this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm nancy kacungira. the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be felt ‘for decades to come', a warning from the head of the world health organization. rising infections prompt the uk to halt any further easing of lockdown restrictions in england. we cannot be complacent and i will not stand and let this virus threaten to cause more pain and more heartache in our country. three people, including a teeanger, are charged in the united states in connection with the hacking of high profile twitter users. and one of britain's most acclaimed film directors — sir alan parker — has died

at the age of 76. hello and welcome. the head of the world health organization has said the effects of the global coronavirus outbreak will be felt "for decades to come". tedros ghebreyesus was speaking to the who's emergency committee, meeting to assess the covid— 19 pandemic six months after first declaring a global public health emergency. the emergency committee is discussing what more can be done to control the virus. the pandemic is a once in a century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come. many scientific questions have been resolved. many remain to be answered.

early results from studies are painting a consistent picture. most of the world's people remain susceptible to the virus. even in areas that have experienced severe outbreaks. many countries that believed they were past the worst are now grappling with a new outbreak. some that were less affected in the earliest weeks are now seeing escalating numbers of cases and deaths. and some that had large outbreaks have brought them under control. meanwhile, the man leading the us efforts to contain coronavirus, dr anthony fauci, has been giving evidence in washington. striking a more optimistic note, he said a vaccine for coronavirus could be available this year. we hope that, as a time, we get into the late fall and early winter, we will have in fact, a vaccine that we can say

will be safe and effective. one can never guarantee the safety or the effectiveness, unless you do the trial, but we are cautiously optimistic that this will be successful. if you look at what happened in europe, when they shut down, locked down, went into shelter, however you want to describe it, they really did it to the tune of about plus—95% of the country, they did that. when you actually look at what we did even though we shut down, even though it created a great deal of difficulty, we really functionally shut down only about 50%. so what are the most pressing and unanswered questions regarding the virus? saskia popescu is an expert in infection prevention working in one the centres of the us outbreak, phoenix arizona. i think right now what we're most concerned about most curious about, there's two really big things. long—term immunity and what that means and how long people will have immunity following infection and

ultimately long—term effects. we do know that people are having prolonged symptoms. whether that's a loss of sense of smell, there's also some neurological things coming out. we want to know the long—term implications or prolonged symptoms or physiological response that might not be indicative of a current infection but something people are going to have to deal with potentially months after their infection. you are in arizona, which has become a coronavirus hotspot. you've been saying that it didn't have to become a hotspot. what do you think has gone wrong in your opinion? unfortunately i think arizona has been a great case study for fragmented approaches. and premature and rapid reopening. states reopening far too early, far too fast and as dr fauci mentioned, we really didn't lock down or do the restrictions in the united states to the extent that was needed. arizona unfortunately,

a really good example of that. we saw a resurge of infections in months. now we're starting to see things hopefully turn around. it has taken weeks and a month at this point with mandated mask and business closures. unfortunately it could've been avoided. looking forward to solutions. what do you think needs to be done right now? a lot of things. we need a national approach in terms of making sure states are not reopening too early. or too prematurely or fast, i should say. every state at this point kind of did it against what they needed to. they didn't meet metrics, so we need a national approach for states to reopen. we have to address the testing issues we are seeing in the united states, there are some areas were taken over 1a days to get your test back and realistically after five days it's not helpful from a public health perspective. we are asking people to isolate as they are being tested. we really need to address these huge pressing issues as we move into flu season. a further easing of england's lockdown —

planned for saturday — has been put on hold because of a rise in the rate of coronavirus infections. the prime minister said it was time to "squeeze the brake pedal" as he warned the country cannot be complacent. he said face coverings will now need to be worn in more places when coming into contact with people you don't know. the decision means bowling alleys, skating rinks and casinos cannot reopen on saturday and certain beauty treatments involving the face — cannot now go ahead — for at least two weeks. wedding receptions of up to 30 people and indoor musical and theatrical performances won't be allowed either. you'll have to wear a face covering in cinemas, museums and galleries as well as places of worship from the eighth of august. england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, says the country has "probably reached" the limits of what can be done in opening up society. here's our political correspondent leila nathoo. poised to stage a performance for the first time in months —

this venue in london was due to open its doors tomorrow. 80 seats, normally 180, and now we can't open. and that's a huge financial hit for us at the phoenix. businesses still closed across england have been waiting for the next phase of unlocking to begin, but now, with cases of coronavirus on the rise again, the prime minister pressing pause. at every point, i have said our plan to reopen society and the economy is conditional, that it relies on continued progress against the virus, and we would not hesitate to put the brakes on if required. with those numbers creeping up, our assessment is that we should now squeeze that brake pedal. and so... on saturday the ist of august, we had hoped to reopen

