this is bbc news with the latest headlines. more than 700,000 people have lost their jobs since the coronavirus crisis began in march, the biggest quarterly decrease in over a decade. as the first scottish pupils return to school, scotland's education secretary will explain how he'll address student worries after many received grades far lower than expected, in exams which couldn't be taken. pupils have been arriving here in the scottish borders to go to school for the first time in almost five months.

in england, the government is urging universities to hold open places for students who appeal against their a—level results when they're released on thursday. the government says it will strengthen the regional test and trace system as it cuts 6,000 contact tracers by the end of the month. excuse me? 0h... this was the moment president trump was led away from a live news briefing by security officials after an armed man was shot close to the white house. and a bbc survey finds that nearly four in five elite sportswomen say they're concerned about their body image, with some even using skin lightening products as a result suffering from of online abuse. i'd wake up every day and i would just be like, oh, it's not working! and i would end up putting more and more on my skin because i wanted to become really light quickly.

employment in the uk has seen the largest fall in over a decade as the coronavirus pandemic hits the jobs market. that's according to new figures for april tojune from the office for national statistics. responding to the figures, chancellor rishi sunak said he's always been clear that he is unable to protect every job affected by coronavirus but that the government has a clear plan to protect, support and create jobs. let's take a closer look at the figures. the number of people in the uk on company payrolls fell by 730,000 between march and july, according to the office for national statistics. but the uk unemployment rate remained at 3.9%, largely unchanged on the year and the previous quarter. unemployment has not

surged as much as feared, because large numbers of firms have put employees on the government—backed furlough scheme. let's speak to our business presenter ben thompson. then, figures that you have expected? yes, they were. no great surprise in that as the pandemic makes its presence felt in the jobs market, we see morejobs being lost. businesses, we know, over the past few weeks and months, have been telling us that they need fewer staff to do the jobs that they do. and what is interesting in some respects is what these figures do not tell us. and that's because, as you have touched on, the headline rate of unemployment has not changed because many jobs rate of unemployment has not changed because manyjobs are being propped up, some would say artificially, by the government's furlough scheme, thatis the government's furlough scheme, that is paying the salary of workers who are not able to work because of

coronavirus. a lot of commentators are suggesting that when that scheme is wound down towards the end of the yearin is wound down towards the end of the year in october, we will start to see the true extent ofjob losses across the country. if we do look at what these figures tell us, and you have touched on the numbers here, 220,000 fewer people on company payroll over the last quarter. if you look at the figure since march when it looked 730,000 fewer people working. —— when lockdown began, 730,000 people fewer working. but those people need to be actively looking for a newjob to be classed as unemployed. we know that the number of vacancies has fallen sharply as businesses try to shrink down and ride out the worst of the recession. and you get some detail about who is likely affected. they make it clear that it is the

youngest workers, oldest workers, and in manual labour jobs youngest workers, oldest workers, and in manual labourjobs who will be affected most. there's been a sharp rise in the number of people on zero—hours contracts, that number passing i million for the first time. it starts to paint a picture of what is happening in the jobs market. maybe employers are relying on fewer salaried monthly staff, may be those on zero—hours contracts that they can effectively get rid of when they need to, and also perhaps they are getting rid of last in, first out, particularly when it comes to younger people entering the labour market right now. a pretty bleak picture in the detail, even though the headline figure remains unchanged at 3.9%. thank you so much. as he sat there, at the top end and the bottom end of the —— as he said there, the problem is felt most acutely at the top end and the bottom end of the age spectrum, we will hear more from the older and younger struggling in the workforce

later this hour. scotland's education secretary, john swinney, will explain laterhow he plans to address concerns over the way grades were awarded to pupils in exams which couldn't be taken. teachers estimated pupils‘ marks which were then compared with their school's past performance. 125,000 grades were revised down after the scottish qualifications authority applied a moderation technique to those results. there was particular criticism after higher pass rates for pupils in the most deprived data zones were reduced by 15.2%, in comparison with 6.9% for pupils from the most affluent backgrounds. it comes as scotland's pupils return to their classrooms for the first time since the start of lockdown nearly five months ago. schools in the borders and shetland will be first to reopen with most local authorities following on wednesday. physical distancing among students will not generally be required this but hygiene and safety measures such as one—way systems have been put in place. in england, universities

are being told to keep places open for students if they appeal against a—level results, which are due out on thursday. we'll pick up on all of those stories in a moment, but first alexandra mackenzie is at a school in kelso in the scottish borders. what's happening there this morning? here in kelso, at kelso high school, 600 pupils have come back to school here, they are just starting their first lesson in almost five months. the whole school has come back today, some schools will be staggered but here in kelso, first year to six it has come back today. i'm joined by ian from the national pa rent i'm joined by ian from the national parent form in the borders. it has been a scottish government priority to get the schools back. how concerned are you? not content at

