hello, i'm kasia madera, welcome to outside source. the entire lebanese government resigns as protests continue in beirut, after last week's catastrophic explosion. we'll have the reaction from the ground. those protesters are very cynical that even getting rid of this government will make any difference to lebanon and bring accountability for that deadly explosion. in hong kong, pro—democracy activist and media tycoon, jimmy lai, is detained — the highest profile arrest yet under china's security law. and in belarus, the clashes continue between police and protesters angry at sunday's disputed presidential poll.

welcome. we start in lebanon, where just a few hours ago, the entire government resigned. the prime minister hassan diab made the announcement. he said the country is facing a massive catastrophe, as well as economic and social collapse. the catalyst for the mass resignation was last tuesday's explosion in beirut, which killed more than 200 people. thousands are injured and many are still missing. there've been widespread protests over the past six days. these pictures are from earlier today, when demonstrators tried to breach the barricades surrounding the lebanese parliament building. protesters have been launching fireworks towards police, who have responded with tear gas. and these are some of the latest images. protests are expected to continue into the night. earlier today, this was hassan diab on his way into a cabinet meeting. several cabinet ministers had already quit their posts. here's what the prime minister said after the

meeting. translation: i announce the resignation of this government. may god protect lebanon, may god protect lebanon, may god protect lebanon. long live you and long live lebanon. here's the reaction of maha yahya, who is the director of the carnegie middle east center in beirut. it was inevitable. i mean this government was already a lame—duck government before the explosion happened. after the explosion, it has... i mean, the handling of the explosion has been marked with confusion, people are complaining state institutions are nowhere to be found. it is people helping each other. the social solidarity has been amazing, but state institutions are simply not there, so overall it was expected and i don't think there was any other way but a resignation. well, after prime minister hassan diab made his announcement, he went to hand his resignation to the president michel aoun

at the baabda palace. so, a lot happening, let's put it into context. the economist's middle east editor clarified via twitter... let's get more on that, from kareem sha—hayeeb, a journalist in beirut. the next step right now is the formation of a new cabinet, but who forms the new cabinet? she it is up to the president himself, following consultations with the parliamentary blocs, which are ruled by the major parties, so many are cynical and they are expecting another reproduction of this current political class, but the question is who is it going to be? lebanon failed to successfully negotiate with the imf. the international community is no longer as lenient with lebanon as before, so who is this new prime minister going to be?

what is his new cabinet going to look like? and will it be good enough for both the political class, and to appeal to both the disgruntled population and the international community? quentin sommerville was in beirut‘s martyrs‘ square for the announcement, here he is. celebrations here in beirut‘s martyrs‘ square, but if you just look over here you can see the riot police have been deployed. they then fired tear gas to remove the protesters, who fell back and those protesters were very cynical that even getting rid of this government will make any difference to lebanon and bring accountability for that deadly explosion, which happened just a couple of blocks away from where i am in the port. quentin sommerville there — and earlier in the day, he was speaking to people who've lost everything in beirut. inch by inch, lebanon's government is coming apart. the explosion here has unleashed a new fury on the streets.

even among the tear gas, these protesters can almost smell the government's downfall, but they have brought down governments before and there's been little change here. a reshuffling of the same old faces at the top will not solve lebanon's crisis. the state is out in force, in a shattered capital, carrying guns, though — not brooms. the lebanese are famous for their determination. people here are sick of being left to fend for themselves. nobody else but the youth is going to help here. and as you see, you can see some people from the government here and theyjust sit and do nothing. it's not fixing. we do a revolution, it doesn't help. we become more aggressive, it won't help either, so what can we do other than clean, at the moment? some bonds remain unbroken in beirut.

this man lived in this beirut flat for 70 years. just two blocks from the port. he and his wife were here during the explosion. most of the doors and windows are gone. is it time to leave, i ask. no, no, no. i stay with the tent here. gemmayzeh is a tight neighbourhood. a dozen people died on this one corner, and everybody here knows exactly where their neighbours were when the blast hit. but some are in no position to help. the wounds are too raw. this woman was in her car on the highway by the port. she and her husband filmed the fire before the explosion. when we arrived to the hospital, it was like a movie. i had more chance than others

because i saw people who lost their eyes. today she's having plastic surgery. drjoe baroud is offering his services to the wounded for free. it's my gut telling me that if you can at least offer some kind of expertise to help the people, because if i'm going to go and work on the streets in five months and see people with bad scars on theirface, i'm going to feel directly responsible for it. this disaster brought the lebanese people together, but it's also tearing the country apart. quentin somerville, bbc news, beirut. and the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres antonio guterres, has spoken after a virtual briefing of the situation there earlier today. here's what he's said. at this time of sorrow and prolonged frustration, the anger of the

