this is bbc news. the headlines at 4pm... 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 care 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. police criticise "irresponsible"

actions as thousands attend unlicensed raves in norfolk and near the brecon beacons. pakistan's batsmen shine as england struggle in the second twenty20 match at old trafford. and will president trump get the law and order election campaign he's hoping for? the dateline london panel discuss 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 government 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 rishi 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 of speculation" but you can see how they might be flying a kite here. the uk had 1108 new cases confirmed on saturday. in 1715 today. thousands of anti—government demonstrators have gathered in the belarusian capital minsk, for a third sunday of protests at what they believe is the rigged re—election of the belarus president alexander lu kashenko. both men and women who have gathered, we can see them gathering

here a little earlier in the centre of minsk. security forces lining up to face them. these pictures were taken earlier this afternoon. the interior ministry says its detained 125 people. authorities have also been removing accreditation from more than a dozen journalists ahead of the protests — in an effort to stop foreign media covering them. 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. the un 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 british street artist banksy. simonjones reports. brought to shore and to safety. 49 migrants who had initially been rescued by a ship belonging to banksy, the louise michel. they were taken to lampedusa by the italian coast guard. these are the lucky ones. the fate of hundreds more people still on the water remains unclear.

the louise michel had picked up more than 200 people at sea. it became dangerously overcrowded and stranded off the coast of malta. some of the migrants had to stay on life rafts, floating alongside the boat. the crew said nobody in the international community was willing to help. everyone that has been rescued is deeply traumatised. we'll keep trying to contact the european authorities to be assigned a port of safety. one ship did come to help — another rescue vessel, the sea—watch 4. it was already carrying around 200 migrants. it has now taken on board those from the louise michel. they are being given medical assessments, with treatment for dehydration, hypothermia and fuel burns. the sea—watch crew tweeted, we now have around 350 people on board who need to disembark in a safe port as soon as possible. the louise michel added, it is not over, we demand a place of safety for all survivors now. the louise michel had only

recently gone into service as a rescue ship complete with its own banksy artwork. the artist has accused the eu authorities of ignoring distress calls from non—europeans. the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative. simon jones, bbc news. chris grodotzki is part of the rescue team and joins me live from the rescue ship — sea—watch 4. we have seen some of the images there. how difficult was that the operation and how many did you manage to get off in total? the operation last night, or yesterday in the afternoon, was quite difficult because the weather was worsening and the boat was rolling a lot so it was difficult to get people off the ship. a lot of them we re people off the ship. a lot of them were seasick and had spent too much

time on the lifeboat. they were seasick, they showed signs of fuel burns, they were disorientated, dehydrated. it was not easy but it was a shipment, not a rescue operation because the louise michel had already stabilised the situation. people were wearing life vests. there were some reports they might have been a fatality or more on board, can you confirm that? there was not a fatality on board the louise michel but on the rubber boat before the louise michel arrived on scene. we were told there we re arrived on scene. we were told there were probably two more fatalities who went overboard during their journey. none of the european institutions or authorities were

helping with the weather boat rescue. so these people are safe for the time being but nowhere is offering to allow you and them too dark, is that right? so far that is right. maltese and the italian authorities have, as usual, denied as assistance during the rescue operations. they have denied assistance in giving us a port of safety, which is their duty according to the laws of the sea. the people have been treated here on board fulfil burns, seasickness, dehydration and many injuries. —— forfuel burns. this is not a situation we can keep going for a long amount of time. the italians and critics of what you are doing

would say you are encouraging people to make these dangerous crossings because they know they will be picked up by you. the problem is, if you are full now and more beds come across, you are not going to be able to pick them up, are you? we are not able to pick them up and scientific studies have shown in the last few yea rs studies have shown in the last few years where our ships were impounded repeatedly by italy, malta and other states. in large parts of the time when there was no rescue ships in the mediterranean, the problem is not the pull factor. the problem is the push factor. the war in libya, the push factor. the war in libya, the detention centres in libya and the detention centres in libya and the torture and mistreatment many migrants are subjected to. do you know the nationalities of all the people you have picked up? we know... we had a basic idea about the nationalities on board but we

