this is bbc news. i'm aaron safir. our top stories: the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mexico has overtaken britain, becoming the third—highest in the world. it comes as the world health organization warns that the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be felt for decades to come. the pandemic is a once in a century health crisis, the effect of which will be felt for decades to come. cracks in the murdoch empire as rupert murdoch's sonjames resigns from the board of news corporation, citing editorial disagreements. three people including a teenager 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 to bbc news. in the last hour, mexico has become the country with the third—highest number of deaths from coronavirus. 46,688 people have died from covid—19 there. only brazil and the united states have a worse record. it comes as the head of the world health organization warns that the effects of the global coronavirus outbreak will be felt for decades to come. alanna petroff has the latest. in mexico city, the streets get a deep cleaning. residents get testing. but it is just not

enough. fatalities from covid—i9 are approaching 47,000. the country now has the third highest death count in the world, just behind the us and was ill, surpassing the uk. the head of the world health organization knows how tough the last few months have been, and he says there is no end in sight. the pandemic is a once ina sight. the pandemic is a once in a century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come. many countries that believed they we re countries that believed they were passed the worst are now grappling with new outbreaks. some that were less affected in the earliest weeks are now seeing escalating numbers of cases and deaths. in parts of the uk, new restrictions snapped back into place as cases have been spiking. moves to loosen the lockdown have been installed. we have

probably reached near the limits or the limits of what we can do in terms of opening up society. so what that means, potentially, is if we wish to do more things in the future, we may have to do less of some other things, and these will be difficult trade—offs. other things, and these will be difficult trade-offs. in the united states, the country has had more than 4.5 million confirmed cases. new testimony from doctor fauci outlines how things got out of control. if you look at what happened in europe when they shut down or winter in place, however you wa nt to winter in place, however you want to describe it, they really did it to the tune of about 95 plus % of the country did that. when you actually look at what we did, even though we shutdown, even though it created a great of difficulty, we really functionally shut down only about 50%. the lessons learned over the last few months have been stark. to save lives and keep people healthy,

restrictions are needed. trade—offs are required. restrictions are needed. trade-offs are required. we as a society need to make a decision about our priorities. if the priority is going to be reopening schools, then we need to do whatever it takes to get everything else under control. and that might mean shutting down bars and restaurants and gyms and concert venues, and not having any of those things until we get the level of coronavirus infection low enough that we can reopen our schools. it is a constant balancing act for governments around the world. some are doing better than others, but all are struggling. amir atta ran is professor of law and public health at the university of ottawa. he joins us now from there. imean, i mean, very simple question for you. 50— 100 years from now, we still going to be about coronavirus? this will leave an indelible mark on our history and ourfuture, i'm afraid.

when i heard the head of who say that it would be with us for decades, that's absolutely right. the pandemic we are experiencing now will switch into being an endemic disease. what that means is a disease thatis what that means is a disease that is constantly and forever with us. it will of course be much less. we will have a vaccine. we will have treatments. it will come back from time to time, and more importantly, the changes that it has brought to our society will leave a deep and lasting mark, for decades to come. will leave a deep and lasting mark, for decades to comelj wa nt to mark, for decades to comelj want to get onto some of those changes in a moment, but let just briefly talk about a vaccine. how does a vaccine arriving and being successful and being taken up by hundreds of millions, billions of people, how does that square with us still having to deal with us still having to deal with the coronavirus many years from now? at present, we don't know how effective this vaccine will be. will it be a vaccine

that prevents you becoming infected? possibly, that prevents you becoming infected ? possibly, but that prevents you becoming infected? possibly, but not likely. will it be a vaccine that does not block infection but instead blocks the severest, deadliest forms of disease? much more likely. but in that case, the infection will continue to pass through the population. vaccination will have to be kept up, because it is unlikely that a single vaccine will last a lifetime for a person. we will be fighting this flow forever. that is simply the way it is —— fighting this foe. now, i don't wa nt to fighting this foe. now, i don't want to be heard as frightening anyone. i think that we will have the technology to hold it at bay, the same way that we have held other infectious diseases at bay. but one mustn't make the mistake of thinking that once we are past the pandemic stage, coronavirus will become a word that we will

