this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk prince charles leads commemorations at the national memorial arboretum and around the world. in tokyo, a solemn ceremony: to mark the 75th anniversary of vj japan's emperor naruhito expresses day — the day world war two ended deep remorse for his country's past military actions. more protests take place with victory over japan. in belarus over last weekend's disputed election — despite president lukashenko warning people not to take to the streets again. they shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, thanked those who fought for restoring

"peace and prosperity". we'll have the latest from events in the uk and around the world, as we remember the day world war two ended. in tokyo, a solemn ceremony: japan's emperor naruhito expresses deep remorse for his country's past military actions. translation: the relentless effort of the japanese people has built our country's peace and prosperity today. when thinking of the past, the hardship of our people, we

reflect deeply. in other news, new quarantine rules come into effect in the uk — as countries across europe continue to fight the spread of covid—i9. more protests take place in belarus over last weekend's disputed election — despite president lukashenko warning people not to take to the streets again. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. britain's royal family and armed forces have been leading commemorations for the 75th anniversary of vj day — which marks the surrender ofjapan and the end of the second world war. in the past hour the prince of wales and the prime minister borisjohnson have attended a remembrance event at the national memorial arboretum. fighting in europe ended in may

1945, but many allied servicemen were still fighting against japan in east asia. vj day , 15 august 1945 , marked the end of one of the worst episodes in british military history, during which tens of thousands of servicemen were forced to endure the brutalities of prisoner of war camps.

at the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

well, that was part of the two—minute silence to celebrate the 75th you and adversity of vj day.

prince charles and princess of cornwall were there to celebrate by laying a wreath. our is there. yes, the commemoration at the national memorial arboretum there it is not your usual memorial day in the cenotaph with ranks of people lined up cenotaph with ranks of people lined up everybody is spaced out amongst the trees with lots of different memorials there and deviate that you just saw the prince of wales laying was at the burma railway move memorial, an incredible memorial as well in its own right actually made up well in its own right actually made up of sleepers and tracks from the railway that we know 16,000

prisoners of war died during the construction of. we want to have a quick chat to lynch helen commander... from the royal navy. —— lieutenant commander. you volunteer to be here today. why did you decide to be here today. why did you decide to come? it is an absolute honour and privilege to be here and i would like to thank the royal british legion for organising this event and to the veterans and their family for attending. it has been a lovely ceremony. attending. it has been a lovely ceremony. i wanted to volunteer this event. my grandfather served in the south china sea at the very early pa rt of south china sea at the very early part of the world. from the stories i heard i don't know that much about his time out there that he was lucky to leave as late as 1941 before coming back to the uk and captioning or captaining other ships within the royal navy and then formally retired asa captain

royal navy and then formally retired as a captain in 1966. we know that it was an extremely arduous theatre of conflict because of the condition isa of conflict because of the condition is a lot of humidity, also the disease, the dysentery, malaria. did you get any of a sense ofjust how tough it was to serve there from your grandfather? i was unable to get the stories from him however one of the stories that i have got is that in 42 to 43 by that time his time at sea he was burnt out from just continuously being back at sea so just continuously being back at sea so had to go to oxford university squadron at that time just to recuperate in the middle of the war before going back to see again. on your chest there you proudly show a long service medal sea have been around the block as it were. just talk a little bit about how you thought today was different to perhaps as we said before the armistice day ceremony is, the other ministry ceremonies you have attended and amended the ceremonies. this was an absolutely stunning

occasion. it was very reserved and you may say that slightly less formal than other ceremonies that i have a set or attended however we have a set or attended however we have come here with 25 people from the current hms prince of wales to support the royal british legion with this event and everybody is hugely honoured to be here and it is great to remember those fallen sailors who were sadly lost back in december 1941 by the japanese. and even for the modern sailors, you joined as a teenager really, are they aware of that link back? —— who joined as a teenager. i have a aware of that link back and are they aware of that link back and are they aware of what their forebears did 75 years ago? certainly they are, and it is the courage and determination from out the courage and determination from our former comrades which is what we display are sailors today and we asked them to show that collagen commitment and determination and their other call values of the navy that we are. all are sailors today wanted to be here and wanted to be

