this is bbc news with the latest from the uk and around the world. calls on the uk government to review its policy on face coverings in england's schools as scotland says they will become compulsory in communal areas. the world health organization says it's for countries to decide. children between 12 and five years old can wear masks where appropriate and where asked to, but it is important to ensure they know how to use them. in the united states republicans begin their national convention with warnings about the country's future ifjoe biden were to defeat donald trump in november's election. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin after officers shot a black man in the back.

just one more shot, let me put you there for a little bit. then they literally grabbed him by his shirt and he was just shooting him with the kids in the back screaming. more upsetting testimony from relatives on day two of the sentencing of christchurch gunman. whatever gave the offender the right to take tarrant‘s life away from me forever? this monster had no right to take my son from me. i have a life sentence now and will forever feel my loss. and the trial of manchester united captain harry maguire is due to begin on the greek island of syros. the player's back in the uk 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. pupils and staff in scotland's secondary schools will have to wear masks in corridors and communal areas from next monday. so, should pupils over the age of 12 wear them in schools in england, too? head teachers are calling for clarity as students prepare to go back next week. let's take a look at what other countries are doing. in france, pupils over the age of 11 need to wear a mask at all times in school, as do teachers. in germany, masks are recommended for pupils aged 15 and over. some regions have made masks compulsory, though only north rhine—westphalia has mandated mask wearing in classrooms. in denmark, children and teachers were not required to wear masks when schools reopened and there was no rise in infections. and in the us, face coverings are recommended in schools by the centre of disease control, but they are not mandatory. back to the uk. this report from andy moore. in some schools in scotland masks are already being worn, but the government's most recent advice to schools in england says the use of face coverings is not recommended,

based on current evidence. that view is supported by a senior adviser on the government's scientific committee. for teenagers we do not have the evidence that this is useful. we have to look at the way teenagers transmit this virus. the evidence that they transmit in schools is not very high. there are interesting issues about the difference between in—school and out—of—school. i get that actually people are worried about young people and teenagers and their behaviour, but very little evidence for the use of masks in schools. but that official view is coming under pressure, especially after the announcement by scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, that coverings were set to be used in secondary schools in corridors and shared areas. the ascl head teachers' union said the guidance in england was silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils wanted to wear a covering. the union is calling on the government to

review its guidelines, bearing in mind the advice from the world health organization. what we are saying is that children between 12 and five years old can wear masks where appropriate and where they are asked to, but it is important to ensure they know how to use them and they know how to remove them, they know to wash their hands before they put them on and wash their hands when they take them off, and they need to be provided a bag that they can put them in so they can close the bag and put it carefully in the bag. a downing street spokesperson has ruled out any review on masks in schools. a department for education spokeswoman said coverings were not necessary because there were a range of other protective measures in place, including children staying in consistent groups. cleaning and hygiene measures, she added, would further reduce the risk of transmission. andy moore, bbc news.

the association of school and college leaders teaching union which represents heads wants to know if masks can be used in schools in england if parents or teachers request them. geoff barton is the general secretary. the people i represent, 20,000 head teachers and deputies, know a lot about teaching, the curriculum, running schools and colleges. we do not know a lot about facemasks and yet we are having parents asking about it, quite rightly, because they are anxious. then we see what happens and we see what happens with the world health organization. the guidance comes from westminster and it did not say young people do not need to wear face mask, and it did not say young people do not need to wearface mask, and i heard the schools minister say this on the bbc yesterday, that they should not wear it because it increases hygiene risks because they are fiddling around with their masks all the time. you are right, my members are ina time. you are right, my members are in a position where the parents and staff will say i want them to wear a face mask, so should they be saying thatis face mask, so should they be saying that is fine, it is a matter for you? or if we are going to have a

screeching u—turn, can we have that now so that we can plan for the start of term. jamie mcivor is bbc scotland's education correspondent. (os) it is happening in schools in scotland, why? it is a fairly significant change after two weeks. facemasks will be worn in certain environments in secondary schools. two big things brought this about. first of all, although schools are trying to anticipate the risks associated with credit corridors and the like, for example with one—way systems in schools and staggered breaks, there was some concern when pictures emerged of crowded corridors in schools, some students uneasy in these environments. then came the change to the advice from the world health organization yesterday that youngsters aged over 12 should wear face masks yesterday that youngsters aged over 12 should wearface masks in yesterday that youngsters aged over 12 should wear face masks in the

same environments as an adult would. between the two it became inevitable this change would happen and some schools in scotland had already taken matters schools in scotland had already ta ken matters into schools in scotland had already taken matters into their own hands and started getting youngsters to wear facemasks and started getting youngsters to wearfacemasks in their and started getting youngsters to wear facemasks in their crowded corridors from yesterday. nick ea rdley corridors from yesterday. nick eardley is arab political correspondent in westminster. i want to see if there is any possibility that the government at westminster will follow what is happening in scotland. not at the moment. at the moment the government is saying that they are necessary, there is not the evidence they would be useful. ministers are pointing to the recommendations that teachers maintain social distancing when they are at school and to the fact that most pupils and teachers will be inconsistent groups. they say they do not think it is necessary. that said, there is a mounting pressure on this. you heard it from jeff barton, from the head teachers'

union, suggesting there should be some sort of review into this, with the former tory education secretary justine greening saying the same thing on the airwaves this morning, that it thing on the airwaves this morning, thatitis thing on the airwaves this morning, that it is a sensible move. notjust because of the health benefits, but it might give some parents a bit more confidence that kids are going to be safe at school. we were talking yesterday about how many parents were still really nervous about schools going back in england next week. at the moment the government is holding firm when it comes to schools in england, but there has been pressure on this and we have seen changes before, based on what happened in scotland, with england doing something similar with face coverings in public transport and in shops a couple of weeks after scotland. thank you very much. this message from sam on twitter. my 12—year—old will be wearing his mask in september because he has coronary heart disease. it is his choice and it makes him feel safer after being

shielded for so long. meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of btec students will start to receive their grades from today after the exam board pearson delayed their publication. results for the vocational qualifications were delayed to give the board more time to recalculate after a—level and gcses were based on centre assessed grades. nearly half a million results have been reassessed. donald trump has warned his fellow republicans their opponents may use the coronavirus crisis to "steal" the election for president, due to take place in november. president trump made an hour—long, unscripted speech on the first night of the republican national convention. our us correspondent peter bowes has more. there republican national convention, starring donald trump and members of his family, showcasing all things trump. this is the week the president hopes to win

over new supporters as he lags behind joe biden in the polls. less virtual than the democrats, but still mostly remote, the pared down convention featured a slew of ordinary americans who said the country was better off under donald trump. a health worker, a coffee shop owner and the father of a student killed in a school shooting. president trump made an unscheduled speech at the convention earlier in the day. he repeated his claim that the day. he repeated his claim that the election could be read. they spied on my campaign and you know what they found ? spied on my campaign and you know what they found? nothing. but this is big stuff, this is stealing millions of votes and it is going to be very hard. now, we are at because all over the country and hopefully we havejudges all over the country and hopefully we have judges that will give a fair call because if they give it a fair call, we will win this election. the only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election. we are going to win this

election. we are going to win this election. for his part, the president was my eldest son framed the election as a stark choice between the law and order policies of his dad and those ofjoe biden. it is almost like this election is shaping up to be church, work and school, versus rioting, looting and vandalism, or in the words ofjoe biden and the democrats, peaceful protesting. there was no applause, no cheering supporters in the hole, but the battle lines were clearly drawn. the first night of the republican national convention also showcased black supporters of us president donald trump following the democratic convention that highlighted that party's diversity and characterized the president as racist. among those speaking was american football star herschel walker, talking about his 37—year friendship with donald trump. let's take a listen. it hurts my soul to hear the names that people call donald. the worst one is racist. i take it as a personal insult that people would think i have a 37—year friendship with a racist. people who think that don't know what they're talking about.

brought up in the deep south i've seen racism up close, i know what it is, and it isn't donald trump. some people don't like his style, the way he knocks down obstacles that get in the way of his goals. people on an opposing team didn't like it when i ran over them either, but that's how you get yourjob done. police in the us city of kenosha have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who defied an overnight curfew. it was introduced after violent protests in reaction to the police shooting of a black suspect, jacob blake on sunday. mr blake is in a stable condition in hospital after being shot in the back. earlier, hundreds of people gathered outside the county courthouse as evening fell. some demonstrators threw water bottles and fireworks. jacob bla ke's fiancee spoke of the moment he was shot while the children were in the car. it was two male officers and one female and the two male officers instantly, like, detained him, like,

"put your hands up", like no questions or none of that. and i am just trying to simply get the kids out of the car and i am like, "wait a minute, he didn't do nothing wrong." like, just, you know, "ask some questions first before you pin this man up against the car." and not even saying nothing, and getting the kids in the car, they didn't even know the kids was in the car and i am telling a woman cop, i am like, "can you please...?" "get back before i shoot you, get back." these officers might shoot me, my kids are in the car, two of them. and they are in the car. so the officer grabbed jacob by the t—shirt and turned his head and just shot as many times as he felt like it. it was notjust one shot, "let me just put you there for a little bit." that man literallyjust grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other way and was just shooting him with his hands on his

way and was just shooting him with the kids in the back screaming. a curfew has been in effect in kenosha from 8pm local time. but pauleen le, a reporterfor cbs 58 news, says this has been defied by some protesters. a curfew was in effect of eight o'clock last night. but as you can see behind me, there's still a number of protesters out, maybe about a dozen or so. let me step out of the way so that you can see here, but this is in front of the courthouse here, where you can see there is a barricade of officers confronted by maybe a dozen protesters. at the height of this though, we saw maybe 200, 300 protesters and this is probably as peaceful as it has been for the past maybe four hours or so, before that there were several hours of tear gas and it was met by bottles of water, both glass and plastic, from the protesters here. but in the middle of the night at about 11.30 our time was really when chaos erupted here in kenosha. we counted at least six fires burning in the night sky throughout the city. so the intensity has definitely spread from just this area outside of the courthouse through the entire city, as of day two of these ongoing protests.

a court in new zealand has been hearing another day of testimony from witnesses, survivors and bereaved families from the christchurch shootings. brenton tarrant murdered 51 muslim worshippers when he attacked two mosques last year. the australian gunman pleaded guilty to the murders and is expected to be sentenced on thursday. let's hear some of the family statements. whatever gave the offender the right to take his life away from me for ever? this monster had no right to take my son from me. i have a life sentence now and will forever feel my loss. he stole that safety and security from him, just as he stole our nation's innocence and insulted the manaakitanga of our country. you are already dead to me. whatever punishment you are going to receive in this world, will never be enough. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil

about today's testimony. another very emotionally—charged day in court for that sentence, hearing a mix of anger, of grief and defiance, as many of the survivors and the bereaved families were facing and directing their remarks at brenton tarrant himself, the killer responsible for the christchurch massacre. many mothers spoke to him directly. one of them said that he was dead to her, whatever punishment he was going to get was never going to be enough. another called him a monster and asked what right he had to take her son away from her. we also got a lot of detail about the extent of that devastation from the people in the mosques at the time of the attack, describing what it has been like, describing feeling the pain, knowing they had been shot and seeing friends and family members shot in the mosque and speaking about having to live with these physical injuries for more than a year now.

we also saw the extent of the mental and psychological effect and told this has had on so many people. so many people spoke of how they couldn't go back to normal, that everyday life has become a burden to them. this is what we are seeing now, they speak of flashbacks, they speak of the difficulty that will stay with them for a long time, long after the sentencing. when are we expecting to hear the actual sentence? thejudge that said he won't announce the sentence before thursday. we have another day of testimonies, of impact statements. we are expecting to hear from brenton tarrant himself, who will be representing himself in court after firing his defence staff. no idea what he will say, that is why reporting has been

controlled as to what comes out of the court. that is expected tomorrow or thursday. but we are not getting anything before thursday in terms of the sentence. let's return to our main story — scottish secondary school pupils will have to wear face coverings in corridors, communal areas and school buses from next monday. head teachers in england are calling for clarity as children prepare to go back next week. steve chalke is founder of the oasis trust, which has ordered face masks for all staff and secondary school pupils for use in corridors. hello. why have you taken this decision? we have a responsibility to ta ke decision? we have a responsibility to take responsibility, though it is not that we have chosen to follow the scottish model as opposed to another model. it is that we are responsible for our students and staff and their parents and wider families. so in discussion together we are moving to the place where we believe that this makes our schools

safer than they would otherwise be for everyone. i have a couple of messages. what about the vulnerable children, those with type one diabetes, heart conditions and asthma for example? no individual school should stop them wearing face coverings. surely it is time we used our common sense? i just coverings. surely it is time we used our common sense? ijust got back from spain and everyone wears facemasks everywhere and what i realise is children are so adaptable and groups of young kids run around playing, all wearing face masks like it is normal. why is it being debated? if the evidence is not 100%, so what, what is the harm? do you agree? absolutely, it is all about taking responsibility as well. we have 50 to schools and 32,000 stu d e nts we have 50 to schools and 32,000 students and we have thousands of staff, some with underlying health conditions, and some live in a context where they have a partner, or someone else in their family with

an underlying health issue, and it is our responsibility to make our schools as safe as we possibly can. there is no such thing as being covid-19 there is no such thing as being covid—19 safe, just there is no such thing as being covid-19 safe, just covid-19 there is no such thing as being covid—19 safe, just covid—19 safer. based on our values, our sense of morality, these are the moves that we have chosen and are choosing to make. we are doing it in discussion, so our staff are still arriving back from holidays and we are talking all these things through with them. this is not some kind of mandate handed down from on high. it is a communal discussion about being responsible. how many masks have you ordered for your 52 schools and how much will it cost you ? your 52 schools and how much will it cost you? i am not on our educational executive, the oasis charity does all sorts of things besides run schools and i am a founder. so it has been thought