all, we have been very fortunate to have great dialogue with the councils, all of the questions that pa rents councils, all of the questions that parents had, we had a zoom call and those questions have been answered. i'm very confident that all measures that can be taken have been. 600 kids now in the building. what kind of preparations have taken place to make it safe for them? huge teams from the council have been involved in facilities, cleaning and catering, huge amount of care and preparation going on to make it as safe as possible. head teachers and pa rents a re safe as possible. head teachers and parents are confident that what can be done has been done and it's safe stu d e nts be done has been done and it's safe students return. you are the parent chair here at the high school, you have a 14—year—old daughter here at the school, what was it like getting her ready for school today? the school, what was it like getting her ready for school today7m the school, what was it like getting her ready for school today? it was exciting, it was nervous, she was quite anxious, actually, it's a big step for everybody going back into school. especially the students that have had no contact with anybody

other than their household for the past five months. so a lot of anxiousness but so much excitement to get back and see all of their friends, and get back to their new timetable. we have watched them walk m, timetable. we have watched them walk in, some walked in in groups, no facemasks, there is concern about some of the older kids not having to social distance, are you worried about that? what do you think should be done? i'm not worried at all. i think there was a concern, then the government would not be letting this happen. i have complete faith that they know what they're doing. when it comes to the older children being put in the school. with the younger oi'ies put in the school. with the younger ones as well. sol put in the school. with the younger ones as well. so i have faith that this is a positive thing and it will work out. that's great, both of you and thank you very much. as you said, the exams, no exams were set in scotland this year but thousands of pupils across the country are

concerned, upset and angry that their results have been unfairly downgraded. john swinney will address the scottish parliament later on this afternoon. the first minister nicola sturgeon, we heard her apologise yesterday. she said that they will fix it, this will be up that they will fix it, this will be up to the scottish government to fix. so everyone is waiting to hear from john swinney later this afternoon. thank you. we can speak now to the children and young people's commissioner scotland bruce adamson. thank you forjoining us. we were hearing there from one parent about the anxiety felt by her child going back into school. from where you sit, with a view across all of the children in scotland, how much are you worried about mental health, anxiety, going back into the classroom after so long? children and young people across scotland have been away from school for five months, there's been a disproportionate impact on them and i'm really concerned generally about

their mental health. going back to school is really important. and children i have spoken to are very excited about it, they are anxious as are others. but getting back to school is really important because school is really important because school is really important because school is not just school is really important because school is notjust the place of formal education, it's also a place where children socialise and see friends and also access support like school meals and mental health support. it is also a place where schools can check in with children and young people make sure they are safe. the work after this week and in the coming months to support the children's medals children's —— in the coming months to support the children's —— mental health, using the school to do that, is absolutely vital. we know scotland has this five—point system, quite flexible, social distancing is fairly volu nta ry, social distancing is fairly voluntary, face coverings where possible, do you think the protocols are right as they stand?” possible, do you think the protocols are right as they stand? i do and the royal college of paediatrics and child health has been studying this very carefully, and because of the low spreading rates amongst children, we can make sure that

there are proper mitigations in place. going back to school is absolutely the right thing to do, again, as you have said, and it's in the mental health impacts of schools being closed with a low risk of spreading among children. we do have the right things in place. but we have to be vigilant, we have to make sure that we continue with the suppression in the community, all the hard way that everyone has been doing to keep this virus suppressed. and mitigation measures within schools. additional cleaning, some restrictions in terms of physical distancing where possible. teachers have been working really hard, head teachers have been working really ha rd to teachers have been working really hard to make sure schools are ready for this and also the wider school community. the janitorial staff, catering staff, everyone working ha rd catering staff, everyone working hard together. what's important is we invest right now in our schools to make sure we address this crisis isa human to make sure we address this crisis is a human rights crisis, education crisis as well. the un has said that there is a real risk that this learning crisis could become a generational crisis. and the impact

of not being in school is significant so we need to focus all of our efforts in making the return to school work. that means additional support for children with this transition, and additional support for teachers, more teachers, making sure that we get this right. just picking up on one thing you said, you said a couple of times, low risk of spread amongst children. 0ne low risk of spread amongst children. one thing that is concerning some observers right now is that there seems to be a division between younger children, where that risk of spread is very low, and older children, whose transmission risk may be more like adults. do you think there should be more effort to separate out primary school kids from secondary school kids in terms of the protocols around distancing and discovering? the royal college of paediatrics and child health said that while the physiology risk might be different between younger and older children, older children are more able to regulate their behaviour and stick to things like physical distancing. the overall

