this is bbc news. this is bbc news with the latest the headlines: mexico now has the third—highest headlines for viewers in the uk coronavirus death toll in the world. and around the world. over 46,000 people have died there, meaning the country has overtaken britain. beauty salons, bowling alleys and wedding venues in england only the united states and brazil are facing at least another fortnight of closure following the government's plan have seen more deaths. to pause the easing of restrictions. countries across europe are fighting a coronavirus resurgence. in england, thousands of beauty one of the uk government's scientific advisers has suggested salons, bowling alleys and wedding that england may have to consider venues have been told to stay closed closing pubs in order for at least another fortnight. to re—open schools next month. the death toll from james murdoch, the younger son the coronavirus outbreak in mexico has overtaken the uk's. of media mogul rupert murdoch, has resigned from the board it's now the third of news corporation — which owns fox news, the wall streetjournal, highest in the world. the times, and the sun — citing disagreements companies in the uk whose staff have been receiving up to 80% over editorial content. of their salary through president trump says he will ban the government's furlough scheme will have to start paying video—sharing app tiktok in the us. some contributions from today. us president donald trump has security officials there have expressed concern that the app, announced he will be banning which is chinese—owned, the chinese video—sharing app could be used to collect the personal data of americans.

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 do stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. pubs and restaurants in england could be shut again in the autumn to get children back to school. professor graham medley, a member of the government's scientific advisory group — sage — told the bbc that england may have to make the trade—off in the coming weeks. england's chief medical officer, chris whitty, said yesterday that the country had "probably" reached the limit of easing restrictions, and said relaxing the rules any further

would "absolutely, inevitably" lead to a resurgence of infections. this comes as many businesses in england — which were expecting to reopen this weekend after the coronavirus lockdown — are facing at least another fortnight of closure. the prime minister's plan to "squeeze the brake pedal" on easing restrictions affects beauty salons, bowling alleys and wedding venues. he 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 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 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 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 of 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.

let's speak now to allyson pollock, professor of public health at newcastle university. let's talk first about this idea of a trade off in the autumn between opening schools and keeping pubs open. what is your view on the necessity of these kind of trade—offs? necessity of these kind of trade-offs? my view is that it shouldn't come down to having a choice. of course it is a disgrace that children have missed out on six months of education and they absolutely need to be a priority, but i don't think it helpful to talk about choices. much more employers and is it to be ensured that the government is putting in place public health measures and we still do not have confidence that is happening. they have earmarked £10 million for test and trace, but we know that they is still not test and

trace systems effectively working in every area and that is as much because the local data are still not flowing to the local public health departments and the capacity is not being built up from there. instead, the government is pouring billions of pounds into private sector companies with no experience of test and trace, it is not working and it is not efficient. and yet the local public health teams and public health in and could do this, and could do the same much better. we need to be much more confident that the government is playing its part and has a coherent testing strategy, which it does not have, that the test results are interpretable, which they are not for the moment, and that they are putting in the necessary public health and primary ca re measures. necessary public health and primary care measures. this is what government should be doing and then we would not need to see these trade—offs as they are called. this isa trade—offs as they are called. this is a diversion and we are in danger of going down a rabbit warren here. and why would the government not do, as you say, if it makes such clear

sense to give this task to local public health departments, why is it not doing so? well, this is quite extraordinary because matt hancock could do this at the stroke of a pen. he has the powers to do this, he can actually delegate that to local public health departments and build up the capacity. that is exactly what happened in germany, which is why they have only had a six of the deaths that we have had. he could do this, and he could also, instead of spending £10 billion on companies, he could be building up the local capacity in nhs laboratories and public health and especially, also, in primary care. that is not happening, so we no longer have an integrated coherent system in england. this is absolutely what happened. it is what the house of lords select committee has been urging him to do as well.

doi has been urging him to do as well. do i understand you correctly decide that it do i understand you correctly decide thatitis do i understand you correctly decide that it is almost an ideological decision to go with the commercial decision to go with the commercial decision rather than a public sector solution? well, it is most bizarre not to ask the public health expert and community disease experts what should happen. this has been a major issue all along and they have not called upon public health expertise and disease experts and basically there is a collective ignorance about what needs to happen. that is well illustrated by the fact they did not load who guidance and advice from day one, which was to test and trace even the isolation policies and they were not being followed. every step of the way, the uk government seems to have decided to do its own thing rather than following the tide and tried and tested measures of epidemic disease control. we will put these points to the government as soon get a chance.

thank you forjoining us. —— sue as we get a chance. 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. only brazil and the united states have more. it comes as the head of the world health organization warns that the effects of the pandemic 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—19 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 organization 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 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 last

few months have been stark. to save lives and keep people healthy, 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. alanna petroff, bbc news. across europe — several countries are seeing signs of a resurgence of covid—19. spain is struggling with a rise in new infections that sparked european travel warnings. in france, the seven—day average of new infections passed