through nationally and regionally, we work in regions around the country, and locally. we are communicating as fast as we can with all our staff to ensure that they are happy about what we are doing. asi are happy about what we are doing. as i say again, my intention is not to dictate from the centre, but for us to dictate from the centre, but for us all to work sensibly together to create the safest schools we can. are you requiring pupils and staff to wear masks, or are you buying them and saying if you want to wear them, fill your boots? no, what i would say is this. every child in all of our schools wears a uniform. we expect students in our secondary schools to wear ties and blazers. we expect them to wear black shoes and not training shoes. as we make these decisions, they become part of what we do for the safety of everyone. it

is about ourjoint responsibility together. i am still not clear, are you going to require them to wear masks or are you going to leave it up masks or are you going to leave it up to them? what we have done, as i say, iam up to them? what we have done, as i say, i am telling you this is this news emerges. . . say, i am telling you this is this news emerges... it is an ever—changing situation and you are talking to your staff and consulting, consulting, consulting. if enough staff and parents say they think masks are the thing to do, you will go for it? we are saying this is the way we want to go, but i am talking to you before some of our staff will even know about this because that is how fast the news agenda moves. so we will consult with everyone, but to be clear this is the way we are going. right, so uniforms from now on at the oasis trust schools include wearing masks? because we want to create safety. because we want to create safety. because the prime minister has said

to us it is about hands, face and space and to create safe schools we have a moral responsibility to do all we can about hands, faces and creating space. understood. what do you think about the fact that the government in england is insisting that masks are not necessary in schools and yet you have made this decision? our responsibility is to run the 52 schools we have responsibility for. our responsibility for. our responsibility is not to make national policy, we leave it to governments to do that and they get advice and guidance. but our responsibility is to ensure, in as far as we responsibility is to ensure, in as faras we are responsibility is to ensure, in as far as we are able, that every staff member and every student is as safe as they can be in an oasis ko. thank you very much. really clear. his staff and pupils in those 52 schools run by the oasis academy trust will

be wearing masks as soon as they arrive. part of the uniform it will become. part of the uniform it will become. ellie gould was a bright and popular sixth form student who should have turned 18 earlier this year. but in may last year, she was killed in her own home by a former boyfriend. now, reports suggest the uk government is considering increasing minimum sentences for young offenders found guilty of murder. the proposal comes after a campaign from ellie's parents, as john maguire reports. the tributes to her that came from the other children at school sort of reinforce that fact, really, how kind she was and smiley and always incorporated everybody into a group orfriendship group. she didn't like anyone to be unhappy, and as she was, she was that girl with a smile, really. ellie gould should have been embarking on the next chapter of her life. she should have recently received her a—levels alongside herfriends. but in may last year, she was murdered by her ex—boyfriend, stabbed repeatedly in her own home.

this is the worst thing that could ever happen to a parent and especially taken in such a brutal way by somebody that i suppose we trusted, that was supposedly fond of her. and to take away such a beautiful person, such a beautiful soul, is just unforgivable, his actions, unforgivable. her killer, thomas griffiths, had tried to cover his tracks, but he later admitted ellie's murder and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 12 and a half years. although he was 17 at the time of the attack, he was an adult when he went to court for sentencing. ellie's mum is campaigning for a change in the law. we want sentencing for child killers to be tougher, particularly for mature killers. so somebody like griffiths, who was only five months off being 18, who came from a very stable background, very stable parents who, you know,

cared for him, who was intelligent, who did not have any mental health problems, he was cleared by a top psychiatrist, by his barristers. somebody like him who carried out a most brutal, frenzied murder just because he couldn't have his own way, just because ellie didn't want to be his girlfriend any longer, somebody like that should have a much tougher sentence than what he received and should be treated more like an adult. however, he does have a right because he was under 18, to apply to get his sentence reduced halfway through if he behaves himself in prison and we would like to scrap that as well and have that within ellie's law. and carol is welcoming recent reports saying the change named after ellie will be included in a government white paper next month, a precursor to a new law. it is a relief. you know, it does feel ellie will be remembered for the wrong reasons,

but a positive thing going forward. and, you know, other victims will get more justice than we have received for their lost ones. if the law is changed and if it bears ellie's name, it will provide some small solace for her friends and family. john maguire, bbc news, wiltshire. the last night of the proms is a typically british event with thousands of classical music lovers at the concert waving the union flag, singing "rule britannia!" and "land of hope and glory". # land of hope and glory...

this is how it usually sounds inside the royal albert hall in london, but this year orchestral versions of the songs will be performed instead. reports had suggested the bbc might drop the anthems from the programme because of their association with britain's colonial past. bbc proms have promised the songs will be back in their original form when the pandemic is over. our entertainment correspondent colin patersonjoins us now. there will be many young viewers who do not know these anthems, do not know the words and do not know the significance of the words. tell us the background to this. the proms have been going since 1895 and they are broadcast every year on the bbc and they take place at the royal albert hall in london and they celebrate farcical music. they are normally broadcast on radio three and bbc four, but they try and reach out to the younger audience. a

couple of years ago stormzy performed at the proms. they do try and reach out to a wider audience. what happened last night is they took the unusual step of actually announcing the full programme of the last night of the proms because there was always speculation as to what was going to be dropped. it turns out nothing. it will include land of hope and glory and rule britannia, they will be performed, there will be a new orchestral arrangement of land and hope and glory who has just won an oscar. she did the soundtrack to the full monty. it will be performed as part ofa monty. it will be performed as part of a medley which was first performed at the proms in 1905. some people are very upset there will not bea people are very upset there will not be a traditional singalong stop they

are saying the reason is because of social distancing and they will be no audience at the proms, so how can you have a singalong when there is no audience and next year they are hoping an audience will be back and normal service will be resumed with the big singalong. before your line cuts out, how did this story emerge? it has dominated some websites and some newspapers for the past few days. from what you are saying it was never really a story. yes, this weekend they managed to interview the conductor and two quotes from her. she has not spoken again about it. they turned it into a story, saying there was a worry these songs would be dropped. then on monday downing street got involved and the prime minister said it was a decision for the bbc and the proms to make. and then oliver dowden, the culture secretary, got involved,

saying confident —looking nations do not erase their history and they add to it and now we have the proms coming out saying it will be business as usual. there will be orchestral versions to the song. but they are adding new things as well and this year they will add a sung version of you will never walk alone because that has become such a big anthem during lockdown. this is the proms trying to reflect what is going on, working within the restrictions of not having an audience, changing the programme for what they hope will be one year. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: calls on the uk government to review its policy on face coverings in england's schools — as scotland says they will become compulsory in communal areas. the world health organisation says it's for countries to decide. in the united states, republicans begin their national convention with warnings about the country's future

ifjoe biden were to defeat donald trump in november's election. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin, after officers shot a black man in the back. more upsetting testimony from relatives on day two of the sentencing of christchurch gunman. donald trump has accused the democrats trying to steal the us election — as his party formally confirmed his run for a second term in the white house at the republican convention in north carolina. the president lags behind his democratic rivaljoe biden in the opinion polls — so can he use the convention to turn them around? here's some of what mr trump had to say during an hour. we have to win. this is the most important election in the history of our country. this is the biggest, this is it, our country can go in a horrible, horrible direction or in

an even greater direction. and before the plague came in from china, that's where we were going. we were going in a direction like we had never seen, the most successful economy in the history of our country. we can speak now to dr gina yannitell reinhardt, a lecturer in the department of government at the university of essex. hello. good morning. joe biden is ahead in the polls, what can president trump do to turn this around? this is the chance for the republicans to gain what they lost to the democratic national convention. traditionally, that is what they do. they didn't go first, they are going second this year but this is a time when you mobilise the base, and that is what trump is going to do. he gives his people and his supporters exactly what they

wa nt to his supporters exactly what they want to hear and that will regain a lot of his popularity this week. the suggestion the election will be stolen if he doesn't win, this idea it will be rigged, will it work with his base? yes, unfortunately it will. this is the sort of claim he would like to make, it is something he will never test and it cannot be proven. if he wins, he does it in spite of fraud, if he loses, he says he loses because of fraud. nobody can he loses because of fraud. nobody ca n prove he loses because of fraud. nobody can prove it or test it wrong or right. his voters will respond to this, they will believe that voting by mail is a bad idea, they will go to the polls physically, but they will support his efforts to end mail in voting. what about the handling of coronavirus rushing mark and what about the economy? 50 million people have lost their job about the economy? 50 million people have lost theirjob since the pandemic began in earnest. how is

that going to play with voters? that's not going to go well for him. that's not going to go well for him. that's the one thing that seems to transcend, even iconic popularity like he has. the idea that people out of work don't usually vote for the incumbent, otherwise the urge to vote for an incumbent is very strong. so the worse the economy is, the better it is for a challenging presidential campaign. what does donald trump need to do to win? what doesjoe biden donald trump need to do to win? what does joe biden need donald trump need to do to win? what doesjoe biden need to do to win? those are very good questions. the best chance donald trump has of winning is unfortunately rather insidious. we have seen in elections over the past 20 years that a scandal that was announced in the final couple of weeks of the campaign, that largely is completely baseless and unfounded and derailing

a democratic candidate. it happened with hillary clinton four years ago and it happened in 2004 withjohn kerry and the swift boat scandal. what was announced was innocuous, but it was said in such a way as to cause drastic uncertainty and doubt. both times that seriously inhibited the democrat's challenges. so i would not be surprised if trump came out with some sort of non—verifiable, completely unfounded and untrue rumour to attack biden and untrue rumour to attack biden and harris. the best thing they can do to avoid that or counteract that is just be as connected to the people and as open and is present as possible. that is what their convention last week showed, they are doing that. they have a chance to counteract some sort of attack

like that. thank you so much for talking to us and for your time this morning. two people have died, and 60 have been rescued from a building that collapsed in the town of mahad in western india on monday evening. emergency workers are still looking for many more who are still missing, feared trapped under the debris of the five—storey, residential building. yogita limaye is in mumbai and told us more about the rescue operation. witnesses say it came down like a pack of cards and there was a big cloud of dust that accompanied this. a woman who was actually a resident of the building told the reuters agency, how it started shaking and she was barely able to run out with her three daughters before it collapsed. indeed, you can see the pictures, the structure looks completely destroyed. in the early visuals, you could see corrugated tin sheets that appear to have been on the roof of the structure lying amidst a pile of rubble. rescuers have been working through the night, they have been using machines to dig,

earth movers as well. but i have also seen pictures of disaster response personnel using bare hands to try and sort of sift through the wreckage and reach out to people. and they have managed to rescue scores of people in there, but dozens are still feared trapped. dog squads are at the location as well to help reach out to people who might still be trapped. what we have been told is local policemen, as well as residents actually reached the spot quite early and it was because of their help that a lot of people, they did manage to get a lot of people out early on. is there any indication what caused this building to collapse in the way it did? there is a formal investigation that will begin. a police complaint has been filed against the developers

of the building, but early statements that we're seeing from authorities and the minister from the western state of maharashtra, for example, has said that she believes this is because of shoddy construction quality. they will of course, be inquiring whether there was any corruption as far as giving the contract and giving the licence and the occupation certificate, which is a certificate that needs to be given to any building before people can come and start living in it. whether there was any corruption involved, any negligence involved from civic authorities as well. but preliminary, what we are hearing from the government is that it seems to have been poor construction quality. africa will be declared free of the polio virus today. the virus, which causes paralysis in the most severe cases, has finally been wiped out of the entire african region, which covers some 47 countries, after a rigourous immunisation programme lasting several years. the disease now only remains in afghanistan and pakistan. chi chi izundu reports. misbahlawandidi is a polio survivor. he says life has been a challenge

but he hasn't allowed being a victim of polio from preventing him doing what able—bodied people can do. he didn't have the polio vaccine when he was a child, but now, as the president of the national polio survivors association, he is proud to have helped make sure future generations will not have to go through what he did. we ask anybody that hopefully they have seen is, that it is important for you to protect your child cannot be like us, because we know what ourfamily have encountered. today he regularly plays a para— soccer, a game he invented for polio survivors nearly 30 years ago. some of his team—mates he has travelled with around nigeria to encourage parents to have their children vaccinated. many people rejected the polio vaccine, but by the time we approach them for advocacy they see how much we to help people to have health

care in their family. wild polio is a highly infectious virus, typically caught through infected water and it mainly affects children under the age of five. it can cause muscle weakness, but it can also leave some victims with paralysis. there is no cure, but there are vaccinations. getting people vaccinated has been a huge logistical challenge. conflict in nigeria's chad region and suspicions over the vaccine has made the work of health workers difficult. in 2013 nine female health co—workers were shot in a northern city as rumours circulated that the vaccine was a western plot. but a push to bring together religious leaders, government and community workers managed to win back support. since 1996, more than 9 billion oral vaccinations have been provided across africa with more and more countries being declared free from wild polio.

an estimated 1.8 million children have averted the virus. nigeria is the last country in africa hoping to be declared wild polio free. it is really not only a massive moment for nigerians, but the whole of humanity. i know that all africans everywhere are jubilating that we have been able to do this finally. the struggle to declare africa free from wild polio has taken decades and just at the finish line the coronavirus emerged. there were fears health care resources would be redirected to fight covid, but despite the pandemic africa remained on track and today hopes to celebrate good news. peter hawkins is from unicef in nigeria. is nigeria going to be declared polio free today? it will indeed, victoria. it is a momentous occasion

after decades of the government in nigeria and its different parts, with the support of unicef, the who and other partners, we have been working day in and day out to try and make this to happen as quickly as possible. but it is only the beginning and while the polio virus will be declared, nigeria will be declared wild polio virus free today, there are many other challenges in the whole area of polio and vaccinations against preve nta ble polio and vaccinations against preventable diseases, it is critical we start moving forward very quickly. go ahead, tell us about them. the issue of trying to vaccinate children on a regular basis, routine immunisation against preve nta ble basis, routine immunisation against preventable diseases has been a challenge. over the past three yea rs, challenge. over the past three years, the government has done a lot with our support to try and make the routine immunisation the mainstay of what is happening in nigeria, to prevent children from dying of preve nta ble prevent children from dying of

preventable diseases. we have succeeded, polio is part of that plot, but it is not the final thing. while we celebrate today and it is important to do that, tomorrow we must reinvigorate the immunisation to stop polio re—emerging. there is environmental polio as well as other strains, but also to stop children dying from measles and other preve nta ble dying from measles and other preventable diseases that cost so many children their lives every year in nigeria. what can polio due to an individual? it can, as your film has just shown, the onset of paralysis and taking away the life of a child right from the beginning so they cannot participate in normal ways. a lot is done in nigeria to make sure those children can participate, but to prevent it and what today shows, vaccine can have an impact. what we need to do is ensure that impact is

sustained right across all children for future sustained right across all children forfuture generations, not sustained right across all children for future generations, not only from polio, but other preventable diseases that are so common in a country like nigeria. most of the cases of polio last year where in pakistan, i understand, cases of polio last year where in pakistan, iunderstand, presumably that will be the focus next and afghanistan? pakistan and afghanistan? pakistan and afghanistan have to remain the focus but countries like nigeria to prevent polio from returning, to ensure the other strains of polio, especially environmental strains and the hygiene specific areas do not re—emerge, but also for the preve nta ble re—emerge, but also for the preventable diseases that do cost, it is over 750,000 children under five die a year of these preventable diseases. thank you very much, peter hawkins, unicef representative in nigeria.

