this is bbc news with the latest headlines. university lecturers warn that plans to reopen universities in september will be too dangerous without a coronavirus testing programme. we are really worried that we could see universities becoming the home of any second wave of covid—19 the uk. thousands of anti—government demonstrators take to the streets of minsk again — to protest at what they believe is the rigged re—election of the belarus president. the crowd here is shouting, disgrace. they are shouting disgrace and they are shouting the message to the people over there. look at all the riot police who have come out. this is why today's protest feels different. european countries are urged to offer "a place of safety" to hundreds of migrants — rescued by ships in the mediterranean —

including one paid for by the street artist banksy. the 14—year—old who started piano lessons at the end of last year, and spent lockdown practising, has achieved the highest piano grade possible. and an unprecedened presidential race, with challenges thrown up by covid—19. that's "anything but normal: us virtual election", in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. university lecturers say it's too dangerous for students to return to ‘face to face‘ studies before christmas.

the university and college union is warning campuses could become the ‘care homes‘ of a second wave of coronavirus. university leaders say they‘ve been planning for months to create a safe learning environment for students. here‘s our education editor, branwen jeffreys. it‘s been quiet on campuses since march, but within weeks, students are due to return — more than a million across the uk. the university lecturers‘ union says that should be put on hold. they want students to stay home, study online, unless they‘re doing a practical course, and warn full reopening could prompt a crisis. we are really worried that we could see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid—19 in the uk. the sheer amount of people that we‘re asking to move across the country and then congregate together in large numbers, when we don‘t think

there is sufficient safety measures in place. so, we‘re looking at big residential bubbles, we‘re looking at students potentially mixing outside of those, and, as we say, no real way to trace or to test. the national union of students agrees, but universities say they‘re making campuses safe. more cleaning, partitions, face coverings, most offering a mix of online and face—to—face learning, clear rules in student accommodation. universities say they expect students to be responsible. every student signs a contract with that university and, this year, those contracts have been amended to include particular rules around social distancing and following the guidance that's in place at that time. the vast majority of our students are very responsible young adults. any small minority that don't obey the requirements of that contract, we have adjusted our disciplinary

procedures and we will deal with them under those procedures. the government says it‘s right for universities to reopen. it‘s going to update its advice in england. many students can‘t wait to start, but student life this year won‘t be quite the same. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. well, our political correspondent tony bonsignore says it‘s a big week ahead for the government as thousands of children return to the classroom. the government is still trying to reassure pa rents it is absolutely safe. what we have had today is an open letter from the education secretary, gavin williamson, to parents. his message is this, i know some of you are worried but do not be worried, it is safe. he says, "the real danger is if pupils do not go back to school and the long—term damage that will do." now gavin williamson points to two things. first he says, "listen to the experts, listen to the four

chief medical officers of the united kingdom, all of whom say, the risk to students, to children is extremely low from coronavirus and all the scientific evidence backs that up." he says also, "look at the work schools are doing to keep staff and children safe. for example, extra cleaning and hygiene protocols, keeping primary school children together in groups, protective equipment in case there is an outbreak." "all that," he said, "should reassure parents it is safe for their back to school." it is back to school for mps as well. some juicy rumours among tory ranks about the government not really getting a grip over the past few months. the real concern is u—turns. too many u—turns. there are some concerned mps, some saying it privately. what we had today was one very prominent backbench conservative mp saying it publicly, sir charles walker. known as a borisjohnson loyalist. in an interview with a sunday newspaper, he said, "it seems as if the government is licking its finger, sticking its finger in the air

