this is bbc news — with the latest headlines i'm samantha simmonds. five years on, we meet the migrants who made a new life in germany — as we look back at the week that changed europe. translation: it is like my home. everything is good. we have residency like normal people. we have work. it is a good country and we have had neighbours. i like it a lot. another day of massive anti—government protests in belarus — but scores of pro—democracy demonstrators are arrested. lebanon's president calls for the proclamation of a secular state as the only way to protect and preserve pluralism. the beat goes on — the mexican jazz group that isn't letting coronavirus slow them down.

five years ago german chancellor angela merkel first used the term ‘wir schaffen dass' — or "we can do it" — and in effect, opened her country's doors to hundreds of thousands of people seeking asylum. this week, bbc news is looking back at the week that changed europe. in a moment we'll hear from our berlin correspondent jenny hill, but first let's remind ourselves of some of the key facts from that time. more than a million migrants and refugees crossed into europe in 2015, sparking a crisis as countries struggled to cope with the influx, and creating division in the eu over how best to deal with resettling people. the vast majority arrived by sea but some migrants made their way over land, and the dangers they faced

quickly became apparent. in january 2015, lebanon closed its border to refugees from syria, forcing thousands to travel further. and by spring, thousands started making the perilous crossing of the mediterranean sea. the second leg of theirjourney, over land, was not safe either. in august, 71 migrants were found dead in a refrigeration lorry at the austrian border with hungary. by early september 300,000 people had risked their lives to reach europe. the reception was often hostile. two decades of open borders in the eu came to an end as germany, austria and slovakia reintroduced border controls. the eu agreed to spread the burden. in october the first relocations to sweden were under way, but only a fraction of migrants were moved. by the end of the year, thousands remained stranded in camps in northern greece. some, though, had made it through to what they hoped was a new life in europe. 0ur germany correspondent

jenny hill was at munich railway station as they welcomed some of the new arrivals. she's been back to bavaria to meet some of the people involved in the moment which changed the country and still divides opinions today. we can do this said angela merkel. it's five years since germany opened its doors and its arms to tens of thousands of people, many more would follow hoping for the same warm welcome. i was proud of germany because germany did not hesitate to help the refugees. carmen, who speaks arabic, was among the many volunteers who came to the station to help. when you look back and, today, the situation today, or the doomsday scenarios did not become true. we could not have closed our doors. and it brought change to every part of

germany. in ivan's bird, a conservative bavarian town, they had to accommodate and integrate around 200 refugees. translation: i still think it was a bit much for someone to sit in berlin and say we could manage knowing full well it was up manage knowing full well it was up to each and every local mayor to have two marriage that make manage. 0ther mayor to have two marriage that make manage. other countries that share the burden we would not have had this level of political tension. if i could turn back time i would ask much more of europe. instead, anger, fear in the german streets. fuelled by ho profile migrant crime, sexual assault of women in cologne or the terror attack on berlin christmas market. as angela merkel battled a backlash, the far right flourished. it is now an established part of german politics. but during that time, mohammed who arrived in 2015, built a new life. he learned german, got a job,

built a new life. he learned german, gotajob, had built a new life. he learned german, got a job, had a family. translation: it is like my home. everything is good. we have residency like normal people. we have work. it is a good country and we have good neighbours. i like it a lot. but the story is not over, not for those still trying to come to europe and not for those we met in this specially built refugee home on the edge of the city. java tells us he was 16 when he arrived in germany. he is 21 now and still waiting permission to stay. translation: i don't want to leave, he tells us in german, my future is here. what we witnessed here in 2015 was extraordinary. the euphoria, the drama, the anger have now faded but you can still feel the consequences of that moment. it changed politics, it changed society and many of the people who arrived back then have begun to put down roots to

they will shape this country's future. tens of thousands of anti—government protestors have again taken to the streets of minsk for a third sunday, angry at the re—election of the belarusian president alexander lu kashenko. there've been clashes with riot police trying to stop them entering the capital's main independence square. steve rosenberg reports from minsk. 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's 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 lukashenko'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're insisting he resign. i don't know what will be the result, when will be the result, but i'm absolutely 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. let's speak to franak viacorka. he's a freelance journalist who is usually based in minsk, but has had to flee the country.