the headlines on bbc news... calls on the uk government to review its policy on face coverings in england's schools — as scotland says they will become compulsory in communal areas. the world health organization says it's for countries to decide. in the united states republicans begin their national convention with warnings about the country's future ifjoe biden were to defeat donald trump in november's election. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin, after officers shot a black man in the back. three months after the death of george floyd, most officers in the us are still legally allowed to use neck restraints. the civil rights activist reverend al sharpton is trying to change that. he's also leading a march on washington this friday, to mark the 57th anniversary of dr martin luther kings historic march. larry madowo sat down with reverend sharpton in new york.

when i see raleigh now and march is now with as many whites as blacks, it shows me there is something different going on. what sort of national legislation do you need to avoid another george floyd? you need legislation to say it is a felony to co m press legislation to say it is a felony to compress someone and cause their death, which is a chokehold or knee in the neck. you need national legislation that it is a felony. we need national legislation, federal legislation that say when a policeman is accused in a crime, his record is transparent to see if he has had complaints before. you need to ta ke has had complaints before. you need to take away the immunity where they cannot personally be sued. there is debate whether police in america are systemically racist or there are a few bad apples? if there is no law, it doesn't matter. because whether they are systemically racist or not,

they are systemically racist or not, they can do racist things and the system is not built to hold them accountable. a lot has been achieved in that time, why do you keep harping on this issue, why can't you talk about the progress that has been made? because the progress was made because people kept hopping on the issues. the progress did not hop out of the sky and the fact that you have george floyd, the fact we are still disproportionately unemployed, the fact that we are still the ones that die at the higher rate during covid—19 means we have not achieved equality. one of the criticisms has some people saying, you do this every time there is another black person killed by the police, you are first on the scene, it is all about publicity for you ? first on the scene, it is all about publicity for you? yes it is, i am on the scene for publicity because thatis on the scene for publicity because that is what the families call me for. nobody calls me to keep a secret, they want it out there. tell my critics, they have finally got

it. these two accuse the civil rights leaders in the 60s of the same thing. ourjob is to put public attention on these grievances, that is absolutely right. guilty as charged. what is your message to america at this moment? doctor king's dream that you romanticise has not been achieved. come with the families that have been abused that say our demonstrations must lead to legislation, we cannot have reconciliation without legislation. the law must change. charities here in the uk say people with obsessive compulsive disorder have been particularly badly affected during lockdowon. mental health organisations say they've seen a huge rise in demand for support — with ocd action saying it had to double the services it provides since the outbreak. luxmy gopal reports. lynn's obsessive compulsive disorder affects nearly every aspect of her life — at home, at work, evenjust sitting down for a chat. i have to put cream on,

which is a barrier which enables me to come out. it protects me from the germs. as well as fears around contamination, her symptoms involve repeatedly checking, for example, that the door is locked. come out, lock the door, go to the gate, go back to the door, go to the gate, cos it's always three times. and then if i set off to, say to work, and i get to the end of the street, if someone has parked a car that i know shouldn't be there, then i have to go back gate, start again. things deteriorated after her daughter died of sepsis. my eldest daughter passed away in 2004 of septicaemia, which, i know, is something to do with germs in the blood. and that made it worse. then i got depressed. i started to clean at two o'clock in the morning because i thought germs would get into the house. when my grandkids come, when my daughters come, they have to strip off at the door

so i can put their clothes in the washer, so they don't contaminate the house. lynn is far from alone. around three quarters of a million people in the uk have ocd. it's used in quite a throwaway terms in modern language, and actually the condition of obsessive compulsive disorder is something when your symptoms become enduring, when it's causing you pain, when it's causing you upset, that's when it's bordering on to a mental health condition and one that can be quite serious. and their mental health has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic, according to a study by the charity mind, which found that compared to people without the condition, those with ocd were 16% more likely to get anxiety about contracting coronavirus, 11% more likely to worry about their family getting it and 70% more likely to find it harder to get mental health support during the pandemic. we have to double the amount of groups that we're running and our volunteers are doing extra shifts to try to meet that demand. and we only expect that demand to keep increasing as we ease out of lockdown. for a lot of people with ocd it

might feel like their fears have become very real. and i don't imagine that for a lot of people coming out of lockdown will necessarily mean, you know, the end of their worries about the pandemic. lynn fears she may have to take more precautions as lockdown eases. there are a lot of people helping to stop the germs because they are doing what they are supposed to be doing. when they stop doing that at the world will get back to where there are still a lot of germs out there. luxmy gopal, bbc news. many people are still working from home, and a few companies have made that permanent. but what does it mean for office buildings? in the latest in our series looking at the world of work, samira hussain considers the impact the pandemic is having on commercial office space in new york city. hudson yards is one of new york city's newest, high—end real estate developments. but the coronavirus pandemic emptied its plush offices as soon as it opened as everyone started working from home.

philippe fisher, though, is convinced the building's high—tech tools will lure people back into the workplace. so the signage beckons you in, there is an infrared camera that already takes your temperature, you don't have to break your stride. and this is the morphoray technology that let's you go in and it calls an elevator so you can go straight up. so when people do return to the office they won't have to touch anything on the way in. it's really a medical issue right now, it's not a real estate issue. we have done everything we can to make them comfortable and they are starting to come back, so we have had total rent collection from all of our tenants and it hasn't been an issue at all. not yet anyway. but while tenants may be paying their rent, along with other real estate firms it is urging new york's big employers to get their workers back in. if we are heading to a world where manhattan offices are full and the big apple is once again bursting at the seams, there is very little evidence of that right now. this subway station was once thronged with commuters. now not so much.

up on street level the businesses that depend on office workers are clinging on at best. take this smoke and vape shop, the store manager says business is down more than 75% because people are working from home. the customers he does see are buying small, lower cost items. the offices have been empty and so these days it has been a ridiculous situation in respect of the business. there is no walk in and such, there is no movement at all. the thai restaurant next door says the same thing. without office workers the business model does not work. like, lunchtime we normally have a crowd. it is almost like 80% we depend on them and 20% is like tourists or residential at night time and we have lost almost 75% of it. across manhattan that

story repeats itself. amongst other things, new york city is the biggest collection of offices in the world. if they remain empty, the local economy of america's economic capital will not recover. thank you for your messages this morning. scotland has decided face coverings will be compulsive in secondary schools from next monday in communal areas. will the government in the uk change their minds? anthony says, they probably will, it seems we are behind other countries where facts, data and common sense are concerned. children of any age, says michaela on e—mail, should not wear masks. the stats and science don't support it. our children are not to be used to appease the

hysteria of fearful adults. one more, deborah says my son's school says he is not allowed to wear a mask, it is not optional. the building is old, overcrowded and poorly ventilated. i was ready to send him back, but not now. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. storm francis is having an impact on our weather already. we are looking at torrential downpours and also some very strong gusts of wind. storm francis will cross most of the uk through the course of the day, tonight and leaving our shores tomorrow bringing very strong winds, heavy rain and the likelihood of disruption. this deepening area of low pressure is storm francis. you can see all isobars associated with it and weather fronts bringing rain and the rain moving northwards. when you see green and yellow, we are looking at heavy bursts and this will bring in more rain to northern

ireland, wales and northern england through the day. south of that, something brighter will come our way with a few showers but it will be gusty, even into the afternoon. with exposure across the english channel, south—west england and wales we have gusts up to 70 mph. inland, gusts of 50 miles an hour, 42 in the rain. nasty travelling conditions across the trans— pennine routes and wind strengthening across eastern scotland, gusting to 50 mph with this rain as well. the driest and sunniest conditions will be across the far north of scotland. temperatures today are academic but we are looking at 13 to 23. as we head through the evening and overnight, this area of low pressure, storm francis, slowly sta rts pressure, storm francis, slowly starts to move in the direction of the north sea but it will still bring us some rain and the gusts of wind will still be strong. maybe just a little bit less than during the day, but you'll still hear the wind howling. going to be a mild night, overnight lows of eight to 15. on wednesday, storm francis

heading off to the near continent, but we have an array of isobars and that means it will be a gusty start to the day once again. particularly in eastern areas where we could have gusts up to 30 to 40 mph. in the west, high pressure building in, so things are settling down with some sunshine. it will settle down as we go through the day in the east. temperatures, 13 to 23 degrees. on thursday, two areas of rain moving out of northern ireland across north wales, northern england and southern scotland. another one coming in across the south—west later in the day, this one will also have gusty winds around it. temperatures 12 in the north to 19 in the south.

this is bbc news with joanna gosling, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. calls on the uk government to review its policy on face coverings in england's schools, as scotland says they will become compulsory in communal areas. one academy group takes matters into their own hands and buys in masks. in the united states, republicans begin their national convention, with warnings about the country's future ifjoe biden were to defeat donald trump in november's election. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin, after officers shot a black man in the back.

just one shot, let me put you down for a little bit! that man literally just grabbed him by his shirt. with the kids in the back screaming! more powerful testimony from relatives on day two of the sentencing of the gunman who killed 51 people at two mosques in new zealand. whatever gave the offender the right to take his life away from me forever? this monster had no right to take my son from me. i have a life sentence now and will forever feel my loss. and the trial of manchester united captain harry maguire over a brawl in greece begins on the island of syros, in his absence, after he returned home.

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. pupils and staff in scotland's secondary schools will have to wear masks in corridors and communal areas from next monday. head teachers in england are calling for clarity as children prepare to go back next week. here's what other countries are doing: in france, pupils over the age of 11 need to wear a mask at all times in school, as do teachers. in germany, masks are recommended for pupils aged 15 and over. some regions have made masks compulsory, though only one says masks must be worn in classrooms. in denmark, children and teachers were not required to wear masks when schools reopened, and there was no rise in infections. and in the us, face coverings are recommended in schools by the centre of disease control, but they are not mandatory. back to the uk and this

report from andy moore. in some schools in scotland, masks are already being warned. that view is supported by a senior adviser with the government's scientific committee. for teenagers, we don't have the evidence that this is useful. think we need to look at the way that teenagers transmit this virus. the evidence that they transmit in schools is not very high. there are interesting issues about the difference between in school and out of school. and i get that actually people are worried about young people and teenagers and their behaviour, but actually very little evidence for the use of masks in schools. but that official view is coming under pressure, especially after the announcement by scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon that coverings were set to be used in secondary schools in corridors and shared areas. the asc l head

teachers union said the guidance in england was silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils wanted to wear a covering. the union is calling on the government to review its guidelines, bearing in mind the advice from the world health organization. what we are saying is that children under 12, between 12 and five years old can wear masks where appropriate and when asked to, but it is very important to ensure they know how to use them, they know how to remove them, they know to wash their hands before they put them on, they know to wash their hands before they take them off. and they need to be provided a bag that they need to be provided a bag that they can put them in so that they can close the mask with the outside colouring in the bag. a downing street spokesman has ruled out any review on masks in schools. there area review on masks in schools. there are a range of other measures in place, including children stay inconsistent groups. cleaning and hygiene measures, she added, would further reduce the risk of

transmission. some schools are taking matters into their own hands. steve chalke is founder of the oasis trust, which runs 52 schools in england. he says they've ordered face masks for all staff and secondary school pupils to use in corridors, to ensure everyone's safety. every child in all of our schools wears a uniform. we expect students in our secondary schools to wear ties and blazers. we expect them to wear black shoes and not training shoes or other issues. as we make these decisions, they become part of what we do for the safety of everyone. it is about ourjoint responsibility together. our political correspondent, nick eardley, is at westminster. again, scotland has moved before england going anywhere on an issue, and there is now pressure on westminster to introduce masks in

english schools. what is the reaction? they are not doing it at the moment because the argument ministers make is they have put some mitigations in place like schoolchildren and teachers are staying in separate groups, adding to the mix the fact that i will be social distancing between adults in a school. and they say," look that is enough to make sure the virus isn't a problem within schools." as you say, there is some pressure on this, there are some schools, as you just heard, that are taking matters into their own hands and recommending that this is done will stop there are unions saying that this should be kept under review. we have also heard from the former tory education secretaryjustine have also heard from the former tory education secretary justine greening who has been saying that notjust for safety purposes, also just to give parents and kids a bit more confidence about going back to school that it might be a good idea to have face coverings in those communal areas where different year

groups and different classes might be mixing. as you pointed out there, this isn't the first time that scotla nd this isn't the first time that scotland has moved first on a face coverings. the same thing happened with the face coverings on public transport and in shops. at the moment, ministers are saying look at what public health england is telling us, they are not telling us it isa telling us, they are not telling us it is a good idea at the moment. in fa ct, it is a good idea at the moment. in fact, in some ways, it may be a bad idea because if people aren't using masks properly in schools, it may accidentally lead to transmission of the virus and have an impact on communication between young people as well. i don't think it is impossible that there is a movement on this at some point, and ministers aren't rolling it out completely, they are just saying that at the moment the science in england isn't there. presentation only, at the least, are there concerns within government about the way things have played out whether has been a firm line on several issues in london that they will not be a change and

