this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. mission control: splashdown! nasa astronauts splash down to earth after the first ever commercial crewed mission to the international space station. it took years to get here, we bought the capability back to america and returned safely to oui’ america and returned safely to ourfamilies. covid—19 restrictions are tightened in the capital region of the philippines to tackle a surge in cases. a bbc investigation has found the number of deaths from coronavirus in iran is nearly three times higher than admitted. and a dramatic end to

the british grand prix as lewis hamilton wins with a puncture on the final lap. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for the first time since the apollo programme 45 years ago, an american spacecraft has landed safely with a splashdown in the sea. the commercially—owned capsule carrying astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken launched for the international space station in may. it's all part of nasa's plan to hand over such flights to private companies. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. mission control: 200 metres. brace for splashdown. copy, braced for splashdown. history in the making as the dragon capsule returns home. as you can see on your screen, we have visual confirmation for splashdown. applause. the first private spacecraft

to bring astronauts back to earth. dragon spacex, separation confirmed. their journey began from the international space station. the spacecraft‘s owned by us company spacex. inside, nasa's bob behnken and doug hurley are at the controls. as they hurtled through the earth's atmosphere, a heat shield protected them as temperatures reached up to 2,000 degrees celsius. then, at last, a glimpse from the earth. we are visual on four chutes out. parachutes slow the rapid descent before splashdown. splashdown. this move to the commercial sector marks a major change. with the spacex reusable rockets and capsules, the cost of space flight is coming down. spacex has done the whole thing, so they can launch, they can dock, they can orbit the earth in a spacecraft and they can return to earth. and if you can do that safely,

then anybody who chooses to — and if the company, in this case spacex — accepts their money, then anybody can pay to send somebody into space. racing to the scene, the recovery vessel. local boats have come to take a look, too. the scorched capsule is hoisted on board. there's a slight delay as noxious fumes from the landing are cleared. the hatch is now open. thank you for doing the most difficult parts and the most important parts of human space flight. then, at last, the first breath of fresh air for two months. both astronauts now out and ready to head home to see theirfamilies. it's the end of their mission, but a new era in commercial space flight is just beginning. we all wish you a safe journey home and a happy reunion with your families soon, and we look forward to seeing you in person as well. rebecca morelle, bbc news.

quite an odyssey, the last six, seven, eight years, since robin i started working on this programme and to where we are now, the first crude flight of dragon, isjust now, the first crude flight of dragon, is just unbelievable. we said it before, just a tremendous privilege to be part of this programme, to be part of this programme, to be part of nasa and spent two months on the international space station. with the flight of dragon on falcon, and the re—entry today, it's a lot to process. five hours ago we were ina process. five hours ago we were in a spaceship bobbing around, making unsettling phone calls to whoever we could get a hold of. there is something special about having the capability to launch and bring your own astronauts home and we went to astronauts home and we went to a lot of years without that capability and i think we are both super, super proud to have been just both super, super proud to have beenjust a small both super, super proud to have been just a small part of the

team that accomplished bringing those spaceflights back to the florida coast. and you can keep up to date with the latest news, about the spacex mission, on our website — you'll find profiles of the astronauts and a feature on the design of the dragon capsule. that's all on the bbc news website, or download the bbc news app. doctors in the philippines are warning the country is losing its fight against coronavirus and the health system is facing collapse. the dire predictions have lead the president, rodrigo duterte, to announce a series of new restrictions to try and combat the spread of covid—i9. i have heard the call of different groups from the medical community or a 2— week enhanced community quarantine. ecq and metro manila. ifully

understand why health workers would like to ask for such a timeout period. they have been on the front lines for months and are exhausted. live now to manila and our correspondent howard johnson. good to see you, howard. pretty stark warnings, though losing the fight against coronavirus. what is happening there? at the moment, we've seen more than 100,000 cases, on sunday, 5000 injust one day, 100,000 cases, on sunday, 5000 in just one day, just over 2000 deaths. compared to other global hotspots, it's not that bad but hospitals are being overwhelmed. doctors on warning it would happen, we are seeing hospital beds filling up, turning away patients from certain hospitals. saturday, these 80 medical groups came forward and signed a letter asking for the president to make stricter community quarantine measures or lockdown measures herein manila and the

surrounding provinces. today, president rodrigo duterte said he will have a 2— week heart a lot done, it means 50% of certain workforces. we've seen a very militarised lockdown. what we've seen is also a threat to the groups. why not write a letter to him, he said, and dared them to have a revolution against president duterte and said, see how you 90, duterte and said, see how you go, see how you deal with the situation so this letter sent on the weekend had a big effect on the weekend had a big effect on him but obviously it goes against the advice of economic managers who are saying we need to open up the economy because on the flipside, the economy is also going down, the first two quarters of the year show that for the first time in 22 years, this economy was in retraction so there is a fine balance obviously going on between

