth of experience and we weren't asked. it is frustrating. you feel that you could have helped, and there's a lot you could have done, and you didn't get that opportunity. the government says crucial equipment was delivered, with safeguards, the process open and competitive. some, though, want to check the systems, not least because demand, like this

virus, could surge again. alex forsyth, bbc news.