this is bbc news the headlines at six. 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 can see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid—19 in 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 shouting, disgrace. disgrace, they are shouting. and they're shouting the message to the people over there. look at all those riot police that have come out. that is why these protests are different.

police have criticised "irresponsible" actions after thousands of people attended unlicensed raves in norfolk and south wales. and lewis hamilton wins in belgium — he's now just two victories away from michael schumacher‘s all—time record. 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.

i‘ve been getting the thoughts of professorjonathan ball — a virologist at the unviersity of nottingham. i think we have understood and realised for some time that universities can be a potential flare point for coronavirus infections. purely because we are moving thousands of people into close proximity to one another, sometimes living in fairly large household bubbles and therefore universities have been aware and have been planning the return for students. one of the things we lacked is some government lead on how to deal with this, in particular around testing and surveillance of virus infections. the language, that phrase care homes of the second wave, it is a completely different demographic, isn‘t it? yes. it is designed to raise concern

but we need to remember that most of the people who will be attending universities are young and will experience mild symptoms so we are not going to see anything like the amount of problems we see in care homes but the analogy to the risk in terms of transmission, we do need to take that seriously, particularly students will mix with surrounding communities. we are aware of the problem and lots of universities are setting in place a variety of measures, including their own funded testing and surveillance which we are exploring in nottingham and we have had a pilot surveillance study for returning veterinary students. it is on the radar. the government is saying look, everything really is as safe as it can be for schools, you saying

your university has done as done as much as possible like a lot of universities, but it is not completely risk free, do you accept that? no, any movement of people where they‘re living in close proximity will carry the risk of increased transmission of virus which is why universities are taking this very seriously. they are. lots of them are having active discussions and indeed actions to try and work out exactly how much virus they might be importing into the campus at the early stages when students turn up but then continuing to monitor whether or not there are outbreaks of coronavirus and to deal with them. picking up on the point of support, we are well aware of the fact we need to support students who are quarantining or isolating and again, measures are in place. this is a real challenging time, we cannot put the whole country and the whole economy and everything on hold until coronavirus blows over because the reality is it may take

a long period of time. therefore we have to work towards having some kind of return of normality but whilst also controlling the potential risk that coronavirus still poses. and tomorrow on the bbc news channel, we‘ll be answering your questions on why coronavirus cases are continuing to rise, but deaths remain relatively low in comparison to earlier in the pandemic. we‘ll be speaking to professor chris smith, consultant medical virologist, and professor of public health linda bauld at 0930 tomorrow morning. you can email your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet them to the hashtag bbc your questions. 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. these are the latest scenes — which havejust come in to us this afternoon — with security forces lining up to face protestors . 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 — who is for the moment still able to broadcast. well, sundays has become the key day of protest in belarus against alexander lukashenko.

demonstrators are back on the streets of minsk. crowds here shouting disgrace, disgrace. they are shouting the message to the people over there. look at all those riot police. that is why today‘s protest feels different from last sunday and the sunday before. a lot of riot police have come out. there is a stand—off. a lot of protesters actually 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 prevent the mass gathering and the numbers we have seen on previous weekends. now they are shouting, go away, go away. it is something of a stand—off. steve rosenberg reporting from minsk. 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. 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 that came into place on friday means organisers of raves could be hit with £10,000 fines. earlier our correspondent andy moore explained how the fines will be imposed. these new fines came into force on friday, announced by the home secretary, priti patel, so up to £10,000 for people organising these illegal events. west yorkshire police have been quick off the mark, they have already fined eight people, that full amount £10,000. 15 people were fined a lesser amount for attending events. despite fines like that, and people have been warned, a lot of events are going on around the country. one on the edge of wales, about 3000 people attending that one.