he's also a fellow with the atlantic council. welcome to you and thank you very much for being with us. you describe this moment on twitter as an historic crossroads. what do you mean by that? i think because this is the moment when belarus has to decide whether they want to be a part of the eastern russia geo— sphere or to be a part of the western liberal european sphere and now they protest not just against the dictator but they protest for civilisation and choice. the protests have certainly gained strength over the past few weeks but certainly on sunday we saw a show of force by the police and the military and the president, didn't we? what do you make of that? sunday, the streets of minsk were full of people, more

than 150,000, perhaps 200,000 people were on the streets and belaru has never seen such rallies before in its history. the only comparable one were rallies in 1990 when people protested against the soviet union. and i think authorities we re union. and i think authorities were not able to disperse those protest because the law enforcement agencies also limited capacity that it does not mean the brutal repression did not finish. i assume that today, tomorrow and over the next week there will be many arrests and detentions and then again on the weekend people will gather. and what do you think that president lukashenko and russia, in turn, will do with these protest if they continue with the strength of numbers that they have? of course president lukashenko he hopes that the protests will decline and people will be tired of getting out every day and he has a strong back from

vladimir putin who sent specialist media journalist to support the president that it does not seem that people will give up. the only issue in this pi’ocess give up. the only issue in this process is that if these movements on the street convert into institutional change. we see people protesting but we do not see a political leader who is legitimate enough and strong enough to negotiate with resident lukashenko and perhaps with the west and with russia as well. do you see russia as the powerbroker in this? will they either support president lukashenko or not and what would it take for them to walk away from him? russia is the big player and russia does not wa nt to big player and russia does not want to lose lukashenko. for so many years, president putin invested in lu kashenko many years, president putin invested in lukashenko in

keeping him on a leash. some days those leashes may be longer all shorter but democratic revolution in belaru means that russia is losing control over belaru means that russia is losing control over bela ru and means that russia is losing control over belaru and does not want the same situation as in the ukraine where russia does not want to interview with soldiers because they remember the reaction of the ukrainians. they hated vladimir putin for that. so i think russia is trying to be more subtle here, more careful and more diplomatic rather than militaristic. great to get your thoughts on the situation. thank you for being with us. to the united states now, and the head of the department of homeland security, chad wolf, says all options are on the table to resolve violent protests, which are intensifying, in the city of portland in oregon. a man was shot dead in the city on saturday night, amid clashes between supporters of

president trump and supporters of black lives matter. nick bryant reports. america in the run—up to the 2020 election — a deeply divided country that often seems to be tearing itself apart. the latest fault line — portland, oregon, the scene for the past three months of protests against racism and police brutality. tensions rose further after the supporters of donald trump formed a convoy of some 600 vehicles and then drove through the portland downtown. some fired paint balls and pepper spray at black lives matter protesters, who tried to prevent the caravan from entering the city. the fatal shooting came amid clashes between trump supporters and protesters. gunfire rang out, and a man died after being shot in the chest. it's been reported that he was wearing a cap with the insignia of patriot prayer, afar—right group that's clashed with anti—racism protesters. this has been one of the most volatile and violent weeks

of the black lives matter summer, sparked by the police shooting of an african—american, jacob blake, in kenosha, wisconsin. then on wednesday night, two people were killed in the city after a 17—year—old who claimed to be guarding buildings allegedly opened fire on protesters. kyle rittenhouse has now been charged with murder. donald trump has not yet condemned kyle rittenhouse, who's believed to be a trump supporter, and on friday, before the latest shooting, railed against black lives matter protesters at a campaign rally in new hampshire. protesters — you know what i say? protesters your ass. they‘ re not protesters. those aren't protesters. they're anarchists, they're agitators, they're rioters, they're looters. donald trump is portraying himself as a law and order president and sees a political opening — a comeback in the polls fuelled by scenes of civil unrest. nick bryant, bbc news, new york.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come — we'll have all the sport, including the us open getting under way in new york — the first tennis major since the coronavirus lockdown. he's the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky — an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. cheering it will take months and billions of dollars to re pair what katrina achieved injust hours.