lebanese people is palpable. their voices must be heard. it is important that the credible and transparent investigation determine the cause of the explosion and bring about the accountability demanded by the lebanese people. it is also important that reforms be implemented so as to address the needs of the lebanese people in the longer term. lastly, let's hear from hesham shawish — from bbc monitoring. even though this is a small victory for the protest movement, it is not a silver bullet and we are not likely to see a miracle happen overnight. we will see the government continue in a caretaker capacity. president michael aoun has already asked prime minister hassan diab to continue until a new government is formed and the president will set a date for parliamentary consultations to appoint a new prime minister. if we see a long, drawn—out process with the same faces appearing in the new line—up, then the anger will remain on the streets,

so protesters will keep on demanding completely new figures in the upcoming government. and you touch upon the anger on the streets. we have been seeing it over the past few days, people trying to tidy up after that devastating explosion on tuesday and yet, we have got forces out there who are firing tear gas at them. what is the thinking? how are people reacting to that? that is correct. i mean the anti—government sentiment is at an all—time high. people are furious with the government response in the aftermath of the explosions and hold the government responsible for negligence and mismanagement, and then in terms of the anger that was already on the streets, we saw anti—government protests since last year, the economy has been in tatters, there have been stringent capital controls meaning that people haven't been able to access their savings, people have been facing daily electricity cuts and fuel

shortages, so the anger has just been mounting and mounting. and protesters will carry on demanding a complete overhaul of the system and change in government. and change in government. and change in government. of and change in government. of course and change in government. of course we and change in government. of course we will and change in government. of course we will contir and change in government. of course we will contir monitor and of course we will continue to monitor the situation in lebanon. next, to hong kong, where police have made 10 arrests under china's new security law. one of them is agnes chow, a prominent pro—democracy activist. the other is high—profile media tycoon jimmy lai. he's been detained on suspicion of foreign collusion. and he was led through his office, apple daily, in handcuffs. we're told two of his sons have also been arrested. sentence reporters live streamed the police raid of his office, the apple daily, a popular tabloid he founded. it's often critical of hong kong and china's leadership. while hong kong authorities say the search is linked to the protest movement,

critics have been quick to call it a beijing clampdown and an effort to silence political opposition. jimmy lai was already facing charges related to anti—goverment protests in the territory last year. and we're told by a senior executive at mr lai's company that the timing of his latest arrest is crucial. well, the boss has known for a while that they were probably going to come sooner or laterfor him. we basically have ascertained the reason why they did it this week was jimmy has a trial coming up in two weeks for another matter. once he disposed of that matter he could travel again, so i guess that was the time they wanted to pull the trigger. also, quite frankly, i think they are very frustrated that they have not been able to totally control hong kong and as usual they hold jimmy and apple daily responsible for a large part of that. pro—democracy activists have

condemned his arrest. on twitter nathan law — a prominent campaigner — called it... another high—profile activist, joshua wong, repeated that message. police were sent to the apple daily headquarters and they even searched on the material of the journalists, which showed no respect. and especially when reuters, the afp and the associated press hoped to enter the building to cover or shoot some footage about how police stormed the building, police just allowed beijing local media to enter but refused all of the requests of foreign media. jimmy lai is a fierce critic of the chinese state. and his story from rags to riches is well

known. he was born in guangzhou, a city in southern china. but as a child he fled to hong kong, onboard a fishing boat. he went from working in a hong kong sweatshop — to founding a business empire that's now worth about $1 billion. jimmy lai's newspaper apple daily was the most read paid publication in the territory last year. it has extensive coverage of the protest movement and has run front page headlines encouraging people onto the streets to protest. mr lai wasn't shy either. here's what he told the bbc injune — the day the new security law passed in hong kong. this spells the death knell to hong kong because you know, you supersede the basic law and therefore our rule of law. without the rule of law, people who do business here will have no protection by the law, but only of the officials who have power over them, so hong kong will become china, as corrupt as china, it will be plagued by

corruption and what is also very worrying is that without the rule of law, there will not be mutual trust. he was speaking to the bbc there backin he was speaking to the bbc there back in june. apple daily has vowed to carry on in its latest edition that's just landed in newspaper booths across hong kong. these images of people queing for copies have been shared on social media. we're hearing 350,000 copies have been printed — five times more than usual. while that's one perspective, another narrative is playing out in mainland china. state media global times has called mr lai a ‘rioter supporter‘ whose "publications have been "instigating hatred, "spreading rumours and smearing hong kong authorities "and the mainland for years". victor gao is the vice president of the centre for china and globalization — a pro—beijing think tank.

he has other accusations. i think mrjimmy lai has a notorious record. he is notjust running a newspaper in hong kong. i think his position challenging sovereignty rights challenging china's sovereignty rights over hong kong, his position challenging the one country, two systems is notorious. and also the fact that he is really colluding with the us politicians in challenging china's sovereignty over hong kong is on the record. and i think there is great level of expectation that he will be brought to justice, sooner or later. soa so a rather different perspective there. also in the past few hours, as we‘ve heard, the pro—democracy activist agnes chow has been arrested. here she is last month standing next to joshua wong. according to pro—democracy activists she‘s been charged with inciting secession. they say her chances of bailare slim. helier cheung has covered the protests extensively for bbc news.