these are pictures of an event near the ancient fleet mines in thetford forest, in grimes graves. that has been dealt with by norfolk police, up to 500 people in attendance there. you can see some vehicles that have been abandoned. they say up to 100 vehicles are parked illegally on the site. a lot of police resources involved, the national police service helicopter, drone unit and dogs, etc, so that was norfolk. as you say, expensive, a lot of police resources and the one in brecon, thousands of people. yes, that was attended by 3000 people and the police are in the process of trying to break that up. it started last night and the noise could be heard 1a miles away. again a lot of resources involved, police trying to move unlawfully parked cars which caused problems for local people. the chief constable said that we have not seen

the scale of event to date and it is totally unacceptable. police in london warning about illegal car meets happening tonight, the tunnel run, happening under the river thames, these are illegal events, do not attend them. 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. 0ne 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. i‘ve been speaking to chris grodotzki — he‘s part of the rescue team. the weather was worsening, and the louise michel was rolling a lot, so it was difficult to get people off the ship. a lot of them were already seasick and had spent too much time on their rubber boat and later on the much moving louise michel. and on the life raft, so they were seasick, they showed signs of fuel burns, they were disorientated, dehydrated. it was not easy but it was a transshipment, it was definitely not a rescue operation because the louise michel had already stabilised the situation, all the people had life vests. so that was a very good cooperation. that is good news. there were some reports there might‘ve been a fatality or more on board.

can you confirm that? there was not a fatality on board on the louise michel but on the rubber boat before the louise michel could intervene and could arrive on scene. but people on board told us there were probably two more fatalities, who already went overboard during theirjourney because none of the european institutions, none of the european authorities was intervening to rescue this rubber boat. ok, so, just tell us what the situation is at the moment. these people are safe for the time being but nowhere is offering to allow you and them to dock, is that right? so far, that‘s right. so, maltese and italian authorities, maltese especially but also the italians have as usual... denied assistance during the rescue operation, have denied assistance so far to give us a port of safety, which would be their duty

by the law of the sea. the situation on board is so far is stable. the people have been treated by the msf team on board, for fuel burns, for seasickness, for dehydration, and for many other injuries. and the decks are stuffed now, so this is definitely not a situation we can keep on going for a long amount of time because we have over 300. so, the italians, and critics of what you are doing as a humanitarian operation, would say you are encouraging people to make these dangerous crossings because they know they‘re going to be picked up by you. the problem is this, isn‘t it, if you are full now and more boats come across, you‘re not going to be able to pick them up, are you? we are not able to pick them up. and also scientific studies have shown that especially in the last few years where our ships were impounded repeatedly, by italy, by malta, and by other states, that in the large parts of time where there was no rescue ship out in the mediterranean,

just as many boats would leave the libyan shore because the problem isn‘t the pull factor, so, the rescue ships, but the problem is the push factor, the war in libya, the detention centres in libya, and the torture, and the mistreatment that many migrants are subjected to. and the nationality, do you know the nationalities of all the people you‘ve picked up? no. yes, we know... we have a basic idea about the nationalities on board but we are not an authority to make statistics about that publicly. 0k, and how long can you keep them on board safely for before you‘re going to run out of food and water and things like that? that‘s a good question. 300, over 350 people, we cannot keep them for a long amount of time. it‘s notjust a question of food and fuel, it‘s also a question of how stable the situation on the decks is. the people are crammed together, the people have a lot of... a lot of them have a history of illegal detention

in libya, for example. this is also a question of their psychological situation and how far this deteriorates. and the medical situation, of course. 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. 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. earlier our us correspondent peter bowes told us about what‘s happening in portland. it certainly is very volatile and the authorities are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, what we understand at the moment is, as you said, a man was found to have been shot and killed in portland, a white man, believed to have perhaps 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, and those clashes have been intensifying over the last couple of weeks. they have been for several months now. again, black lives matter supporters in the city centre protesting but the situation does seem to have intensified over the last couple of weeks. for example, last night, there were hundreds of vehicles, around 600 vehicles carrying supporters of president trump, they were waving the american flag, they moved from the outskirts of portland into the city centre with president trump supporters. the centre of the city is where the black lives matter protests have been carrying on. president trump is going to kenosha on tuesday.

the republican convention, law and order, this whole issue of rioting on the streets will be a big issue leading up to the presidential election. wisconsin is a key state as well. yes, electorally, it is a key state for president trump and it is becoming increasingly apparent that this issue of law and order on the streets, the police and the relationship between governments around the united states and their police forces, they will be key issues during the election with president trump hammering home repeatedly, describing his administration and himself as the law and order president. this melds into those broader issues of race relations around america, the many peaceful protests and some which have turned violent. as much for the democrats as republicans, that is a key issue moving towards the election. peter bowes there.