three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years. so it was with great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines: five years on, we meet the migrants who made a new life in germany, as we look back at the week that changed europe. another day of massive anti—government protests in belarus, but scores of pro—democracy demonstrators are arrested. to lebanon now. the french president emmanuel macron will visit beirut later, on the centenary of the declaration of the state of greater lebanon. the country faces a crippling financial crisis and

the aftermath of the devastating beirut port explosion. lebanon's president has called for a secular state, saying it's the only way of creating real unity in the country. rebecca bailey reports. it's 100 years since french authorities declared the state of greater lebanon, carving its borders out of the humbled 0ttoman empire. but the country is not in a mood to celebrate. some of these buildings have survived. and explosion a month ago killed at least 200 people. the government resigned en masse, but that's done little to dampen people's anger. on sunday, the president called for change. translation: the transformation of lebanon from a prevailing sectarian

system into a modern secular state, citizens and citizenship means that salvation from the hated legacies of sectarianism and its repercussions, its salvation from red lines and quotas which hold any step towards reform. lebanon officially recognises 18 religious communities. the three main political offices, president, speaker of parliament, and prime minister, are divided among the three biggest communities under an agreement dating back to 1943. and parliament's 128 seats are also divided evenly between christians and muslims. mr aoun's speech comes ahead of visit by the french president, emmanuel macron, later, it's his second visit since the blast. this is how his last visit went. please help us! do something about us! visible anger on the streets. mr macron ended that visit by calling for a new political pact for the country, something mr aoun seems to be echoing.

hezbollah, an important and politicalfor in lebanon, had this to say about the french proposal. translation: i would like to say today that we are open to any calm discussion in this regard. that's in regards to reaching a new political pact. but we have one condition: this discussion should be carried out with the will and consent of the various lebanese factions. whatever happens next politically is likely to be a drawn—out affair. and even while there's talk of change, lebanon's existing political processes grind on. later on monday, it's likely that lebanon's ambassador to germany, mustapha adib, will be formally nominated as the next prime minister after securing major political backing, including from hezbollah. all this while the country struggles to pick up the pieces of the explosion, on top of a crippling economic crisis. 0n the centenary, there will be little focus on the past, with urgent problems to resolve in the present.

with becca bailey, bbc news. —— rebecca bailey, bbc news. we'll have the latest business news at half past. but first, let's head to the bbc sport centre. hello, i'm jane dougal and this is your sport briefing. they are dominating women's football in europe. lyon have their fifth successive champions league trophy after a 3—1win over germany's wolfsburg in the women's final. the french champions have won the title seven times altogether. translation: today, lyon are at the same level of real madrid in the 50s and 60s. we have been writing history for a few yea rs been writing history for a few years now. i think we are not done writing history yet. now, a monster play—off putt from john rahm won the pga event at olympia fields in chicago.

——jon rahm. rahm had made six birdies in his final round of 64, the lowest round of the week, to force his way to the top of the leaderboard. this putt from just over 65 feet at the 18th beat dustinjohnson in their play—off. johnson does, though, hang on to his world number one ranking from rahm by the finest of margins. the us open gets under way on monday, but a number of top players are missing — there's no rafa nadal or roger federer, no ashleigh barty or simona halep. and those who are there will have a very different atmosphere to any other grand slam that they've ever played in. no fans, of course, a bio—secure bubble, and regular testing for covid—19. plus, we've had the first player to pull out after testing positive — 17th seed benoit paire. hopefully nobody else as positive as well, that is the most important thing. after benoit gets healthy very soon again, that's it. i mean, as i

said, there's a possibility somebody‘s positive with all these people around, it was pretty high, so we just have to it's not too many and benoit‘s healthy very soon again. best wishes to benoit. number one seed karolina pliskova gets things underway on the arthur ashe show court. then it's former finalist kevin anderson against number five seed alexander zverev. and in the evening the men's top seed novak djokovic starts his quest for a fourth title. naomi osaka, winner in 2018, will play next as long as she recovers from the hamstring injury that led to her pulling out of the final of the wta event on saturday. no fans on arthur ashe court, though but it may not make a difference to coco gauff. i have more matches under my belt with no fans than i do with bands, so i think that to be honest it willjust with bands, so i think that to be honest it will just take with bands, so i think that to be honest it willjust take me back to when i first started on tour, and not too many people

out my matches. i'm still going to can be just as out my matches. i'm still going to can bejust as hard regardless, whether there are fa ns regardless, whether there are fans or not. lots of praise for england's twenty20 cricketers on social media after their win over pakistan. but not too much for their haircuts, as two of them had a go at giving batsman tom banton a trim before the game in manchester. sam billings and saqib mahmood fancying themselves as barbers. both might consider sticking to cricket instead. what do you think? don't give up what do you think? don't give up your day what do you think? don't give up yourdayjob, what do you think? don't give up your dayjob, boys. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, jan dougall, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. jane, thank you. when the coronavirus pandemic hit live music venues around the world had to shut up shop. thousands of musicians were left with nowhere to perform. in mexico city, one group were forced out of their usual