1,000 per day this week for the first time since the first half of may. rates of infection in germany remain low, but health officials there have expressed "great concern" over an increase in cases in the country. this week the british government reintroduced quarantine for those returning from spain. gavin lee sent this update from majorca. well, today, some of the hundreds of passengers, customers who are flying with the british tour operatorjet2, are now in this queue, some have already gone through here at palma airport, because they are cutting their holidays early. their flights have been cancelled and are now going back to the uk. it is becausejet2 had said they couldn't keep sending flights out because they had cancelled the outbound flights last weekend, given the covid situation, the quarantine from the british government for travellers coming back, and they said it is not sustainable to be able to keep bringing people back. so the people in this queue right now, many of them were due to stay here up until next sunday.

this of course is one of the many issues that are spin—offs of the covid situation. at the moment in spain, we are looking at a situation where there are about 1500 cases — higher than for several days, double, in fact, from last week. there were about 200 cases a dayjust a month ago. so, as the lockdown eases, spain seeing similar problems as other countries. and worth comparing, at one point in march, spain was seeing 7500 cases. but here on the islands, we are looking at much smaller numbers. yesterday it was zero cases in some of the balearics. notably, though, here, they have had the first case of tourists reportedly who are now in quarantine after coming here post lockdown easing and that, for the authorities, clearly, is a worry. that is about 25 kilometres outside palma, we are told. clearly, here, the situation for many tourists, a pretty abrupt end to what was a summer holiday they had been looking forward to. unemployment benefits brought in to support americans who've lost their jobs

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. 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 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.

authorities in south korea have arrested the founder of a christian sect at the centre of south korea's largest outbreak of covid—19. it's alleged lee man—hee conspired with other sect leaders to withhold information from authorities. and the japanese capital, tokyo, has seen an increased number of new coronavirus cases, with 472 recorded today. that's the second day in a row that the number of cases has risen by more than 400. tokyo's governor has warned the city could declare its own state of emergency, but the japanese government says there is still no need to do that. the headlines on bbc news... beauty salons, bowling alleys and wedding venues in england are facing at least another fortnight of closure following the government's plan to pause the easing of restrictions. one of the uk government's scientific advisers has suggested that england may have to consider closing pubs in order to re—open schools next month.

the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mexico has overtaken the uk's. it's now the third highest in the world. more now on our top story. the further easing of restrictions in england has been postponed for at least two weeks amid concerns over an increase in coronavirus cases. casinos and bowling alleys will remain shut, with borisjohnson saying it was time to "squeeze the brake pedal". speaking to bbc radio 4, professor graham medley — a member of the british government's scientific advisory group — was asked whether ministers would have to close some sections of society in order to open schools in england in september. i think that is quite possible. i think we are in a situation whereby i think most people think that opening schools is a priority for

the health and well—being of children. and that in order when we do that we are going to reconnect a lot of households and so, actually, closing some of the other networks, some of the other activities, may well be required to enable us to open schools. and it might come down toa open schools. and it might come down to a question about which trade—off you trade off against each other. that is a matter of prioritising. do we think pubs are more important than schools? what impact has this had on businesses who had been preparing to reopen today? let's get more on this and speak to simon thomas, chief executive of the hippodrome casino in london's leicester square. simon, we will look ahead to the autumn ina simon, we will look ahead to the autumn in a moment, but first, you have a significant problem of having made plans to open from today and having to close those plans down swiftly. absolutely. for us it was

an appalling wasteful last—minute decision. opening a business like ours is a complex decision and it ta kes ours is a complex decision and it takes weeks, you do notjust ten lights on. we took hundreds of staff of furlough and then we were told 12 hours before that we cannot do that. we made lots of decisions. he said it was a logical, but do you understand the categorisation of your business as high—risk in terms of infection? no, i don't. and the government has made it clear they will heed medical advice and yet casinos are much lower risk than certain sectors that have already reopened. public health england actually physically visited a casino and confirmed they were happy with the casino's preparations and gave the casino's preparations and gave the approvalfor casinos the casino's preparations and gave the approval for casinos to open so we do not understand it. can you

make representations to get that changed at all and shuffle yourselves into a different category whereby you could reopen now?|j yourselves into a different category whereby you could reopen now? i can assure you , we whereby you could reopen now? i can assure you, we are making as many representations as we can. it is so com pletely representations as we can. it is so completely illogical. there are 120 casinos in the country, it is not a massive business. the government have made it very clear that their strategy let businesses reopen and then have local reaction to local issue. the term by borisjohnson was whack a mole. maybe the government is now abandoning that strategy, and maybe they could be honest about it. when you mean abandon the strategy, you mean imposing at this point a national strategy rather than a targeted local one on this issue? yes, they are using targeted local reaction to say, like leicester and luton, some the north—west, and that is some of the strategy they are