pa rt of wanted to be here and wanted to be part of this event which is fantastic. thank you very much for talking to was on the bbc news channel along with some of the vips that we hear, members of the royal family of course, members of the government. they were the veterans here, very much centre of today's commemorations of the whole make—up of the service. it was also aviary multicultural, a very multinational service, 40 nations fought the japanese during the second world war so japanese during the second world war so that was very much represented today and some of the readings, some of the speeches that we heard so certainly talking to people in very moving, a very poignant day and of course many other commemorative services and events throughout the rest of the day. back to you in the studio. john, thank you so much. let's speak now to lord dannatt — the former chief of the general staff for the british army. it was indeed an extraordinarily moving service, wasn't it? tell us what this day means to you. well, as you say, it was a very moving event

at the national arboretum which is a marvellous place in a very fitting place for a commemoration like today and today means to meet well, 75 yea rs and today means to meet well, 75 years on from when the second world war ended and i am young enough not to have remembered the war but my pa rents were to have remembered the war but my parents were very much involved and ican parents were very much involved and i can remember very much the ongoing telling of the stories of... my father was in india and my mother was in the blitz in london throughout the war, and for them it was a very personal time, so the fa ct was a very personal time, so the fact that the war had ended festival in europe on the 8th of may and then on the 15th of august the war finally ended with vj day, great sense of relief in the country. obviously salvo and sadness that over a third of a million service men and women from the united kingdom died in the second world war and those who are bereaved families that had to be dealt with but i think belief that the war was ended, appropriate celebration book commemoration of the sacrifice and

the lives lost i think we have all shared a little bit of that 75 years on. i can't help but notice you have got one of the tummy in the windows from the campaign just your left shoulder than we have got one of those in the studio here but it will be really helpful if you could explain the significance of that figure. yes, i will. this is a vj day tommy which is made by the royal british legion industry which is a separate charity from the royal british legion but of course everybody works together for best commemorations. they had a ve da tommy and now a vj day tommy and if anybody wants one of these the history of these go to royal british legion website and you can buy one of these in the great thing about

thatis of these in the great thing about that is that the proceeds go to the royal british legion industries as well have look after hundreds of vetera ns well have look after hundreds of veterans in the village of aylesford in one of those is probably one of the last few surviving... he fought in thejungles the last few surviving... he fought in the jungles in the last few surviving... he fought in thejungles in burma during 1944 to 1945 so the vj day tommies are very special and i'm happy to be associated with them and i hope that people will go to an rbli.shop and by one because it is a great cause. i think it is very important to do this and talk about this history more. i am the granddaughter of a pow who was in singapore after the fall of singapore and it is interesting to hear the metre here. you talk about your parents. my grandfather did not talk very much about that pow experience. i think

it was so traumatising that after the war he buried it to a degree and i know that that has been a problem for some of those in the far east campaigns that their war has not been so much in the mainstream imagination and that they themselves have to a degree buried it so i suppose it is very important now to bring it back into the light. suppose it is very important now to bring it back into the lightlj think you absolutely right. even during the second world war 14th army regarded themselves as the forgotten army. they were a long way from home fighting a little—known and of course the very large number of allied servicemen who became prisoners of war of the japanese. i live in norfolk and the fourth, fifth and sixth battalions of the royal norfolk regiment went on to the bag know when prisoners done it all became prisoners of war. a large of prisoners of war who were made to put sir work and we all know about

the railway of death, the burma—siam railway, appalling things happen and i think railway, appalling things happen and ithinka railway, appalling things happen and i think a lot of than they were too difficult and too difficult to want to talk about and theyjust wanted to talk about and theyjust wanted to put it behind them but of course for those who put it behind them physically many had mental scars, some of whom really have never re cove red some of whom really have never recovered for them and that is why it is so important that also the nhs takes its responsibility seriously towards veterans but that the public up towards veterans but that the public up and down the line continue to support military charities, in this case, buying a vj day tommy from rbli.shop. you are right when you refer to your parents. there are three things that are very important. that we commemorate the war, that we remember those who fail, and we do the best to educate the younger generation that war must be avoided if possible and that diplomacy should be given a chance to settle international issues and that we should do everything we

absolutely can to avoid the fighting in the blood is shed we saw in the second world war. —— remember those who fall. of course it does continue but we must try to educate them to find better ways that we can all live in peace and freedom in the three future. thank you for sharing your efforts on that score with us and our viewers. thank you. in tokyo, the japanese emperor, naruhito, has expressed deep remorse for his country's past military actions. the war was brought to an end shortly after the us dropped nuclear bombs over the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. naruhito is the grandson of emperor hirohito in whose name imperial troops fought the war. translation: since the end of the war, 75 years have passed. the relentless effort of the japanese people has built our country's peace and prosperity today. when thinking of the past, the hardship of our people, we reflect deeply.