in england a number of higher—risk settings that had remained closed, and today i am afraid we are postponing those changes for at least a fortnight. boris johnson acknowledging the disruption this will cause. i know the steps we are taking will be a real blow to many people, and i am really, really sorry about that, but we simply cannot take the risk. that apology aimed at people like luke and vicky, whose wedding reception in chorley, already slimmed down, has now been cancelled. you have dreams of what your wedding will look like, and they've already been shattered so, once we heard about this a week before our wedding, it was devastating and obviously very upsetting. although employers are still being encouraged to think about how to get people back to work, and advice on shielding will still come to an end, face coverings will now be required in more places, like galleries, cinemas and museums. how worried are you that this is going to turn into a surge, and why is it that we find

ourselves in this position, because the government's message has been unclear and inconsistent, or are we all to blame? we are now seeing a warning light on the dashboard. it is right to respond in the way that we are. the answer lies with all of us following that guidance. but, from a man who's always struck a cautious tone, a stark warning about the challenges to come. we've probably reached near the limits or the limits of what we can do in terms of opening up society, so what that potentially means is, if we wish to do more things in future, we may have to do less of some other things, and these will be difficult trade—offs. as well asjuggling what is happening nationally, targeted local restrictions, like those imposed in parts of northern england last night, are here to stay. scotland's first minister now advising against all but essential travel to the affected areas. we see this as being an importantand

necessary precaution. our advice is, of course, designed to minimise the risk of spread from england into scotland, but also to assist people in these parts of england. and labour questioning how the message was relayed. right decision, very poor communication. it has to improve. we are going to see more of these situations in the coming months and the government needs to learn the lesson of the last 24 hours, which is to improve communication. still empty spaces, still tables unfilled. the government says it's now up to us to stick closely to the rules so lockdown easing can resume. leila nathoo, bbc news. let s get some of the day's other news the united states has condemned the decision by the hong kong government to put back territorial elections for one year. hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, said the poll could not take place as originally scheduled in september because of rising coronavirus infections. james murdoch, the son of media

mogul rupert murdoch has resigned from the board of newscorp. the company owns a wide range of media outlets, including the times and the new york post. in his letter of resignation james murdoch cited disagreements over certain editorial content as well as other strategic decisions. a federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence of the boston marathon bomber. at issue is whether the trial judge had done enough to ensure the jurors weren't biased. but the court upheld his conviction for helping to carry out the attack in 2013, which killed three people and injured more than 260 others. the us department ofjustice has charged three people in relation to a twitter hack on july 15 that took over the accounts of high profile figures — including former president barack obama and bill gates. the justice department has named 19—year—old mason sheppard from west sussex in the uk, and 22—year old nima fazeli from orlando in florida.

the third person is a juvenile and has not been named. the bbc‘s technology reporter chris mason explains how the hackers managed to breach the security system. twitter actually today has explained a little bit more about how the attackers got access into the system. they said it was a spear phishing attack. phishing attacks are those ones that most of us have probably experienced where somebody will send you an e—mail or text message saying that urgent action needed on your account, please click this link and feel in your information or maybe you get a suspicious e—mail saying did you order the hundreds of dollars worth of products. that is a phishing attack. a spear phishing attack is a more targeted version of that. the attackers may know some information about you perhaps

the name of your bank and your username, so they can send you a much more convincing e—mail. twitter has said that it was attack done on a telephone that tricked some of his employees into handing over their credentials for internal twitter systems. once the attackers had those credentials, they can use them to reset the account information of 130 twitter accounts, including those celebrity ones and get access to them. there are now questions aboutjust how much access staff at twitter have with the ability to reset accounts like this and it seems like maybe there should've been more security at twitter. thank you for explaining that. that sounds quite scary. is this a common thing or are quite new? bitcoins scams are ten a penny on twitter, every time tweets something that goes vaguely viral. there is always an imposter elon musk in the reply it's underneath. posing as him, using his display picture and renaming themselves as elon musk. they trick people into sending bitcoins with the the holy grail of course it would be to get actual elon musk they trick people into sending bitcoins and the holy

grail of course it would be to get actual elon musk to twitch a bitcoins and then it looks even more convincing and that is what the hackers have done in this case. this is an unprecedented attack because people have said it was people like elon musk or kim kardashian who got hacked but that is not entirely true. as we now know, it was twitter itself, some of the staff that were hacked and that makes this a lot more than usual and with the hackers, potentially a lot more lucrative and some commentators have said it is a surprise if anything that all they did was download a few celebrities private messages and post these bitcoins scams. a bit of a smash and grab. when really they could've potentially done a lot worse. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: film director sir alan parker — has died — we will look back at his legacy. cheering and applause.