and seeing which way the wind is blowing." he said, "that‘s a problem, a problem for backbench mps because they are nervous about supporting the govern,ent because they think that policies might change. now he is also vice chair of the committee representing conservative backbench mps. so influential and you can be sure that message will be heard in downing street. the government has got some pretty choppy times ahead, hasn‘t it? for one thing, it‘s going to have have to pay back or try to claw back some of the money from the furlough scheme and all the other initiatives that rish sunak has done. we have a budget coming up in november. we‘ve also got a planning bill, which will upset quite a few tory mps and their voters in the shires, probably. yeah, planning is a story you will hear about a lot in the weeks and months to come. we had the headline announcement — there was talk of an algorithm to help sort out planning applications. i thought no—one was going to talk about algorithms ever again! yes. you can imagine extra nervousness about using the word, "algorithm." today as well, reports in sunday newspapers that the government

is considering tax rises on the better off — things like capital gains tax, reducing pension relief, corporation tax will go up. the government has said to us, "absolutely no comment on this sort of speculation but you can see how they might be flying a kite here to see how it goes down. thousands of anti—government demonstrators are gathering in the belarusian capital minsk, for a third sunday of protests at what they believe were the rigged re—election of the belarus president alexander lu kashenko. these are the latest scenes — which havejust come in in the last hour of protesters gathering in minsk. authorities had detained 125 people and have been removing accreditation

from more than a dozen journalists ahead of the protests in an attempt to stop covered by foreign media. a short while ago we managed to speak to our correspondent in minsk steve rosenberg. well, sundays have become the key day for protest in belarus against alexander lu kashenko. protesters are back on the streets of minsk. the crowd here are shouting, "disgrace." they are shouting, "disgrace" and they are shouting the message to people over there. look at all the riot police who have come out! this is why today‘s protest feels different from last sunday and the sunday before. a lot of riot police have come out. some of the protesters are lying down on the road, trying to stop the riot police from moving down. we know that up ahead, the police have cordoned off independence square to try to prevent the kind of mass gathering, the kind of numbers we have seen on previous weekends. now they are shouting, "go away, go away." it is something of a stand—off.

we are across the situation and will bring that to you as soon as we can. the united nations refugee agency says hundreds of migrants who‘ve been rescued in the mediterranean must be granted a place of safety. they‘re still at sea having been rescued by three boats — including one which has been paid for by the graffiti artist banksy — which became overcrowded and itself had to ask for help. the crews say the international community have been unwilling to help. european authorities do not react at all and then at the end punish the rescue organisations. so, in my opinion, and also of course the opinion of our organisation, it is needed that the european authorities are now reacting to what is happening in the central mediterranean and doing their duty to actually assist and rescue people and bring them to a safe european port immediately. in the western us city of portland,

a white man is reported to have died after a shooting on saturday night — it followed skirmishes between pro—trump and black lives matter protesters. it isn t clear if the shooting arose from the clashes in the city centre. these are some of the night time shots. local media said the dead man was wearing a hat bearing the insignia of a right—wing group. there have been nightly protests in portland since may, sometimes violent, following the death of george floyd in minneapolis when a police officer knelt on his neck. meanwhile, president trump will visit kenosha in wisconsin on tuesday, the city which has been at the centre of protests since a black man was shot in the back by a police officer last weekend. the white house said mr trump would meet police and see for himself ‘damage from recent riots". the shooting left jacob blake

paralysed from the waist down. our us correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. let‘s start with portland. what is the latest? this all sounds potentially hugely inflammatory. the latest? this all sounds potentially hugely inflammatorym was certainly very volatile. the authorities are trying to figure out exactly what happened. what we understand at the moment is, as you say, a man was found to be shot and killed in portland, a white man, believed to perhaps to have been wearing a cap that suggested he was involved with a right wing group. this was as clashes and fights were occurring between black lives matter supporters and supporters of president trump. those clashes have been intensifying over the last couple of weeks. black lives matter

supporters in the city centre protesting. these situation does seem to have intensified over the last couple of weeks. last night there were hundreds of vehicles, 600 vehicles, carrying supporters of president trump, who were waving the american flag. they moved from the outskirts of portland into the city centre with president trump supporters. in the centre of the city, a downtown area, is where the black lives matter protests had been carrying on full some time. president trump is going to kenosha on tuesday. it is clear that law and order, the whole issue of writing on the streets is going to be a big issue leading up to the presidential election and disrupting a key state. it isa election and disrupting a key state. it is a key state for president trump and it is becoming increasingly apparent that the issue