she explains the message being sent from mainland china. even though the police said they weren‘t there to disrupt apple daily‘s operations and even so, hong kong‘s government has always insisted that the international security law the national security law only affects a small number of people and doesn‘t affect press freedom, after today‘s event you could imagine some people may well be questioning that. and the nature of the arrests, with hundreds of police officers raiding their newspaper offices, has been described as unprecedented. hong kong journalist associations have all expressed concern, saying this seems to be a clear threat to freedom of speech and press freedom in hong kong. remember, jimmy lai is the most high profile person to be arrested, but not the only one. there are his two sons and also some other activists, including former activist wilson li, who now works as a freelancer for british broadcaster itv, so there‘s certainly a lot of concern and a lot of feeling in hong kong that this was designed as a warning. when it comes to the paper itself,

the apple daily, it is popular, and we saw people already queueing out on the streets to get that first edition. the print run has been increased, so people in a certain capacity showing their support. yes, and in fact its share price has dipped today at the arrest, but also spiked a lot afterwards as well, where many activists and supporters said we need to support apple daily, let‘s buy shares in them. in fact, joshua wong said at some point, even if the newspaper came out blank tomorrow i would buy a copy, so it seems people are finding different ways to express their support for the paper and their discontent with the arrests. our thanks to her for talking our thanks to herfor talking us through that. stay with us on oustide source, still to come: a second night of clashes erupts in belarus between police and protesters angry at sunday‘s disputed presidential poll. a row is growing over the way school exam results have been

calculated in scotland after they were cancelled because of the pandemic. scotland‘s first minister nicola sturgeon has apologised, saying the government didn‘t get it right and will announce tomorrow what it intends to do. pupils in scotland received their results last week — a quarter found they had been downgraded from their teachers‘ predictions. our concern, which was to make sure that the grades young people got were as valid of those for any other year, perhaps led us to think too much about the overall system and not enough about the individual pupil. and that has meant that too many students feel that they have lost out on the grades that they should have had. and also that that has happened as a result not of anything they have done, but because of a statistical model or algorithm. and in addition, that burden has not fallen equally across our society. so, despite our best intentions, i do acknowledge that we did not get this right and

i am sorry for that. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. welcome. the entire lebanese government resigns as protests continue in beirut, after last week‘s catastrophic explosion. we‘ll have the reaction from the ground. let‘s turn to belarus now because we are getting reports that the main opposition candidate on sunday‘s election night might be missing. her staff has told us that they have lost contact with her and her whereabouts are currently unknown. sviatla na tsikhanouskaya earlier said that she is refusing to accept the results and that she

considers herself the winner of the polls. here she was earlier. translation: the authorities should think about how to peacefully hand over power to us. so far, they have only responded with violence against peaceful citizens. so yes, let me just restate we are getting reports that her whereabouts is unknown at the moment. those results were announced earlier on monday, given the incumbent lukashenko, giving him a majority and a sixth term in government. this is him casting his vote and he has ruled belarus since 1994, and has been dubbed europe‘s last dictator. none of the election he has one recently were found to be fair by western observers and some of the concerns are also being expressed by belarus‘s neighbours today.

well, reaction, notjust demonstrations, but also what happened later last night and also in the run—up to the elections, it was not a democratic process and we cannot consider this election as free, democratic, transparent. the last presidential so—called election, which was in 2015, was by the national community clearly declared undemocratic and not fair. and we have a solid basis of observation now and looking also at the context where the political opponents were arrested, wireless has also been wireless has also been used to say that these elections were democratic and free. our europe correspondent jean mackenzie has been in belarus in the lead up to the election. nobody was in any doubt that there will be the sorts of numbers declared victory for the president, but it does not mean that the people of belarus were ever going to accept it certainly. and we have seen in recent weeks the momentum building behind the opposition candidate, which is quite unprecedented. we did not see this kind of opposition in the previous election. so, yes,

the result was never going... people felt the result was never going to be any different, the official result, but they are in a different place now and they are certainly not in a place where they are willing to accept this result. and we saw for weeks the crowds building and building behind the opposition, so the kind of extent of the victory at 80% i think has shocked some people. demonstrators took to the streets in cities across belarus almost as soon as polling booths closed on sunday. as you can see here, in the capital minsk, police used stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannon against protesters. official sources said 50 protesters were injured. here‘s what some of them had to say. translation: there were lots of people with guns. they were shooting at our arms and legs. translation: people were peaceful at first. they formed a big human chain. then the police started grabbing them and there were clashes. about 90 minutes later came the rubber bullets and stun grenades. the internet monitoring group netblocks also reported an increased