the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly, while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of a soldier's lot, drudgery and danger, now no more, after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anybody, i don't really see why all these people should wander in and say, you are doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs on the prowl at worcestershire park and all ready they have been met with the roar of approval from visitors. they are lovely and sweet. yeah, they're cute.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines. the head of the world health organisation has said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be felt "for decades to come". the uk prime minister postpones reopening some leisure venues following days of increases in coronavirus cases in england. this weekend marks 30 years since saddam hussein invaded kuwait, and changed the course of history. our world affairs editor, john simpson, reported on both gulf wars and witnessed the upheaval they caused across the middle east. in this special report he examines how an event three decades ago still reverberates today. the day he invaded kuwait, saddam hussein helped to shape our modern world. he was a ruthless dictator. he used savage measures against his own people, including gassing 5000

iraqi kurds at halabja. the bodies which litter this town were those who ran out of their houses to try to escape the gas. by 1990, iraq was bankrupt. saddam appealed to neighbouring kuwait for financial help, but they turned him down insultingly. in a fury, he ordered his generals to invade. with full un support, president george bush, seen here, put together a coalition of countries to liberate kuwait. iraq will not be permitted to annex kuwait. that's not a threat, it's not a boast, it'sjust the way it's going to be. the coalition took only 100 hours to destroy the iraqi forces in kuwait. at the moment, we are waiting for the american bombers to come. all the firing at is going on, there is a great deal of it, pretty wildly up in the air.

but they stopped short of invading iraq itself. kuwait is once more in the hands of kuwaitis. the elder president bush was a very wise man, and very well versed in international matters. and he would have realised that if he had gone to baghdad, that would have been the easy part. it was what you then do when you've got rid of a government and created a political vacuum. slowly, and with immense brutality, saddam hussein re—established his power in iraq. this looks like it is some sort of a concerted... in 2001, osama bin laden ordered the 9/11 attacks. saddam hussein wasn't involved, but the new president bush gave the impression he had been. america went after saddam, as well as bin laden. britain backed america. saddam was quickly overthrown.

but there were no weapons of mass destruction. the evidence about saddam having actual biological and chemical weapons, as opposed to the capability to develop them, has turned out to be wrong. we are not looking forjustification. we thought he was dangerous to the united states. that was the reason for doing it. the fact that some of the that it was based on turned out be not so great, i don't... i mean, you rely on the best intelligence you have. saddam was captured, put on trial and later executed. in the civil war that followed, hundreds of thousands of iraqis died. the country was devastated. saddam hussein's invasion of kuwait unleashed a series of domino effect events that the world is still dealing with until today, such as the rise of al-qaeda and, of course, following that, the rise of isis and the continued devastation

in iraq and the middle east as a whole. so, 30 years later, the effects are still with us. america is no longer the dominant power it once was. and in britain, the weapons of mass destruction fiasco has created widespread cynicism about politics. saddam haunts us to this day. john simpson, bbc news. finding a local rise in coronavirus infections early is crucial in fighting the spread of covid—19. in the spanish city of valencia engineers and scientists are going into the sewer network to try to find out where outbreaks are likely to occur next. we try to detect the virus sars—cov2, which is the code of the disease of covid—19.

the virus has spread by humans since the first date of infection. so we are able to detect the virus up to seven days before showing first symptoms. we have divided the city into several sections. control points they're called. and it can be a municipality, neighbourhood, a building or even an industry. and for each of those points, we look at the water prematurely and we take into a lab work or it will be analysed. in a lab we have we have a litre coming in.

we end up with the volume of about three ml. from here, what we are going to do is extract the nucleic acids, the genetic material of the virus. if it starts to increase we have to go to the authorities and say ok, let's have a look at that. maybe we have to check that population of that section of the city. tracking the spread of coronavirus in the sewers of valencia. of coronavirus in the one of britain's most successful film directors, sir alan parker, has died. he was 76. he directed a diverse range of films including bugsy malone, midnight express and evita.