risk for all children is very low. we know that the older children are actually much better at knowing what they need to do in order to suppress they need to do in order to suppress the virus. so the royal college of paediatrics and child health has said very clearly that the risk for all children is quite low if we keep these mitigations in place. everyone knows what the rules are and older children are very good at following those rules. we have all of the cleaning and hygiene in place, there will be some physical distancing where appropriate. so i'm absolutely confident that the measures in place at the moment are the right measures, and we always have to be vigilant, though. very importantly, all of us in the community need to make sure that we keep this virus suppressed. if community set transmission rises, there are risks to schools. we need to play our part andi to schools. we need to play our part and i think the guidance is following the experts in schools and it is quite right. in england, the universities minister has written to vice—chancellors urging them to hold open places for students

who appeal against their a—level results, when they're released on thursday. grades are being calculated using a similar system to the scottish one, although the education secretary, gavin williamson, insists it's fundamentally fair. the former chief inspector of 0fsted, sir michael wilshaw, explained what lessons can be learned from scotland. i think the mistakes are about not getting the balance right between the judgment of a youngster's past performance on the basis of the history of the school, and the previous results of the school, and individual student performance. unless that balance is a correct one, is a good one, then we are going to have a repeat of the scottish performance. even in schools with a history of poor performance, there will be youngsters there who have worked very hard, youngsters who are very bright, who would have done well in that school, albeit with the school in difficulties.

0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. quite the political test for government. it certainly is, given what happened in scotland and the outcry over the reallocation of exam grades there, the government will be watching nervously and waiting 41 results to be released in england, wales and northern ireland —— waiting for a—level results to be released, and gcse results next week hoping there will not be a repeat of that. there is a risk because stu d e nts that. there is a risk because students have not taken exams so grades all the individual student performance as a set by teachers, and then recalibrated and assessed across the board. that's the bit that caused the problem in scotland, causing the first minister nicola sturgeon to come out yesterday to say they got it wrong and they will

have another look at them. the education secretary in scotland john swinney will take swinney will parliament education secretary in scotland john swinney will parliament this afternoon and give a statement, i think there will be more assessment of the teachers —— more weight put on the assessment of the pupils by the teachers. it is the very anxious yearfor the teachers. it is the very anxious year for students, the teachers. it is the very anxious yearfor students, and the teachers. it is the very anxious year for students, and there the teachers. it is the very anxious yearfor students, and there is a call for universities to keep places open for students if they appeal their results and they are likely to change. another political problem this morning, over test and trace. yes, the test and trace system in england is changing. it was promised by the prime minister to be world beating, in place by the beginning ofjune. matt beating, in place by the beginning of june. matt hancock beating, in place by the beginning ofjune. matt hancock the health secretary talked about an army of contact tracers being hired earlier on this year. and there was of course talk about the app which

would be encouraged to download onto oui’ would be encouraged to download onto our smartphone to get in contact with people. the app didn't really work cropley, the army of contact tracers is being reduced from 18,000 to 12000 and many of the staff are being redeployed. the government is shifting its focus from a remote, nationally focused, top—down model if you like, based largely on people phoning and trying to make contact with people by telephone, to a more locally focused way of doing things where a lot of the resources will be reallocated to local health authorities and public health officials in individual areas of england. because it receives from the results so far, that those teams and there are some of them up and running in places already, are having more success when it comes to tracking down members, or contacts of people who have tested positive

for coronavirus. and this morning the health minister has defended the system in the face of criticism from labour that it is not fit for purpose. in the past ten weeks, our teams have made contact with a quarter of a million different people. that's a significant effort, starting from scratch and getting it up starting from scratch and getting it up and running. what we are doing i'iow up and running. what we are doing now is flexing it, on the basis of what we have learned from local lockdown's and how they work, we have always worked in close partnership with local authorities and this is about taking that partnership stepped forward and strengthening it further. the head of test and trace has said this was a planned next step. and they have a lwa ys a planned next step. and they have always had local teams at the heart of the model. labour say the company running the test and trace system in england should not be given any more money when its contract is up for review at the end of the month. british and french ministers will hold talks in paris today to discuss how to reduce the number of people crossing the english

channel in small boats. since thursday, more than 600 people have been intercepted making the journey. our correspondent simonjones is in doverfor us. what is expected to be on the agenda exactly between the british and the french today? well, just as the immigration compliance minister chris phelps is heading over to that side of the channel, once again this morning, we have had several groups of migrants making the journey in the opposite direction. we have seen the opposite direction. we have seen the border forced toback couple of the border forced toback couple of the knees, and we have seen around 25 people brought to shore in dover. that is a pressing issue that will be discussed at the talks in paris today. from the british side, the chief thing they want to do is to say to the french, you need to turn boats back at sea. the french are relu cta nt to boats back at sea. the french are reluctant to do this for safety reasons. from the french, their chief goal is to get more finance from the british government to