disruption to internet connectivity after the polls closed. opposition supporters say this makes it more difficult for any evidence of election fraud to be shared. opposition to mr lukashenko‘s rule has been rising in recent months, coalescing around svetla na tikhanovskaya. she‘s an english teacher and stay at home mum who was thrust into the spotlight after her husband, the blogger sergei tikhanovsky, you can see him here speaking at a rally, was arrested and blocked from registering as a candidate. it‘s not yet clear what might happen next — the european union has called for de—escalation, while russia has called for closer integration. but it seems like the protests aren‘t going away. nigel gould—davies, a former british ambassador to belarus, told the guardian:

the bbc‘s yuri vendikjoins me now. i know that these are just some reports coming in, but what do we know about this lack of contact with sviatlana know about this lack of contact with sviatla na tsikhanouskaya ? know about this lack of contact with sviatlana tsikhanouskaya? exactly, the information we have at the moment is quite confusing. let me just remind that sviatlana tsikhanouskaya went into the building of the central electoral commission to file an official complaint at the results of the election and she has been contacted by journalists at the election and she has been contacted byjournalists at the since, but her entourage gives quite a bit of information, i must say because her lawyer says she is ok and went out of the building on her own and she will soon comment on her whereabouts and further actions, but we, the russian service, the bbc russian service and otherjournalists have been trying to reach her via the phone for six or so

hours and all in vain. at the same time, her press secretary said that sviatlana tsikhanouskaya went out of the building, said very enigmatic words, andi building, said very enigmatic words, and i quote, i have made the decision. and then went somewhere, and where exactly the press secretary doesn‘t know. so it is everybody‘s guess what is going on because well, it is not unheard of for the opponents of lukashenko to disappear or be imprisoned or maybe sviatlana disappear or be imprisoned or maybe sviatla na tsikhanouskaya was intimidated into going and hiding or maybe something like that. it is everybody‘s guess and we are just waiting for more exact information. when we get it, we‘ll come back to you to get more clarification, but just that line there that the opposition candidate in the belarussian presidential election, no contact at the moment. stay with us no contact at the moment. stay with us

here on bbc news. hello. well, it was a really hot day across the south east again. temperatures got up to 35 degrees in london, more like the south of france, spain even. and the good news is if you don‘t like the heat, we‘re certainly more than halfway through this heatwave now. a couple of really hot days to come still, and then those temperatures will start to ease. now, this evening still very warm, 25 in london, but even in northern areas — for example in belfast — around 17 degrees through the evening. now, tuesday will be a hot day for some of us again and a chance of thunderstorms. now, we‘ve already had storms, some pretty big nasty downpours across parts of southwestern england, wales too. and through the course of the evening, the storms will continue to move northwards affecting parts of northern and northwest england and then reaching scotland through the small hours of tuesday morning. and you can see these blobs of blue and lime green here, that indicates some really heavy

downpours, and with that, hail and gusty winds as well. to the south of that, it‘s going to be another really muggy and sticky night. 20—21 degrees, no lower than that in central london. it‘s pretty rare in our shores to get those sorts of values at night. you get that during the daytime. now, the forecast for tuesday shows a few scattered storms developing across the uk for sure. some of them could be pretty heavy, pretty nasty. but again, it‘s the south east and central areas that gets the heat. even in the midlands, around 30 degrees, 27 expected in hull, and of course in london, it‘s going to feel like spain in the summeragain. here‘s wednesday, and i think the showers will become a little bit more widespread middle parts of the week. we‘ll start to see showers drifting, more of them out of france, even some of these south—eastern areas where we haven‘t had showers yet — or very few, very few indeed — we‘ll see the chance of that increasing. but still a really hot day on wednesday, 35 in the south east, and then that‘s the last day when we‘ll see those mid—30s because from thursday onwards, increasing amounts of cloud and also a much bigger risk of catching showers.

they will be drifting out of france to affect a number of areas across the uk, so we‘ll see those values dropping away. you can see the biggest drop is going to be between wednesday and thursday. cardiff, also showers and turning a little bit fresher, and in the north, a pleasant 20 degrees with variable cloud. bye— bye.

hello, i‘m kasia madera. welcome to outside source. the entire lebanese government resigns as protests continue in beirut after last week‘s catastrophic explosion. we‘ll have the reaction from the ground. those protesters, though, are very cynical that even getting rid of this government will make any difference to lebanon and bring accountability for that deadly explosion. the who warns coronavirus cases across the globe will reach 20 million this week. we‘ll have developments from the countries worst affected by the pandemic. in hong kong, pro—democracy activist and media tycoon jimmy lai is detained, the highest profile arrest yet under china‘s security law. and in belarus, we‘re hearing reports that the staff of the main

opposition candidate in sunday‘s disputed elections have lost contact with her. welcome. the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to accelerate across the world. the who‘s director general had this update today. this week, we will reach 20 million diagnoses cases of covid—19 and 750,000 deaths. several countries account for this global increase in cases. we‘ll have updates in a moment from the us and brazil. first, india. its former president, pranab mukherjee, announced today that he has tested positive for covid—19. a tweet from his official handle urges anyone who‘d come into contact with him to self—isolate and get tested. mr mukherjee is one of several high—profile indians to announce they‘ve contracted the virus in recent days. the federal home minister, amit shah, is receiving treatment for covid—19 in