of law and order on the streets, a police committee relationship with governments around the united states, all of those things will be keyissues states, all of those things will be key issues with president trump hammering home repeatedly. we had heard it already, self describing his administration and himself as the law and order president. this melds into the broader issues of race relations around america, a many peaceful protests, some protests that have turned violent. as much for the republicans and the democrats, it will prevent a peaceful election. new research shows that care homes in england had the largest increase in excess deaths at the height of the pandemic, compared to the rest of the uk. the study, which was led by the university of stirling, also shows that care home residents have accounted for 40% of all coronavirus deaths in the uk. professor david bell led the research, he says more information needs to be collected

to avoid the impact of a potential second wave on the care sector. there are, for example, many more care homes than there are hospitals and there is a lot that goes on around care at home that we don‘t really know about. but i think the past few months have been a wake—up call, that some more effort has to be put into this area, because without the data and evidence, we cannot know whether the policies we are putting in place are working. norfolk police are at the scene of an illegal rave in thetford forest in norfolk — on the weekend new lockdown measures over illegal gatherings came in to force. more than 500 people were at the event which has been going on since late last night, along with 100 vehicles. since friday police in england have been able to fine organisers of illegal gatherings of more

than 30 people, such as raves, up to £10,000. meanwhile, police in south wales say up to 3,000 people are thought to have travelled from across the uk to attend an illegal rave in banwen, in neath, port talbot. the united states has accused russian fighterjets of making what they describe as an "unsafe and unprofessional" intercept as the us airforce was flying over the black sea on friday. the us military has released footage which it says shows russian jets crossing "multiple times," within 100 feet — that‘s about 30 metres — of the nose of a us b—52 bomber‘. the us says it was conducting routine operations over international waters when the incident ooccured. the headlines on bbc news... university lecturers warn that plans to reopen universities in september will be too dangerous without a coronavirus

testing programme. thousands of anti—government demonstrators take to the streets of minsk again — to protest at what they believe is the rigged re—election of the belarus president. european countries are urged to offer "a place of safety" to hundreds of migrants — rescued by ships in the mediterranean — including one paid for by the street artist banksy. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘sjohn watson. good afternoon. england are atttempting to counter a rapid start from pakistan in the second t20 at old trafford, who are two wickets down after twelve overs. they have amassed 116 runs already after 13 overs. these live pictures from old trafford. you can watch it live on bbc one, the first time

cricket has been shown back on the bbc in 21 years. the story is about pakistan‘s brilliant start. this player was eventually dismissed after a good plan. it has been rashid who has been making key breakthroughs. as we know, the second of this, the three matches, the first one as we know was abandoned as a result of bad weather. 0ne abandoned as a result of bad weather. one more to come on tuesday. not often we see cricket live on the bbc, is it? this one live on the bbc, is it? this one live on the bbc, is it? this one live on bbc one this afternoon. james anderson in the box after his record—breaking performance against pakistan in the test series. as we can see, the two wickets and

pakistan 119—2. la liga has has sided with barcelona in their ongoing contract dispute with lionel messi — who did not arrive for his scheduled covid—19 test this morning. without passing a test, he‘ll be unable to join his team mates for training, with the new season less than two weeks away. there‘s growing speculation the player, who‘s spent his whole career with the spanish club, is keen to link up with former manager pep guardiola at manchester city. tottenham hotspur have signed defender matt doherty from wolves. the republic of ireland right—back has signed a four—year deal and joins for an undisclosed fee. he made over 300 appearances for wolves during ten years with the club and becomes tottenham‘s third signing of the summer following the arrivals of midfielder pierre—emile hojbjerg and goalkeeperjoe hart. champions celtic are under way in their scottish premiership match against motherwell this afternoon. just over 15 minutes gone in that match and the latest score is 0—0.