home, but they were determined to carry on making a noise, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. for diego maroto jazz trio, the beat goes on. normally they play at a local restaurant called el convite, or ‘the treat‘. from bebop to trad, from swing to the blues, they entertained diners and staff alike. but then lockdown happened. translation: everything became silent. i think that during the pandemic that everyone has discovered that listening to music made it more bearable. it has an emotional importance, a social importance, an economic importance. so they are pioneering what they call jazz on wheels, playing on the back of a pick—up truck, performing for local residents and passers—by, harking back to an earlier age when this form of music began. translation: jazz was born on the street, it completely belongs to the street. jazz is not academic.

of course you can study it, butjazz, the essence of it, you don't get in school, in a music university. jazz is this, jazz is being in the street. maybe so, but presumably they want to get back inside a club as soon as possible. the treat has reopened, but only with a reduced capacity. only when the diego maroto jazz trio make a proper comeback will they be able to play their smooth sounds in all their glory. nice. tim allman, bbc news. ringing music to the streets are there. do you stay with us. coming up, i will have all of the business stories in singapore and delhi. in the meantime, you can reach me on twitter. you can stay up—to—date on all of the stories we're covering@bbc.com/news. we will be back very shortly, so do stay tuned. thank you for

watching. hello there. summer warmth has been in short supply over the last few days. in fact, on sunday morning, one very sheltered spot in county down, northern ireland had a temperature just a fraction below freezing. and monday morning is getting off to a rather cool start as well. but a largely dry start to the new week. later in the week, it will turn wetter, windier and a bit warmer for a time before cooler weather returns just in time for the weekend. so, we start monday with high pressure in charge of the scene. underneath this area of high pressure with light winds, temperatures have been dropping away. but it means a mostly dry day. we will see some spells of sunshine and i think quite a lot of cloud will bubble up in the sky and that cloud spreading out, i think some places will have grey skies by the afternoon.

temperature—wise, another disappointing one, 15—18 degrees. the winds will be strengthening up towards the north—west. and later in the day we will see some cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing into northern ireland, perhaps north—west scotland as well. a very weak frontal system trying to push its way in, but elsewhere it stays dry through the night. not quite as chilly, although some spots particularly in northern and eastern areas will get down into single digits. so, for tuesday, this frontal system will make some progress eastwards, but it's running into high pressure, that'll squeeze a lot of the energy out of our weather front. you can barely see it on tuesday's weather chart. some cloud, some splashes of rain across parts of north—west scotland, maybe northern ireland. but, elsewhere, it's looking predominantly dry with some spells of sunshine. temperatures starting to creep upwards a little bit. and then as we move out of tuesday and into wednesday, this next frontal system will have a bit more life about it. so that will bring some slightly heavier and persistent rain and the rain will get further south—eastwards

this time. although i think east anglia and the south—east of england will probably stay dry for a good part of the day. turning quite windy as well. those are the average wind speeds, we could have gusts of 50mph or more for the northern and western isles of scotland. but with those winds coming up from the south—west, temperatures will be a little bit higher, 17 degrees in glasgow, 20 in london. thursday likely to be the warmest day of the week. still some rain in places. into the weekend, it turns cooler again, but there will be a lot of dry weather.

he this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the last supper. the uk's eat out to help 0ut scheme ends today, but some restaurants pledge to continue the discount scheme without the government's help. coronavirus and con artists. how the pandemic is creating opportunities for internet scammers. and we delve into the secret world of port. wine that is. as the grape harvest begins, we hearfrom one of the biggest producers how they have weathered the coronavirus storm.

the uk's eat out to help out scheme ends today. it was designed to help the 1.8 million workers in the hospitality sector — the government offered to pay 50% of the cost of a meal eaten in a restaurant on monday, tuesday and wednesday during the month of august. but was it a success? katie austin reports. trade has been sizzling this august at the 0liver cafe in bournemouth. it's owner and chef credits the eat out to help out scheme for being fully booked monday— wednesday. help out scheme for being fully booked monday- wednesday. trade is well up on july. booked monday- wednesday. trade is well up onjuly. people are more comfortable coming out to eat and enjoy themselves. we do oui’ eat and enjoy themselves. we do our best to make them happy. hgppy our best to make them happy. happy with their half price brea kfast happy with their half price breakfast on wednesday where this family visiting bournemouth for a few days and it is not the first time they have used the discount for the