the capital delhi, and just last week, bollywood superstar amitabh bachchan and his family left a hospital in mumbai after recovering from the disease. india is the world‘s third—most affected country, recording more than 2.2 million cases in total. more than 63,000 cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours alone and the virus seems to be spreading quickly. the country added its last1 million cases injust 20 days, faster than the us or brazil, both of which have a higher caseload. the worst affected country so far remains the us. it has seen more than 5 million infections and more than 160,000 deaths to date. and a new study has just revealed that at least 97,000 children in the us were infected with covid—19 in the last two weeks ofjuly. the research from the american academy of pediatrics and the children‘s hospital association

has also found a 40% increase in child cases across the us coinciding with some states beginning to reopen schools. it also coincides with president trump repeatedly saying that children cannot get sick, despite much evidence that this is untrue. next, brazil, where cases of coronavirus continue to skyrocket. over the weekend, the number of cases surpassed 3 million, with more than 100,000 deaths. katy watson has this report from the capital sao paulo. it‘s a twice—daily roll call at this hospital in eastern sao paulo. families wait to be called out, their only chance to hear any updates about their loved ones being treated for covid—19. sao paulo‘s eastern suburbs are mostly poor neighbourhoods with some of the highest death tolls. this in the worst hit city in all of brazil.

this woman has waited outside of the hospital every day since her mother was admitted a month ago. now intubated, it‘s not clear what her chances are of surviving. her name is called out and she heads inside for an update while others wait their turn. 15 minutes later, she has news. "she‘s stable, but the future is uncertain," she tells me. "there are days we see improvements. there are days when she regresses. we are fighting, and we are praying." this community health worker has never been so busy. she lives and works in another of the city‘s poor and badly hit areas. every day, she knocks on her neighbours‘ doors, checking how they‘re doing and handing out masks. it‘s easy to see how the virus can spread in

these packed in neighbourhoods. this woman, a domestic worker, caught covid along with her entire family. translation: at the beginning, people were very resistant. they did not want to wear masks. but when they started to see their neighbours getting covid—19, some dying, others having difficulties, they started to take more care of themselves. there‘s no stopping covid—19. the who also had this message for countries that have brought the virus under control to some extent. you take the pressure off the virus, the virus bounces back. that's the reality, that's the fact. you can call that a second wave, you can call that a second spike, you can call that a flare—up, you can call it anything you like. take the pressure off this virus, the virus will bounce back. and that's what we will say the countries in europe — keep the pressure on the virus. as mike ryan referenced, many countries across europe have seen second surges of the virus

and have had to reintroduce restrictions. in france, new rules have been introduced in paris today. facemasks must be worn in busy public outdoors areas such as along the banks of the seine and in open air markets. measures like this have been in place in the southern city of nice for a week. here‘s mark lowen. france is extending rules on the obligatory wearing of facemasks in order to try to reduce its coronavirus infection rate, which has currently hit a two—month high. so, from today, in 100 locations in and around paris, you have you have to wear the mask outside. now that‘s already the case here in nice and in several other cities, where in the centre of nice between 10am and 1am, as you see here, you have got to where the facemask. if you don‘t, you risk a fine. but if you look around, there are quite a lot of people at the moment still not wearing one.

so, we have come out here to the heart of old nice to ask why not. i don‘t see many locals wearing them. not everybody. so we are just kind of... we have got them in our bags. we wear them inside places and stuff but not what we are walking about. but do you know that you have to now under the rules and you could be fined if you are not wearing it? really?. it‘s the rule now that you have to wear in the centre of the city. for now, police have been told to be lenient but to toughen up with fines in the coming days to encourage people to be as obedient as this guy and as conscientious about wearing the mask. when it comes to getting back to some kind of normal, one of the big questions being asked is whether schools can be safely reopened. here‘s the director general of the who. we all want to see schools safely reopened, but we also need to be sure that

students, staff and faculty are safe. the foundation for this is adequate control of transmission in the community. my message is crystal clear — suppress, suppress, suppress the virus. if we suppress the virus effectively, we can safely open our societies. that dilemma is playing out in several european countries this week. these pictures are from berlin. children there went back to school for the first time in months today. as you can see, facemasks must be worn inside school buildings in the city. rules on facemasks vary from state to state, but schools have been able to reopen. but on sunday, the german ministry for economic afairs tweeted this warning... alarm at the surge in covid—19 infections per day in germany, which had been over 1000 for a few days running. it quoted the economy

minister as saying... "this trend has to level off because it is about everyone‘s health, the return of children to schools and the upswing of our economy." in the uk, the prime minister has reiterated that getting schools open again is a priority. this is him on a visit to a school today. as usual, not one to miss a photo opportunity. here‘s a bit of what he said. it's not right that kids should spend more time out of school. it's much, much better for their health, their mental well— being, obviously their educational prospects if everybody comes back to school full—time in september. it's our moral duty as a country to make sure that happens. but unions and some school leaders say there is an absence of clear guidance from the government, and they criticise the failure to have a back—up plan if there‘s a second wave of the virus. our science editor david shukman has been looking at the evidence for how safe it is for schools to reopen.