enable them to increase surveillance along the coast of northern france. we are being told formally that these talks are going to cement the agreement and cooperation between both sides, but behind the scenes there are some real differences about the best approach. britain and france both believe that these crossings must come to an end because of the dangers involved crossing the busiest shipping lane in the world but neither side agree on the best way to do that. thank you very much. we can now speak to baraa halabieh, an actor living in the uk with refugee status. he came here two years ago in a lorry and is a syrian interpreter and refugee rights campaigner. thank you so much forjoining us. i think it would be very useful if you gave us think it would be very useful if you gave us an think it would be very useful if you gave us an insight into the mindset of those making these perilous journeys, so can you tell us a little about your own journey to the uk? my own journey, i left syria at the end of 2014. i headed to turkey,

and from turkey, i was on one of these thingies, —— dinghies which crossed the gmc. for us, from a refugee point of view, from a refugee point of view, from a refugee perspective, we're not going on an adventure. we are escaping zones. on an adventure. we are escaping zones. so the sea is safer for us than the place we are escaping. so it's not a choice for us. we are looking for a safe place. we're not going afterfinancial looking for a safe place. we're not going after financial support. that's totally not true. i think the question should be why these people are leaving their homes. these people wouldn't be such a journey u nless people wouldn't be such a journey unless they have lost all of the trust in the international community. so, something which is sometimes said that refugees appearing on british sure is that they are economic migrants seeking a better life financially and economically. that's totally not true. first of all, over 80% of

syrian refugees stay in neighbouring countries, turkey, jordan, lebanon, they even go to egypt. if they were after financial support, they would stay in other european countries where the financial support is way higher than the uk. they're not coming to the uk for the £37 per week. that's not accurate at all. why would a refugee camp to the uk, especially —— come to the uk, for three reasons. speaking the language, because if you speak english the integration will be much faster. second, they have family connections in the uk. and third, the family reunification process in the family reunification process in the uk is faster than other countries. so if you are escaping syria by yourself, you come to the uk, you can get yourfamily to the uk, you can get yourfamily to the uk within six months. so these are the main three reasons, it's definitely not financial support.

and yet the rules state, around refugee and asylum status, that asylu m refugee and asylum status, that asylum seekers should apply in the first safe country they reach. and obviously, some of these, like yourself indeed, coming across europe, there are several safe countries that they are crossing, and so according to the rules, they should be seeking asylum there. that's true, but also, if you're going to speak about the numbers, the majority are not in the uk. it's really less than 5% of the refugees in europe coming to the uk. as i said, the reasons are because they have connections, or they have family connections or they speak the language. that's the main reason, to be honest. and also, for example, i was in france, i was incarnate for five months. and everyone saw —— in calais for five months. five months. and everyone saw —— in calais forfive months. everyone five months. and everyone saw —— in calais for five months. everyone saw footage of how brutal the french

officers were and how they demolished the camp. you want me to stay in france, i was beaten and tear gas on a daily basis. so i think the french weren't dealing well, they just made think the french weren't dealing well, theyjust made the situation more complicated by demolishing the camp. you cannot ask someone to be staying in france when they are being beaten by the french police. 0ver being beaten by the french police. over the last few days, you have been seeing pictures on your tv screens that we have been seeing of migrants in small inflatable boats, sometimes small children, it is dangerous and the busy shipping lane. he will be hearing the lines from the prime minister that this is bad and stupid and dangerous and criminal, a letterfrom mps saying that these are invading migrants, using that language. what do you feel about the situation right now? i think, like, feel about the situation right now? ithink, like, europe, the english government and the french government, i think they have been

dealing with the situation really wrongly. because the situation with calais specifically is not something that happened yesterday or last year, it's been happening for years 110w. year, it's been happening for years now. they keep using the same measures to stop these people from arriving on the english coast. but it's not working. so let's see, and let's focus how we can deal with this course from the roots, why these people leaving? what was happening in syria, iran, iraq, the situation in iraq has been since 2003. you cannot solve this with more security cameras and high offences. i think the way they are approaching, they use the same techniques hoping they will have a different outcome but that's not the writing. when you say footage, they say they are afraid, they care about these people in these thingies. they see the footage of how the greek

coastguard are trying to sink the boatin coastguard are trying to sink the boat in the aegean sea to stop them arriving in greece. they don't care about the people, they don't want to write even if they have to sink them in the sea. we have to leave it, but thanks forjoining us and giving your insight into the mindset of those coming here. the home secretary, priti patel, has been asked to consider allowing a virtual trial for anne sacoolas, the american woman accused of killing the 19—year—old motorcyclist, harry dunn, in northamptonshire last summer. mrs sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity following the collision and returned to the united states. parts of north and west wales have seen flash flooding and power cuts after heavy rainfall last night. aberystwyth was among the areas worst affected, while areas in carmarthenshire and swansea saw similar extreme weather. a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms remains in place.