health and boosting the economy. let's get some of the day's other news. one of the top doctors on the white house covid—19 task force has warned that the us has entered a new phase in its fight against the virus. deborah birx said the disease was now a greater threat than when the outbreak began and cautioned people living in rural areas that they were not immune. more than 200,000 people have now died from coronavirus in latin america and the caribbean. brazil and mexico account for nearly three—quarters of those deaths. the number of deaths make it the second hardest hit region in the world after europe. muslim worshippers have performed the last ritual of the annual hajj pilgrimage to mecca, an event that's been limited by the coronavirus pandemic. no more than 10,000 people were allowed to attend. the saudi authorities say no virus infections were reported. a bbc investigation has found the number of deaths

from coronavirus in iran is nearly three times higher than the government there claims. almost 42,000 people have died with covid—19 symptoms, according to official medical records passed to the bbc by a whistle—blower. iran's health ministry has rejected this, insisting that the country's reports to the world health organization are accurate. behrang tajdin from the bbc‘s persian service has the story. groaning. gasping forair in the last hours of life. this man became iran's first official coronavirus victim on the 19th of february. his brothers were doctors, and they posted this video on social media. after that, officials were left with no choice but to admit that covid—19 was killing iranians. but it turns out his death from the virus was not iran's first.

the bbc has seen what appear to be two official government documents. they contain every hospital patient they think was infected by covid—19 and all those they suspect died with the virus. together, they show iran's epidemic started earlier and was far deadlier than the official said it was. now we know the first death was actually a full month before officials came clean. the data suggests that on some days in february and march, covid—19 deaths were more than ten times higher than what officials were announcing. in total, 41,952 people have died in hospitals after the 20th ofjuly. three times as many as the official death toll. this figure puts iran amongst the five worst hit countries in the world.

this is an extraordinary leak. the files include a vast amount of personal and medical details, names, addresses, phone numbers and whether they had a history of respiratory or cardiac disease. there are nearly half a million records listed in the two files. and the bbc has made strenuous efforts to authenticate the data. the whistle—blower told that passing on this information was dangerous but worth it. act or's voice: risking my life, i'm sending you the lists of coronavirus infections and deaths in all the hospitals of the country. i urge you to publish these figures as you see fit, so we can save some patients' lives. why would iran cover up the true scale of the outbreak? the pandemic started in the run—up to parliamentary elections in february.

it was only after those elections that iran started imposing some restrictions to stop the spread. as the economy was already in deep recession, the government let businesses reopen in the spring. the leaders of the islamic republic fear any sign of weakness may be used by its enemies. maybe that's why they hid the true scale of the pandemic. behrang tajdin, bbc news. residents of melbourne are waking up after an overnight curfew, imposed to tackle a coronavirus surge. there are 17,282 confirmed cases, and more than 200 deaths in australia. the country had early success in suppressing coronavirus, but now there are fears that with fresh clusters in areas, including victoria, the situation there could change fast. steven schubet is our reporter with abc news in melbourne. thank you for being with us. a cu rfew thank you for being with us. a curfew there. what else is being done to contain this?

these are new and dramatic measures for the residents in melbourne today, we woken up after our first curfew which was in place from 8pm until 5am this morning. and really, the government here, the state government is trying to get people to stay in their homes with these new dramatic measures. the time that you can go out, it has been reduced to only one hour of exercise a day, and only one person from each household can lead to go to the supermarket or supplies. we are also expecting to hear more announcements from the state government on new restrictions on businesses, there will be of course essential services like supermarkets and pharmacies that need to stay open but the state government is now looking at closing some of those businesses that perhaps aren't so essential. this comes after victoria has seen large numbers over the last week or so. we saw more than 700 new cases in

the state alone just a few days ago. we believe that number todayis ago. we believe that number today is about 490 new cases but the premier here, the state premier, "andrew daniels", says the number is too high. how does this compare to numbers around the world ? does this compare to numbers around the world? australia has done well, overall numbers of cases are low. the state government here is a labor—led government, so if you think it isa government, so if you think it is a good intervention, it depends on how you vote. the australian newspaper, rupert murdoch owned broadsheet paper, says this is effectively a dictatorship now. other people, though, are generally supportive. a lot of people are thinking, this is not going to be much fun for the next six weeks, while these rules are in place but if it is effective in bringing these case numbers under control, there is a level

of support for that. the premier did say, on the current project very, we are scheduled to get the numbers under control by christmas which obviously is a pretty scary thought so more stringent measures were required so i think it's a pretty broad range of views but i think overall, the majority of people would say well, let's get this done and under control. thank you for bringing us up—to—date. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lewis hamilton's three—wheeled race to victory at silverstone. the us space agency nasa has ordered an investigation the question was whether we wa nted the question was whether we wanted to save our people and japanese as well and when the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at two

o'clock this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived as long and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she has achieved this landmark anniversary. this isa this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement stopping the question now is whether the american boat will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the first commercial crewed mission to the international space station has splashed down off the coast of florida.