it‘s a really big week for millions of children in england, wales and northern ireland — as they say goodbye to homeschooling and head back into the classsroom in the next few days. whilst teachers try to make things as normal as possible, there will be some new rules for pupils to follow. so how is everyone feeling about it all? 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan has been to meet two families who are preparing to return to some kind of normality. it‘s been quite hard, home—schooling cos there‘s so many distractions. sophia spent lockdown like most other families, making the most of the good weather outdoors with her sister. 0verall, i‘ve enjoyed it. it‘s been a bit more relaxed than usual because usually we‘re rushing around all the time. pupils in wales were able to go back for a brief period before the summer break, but like most 11—year—olds, sophia had to miss out on that crucial transition from primary to high school. jumping from primary to secondary

school's quite daunting at the best of times, and the fact they haven't spent time at the school or met the teachers, i think that has made it a bit more scary for them. and high school will look and feel a fair bit different for the foreseeable. so, what we‘ve done within this school is separate the school into different zones. schools like ysgol maesydderwen in the swansea valley will be split into year—group zones and classes will stick to themselves as much as possible, keeping to that bubble to minimise the risk of transmission. the lack of interaction with children could have a detrimental effect on their development but we‘ve got to balance at this moment in time the risk of transmitting the virus against education. when we last saw evan before the summer break, he was enjoying time spent at home, working and playing alongside dad jason. but as much as quality time at home with dad has been great, with dad has been great, it‘s going to be good when i can see my friends again.

it's going to be fun when i can see my friends again. i can annoy the girls. primary school children in wales will not have to socially distance, across campuses. a little bit of staggered time outside the school, obviously, obviously, so all the parents not congregated. but they‘re starting a bit earlier, finishing a bit earlier. after a few turbulent few weeks, this is a decision that has been criticised by some unions. has it put a strain on your relationship with those unions that

have criticised your decision? no, not at all. that is their right, to take a different view. but as i said, there are other unions who are fully supportive of the stance that we have taken, recognising the diversity of welsh education and empowering leaders in schools to make decisions that are right for their particular school. but even with all those precautions in place, for sophia and evan and all the other children across wales going back this week, the main thing they‘re looking forward to is just seeing their friends again. tomos morgan, bbc news, ystradgynlais. each year migrant workers send more than half a trillion dollars from their work in rich counties to their families back home. but covid—19 has put a stranglehold on this important lifeline. christopher bobyn has been looking at how foreign workers in scotland have been coping. i‘m from bolivia originally. i was born there. i decided to come here and work

and find my life here. albina mendoza has been living in south queensferry for three years. her income as a latin dance teacher has been a lifeline to her mother living in rural bolivia. i was very busy before the lockdown. my work, it‘s stopped, and i‘m still trying to do my best. i‘m living on my savings, but i can‘t send something to my mum now. albina‘s teaching didn‘t meet criteria for self—employment support, in turn, leaving her mother reliant on farming her own food.

albina is one of the 3.5 million non—uk nationals working in britain. in 2018, they contributed to 10 billion us dollars in remittances that were sent out from the uk to relatives around the world. danny has been fishing with scottish crews out of greenock for two years. his income pays for his entire family in indonesia. i have two children and a wife, and my wages, every week, i sent home. despite being unable to fish for a full month because of lockdown, danny‘s boat owner still paid his salary so money could be sent home.

if danny‘s got no money, that family can‘t eat. he‘s also got his children‘s education to pay for every week. in 2019, global remittances to low and middle income countries totalled over 550 billion us dollars. this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, remittances to those countries is expected to fall by 20%, a value of over 100 billion us dollars. remittances are suffering because the world are suffering, and governments came to rely on them, because governments realised, hey, wait a minute, my population, or a significant portion of my population, is receiving those remittances, and by the way, those remittances are for many countries, at least 80 countries, they are over 10% of their gdp. as the world takes stock of recessions and unemployment resulting from coronavirus, scotland‘s foreign workers will be concerned with something more immediate, even if a world away — family.