then there has been a change following on from a lead elsewhere? the face coverings in shops was the best example of that work on the friday boris johnson best example of that work on the friday borisjohnson was hinting at it, then the ministers said they shouldn't, then on monday he announced it. these things haven't a lwa ys announced it. these things haven't always been done in the most straightforward way by the uk government. i think there is a legitimate argument that they are doing what the scientists tell them. and as far as these decisions go, they are relying on a public health england and the advice that is coming forward. i think scotland is taking a different approach with the government there often talking about being more cautious in taking decisions before the science was unanimous that it was necessary. at the same time, these things have been moving quite quickly, the face covering science in the uk anyway did seem to change quite dramatically from the start of the pandemic turnout. as i say, it is

not impossible that it will change again, notjust not impossible that it will change again, not just because not impossible that it will change again, notjust because of the health implications in controlling the virus, but also quite simply because some parents are still looking for some reassurances, some extra confidence to send their kids are back, and this may provide it. thanks. let's go to scotland where, as we were saying, pupils and staff in secondary schools are going to have to wear masks in corridors and communal areas from next monday. what has the reaction been to this decision? broadly speaking, the reaction amongst many people has been quite positive. the schools start earlier here in scotland, the summer holidays finish a little earlier. interesting hearing nick talking about the missing measures in place or schools down in england. they were and have been in place for schools up here as well. there is extra cleaning going on, there is extra cleaning going on, there is extra washing of hands, adults, teachers and staff have to keep

their distance from each other. and from children. but over the past few days, we have seen the mood music change when it comes to masks, and today, the confirmation that from next monday, there will be mandatory rules for children in secondary schools. children won't be exempt if they don't wear them, children will be able to be excluded from that rule for health reasons for instance. but the education secretaryjohn swinney instance. but the education secretary john swinney up instance. but the education secretaryjohn swinney up here really being driven by two things, and they are that despite the mitigating measures in place, have still been in these pictures of crowded corridors and communal areas during break times. children unable to physically distance from each other. and secondly, advice that came out from the world health organization at the weekend saying that children aged 12 and over should wear face coverings like adults, particularly if they can't physically distance. so the

education secretary saying that what the government here is doing is keeping pace with the emerging scientific advice. i think there are individual parents that do perhaps have concerns about this measure, but broadly speaking, i think people are supportive of the move. as you mention, schools in scotland are going back before england and elsewhere, and there have been in some cases of covid—19 in schools. in one case in particular, 22 affected by the outbreak. what has been the reaction to those? they are being very closely monitored. that school in dundee that you mentioned, i think the number of positive cases associated with the school are up to 27. mostly adults. the school has been closed for deep cleaning. the scottish government keen to emphasise that, at this stage, they believe those cases at that school and smaller cases at other schools involving individual classes are

related to community transmission rather than transmission of the virus within the school itself. but of course, that is what all of these measures are in place for, to try and prevent transmission taking hold within the school environments. that isa within the school environments. that is a very last thing they want to see happen, because the scottish government and indeed the other governments here in the uk have been saying that keeping schools open is their top priority. so they are watching those positive cases that are associated with community transmission around schools very closely. i think we can perhaps expect those numbers to take up a little bit further, but at the moment, they say they don't believe it is to do with transmission in the school environment itself. thank you very much. meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of btec students in britain will start to receive their grades from today after the exam board pearson delayed their publication. results for the vocational

qualifications were delayed to give the board more time to recalculate after a—level and gcse results were based on centre—assessed grades. nearly 500,000 results have been reassessed. let me bring you some breaking news about birmingham where the city council says it will now implement new enhanced measures from tomorrow to try to restrict the spread of covid—19 in the city. it follows a meeting with the government's gold command support. the council says it will shut pubs and restaurants which don't comply with restrictions and close outdoor spaces where necessary. the weekly covid—19 infection rate has fallen in the city by nearly one third since it was put on the government watch list. but there have been concerns after more than 70 parties in birmingham were disrupted by police. soa birmingham were disrupted by police. so a new enhanced measures being brought in from tomorrow. donald trump has warned his fellow republicans their opponents may use

the coronavirus crisis to ‘steal‘ the election for president — due to take place in november. president trump made an hour—long, unscripted speech on the first night of the republican national convention. our us correspondent peter bowes has more. we come together tonight to imagine a future... the republican national convention, starring donald trump and members of his family, showcasing all things trump. this is the week the president hopes to win over new supporters as he lags behind joe biden in the polls. with the help of slickly produced video and patriotic messages, the theme of the night was land of promise. join us over the next four nights as we write the next chapter in our journey. and share our vision as the greatest country with the greatest citizens that attain greatest achievements. less virtual than the democrats, but still mostly remote,

the pared—down convention featured a slew of ordinary americans, who said the country was better off under donald trump. a health worker, a coffee shop owner, and the father of a student killed in a school shooting. at the white house, my family and i sat with the president is the oval office and told him about meadow. i told him what we knew, i told him that his administration needed to take a closer look at what went wrong and why. and i got to see who president trump really is. he is a good man and a great listener, and he cuts through the bs. president trump made an unscheduled speech at the convention earlier in the day. he repeated his claim that the election could be rigged. they spied on my campaign. you know what they found? nothing. but this is big stuff. this is stealing millions of votes, and it's going to be very hard. now we're in courts all over the country, and hopefully we have

judges that are going to give it a fair call, because if they give it a fair call, we're going to win this election. the only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election. we're going to win this election. mr trump will accept his party's nomination in a speech on thursday. but he also appeared during the first night, drawing on his experience as a reality tv host. he introduced front line workers, and a group of americans released from captivity overseas during his presidency. and i'm very pleased to let everybody know that we brought back over 50 hostages from 22 different countries. in keeping with the theme of the night, kimberly guilfoyle, the girlfriend of donald trumer, gave an exuberant speech about her vision for the country as the daughter of immigrants. like my parents, you can achieve your american dream. stand for an american president who is fierce, who believes in you,

and who loves this country and will fight for her! the best is yet to come! nikki haley, the former us ambassador to the united nations, addressed race relations — the issue at the heart of weeks of protests in america after the police killing of george floyd. the american people know we can do better, and of course we value and respect every black life. the black cops who have been shot in the line of duty, they matter. the black small business owners who have watched their life's work go up in flames, they matter. the black kids who have been gunned down on the playground, their lives matter too. and their lives are being ruined and stolen by the violence on our streets. for his part, the president's eldest son framed the election as a stark choice between the law and order policies of his dad, and those ofjoe biden.

it's almost like this election is shaping up to be church, work, and school versus rioting, looting, and vandalism. or, in the words of biden and the democrats, "peaceful protesting". there was no applause, no cheering supporters in the hall, but the battle lines were clearly drawn. storm francis has hit parts of the uk and ireland, leaving homes flooded in south wales and causing widespread travel disruption. firefighters in carmarthenshire have rescued a group of campers close to ‘fast—flowing water‘ in the town of saint clears. strong winds and high waves have battered the coastline near the hook lighthouse in county wexford in southern ireland. four flood warnings are in place in south wales, and a met office yellow weather warning is in place for most of the uk. with me is our weather presenter, louise lear. talk us through what the impact has been so far. the second named storm

within a week, and if we look at francis in a little more detail, i wa nt to francis in a little more detail, i want to try to clarify some of the issues that we are going to see for the remainder of the day. storm francis arrived through the night, quite a significant area of low pressure. it moved its weight steadily northwards and has brought a lot of heavy widespread rain overnight. in some areas, at least a couple of inches. i'm sure the rainfall totals will start to pep up. you can just rainfall totals will start to pep up. you canjust how see rainfall totals will start to pep up. you can just how see widespread the rainfall was over the last few hours. it is going to drift its way into northern ireland, northern england and central scotland, and will pretty much sit there through most of the afternoon, slowly drifting eastwards. the rainfall is going to be significant, that is where we have some weather warnings out. these weather warnings, yellow warning is issued by the met office affecting southern scotland, northern ireland and north—west england and northern wales, that is for rain, that could lead to localised flooding, heavy rain is expected through this afternoon. but it is not just expected through this afternoon. but it is notjust the rain, it is the

win's. and just like we had last week, we have a huge storm system coming through, the strength of the wind is quite unusual for this time of year. we are going to widely see gusts of wind around 50 mph, but on the exposed coast, 60 or possibly up to 70 mph. we have a different weather warning issued by the met office for england and wales. the pollen is at this time of year that trees are in full leaf. if you have a60or trees are in full leaf. if you have a60 or70 trees are in full leaf. if you have a 60 or 70 mile per hour wind, trees could take down power cables. we have speed restrictions in some areas with the rail services in wales. and the rail service between swa nsea wales. and the rail service between swansea and bridgend at the moment has been temporarily suspended due to the flooding. there are some major issues with this storm which will continue through the rest of the afternoon. it feels like summer is over. it is unusual but not

unprecedented. in 2018 on the 10th of august and in 2019 on the 10th of august, we had gusts of wind of similar speeds. i don't know if you remember the festival in cornwall which had to be cancelled. it isn't unusual, rather it is unusual but not unprecedented. we have a strong jet stream at the moment which is sitting much further south than usual. we talk about this as being a high ribbon of moving air. that, interlinked with added moisture from the hurricane is that are developing at the moment and moving through the atlantic, is just producing a lot of energy and hence the reason we are naming these storms, to say to people that you need to be aware that these could have quite an impact. it is nice to be able to give a impact. it is nice to be able to givea name impact. it is nice to be able to give a name to the thing which is having an impact on our lives, isn't it? police in the us city of kenosha have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who defied an overnight curfew.

it was introduced after violent protests in reaction to the police shooting of a black suspect, jacob blake on sunday. mr blake is in a stable condition in hospital after being shot in the back. earlier, hundreds of people gathered outside the county courthouse as evening fell. some demonstrators threw water bottles and fireworks. jacob blake's fiancee spoke of the moment he was shot while the children were in the car. inaudible i'm really sorry, we have technical issues with that. we will try to fix that and bring that to you when we can. a curfew has been in effect in kenosha from 8pm local time. but pauleen le, a reporterfor cbs 58 news, says this has been defied by some protesters. the curfew was in effect as of 8pm last night, but as you can see behind me, there are still a number of protesters out, maybe about a dozen or so. let me step out of the way so that you can see here, but this is in front of the courthouse here where you can see there is a barricade of officers

confronted by about maybe a dozen protesters. at the height of it, we saw maybe 200, 300 protesters, and this is probably as peaceful as it has been for the past maybe four hours. before that, there were several hours of tear gas, it was met by bottles of water and plastic from the protesters here. but in the middle of the night, atabout 11:30pm ourtime was when chaos erupted here in kenosha. we counted at least six fires burning in the night sky. the intensity has spread from this area outside the courthouse through the entire city as day two of these ongoing protests. it was two male officers and one female and the two male officers instantly, like, detained him, like, "put your hands up", like no questions or none of that.

and i am just trying to simply get the kids out of the car and i am like, "wait a minute, he didn't do nothing wrong." like, just, you know, "ask some questions first before you pin this man up against the car. "and not even saying nothing," and getting the kids in the car, they didn't even know the kids was in the car and i am telling a woman cop, i am like, "can you please...? "get back before i shoot you, get back. "these officers might shoot me, my kids are in the car, two of them. and they are in the car. so the officer grabbed jacob by the t—shirt and turned his head and just shot as many times as he felt like it. it was notjust one shot, "let me just put you there for a little bit." that man literallyjust grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other way and was just shooting him with his hands up and the kids in the back screaming. that was the fiancee of jacob blake. a court in new zealand has been hearing another day

of testimony from witnesses, survivors and bereaved families from the christchurch shootings. brenton tarrant murdered 51 muslim worshippers when he attacked two mosques last year. the australian gunman pleaded guilty to the murders and is expected to be sentenced on thursday. let's hear some of the family statements. whatever gave the offender the right to take his life away from me forever? this monster had no right to take my son from me. i have a life sentence now and will forever feel my loss. he stole that safety and security from him, just as he stole our nation's innocence and insulted the manaakitanga of our country. he is not showing any remorse. so please use all of your power. i spoke to the prime minister when she came to visit. please, i beg you to give him hate high punishment. —— i

beg you to give him a high punishment. you are already dead to me. whatever punishment you are going to receive in this world, will never be enough. our correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil has more on today's testimony. another very emotionally charged day today in court for that sentence hearing. a mix of anger, grief and defiance, really, as many other survivors and the families were facing and directing their remarks at brenton tarrant himself, the killer responsible for the christchurch massacre. many mothers spoke to him directly. one of the mothers said he was dead to her, whatever punishment he was going to get wasn't going to be enough. another called him a monster and asked what right he had to take her son away from her. we also got a lot of details about the extent of that devastation, from the individual vantage points really of those who were in the mosques at the time of the attack,

describing what it has been like, feeling the pain, knowing they had been shot, seeing friends and family members shot in the mosques, talking about having to live with these physical injuries for more than a year now. but we also saw the extent of the mental and psychological effect and toll this has had on so many people. so many people spoke of how the couldn't go back to normal, that everyday life has become a burden to them. and this is what we are seeing now, that they speak of flashbacks, the difficulty that will stay with them for a long time, long after this sentencing. the judge said he won't announce a sentence before thursday. we have another day of testimony, impact statements, then we expect to hearfrom brenton tarrant himself, who is going to represent himself at court after firing his defence staff. no idea what he will say, that is why reporting has been

quite controlled of what comes out of court. that is expected tomorrow or thursday, but we are not getting anything before thursday in terms of a sentence. the last night of the proms is a typically british event, with thousands of classical music lovers at the concert waving the union flag, singing "rule britannia!" and "land of hope and glory". this is how it usually sounds inside the royal albert hall in london, but this year, orchestral versions of the songs will be performed instead. reports had suggested the bbc might drop the anthems from the programme because of their association with britain's colonial past. bbc proms have promised the songs will be back in their original form when the pandemic is over. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, joins us now. was this not about sensitivities around the words? what was this all

about? the proms were saying it was about? the proms were saying it was about social distancing, the fact there is no audience allowed inside there is no audience allowed inside the royal albert hall for the last night of the proms meant they couldn't be a sing along to the songs. so they took the step last night of trying to quash the discussion by releasing the last night of the proms programme and confirming that both the land of hope and glory and rule britannia will be performed. there will be a new orchestral version of land of hope and glory, by someone who was an 80s pop group and won an oscar for the soundtrack to the full monty. yes, there will be no vocals, there will be no singalong to those songs, but they say next year they hope the audience will be back and those songs will be sung along to in their usual way. there has been a debate about the nature of the

songs, you wonder whether that will spring up again anyway. it was first in the 1960s that the bbc raised the idea of dropping these songs because of the links to colonialism in the past. at that time, the public came out and past. at that time, the public came outand said, past. at that time, the public came out and said, "this is nonsense, the bbc has run the songs every year." apart from 2001, i believe, the year of 9/11. it was decided it was inappropriatejust to of 9/11. it was decided it was inappropriate just to run them for that one year. but every other year. there will be a debate every year, and it will be tricky decisions to be made. but what the proms are saying is that the songs will appear in instrument reform. and you will never walk alone will be sung by a soprano on the last night. an acknowledgement of how much of an anthem that song became during lockdown this year. it will be very moving. thank you.

hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: calls on the uk government to review its policy on face coverings in england's schools, as scotland says they will become compulsory in communal areas. the world health organization says it is for countries to decide. in the united states, republicans begin their national convention with warnings about the country's future ifjoe biden were to defeat donald trump in november's election. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin, after officers shot a black man in the back. more upsetting testimony from relatives on day two of the sentencing of christchurch gunman. donald trump has accused the democrats trying to steal the us general election, as his party formally anointed his run for a second term in the white house at the republican

national convention. in an hour—long unscripted speech, trump repeated his disputed claims that a rise in mail—in ballots could lead to voter fraud, and attacked his democratic challengerjoe biden as a radical. here's some of what mr trump had to say last night. we have to win. this is the most important election in the history of our country. this is the biggest. this is it. our country can go on a horrible, horrible direction or in an even greater direction. before the plague came in from china, that's where we were going. we were going in a direction like we had never seen. the most successful economy in the history of our country. trump is lagging behind his democratic rivaljoe biden in the opinion polls. so can he use the convention to turn them around? we can speak now to greg swenson from republicans abroad. thank you very much forjoining us.

we have had a taster of him, and are long unscripted and an scheduled speech that he delivered, in which he did accuse the democrats of trying to steal the election. the commissioner of the federal election commission said there is no basis that of the conspiracy theory that voting by mail will lead to fraud. there could be delays because of cuts to the postal service. this is characterisation helpful?” cuts to the postal service. this is characterisation helpful? i don't think it is too helpful to get too bogged down, i think it is more of a distraction. it is not that there has been cuts to the post office. the post office has been losing money for a long time and it has been supported by the treasury because of that. these changes in the post office have been going on for decades. i think what the democrats have done is made an issue

of the post office where it really shouldn't be. sorry to interrupt. going into an election in a well established democracy talking about the opposition potentially stealing the opposition potentially stealing the election because of fraud, is that helpful? what does that do to voters and their faith in the system ? voters and their faith in the system? i don't think that it is useful to talk too much about the post office. i think it is worth mentioning that having additional or universal mail—in voting does open up universal mail—in voting does open up the process to a greater risk of fraud, or evenjust up the process to a greater risk of fraud, or even just mistakes, joanna. if you look back at the democratic primary is new york and newjersey in june and july, democratic primary is new york and newjersey injune and july, there was a 28% rejection rate on balance. that is nothing to do with the president and very little to do with the post office. the post office is fine. it isjust the post office. the post office is fine. it is just a voting facilities are not capable of handling that kind of volume. you have to make

sure that the deadlines are properly arranged in the president isjust making it clear that there very well could be problems if we have universal voting. we are not talking about absentee voting, just additional universal footing. about absentee voting, just additional universalfooting. it about absentee voting, just additional universal footing. it is just a risk. i don't think it is unreasonable to point that out. just a risk. i don't think it is unreasonable to point that outm sets up a situation to wear the result might not be accepted. of course he will accept the result if it isa course he will accept the result if it is a free and fair election. in 2,000 when there was a dispute in florida and al gore sued to have a recount, those things can happen. they happened in 2,000, it wasn't that long ago. of course it if it is a free and fair election, the president will accept if he is defeated, but i can understand both sides would be concerned about voter fraud or even about problems processing the votes. it doesn't even have to be fraudulent, when you

have 27% rejection rate in patterssen, those are democratic primaries. that is the reason that vice president biden has hired 600 lawyers already. there were three key areas that republicans try to face down at the convention. the first was has the president mishandled covid—19, is he inflaming racial tensions in the united states, and the third was whether he has empathy. the point in all of those areas as you can always find exa m ples to those areas as you can always find examples to back up both sides. is the point to the voters have made up their minds now after four years of trumping office and the polls are indicating thatjoe biden is quite far in front, particularly notjust nationally but also in the key swing states ? nationally but also in the key swing states? you bring up a really good point about the fact that a lot of voters have made up their minds already. i would totally agree with that. i wouldn't agree thatjoe

biden is up dramatically in the polls. he was up considerably six weeks ago, eight weeks ago. the gap has narrowed quite a bit also in the swing states. the president in many respects as well within the margin of error so i'm not too worried about that. it is very similar to his metrics back in 2016. in terms of his persuadable voters, it is a good point. most people have made up their mind. these conventions will do some good in terms of delivering actual data, clarifying what he has done. you mention the pandemic. if he can clarify what he has actually said, not what the media said he said, not what the media said he said, and more importantly what he has done, it is a pretty good opportunity to do that. will it swing a lot of voters? probably not. most people have made up their minds. ido most people have made up their minds. i do think some good will come out of the convention this

week, and that might help with turnout. the president is enjoying an enthusiasm gap overjoe biden, so that could help with turnout. in terms of changing the minds of people, it is a tough one to call at this point. obviously there has been a lot of controversy over his presidency, back in conspiracy theories, talking about unproven treatments for covid—19. do you ally yourself with that? how do you see that? it is the lack of attention to detail, isn't it? sure, he does not do well when he is unscripted. what you will see at the convention over the next three nights as he sticks to the script a bit more. when he does and he is deliberate about what he is actually done, and karl rove wrote a great

piece about this, what he has actually done is basically thejoe biden programme for addressing corona. it is amusing that the press and many in the media have made it sound like the president has bungled the response to the pandemic, when in fact if you look at the data and look at the numbers and look at his accomplishments, he has handled it quite well. the convention might be a great opportunity to deliver that message. what are you saying, then? if he follows a script and is doing what he should do he is doing the right thing, but when he speaks as himself off—the—cuff, he is talking ina way himself off—the—cuff, he is talking in a way that you do not see as helpful. i am just in a way that you do not see as helpful. i amjust saying he in a way that you do not see as helpful. i am just saying he doesn't have the oratory skills are for example president obama, who was a gifted speaker. andrew cuomo, the governor of new york is the same way. he is charming able to message

very well. he did do is press conferences very well. he did do is press co nfe re nces every very well. he did do is press conferences every day with the power points, yet it was a complete failure in terms of what he actually did in new york and what he delivered on, yet the media and many in the electorate think that he did a greatjob. i think that is where the president is challenged. he is unfiltered, he doesn't deliver messaging perfectly, but when you look at the facts on what he has actually done and the accomplishments of his administration were in the first three years in terms of the economy, then as well this year with the pandemic and the economic recovery that we have already seen, it is pretty impressive. if he can message that and if he sticks to the scripts, his state of the union was fantastic, his speech at mount rushmore was very good. i hope he does that. you saw some speeches last night from tim scott, for

example, i am last night from tim scott, for example, lam so last night from tim scott, for example, i am so sorry, we are out of time, thank you so much joining us. the court case involving the footballer harry maguire is under way after the manchester united captain was involved in an alleged altercation with police on the greek island of mykonos. the england defender has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is not present at the trial in syros. let's speak to the journalist anthee carassava in athens. welcome. it is a trial that is going ahead without him. tell us how it will go in terms of process and what the charges are. the trial is well under way. it is... the charges are. the trial is well underway. it is... harry the charges are. the trial is well under way. it is... harry maguire's attorneys wanted a postponement. according to his attorney, he just received this morning his chargesheet and he required that

this be translated. several of his witnesses he wants to bring in from the uk, they are no longer in greece. all of that was knocked down effectively by the judge. there is a 3—member tribunal that is hearing this particular case, and ordered this particular case, and ordered this trial to proceed. what we are hearing right now is some very stiff allegations being made by one of the four policemen who were allegedly accosted, assaulted, by harry maguire and another two britons, including his brotherjoe. of course the process is still ongoing and we will be hearing also from harry maguire's attorney as well. of

course, he is not there. is that usual? if he is found guilty, might he have to go back? he is not here, it doesn't mean anything that he is not here. he has the right to be represented by his lawyers. he was in custody for nearly 48 hours. he won that release on saturday, and he had the right to leave and go back to the uk to be represented. from there on it is just as lawyers are saying that you need more time to prepare this case effectively. there was one bit where the attorney said that this is a case that involves someone being attacked from the side of harry maguire, who says there was an albanian gang that attacked one of the women in harry maguire's

company. there were nine people in total who were there vacationing when this brawl happens thursday to friday morning in mykonos town. it remains to be seen what charges, how this trial will go down, whether he will be convicted, or find this trial will go down, whether he will be convicted, orfind innocent, what matters at this particular point is that harry maguire and the two others are denying any of the allegations they are facing, the charges. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: calls on the uk government to review its policy on face coverings in england's schools, as scotland says they will become compulsory in communal areas. the world health organization says it is for countries to decide. in the united states, republicans begin their national convention with warnings about the country's future ifjoe biden were to defeat donald trump in november's election. police and demonstrators

clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin after officers shot a black man in the back. two people have died and 60 have been rescued from a building that collapsed in the town of mahad in western india on monday evening. emergency workers are still looking for many more who are still missing, feared trapped under the debris of the five—storey residential building. yogita limaye is in mumbai and told us more about the rescue operation. witnesses say it came down like a pack of cards and there was a big cloud of dust that accompanied this. a woman who was actually a resident of the building told the reuters agency, how it started shaking and she was barely able to run out with her three daughters before it collapsed. indeed, you can see the pictures, the structure looks completely destroyed. in the early visuals, you could see corrugated tin sheets that appear to have been on the roof

of the structure lying amidst a pile of rubble. rescuers have been working through the night, they have been using machines to dig, earth movers as well. but i have also seen pictures of disaster response personnel using bare hands to try and sort of sift through the wreckage and reach out to people. and they have managed to rescue scores of people in there, but dozens are still feared trapped. dog squads are at the location as well to help reach out to people who might still be trapped. what we have been told is local policemen, as well as residents actually reached the spot quite early and it was because of their help that a lot of people, they did manage to get a lot of people out early on. africa is expected to be declared free of wild polio this afternoon. the continent hasn't had a naturally occurring case since 2016. nigeria is the last african country to be declared

free from the disease, having accounted for more than half of all global cases less than a decade ago. chi chi izundu reports. misbahulawandidi is a polio survivor. he says life has been a challenge, but he hasn't allowed being a victim of polio from preventing him doing what able—bodied people can do. he didn't have the polio vaccine when he was a child, but now, as the president of the national polio survivors association, he is proud to have helped make sure future generations will not have to go through what he did. we ask anybody that, ok, you have seen us you have seen how difficult we have come to you, hopefully, the vaccine is important for you to protect your child not to be like us, because we know what our family have encountered. today he regularly plays para—soccer, a game he invented for polio survivors nearly 30 years ago. some of his team—mates he has travelled with around nigeria to encourage parents to have their children vaccinated.

many people rejected the polio vaccine, but by the time we approach them for advocacy they see how much we struggled for us to get there, they see how much we brought and how much we have devoted our time just to help people to have health care in their family. wild polio is a highly infectious virus, typically caught through infected water and it mainly affects children under the age of five. it can cause muscle weakness, but it can also leave some victims with paralysis. there is no cure, but there are vaccinations. getting people vaccinated has been a huge logistical challenge. conflict in nigeria's chad region and suspicions over the vaccine has made the work of health workers difficult. in 2013, nine female health co—workers were shot in a northern city as rumours circulated that the vaccine was a western plot. but a push to bring together religious leaders, government

and community workers managed to win back support. since 1996, more than 9 billion oral vaccinations have been provided across africa with more and more countries being declared free from wild polio. an estimated 1.8 million children have averted the virus. nigeria is the last country in africa hoping to be declared wild polio free. it is really not only a massive moment for nigerians, but the whole of humanity. i know that all africans everywhere are jubilating that we have been able to do this finally. the struggle to declare africa free from wild polio has taken decades and just at the finish line the coronavirus emerged. there were fears health care resources would be redirected to fight covid, but despite the pandemic africa remained on track and today hopes to celebrate good news.