svetla na ti kha novs kaya, the novice opposition leader who claims she won the disputed presidential election in belarus, has fled to neighbouring lithuania after admitting she was scared. in belarus, president lukashenko ordered a cracked down on demonstrators across the capital, minsk, for a second night. one person has died and thousands have been arrested. live to moscow and our correspondent sarah rainsford. no sign of this tension subsiding? no, it was an extremely tense night in minsk and across belarus last night. saturn —— a second night of mass protest. i should underline that these scenes sometimes play out in other countries but this is not something that has ever happened before in belarus. the police have never used stun grenades and rubber

bullets, never fired never used stun grenades and rubber bullets, neverfired into the never used stun grenades and rubber bullets, never fired into the crowds like this before although they are known for containing much smaller protest but usually just with that on is. this is unprecedented in terms of scale and in terms of the police response to it. it was all sparked by the disputed elections which svetlana sparked by the disputed elections which svetla na tikhanovskaya sparked by the disputed elections which svetlana tikhanovskaya of the opposition figurehead and candidate, said were wrecked. that's why this is taking —— said that they were rigged. she has now fled to lithuania, she has now issued a tear filled statement on youtube saying it was a difficult choice, she says she knows that some people will condemn her and hate her but she hopes that some will also understand that she had left. she didn't explain, but i have spoken to the foreign minister of lithuania and she said —— he said he was detained for seven hours in belarus before complicated negotiations, he said, a

messy situation, before she was able to get to lithuania and safety. president trump has praised the actions of the secret service after an armed man was shot close to the white house. mr trump, who was holding a press conference at the time of the incident was swiftly ushered away from the podium by a security agent. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 and the dowjones are going to... a few minutes into a televised news conference came this dramatic interruption. excuse me? the president, breaking off mid sentence, only to be escorted from the briefing area in the west wing to the oval office. nine minutes later, he and his team returned to the briefing room, with the president telling reporters, this time with a secret service agent standing guard at the door, the situation was under control. thank you very much. there was a shooting.

it was law enforcement shot someone. seems to be the suspect, and the suspect is now on the way to the hospital. i can't tell you the condition of the suspect. there was nobody else injured. there was no other law enforcement injured. the us secret service later confirmed what they called an officer involved shooting, giving us the address, the eisenhower executive office building, which is next door to the white house. a second tweet revealed that a male suspect had been taken to hospital along with a secret service agent, but that at no time at the white house complex breached. the area remained sealed off for a while. the local fire department said later the suspect had sustained serious or possibly life—threatening injuries. although the motive remains unclear, officials are said to be investigating whether the individual in question had a history of mental illness. david willis, bbc news.

a quick line of breaking news before the sport. vladimir putin has announced that the first russian—produced vaccine for covid—19 developed by moscow'sen statute has received regulatory approval. a russian produced vaccine has regulatory approval. that is from vladimir putin in moscow. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine downes. a stressful night for manchester united fans last night. tonight a big night for wolves fans. just two years ago wolves were playing football in the championship. tonight — they could reach the europa league semi finals and set up an all english tie against manchester united. more on that to come. but it wasn't plain sailing for united against fc copenhagen. largely down to the danish club's keeper — karl—johan johnsson.

he made 13 saves in a man of the match performance. but they won 1—0 in extra time when anthony martial was fouled for a penalty. which bruno fernandes scored to seal their place in the last four. mentally, that is where it's decided. when you get tired, the opposition is probably more tired and you have just got to be mentally strong. difficult conditions, even for me, with my shirt on, i started sweating and my t—shirt‘s wet. so i'm glad i didn't have to run as much as they did. so up next could be wolves. but they will need to overcome the five time champions sevilla first. head coach nuno espirito santo says he's delighted with how far the club have come since being promoted to the premier league in 2018.. to the premier league in 2018. i'm very, very proud, very, very proud of how we did things and now think we can say that we

have our own identity. so it is based on strong foundations of respect and hard work. so this is what we want to show, a good team, with identity and committed to the challenge. there's one match in the scottish premiership later as early leaders hibernian take on newly promoted dundee united. but the country's government are warning they could bring the whole season to a halt after another breach of coronavirus protocols. celtic player boli bolingoli flew to spain without the club knowing, failed to quarantine on his return, then played in a league match on sunday. he's since tested negative, twice, and apologised. celtic say they're investigating. it comes days after eight aberdeen players broke rules by gathering in a bar after a match — which led to two testing positive.