i like myjob. as my mum says, money isjust money, and it goes and it comes. if we finish this, this period, all together, it‘s going to be fine. now, what‘s the best thing you achieved during lockdown? learning how to bake? dusting off your running shoes? well 14—year—old hamish brodie has just achieved the highest grade possible on the piano after only taking up the instrument two years ago when his mother died. he did it, in part, with a piece of music he composed in memory of his mum — here‘s his story. . .. it was 2018 when i lost my mum.

that was at sort of the same time i was discovering music and just really flourishing in that, so i think i put a lot of emotion and my feelings into that. it was not as sad, almost, because i had something to focus on, a drive which i could almost think, every day, after i came home from school, right, this is what i am going to do and i‘m going to do it really good. she was really, really great, really great cook and really great music taste as well, like eva cassidy and all that. i‘ve got a lot of different styles of music and inspirations from my dad and my mum,

and i‘m reallyjust trying to soak in as much different genres as possible. i think, once you get something so ingrained in your muscle memory, no matter what it is, if it is music production or piano, once everything is there and you can just go for it. playing by ear, as well, i find that a bit easier than playing by music. playing just with feeling, almost. music is just an instinct to me, rather than the reading or the theory. it is more just a feeling that it evokes in people, like, when someone plays tennis or when someone rides a bike, i think we all have that thing and we‘ve just got to find it almost. 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 fairly dry note. this can be one of the wettest places in the uk, but i‘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.

plans to reopen universities to students next month are not safe because of coronavirus — so says the lecturers‘ union. lecture halls have been empty for months — but is the new term ‘a recipe for disaster‘ as the union claims? we are really worried that we could see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid—19 in the uk. i'm not put off, i'm just wanting to do what it takes to do the course i want to do. the government says

it is confident that universities are well—prepa red. also tonight: more mass protests in the capital of belarus against the president — there are scuffles with police and further arrests. thousands of people break lockdown rules to attend an illegal rave in south wales. and lewis hamilton wins the belgian grand prix — he‘s nowjust two victories away from michael schumacher‘s all—time record. good evening. universities are being urged not to undertake face—to—face teaching before christmas because of the risk of spreading coronavirus. the university and college union says that the return to campuses

of more than a million students could turn them into the ‘care homes‘ of a second wave. but university leaders say they‘ve worked hard for months on creating safe environments for learning. 0ur education editor, branwen jeffreys, has the story. for the moment, just a few students on campus, many more planning for their first year. the university was two tube right away. this young woman is beginning theatre studies in surrey, anxious about coronavirus, but not deterred. in surrey, anxious about coronavirus, but not deterredm doesn‘t put me off because i think that everyone has been slowly getting used to it when they have been re—immersed in society coming out of lockdown, so it‘sjust been re—immersed in society coming out of lockdown, so it‘s just a case of how the universities are tackling it, and everyone will have to accommodating what they want. it, and everyone will have to accommodating what they wantm it, and everyone will have to accommodating what they want. it has

been strange having graduations online, but still, at york today, photos with proud parents. within weeks, across the uk, more than a million students will start term. the academics‘ union is warning of a public health 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 are 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. everywhere you look on york‘s campus, remind us to keep a social distance. they are offering a mix of learning online and in small groups. inside buildings, face coverings are required. the vice chancellor, confident they are prepared. well, we started thinking about how to make ourcampus we started thinking about how to make our campus safe in the

condition of a pandemic pretty much as soofi as we condition of a pandemic pretty much as soon as we walked down. what would you say to students and their pa rents would you say to students and their parents about how ready you are? our campuses safe? i think we owe it to out campuses safe? i think we owe it to our students to do all we can to ensure they have as much as they can of the university experience. we've been using a motto, on online, online what we need to in order to keep people safe. the government says campuses should open, allowing stu d e nts to says campuses should open, allowing students to get on with their education. no one knows how many international students will get to the uk this autumn, but there is little sign of home students deciding to delay. there is no doubt that despite the warning that campuses like this one in york will be opening for students, with precautions in place within the next few weeks. some existing students are already back into privately