covid—19 restrictions are tightened in the capital region of the philippines to tackle a surge in cases. let's turn to that news from the us we brought you earlier: one of president trump's senior medical advisers has warned that the country is entering a new phase of the pandemic. doctor 0liver brooks is president of the national medical association which is the largest organisation representing african american physicians and patients in the united states. thanks very much for talking to us. thanks for having me. what you make of these comments, then? this is doctor deborah burke saying this is extraordinarily widespread affecting rural communities, not just the affecting rural communities, notjust the big cities. what you make of these warnings?” think it is logical and inevitable, without a national strategy, that you will get

spread. it is spreading from ourselves up to the north and the midwest stopping the virus does not respect state borders. so without that national strategy, if we just don't have a good handle on this virus. has there been a failure, then, in strategy that things have been left at a local state or whatever levels, that there has been a centralfailure here? so, you can have local and state responses but you need a strong message from the federal government. for example, today, doctor burke said that but at the same time and our government we are hearing that we should open up schools as soon as possible. we can't even get people to be strong and steadfast get people to be strong and stea dfast o n get people to be strong and steadfast on saying that we need to wear a mask, we have to have physical distance and other infection control procedures. so without that message, we have this challenge. i see, the one messaging, and they know you

have been holding your national conference looking at what m ista kes conference looking at what mistakes are being made, central messaging, you mentioned there, what else? so, essential strategy for example on testing. we are hearing different things from different people. we have to have an understanding of what to do in terms of treatments stopping different messaging in terms of what actually works and what doesn't. you are at the end of may right now, i'm getting different information from frontline physicians on what works and what doesn't work, because they having to use information from their own hospitals because the information we are receiving from other sources is not accurate. ok, and just from other sources is not accurate. ok, andjust on from other sources is not accurate. ok, and just on that, sorry, yeah, on the messaging point, i don't want to get you too involved in a political debate, i know that is not your role, but net policy has come out and role, but net policy has come outand in role, but net policy has come out and in an interview appeared to be quite critical

of doctor burke, and given your medical background, not your political one, obviously, what do you make of those kind of comments? i think that speaker policy was frustrated. i think speaker policy wants us to wrap our arms around this. i think that this is a false choice between the economy and the virus, andi between the economy and the virus, and i believe that she has had a measured strategy that she has wanted to implement and think that she felt something that she spoke. 0k. and just before we go, i'm afraid we are out of time but what would be your main message here to the country? my main message would be, listen to the experts who speak the truth. we had dr anthony fauci speaking at our convention today. he gave a very cogent,

presentation. we need to understand that this virus is real and get back to the false choice. we want our economy to thrive. we have to do the right things. wear a mask. keep physical distance. wash your hands. just have a respect for this virus. ok, thanks so much for coming on the programme doctor 0liver brooks. the us state of florida is bracing for the arrival of storm isaias, which is expected to hit the east coast shortly. it's weakened to a tropical storm after lashing the bahamas. but forecasters warn it could strengthen back to a hurricane before making landfall. florida governor ron desantis is urging people to be prepared. don't be fooled by the downgrade. we do think it will be upgraded back to a hurricane later on this evening. even if it's tropical storm force winds, you can pretty much be assured that

you are going to see power outages — that is certainly a 70 mph wind will be enough will be enough to take down trees and limbs, and that obviously interacts with power lines. so that will happen, and people should be prepared for that. more than 1,300 firefighters are battling a blaze that's burning out of control in southern california, threatening thousands of people and homes east of los angeles. the so—called apple fire that broke out near the city of san bernardino has so far charred more than 20,000 acres, sending up columns of smoke, visible from hundreds of miles away. at least 2,600 homes, and nearly 7,800 people have been evacuated so far. microsoft says it's committed to buying the north american operations of the video—sharing app, tiktok, and wants to complete discussions with its chinese owners by the middle of next month. it made the announcement following talks with

president trump, who has threatened to ban tiktok in the united states. the app denies accusations that it shares data with the government in beijing. the bollywood star amitabh batchan has been discharged from hospital after being treated for covid—19. mr batchan, who is 77, is one of india's most renowned actors. his daughter—in—law, the actress aishwarya rai batchan, and her eight—year—old daughter recovered from the virus and left hospital earlier this week. lewis hamilton has won the british grand prix for the seventh time in his career in dramatic fashion, crossing the finish line with just three working wheels, after getting a puncture on the final lap. usually the race sees 140,000 fans descend on silverstone, but today it was a much quieter affair, due to coronavirus restrictions. here's our sports editor, dan roan. once the action got under way, hamilton made his pole position count immediately, getting into a decent lead.