never hear again, and that few of us feel affected by. so that means, presumably, we're going to have to start thinking long—term about those competing priorities. you know, opening up priorities. you know, opening up schools is the immediate concern in a lot of countries, but long—term, it is that balance between economic life and human life. and long-term, just imagine what some of the changes are. of course everyone knows that we will never work the same way again. zoom is here to stay, i'm afraid. and... influenza is down since coronavirus came. people did not use lockdown on the way you might have thought. in fact, there were fewer babies born. that shift of demographics will in turn make it difficult to service the debt that countries are running up now. after wars, for instance world war ii, britain paid off debt to the

united states for over 50 yea rs. united states for over 50 years. so there will be a long—term effect, of the sort you have mentioned, but also international trade, also on international trade, also on international relations. and we must, of course, planned for resilience. because this is not the last pandemic we will face. it is not even a particularly severe pandemic as scientists foresee them. if we could be facing another, we will be facing another, we will be facing another, we will be facing another eventually. professor, we're going to leave it there, but thanks for sort of drawing that exist for us, evenif of drawing that exist for us, even if it is not particularly cheerful. thank you for your time. thank you, aaron. james murdoch, the son of media mogul rupert murdoch, has resigned from the board of newscorp, the company which owns a wide range of media outlets including the times in london, the wall streetjournal and the new york post. in his letter of resignation, james murdoch cited disagreements over certain editorial content, as well as other strategic decisions.

joining me now from new york is david folkenflik. he is media correspondent for national public radio in the us and also the author of a book, murdoch's world: the last of the old media empires. ‘s thanks for your time. let's start with those certain editorial disagreements that were alluded to in that rather brief letter or that rather brief letter or that rather brief notice that we got of james murdoch's resignation. what do we think that could be about? a terse note indeed, that didn't spell out what those disagreements occurred on, but it is not hard to discern. there are two broad categories i think you can look at. one is the question of the family's support on the editorial pages, and in some cases the news pages, of the new york post, for president trump, and also for the corporate sibling, not part of new scott, but nonetheless important for this story, over on fox news, where the vast effort of their opinion host is

to hold the president aloft, but also a lot of the new stories are peaked in order to help the president's narrative. then there is the second question of specific storylines, the ways in which the murdoch press in australia tried to minimise or in effect smother scientific studies and questions about the contributions of climate change to the deadly wildfires that that country endured early this winter in australia, and similarly the effort to discredit public health officials and scientists attempting to combat this incredible covid—19 pandemic, and of course the uprising of the protest, that broke out in cities around the country over the questions of racial inequity and police violence towards african—america ns, people of colour, the black lives matter movement, in which people on the editorial pages of thejournal, people on the editorial pages of the journal, and particularly in the editorial and views sections of the fox

news, discredited those protesters, sought to portray them as less unpatriotic or in fa ct them as less unpatriotic or in fact unpatriotic, and that is something with which james murdoch has increasingly become uncomfortable. i think you are seeing the riser process, the question of the pandemic, and the shortening proximity of the general elections, all contribute to what we saw play out this afternoon. does that mean, are we to assume, then, that that kind of influence, trying to push things away from that editorial line, is going to vanish and go with james?” thinkjames's influence has effectively failed. that fox news is, if anything, trumpier and it once was. under rupert murdoch it has, with few and rare exceptions, proved to be very supportive of a figure that rupert murdoch himself is somewhat intellectually contemptuous of, but nonetheless has the sort of access that he only dream job in the united states, and enjoyed in your country with prime ministers of both parties, both major parties, and enjoyed in fact with his