all the signs are that children generally escape the worst of the virus. studies across europe show that under—18s make up a tiny fraction of all the cases. so, for them, schools should be safe. for young children, for primary schoolchildren, they‘re probably about half as likely as adults to get infected and they‘re extremely unlikely to get unwell. for secondary school children, they behave more like young adults in terms of their risk of infection, but they‘re also unlikely to get unwell from covid. for staff, the risks may be higher, so a lot will depend on careful social distancing and other measures to reduce the chances of infection. another concern is what happens beyond the gates in the wider community, whether more activity and contacts will allow the virus to reach further. the big worry is what‘s called the r number, the pace of infection. whether one person spreads the virus

to two others, for example, and each of them infects two more. at the height of the outbreak, the r number was nearly three, meaning that anyone infected was passing the virus on to three others on average. right now across the uk, it‘s just below one. anything above that, and the virus could escalate again. let‘s assume we‘re at the lower end of the range of estimates. reopening primary schools would not make much difference, but secondary schools would have a bigger effect and possibly take us above that critical threshold of one. but there are things that can be done about it. contact tracing, reaching anyone who may be infected, could reduce the rate by as much as 0.7 provided it‘s carried out more effectively than it is right now. closing pubs and restaurants would have a similar effect.

we have a section on the website dedicated to the pandemic. stay with us on oustide source. still to come, and new research suggests so much ice has melted in antarctica since the mid—‘90s, it could fill the grand canyon. in the uk, the home secretary has been out with the coastguard today to highlight the issue of migrants crossing the channel from france. a boat of 20 syrian migrants was intercepted this morning. here‘s mark easton. on land... ..at sea... ..and in the air. today, the government sought to reassure its citizens that it can control britain‘s borders. the home secretary, here in the blue dress, boarded a police patrol boat with a personal photographer to underline her determination to stop the dinghies breaching uk sovereignty. she was unavailable for interview. where are you from? syria. the political

frustration is evident. today, the prime minister suggested he might send government lawyers into the maze of international laws and conventions that structures britain‘s responsibilities to migrants. to look at the legal framework that we have, the means that when people do get here, sam, it is very, very difficult then to send them away again even though they blatantly have come here illegally. 155 migrants arriving on small boats have been deported from the uk since the beginning of 2019, but that‘s less than 3% of those who‘ve reached britain‘s beaches. there is an eu agreement, the dublin regulation, which says asylum—seekers are the responsibility of the first country they reach, but that deal expires with brexit of the first country they reach, but that deal expires with full brexit in less than six months. anytime you want to send people to another country, you need the consent of that country.

you can'tjust go into french waters or however you might do it without the consent of france or any other country. talks between french and british representatives are being held in france tomorrow, and there is urgency. without a deal by december, it‘s suggested brexit may make it more difficult for britain to control the country‘s borders. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. the entire lebanese government resigns as protests continue in beirut after last week‘s catastrophic explosion. finally, a worrying new report has revealed the extent of ice melt in antarctica. victoria gill has more. ice shelf seems a very humble term for the huge masses of floating ice surrounding antarctica. and to study these vast frozen platforms, scientists had to zoom right out into

space. using satellites to make precision measurements of the thickness of the ice shelf showed that in 25 years, it lost enough mass to fill the grand canyon with water. the ice shelves we‘re seeing melting in this study are not going to raise to sea level in themselves because they‘re actually already sitting in the water. they‘re already floating. the sea level rise comes when those ice shelves reduce the restraint that they exert on the rest of the antarctic ice sheet, which then flows faster into the ocean, causing sea level rise. the effects of all this cold, fresh water entering the deep sea around antarctica are likely to be felt far beyond the polar south. the ocean plays a major role in controlling the climate around the world. adding a lot of cold fresh water to the ocean changes the way it can transport heat. and that can change global climate and maybe potentially change rainfall patterns

around the world. is that what scientists mean when they describe antarctica as the world‘s thermostat? that what happens to that ice and in that ocean is shifting weather patterns all around the world ? yeah, exactly. don‘t forget you can get in touch with me and some and more on the website. back tomorrow with the latest addition. thank you for watching and bye—bye. good evening. we‘ll start with europa league football, because we‘re into the final few minutes of the first couple of quarter finals in germany. it‘s been a very tight game between manchester united and fc copenhagen. no goals at the moment and they‘re into the last ten minutes. mason greenwood thought he‘d opened the scoring for united,

