this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government defends its rationing of coronavirus testing in some areas, which has left some people with symptoms having to drive more than a hundred miles for a swab. if people need a test, the vast majority get it quickly close to home. but when those testing centres are full, then obviously people are offered a test at the nearest place at which one is available. and if you've been asked to travel a considerable distance for a test in the uk, please do get in touch. on twitter, it's @annita—mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions. leading figures in uk aviation accuse the government of overseeing the demise of the industry due

to the lack of testing at airports. russia demands to see the evidence that the opposition activist, alexei navalny, was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. a rescue operation is under way after a ship carrying more than a0 crew and nearly 6,000 cattle has gone missing off the coast of japan as typhoon maysak sweeps over the region. body camera footage emerges showing that an unarmed black man died in new york state after he was hooded by police and held face down for two minutes. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here

and across the globe. in the uk, ministers are being warned that rationing appointments for coronavirus tests could lead to local outbreaks being missed. resources are being focused on current areas of concern, leading to a shortage of slots elsewhere. it's reported that some people with symptoms are being asked to travel more than 100 miles for a swab. the government has announced £500 million in funding to expand capacity and invest in new technology. trials will take place in salford, southampton and hampshire, with rapid tests and saliva—based kits. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, insisted that "if people need a test, the vast majority get it quickly and close to home." over the coming weeks and months, we're starting the roll—out today. that's not very specific when we are

looking ahead to a winter with a possible second wave. weeks and months sounds a bit vague. can we be a bit more specific? no, because i'm relying on brand—new technology. we are working with the companies so they can manufacture these kits as fast as possible. we are supporting them with the funding that i've announced today. all the way through this virus, i've been expanding the testing programme, and i'm absolutely driving this as fast as is humanly possible. but what i won't do, when... you know, there's 100 different companies we're working with. we are able to talk to you about three today, where we have verified those tests. and i'm going to be bringing more on stream as fast as we possibly can. it's just really important in the reporting of this as well that... i know this morning the news is leading on some of these operational challenges. but the vast majority of people get

a test really easily, it's turned around so you get the result the next day, or you can get one at home. and the really important message for your viewers is, if you have symptoms, you must get a test. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, described the challenges to the system that appear to have resulted from prioritising testing in areas where there have been outbreaks. it exposes what matt hancock called operational challenges and what others may think are flaws in the system. it seems to be a decision taken to prioritise areas where there are outbreaks. that means there are some areas which had a very early and sharp peak in infections but there's far less prevalence of the virus, which includes london, the testing capacity there may be less than it was, although at a national level, the testing capacity hasn't changed at around 350,000 tests a day. so for example, the bbc found that some people who were trying to book tests

in london were offered slots in cardiff or on the isle of wight. some people in devon who were trying to book slots were offered a nearest testing site in wales. so that is frustrating for the people involved. also, there is a public dimension as well. some public health experts are saying this is a disincentive for people to travel to get tests and if they don't bother, although the prevalence of the virus may be low in these areas, you might get localised spikes which are picked up a bit too late. matt hancock would of course say most people can still have tests close to home, but he was keen to stress that he was now moving onto the next generation of testing. there were problems with the drive—in tests but there are still home kits available, but he wanted to speed up the testing and speed up the number of people being tested. the government is trialling some of the more rapid testing in two areas.

you can get results in up to 90 minutes in southampton. and in salford, there is mass testing of people who don't have symptoms, being tested perhaps every week. this is something the former health secretaryjeremy hunt had been calling for and something the former prime minister tony blair was calling for as well, but they want this done more rapidly and they wanted universal testing throughout the uk. but when asked, matt hancock wouldn't put a timescale on when this trial in salford would go nationwide. one of the reasons that i refuse to your kind invitation to put a date oi'i when mass testing is available, when it's impossible to know because the machines haven't been built yet, is because i don't want then to come on this programme in a couple of months' time and you wag your finger at me and say, "you didn't hit that goal". and the government has also been accused today of overseeing the demise of uk aviation, to quote the boss of three uk airports. what did matt hancock

