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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thousands of beauty salons, bowling alleys and wedding venues are facing at least another fortnight of closure following borisjohnson‘s plan to ‘squeeze the brake pedal‘ on easing restrictions. the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mexico has overtaken the uk's. it's now the third highest in the world. companies in the uk whose staff have been receiving up to 80% of their salary through the government's furlough scheme will have to start paying some contributions from today. cracks in the murdoch empire as rupert murdoch's sonjames resigns from the board of news corporation, citing editorial disagreements. us president donald trump has announced he will be banning
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the chinese video—sharing app tiktok, from as early as today. and showbusiness at a social distance — the bafta tv awards go online. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. first, thousands of businesses in england — which were expecting to reopen this weekend after the coronavirus lockdown — are facing at least another fortnight of closure. beauty salons, bowling alleys and wedding venues are all affected, following the prime minister's plan to ‘squeeze the brake pedal‘ on easing restrictions.
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he's also announced an extension of the use of face coverings. elsewhere, mexico has overtaken the uk to become country with the third—highest number of deaths from the virus. more than 16,000 people have lost their lives there. and from today, uk companies whose staff have been receiving up to 80% of their salary through the treasury's furlough scheme during the coronavirus pandemic will have to start contributing themselves. john mcmanus reports. it's been some weeks now since england's streets and cities looked quite like this — eerily deserted. when the strict lockdown ended, though, many restrictions remained, but were due to be lifted today. now, that further easing has been cancelled. cases in england are increasing for the first time since may. official data suggests there are now around 4,200 new infections a day compared with 3,200 a week ago. stemming any further rise
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means putting on hold many of the activities that were due to return. casinos, skating rinks, bowling alleys will all remain closed until at least august the 15th. indoor performances remain banned, while fans hoping to take part in pilots at sports events like here at the oval last weekend will also be disappointed. beauty salons have been open for some time, but they still won't be able to carry out any treatment that involves close contact with a customer's face. and wedding receptions will remain small affairs. there won't be up to 30 guests, for now at least. there was a warning yesterday that there may be further restrictions to come. 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
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will be difficult trade—offs, some of which will be decisions of government and some of which are for all of us as citizens to do. one of those new rules will be in force from next weekend. the mandatory wearing a face coverings in more indoor places, like museums and places of worship. but plans to allow employers greater discretion over encouraging employees to return to work will go ahead from today, and that includes those who have been shielding. meanwhile, advice on social distancing remains the same, with the authorities keeping a close eye on locations like here at brighton beach, where many of us congregate. john mcmanus, bbc news. dr bharat pankhania is an epidemiologist and senior clinical lecturer, at university of exeter medical school. good morning. do you think it is right to postpone the easing
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measures in england? absolutely, but more to the point, they should not have had the premature lifting of the lockdown in the first instance. this is the area of concern that we have been highlighting it since prime ministerjohnson said he was lifting the lockdown. there was a lot of case numbers already in circulation, and our test and trace system is not fully operational. therefore, we see the consequences of lifting the lockdown measures and we need to sort of put the brakes on, as prime ministerjohnson says. many countries have problems with testing and tracing, but in the uk, as elsewhere, we are now in august, and why is it not as we need it to be, fit for purpose? i think we went sta nley be, fit for purpose? i think we went stanley part of reinventing the wheel. the united kingdom has got a marvellous public health system ——
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down the part. in the swine flu pandemic, we did the test and the trace pandemic, we did the test and the tra ce syste m pandemic, we did the test and the trace system locally. run nationally, but we delivered it locally and it worked very well. so for us to go down the route of inventing a centrally run test and trace inventing a centrally run test and tra ce syste m inventing a centrally run test and trace system is an error and it can never match that local intelligence, local skill, local input that we know of and can pick things up very quickly. those are the issues, i'm afraid. is the government listening to you and others who make that point? we are aware we are, but one good thing where they are listening, and it was very telling when, of all people, jeremy hunt said we need to have a local approach a couple of months ago, something which i had been promoting for some time. we really do need local data, local experts, locally run under local
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control, otherwise we end up with situations like leicester, where you get a phone call from national telling you that you have got a problem. that should never happen. local people should know about the rising tide in their own area. what advice do you have today for individuals? me restrictions on people returning to work are lifted today, even if some other restrictions are not being lifted. what is your advice to individuals right now on their own social distancing, face covering return to work, work from home and so on?” think education is power, and there are so many different versions of advice and guidelines, people are naturally confused. therefore, i say to people, educate yourself and tell yourself, the a—z of how the virus behaves and effects, and then you can makea behaves and effects, and then you can make a decision. my advice at the moment would be please do not