native australia, with prime ministers of both major parties. trump has offered that to him, trump has sought him out for council, and jumped's ta blet out for council, and jumped's tablet is often picked from fox news figures, including the now rebellious john bolton, news figures, including the now rebelliousjohn bolton, who was his national security adviser, sean hennessey is one of the president's most important counsellors, tucker carlson is known to essentially effect policy by appealing to the president on his show at 8pm in the united states, and he is the united states, and he is the most influential figure on fox news right now, and on questions of racism, that is a questions of racism, that is a question that has been brought up question that has been brought up even by staffers at fox news itself, which is very rare. so you are seeing a moment of real tumbled and a rupture playing out in public, and james's resignation is a real manifestation of that, and it is an indication he doesn't expect to have any real influence over fox news and its other properties in the immediate years ahead. and david, we are running out of your time david, we are running out of yourtime —— running

david, we are running out of your time —— running out of time, i wanted to ask you about succession. what happens next at this company? clearly james isn't going to be taking over the reins, but the question of who does has been lingering for a while. i think it is pretty clear that as things stand right now, lachlan murdoch, who is the executive chairman, the co—chairman with his father, of fox corp and over new scott, is the next in line, and that james and their sister elizabeth are not in place to ta ke elizabeth are not in place to take over. but one caveat. we have seen scandals knock other people out of place. james looked like he had effectively won the battle for succession over his brother lachlan for a while there, until he was forced out or left a few years ago, so in reality you never know. murdoch likes to pick these people against each other, but it looks as though lachlan murdoch will win by a nose at the tape. david, who knows. maybe some day someone will make a tv drama about all this. could happen. thanks so much for your time. you bet. let's get some of the day's other news: a federal appeals court has

overturned the death sentence of the boston marathon bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev. 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 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. emails between the british socialite ghislaine maxwell and the late us sex offender jeffrey epstein have been revealed in a trove of unsealed court documents. epstein tells ms maxwell she has done nothing wrong in the 2015 exchange, which appears to contradict her earlier claims of not having contacted him. and in a deposition, accuser virginia juuf—ray says ms maxwell was as equally involved in sex trafficking as epstein. maxwell has denied

these charges. the us department ofjustice has charged three people in relation to a twitter hack on 15july that took over the accounts of high—profile figures including former president barak 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 graham ivan clark, 17, who was arrested in tampa, florida. prosecutors say he was allegedly the main figure behind the hack. clark the mastermind lives here in tampa, committed crimes here and will be prosecuted here. working together we will hold him accountable. the state attorney's offices hands on this rather than federal prosecutors because florida law allows us greater flexibility to charge a minor as an adult in a financial fraud

case like this. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: film news, still to come: director alan parker has died. film director alan parker has died. we look back at his legacy. 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 the soldiers' 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 anyone, i don't really see why all these people should wander in and say, "you are doing something wrong. "

six rare white lion clubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and already they've been met with a roar of approval from visitors. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the head of the world health organization has said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be felt "for decades to come". rupert murdoch's son, james murdoch resigns from the board of news corporation, citing editorial disagreements. 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—cov—2, which is the cause of the disease of covid—19, in residual water. the virus is excreted by humans since the first day of infection, so we're able to detect the virus up to seven days before showing first symptoms.

we've divided the city into several sectors, control points it's called, and it can be a municipality, a neighbourhood, a building or even an industry. and for each of those points, we collect a sample of residual water periodically, which is taken to the lab where it's going to be analysed. in the lab, we have a litre coming in, we end up with the volume of about three ml. from here, what we're going to do is extract the nucleic acids, what is the genetic material of the virus. if it starts to increase then we have to go to the authorities and say ok, let's have a look on that because maybe we have to check that population, or that section of the city, for instance here in valencia. tracking the spread of coronavirus in the sewers of valencia.

