this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. france is added to the uk's quarantine list, along with the netherlands and malta — from this saturday people arriving from those countries will have to self—isolate for m days. travel isn't as reliable as it once was, i'm afraid. the virus, in particular, when it's not in our hands, overseas, is an unpredictable beast. if you're trying to get back to the uk before the measures come into force, we'd like to hear from you. tweet me @geetagurumurthy. lockdown is eased in england with beauticians, theatres, and small weddings all getting the go—ahead from this weekend. anger grows over a—levels as the uk government faces calls for an urgent review of this year's

end of school exam results. a lot of children who have worked incredibly hard have been devastated by a system that's been completely flawed. 90 million doses of two more experimental coronavirus vaccines have been secured by the uk government. belarus releases some of the thousands detained in protests against alexander lu kashenko‘s disputed election victory. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. a two week quarantine is being imposed on people arriving in the uk from france and five other countries which have experienced sharp rises in coronavirus cases.

the decision comes after the french prime minister acknowledged infection numbers were going "the wrong way". the full list of countries is france, netherlands, malta, monaco, and the caribbean countries turks & caicos and aruba. 160,000 uk tourists are thought to be in france at present, according to the british government. the new rules come into force at four o'clock tomorrow morning — and that's expected to induce a rush to ports and airports, with thousands desperate to avoid quarantine. eurotunnel says it doesn't have the capacity to bring everyone home in time. the transport secretary grant shapps has ruled out people receiving compensation even if it affects their ability to work saying holiday—makers knew the risks when going abroad. airlines uk described it as "another devastating blow to the travel industry already reeling from the worst crisis in its history". caroline davies reports. the uk's second most popular holiday destination will, from saturday, become more complicated to visit.

france joins the list of countries where any uk visitor must self—isolate for two weeks on their return. as the french prime minister himself said, france is heading in the wrong direction and just a few hours earlier, late yesterday evening, france confirmed the level had effectively reached those numbers i mentioned earlier. so we acted straightaway. and i think people expect us to do that, it's happened elsewhere, it happened in spain. the foreign office is now warning against all but essential travel to france. and that also applies to monaco, malta, the turks and caicos islands and aruba. the new measures kick in from 4am uk time on saturday. if you do decide to travel, you'll face a 14—day quarantine when you return. as for why now, the department of transport says there's been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people

in france since last friday. for the netherlands it was up 52%. france has responded. french junior european affairs minister clement beaune tweeted that there will be a reciprocal measure. these measures are anticipated to hurt the tourism industry on both sides of the channel. those with holidays booked are now weighing up whether to go or cancel, while many visitors in france face a race to get back to the uk. we are really disappointed and really in shock about how little time we were given to make alternate arrangements. being given, really, one day to find alternate arrangements, find flights, many of them £300, £400, was, i think, really disappointing and really frustrating. those that run the eurotunnel have already said they don't have the capacity to bring everyone home in time. we're already pretty much fully booked tomorrow. this is peak season, summer holidays, people

are returning on a friday night to get back home. and so we just haven't got the space to take everybody who might suddenly want to come up to the coast. so what we're saying to people is, amend your booking online, make sure there's space before you travel to the terminal. the foreign office hasn't advised uk visitors to leave immediately. but those who wish to avoid two weeks of self isolation on their return, now have less than 2a hours to get home. caroline davies, bbc news. andy moore is outside st pancras international station in central london — home to eurostar. and they come off at our euro start saying about whether they can get people home in time? eurostar are saying we have capacity on trains from paris to london throughout the day for those who wish to avoid the quarantine measures. so people will have to pay a premium, of course, if they want to come back today and change their arrangements. i was asking them whether they could lay

on any more trains and they said we will continue to monitor demand and adapt our timetable accordingly. so there is a possibility that there might be some more trains. we had a train arriving from paris at nine o'clock this morning and we have the opportunity to talk to some people on board. 0ne opportunity to talk to some people on board. one person very grateful that they managed to get in before quarantine on a trip they arranged some time before, to other people had changed their arrangements to get in before this deadline comes into effect at 4am tomorrow. 0ne get in before this deadline comes into effect at 4am tomorrow. one was a student, he said he needed to get back as soon as he could, he had to pay i back as soon as he could, he had to pay i think about 100 euros or more to get his service changed. there was another young woman who works in a cafe here in london, she said it wasn't a well—paid job but she could not afford to quarantine for two weeks so she paid about £200 to change her service and get back early. we also spoke to somebody who was off to france and we asked him about the quarantine and the