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drop your guard just because the restrictions have been lifted and being invited back to work does not mean that the virus has gone away. insist on face coverings. and it has to be tight fitting masks, notjust loose flimsy things on your face ceremoniously. furthermore, make sure that the place of work has got good ventilation. 0ne sure that the place of work has got good ventilation. one more thing. just cancelled 2020 could be a better strategy. go easy, take it easy, have a low profile with other human beings and look forward to the better 202i. human beings and look forward to the better 2021. i think that is a good general measure that we can have. thank you. mexico has become the country with the third highest number of recorded deaths from coronavirus. more than 46,600 people have died from covid— 19 there. 0nly brazil and the united states have a worse record. it comes as the head of the world health organisation
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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 brazil, surpassing the uk. the head of the world health 0rganization knows how tough the last few months have been and he says there is no end in 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 were past the worst are now grappling with new outbreaks. some that were less affected
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in the earliest weeks are now seeing escalating numbers of cases and deaths. in the united states, the country has had more than 4.5 million confirmed cases. new testimony from dr fauci outlines how things got out of control. if you look at what happened in europe when they shut down or locked down or went to shelter 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 shut down, even though it created a great deal of difficulty, we really functionally shut down only about 50%. the lessons learned over the past few months have been stark. to save lives and keep people healthy, restrictions are needed. trade—offs are required. we'll bring that back to later. unemployment benefits brought in to support americans who've lost their jobs
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during the coronavirus pandemic have expired, with congress unable to reach consensus on a new relief package. it means payments of $600 a week to millions of people have ended overnight. president trump has blamed the democrats for the impasse. democrat leaders said a white house proposal to extend the pay—out for seven days was worthless. companies in the uk whose staff have been receiving up to 80% of their salary through the furlough scheme will have to start contributing themselves from today. some firms say that if they can't re—open, they won't be able to afford to pay their workers. but more than half of the people furloughed during the pandemic are now back at work, a think tank has suggested. vivienne nunis reports. the lights have been off at fabric nightclub for the past four months. many staff here have already lost theirjobs. 50 people were let go yesterday. the bar staff, floor staff, cloakroom, cleaners, they've all now lost theirjobs. the remaining workers have been furloughed.
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as of today, the business must start paying their national insurance and pension contributions. even though, inside, it's still quiet. the freelancers have already lost their income. there's been a wave of redundancies already. there is a possibility that we may have to make further redundancies. so there is a real risk of everyone losing their job, frankly. adding to the club's woes, beer stocks going out of date and an electricity bill costing thousands of pounds in standing charges. from september, employers will need to pay 10% of their staffs wages while they remain on the furlough scheme. in october that increases to 20%, before cutting off completely at the end of that month. the fear is that with so many businesses still struggling, that will trigger a wave of redundancies. critics are calling for more support for the sectors that have been hit hardest. hospitality, the night—time economy, are really feeling the effects of the necessary measures
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that are being taken. therefore it makes sense for them to be given additional support and not to be ending the furlough on a one—size—fits—all basis, but in a targeted way, helping those sectors. today, some restrictions were due to be eased with the opening of casinos and bowling alleys, and beauty parlours able to offer treatments on the face. now, though, with a rise in coronavirus cases, the government has put those moves on hold for at least another two weeks. 80% of our business is to do with the face. you know, we are renowned for our facials, and eyelash extensions — we can't do that. we've cancellations from tomorrow. and this is, you know — my team is just in shock. i haven't, i don't even know what to tell them. the government says it's supporting closed parts of the economy with business rates relief, tax deferrals and loans. for some businesses, that may not be enough to keep going. let's focus on the coronavirus
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situation in europe. this week has seen signs of a resurgence of covid—i9 in several countries. spain in particular is struggling with a surge of new infections that has sparked european travel warnings. in france the seven—day average of new infections passed 1,000 per day for the first time since early may. rates of infection in germany remain low, but health officials there have expressed ‘great concern' over an uptick in cases in the country. this week the british government reintroduced quarantine for those returning from spain, causing travel problems for those who had already gone on their holiday. gavin lee sent this update from majorca... today, some of the hundreds of passengers flying with british tour operatorjet2 are in this queue. they are cutting their holidays short, theirflights
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they are cutting their holidays short, their flights have they are cutting their holidays short, theirflights have been cancelled and they are going back to the uk. jet2 said they couldn't keep sending empty flights out because they had cancelled the outbound flights. given the situation, they said it's not sustainable to keep bringing people back. the people in this queue right now, many of them we re this queue right now, many of them were due to stay up until next sunday and this, of course, is one of the many issues that are spin offs from the covid—i9 situation. in spain, we are looking at a situation where there are about 1500 cases, higher than force several days, double than last week. there were about 200 cases a month ago, so as lockdown eases, . .. at about 200 cases a month ago, so as lockdown eases,... at one point in march, spain was seeing 7500 cases. you're on the islands, we're looking at much smaller numbers. yesterday, it was zero cases in some of the balearic islands. notably here, they have had the first case of tourists reported they know in quarantine