have to say about that? it is certainly not the first time the government has faced calls to do something about testing on site at airports. some other countries are doing this, where you get tested and then get another test five or eight days later if you are coming from what is regarded as an at risk country. that has effectively been what the bosses of heathrow airport and other airports have been pressing the government to do here. what was interesting about matt hancock's response was that although the policy was controversial, he poured buckets of cold water on this idea of airport testing and suggested that quarantine could be here to stay. if you test on day one on return, the scientists reckon that we find only about 7% of the total cases. so you still have to quarantine. and in fact, the countries around the world that have introduced this testing on arrival are now moving away from it and doing

the testing much later, because it doesn't clinically work. in this country, we've introduced this quarantine policy and i know it was controversial when we introduced it, but by god, i'm glad that we did, because if you see the cases going up in france, in spain, even in germany, the case numbers are going up and we've had to, in the case of france and spain, take that action to have the quarantine policy in place. so matt hancock was completely unapologetic about the quarantine policy. we know today that arrivals from greece to scotland have been quarantined and that might be extended to other parts of the uk. portugal, which was off the list, could be back on again. all that uncertainty is not good for the travel industry, but the message from the department of health is that we cannot expect that quarantine regime to be lifted any time soon. iamjust i am just going to be that a couple

more tweets that people have been tending about their experience of ringing upfora tending about their experience of ringing up for a coronavirus test. cath jones is in ringing up for a coronavirus test. cathjones is in south norfolk and she said, i booked an antibody to tpm, drive to testing station nine miles away at 3pm and got the result that am for the next morning. so the system has worked really well for her. but quite a few people are saying their seems to be something strange about initially calling up and being called the nearest testing centre is many miles away, but then persisting in finding that they actually can get a test closer to home. i had a tweet saying that there are five centres in the five mile radius where she lives but she was only offered something 100 miles away. i think it was something to do with schools reopen, but something is not quite right. keep those m essa 9 es is not quite right. keep those messages coming in and thank you for sending me those tweets about testing. some of the uk's biggest aviation

bosses — including the heads of tui and heathrow — have told the bbc they're frustrated with the government's handling of travel quarantines. they fear more industryjobs will be lost and say testing should have been brought in at airports to help save holidays and consumer confidence. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports. it has been unbelievably challenging, demanding beyond your wildest dreams. today, a message from some of the biggest names in uk aviation — if the government doesn't open up travel abroad significantly soon, the economic fallout will be even worse. i fear that if we don't act now, more jobs will be lost. 500,000 people in the uk rely on travel and tourism, so action and leadership by the uk government and industry, which has always been at the forefront, is essential. week in, week out, we lose more destinations. with the travel quarantine tightening again, the man running glasgow, aberdeen and southampton airports says the sector faces ruin.

well, quite frankly, i think, at this moment in time, the uk government is overseeing the demise of the aviation industry in the uk. we are seeing more job losses than we did in the demise of the coal industry in the '80s. that surely cannot be an accolade that any government would like to have. it's really quiet at heathrow right now, but aviation bosses say the government could change that by bringing in testing for covid at airports. but the facility already built at heathrow isn't being used because it doesn't have the government's backing. a passenger arriving into the uk will have booked a test online. they would then provide a saliva swab test to a trained nurse. they should get the results of that test within 2a hours, and they would be given a kit so they could do a second test at home in several days. two negative results would cut your quarantine period short. for months, ministers have been considering the idea. the industry wants action now.

it's something that is working for over 30 other countries around the world. this is the way the international standards are going. the uk government needs to get behind testing as an alternative to quarantine to save millions ofjobs in this country. this german—owned travel company has received massive loans from the german government to get it through the winter. its uk boss says support for the aviation sector here hasn't been on the same scale. the uk government isn't taking the long—term view of the economic value that the aviation industry and the leisure industry in its wider sense brings to the economy, so, therefore, i think they're betting on the fact that large operators will survive, however weakened they may become. the government says it's provided unprecedented support to the aviation industry, paying the wages of staff in the sector for months and providing loans to the likes of easyjet.