possibility of a reciprocal quarantine being implemented in france and he said, you know, this holiday has been planned for some time, i cannot just holiday has been planned for some time, i cannotjust put my life in deep freeze, yes i may have to quarantine but also, if coronavirus has proved anything, it shows you cannot predict anything in life. yes, we are going ahead with our holiday and we will accept the consequences, whatever they are. it's very important, that point, if you have to quarantine when you arrive in france or any other destination, you cannot have your holiday as planned, people need to bear that in holiday as planned, people need to bearthat in mind. holiday as planned, people need to bear that in mind. i holiday as planned, people need to bearthat in mind. i note holiday as planned, people need to bear that in mind. i note you are covering eurostar, the train passenger service but also eurotunnel for those who want to drive through. that is saying be careful because you might not be able to get to and from in time, not enough space? yes, what is the picture with other operators across the channel? as you say, eurotunnel, the channel? as you say, eurotunnel, the shuttle, operate a car service through the tunnel, they say they

had very limited capacity, it's a busy weekend, they are probably already up to almost capacity anyway so their message is very clear, do not turn up at calais unless you have a confirmed booking. if you need to get back, or are trying to get back, make sure you've got that change online before you turn up at the tunnel, don't do it on spec and that morning has been emphasised by the transport secretary grant shapps toa game, the transport secretary grant shapps to a game, said the same thing, don't rush to calais and hope you will be able to get back to the same —— to the uk. the ferry operators, you imagine, very busy, a lot of them saying they cannot reply to individual twitter messages, that gives you an impression of the sort of volume of traffic, calls, enquiries they are dealing with and again, they say, yes, if you can change your travel arrangements do so online but do not turn up at the ports on spec and anybody who is trying to change their arrangements, asi trying to change their arrangements, as i said earlier, will probably

have to pay a premium for that. there are flights, again, if there isa there are flights, again, if there is a lot of people chasing a limited number of seats those seats will inevitably go up in price, we see that happening right now. andy, i speak as someone who is hoping to due to drive to france this weekend, eurotunnel say if everyone with flexible tickets turns up there will be space for everyone x? i am not going anywhere, i don't think. andy moore, thank you so much. gavin lee, oui’ moore, thank you so much. gavin lee, our european correspondent has been on the other side of the channel, he is in le havre are in france and told me the french government was likely to introduce those reciprocal measures soon. we heard from the europe minister last night he said ina europe minister last night he said in a tweet note date at the moment but effectively, i think british travellers can expect, anyone travelling from the uk in the next few days, there will be a tui quarantine in france on arrival. it's interesting, i think what we are getting a sense of, i am in a

northern french port, only one ferry a day here, portsmouth, friday, usually packed, interesting to see people whether they decide whether they want to avoid quarantine, eurotunnel saying it won't be easy for british travellers to get back, they are almost at capacity. airports as well, we started to hear, stories of people who are eight hours away by car, in the south of france, trying to get back to wales, the north of england, saying they are going to drive. 0ne woman who is going to drive, she is on herjourney now, trying to get the six o'clock tunnel from calais, not sure if she will make it or if there is a place reserved so we are starting to hear some more stories like that today. a lot of people in france saying is this arbitrary? why does it have to be a 24—hour period to make it before 4am tomorrow, why couldn't it have been sunday to give people more time so i think that sense of exasperation we are hearing. it is fairly calm at the

moment, people not necessarily rushing and stampeding to ports but it's clearly going to cost an extra concern, people already here, or halfway through their holiday, why it's coming here and briefly, talking about what's going on in france. there has been this sharp rise in cases, two and a half thousand cases per day over two days this week. that is four times the numbera this week. that is four times the number a month ago. france was just starting to open up again after the pretty intense lockdown measures and the prime minister saying that they have been going the wrong way for the past two weeks, britain, the first country in europe to put out a whole quarantine in place, there have been other countries say let's put a quarantine for paris, or for the nice regions, but the uk saying a blanket ban, adding france and the netherlands to the list. that was gavin lee. just to let you know, we are hearing from the eurotunnel, the shuttle, saying because of the recent government announcement, our

shuttles, the trains carrying the ca rs shuttles, the trains carrying the cars to cross over to france, shuttles are now fully booked until tomorrow morning stop there is no more ticket availability and we are not selling tickets at check—in, please do not arrive at the terminal u nless please do not arrive at the terminal unless you have a ticket valid for travel today. so i'm presuming that is coming back from france to the uk. they are saying do not arrive at the tunnel unless you have a ticket valid for travel today, i'm not totally sure what that means if you have a flexible ticket, with those who are supposed to be able to turn up who are supposed to be able to turn up on board whatever the next available shuttle is. perhaps we can try and find out a bit more about that? at the moment, do not turn up and be assured of any travel unless you have something guaranteed and confirmed. casinos, beauticians and soft play centres in england are among the venues being allowed to reopen from tomorrow as the government further eases some of the remaining coronavirus restrictions. indoor theatre, as well as live music and performances, can also resume with socially distanced audiences — but there's a warning

of a significant increase in fines for those breaking the rules. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker has more. bowling alleys, skating rinks, casinos and soft play centres can reopen from tomorrow, as can indoor performance venues where audiences are socially distanced. wedding receptions of up to 30 guests will be permitted, and the piloting of having spectators at a small number of sports events can resume. beauty salons will also be allowed to offer treatments like facials and eyebrow threading, although alongside hairdressers, people providing close contact services are now being told to wear a type two surgical face mask, in addition to a visor. it's after two weeks ago borisjohnson postponed the easing of measures in england for at least a fortnight, because of concerns about infection rates. with those numbers creeping up, our assessment is that we should now squeeze that brake pedal, in order to keep the virus under control.