nearly four in five elite sportswomen say they're concerned about their body image — that's according to a bbc survey. 0ur reporter nesta mcgregor has been to meet one athlete who says she tried to lighten her skin, after racist taunts as a teenager. like all athletes, colours are important to annie tagoe. gold, silver, bronze. but, as a teenager, the sprinter says it was another colour, the colour of her skin. people would start calling black girls, you know, unattractive or charcoal or whatever word you want to use to describe dirt. so that was my first experience with racism or discrimination. a bbc survey looking at elite women in sport has found more than three quarters of them had concerns about their body image and annie is one of them. it's so easy to buy skin bleaching cream from the counter. i didn't check what the danger of it was. i would wake up everyday and i would just be like, it's not working.

and i'd put more and more on my skin because i wanted to become really light quickly. skin lightening creams are prescribed and can be bought legally in the uk to treat various conditions. with the nhs advice being to see a gp first. but skincare experts are concerned about safety and quality checks on some products. longer term, with prolonged use and unsupervised use of such products, one can see a pigmentary alteration in the skin which contains a mottled effect, but the more troublesome effects, the of such medication to be used in the longer term basis would be the risk of development of cancers. as well as dealing with the issues brought on by comments about the colour of her skin, annie's also struggled with how her body was changing with training. i'd tell my physio, i don't want to do gym because i'm going to get stronger, i don't want to get arm muscles and i would just feel it was not feminine.

the 27—year—old recently signed to a modelling agency, but says at times that's still problematic. i haven't really felt happy yet because i always have to bring my own foundation to shoots. they still don't have my skin colour foundation. annie is coming back from knee surgery and says she hopes talking about her experiences with her body and her skin will stop others making the same mistakes. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. britain's number one womens tennis player johanna konta says she was suffering from heart palpitations and felt lightheaded in a match — as her us open preperations took a blow. konta — at the bottom of your screen — was beaten by in straight sets by world number 48 marie bouzkova at the lexington 0pen — a warm up event for the grand slam which starts at the end of the month. british number two heather watson also lost to american jennifer brady. days after saying the sports younger players are not good enough,

ronnie 0'sullivan will need to come from behind against someone who's a year older than him if he's to avoid a quarter final exit at the world snooker championships. he's 6—2 down in the best of 25 frames match, against the three—time champion mark williams. the welshman‘s won the last four frames — which included a break of 130 at the end of their first session — to give him a big advantage heading into this afternoon. defending champion judd trump is also trailing, 10—6, to kyren wilson. and that's all the sport from now. while cat was talking to us, another line from vladimir putin in russia. i mentioned that he said that there is new a russian—produced vaccine which has received approvalfrom is new a russian—produced vaccine which has received approval from the russian health ministry. he # —— he

added his daughter has been vaccinated. let's get some more reaction now to the news that employment has fallen by the largest amount in over a decade between april and june. with me now is our business presenter ben thompson. these are the worst figures since the financial crisis? yeah, and it does give us an indication of what is happening in thejobs market. some of the numbers hidden by the furlough scheme that is keeping people in work and paying some of their salary, up to a certain level. but many suggest when that scheme is wound down in october we will get a truer picture of what happened and given the economy is set to enter recession officially tomorrow, some of the figures may not make for welcome reading. in the 0ns first they make it clear both ends of the job markets will be most at risk,

the young workers and also those at the young workers and also those at the other end, the older workers who have perhaps had a long career and are now looking to change jobs. with me are two people looking for work. both looking for work. good morning to you both. joyce, let me start with you. look, i think you won't mind me saying you're 61 and have had a long career in the travel city. explain what the situation you found yourselves in now?|j city. explain what the situation you found yourselves in now? i i was in travel for over 30 year and worked for the same company for 21 years. i loved the job and the company. and then obviously the pandemic hit in march. so i was furloughed. which the situation deteriorated quite dramatically and travel became quite

problematic. so they offered volu nta ry problematic. so they offered voluntary redundancy. i didn't get it on the fist time of asking. i did get it on the second wave. because i could see it wasn't going to be a great place to be sadly. i was only four years from retirement, i felt maybe i should make way for some younger staff who maybe had mortgages etc. sol younger staff who maybe had mortgages etc. so i have done that and... but i'm still about four years and... but i'm still about four yea rs off and... but i'm still about four years off receiving pension. i'm going to need an income. i can't survive without that sadly. but i need, i will be doing child care for my grandson, as many grandparents are,| my grandson, as many grandparents are, ican my grandson, as many grandparents are, i can only work part—time. i'm holding back a bit to do a serious job search, as i'm just waiting to see what the situation is after the furloughing has gone on and see which companies are looking for staff. but just