we are now facing a pandemic of covid—19 and we are facing new challenges but we shall cooperate with each other to overcome this crisis. emperor naruhito, but four japanese government ministers have courted controversy by visiting a shrine to the war dead, including convicted war criminals. the shrine is regarded by china and south korea as a symbol of japan's wartime aggression, and a visit by ministers is seen as highly offensive. the bbc‘s rupert wingfield—hayes has more from tokyo. so, this behind me, where i'm standing, is the yasukuni shrine and you can see the large numbers of people lining up to pay their respects to the war dead. not nearly as many as usual because of the heat today, it is over 38 celsius, and also because of covid—19. but this is the place where ordinary

japanese people come to commemorate the war dead. many of these people may have family members who died in the war, but this is not where the official war commerations take place today. they taken place elsewhere, that is where the emperor and the prime minister and senior figures have commemorated the war dead today and there's a reason for that, there is a reason the emperor doesn't come here and that is because the yasukuni shrine has, in recent decades, become extremely controversial. in the late 19705, they also enshrined the spirits of 14 of japan's most senior war leaders, men who were, after the war, tried as war criminals, found guilty and hanged. because of that, this place become extremely political sensitive. this morning four of prime minister's shinzo abe cabinet members came here to pay their respects. they say they did so as private citizens but in china and korea, it will be seen as a snub and more proof that japan has still unwilling to face its dark war history.

south korea's president, moonjae— in, has given a speech on the 75th anniversary of his country's liberation from japanese rule. mr moon stressed that south korea was ready to talk to japan to resolve historical disputes, and his government was prepared for face to face talks at any time. seoul and tokyo are divided over compensation demands for koreans who were forced to work under the japanese occupation. now, let's turn to other news. thousands of holiday—makers have arrived back in the uk after a last—minute dash to avoid a mandatory two—week quarantine, which came into effect at 4am this morning. the new rules, which apply to france, the netherlands and four other countries, follow concerns about the rising numbers of coronavirus cases there. our correspondent andy moore is outside gatwick airport with the latest.

some of the first air passengers are arriving back at gatwick since the quarantine rules came back and forth 4am. quitea quarantine rules came back and forth 4am. quite a rush of passengers to the ports on the channel terminal to get back into the uk before the quarantine rules came into force. eurotunnel and shuttle said they had 12,000 calls in the first hour after the quarantine scheme was announced. one ferry got back to the uk just before four o'clock in the morning so before four o'clock in the morning so those passengers on board were very lucky to get back to the uk in time. so, what does that poverty mean? it is a very strict quarantine, much stricter than the quarantine, much stricter than the quarantine that most of us experience during lockdown. see you are supposed to go from here, the airport, directly to your home where you are quarantining. you're supposed to by public transport if at all possible. once you get home, you are supposed to stay in the house apart from in a very limited number of cases we can go out. —— you are supposed to avoid public transport. you can't go out for

exercise, can't take the dog for a walk, can't go to the supermarket, are supposed to get groceries delivered by a family member of the supermarket to deliver them for you and that is pretty weak. if you don't quarantine the body for so they will be making spot checks and will be checking up to make sure it is in force that met the border force, and if they don't they say you will face a fine book 2000 foot—pounds. how many fines have been imposed ? foot—pounds. how many fines have been imposed? according to officials, so far, about nine. that is the view from gatwick. i'm nowjoined by karl simpson who is on holiday near lyon in france — and who is also a scientist who has previously advised the government on their covid—19 vaccine development. thank you so much forjoining us. your situation is complicated by the fa ct of your situation is complicated by the fact of having a very elderly and vulnerable parents. thank you very much, yes indeed. can you tell us more about the problem you now face due to the quarantine. first of all

thank you very much for having me on. the quarantine is giving me minor problems on a personal level that has regards to my mother it has imposed some strategic re—evaluation of what is going on. i think the practicalities of looking after my mother had no becomes clear since yesterday. i have managed to arrange some emergency care should that be necessary, but i was hoping that some of the restrictions that were characterised in the original 23rd of march lockdown would be maintained, for example, the need to visit my mother on medical grounds because her psychological well— being as well has the need for a certain level of care is paramount, and i do worry that she will not take well my prolonged absence. and do you know that you will be able to do that the rules ? that you will be able to do that the rules? has that been made clear? well, not at all, really. they're very simple instructions to stay at