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after coming here post lockdown easing and that the authorities clearly, that is a worry for them. clearly here, the situation for many tourists, a pretty abrupt end to what was their summer holiday that they had been looking forward to. lets have a quick look at some other stories making the news. there's an increasing number of new coronavirus cases in tokyo. 472 were confirmed on saturday, the second day in a row that the number of cases in the capital rose by more than 400. tokyo's governor has warned the city could declare its own state of emergency, but the central government says there is still no need to do that. south korean authorities have arrested lee man—hee, the founder of a christian sect at the centre of the country s largest outbreak of covid—19 infections. prosecutors allege the 89—year—old conspired with other sect leaders to withhold information from authorities during the peak of the outbreak among his more
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than 200,000 followers. the portuguese government is due to end a month—long lockdown in parts of greater lisbon. residents were only allowed to leave home to buy essential goods such as food or medication, or to travel to and from work. gatherings are still limited to 10 people. the headlines on bbc news... thousands of beauty salons, bowling alleys and wedding venues are facing at least another fortnight of closure following borisjohnson‘s plan to ‘squeeze the brake pedal‘ on easing restrictions. the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mexico has overtaken the uk‘s. it‘s now the third highest in the world. companies in the uk whose staff have been receiving up to 80% of their salary through the government‘s furlough scheme, will have to start paying some contributions from today. james murdoch, the son of the media
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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. david willis reports. they‘ve been called to the most powerful media family in the world. father rupert, seen here with sons james on the right, lachlan on the left. now, the family dynasty has imploded, leaving a trail of questions and intrigue. james murdoch‘s letter of the board of news corp was terse. "my resignation is due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the company‘s news outlets, he wrote. "and certain other strategic decisions." central to those qualms over
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content, it‘s thought the conservative editorial stance of news corp assets such as the wall street journal and, most particularly, fox news. we are seeing a moment of real tumult and a rupture play out in public. i thinkjames‘s resignation is a real manifestation of that. and it is an indication that he doesn‘t expect to have any real influence over the direction of fox news or its other properties in the immediate years ahead. back in the days of 21st—century fox, the two potential heirs to the murdoch media empire shared power between them. but the sale of much of the fox entertainment business to the walt disney company two years ago led to james‘s departure as ceo. lachlan took over the remainder of that business, whilst continuing to run news corp, and it was there that differences between the two brothers seemed to grow. james publicly taking issue with news corp coverage of the australian wildfires, which he thought should focus more on climate change,
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a subject close to his heart. only for the black lives matter protests a few months later to expose the brothers‘ political difference yet again. pitching lachlan, a conservative, against james, a democrat. people on the editorial pages of the journal and particularly in the editorial and views section of fox news discredited those protesters, sought to portray them as less than patriotic or, in fact, unpatriotic. and that is something with which james murdoch has increasingly become uncomfortable. 0nce considered the frontrunner to take over the murdoch media empire, james found himself embroiled in the phone hacking scandal when he ran the family‘s publications in europe. by then, though, it‘s thought his brother had already strengthened his grip on power. a family statement said simply, "we are grateful to james for his service to the company and wish him the best for the future." president trump has announced he is banning the chinese
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video—sharing app tiktok in the us. he told reporters he could sign an executive order as early as saturday. us security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by chinese firm bytedance, could be used to collect the personal data of americans. tiktok has denied accusations that it is controlled by or shares data with the chinese government. the bafta television awards took place last night with a very different look. coronavirus meant the closed ceremony took place with no audience, and the winners accepted their prizes virtually. lizo mzimba reports. the night, hosted by richard ayoade, was a socially distanced... whoa, back it up, back it up! ..heavily virtual event. and the bafta goes to... chernobyl! which won two awards, best mini—series and best actor. uh, it‘s a surprise. bafta, you‘ve ruined my losing streak, i‘m annoyed at you. best actress went to glenda jackson
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for elizabeth is missing, nearly 50 years after her first bafta. thank you very much indeed. i mean, it was a privilege doing 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... oh, god. ..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, voted for by the public. will you marry me? what? thank you to everybody that was involved in making the show. it was a really joyous experience for us all. and winning this bafta is immense. yes, thank you very much to everybody that voted, and to our cast and the whole crew who made the show. and strictly had something to shout
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about, taking the prize for best entertainment show. what‘s happening, man? the bafta special award went to idris elba. i don‘t believe that 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 notjust his success in performing but also his work on access and improving diversity in the industry. lizo mzimba, bbc news. joining me now from her home in north west london is the entertainment journalist, caroline frost. we journalist, caroline frost. usually talk about these face—to—face, we usually talk about these things face—to—face, but how weird was it for the actual ceremonial? it was unusual to say the least. i think
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very much of the moment. in the zeitgeist, behaving accordingly. no paparazzi shots, no after parties. maybe to the benefit of some! but i think it had some time. it concentrated on the talent that had been offered to us. the bizarre thing is that it was celebrating a pre—covid—19 world, because the eligibility window closed in december 2019 before the changes in the world, so it didn‘t recognise covid—19 and it didn‘t recognise the other great movement of the year, black lives matter. so it was a sort of throwback, but saying that, there was enormous talent on screen and it‘s elevated the best of it. where the winners in your view? some surprises. chernobyl, bt are a leader going into. it came away with best drama miniseries. —— they were.