which companies are looking for staff. butjust dipping my toe in it, it is not looking great. yeah, i am just going to have to wait until about september and am just going to have to wait until about septemberand then am just going to have to wait until about september and then really start looking seriously and fingers crossed. yeah i want to ask you about that in a second, about the prospects, but alex you're 22, you graduated from university last year. give mea graduated from university last year. give me a sense of how it is out there in terms of yourjob hunt and what you have been facing. yes, so i graduated aboutjust what you have been facing. yes, so i graduated about just over a year ago. i had previously had worked in the nhs, doing admin i'm nowa nonexecutive direct and at a youth foundation. i can count on one hand the numberof foundation. i can count on one hand the number of interviews i have had in the last year, that is before covid. that will be more relatable

in the future. it would be pessimistic with school leavers and graduates and others. you will have heard from joyce, she was suggesting she might wait until september. let things settle down and let firms work out how many workers they need. is that your experience too. i know you have been looking, are you going to sit tight for a while? yes, it has started picking up, there is a few more job posts in places s like bradford and hull. the economy isn't as strong in the south. there will be fewerjob postings and more competition for the jobs. maybe for some people it will be, have to be the case where they have to sit tight and work. fortunately i'm able to move to go to more of those towns

and cities like london and edinburgh where the economies are stronger and there are more jobs. that is my option. but there is huge financial barriers for a lot of people to do that. interesting you talk about that, having to hov to find work —— move to find work and people are moving out of big cities, because they don't want to be stuck in expensive place a the prospect of another lockdown. joyce, look, with all of the experience you have got, you're ina all of the experience you have got, you're in a very different position to alex, do you feel when you're looking for work that experience is recognised by employers, they see you as somebody who has been in the jobs market and know what you're doing and does that counts for anything? well, to be honest, i probably won't go back into travel for obvious reasons. the industry is really struggling at the moment. so

i probably won't go back into travel. i would i probably won't go back into travel. iwould hope i probably won't go back into travel. i would hope they would look, twenty one years with a company shows you're quite loyal and trust worthy and you know. but i will probably look for something more relaxed, maybe just a couple of days, two or three days somewhere, i don't want anything stressful either at this time. i could do with something a bit more, yeah, low—key. sol something a bit more, yeah, low—key. so i think there are a lot of people looking for that type of work. so you know how it is going to pan out, i don't know. but that is kind of what i have in mind. yeah, i don't blame you. alex, a word from you, having graduated from a good university, how frustrating is it that you have spent a lot of money on study and it is still very difficult for you to find work?

yeah, it's a big hit to your ego, you are bigged up, but that is not the reality. there is a huge impact on people's mental health and your self—esteem and confidence, to get rejection. there are some dodgy recruitment processes, where you're strung along. the key is to remember it is in the end it is inevitable that you do get a job and you have got to keep pushing forward. there is little projects you can do to boost your cv and get skills and it is things like that that are giving me motivation. sorry for a plug. is things like that that are giving me motivation. sorry fora plug. i have been doing the ye2030 survey. i have been doing the ye2030 survey. i have helped out trying to... help

out with this survey, to get an idea of how covid has impacted young people. if you're a young person watching, if you could google that and fill out that survey to get an idea, it is people, should be doing little thing like that to just try and keep that motivation going i think. yeah, absolutely. sound advice in terms of what you might do to improve your prospects. i'm grateful to you both for talking to us, joyce and alex, i wish you the best of luck. i know pit is tough out ——i best of luck. i know pit is tough out —— i know it is tough out there. thank you for speaking to us. there isa thank you for speaking to us. there is a load of advice on the bbc web—site. including help in finding out what the terms mean. what happens when the furlough scheme ends. there are details there about what all of the terms and numbers

actually mean and where you might be able to get some help and we will talk more about this and particularly about improving your cv and getting yourself more employable. for now back to you. thank you. we have figures. 10,442 deaths england arestered s registered in britain. 201 of the deaths involved covid—19. that is down from 231 the previous week. those figures from the ons. previous week. those figures from the 0ns. back to international news. lebanon's outgoing prime minister has lashed out at what he calls the ‘endemic corruption' in his country that

led to the catastrophic explosion in beirut. announcing his resignation, hassan diab said he would follow the will of the people in holding those responsible to account. many lebanese believe the country's political system makes change extremely difficult, as paul hawkins reports. fireworks and tear gas in beirut. it sums up lebanon at the moment. 0n the one hand there is joy that the country's government has resigned. translation: today, we follow the will of the people to hold accountable those responsible for this disaster that has been hiding for seven days and their desire for change from the corrupt destructive state, the state of brokerages and theft, to the state of law and justice and transparency, to a country that represents its people. but also fear about what the future may bring. it is important that that the credible and transparent investigation determines