rented accommodation. new students will be arriving first, but of course, not to the usual freshers week experience. it will be a very different university year for them. we expect new guidelines from the government within the next few days 01’ government within the next few days or weeks for universities on how to deal with scenarios like local lockdowns, and how to look after their students throughout that. many thanks. millions of pupils in england and wales are due to return to school this week, most of them after months away from the classroom. the government is stepping up its efforts to reassure parents that it is safe to send their children back. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is here. what are they saying? the schools are prepared, and there is this real push from government to make sure parents actually send their children back. today, the education secretary, gavin williamson, has published an open letter to parents. williamson, has published an open letter to pa rents. it williamson, has published an open letter to parents. it does a couple of things. 0n the one hand, he points to measure schools have taken

to make classrooms covid c. he points to advice from the chief medical officer saying the risk to children is extremely low. that‘s the reassuring spit. he also flags up the reassuring spit. he also flags up the dangers of not sending children back, saying it would put a huge dent in their future life chances. the return to school will be watched pretty closely by mps, who of course themselves go back to parliament this week. in the papers today, charles walker, a pretty senior member of the 1922 committee, representing all conservative backbenchers, has been saying that recent government u—turns on things like exams has created a culture of uncertainty which erodes morale and makes it difficult for backbenchers to support government policy. it looks like boris johnson to support government policy. it looks like borisjohnson might have some reassurance of his own to do this week. tens of thousands of anti—government protestors in belarus have taken to the streets of the capital minsk for a third sunday protesting against the re—election of president alexander lukashenko. there have been clashes with riot

police seeking to stop them entering the capital‘s main independence square , as our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. in minsk, they head to independence square. protesters keeping up the pressure on alexander lukashenko. but this time, the police were waiting for them, and moved in. there were chaotic scenes. some protesters were detained, others tried to free their comrades. we saw sasha wandering alone, completely confused. where is my husband? she says. the police took him, but where is he? was he in here? no reply. further down the avenue, there were more scuffles, and more riot police

taking up positions. today‘s protest feels very different from the protests on previous sundays. as you can see, a lot more police, much tighter security, the police determined to stop this protest. it wasn‘t only the police putting on a show of strength — a column of armoured military vehicles was seen driving towards the centre of minsk. mr lukashenko had previously placed the army on high alert. as for the president, on his 66th birthday, this defiant image of a leader who has no intention of stepping down. but the protesters have other ideas. they managed to regroup, and then they flooded through the belarussian capital on their way to mr lu kashenko‘s official residence. and while they marched, they accused the leader of belarus of rigging an election,

stealing the presidency, and of brutalising the people. they are insisting he resigned. i don‘t know what will be the result, when will be the result, but i‘m sure people won‘t stop, they won‘t stop. but mr lukashenko retains the support of his security forces, and of powerful neighbour russia, and that, for now, is helping to keep him in power. steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk. police are dealing with a number of illegal raves in breach of lockdown rules across britain this evening. one of the biggest is thought to be near neath in south wales. let‘s speak to tomos lewis who‘s in our cardiff newsroom. tomos, what more can you tell us? we understand that south wales police were made aware in the early hours of this morning vanunu re——— and in illegal rave at a rate which

went on through the night and continued into the day. at the village this afternoon, residents told me the situation was horrendous. many were kept up through the night by the loud music and partygoer drinking and engaging in anti—social behaviour in the streets. residents also told me they we re streets. residents also told me they were disappointed to find out that many had travelled from across the ukfor many had travelled from across the uk for this event. it‘s worth noting that the welsh government‘s coronavirus restrictions only allow forup to 30 coronavirus restrictions only allow for up to 30 people to meet outdoors. south wales police‘s chief co nsta ble outdoors. south wales police‘s chief constable said they had not seen this scale of event to date. the force say they are now looking at legislation as to the next step they will be taking. many thanks. and we‘ve also had the latest government figures which show there were 1,715 new confirmed coronavirus cases across the uk, in the latest 2a hour period. that means the average number of new cases per day in the last week, was 1,244. 0ne death was also reported, that‘s someone who died within 28