top breakfast four times now. we had the book the restaurants before we left home to get the availability. because it is so popular. they are not the only ones who have taken advantage more than over the course of august probably ten times. by lunchtime, this pub just august probably ten times. by lunchtime, this pubjust out august probably ten times. by lunchtime, this pub just out of town was filling up. it has been much busier than expected. the challenge has been getting the order in, obviously, getting the team levels right but it feels good to have our pubs packed. especially after lockdown, you know, you did not feel that confident about going out but this has encouraged us. the government does not plan to extend the scheme but says it is helping hospitality sectors in other ways as well. this london cafe is one of a number carrying on a discount trade has been tough since reopening so has been tough since reopening $03 has been tough since reopening so a offer in september, funded by the landlord, is designed to lure more people back. with the fellow scheme coming to an end in october, businesses like

these hope that people's interest in eating out will still be on the menu come the autumn. so how much has it actually helped the sector — or has it merely postponed the moment when many restaurants will close down? joining me now is david sheen, public affairs director, uk hospitality. welcome to you and thank you for being with a static how much a success has this initiative mean? the initiative has been hugely successful for the hospitality industry. an update last week showed that over 64 million meals had been purchased through the scheme and we expect that to increase as we come into the bank holiday weekend. the latest data shows that over half of the population has taken part in the scheme and we are really, really pleased with the success of the initiative and it has kept many businesses going through what could be a difficult august. kept them going but it does and today.

are many businesses do you think will try and carry it on on their own to canteen you to boost their business? we are seeing positive signs that businesses are showing initiative to generate more consumer demand as the scheme and finesse. i think it will clearly be a difficult autumn and winterfor the clearly be a difficult autumn and winter for the sector but we are confident that with the right level of support the sector will see through the colder months ahead. what do you mean by the right level of support? what do you want to see happen next? the government's right to stimulate the sector, we are a massive employer employing millions across the community and we need the right level of employment support as we enter winter, whether that is through alternatives to fellow or other initiatives to keep people employed within the sector. we

need to look at whether there are additional stimulus measures. we have got a 5% vat rate which is a massive success and government should be looking to see whether that could be extended into 2021. we need to deal with the rent that that has built up during the crisis and we need to look to see how we can safely reopen and get as close to normality in the right conditions, including getting people back into our towns and city centres in the right way, to make sure that businesses can continue to rebuild. thank you for being with us. later today, indian authorities will announce gdp data for the first quarter of its financial year — april, may and june 2020 — the months when india was in strict covid lockdown. these figures will be the first

official data showing how the pandemic is affecting the already slowing indian economy. lets go to our india business reporter arunoday mukharji in delhi. how bad do you think they will be? it will be very bad and what economists point out is that even prior to covid—19 hitting the indian economy, the growth prospects for india were not encouraging. in fact india was growing at 3.1%, the lowest in11 was growing at 3.1%, the lowest in 11 years. this was for the period of january february march and soon after that the lockdown kicked in and that is when this will be the first report card of how badly covid—19 has affected the indian economy. the worry is that coupled with this, india continues to see a rise in the number of cases. nearly 79,000 over the last two or three days, new cases every day. economists point out that for economic growth to pick up in

any way the pandemic has to be dropped under some sort of control but going by the numbers, that does not seem likely in the next few months, at least. so prospects are grim and during this period, unemployment hit a maximum of 23% to going by every aspect and every indicator it does not look to gilly group that make good but what is also significant is that the government does not seem to be in the mood to go in for any kind of lockdown once again to they say it is likely to hinder they say it is likely to hinder the economic growth and that is something that the country can ill afford at this stage. and we will be back with you when those figures come out later. in the wake of the covid—19 crisis, huge numbers of people have been left facing a precarious future — either without a job or with very little job security. small wonder then that training organisations are reporting booming interest in people wanting to learn new skills. but that's creating fertile territory for scammers and con—artists — as theo leggett reports:

whether it is from property investment, playing the foreign exchange market or buying and selling shares, the internet is rife with people from missing to teach how to become very rich. it is very easy to see the attraction of all of this. a quick internet research will reveal a ll a quick internet research will reveal all sorts of courses promising to make you millions in six months or one year with very little effort and no fund up very little effort and no fund upfor very little effort and no fund up for top very little effort and no fund upfortop ——. very little effort and no fund up for top --. the problem is that many of them instead of making you money will cost you a small fortune. pretty poor to be honest $2500. andrew signed up be honest $2500. andrew signed upfora be honest $2500. andrew signed up for a free course that turned out to be an exercise in ha rd turned out to be an exercise in hard selling. marketing further courses that cost thousands. hard selling. marketing further courses that cost thousandslj spent courses that cost thousands.” spent about 2400 while i was thinking about it and sitting there on my phone looking at my budget trying to work out if i could afford to do this. the quy could afford to do this. the guy was saying things like, come on. there was an element of guilt there. placed on you,

asking if you did not want to ta ke asking if you did not want to take control of your future and stuff like that. typically they will sell you a shortcut to one of three things. this youtube are of three things. this youtube a re successful of three things. this youtube are successful and wealthy businessmen. he spends much of his time exposing the methods of what he calls entrepreneurs. people are used well—established psychological techniques to self curious promises of easy riches to there is only one person getting rich quick in that scenario. if you can sell 1000 people a £2000 course, you are getting rich quick but the actual success rates of these courses is so minute. some are scams but some are just generally quite disappointing. in the uk, the cpd standards offers provides accreditation for genuine courses that lead to real qualifications. it says the covid—19 outbreak has provided a big opportunity for the scammers. there are a lot of people out there now with more time on their hands who are keen to learn and who are keen and happy to put their

hands in their pockets to pay for training themselves. and that does leave the market open for scammers to take the opportunity to take advantage. well, i guess the messages to be really careful. just because i promised to you on a pathway to riches and a lifestyle of luxury does not mean the trainingi luxury does not mean the training i provide is worth a single penny. and if something looks too good to be true, then it probably is. japan starts the week with a question mark over who will lead the country after shinzo abe resigned on friday due to health reasons. let's go straight to sharanjit leyl in our asia business hub. sharanjit, have any candidates come forward ? good to see you there. quite a number of contenders there. what i should say, however, is that we are watching the stock market today because it is

fairly excited and we saw that on friday having some of its worst losses in weeks following the prime minister ‘s shock resignation. but today it has recouped all those losses. the benchmark index rose on the hopes that a new leader might help revive japan's pandemic hit economy. and i should say that the former defence minister, issue bar, has emerged as the most popular choice among the public to be the next prime minister, according to media opinion polls to —— ishiba. he is a vocal critic of shinzo abe and will face a big challenge from the chief cabinet secretary who is set to receive the backing of several major factions within the ruling liberal democratic party to the pan not elected leader by direct popular vote. under the country's parliamentary political system, lawmakers elected minister who is usually the leader of the ruling party. and a number of surveys show a big lead in public opinion for

ishiba which highlights the big split between public opinion and internal politics. his opponent will likely continue with the financial policies of abenomics, aiming to resuscitate a economy plagued bya resuscitate a economy plagued by a decade of nearly no growth. that was meant to be paid for in part by higher retail taxes in 2014 but the rise in the sales tax push the economy into a recession and the government continued to spend heavily for the 2020, now delayed, 0lympics spend heavily for the 2020, now delayed, olympics and most recently the relief package. ishiba, on the other hand, may look to a different and populist approach that has led to him because being popular in the pulse.

let's get some of the day's other news. the new zealand stock market's website has crashed for the fifth trading day in row. but a spokesman said trading on the exchange has been unaffected today due to contingency measures it had put in place. the website has been targeted by so—called distributed denial of service attacks since last tuesday. turning to china, sinopec has seen its first ever half—year net loss. asia's biggest oil refiner posted a net loss of almost $3.2 billion as pandemic lockdowns and the crash in crude prices continue to weigh on energy giants even as the country's economy recovers. that compares to a profit of more than $4.6 billion for the same time last year. the world's second—biggest economy — china — has largely managed to bounce back from the health crisis. this morning we had some encouraging numbers from the service sector. let's talk to fiona cincotta from city index. tell us more. as you mentioned

we have some service sector figures overnight and there was a nice surprise from the service sector in china which showed a tick upwards to 55.2 on the pmi level. a level over 50 means expansion so this is good news. it is raising hopes that consumer demand is returning. up until now it has very much been the manufacturing sector that has been driving the recovery after the coronavirus lockdown. so it is good to see that consumers are getting back out there and thatis are getting back out there and that is offering, not only is that is offering, not only is that the first for the second largest economy in the world but it also offers some hope for in the rest of the globe, especially in europe and the us who are a few months behind china in terms of the recovery. we have data for the service sector for the us and we have data for the service sectorfor the us and europe