but it was ruled out for offside. bruno fernandes has hit the post, too. at the moment, it looks like it‘s heading to extra time. there‘s been plenty of drama in the night‘s other tie. intermilan 2—1 up on bayer leverkusen. nicolo barella and romelu lukaku giving inter a quick 2—0 lead, before kai havertz pulled one back for bayer. all three goals came in the first 25 minutes. inter thought they had a penalty, but it was overturned by var. inter going into the semis as it stands. it‘s supposed to be the big money move of the transfer window, but jadon sancho is staying put. that‘s the emphatic message from borussia dortmund after a deadline they set for other clubs to sign him passed without an agreement being made. the 20—year—old england international is manchester united‘s top summer target, but they‘re thought to be unwilling to pay the £100 million transfer fee that the german side want. and quite the categorical statement from dortmund‘s sporting director michael zorc. he says sancho will remain at the club next season and that is the final decision. stranger things have happened in football, though, so we wait to see if that changes

before the transfer window closes at the beginning of october. to some other premier league transfer business that is being done, and the southampton midfielder pierre—emile hojbjerg is having a medical at tottenham. the fee for the danish international is believed to be around £15 million, but tottenham will recoup around 12 million of that, with full—back kyle walker—peters moving in the other direction, making his loan move permanent. premier league champions liverpool have a new left—back. kostas tsimikas has joined from the greek side olympiakos forjust short of £12m on a five—year contract. the 24—year—old will provide competition for andy robertson and says he‘sjoined the biggest club in the world. and leeds united have brought jack harrison back to the club. he was on loan from manchester city last season and has extended that loan for another season. leeds have also signed strikerjoe geldhart on a permanent deal from wigan. big signing in the women‘s game, too. the us international sam mewis has signed for manchester city.

the midfielder has played 67 times for her country and won the world cup last year. the 27—year—old joins from the american side north carolina courage and says the opportunity to play for city was too good to turn down. when i heard about the chance, i was really excited and i think that it has just been such a crazy year. so for anyone to be able to continue to get games in training in right now isa win get games in training in right now is a win but to get it to do it here at manchester city is like winning the lottery and so i feel really fortu nate the lottery and so i feel really fortunate and lucky to have the chance and am so happy to be here. the olympic medallist nile wilson has criticised a culture of abuse in british gymnastics, saying athletes are treated like pieces of meat. the 24—year—old, who won bronze at rio 2016, is the highest profile male gymnast to speak out after the sport was engulfed by a flood of allegations of mistreatment in recent weeks. wilson has been speaking exclusively to our sports editor dan roan. we are made to feel

fear or scared of speaking out, voicing our concerns because they have our livelihoods in their hands. and if i voice my concern, i may affect my selection for the olympic games. so we stay quiet, we do what we are told and then by the way we are the ones to go out there and when those metals. i want one of them in at rio dejaneiro. metals. i want one of them in at rio de janeiro. and yet metals. i want one of them in at rio dejaneiro. and yet the gymnasts are still in my opinion treated like pieces of meat and in it wrapping that up i feel like that is the culture and that is how i have experienced in the last two decades. iam experienced in the last two decades. i am scared talking to you that this may affect mine and this is the way i have a condition for the last decade. you think my coming out is saying this it could affect your selection for tokyo. yeah. would you say that you were abused yourself?” was only say i was abused without a doubt. i would certainly describe it

asa doubt. i would certainly describe it as a culture of abuse. and i have lived and breathed it the last 20 yea rs. we lived and breathed it the last 20 years. we want to win olympic medals and the governing body wants to win the limbic metals and the coaches wa nt to the limbic metals and the coaches want to but this culture of when it all costs i feel for many years emotional manipulation and physical pain was certainly something i experienced. i think it was that coaching methodology where we felt 01’ coaching methodology where we felt or know what it feels like to live in fear. you perform are there is a consequence and i think that affects you emotionally more than anything. the fear of you being able to speak about something that hurts or voice your concerns and looking back it is emotional but it made us into the people we are today and the athletes we are today. i have been blessed with some incredible coaches. it was certainly apparent that that culture existed and still exists today. in a statement, british gymnastics said...

to golf‘s newest superstar, a man who less than a year and a half ago was a college student, now he‘s won the us pga championship on his debut. collin morikawa battled his way to the top of a packed leaderboard in san francisco to win his first major title. at one point, there was a seven—way tie at the top, but the 23—year—old american produced an immaculate final round of 64 — four birdies, no bogeys and an unbelievable eagle on the 16th to finish two shots clear of the chasing pack and his achievement was not lost on. some other golfers, there‘s been plenty of praise for morikawa on social media. former world number one luke donald celebrating the way that the american hit the ball and the way he won when the odds were against him. reaction, too, from the former european ryder cup captain colin montgomerie, who says it was great to see the man with the straightest drives