let s get some of the day's other news. the former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic is due to begin an appeal in the next few hours against his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity. he was sentenced to life imprisonment nearly three years ago for his role in the balkans war of the 1990s, including the massacre of about 8,000 muslim men and boys at srebrenica. a 48—hour curfew has been imposed in the gaza strip after the first coronavirus infections were recorded in the general population. four people in the same family tested positive for the virus. until now, the only cases in the densely populated area have been among residents returning from overseas. talks in mali between west african mediators and soldiers who seized power last week have ended without agreement on how to restore civilian rule, but both sides said the ousted president, ibrahim boubacar keita, says that he no longer wished to govern. a taxidermist in england has been jailed for 56 weeks

for flouting trading laws covering endangered species. an investigation by the national wildlife unit and lancashire police found that 29—year—old aaron halstead had admitted selling black rhino horns, acquiring tiger skulls and keeping elephant tusks for sale. for the last 12 months, jacey normand has been following the case. these images were recorded by the national wildlife crime unit in 2018. after raiding an ordinary looking property in burnley they were surprised by the collection of rare breeds inside. the property was registered to aaron halstead, already known to police after serving a 24—week sentence in 2015, for trading rare and endangered species. these are just some of the photos he posted of himself on social media at the time, featuring him posing with an array of stuffed wild animals. we ended up searching his business premises in burnley and that was absolutely crammed with taxidermy. what we did find was,

in a freezer we found two rhinoceros horns. we found a critically endangered species. we found various skulls, we found a swordfish he has been offering for sale. and also three large elephant tusks. the wildlife crime unit was set up in 2006. since establishing the unit, they have solved 75% of cases involving the illegal trade of endangered animals. bringing aaron halstead before the court has been a joint police effort between the national wildlife crime unit and lancashire police. andy invited me to a secret police located in pendle to see the full extent of the haul they had recovered. to me this just looks like a graveyard of endangered species. how do you even begin to pick through a jigsaw like this? we basically make assessments

of what is legal to sell, what is illegal to sell, what you need permits for. have you ever dealt with anything like this before? no, i don't think in lancashire anything of this size and magnitude, the rarity of the animals, has been encompassed in one case before. these large tusks, this, i believe, is one of the biggest tusks seized this century. there is no artistic value to them. carved. they are just tusks. so you've got here a single horn. can i hold it? yeah. it's quite heavy. they weigh around five kilos. you are talking a significant amount of money. we know that he sold two horns previously and he received around 80,000 euros for those. obviously that was not a single sale. there were others. many may struggle to

understand what is driving the demand for these items. but for andy, with nearly 50 years police experience, it comes as no surprise. it is criminal activity. these are people who are profiting significantly from trading in our natural heritage. the economic impact of the pandemic has been immense. different industries around the world have suffered as people were forced to stay at home. one company in china is especially feeling the strain, and their problems are as statuesque as their products. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. if the fix is the top are quite chipped is likeness of president was

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joe biden statues. some waxworks, however, are timeless. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, again. storm francis is very much having an impact on a weather today already. we are looking at torrential downpours and some very strong gusts of wind. strong francis is going to cross most of the uk through the course of today, tonight, leaving our shores tomorrow, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and the likelihood of disruption. this area of low pressure is strong francis. you can see all the isobars associated with it and weather fronts bringing see all the isobars associated with it and weatherfronts bringing rain. where you see greens and yellows, thatis where you see greens and yellows, that is the heavy bursts. more rain moving into northern ireland, wales and the north of england through the

day. after that something brighter will come away with a few showers, but it will be gusty into the afternoon. we could have gusts up to 70 miles an hour. even inland, we are looking at gusts of 50 miles an hour. some nasty travelling conditions across the trans pennine routes and the wind strengthening across eastern scotland, gusting to 50 miles an hour. the driest and sunniest conditions will be in the far north of scotland. temperatures today fairly academic, but we are looking at between 13 and 23. this evening and overnight, the area of low pressure moves in the direction of the north sea, but it was growing -- still of the north sea, but it was growing —— still bring us rain and the costs will be strong, maybe a bit less during the day that you will still hear the rain during the day that you will still hearthe rain and during the day that you will still hear the rain and howling. as we head to wednesday, the storm is heading off to the new continent,

but we have isobars and that means it will be a gusty start to the day once again, particularly so in eastern areas where we could have gusts up to 40 miles an hour. already in the west, high pressure is building in, so things are settling down with some sunshine. it will settle down in the east as you go through the day, too. temperatures between 13 and 23 degrees. on thursday, two areas of rain, one for ireland, one for the north of england in the north of wales. temperatures 12 in the north, 19 in the south.

this is bbc news. the headlines... calls on the government to review its policy on face coverings in england's schools, as scotland says they will become compulsory in communal areas. one academy group takes matters into their own hands and buys in masks. as we make these decisions, they become part of what we do as part of our joint become part of what we do as part of ourjoint responsibility together. storm francis hits the uk and ireland with winds of up to 70 miles an hour, flooding homes in south wales and disrupting travel. police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin, after officers shot a black man in the back. it wasn'tjust one shot, "let me put you down for a little bit." that man literally just grabbed him by his shirt. with the kids in the back screaming!

more powerful testimony from relatives on day two of the sentencing of the gunman who killed 51 people at two mosques in new zealand. whatever gave the offender the right to take his life away from me forever? this monster had no right to take my son from me. i have a life sentence now and will forever feel my loss. and the trial of manchester united captain, harry maguire, overa brawl in greece begins on the island of syros, in his absence, after he returned home. pupils and staff in scotland's secondary schools will have to wear masks in corridors and communal

areas from next monday. in england, head teachers are calling for clarity, as children prepare to go back next week. here's what other countries are doing: in france, pupils over the age of 11 need to wear a mask at all times in school, as do teachers. in germany, masks are recommended for pupils aged 15 and over. some regions have made masks compulsory, though only one says masks must be worn in classrooms. in denmark, children and teachers were not required to wear masks when schools reopened, and there was no rise in infections. and in the us, face coverings are recommended in schools by the centre of disease control, but they are not mandatory. back to the uk, this report from andy moore. in some schools in scotland, masks are already being worn. but the government's most recent advice to schools in england says the use of face coverings is not recommended, based on current evidence. that view is supported by a senior

adviser on of the government's scientific committee. for teenagers, we don't have the evidence that this is useful. i think we need to look at the way that teenagers transmit this virus. the evidence that they transmit in schools is not very high. there are interesting issues about the difference between and out of school. and i get that actually people are worried about young people and teenagers and their behaviour, but actually very little evidence for the use of masks in schools. but that official view is coming under pressure, especially after the announcement by scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon that coverings were set to be used in secondary schools in corridors and shared areas. the ascl head teachers' union said the guidance in england was silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils wanted to wear a covering. the union is calling on the government to review its guidelines, bearing in mind the advice from the world health organization. what we are saying is that

children under 12 — between 12 and five years old — can wear masks where appropriate and where asked to. but it is very important to ensure that they know how to use them, they know how to remove them, they know to wash their hands before they put them on, they know to wash their hands after they take them off, and they need to be provided a bag that they can put them in so that they can close the mask with the outer covering, but it carefully in the bag. a downing street spokesman has ruled out any review on masks in schools. a department for education spokeswoman added that coverings were not necessary because there were a range of other protective measures in place, including children staying in consistent groups. cleaning and hygiene measures, she added, would further reduce the risk of transmission. andy moore, bbc news. some schools are taking matters into their own hands. steve chalke is founder of the oasis trust, which runs 52 schools in england. he says they've ordered face masks for all staff and secondary school pupils to use in corridors, to ensure everyone's safety. every child in all of our

schools wears a uniform. we expect students in our secondary schools to wear ties and blazers. we expect them to wear black shoes and not training shoes or other shoes. as we make these decisions, they become part of what we do for the safety of everyone. it is about ourjoint responsibility together. our political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster. how much pressure is there on the government over this?|j there on the government over this?” think the pressure is growing, partly because people are looking at scotla nd partly because people are looking at scotland and saying that if they are doing it, maybe we should think of doing it, maybe we should think of doing it, maybe we should think of doing it as well. partly because some people just doing it as well. partly because some peoplejust think doing it as well. partly because some people just think that there needs to be a bit more confidence in the system before students start returning to schools in england next week. so you have heard from certain schools who are basically taking matters into their own hands and

urging pupils to wear face masks there. you heard from unions saying there. you heard from unions saying there needs to be stronger guidance on this. you heard the former tory education secretary saying it was sensible, justine greening. i understand that the london they are is also coming round to the argument that if you can't social distance teenagers in high schools, then they should be made to wear face coverings as well. at the moment, the government is standing firm when it comes to schools in england. they think there are appropriate mitigation is already in place, the fa ct mitigation is already in place, the fact that pupils will be in groups which are consistent, the fact that teachers will be told to social distance wherever possible. they think that will reduce the spread of the virus in any school situation. but there is increasing pressure, as i say, it is also worth bearing in mind that this has happened before where scotland has moved first. i think the scottish government are taking a slightly more cautious

approach to face coverings, they did so when it came to face masks on public transport and in shops. england didn't do it at the same time, they moved a few weeks later. i don't think it would be impossible for it to happen here as well. in pa rt for it to happen here as well. in part because it is an easy way to say to parents that "here is an extra measure to make you safe." i know some parents are nervous to send the kids back next week, so maybe the government will do this further down the line. they are saying that they will not be a change. scotland has done this before where they have moved faster than england on other things, like masks on other areas and exam results. each time in those cases, the government has said there will not be a change. when it comes, is that a concern within government that a concern within government that that actually does undermine the government? quite possibly. the example of face coverings in shops isa example of face coverings in shops is a good one because we had boris johnson saying on friday that he was coming round to the idea. senior

ministers are saying over the weekend that they didn't like the idea, then boris johnson weekend that they didn't like the idea, then borisjohnson announces eight on monday. so these things haven't always been completelyjoin up. it is worth bearing in mind that scotla nd up. it is worth bearing in mind that scotland have been back at school for a few weeks now so they are slightly further ahead. one of the things that prompted the scottish government to do this was pictures coming out from stills of kids hanging around in corridors, not socially distancing, that worried the government so they took this measure. it will be interesting to see whether there is the same sort of impact if that happens in england. it certainly seems like you heard from the oasis school chain that some are taking matters into their own hands and doing it anyway. there is no guidance against doing that at the moment. we often hear that at the moment. we often hear that the science is evolving, and i just wonder if the government's position will evolve too. meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of btec students in britain

will start to receive their grades from today after the exam board pearson delayed their publication. results for the vocational qualifications were delayed to give the board more time to recalculate after a—level and gcse results were based on centre—assessed grades. nearly half a million results have been reassessed. birmingham city council says it's bringing in "enhanced measures" to try to restrict the spread of coronavirus. from tomorrow, pubs and restaurants which don't comply with social distancing restrictions will be shut, and outdoor spaces could be closed where necessary. we'll be talking to our correspondent for the latest on that shortly. storm francis has hit parts of the uk and ireland, homes have been flooded in south wales and there's been widespread travel disruption. firefighters in carmarthenshire rescued a group of campers close to ‘fast—flowi ng water‘ in the town of saint clears. strong winds and high waves have battered the coastline near the hook lighthouse in county wexford in southern ireland. four flood warnings are in place in south wales, and a met office yellow weather warning is in place for most of the uk.

with me is our weather presenter, louise lear. most of the uk affected, tell us where we are. it is quite a significant storm, and it packs a double punch really. one in terms of rainfall and one in terms of strength of the winds. i wanted to come down to try to clarifyjust what is happening. here is the rainfall at the moment, this is what has happened over the last few hours. significant rain has been drifting its way steadily northwards. the heaviest of which has moved out of wales, pushing into northern ireland, central and southern scotland and northern england. we have already had a couple of inches of rainfall, but the you have at the moment rain is going to pretty much sit there for much of the afternoon before drifting east. so we have two yellow weather warnings which means that there could be some impact across southern scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and north wales, this is due to rain. on top of that, just like we had a few days ago, we have an issue with winds as well.

but the winds, the strongest of the winds are likely to be a little bit further south. let's take a look at where the wind gusts are likely to be. 60 or possibly 70 mph across exposed west where the wind gusts are likely to be. 60 or possibly 70 mph across exposed west coast of england and wales. it will still be windy with that rain in scotland, but we need to emphasise it is across england and wales and, hot off the press, on top of what we had one hour ago, we have an amber warning out now for wales, as you can see. and the midlands and lincolnshire. the colour of the weather warnings go yellow, amber, red. it is to do with the impact. yellow means you have to be aware that the gusts of wind with trees in full leaf at this trees in full leaf at be aware that the gusts of wind with trees in full leaf at this time of year could cause damage, we could have localised flooding. it could bring power cables down. but the amber warning means there is more of an impact in this area, and this will continue for the remainder of the day. it is really worth stressing to people, particularly at

this time of year, caravanning and camping, it is difficult at her at the moment. how long is it going to go on for? the storm is going to ease away overnight tonight, that whilst it clear through, it will drag down northerly winds. why, you are all asking, does it feel like autumn rather than summer at the moment? we have an intensified jet stream, and this ribbon of fast moving air which drags pressure of the atlantic, coupled with energy from the atlantic hurricane season at the moment, those storms are getting trapped in this fast—moving jet stream and all of that energy is producing these significant areas of low pressure. so it is not unprecedented, but it is pretty unusual in august, it is a summer month. i'm also aware that this weekend as a bank holiday, isn't it, for england, wales, and northern ireland? and although the weather conditions will quieten down, and likely to dry up, unfortunately, it

will be between 18 and 19 degrees across the south—east of england and in scotland 12 to 14 degrees. it will feel like autumn rather than summer, i'm afraid. thank you. as we mentioned — birmingham city council says it's bringing in "enhanced measures" to try to restrict the spread of coronavirus. our midlands correspondent phil mackiejoins us now. what is happening there? they are going to get more powers to enforce the restrictions. birmingham went on to the government's watchlist because the number of cases per 100,000 people was around the 30 figure. berlin is the largest labour lead authority in the country —— birmingham. although the figures have fallen slightly since last week, they are closer to 20 at the

moment, they think they could go back up again. what they are particularly concerned about in birmingham is the outbreak is not in one particular area. lots of areas in birmingham have seen an increase in cases over the past month or so. to the best way they think of tackling it is to stop people gathering. so they have asked the government if they could have enhanced measures, stricter enforcement, that is what they will be able to do. that effectively means that pubs and restaurants are open but if they are not enforcing social distancing or carrying out track and trace, the city council will be able to close them down. also, they might be able to close down parts, if the weather got nicer people went back to the parks in large numbers, more than 30 people, they would be able to close goes down. those sorts of measures, they think, will get to the heart of this because whilst those numbers have been going up, it has been essentially younger people who have

been testing positive, often asymptomatic cases. and it is those people they are concerned about spreading the disease through the city. so currently, with these new measures, it is basically a warning saying that if you don't start to do the right thing, we can take extra powers? tomorrow, they will be able to close them down. i suspect that won't happen immediately, but if there are repeat offenders, if they went back and found that people weren't doing what they were supposed to be doing, those pubs and restau ra nts supposed to be doing, those pubs and restaurants could be closed down by the city council. we have seen enforcement action get much tougher from west midlands police. obvious, they were looking to advise people to ta ke they were looking to advise people to take the softly—softly approach. but as the weekend in birmingham, west midlands police closed down over 100 illegal raves and parties. again, they are concentrating on younger people socialising together, not really observing social distancing not necessarily wearing