later this week so that will be closely watched. and what does it say about how soon china could return to pre— covid—19 levels ? could return to pre— covid—19 levels? this is exactly, it is a very good question and it will be a combination of manufacturing and service sector which is going to drive the chinese economy back to covid —— pre— covid—19 levels. there is still a long way to go so let's not pretend that this isa so let's not pretend that this is a the shaped recovery but it is a the shaped recovery but it is definitely on the right track. thank you for your analysis. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: today marks the start of the harvest in portugal's douro valley of the grapes that goes into port wine — but will this year be a vintage one? he's the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly

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five years on, we meet the migrants who made a new life in germany, as we look back at the week that changed europe. another day of massive anti—government protests in belarus, but scores of pro—democracy demonstrators are arrested. covid—19 has seen hotels, restaurants and bars close around the world. that's hit the drinks industry pretty hard, according to the latest report, its wiped $33 billion off the value of the biggest drink brands. drinks companies have of course had to adapt. today, it's the start of the harvest in the douro valley, portugal, for symington family estates — one of the biggest global producers of port and wine, which owns brands like dows, gra ham's and cockburn. so, what are they doing differently? joining me now is rob symington, symington family estates d i rector. thank you for being with us.

how are you coping under covid—19 measures? how are you coping under covid-19 measures? well, it's been a challenging year like for many, all sectors and all businesses around the world. fortu nately, businesses around the world. fortunately, the port rate has held up pretty well. mainly because a lot of our sales go through the supermarkets around the biggest port markets in the world, uk, france, belgium, netherlands, us. but the on trade, bars and restaurants, com pletely trade, bars and restaurants, completely stopped. like many others we have been seriously affected and have had to adapt rapidly. what have you been doing to adapt? the first thing was the safety of the people who work with us and making sure we had contingency plans in place. three quarters of our workforce cannot work from home, we are a very hands—on business from the venue through to the bottle. we had a lot of people who have to go to work to do theirjobs. that was phase one, phase two is adapting to this new world of business. we weren't travelling, we weren't meeting our customers. there was a

rapid shift to digital. we did celebrate two big anniversaries, graham's was 200 yea rs anniversaries, graham's was 200 years old, and one other brand we have was over 300 years old. we had to cancel planned celebrations and shifting to social media, live, digital tastings, and things our sector hasn't done in the past. so, coronavirus was a catalyst for a lot of digital innovation. do you think it is giving you a much—needed push into the digital age, that you might not perhaps have gone down those words if you hadn't been forced to? i think it's fair to say budgets were reassessed and we tightened our belts and we reallocated investment. in terms of team time, as a company, we have a strong digital strategy, but it's fair to say there were a lot of people who would have been on planes but were instead on

home, inking, how can i creatively engage with my customers and my markets? i think it's better to say a lot of the ideas on our list came up of the ideas on our list came up further of the ideas on our list came upfurther in of the ideas on our list came up further in the list. we launched something called school of port, aimed at professionals in the wine trade, educating people about what port is, where it is from, where it is served, and that is something we rapidly got off the to—do list in april and by june we had launched the initiative. so, yes, ithink it has spurred us on. what about the harvest this year? is that proving any different? yes, this is going to be a harvest unlike any other, certainly in my lifetime. i need fifth—generation port reducer. and sally, this will be the first time we have not been able to do the traditional foot trading in our traditional garage. the traditional way of producing port was 14 men and women get into a large stone

thank and after a hot day in the vineyards, spent four more hours in the evening trading in lines ina hours in the evening trading in lines in a disciplined manner before one hour of freedom and having a party. and that is a fantastic way of kickstarting fermentation. and in one of our wineries where we still do this in the traditional way, i am sure you imagine this is not compatible with social distancing. this will be the first time since 1827 the port has not been made in this way in the valley. that is one example of many other things doing to adapt in the region, in terms of health and safety measures. but we only get one shot at the harvest, so we cannot afford to delay once the grapes arrive. testing, creating bubbles around our winery teams, so that we don't run the risk of having to close the winery. rob symington, interesting to see what you are doing to keep the business going. with luck with the

harvest. —— good luck with the harvest. a lakeland sheep farmer has warned that a trade deal with the united states could be a disaster for british agriculture. james rebanks, who documents his life as a shepherd on twitter and instagram, told the bbc the deal could be the "greatest act of vandalism" to hit the british countryside in decades. mr rebanks has written a book, ‘english pastoral‘, calling for a new, more environmentally—friendly approach to farming. rory cellan—jones went to meet him at his farm in cumbria. come on! he's the lake van sheep farmer who became something of a twitter sensation, posting pictures of his beloved flock in fair weather and fail —— lakeland. i‘m firstand weather and fail —— lakeland. i‘m first and foremost a shepherd and i take my rearing really seriously. but these days, james rebanks is a man with a mission. his new book, english astoria is part love letter to his farm, part love