home and not go out even for exercise, which was not the case under the 23rd of march lockdown. it strikes me that this is rather draconian and it doesn't seem to be backed up with some basic common sense, although i have to admit, i do approve in principle of the quarantining of persons we know to be infected of us suspected to have been imposed or exposed. so are you among those who complain that the restrictions were introduced to fast? would you have tried to rush back if you had had a little more of a window in which to do so?|j back if you had had a little more of a window in which to do so? i think not. i do not think that i would have rushed back. iwent not. i do not think that i would have rushed back. i went on holiday in the full awareness that there might be a quarantine imposition if the situation in france got much worse. on the other hand, one has to admit, that in the same period the situation in the and england and in specific location such as luton and leicester has also got much work,

so, you know, what have we really doing here? my neck i mentioned at the beginning that you are a scientist who has worked on vaccine development. i am just looking at your backdrop. it doesn't look savvy holiday behind you. i actually doing work on what is your current view of our vaccine progress? might make a right, yes, i am our vaccine progress? might make a right, yes, lam enjoying our vaccine progress? might make a right, yes, i am enjoying a holiday but my home in france was for a long timel but my home in france was for a long time i primary place of work. either turn to the uk following the crash in 2090 work at the university of southampton but right now i still have a fully equipped and offers here with a full metered connection. —— crushing 2009. right now my situation is i am working full—time here or part time here but looking back to the uk on thursday. in the past i did a report for the department of health and what were the likely threats confronting the

uk and what might be the responses too much. the publication emerged from that which was put out in october last year and one of the co—authors was our chief medical officer for sweaty so i feel that i know a little bit about the threats and a little bit about vaccine development. —— chris whitty. i have worked for several vaccine companies. i do feel that we will call for that hands down in the uk but part of that reasoning is because we didn't invest in capabilities of manufacturing vaccines are large—scale which didn't really leave is undefended at a time when we needed defence. the former prime minister actually told us former prime minister actually told us that we needed to be prepared, and simply didn't react as well as we mentor them. thank you so much for joining we mentor them. thank you so much forjoining us. we wish you and your mother all the best. into a much indeed. thank you for having me.

more opposition rallies have been taking place in belarus today, following a call from the main opposition candidate, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. demonstrators have been laying flowers in minsk at the site of where a protestor died following violent clashes. it comes as the prime ministers of the three baltic republics , latvia, lithuania and estonia, jointly called on belarus to hold new ‘free and fair‘ presidential elections. president alexander lukashenka says he wants talks with president vladimir putin. mr lukashenka claims the protests are also a threat to russia's government. our correspondent, abdu—jalil abdura—sulov, you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. we've now lost the intense heat of the past week. our temperatures return closer to average values for the time of year. what we've not lost, though, is a lot of humidity. as a consequence of it cooling down, many of us will see scenes

like these over the weekend, cloudy, misty and murky. some of us will also pick up some punchier showers. thunderstorms should not as widespread as the previous week. but showers spread into the south of the uk on saturday, migrating their way further north over england and wales through the afternoon. if the sun does pop out over the south—east, it will inject more energy into the atmosphere and here we could see some thunderstorms through the afternoon. top temperatures, 24 or 25 degrees in the sunshine. ten degrees down on the weekjust gone. north sea coasts always cooler because of the persistent mist and low cloud here, so high teens are best. showers in the south—east are pretty lively for the evening. they should taper off as we go into the small hours on sunday.

then we will see showers heading further north across england and wales but staying dry for scotland and northern ireland. still pretty muggy to the south. lows of 17 and 18 degrees. sunday, similar ste—up to saturday. low pressure to the south, high pressure to the north. the showers will make their way further north through the course of sunday, so a greater chance of us seeing some wetter weather over northern england and wales through sunday. northern ireland and scotland, it looks like they could escape essentially with a dry weekend. high teens or low 20s in the north, 23 or 24 to the south on sunday. into monday, you can see the low drift further north once again, so a greater risk of some showers putting into southern scotland and across northern ireland on monday. some sunny spells for england and wales, but a chance of some heavier downpours perhaps with the odd rumble of thunder. some of the showers will materialise with enough intensity that we could get some localised flooding. for the week ahead, low pressure stays pretty close. later on in the week, we could see this area of low pressure coming our way and by the end of the week things could almost feel positively autumnal.

certainly cooler and our biggest problem could be 00:29:02,231 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 some very strong winds.