and it was something of a procession. elsewhere, there were a couple of crashes, which meant the safety car was used on a couple of occasions. and that seemed to frustrate hamilton. but all seemed well until the last few laps when, first, his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas got a puncture, which meant that he finished back in 11th, now 30 points behind hamilton in the championship. and most dramatically of all, in the penultimate lap, the same happened to lewis hamilton himself, remarkably. he got a puncture as well. at that point, he was around 30 seconds ahead of the red bull of max verstappen. now, his team took the fateful decision to bring him into the pits just before that incident to change his tyres in what was a successful bid to record the fastest lap and get a point. but had they not done so, had they kept their man out there on the circuit, he would've overtaken hamilton

because he was effectively on just three tyres for the final lap. and that meant that in the final reckoning, it became an incredibly dramatic finale. hamiltonjust clinging on byjust over five seconds to secure a record seventh british grand prix victory. it puts him on course, of course, for a record—equalling seventh world championship crown. next weekend, he'll be back here and expected to reinforce and strengthen that bid. once again, of course, there'll be no fans here. what happened earlier on was surely one of the most dramatic ends to a british grand prix. just a shame that there were no fans here to witness it. that was our sports editor, dan roan. and don't forget there's lots more on all the stories we are covering on the website. 0r more on all the stories we are covering on the website. or you can covering on the website. or you ca n always covering on the website. or you can always download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @lvaughanjones.

i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news, goodbye. hello there. it took until the last day injuly for temperatures to get above 30 degrees celsius. we only have to wait until thursday or friday this week before we see 30 degrees in august. but it won't be for the start of the week. we've got a little ridge of high pressure building in, which has been easing the showers back overnight. so, actually, it's going to be quite a chilly start this morning, but with plenty of sunshine before the shower cloud gets bubbling away. so, there will already be a few showers in north—western areas anyway, and with a weak weather front brushing past here, that will tend to merge those showers a little bit. but plenty of drier weather for the south—east of scotland, possibly fewer showers than sunday in northern ireland. and, again, just a scattering for england and wales, but by the afternoon, particularly in eastern areas, they are likely to turn heavy with some thunder around, slow—moving downpours. but away from the showers

in the sunshine, feeling pleasantly warm, but the wind will be picking up in the north—west of scotland. why? because we've got our next weather front on its way in. so, through the course of the night, it's likely to turn quite wet through northern ireland and also quite mild with lots of low cloud around, so a very different feel to our weather, i think, across north—western areas as we head into tuesday. in fact, through tuesday and wednesday, it does look wetterfor a time, some significant rain around and some stronger winds. but, again, it doesn't last. so, this is the low pressure which will be responsible for that rain, 50—60 mm over the highlands of scotland, tightly packed isobars denoting some stronger winds for many through tuesday and wednesday further south as well. the rain looks it'll be a feature mostly for scotland and northern ireland, but there will be low cloud and drizzle setting in across northern england, wales, the south—west while southern and eastern areas may well stay largely fine and dry and warm with some sunshine around. clearly not feeling warm further north despite the mild air

here and all the moisture. which will continue to fall, that rain, as we go through tuesday night and into wednesday. some uncertainty as to how far south it's going to come, but again the high pressure's closer to the south. so, if those weather fronts do come southwards, the likelihood is they won't produce much rain, they'll just fizzle out. and then the high pressure builds later in the week, just pushing those or nudging those weather fronts further north again. and allowing the temperatures to rise, mostly for england and wales, but some warmer, drier weather coming in further north for scotland and northern ireland as well. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the first crewed mission by a private company to the international space station has safely returned to earth. the space x dragon crew capsule splashed down off the coast of florida. nasa's administrator said the mission's success marked the beginning of a new era in human space flight. the philippines is bringing back strict quarantine measures in and around the capital manila, to tackle a leap in coronavirus cases. the measures are likely to include the shut down of some businesses and public transport. they'll start on tuesday and will initially last two weeks. an investigation by the bbc‘s persian service has found the number of people who've died with covid—19 in iran is nearly three times higher than the government has admitted. they also show the first coronavirus death happened injanuary, nearly a month earlier than had been originally claimed.