—— manifesto for greener agriculture. i think it's good to have food delivered locally to have food delivered locally to us because it‘s something we can see and comment on. and we can see and comment on. and we can have more influence over the way things are done. it would be cheaper to do it from new zealand, though? there's more to life than cheaper. that is me told. and around the farm, he was showing me what he does do practice what he preaches. first, diversifying. the cows are a recent addition to the farm after years focusing on sheep. it's progress, you are stripping down to something, specialising in one thing. i knew that wasn‘t particularly good by nature and it hasn‘t been particularly good for our bank accou nts particularly good for our bank accounts in many ways. we have gone back to a mix of animals. free range pigs havejoined the farm. we're going back to the old model, if you pigs, cattle, the sheep and then having a

good diversified business model. he argues much of the damage to the landscape is the result of farmers imitating american intensive methods, and he has one great fear — a trailer deal with the us that gives free access to their farm produce does make a free trade deal, we will put all of these damaging systems into hyperdrive. it will be the greatest act of vandalism against the british countryside for many decades. but for the most part, james rebanks is an optimist. he believes family farms like his are showing there is a better way of feeding ourselves without damaging the landscape. rory cellan—jones, the news, but dale, in cumbria. —— bbc news. if you want more business stories, go to the bbc website. this story is very prominent.

capita to close a third of its officers permanently. 0utsourcing firm at capita, it isa 0utsourcing firm at capita, it is a major government contractor. thank you for being with us. hello there. summer warmth has been in short supply over the last few days. in fact, on sunday morning, one very sheltered spot in county down, northern ireland had a temperature just a fraction below freezing. and monday morning is getting off to a rather cool start as well. but a largely dry start to the new week. later in the week, it will turn wetter, windier and a bit warmer for a time before cooler weather returns just in time for the weekend. so, we start monday with high pressure in charge of the scene. underneath this area of high pressure with light winds, temperatures have been dropping away. but it means a mostly dry day. we will see some spells of sunshine and i think quite a lot of cloud will bubble up in the sky and that cloud spreading out, i think some places will have grey skies by the afternoon. temperature—wise, another disappointing one, 15—18 degrees. the winds will be strengthening up towards the north—west. and later in the day we will see some cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing

into northern ireland, perhaps north—west scotland as well. a very weak frontal system trying to push its way in, but elsewhere it stays dry through the night. not quite as chilly, although some spots particularly in northern and eastern areas will get down into single digits. so, for tuesday, this frontal system will make some progress eastwards, but it‘s running into high pressure, that‘ll squeeze a lot of the energy out of our weather front. you can barely see it on tuesday‘s weather chart. some cloud, some splashes of rain across parts of north—west scotland, maybe northern ireland. but, elsewhere, it‘s looking predominantly dry with some spells of sunshine. temperatures starting to creep upwards a little bit. and then as we move out of tuesday and into wednesday, this next frontal system will have a bit more life about it. so that will bring some slightly heavier and persistent rain and the rain will get further south—eastwards this time. although i think east anglia and the south—east of england will probably stay dry for a good part of the day. turning quite windy as well.

those are the average wind speeds, we could have gusts of 50mph or more for the northern and western isles of scotland. but with those winds coming up from the south—west, temperatures will be a little bit higher, 17 degrees in glasgow, 20 in london. thursday likely to be the warmest day of the week. still some rain in places. into the weekend, it turns cooler again, but there will be a lot of dry weather.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: labour calls for next year‘s a—level and gcse exams in england to be pushed back to help pupils cope with the impact of coronavirus. the cost of plastic bags is to double to ten pence and all shops in england will have to charge for them. parking on pavements is a nightmare for many disabled people, but could fining motorists up to £70 put a stop to it? magic morgan stars for england. the captain took centre stage inspiring his side to their highest t20 run chase on home soil to claim victory over pakistan.

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