are notan the nationalities on board but we are not an authority to make statistics about that publicly. how long can you keep them on board safely before you are going to run out of food and water and things like that? that is a good question. over 350 people, we cannot keep them for a long amount of time. it is not a question of food and fuel, it is about how stable it is on the decks. people are crammed together and lots have a history of legal detention. it is also about the psychological situation and how fast it deteriorates and the medical situation, of course. chris, part of the rescue team on board. all passengers, who were on a flight to cardiff from the greek island of zante have been told to self—isolate,

after some on board tested positive for coronavirus. health officials say seven people from three different parties on tui flight 6215 on tuesday have tested positive for covid—19. public health wales is now contacting the rest of the passengers. 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. police criticise "irresponsible" actions as thousands attend unlicensed raves in norfolk and near the brecon beacons. let's see how lewis hamilton is getting on and all the other sports.

england's cricketers back in action this afternoon — in the second twenty20 of their series with pakistan. and it's pakistan who've set a sizeable score — their highest against engalnd in t20 internationals — setting england 196 for victory. england won the toss and chose to bat — but it was pakistan who were soon on top. captain babarazam leading from the front — reaching his 50. and he wasn't the only one. mohamed hafeez produced a stunning innings — reaching 69 from just 36 balls. england got him out eventually — as pakistan fell just short of reaching 200 from their 20 overs. england have plenty to do. they have just gone out now. they are attempting to get somewhere near that target. england are 1a without loss at the moment. some way to go if england are to win this one. the

first match in the series was rained out. batman, tom banton performed well in that first match and he will be hoping to do so again. —— that man. no ben stokes, nojos buttler. no crossover between the different squads. england off to a strong start, 20 without loss just into the third over, as he crashes another. not going to reach the boundary though, is it? we can bring you some live pictures. this the first live game on bbc for 21 years. lewis hamilton has extended his lead in the formula one drivers' championship to 47 points after winning the belgian grand prix. it was another unrivalled

performance from the world champion. he started from pole and lead every lap at spa, beating his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas by more than eight seconds. hamilton nowjust needs two more wins to equal michael schumacher‘s all time record of 91. as we know, winning the title if he would see him pull level with michael schumacher‘s record of seven titles. 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. league officials have said the £624 million release clause must be met, despite the player planning to invoke a ruling in his contract which could allow him to leave for free. there's growing speculation the player, who's spent his whole career with barceclona, is keen to link up with former manager pep guardiola at manchester city. champions celtic are taking on motherwell in the scottish premiership this afternoon. into the second half, and the latest score is 1—0, james forrest with the goal. at 4.30pm, second placed hibernian can move level on points

with leaders rangers with victory over aberdeen. harlequins have beaten northampton saints 30 points to 17 in the premiership. the pick of the tries coming from chris ashton with this impressive run to give quins a bonus point victory. how h ow ofte n how often have we seen him do this? time and again in his career. elsewhere, leaders exeter are currently in action against worcester. 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. a split is emerging in men's tennis after world number one novak djocovic resigned as the head of the atp player's council to help lead a breakaway organisation. several opther high profile players, pictured

here following the announcemnet, have joined the professional tennis players' association which 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. you can read plenty more about the build—up to the us open where no doubt know that djokovic will

feature on the website. you can watch england in action against pakistan. plenty more reaction to lewis hamilton's victory at the belgian grand prix. we will be back later for another update. police have been tackling a number of illegal raves across parts of the uk over the holiday weekend — with one event on the edge of the brecon beacons in wales attended by upto 3,000 people. hundreds of people have also gathered in thetford forest in norfolk — at an event which started last night and was due to continue through to tomorrow. that is no longer the case. west yorkshire police also broke up a street party in harehills last night, and fined eight people for holding parties around the leeds area. new rules which came into place on friday means organisers can be hit with a significant fine. remind us

of what the new finds are and put together a picture of where these raids are taking place. first of all the fines came into force on friday. there was announcement by priti patel. fines of up to £10,000 for people who organise these events, £100 for people attending them. west yorkshire police have already been implementing finds that size. 13 people were fined £100 for attending illegal events. some of the largest one is ongoing at the moment, we talked about one on the edge of the brecon beacons, obviously these are in quite remote locations. this one has been attended by 3000 people from across the uk. the police say they are devoting considerable resources to breaking it up. the police constable in south wales says