masks and maybe not washing their hands as they are supposed to do. this is why what they think is the cause of those increased numbers in birmingham. the city council says that those numbers have come down since last week, but there is no room for complacency here. birmingham isa room for complacency here. birmingham is a big city. and there are no specific areas, as i mentioned, whether our particular hotspots. it is quite evenly spread. if they had to go into the type of lockdown measures that we saw in leicester, which isn't too far away, that could have a massive impact on the economy which is clearly already suffering as a result of the virus. thank you. we are going to nicola sturgeon with her daily briefing on covid—19. sturgeon with her daily briefing on covid-19. 43 patients are in hospital with confirmed covert which are five fewer than yesterday. one person is in intensive care. in the la st person is in intensive care. in the last 24—hour is, no deaths were

registered for patients recorded in the last 28 days. that is 2492 still. this week's more competitive figure, which includes deaths where covid—19 was tested or presumed, will be published by the national re cord will be published by the national record of scotland tomorrow. these figures obviously continue to be a stark reminderof figures obviously continue to be a stark reminder of the impact that cove rt stark reminder of the impact that covert has had, and again i want to express condolences to everyone who has been bereaved as a result. again, my thanks to day go who is working hard in a whole number of different ways across the country to help us through this difficult period. there are three issues i wa nt period. there are three issues i want to cover today, firstly, i will give just a bit more detail on the main clusters that we are dealing with right now. in aberdeen, there are 206 and one cases associated with the cluster links to pubs in the city. that is an increase of two since yesterday. it is worth noting

that one of those cases and really been reported but has only now been linked to the original cluster. these figures generally point to the good progress that has been made in containing this outbreak, and i am very grateful to everyone in aberdeen for their patients and their compliance with the restrictions that have been in place. in relation to the outbreak linked to the two sisters plant, as of yesterday, there were 152 positive cases linked to it. the process of contact tracing their continues, and so i would expect he will see these numbers rise a bit more in the days to come. just to give you some context, over the past six days, the mobile testing unit at the two sisters plant itself is tested more than 900 people. and other testing sites in dundee and perth tested more than 2500 people.

and the bit i want to stress, although i would repeat that we are not being complacent, at this stage, there is no evidence of widespread community transmit data transmission, and... iwant community transmit data transmission, and... i want to thank everybody who is involved in managing it. i can understand there will be a temptation nip out or go to go toa will be a temptation nip out or go to go to a shop or to see other people, but please do not do that. evenif people, but please do not do that. even if you have had a negative test in the last few days, it is still possible that you could still develop and spread the virus. so

please follow all of the guidance and stay at home, it is because people are complying with that that so people are complying with that that so far we people are complying with that that so farwe are people are complying with that that so far we are managing to avoid this outbreak seeping into the community. so please stick with it so that we can continue with that success. finally, there are a number of cases, not least in atlanta, involving individuals who attend schools. the health protection teams locally are dealing when necessary and will continue to write to parents and carers. i want to stress in relation to all of these outbreaks that we are dealing with just now, and indeed the situation in schools, we are not unduly concerned by any of these situations right at this moment. that said, we are not complacent either. as you will appreciate, we continue to monitor cases, clusters and outbreaks very closely indeed. the second issue i want to talk about today concerns some issues that people have been having over the

la st people have been having over the last day or so in booking tests through the uk wide booking system. over the weekend, there was a major spike in demand for testing, not just in scotland, but we think across the uk. and that led to some constraints on the booking portal throughout the day yesterday. that in turn resulted in a surge of calls to our covid—19 helpline. i know this would have been frustrating to people trying to book a test, so i wa nt people trying to book a test, so i want to thank everyone for bearing with us as we work to address these issues. and i want tojust run through some of the work that is being done to dojust that. some of what i would describe as technical issues, for example people in scotland being offered tests at centres outside of scotland, are being resolved. that shouldn't be happening. where any technical issues do arise, as unfortunately with a system of this scale and complexity, they might do, we will endeavour to have those sorted as quickly as possible. on the issue of

capacity though, which is the more significant issue, we have always known that there will be fluctuations in demand for testing. that is why we have contingency plans in place, and these contingency plans are already, as we speak, being activated. for example, over the course of this week, we will be deploying three additional mobile testing units across the central belt of scotland, the first of these will be operational in glasgow today this afternoon. and the other two will be operational later this week. in total, they will increase capacity by around 1200-1500 tests increase capacity by around 1200—1500 tests per day. over the course of the week, we are further increasing the number of tests that will be carried out at the regional testing centres across the country. and we are also utilising additional nhs testing capacity. for example, nhs testing capacity. for example, nhs glasgow clyde will be operating

drive—through facilities to manage demand in the local area. drive—through facilities to manage demand in the localarea. in drive—through facilities to manage demand in the local area. in the medium term, but this is work that has already been in process, we are establishing 11 local walk—through testing centres. the first of these will be housed in the victory memorial hall in saint andrew. together, they will help to increase sampling capacity by more than 3000 tests per day. we'll continue to implement these plans to further increase capacity as we head into winter, as we have always been preparing to do. but we will also continue to work to ensure appropriate contingencies are in place for periods when we have higher than expected demand for testing. which is likely to happen as we go into winter, but at any point, if there perhaps is another virus circulating, a cold which is leading to children having symptoms similarto leading to children having symptoms similar to code, we will know we will see these spikes in demand, and thatis will see these spikes in demand, and that is why we need to have these

contingencies in place to deal with them. let me take this opportunity just to remind everyone that you should only book a test, either for yourself or for a family member, if yourself or for a family member, if you or they do have one of the covid—19 symptoms. a persistent or new cough, a fever, a loss in your sense of taste or smell. the exceptions to that general position of only booking a test if you have symptoms or if you are advised to buy test and protect, sometimes they will advise people who have been contacted to go for a test. and secondly if you work in a profession with agreed access to testing, for example staff working in schools. otherwise, only put a test if you have one of the symptoms that we often and regularly remind you of. the third issue i want to cover todayis the third issue i want to cover today is the use of face coverings in schools. as i said yesterday, our scientific advisory group have been

looking closely at the issue, particularly in light of the world health organization guidance which was published at the weekend. as a result of that work, the advisory group has recommended changes to our current guidance in scotland. they are recommending and are based on the latest scientific evidence and real—life experience of schools since they opened a few days ago. the scottish government, in consultation with the education recovery group, has agreed to the changes proposed. his possiblyjust reminding people of what the current guidance says before i set out what the changes that are. in general, the changes that are. in general, the current guidance advises that face coverings in classroom are not necessary. however, it says that staff should wear them if they can't physically distance and are having face—to—face interactions with pupils are more than around 15 minutes. the guidance also currently emphasises that staff and pupils should be supported to wear face coverings if they wish to do so. that advice remains unchanged,

however, the new guidance will now include two additional situations where face coverings should be worn. firstly, as i indicated yesterday, adults and pupils in secondary schools should wear face coverings when they are moving around schools in areas where distancing is challenging, for example through corridors or in communal spaces. secondly, adults and children aged five and over should wear face coverings on dedicated school transport. that now mirrors the situation on public transport more generally. both of these situations, there is a greater potential for groups to mix, there is more chance of voices being raised, resulting in the creation of aerosols. of course, there is less scope for distancing and effective ventilation. we believe that face coverings could provide an additional layer of protection in mitigating these factors. the guidelines will also

emphasise how face coverings can --... all of emphasise how face coverings can ——... all of the changes will apply from next monday at the 31st of august, before then, schools will be expected to provide pupils with clear instructions on the use of face coverings. we expect that most children and young people will have access to face coverings already as pa rt of access to face coverings already as part of their daily lives, however, we will work with local authorities to ensure that schools also have supplies so that no child is disadvantaged. there are of course people for him wearing a face covering is not appropriate, which is why there are already exemptions in place for individuals with breathing difficulties or certain disabilities when it comes to wearing a covering in places like supermarkets. there are young people for whom it is not appropriate to wear a face covering in school, and schools will of course discuss that with pupils and parents. but let me be clear that nobody should be

stigmatised in a school because they cannot for one of those reasons wear a face covering. we hope that these changes provide some additional assurance to pupils, staff and parents. we know it is not easy, none of what we are having to live with generally or in school is easy, but it is all about trying to minimise the risk of transmission. we will of course continue to keep the guidance under review. i want to emphasise though, and this doesn't just apply to schools, it applies more generally, face coverings are just one additional layer of protection. they are not a substitute for the other things we are asking people to do. all of the other safety measures, good hand hygiene, regular cleaning and physical distancing remain vitally important. of course, as i said, that applies not just important. of course, as i said, that applies notjust in school important. of course, as i said, that applies not just in school but to all of us. to close today, i want to all of us. to close today, i want to quickly remind everyone again of the key public health guidance. we know indoor transmission is a risk, we have always known that and we see

the evidence of that coming to our data right now. i will take the opportunity to remind everybody that when you are indoors, no more than eight people for a maximum of three households should be meeting up. and that applies whether you are in somebody's house, a pub, a bar, ora restaurant. you shall at all times physically distance from members and other household and remember to wash your hands and heart surfaces. if we follow these rules, it minimises our chance of getting the virus and passing the virus on to others. as i said yesterday, it is worth everybody bearing this in mind, as a te st everybody bearing this in mind, as a test and protect operate throughout the country, if you follow these rules, particularly around social distancing, you are less likely to bea distancing, you are less likely to be a close contact of someone with covid—19. you are less likely to get the call from test and protect advising you to self i take 14 days. let me absolutely —— you are less

likely to self—isolate for 14 days. face coverings in enclosed spaces avoid crowded places, clean your hands and heart surfaces carefully, to meet a distancing arrange the rules. thank you once again for listening today, i'm going to go straight to questions now and i am joined by the chief medical officer who will assist me with the answering of the questions. first of all on face coverings in schools, what steps can be taken to ensure that students put on the face mask correctly and wear them correctly so they don't risk doing harm as well as good. if i may direct this point of the chief medical officer, given the public health scotland figures which show a big rise in the numbers waiting for more than 12 weeks for treatment and

six weeks for diagnostic tests, how worried are you about the indirect health on covid on public health? on the first part of your question on face coverings, we don't underestimate the difficulties for everybody right now getting used to living in these difficult ways. that is particularly difficult for young people who don't want to have their life inhibited by face coverings and consta nt life inhibited by face coverings and constant reminders to wash their hands, but it is really important. we will continue to try to address this ina we will continue to try to address this in a number of levels, we will continue to provide us clear guidance as possible on the does and don't is a face coverings. we will continue to stress that it is not a substitute for the other measures we are asking people to follow. of course, it is not easy for schools, teachers and support staff, but schools have a role to play here day and helping young people understand when they should be wearing the face coverings and how they should be

doing that appropriately. these are things that all of us need to be prepared to potentially live with for quite some time. there is a real merit in all of us just getting for quite some time. there is a real merit in all of usjust getting used to the things we should be doing and the right and wrong ways of doing that, because it is likely that some of these measures shall be in place for quite some considerable time, but we will continue to provide us clear and concise guidance for people as we possibly can. clear and concise guidance for people as we possibly canm clear and concise guidance for people as we possibly can. it is a really important question to ask. all through the response to the pandemic, one of the things that we have been doing is balancing the potential harms of the existing system and how we ship that response we are not dealing with just a direct harm is caused by covid—19, but also the needs of the population for other reasons as well, we have been looking very closely, examining the data all along, working with clinicians to make sure that those with the most urgently are prioritised. as we are we mobilising

the nhs, we are making sure it is a clinically led decision—making process that examines how the sequence patients in terms of their returns to treatment. i guess what i am also keen to emphasise in response to your question is the role that patients pay and all of this, in making sure that if you have symptoms you are worried about, is that you are not simply ignoring those, sitting on the mid—term, waiting for things to get better. if you are worried about your sentence, i would far prefer that you were seeking some advice from your clinicians in relation to does, so making sure that in the way that you would in the past, you are accessing services, so that those can be taken into account so that i can be prioritised as we start to re—mobilise the nhs and make sure that people are listed for treatment according to the clinical need.

thank you, first minister. you say schools have a part to play and instructing youngsters to effectively put on, remove and store facemasks, but is not a risk that this could add two more to teacher workload at a time which is already being reported as a very challenging time for school staff? also, how can they use of face coverings be policed when you have already ruled out explants policed when you have already ruled out expla nts —— policed when you have already ruled out explants —— expulsions for example for not complying.” out explants —— expulsions for example for not complying. i don't underestimate how challenging it is for teachers to be doing theirjobs right now, already difficultjobs, in this environment of having to be mindful of all the different mitigating measures to keep covid under control. the teachers here do a very challenging job at the best of times, but many people across different sectors and professions are having to deal with similar challenges. it is not a deal under

which you weren't having to do it, but it is all about trying to put in place as many mitigations as possible to keep covid under control, because it is only if we can do that that we can have children back in school, which i think we all see as really, really important for their well— being, but it is only if we can keep it under control that we will see the economy and society operate with some degree of normality again. these are all huge inconveniences in our day—to—day lives, nobody is going to stand here and pretend otherwise, but they are necessary inconveniences to protect our health and well— being and inconveniences to protect our health and well—being and try to protect that ability of all of us with some degree of normality. and policing, we are talking about children in schools, as you say, teachers do nhs job children in schools, as you say, teachers do nhsjob at children in schools, as you say, teachers do nhs job at schools already have behaviour policies in

place, they already try to encourage young people to do the right things, dissuade them from giving the wrong things, this is another aspect but in my view it is much better it is donein in my view it is much better it is done in that way where it is part of the process of young people understanding what we all have to do right now to keep transmission as low as we can. we do not rule anything out when it comes to dealing with covid, but ideally we do not want an enforcement regime around this guidance in schools and thatis around this guidance in schools and that is why i think it is best dealt with through the normal processes schools have in place. i'd like to ask about the arts sector, theatres, live music events and the like which have suffered so badly during a coronavirus. one msp in the south of scotland says there is likely to be a jobs crisis because of all this. i know you have given a lot of support already but is there an argument for giving more support to this sector as it

struggles to get back to normality? also, is there a case for looking again at the two metres rule inside small theatres, for example, to make them viable as you have done in restau ra nts a nd them viable as you have done in restaurants and pubs and the like? we will always look at the practical arrangements to try to make businesses as viable as possible but this is always a balancing act. if we go too far and the virus starts to transmit again, the danger is that we end up with these different settings close down again and not operating with a two metres rule. this isjust a difficultjuggling act as we go through this. we will listen to arguments and cases that are made by different sectors but we know that in the hospitality sector, where we have other mitigations in place if there is an exemption to two metres, often this is what you gain in one way you perhaps find it more difficult in others, so there

are very difficult conversations and judgments to be made around all this. i don't rule anything out but equally i cannot always rule these things in without careful consideration. on the financial question, we will always look at what more we can do. we are looking around culture in generaljust now, there is a case being made i think for comedy within culture although comedy is not excluded from the other support streams that are there. we will always look at what more we can do. i don't mean this to sound as an excuse or a political point in any way, it's just a statement of fact that scottish government resources are finite because we don't have access to unlimited borrowing powers the way the uk government does. we come to a point where we just cannot do any more because we no more financial flexibility to do it. that is why inevitably these discussions we also

have to look to the uk government which holds the borrowing powers and i will continue to make the case to them to not end the fellow scheme in october. countries elsewhere are extending theirjob october. countries elsewhere are extending their job retention schemes for a much longer period —— furlough scheme. i think the biggest looming threat of a wave of redundancies is the premature ending of that scheme and i encourage them to think again about that. i would also encourage them to look at how we can have greater flexibility to help different sectors over and above that. that could either be spending decisions on the part of the uk government that feeds into additional resources for scottish government or giving scottish government or giving scottish government greater fiscal flexibly to make those decisions ourselves to become a conversations are not easy but they will continue because many businesses require ongoing support while we continue to try to get through the implication that covid presents for us.