david sillito looks back at his career — and a warning that his report contains flashing images. 1976 — bugsy malone, a joyous gangster musical with a cast of children armed with splurge guns. the commitments, the ups and downs of playing soul in dublin. i had to see if you could play before i paid for them. sick and tired of going to the funerals of black men who have been murdered by white men. mississippi burning, an oscar—winning thriller of racial injustice. you would be hard—pressed to see much that linked them, other than the name of the man who brought them to we see a different world, whether it be from whatever country the film might have been about, you know, predominantly american cinema and british films, obviously, but it was just that magical place in the dark, and i can't think of anything

in my childhood that actually excited me more than actually going to the movies. he had made his name making adverts, perhaps his most famous the cinzano ads with joan collins. a working—class londoner, he'd started out in the post room and, 15 years later, he was nominated for an oscar for midnight express. this brutal, terrifying film wasn't much of an advert for the turkish prison system, and that was one of the reasons new york's high school for the performing arts was a bit anxious when he said he wanted to make a film about them. they needn't have worried. fame: the movie inspired a tv series and a stage show that's still playing a0 years on. # fame, i'm gonna live forever... # don't cry for me, argentina...

his adaptation of evita, starring madonna, won five oscar nominations. but the musicals were only a part of it. thrillers, comedy, he seemed to succeed at every type of movie, and the peak of his success came at a time when the rest of the british film industry was at its lowest ebb. # give a little love and it all comes back to you... his brilliance lay in his ability to switch styles, rooted in his love of the movie. it was all there — laughter, delight, surprise — right at the beginning in the film that launched the career of one of britain's great movie directors, sir alan parker. sir alan parker — the acclaimed film director who has died at the age of 76. a reminder of our top story.... the head of the world health organization has said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be felt "for decades to come". the who's emergency committee was meeting to assess if you find that story and i her stories at our website.

thank you for watching. find me on twitter. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ kacungira. —— find that story and all of oui’ —— find that story and all of our stories on the bbc news website. the heat on friday was certainly extreme. it arrived quickly and it is going away quickly. the heat was far and wide. temperatures of 37 degrees and at london, 29 in edinburgh. a significant drop on the way for saturday. for liverpool and sheffield, a drop of 11 degrees or more. the heat has been coming to an end with a bang. we've had this band of cloud coming in from the west bringing rain and we scooped up some thunderstorms from continental europe, heading eastward to the north sea and behind that band of cloud, we are seeing atlantic air spilling our way and that is the reason why the temperatures will be dropping. things will feel different as we head into monday. still going to be very warm for eastern parts of england.

by the time we get to the morning we have rain affecting shetland and may be a few showers coming into some other resting parts of the uk. throughout the day on saturday, it is going to be a mixture of sunshine and a scattering of showers, mainly across western areas, a few will push their way eastwards gradually through the day. much of the day may well be dry with sunshine at times and it stays dry right across the southeast and east anglia until the evening. we find temperatures at 25, 26 degrees, warm but it is a cooler day everywhere in the temperatures 18 in the central belt and i'm sure the footballers for the fa cup final will appreciate the change in the weather and it looks like it should be dry at wembley. more showers to come into northern ireland on saturday evening. also a push into scotland, we keep the cool air coming in on the westerly breeze. the temperatures overnight, saturday night into sunday morning, a little bit lower and more comfortable night for sleeping. 11 to 1a degrees. again on saturday, a day of sunshine, and showers. probably more showers

around on sunday. especially across the northern half of the uk and some of those could be on the heavy side as well. continuing to cool off and temperatures continuing to drop away a little bit, our high on sunday in the southeast is 23 celsius. more of the same on monday. same for the temperatures, sunshine and a shower, perhaps heavier showers in the afternoon for the eastern side of england. it is a long way away but i think around tuesday and wednesday we could be in for some wetter and windier weather. by end of next week, probably turning quite a bit warmer once again. goodbye.

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the head of the world health organisation has said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be felt "for decades to come". the w—h—o's emergency committee was meeting to assess the pandemic and discuss what more can be done to control the virus, six months after declaring a global public health emergency. the planned easing of england's lockdown has been put on hold because of a rise in the rate of coronavirus infections. the prime minister has warned the country cannot be complacent, and the government has retracted plans allowing small wedding receptions and the re—opening of bowling alleys, ice rinks, and casinos. three youths including a 22 year old in florida, a 19 year old in the uk, and a juvenile have been charged — suspected of being behind a major hacking attack targeting twitter. many leading users — including barack obama,