days of a positive covid—19 test, which means, on average in the past week, 10 deaths were announced every day. that takes the total number across the uk to 111,499. new research suggests care homes in england experienced the highest increase in excess deaths at the height of the covid—19 pandemic, compared with those in the rest of the uk. the stirling university study shows overall that care home residents accounted for 40% of all britain‘s coronavirus deaths. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. at least 26 residents at melbury court in durham are believed to have died from covid—19. it is understood to be the highest death toll in a single care home in the uk. but today‘s research underlines how death has become too common at too many ca re death has become too common at too

many care homes. academics analysed excess death rates, the number of people who died in care homes this year over and above the five year average. they found that, at the height of the pandemic, deaths in england were 79% above average, and in wales they were 66% higher. 62% in scotland, with the northern ireland performing best, though deaths were still 46 percent higher than usual. have you been able to do any analysis of why these figures are where they are at? that will be pa rt are where they are at? that will be part due directly to measured covid, but partly due to unmeasured covid, and partly due to deaths caused by the pandemic but which weren‘t due to covid itself. care homes in scotland, england and wales were described as having performed poorly by researchers. homeowners say it

won‘t happen again. by researchers. homeowners say it won't happen again. so, we've learnt quite a lot about not taking people out of hospitals without tests. you know, testing is the key to all of this. and people are being very careful about making sure they've got enough ppe, including masks etc. comprehensive testing of residents and staff will be key to avoiding further deaths in care homes, and pressure groups are aghast that it‘s still not happening. michael buchanan, bbc news. now, with all the sport, here‘s lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much. good evening. lewis hamilton is nowjust two wins away from equalling michel schumacher‘s all time grand prix record. it was another mercedes procession... hamilton leading from start to finish in belgium — to complete his 89th formula one victory. joe wilson reports. if the hardest thing in sport is to make it look easy, watch lewis hamilton. lights out and away we go.

the start here is notoriously competitive, overtaking, undulating, hamilton began first and just kept the rest behind. remember, looks easy. here is the view from antonio giovinazzi. 0ne error, race over. then, from george russell, just behind, nowhere to go. release that breath of relief as both drivers emerge unscathed. the top three remained the top three, just a glimpse of frailty from hamilton‘s mercedes as he felt the tyres grow weary, but no real damage, no real drama, just another victory. it's the belgian grand prix for lewis hamilton! he makes all the others seem ordinary. if you want to, call that a superhero. joe wilson, bbc news. england‘s cricketers have beaten pakistan by five wickets in the second 20—20 international at old trafford. they comfortably overtook 195 — the highest run chase by any side against pakistan in the short format.

alex gulragani reports. after 20 yea rs after 20 years away, live cricket was back on bbc television — time to look your best. pakistan certainly did, the tourists at home on the old trafford wicket, and finding the boundary with relative ease. half centuries from barbara amir and mohammad hafeez had them marching ahead to set england a target of 196. a big change needed a quick start and england got it. england got it. pakistan introduced shadab khan, and he introduced wickets. bu rstow khan, and he introduced wickets. burstow was out, and with the next ball, banton burstow was out, and with the next ball, ba nton followed burstow was out, and with the next ball, banton followed suit. pakistani celebrations were halted by eoin morgan. the england captain keeping them in the game with his own half—century. there was a brief

wobble is three wickets fell, but england were guided home in the final over by david milan. all the drama you need for your sunday afternoon. rugby union‘s punishing schedule after the re—start is making for some extreme results. today, leaders exeter absolutely pummelled an understrength worcester 59 points to seven, including two hat—tricks, in their nine—try haul. in the race for the top four, harlequins kept alive their hopes of reaching the play—offs with a bonus point win over northampton. and in the late game, gloucester beat leicester. britain‘s adam yates just missed—out on taking the leader‘s yellow jersey on day two of the tour de france... he was in contention right until the sprint finish in nice — but finished third behind julian alaphilippe — who‘s four seconds ahead of him in the overall standings. there‘s more on the bbc sport website — but that‘s it from me. back to you.

that‘s it for now. we‘re back with the late news at ten. hello. this is bbc news. the government‘s eat out 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 nonalcoholic drinks up to £10. one of the restaurateurs who has taken part is fash khalili, owner of borge restaurant in stockton—on—tees. as well as serving italian food, borge has been named home of the world‘s best parmo four times, that‘s the special teesside delicacy made from chicken and melted parmesan. fash spoke to my colleague tim willcox. it has been a great help. after being closed for couple of months, this was a fantastic deal. it is like a deal of a lifetime and it has been busier because of it... because of it we managed to employ staff, i have all my staff back now and it is really good, it has helped us tremendously.