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glenda jackson, another with the winner. a couple of surprises. this could have been the homecoming of phoebe waller bridge, armed with golden globes and emmys, didn‘t get the bafta this time around, but it did go to her co—star, so you can say that that show has no losers. and there‘s also stath lets flats. we clearly have some great comedy talent coming through. idris elba, and you mentioned black lives matter, but almost in a way that was a point he was making in his a cce pta nce a point he was making in his acceptance speech? it is really interesting. this list has been much more diverse than previous years, and the film award equivalent earlier this year, we know they got slammed for being too closed as usual and all the same old names coming through. this wasn‘t the case for the bafta tv awards. a
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proportion of minority groups represented, and i think we can say we are seeing a change. idris elba is at the forefront of that with his acting on screen and his production company, where he is committed to representing new voices. we have to leave it there. thank you and congratulations to them all. a bottlenose dolphin that went ‘missing‘ from her home in scotland last year has been found off the coast of the isle of man. ‘moonlight‘ had been studied by marine biologists at the university of aberdeen since 1996. she‘s now reappeared — with a new family, as alex bell reports. bottlenose dolphins are no strangers to manx shores. but one pair in particular have captured the attention of the public and scientists across the british isles. so there are mother and little
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baby, just popping up. so these are our two, are they? these are our two. these are moonlight and baby? this is moonlight and baby. so how much of a chance do you think we‘ve got of seeing these two today? i‘d say we‘ve got a pretty good chance. it is mid—tide at the moment, which is the time they‘ve been coming into peel bay, and they do come here most days, so you never know. fingers crossed. the story began last september when a female dolphin and her newborn calf were spotted swimming off the manx coast. it looked like the size of a fish, you know? in the video he‘s just leaping out of the water behind the mother‘s dorsalfin. i emailed it around to marine mammal scientists and a lady called barbara from the moray firth got in touch. and she said, i think i recognise this dolphin. it looks remarkably like one of our missing dolphins from the moray firth. amazingly, it was the same dolphin. moonlight, who had been studied hundreds of miles away in the moray firth since 1996, hadn‘t been seen in scotland for more than a year. she was identified thanks to a marking on her upper dorsalfin.
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now it‘s thought she and her calf have become the island‘s only pair of resident dolphins. it was 2018, was the last time we actually saw her. definitely a surprise for us because we just didn't know where she was at all. moonlight was one of the ones who clearly hadn't come back and we didn't know where she was at all. so it's nice to know that she's safe and sound at the isle of man. back at the beach, we waited tensely to see if moonlight would appear. then, after a four—hour wait, a glimpse. oh, that was so cool! everybody's watching! they knew we were here, you see. they knew we were here. i can't believe it, i'm so delighted they're here. it's definitely moonlight and her baby, definitely. people lined the beaches to welcome a pair who‘ve made this island their home. alex bell, bbc news.
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let‘s see what the weather is doing for you. yesterday‘s keith wasjust a one day wonder. i am sure many of you will be relieved —— heat. topping 38 celsius near heathrow airport, but it wasn‘tjust southeast england that had the heat. temperatures today 10 degrees more lower. weather front has moved temperatures today 10 degrees more lower. weatherfront has moved on through with a colder coming behind. it is cooler and fresher. still with a few showers tracking east as we go through the rest of the day. starting with sunshine, so some cloud increasing across eastern areas. where we started cloudy in the west, it will be brightening up, showery rain heading into northern ireland in the afternoon and into the evening. very few showers towards east anglia in south—east
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england, and temperatures mainly in the high teens and low 20s. a fused spot reaching into the mid 20s in east anglia and south—eastern gwent. a weekend of sport for the fa cup final this afternoon. —— south—eastern england. just a slight chance of a shower. into the evening, outbreaks of rain in northern ireland, putting in across northern england and scotland as the night goes on. north wales seeing a bit of that as well. 0vernight temperatures 2014 degrees. after the heat of last night, that is easier for sleeping. northern ireland and scotla nd for sleeping. northern ireland and scotland starting mostly cloudy. brighton is up behind it, so after a bright start, heavier showers with in two. the rest of england and wales may catch a shower. low 20s, and it is of course race
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