it is totally unacceptable. —— the chief constable. all sorts of problems with an event that size. the noise from the sound system could be heard 1a miles away. the police say a number of resources in attendance, including the police helicopter, policing officers causing problem on the roads with illegal parking. a similar picture in norfolk. this event is being broken up as we speak. it is near grimes graves, lots of illegally parked vehicles. reports have seen people queueing last night. parked vehicles. reports have seen people queueing last nightm parked vehicles. reports have seen people queueing last night. it looks like a lot of cars parked randomly in their words. more than 500 people attending this event. the police believe the plan was it would go on till tomorrow. a number of resources

deployed, drone units, dogs, helicopters, and specially trained public order officers. very difficult to break up an event like that once it is ongoing because there are all sorts of problems. presumably you have kids, teenagers, people in their 20s, just before universities are going back. what are the police saying about this? why isn't the message getting through that it is pretty dangerous, if not for them, for us oldies?” through that it is pretty dangerous, if not for them, for us oldies? i do not know why the publicity is not getting through. it seems people are prepared to take a risk. the police said, not only will we find you, we will take away your equipment, we will take away your equipment, we will confiscate it but we will certainly take it away. the morning so certainly take it away. the morning so they're ahead of the bank holiday weekend but it seems people are prepared to take that risk and

ignore the advice. 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. 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. 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 organisers of glastonbury have said they are aiming to have the festival back in june next year. emily eavis said there were no plans to move the event to september. she added that no new tickets would go on sale and the 135,000 music fans who bought tickets for this summer will be able to use them next summer. dateline london is coming up, after a look at the weather with nick miller.

hello. august is not going out on a warm note. in fact, you may have been tempted to put the heating on if you haven't already. but it is going out on a mainly dry note. this can be one of the wettest places in the uk, but it's enjoying some sunday sunshine today. and the reason for that is a gap between weather systems allowing high pressure to slide in and briefly settle our weather down. it's not clear blue sky everywhere. in fact, across western parts, where you start with plenty of sunshine, there is a bit more cloud around throughout the rest of the day. where you have seen a lot of cloud to the east, there will be some sunny spells around. one or two showers dotted about through northern scotland and into northern ireland. the vast majority looking dry, but, yeah, clearly not particularly warm. but at least that northerly wind's easing, though it is still quite noticeable the further east you are in england. but it continues to die down overnight and we are left overnight with some cloud around, some clear spells, and temperatures dipping down once again, well down into single figures for some of us. maybe not quite as chilly as it was for some last night, where the temperatures,

for example, got close to freezing in northern ireland. let's take a look, then, into bank holiday monday, except in scotland, where it isn't, and that high pressure still in control. there will be quite a bit of cloud around. some bright sunny spells. it will be a dry day out there with temperatures again in the mid, and just a few spots into the upper teens. there is a weather system approaching from the atlantic and it looks as if any rain from that will be very late in the day in northern ireland, but more especially overnight and into tuesday morning. as it slowly slips in, it is not a strong weather system at all. it willjust bring a few outbreaks of rain across northern ireland into western scotland, where it mayjust stall on tuesday. so we keep some cloud here and some patchy rain. whereas elsewhere, it may start with some sunshine, some cloud will build, but it will stay dry. and as we lose that feed of air coming down from the north and introduce more of a southerly, the temperatures are creeping up a couple of degrees. there is a more vigorous weather system heading our way from the atlantic going into wednesday. there is a deeper area of low pressure, the winds pick up,

particularly towards the north—west of the uk and where we see some rain moving in. some heavier rain, with this system through northern ireland into scotland and then, through the rest of wednesday into thursday, will slip south across england and wales. so a breezier, wetter day on the wednesday. temperatures may be around 20 for some, but most of us not getting that high. bye— bye. hello, i'm shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together leading correspondents in the uk with those who write and broadcast about this country to the folks back home. after a week in which republicans and rioting vied