good afternoon, first minister. for months we have been told there was a four nations approach to covid—19 and that seems to have ended in terms of masks in the schools with a different rule for kids in england and scotland. firstly, why do you think you are right in the uk government is wrong? and to the chief medical officer, what is the evidence on compliance, where the kids will follow the rules? the uk government have suggested the evidence for under 15 is complying is actually limited. there is a four nations approach to covid put that we cooperate and share thinking on things and where it is appropriate, and necessary, we take decisions in concert. but health and health protection is also largely a devolved matter so it is my responsibility and duty as first minister to take decisions that i judge are the right decisions to protect the scottish people. that is the nature of devolution and on some

things, we have taken a slightly different approach, sometimes that has only been for a period of time and the government that has taken a decision first has been followed at some stage by other governments. we will see if that turns out to be the case on the face coverings in schools. i'm not going to stand here and say that i'm right and somebody else is wrong. we are all making a really tough judgments here. else is wrong. we are all making a really toughjudgments here. i have a responsibility for scotland to make those judgments in the best way ican, taking make those judgments in the best way i can, taking account of the evidence and advice and applying my judgment to them and that is what i will continue to do. i will not criticise leaders about other governments that take different decisions because it is for them to set out the reasons for the decisions they take put that we are all trying to do our best here to get through an unprecedented and really difficult decision. i think face coverings, we mandated them in shops earlier than england but england later followed suit. we try to follow the best advice. the who

have updated advice on young people over 12 wearing a face coverings over 12 wearing a face coverings over the weekend and i think it is right we recollect that in our guidance. but none of these things are ever absolutely clear cut, for every argument for something somebody will make an item and against it and we had to take the overall view and my overall view is that face coverings in certain circumstances provide an additional layer of protection. given how important it is to try to keep schools open and safely, i think it's the right thing to do. let me ta ke it's the right thing to do. let me take decisions like we have taken today to introduce a face coverings in the school environment, it's all about assessing the balance of risks. essentially, compliance is pa rt risks. essentially, compliance is part of that process as well. i want to emphasise at this point that the introduction of face coverings should not be seen as a replacement for some of the other measures that are recommended in schools and particularly in terms of social distancing where there is overwhelming evidence that actually maintaining distancing of at least

one metre is beneficial and we should try to continue to do that even when people are wearing face coverings. it is not a replacement, it is an additional measure in relation to it recognising the circumstances. we know that one metre is good in these circumstances and two metres where that is able to be achieved is even better. that is the environment we are bringing that into. what we are trying to achieve with compliance, one of the things we have to be able to do is convince people you're asking to wear face coverings that it is the right thing to do and that is about making sure we have the right type of educational message to explain exactly white face coverings are beneficial. of the evidence suggests that there is now a balance, in the worldwide data, that in this age group, the wearing of face coverings not only protects those around you if you are symptomatic or presymptomatic in particular, but actually might also reduce your

chances of getting infection from other people coming too close to you, speaking with loud voices and so forth put up the message we have to really get across to the people we are asking to undertake these measures is that this is a benefit not only to you but to your classmates and also to your families back home as well. thank you, first minister. this face covering guidance means people should be wearing coverings in corridors as they move from class to class, then taking them off in classrooms and that could be four or five times a day in the communal areas. because of what we know about not taking coverings of and putting them back on without washing them, does it mean pupils should be taking quite a few coverings with them into school every day, and i note you mention in your opening remarks about pupils not being disadvantaged, does this mean we will be seeking financial support

provided to parents to buy face coverings from lower income households similar to that uniform gra nts households similar to that uniform grants or disposable he will keep that under review, but even without the change in guidance in schools it is already the law that young people were face coverings in shops and public transport, we would expect they are already getting used to wearing face coverings, but it is important not just in terms of young people who might find it harder to access face coverings, that a young person might forget to take their face coverings to school one morning, i think it will be important for them to have a supply they can use in schools. intensive guidance for taking them on and off, that is why guidance on the correct dos and don'ts are important, these are balanced judgments and we will make that as clear as possible for people. the

educational advisory group consider this matter very carefully, in their considerations they looked at the evidence for infection from removing masks on and off and whether that was likely to play a significant component in terms of introducing the increased risk of transmission, and unbalance their assessment was there was insufficient evidence to support that being an obstacle to introducing this —— and on the balance. good afternoon, first minister. we can reveal today that some workers at the two sisters pla nts some workers at the two sisters plants have broken self isolation wills, it happened the other mobile testing unit set up at the pumps for workers only and in less than an hour we filmed a handful of workers heading into a nearby supermarket either before or after heading into the mobile testing unit. we had spoken to one woman who lives opposite and say she has seen dozens

more do the same last week. the company more do the same last week. the co m pa ny two more do the same last week. the company two sisters has said anyone who fails to self—isolate during the two week period the factory is closed will not be paid for that period. do you agree with that step? i know you say there is no evidence of community transmission at the moment, but do you fear breaches of this impact scale will have an impact? yes. i have stayed here for the best part of six months trying to get his point across, i think it is pretty self—evident that if people do not follow the guidance, we risk greater transmission. that is why i encourage people, plead with people, appeal to them to follow the guidance, and i do that knowing it is not easy, particularly if you are self isolating for two weeks and you are off work as a

result, which is why i certainly welcome the fact that two sisters are paying their staff in full for this period. i would continue to set out as clearly as i can the reasons why we need people to do this. we really need people to do this. every time somebody does not self advice —— self—isolate when advised, we are risking the virus spreading from somebody else in another household and once that starts to happen, community transmission becomes a big risk. it comes back that we all have a part to play, we all have individual responsibility. for some others, most of the time that is just washing hands, face coverings, keeping two metres distance, but there could be periods for any of us at any point where the responsibility will be more owners, self isolating for a period, that is really tough. i am grateful for the

council is dealing with this particular outbreak, person kinross, angus and dundee, they have all major welfare support is being provided to anyone who needs it, whether food, access to supplies or in some cases accommodation for people who need that you effectively self—isolate. none of this is easy but we all need to do it, otherwise the ability to keep these outbreaks contains, as hopefully we are doing, becomes much more difficult. the company's decision to say they would force its pay if anyone was found... is the company has to take decisions in terms of its workforce, i welcome they are paying staff, i hope we would not get into that because people understand the importance of self isolating for the right reason. i appreciate the role of the media, but if you are seeing evidence in an outbreak like this are people preaching self isolation, you said

la st preaching self isolation, you said last week, i would encourage the media to make us aware, make the local protection team is aware, so we can take action to avoid that. we all have a part to play, this is very different to normal things we normally go through, we are all dependent on each other following the rules to keep us safe and every time one of us does not, we increase that risk little better. the welsh government is going to be getting fresh advice on whether secondary school pupils will be wearing masks from later on today. new rules will comment from monday. played, we have called on the welsh government not to drag its feet. the

health minister saying i will take the advice and revisit the evidence and will look for further advice later today. in doing so it is important we take decisions that are proportionate, that are appropriate to their settings and local settings. our background rate is currently low so we must look at the balance for harms especially for children and young people with additional needs. of course, the uk government saying the guidance not changing for schools in england. breaking used to bring you about the world of gymnastics.

what the head coach amanda read and will step aside will conduct claims are investigated. an independent review of the culture within gymnastics following allegations of mistreatment from a number of athletes in recent days. police in the us city of kenosha have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who defied an overnight curfew. it was introduced after violent protests in reaction to the police shooting of a black suspect, jacob blake on sunday. mr blake is in a stable condition in hospital after being shot in the back. earlier, hundreds of people gathered outside the county courthouse as evening fell. some demonstrators threw water bottles and fireworks. jacob bla ke's fiancee spoke of the moment he was shot while the children were in the car. it was two male officers

and one female and the two male officers instantly, like, detained him, like, "put your hands up", like no questions or none of that. and i am just trying to simply get the kids out of the car and i am like, "wait a minute, he didn't do nothing wrong." like, just, you know, "ask some questions first before you pin this man up against the car." and not even saying nothing, and getting the kids in the car, they didn't even know the kids was in the car and i am telling a woman cop, i am like, "can you please...?" "get back before i shoot you, get back." these officers might shoot me, my kids are in the car, two of them. and they are in the car. so the officer grabbed jacob by the t—shirt and turned his head and just shot as many times as he felt like it. it was notjust one shot, "let me just put you there for a little bit." that man literallyjust grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other way and was just shooting him with his hands up and the kids in the back screaming.

a curfew has been in effect in kenosha from 8.00pm local time, but pauleen le, a reporterfor cbs 58 news, says this has been defied by some protesters. the curfew was in effect as of eight o'clock last night, but as you can see behind me, there are still a number of protesters out, maybe a dozen or so. this is in front of the courthouse, where you can see there isa courthouse, where you can see there is a barricade of officers confronted by about a dozen protesters. at the height of this, we saw nearly 200 300 protesters. this is as peaceful as it has been for the last four hours or so. there we re for the last four hours or so. there were bottles thrown, both glass and plastic, to the protesters. we counted at least six fires burning in the night sky throughout the city, so the intensity has definitely spread from just area

outside the courthouse through the entire city, as of day two of these ongoing protests. the court case involving the footballer harry maguire is underway after the manchester united captain was involved in an alleged altercation with police on the greek island of mykonos. anthee carassava is following proceedings in athens, and gave us this update. the trial is well under way. harry maguire's attorneys were seeking a postponement because according to the attorney he just received this morning the charge sheet and he required that this be translated. several of his witnesses he said he wa nts to several of his witnesses he said he wants to bring in from the uk, they are no longer in greece. all of that was knocked down effectively by the judge, a 3—member tribunal that is hearing this case, and ordered this

trial to proceed. what we are hearing right now i is some very stiff allegations being made by one of the four policemen who were allegedly accosted, assaulted by harry maguire and another two britons, including his brotherjoe of course, the process is still ongoing. we will be hearing also from harry maguire's attorneys. the bbc news at one with simon mccoy is coming up. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. once again, we have no shortage of weather to speak up at the moment! the storm front is very close by and asa the storm front is very close by and as a result of storm francis there is an amberwarning as a result of storm francis there is an amber warning for the strength of the wind through till about ten o'clock this evening. costs on the

coast up to 70 miles an hour, inland 50 miles an hour. we have these tightly packed isoba rs, 50 miles an hour. we have these tightly packed isobars, and that is why there will be that swathe of winds, which gradually through the course of the night, will ease as storm francis itself moves off into the north sea. too much cloud, too much when for the temperatures to fall back too far overnight, even in the heart of scotland we will get 10 degrees. this form will be a player for the eastern portions due to the strength of the wind. elective —— a little ridge of high pressure will move in to the west. temperatures also dribbling down, 14, 15, 16 for also dribbling down, 14, 15, 16 for a good part of scotland, up to the low 20s or so elsewhere. the ridge of high pressure is a transient

feature. on thursday, it starts bright enough then we threw a band of cloud and rain up and across wales, through northern ireland, southern parts of scotland, then some really heavy rain gets back into the south—west to finish off your day. it could be a rumble of thunder in there, as well. this temperature is very disappointing for the time of year. that is a slow moving low, so into friday it is the main playerfor moving low, so into friday it is the main player for many parts of the british isles, although you will notice that much of scotland are sticking out, so it will be drier, just a few showers, and the same for northern ireland, but a lot of wind and rainforthe northern ireland, but a lot of wind and rain for the north of england, north of wales and the midlands, with hefty showers further south. just as that moves awayjust in time for the weekend, the high pressure begins to dominate. it does settle things down, but the direction of the flow is north to south, so it is

critical by day. the temperatures by night will be well down into single figures.

pressure on westminster — as secondary school students in scotland are told that from next week they will have to wear face coverings as schools in england prepare to reopen, unions call for "clear direction" on whether masks will be mandatory across the uk. should they be saying that's fine, it's purely a matter for you or if you are going to have a screeching u—turn from the government, could we have that now so at least we can plan for the start of term. the government says there's no need for masks because other measures are sufficient. also this lunchtime... btec students start receiving their revised grades after the results were delayed by the exam board. president trump launches his re—election campaign monstering his opponent with a little help from his son. joe biden is basically the loch ness monster of the swamp. for the past half—century he's been lurking around in there, he sticks his head up every now and then to run for