using. now suddenly say a whole sector cannot open, a plymouth —based casino can't open because of a problem in manchester, that does not make any sense whatsoever. very briefly, i am guessing that having had plans to open today, that means hiring back staff, spending costs on marketing and promotion, you now can't get that back. absolutely. we have 400 staff back from furlough for two weeks, all of the action and stock will now go to waste and we will give it to charity. that will be at least one beneficiary of this. but the costs are enormous and we do not get anything back. there has also been the emotional cost. the staff have been off for months and bring them back would be a real boost and customers are excited to come back to a place they are going to enjoy. they will be disappointed and it is a massive waste. we are sorry for your staff and customers. you have our sympathies and we hope

and you can open again soon. thank you. james murdoch, the son of the media mogul rupert murdoch, has resigned from the board of news corporation citing disagreements over editorial content. he didn't give any more details, but he's previously criticised his father's news outlets over their stance on climate change. he's also understood to be less supportive of president trump than the organisation's fox news network. news corp owns the sun, the times and several international news outlets. president trump has said he plans to ban the chinese—owned video sharing app tiktok in the united states. the move would be a major blow for the owner of the popular social media platform, byte da nce. us security officials have expressed concern over the safety of personal data on the app. we can find out more from our technology reporter chris fox. what is the logic for this move from president trump? the fear is that

the chinese company that owns tiktok can use the collected data from that app to spy on us citizens. apps on oui’ app to spy on us citizens. apps on our phones can do can gather lots of data from our phones and it is worth winding out american apps do that as well. but chinese companies can be compelled by the chinese government to share data and let them analyse data, perhaps for national security reasons. that is the same accusation grown at huawei, the telephone manufacturer. the fear is that us citizens could be having their data analysed by the chinese government and that is the justification that the us president has given for this. physically, practically, is it easy to do? is it a switch to beef flicked? to do? is it a switch to beef flicked ? —— to do? is it a switch to beef flicked? —— is it a switch to be flicked? —— is it a switch to be flicked? yellow mckee can put a

company on a blacklist and then it makes it harder for company on a blacklist and then it makes it harderfor us companies company on a blacklist and then it makes it harder for us companies to do business with them. he could order apple and google to remove tiktok from the app stores. he can also compel internet service providers to block access. even if the app is still available, it will not work any more because you won't be able to connect to the video server. that is something other countries have done as well. it has been done in india when tiktok is banned as well. as well as 50 other chinese apps. it can be done, but we will have to see later today whether donald trump are signs that executive order. the chinese government are not going to be happy, but it is hard to see what they can do because american social media platforms are banned in china anyway. but what about american fans who are unhappy? they are bound to be disappointed, when this has been floated recently, they have been up

in arms. they may move to other social media platforms and many have said, follow me on instagram. it is ha rd to said, follow me on instagram. it is hard to transport a following from one app to another. simon, thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather. the heat for many others yesterday was too much. the last they ofjuly we saw those temperatures well above the seasonal average. you can see heathrow sought 38 greece celsius through friday afternoon. that is july out of the way and today, for all of us, cool and fresh conditions with sunshine and showers. that is because we have seen a cold fronts reading eastwards across the country pushing the heat out into the near continent and allowing fresh avanti ca re continent and allowing fresh avanti care to move in with showers and wind today. —— with fresh showers.

there will be scattered showers across northern scotland as southern pa rt across northern scotland as southern part of britain will tend to stay dry with clear spells. it will be a cool and fresh night event last night. part two of the weekend sta rts night. part two of the weekend starts off with showers and long spells of rain across northern england and they will tend to play away and then it is another afternoon of sunshine and showers. most of the showers in the north and west and they could beat some dotted around. many southern areas stay dry. top temperatures in the south—east around 23 or 24 degrees. sunday night we hold onto some showers in novi areas. it will be a chilly night. —— we hold onto some showers in northern areas. this system could bring wetter weather in the extreme south of the uk. perhaps the extreme south of the uk. perhaps the channel islands are seeing some rain at times. it looks like many southern parts will stay dry with good spells of sunshine. further

north more cloud around for northern ireland and scotland and more of a breeze on the north—west there. temperatures disappointing in the north, further south not as warm either stop 20 to 22 degrees. into tuesday and wednesday we see atla ntic low tuesday and wednesday we see atlantic low whether —— low pressure systems bringing bricks of rain and it could be quite wet on tuesday and wednesday across northern areas over the hills. a little bit of brightness further south. we will start next week with that wet weather. for the first half of the week at least. then signs of high pressure building in back across the continent with temperatures turning 00:28:41,318 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 much warmer later on.