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 for the longer term. but what are those reforms? some believe that lebanon's political system is part of the problem. called a confessional system, it was designed so people from different religious communities get an equal and fair say in how the country is run. the president must be a mayonite christian, the parliamentary speaker a shia muslim. the prime minister, who has just resigned, must be a sunni muslim. while half of parliament seats must be christian, with the other half muslim or druce. critics say the system promotes sectarian interests and patronage, in other words it's not what you know, but who you know. this is a system that has been now in place for decades. there are a lot of

interests at stake here. and people and groups are going to defend these interests and not going to give up the power that they have had for decades. definitely a new government would be in place, who knows when? it usually takes month for the ruling elites to come together. so maybe the humanitarian disaster that unfolded last week and the economic crisis that has been going on since october, might maybe you know prove to be a catalyst for a quick formation of the government, though i don't think the government will be you know that much different from the one that hasjust resigned. basically powerless and unable to make decisions. there is a running joke in lebanon that even without a government, you wouldn't notice much difference in people's lives. but the longer the status quo lasts, the thinner thejoke gets. the devastating blast has left many people in beirut trying to rebuild their lives. one of them is rola stephan, a mother of five.

rola has been out on the streets of beirut to assess the devastation in her community. today, after almost one week, this is what's happening — we're trying to move everything from the house, all the glass, all the shattered glass. we're trying to salvage some furniture. we cannot carry 12 floors down, so they're throwing everything down. this is where the explosion happened. this is the view from my living area. complete destruction. i'm walking with my daughter to the ice cream place next door. i volunteered cleaning our streets.

this is our ice cream place. and this is the owner. elias? hi! this is what is left of our ice cream place. those are the pictures of the clients. you'll find pictures of my children somewhere here. my children used to come and help. it was amazing. this is one of the survivors as well. they were here when it happened. this is near my house. you have a team working to put people in apartments that don't have any more homes. people are giving them their apartments to help people with no homes. this is an operation here. other groups working. giving water, support for people,

food for people, helmets, brooms... ..garbage bags, everything they need to help people. amazing. hi, how are you? this is our best speaker. i made him since day one of the revolution. this is my friend, who got injured on saturday. it's everywhere. we keep going? yes. love you guys. hi! i love these people. they're family now. they are amazing. this is beirut, this is the heart of beirut. this is a building near my house. nothing remains. a few people i know died in there. that's my son taking sandwiches

and water for the army. there is no electricity, there is no water in most of the apartments here. that's my son. giving the army sandwiches and water. they say they need some more sandwiches. what happened here cannot be imagined in recent history. the only way to cure it is for the whole regime to step down with all its sponsors. you cannot expect the same people who got us here to fix it. these people need to go, for the lebanon we dream of to rise again. please listen to us.

people in hong kong have queued up to buy the apple newspaper. the newspaper today it printed half a million, that is five time it is usual prince run. the headline said it would fight on. mr lai was detained on suspicion of breaking china's new security laws. asked at a news conference about the increase in sales, the chinese spokesman said there was widespread support for the security law and against the us imposition of sanctions. now the weather with susan. the heat swelters on in the south. if you're looking for respite, it will take until the weekend for us to clear this warm and humid air. another hot day for many and a chance of thunder

storms. the bulk of the heat is to the south of the uk and it will feel very warm and humid across scotland with this front pushing in. heavy showers surging out of the central lowla nds showers surging out of the central lowlands into the north—west and further south the tail end of the feature destabilising things in the the midlands and east anglia and the north—east of england. we could see a thunder storm just about anywhere across england and wales through the afternoon. very isolated, but there is so much energy in the atmosphere, if they do break out, they will be hum dingers. up to 35 in the south—east of england and widely in the high 20s in england and wales. mid 20s for scotland. showers rattle on, quite isolated in england and wales over night. some heavier ones for the north—west of scotland. through this, northern ireland not faring too badly. warm with sunny spells. down to 15. again for the south of england, 19, 20, as our

overnight lows. 0n we go into wednesday and again another very hot day in the south. but this is quite a significant change, later on on wednesday, and to take us into thursday, thundery showers becoming increasingly widespread from the south. still the mid 30s to the south. still the mid 30s to the south. mid 20s further north. the showers mark t arrival of this low pressure that will work its way north. you may think the rain is coming and the temperatures will drop. well, they will ease back, yes, but actually the drop is not that pronounced. it feel very warm and humid and temperatures still in the high 20s on thursday. scotland may stay largely dry. in terms of relief from the day—by—day and night, it will talk us into the weekend until that thundery weather

works its way across the uk and we switch to a north—westerly air strea m switch to a north—westerly air stream to cool off.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than 700,000 people in the uk have lost their jobs since the coronavirus crisis began in march, the biggest quarterly decrease in over a decade. belarus' opposition leader has fled to lithuania, saying she was scared for her safety as unrest continues over sunday's disputed presidential poll. as the first scottish pupils return to school, scotland's education secretary will explain how he'll address student worries after many received grades far lower than expected in exams which couldn't be taken. president putin says that russia has developed the world's first coronavirus vaccine and says his own daughter has already taken it.