rewarded with the win. everyone you talk to said it was a great final rounds and he is the one who stepped up. i mean, everyone else tried but failed to step up like he did and i think that is the thing that you find if you play golf for follow golf at all, the fact that he could do what he did at 23 isa that he could do what he did at 23 is a big thing. and now all of a sudden, you become anointed as the next great player even though you have only won one major championship. that is a discussion thatis championship. that is a discussion that is going to be had over the next weeks and months about him. ronnie o‘sullivan is being completely outplayed by mark williams in the quarter—finals of the world snooker championships. three—time champion williams has surged from two frames all to finish the session with a 6—2 lead. the welshman‘s last frame was won with a break of 130, his first century at this year‘s tournament. they‘ll resume on tuesday. elsewhere, reigning champion

judd trump trails kyren wilson by nine frames to six. and finally, have a look at this. you don‘t need to be a baseball fan to understand what went wrong here. this is los angeles angels rightfielderjo adell. he went back on a deep fly ball off the bat of the texas rangers‘ nick solak in the fifth inning. and oche was innocuous look but it should have been fairly routine until it became anything but. you‘ll see it again. adell ended up being charged with a rare four—base error when the ball popped out of his glove and flew the few remaining feet over the fence. costing his team a run. the texas rangers ended up winning. and that‘s all the sport for now. enough to say it really does look like united versus copenhagen is heading into extra time. but from all of us here at the export centre, we will see you very soon with more sports news. bye—bye.

hello. well, monday was a very hot day across the south east, into the mid—30s, but all eyes on the thunderstorms now. we‘ve had storms across the south west of england and wales and rumbling across western parts of the uk, but we‘re not getting them in the really hot areas of the country. so, the heatwave still very much in charge across the south east, eastern areas and central parts of the uk. it has spread to southern parts of scandinavia, but it never really reached western or north—western parts of the uk. this is where we‘re seeing the thunderstorms now. later in the week, wednesday, thursday, the showers and thunderstorms will become more widespread in the hot areas as well, so eventually there will be a breakdown of this heatwave and i know that many of us are not enjoying those temperatures into the 30s. now, some of the showers and thunderstorms will be torrential and could lead to scenes like

this. now, more recently, the storms have been rumbling across parts of south west england, into wales as well. and this plume of storms moving, riding across the west of the country into parts of scotland, so you can see away from that really hot zones of east anglia and the south east. now, the morning temperatures on tuesday will run pretty high, around 21. that‘s the starting temperature, so with plenty of sunshine, they‘lljust shoot up again like a rocket. elsewhere across the uk, showers and thunderstorms possibly in the morning and into the afternoon across parts of scotland. but generally speaking, there is going to be a lot of sunshine across the uk on tuesday and just hit—and—miss thunderstorms here and there. another hot day in london, no surprises there, 34 degrees. but very warm across the midlands and also into yorkshire. the high 20s, pushing 30 degrees in some spots. now wednesday, watch for potential for some showers brewing across southern areas of the uk. so, a possibility of one or two refreshing showers even

across central and south—eastern areas, anticipating mostly sunny weather so that searing heat continues. but obviously nowhere near as hot further west. and then from thursday, after wednesday, that really hot day, thursday is going to be the day where those temperatures really start to come down across the south east and east anglia and central parts of england as well. you can see lots of clouds and showers, they‘re gathering across france, the english channel. they‘ll be basically moving up in waves from the south. overcast skies, in fact, for some of us, but it‘s also going to be very humid. so, yes, the temperatures are going to drop, but it‘s still going to feel quite oppressive, so we‘re talking about 29 in london, maybe still pushing 30 but certainly into the mid—20s across northern parts of england as well. now, let‘s have a look at the week again at a glance. let‘s see the hotspot again, so you can see into the mid—30s across the south. then a drop when those showers and thunderstorms become more widespread. across more north—western parts of the uk, it looks as though it

will be much fresher there with variable amounts of cloud, for example in belfast. now, how about the weekend, saturday and sunday? well, the jet stream‘s quite far away from us, so we‘re never going to get into any cold air. the cold air is sitting in the north. it‘s still going to be relatively warm. the temperatures will be closer to the average. you can see that warmth is established right across europe, but i will add is it‘s going to be a little bit more changeable. so, certainly not wall—to—wall sunshine, but it does look as though it‘s going to be pleasantly warm, but we are going to see now and then a few refreshing showers, so some good news there. bye— bye.

the lebanese government resigns en

masse and blames last week‘s explosion on corruption that is bigger than the state itself. some celebrate the end of the government but angry protests continue amid scepticism that much will change. a reshuffle of the same old faces at the top isn‘t going to solve lebanon‘s crisis. the death toll from the explosion has risen to more than 200, 6,000 injured. we‘ll be looking at what now for lebanon. also tonight... the row over school results — the scottish government apologises and says it will make an announcement tomorrow to put things right. british olympic medallist nile wilson, the highest profile male gymnast to speak out about abuse in his sport. the gymnasts are still, in my opinion, treated like pieces of meat. violence in belarus over yesterday‘s disputed presidential election