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. # i see your face justa smiling... the commitments, the ups and downs of playing soul in dublin. i had to see if you could play before i paid for them. i get 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 ha rd—pressed to see much that linked them, other than the name of the man who brought them to the screen, alan parker. 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. you're not taking me to the sanitarium, you're not taking me to the sanitarium! 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 40 years on. # fame, i'm gonna live forever... # don't cry for me, argentina... and his adaptation of evita, starring madonna, went on to win 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... and 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. # give a little love and it all comes back to you... sir alan parker — the acclaimed film director who has died at the age of 76. the annual bafta tv award

ceremony, honouring britain's television industry, has been held online for the first time because of the coronavirus. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimbo. the night, hosted by richard ayoade, was a socially distanced... whoa, back it up. back it up, all right? ..heavily virtual event. there were two awards for drama chernobyl, about the 1986 nuclear accident — best mini—series and best actor forjared harris. look at that glow! that's radiation ionising the air! best actress went to glenda jackson, for elizabeth is missing, nearly 50 years after her first tv bafta. thank you very much indeed. i mean, it was a privilege to do the show, and even more of a privilege to be linked to these marvellous actresses. there should be four awards tonight. but, anyway, thank you very much indeed. sian clifford beat her fleabag

co—star phoebe waller—bridge to the award for best female comedy performance. oh, god... perhaps it was inevitable that the most watched programme of 2019, gavin and stacey, won the must—see moment award, voted for by the public. will you marry me? what? the awards come almost six months after the film baftas, where bafta was widely criticised because all the performance nominees were white. tv judging by members on specialistjuries began around the same time, and, if award ceremonies are increasinglyjudged by how well they reflect the public, some will see tonight as a step forward. ‘cause it's what we do, it's our way. and that's why we hate ourselves... in the drama categories, acting awards went to will sharpe for giri/haji. sorry, i'm rodney, by the way, and i'm a drug addict. obviously. all: hi, rodney. and to naomi ackie, for the end of the world, which went on to win two awards. so, how are you?

you got kids? no. married? no. so, what have you been doing? prison. fittingly, bafta's special award went to idris elba. i don't believe i'm very special. i believe that what i've been given is an opportunity, and what i've done is taken my opportunity, and handed it backwards, and handed it to other people. recognising not just his success in performing, but also his work on access and improving diversity in the industry. lizo mzimba, bbc news. our main headline — mexico's death toll from coronavirus is now the third highest in the world — that's according to a tally by the reuters news agency. there have been 424,637 coronavirus cases and 46,688 deaths.

only brazil and the united states have more. more on the bbc website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @aaronsafir. hello there. the heat on friday was certainly extreme. it arrived quickly and it is going away quickly. but the heat was far and wide. we had temperatures of 37 degrees in london, 29 in edinburgh. but 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 some thundery rain and we scooped up some thunderstorms from continental europe, it's been heading eastwards, out into the north sea, and behind that band of cloud, we are seeing atlantic air spilling our way and that's 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, mind you.

by the time we get to the morning we have rain affecting shetland and may be a few showers coming into some other western parts of the uk. throughout the day on saturday, it's 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. and we'll find temperatures at 25, 26 degrees, warm but it is a cooler day everywhere in the temperatures 18 in the central belt. i'm sure the footballers for the fa cup final will appreciate the change in the weather it looks like it should be dry at wembley. more showers to come into northern ireland on saturday evening. those will push their way into scotland, we keep the cool air coming in on the westerly breeze. so temperatures overnight, saturday night into sunday morning, a little bit lower, probably a more comfortable night for sleeping — 11 to 14 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.

it's continuing to cool off, 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 sort of temperatures, sunshine and showers, perhaps heavier showers in the afternoon for the eastern side of england. it's getting a long way away but i think around tuesday and wednesday we could be in for some wetter and windier weather. but by end of next week, probably turning quite a bit warmer once again. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: mexico's confirmed coronavirus deaths have exceeded 46,000, placing the country's death toll from the pandemic third—highest in the world, overtaking britain, with only the united states and brazil recording more deaths. the mexican health ministry also registered a record 8,500 new cases on friday. 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 the pandemic and discuss what more can be done to control the virus, six months after declaring a global public health emergency. james murdoch, the younger son of media mogul rupert murdoch, has resigned from the board of news corporation, which owns fox news, the times, the sun and the sunday times, citing disagreements over editorial content.