at 4.30pm, second placed hibernian can move level on points with leaders rangers with victory over aberdeen. a split is emerging in men‘s tennis after world number one novak djokovic resigned as the head of the atp players‘ council to help lead a breakaway organisation. several other high profile players, pictured here following the announcemnet, have joined the professional tennis players‘ association, with the aim of securing greater prize money for themselves. roger federer, rafa nadal and currently andy murray are three notable absentees — with calls for greater unity. djokovic insists he simply wants players‘ voices heard. of course, i would love to have roger and rafa on board, all the players on board, but i truly understand that some of them have different opinions, and they don‘t think the time is right. this is a project that is ongoing for more than 20 years,

and a lot of players attempted to do what we are attempting to do right now. i‘m hoping we can make that first step and create leadership and create the system. super league champions st helens have closed the gap on leaders wigan to just two points with victory over hull kingston rovers. they won 32—18 — jack welsby with two of their five tries. defeat leaves hull kr bottom of the table, with just one win from their first eight matches. much more on the bbc sport website, including the latest from the belgian grand prix where lewis hamilton is leading. he is at his unstoppable best. all the details on the bbc sport website. he isjust having

the details on the bbc sport website. he is just having such an incredible season, isn‘t he? well, since classrooms here in the uk first closed in march thousands of children have been home—schooled by their parents. whilst some parents have found it‘s not for them, others have liked home—schooling so much that they are going to continue when schools reopen in the coming days. in many other countries around the world home—schooling is more common. we can speak now to mum—of—three jenny hassett, who has struggled to home school her three children. i want to hear that from you in a few minutes‘ time. i am just going to explain. her children are seven, four and two. jennyjoins me now from marshfield, just outside cardiff. and i am alsojoined by rachel melville—thomas — child and adolescent psychologist and spokesperson for the association of child psychotherapists, whojoins me now from bristol.

jenny, let‘s start with you. a seven—year—old, four year old, two year old. money, teacher, working, how was it? struggling is definitely the word to use. it was a real challenge. i felt like... well, the word to use. it was a real challenge. ifelt like... well, it really took its toll on me, i had to say. athe weeks in, midway through lockdown, i did struggle quite a lot. —— a few weeks in. ifelt like the everybody around me and understood. my friends who are working did understand that people on furlough, who were not working, they had no idea how hard it was to juggle they had no idea how hard it was to juggle all of that. i never had to do it but i can imagine. you have three different ages, that doesn‘t help. your two year old, a different sort of education. what about discipline, getting them up and

money being teacher? it was a big difference from them because they are used to going to school to learn. there was quite a lot of resista nce learn. there was quite a lot of resistance about doing that any home environment because home is never where they have really done that before. they have done homework that never done extra stuff. a lot of resista nce never done extra stuff. a lot of resistance from elders especially, who is seven. we were lucky that the school was not pushing us too much about how much was being done at hand i was conscious to try and keep up hand i was conscious to try and keep up and make sure she was doing little bits every day. —— at home. how typical is this story?” little bits every day. —— at home. how typical is this story? i am sure this must be happening up and down the country. when young children are trying to adjust from the predictable, a known situation to a very unusual situation where money is teacher and you do not see your

friends or schoolteacher any more, thatis friends or schoolteacher any more, that is extremely difficult. do you know of other cases where it has gone well, even with somebody, mother, father or whoever who is in work and having to slot this into from home? the way i look at it from every family has its own level ground. children know what happens, a parent goes out to work and comes back. you go to after school breakfast club and that is your level ground. children tune into a square that is the basic thing to remember. my happiest place is being out and being stimulated at work and oi'i out and being stimulated at work and on my computer at work, that is what they are used to. if your happiest spaceis they are used to. if your happiest space is being at home and enjoying teaching then, that will be your level ground. each family will adjust to that. when you think about