but the government says the situation appears to have levelled off, although the changes won't apply in areas where local restrictions are in place, including large parts of the north. meanwhile, fines for people who repeatedly don't wear face coverings in places where they're mandatory, could be doubled for each offence, up to £3,200. and there are new on the spot fines for those hosting illegal gatherings like raves. senior government sources say that penalty could go up to £10,000. jessica parker, bbc news. linda bauld is professor of public health at the university of edinburgh. thank you forjoining us. do you think this further easing is a good idea? i think this is all part of a plan, obviously, to open up the economy and we've all heard from beauticians and others how frustrated they have been at that last—minute delay that was announced at the beginning of august so i understand the economic considerations but i would say it's risky at every stage of opening up.

we still had just become over 1000 cases recorded from positive tests in the uk, still a little bit higher than was recommended a while ago in terms of further easing so i think i would expect particularly these indoor environments like soft play and some others, are not risk—free, it's going to be important that business owners and the public try and stick with the guidance to minimise the risk that this opening up minimise the risk that this opening up increase infection rates. how big is the rise every time the lockdown is the rise every time the lockdown is eased? it's gone in stages. what we have seen as a pattern, for example we have seen as a pattern, for exa m ple two we have seen as a pattern, for example two weeks ago we had well over 1000 cases and the 0ns data estimated we had 4000 cases circulating in england each day, that has gone down a bit in terms of the most recent data so there is some sign it is levelling off but there have been increases at each stage but the increases, as you know, have been more marked in local areas and that's why, unfortunately,

public health would say what you are going to see is us bumping along, probably at a similar level nationally for a while and then some more upta kes nationally for a while and then some more uptakes in areas where there are outbreaks so we have to get on top of them as soon as possible. do you think given the fact schools will go back in september, any restrictions should be easing now or should we not be going kind of in the other direction and clamping down and telling people to wear masks more? as soon as you put teenage kids back together there is going to be much more hassle mixing? we are in the middle of a big national experiment, as you know, i ama national experiment, as you know, i am a pier in scotland, the government decision here was to pause, we have not even had james reopening here, and prioritising schools and most of the kids have gone back this week and we will be watching that carefully. my personal view would be we should have pressed the pause button even longer on some of these other openings while recognising the economic worry, to

give schools the best chance they have. in terms of mask wearing, i think if you imagine there's two sides to the same coin, one of them is let's open up the other is let's do what each of us can do to minimise the case is rising and i think the increased penalties we have seen announced on face covering wearing, for the small group of people not complying is a really important signal that we all need to be wearing the face coverings in those enclosed settings. do you think we need to be wearing them outside, as many other countries do? not at the moment. the air, when we are outside in the fresh air, the risk is usually reduced but we do know there is some evidence that the virus is airborne so if we have higher infection rates than we do it now we might recommend that but i don't think it's a crucial measure at the moment and to be perfectly frank, in terms of studies i've seen, the biggest benefits face coverings is in indoor places where you can't physically distance and certainly, the new data suggests they are protected, notjust

certainly, the new data suggests they are protected, not just to other people but if this evidence about airborne transmission continues to grow, face covering actually may provide some protection to you and i as well, when we were one. very quickly, on the new openings this weekend, soft play centres, beauty services, should people be wearing masks and are they really safe to open? to be honest, in terms of close contact beauty services, this is a sector i have been looking at, if a visor and mask is worn by the person delivering the treatment, that definitely is absolutely essential and i think most absolutely essential and i think m ost pla ces absolutely essential and i think most places are pretty good at doing that and they know they have to. soft play is interesting because obviously, ice covering wearing is not necessarily, it won't be mandated for very young children for example so some of those settings are more risky and i think that we will have to look very carefully about whether all the things, just looking at the list, that we opened up looking at the list, that we opened up today, casinos in particular, i would be concerned about because

their spinel sprigs breaks were but we are in the middle of an experiment, we cannot keep everything locked up forever, we are just going to have to be careful and see how things go. professor, thank you very much. people in wales will be able to join together with four additional households to form one larger social bubble from next weekend. the move, announced by the first minister, coincides with plans to allow up to 30 people to attend a meal following a wedding or a funeral indoors, if social distancing can be maintained. demonstrators released from prison after anti—government protests in belarus have described the abuse they suffered during days of detention. more than 6,000 people were arrested in days of protests — following the controversial election victory of president alexander lu kashenko. the poll has been widely criticised following allegations of intimidation and widespread vote—rigging. in the last half hour, belarus has said it's ready for constructive and objective dialogue with its foreign partners. the eu meets later today to discuss possible sanctions against belarus. alanna petroff has the latest.

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