that is great, just under 1.5 million people in the hospitality sector were off work because of the furloughs scheme, you have taken your stuff back. this scheme is coming to an end, will you be able to keep those people on? yes, i think so. i am very optimistic because of the scheme we are a lot busier and we can see grandparents coming back with the grandchildren so we are doing really well at the minutes and i do not see any reason why it should slow down. i think i can see a good future. do you think it encouraged people who were a little timid about venturing out to go out into a restaurant like yours to eat and the financial incentive gave them a bit more courage as it were to go out and socialise? it has definitely been the case. the first week when we started monday, tuesday, wednesday

the rest of the week was quieter but now we find the rest of the week is busy as well. you can see a lot of regular customers coming back. and they tell me exactly the same thing. you sound very upbeat but has this cost you a lot of money in terms of savings you might have had which you have built up over the last few years? absolutely. obviously we had to use our reserves and it is good to know we can have income coming in and revenue going on, it has been really good for us. we are happy about it. hello. you don‘t need me to teddy august has thrown a lot of weather our way, from the extreme heatwave some of us enjoyed earlier in the month and the temperature reached 36.4 celsius around the london area and in cambridgeshire to actually on sunday morning a temperature of freezing in the coldest parts of northern ireland. in between we‘ve had

thunderstorms, flash flooding, two main storms as well but the month is coming to an end, a very quiet night because it is high—pressure in control. as we go into september, meteorological autumn, there are weather systems poised to move in from the atlantic but thankfully it doesn‘t look as stormy as it was last week. we look at that as we look for the weather for the week ahead. starting with a quiet bank holiday. we are in the same boat across the uk with high—pressure meaning dry, cloud and sunshine with a light breeze but it‘ll be one of the coolest august bank with the temperature is just around the the coolest august bank with the temperature isjust around the mid to high teens after what will be a chilly start to the day. there is a wea k chilly start to the day. there is a weak weather front approaching from the atlantic, it doesn‘t look like it‘ll bring rain to northern ireland until after dark and it lingers close to northern ireland and western scotland before fading away through tuesday. northern ireland and western scotland, this hops in

that position which means tuesday will be damp and cloudy whereas elsewhere a than in the uk will be cleared up. more of a southerly breeze after the northerly we have at the moment and these temperatures creep up a couple of degrees, just closer back to average for the time of year. there is a more vigorous area of low pressure approaching from a to b, an area of low pressure which has very loosely speaking some of the energy from what was once hurricane laura, which tends to boost some of the rain coming in on wednesday as it moves across northern ireland and scotland with heavier rain to come with northern and western parts of england for england and wales in a stronger southerly wind on wednesday. gusts around the western isles could be 50 miles an hour. as for those temperatures, it is a mild direction, creeping up above 20 degrees for the drier parts of the east and south—east of england. there is some uncertainty there and about how quickly these weather fronts were clear through southern parts of the uk going through

thursday. there will be rain going right across the uk but there might bea right across the uk but there might be a weather front lingering close to parts of southern england on thursday with the chance of patchy rain and a few blustery showers across the north with some sunny spells, too. before the front clears through, you might see some spots, making the temperature high before it comes down again going into friday with a weather front with a pulse of energy that runs along it taking some cloud with it. it might not look like this but it mightjust be the weather front is close to southern england and that is it on friday so we will keep you updated on that. potentially heavy showers coming in to northern and southern scotland. very slowly next weekend it looks as if high—pressure wants to build in but it is slow and before it happens we could be on the breezy side and shari next week in an optically warm before high—pressure settles things down

until the following week. if it is warm the week after, you won‘t find it in this forecast.

this is bbc news. the headlines at seven. 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 can see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid—19 in 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 shouting, disgrace. disgrace, they are shouting. and they‘re shouting the message to the people over there. look at all those riot police that have come out. that is why these protests are different. police have criticised "irresponsible" actions after thousands of people attended unlicensed raves in