it, coronaviruses said earth tremors, shock waves through the level ground and parents and children have had to adjust. some have really found it difficult and others will be finding actually we have adjusted to a new level ground where we are all happy and enjoying it. jenny, he hadjust started a where we are all happy and enjoying it. jenny, he had just started a new job before lockdown as well. tell us about that. also the social anxiety that your children might have felt by not being able to meet up with their friends by not being able to meet up with theirfriends and by not being able to meet up with their friends and do all the normal kids stuff. i have been out of employment for a while while i was raising the younger children and i had just started a newjob three weeks before lockdown hit. it is a part—time finance manager, i am a chartered accountant. it was transferring to a newjob working

from home and it was difficult. i was trying to prove myself and that added an extra level of stress and pressure on myself, already put on by myself but wanting to prove i was doing the work. who knew what i was doing the work. who knew what i was doing when i was at home with three children? unfortunately, iwas trying to do more work than i should have been doing. luckily for me, i think my children adapted really well and i think my children adapted really welland i did think my children adapted really well and i did not notice it affected their mental health very much met mainly mine. i am really pleased. they were not showing any signs of upset. they were not asking about their friends but they did understand the situation. we were able to use technology. the older child was able to speak to her friends on video chat and things. child was able to speak to her friends on video chat and thingsm is worth pointing out that not eve ryo ne is worth pointing out that not

everyone has such a stable family background and relationship that jenny has. for those families with broken relationships and difficulties within relationships between parents and children trying to do this as well, that might have been quite concerning for people like you. it has. myself and colleagues have seen a lot of families where families were already in different places already in trying to come to terms with that and for whom the coronavirus lockdown has caused such pressure and tension that there had been resultant splits and difficulties and arguments and the children have found it very difficult. if we can help adults to manage these situations better, child psychotherapist work with children and families to help them keep on an even keel three difficulties, children benefit from that as well. thank you very much. just a few more

days to go, isn‘t it? thank you very much. just a few more days to go, isn't it? counting down the days now! i hope they are not going to be watching and saying, money, we enjoyed every moment of it. good luck. we are to have another go at the eat out to help out scheme. the government‘s eat 0ut to help 0ut scheme to subsidise meals in restaurants comes to an end tomorrow. under the scheme, millions of people have enjoyed discounted dining on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays in august. with 50% off food and non—alcoholic drinks up to £10. one of the restaurateurs who has taken part is fash khalili, owner of borge restaurant in stockton—on—tees. fantastic, we have got your back, we can see you and we can hear you. how has it been for you? have you been busier than usual? absolutely. it has been a great help after being

closed for a couple of months. this was a fantastic deal, it is like the deal of a lifetime and it has been busier. they have managed to employ more staff. i have all my stuff back 110w more staff. i have all my stuff back now and it is really good, it has helped us tremendously. the hospitality sector, 1.5 million people were off work because of the furlough scheme. he had taken them back. this scheme is coming to an end. —— as you had taken them back. will you be able to keep them on?” think so. we are a lot busier and we can see the grandma and grandparents are coming back with grandchildren. we are doing really well at the minute and! we are doing really well at the minute and i do not see any reason why it should slow down. i can see a good future. do you think it encouraged people who were a little

timid about venturing out, going out into a restaurant like yours to eat and a financial incentive gave them and a financial incentive gave them a bit more courage to go out and socialise? it had definitely been the case. the scheme was monday, tuesday and wednesday and the rest of the week was a bit quieter. now the rest of the week is busier as well. you can see a lot of regular customers coming back and they tell me customers coming back and they tell m e exa ctly customers coming back and they tell me exactly the same thing. use sound upbeat. has it cost you money in terms of savings they may have had over the last few years? —— as you may have had. absolutely. we had to use our reserves. may have had. absolutely. we had to use oui’ reserves. good may have had. absolutely. we had to use our reserves. good to know we had an income coming in. it has been really good and we are happy about it. great to speak to you this time. the last hour we