it says the quarantine is under constant review. but these aviation bosses are frustrated that there hasn't been more action from the government to ensure that foreign travel does pick up soon. tom burridge, bbc news. with uncertainty over whether quarantine restrictions will be applied to more countries, travellers are facing some difficult decisions. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee, is at faro marina in the algarve this morning and has the latest from there. it's interesting because since the travel corridor opened for portugal in the uk, which was only 12 days ago, because bear in mind, during the pandemic, portugal was the one place where it was closed in terms of quarantine was still necessary when people go back to the uk. so the portuguese saw a drop in numbers, but since august the 22nd, we are told that there are between 25,000 and 30,000 british tourists who have come out here to portugal for that late summer sun. let me bring in two people who have decided

to come out and play quarantine roulette, as it were, jim and kathy, you flew out from edinburgh. jim, first of all, tell me about your story, because you have been looking at different countries. you had actually booked several other countries before you came here. well, first, i had a holiday booked for canada injune, which wasjust cancelled end of... we had this originally booked early on in the year, and this was subsequently cancelled, went on to book croatia, croatia cancelled. they opened portugal back up, ijumped on the bandwagon. the 27th of august, flew on the 31st and now we're here. and we may have to quarantine when we get home. and kathy, you are due to come back next week. i think you've got to keep with the original flight, that is that right?

but you're going to be affected for your job? yes, i am, i've already got a plan in place to take two weeks off on return anyway because we highly suspected this may happen, so we put that plan in place before we came. so i'm fine, i won't lose myjob. your whiskey company know, clearly, that's in place. now, just briefly, clearly the government mantra at the moment is to only travel if you're content that you might have to unexpectedly cancel. so you are relatively ok with the fact that this has suddenly changed you now? reasonably comfortable. itjust means that you're restricted when you go home for a fortnight, and bearing in mind we have done quite a bit of lockdown prior to this. thank you both, let me give you a quick elbow bump and say thank i should just say, actually, the law here in portugal is that facemasks aren't mandatory and they are inside, but not for outside in public places, providing you keep at 1.5 metres. it is also worth saying, there are lots of british

tourists that i've also spoken to who are unhappy because the flights back, if they do want to avoid quarantine, are really between £1100, £500. we are talking about faro flights, only about four on friday if people do have to quarantine, course, we're still waiting. it is likely, the british ambassador to portugal has said, has hinted at this is likely to happen today, and portuguese figures have gone over that 20 mark now per 100,000, so we should see. very briefly as well, they call this the silver season because many british tourists, all the tourists, wait till the children and pupils are back at school and the golfing season starts here as well. so it will be a big loss if it comes today for quarantine on return, and of course, this country becomes a no—go zone. the headlines on bbc news... the uk government has defended its rationing of coronavirus testing in some areas, which has left some people with symptoms having to drive more than a hundred miles for a swab. leading figures in uk aviation have accused the government of overseeing the demise of the industry due to the lack of testing at airports. russia has asked to see evidence that the opposition activist, alexei navalny, was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent.

let's return to the news now that some of the uk's biggest aviation bosses — including the heads of tui and heathrow — have told the bbc they're frustrated with the government's handling of travel quarantines. they fear more industryjobs will be lost and say testing should have been brought in at airports to help save holidays and consumer confidence. for more on this, i'm joined by karen dee, who's the chief executive of the airport 0perators association. where is the aoa in terms of the need for testing? we had the health secretary matt hancock said this morning that in some countries like france, where they did introduce testing at airports a while ago, they are pulling away from that now. do you still think testing at airports in the uk would be a good idea? as you will have heard some of my colleagues say, our industry has

faced an unprecedented challenge since the lockdown and the covid crisis. in our view, the government has done quite a lot. we have worked ha rd has done quite a lot. we have worked hard with them to get health measures in place and they have their quarantine policies. but we are not going to see the restart that our industry needs unless we have some form of testing. we have seen have some form of testing. we have seen the government work on testing throughout the rest of the economy and our view is that if that is a way to give consumers confidence about travel and to also make it safe, that is what we need to do as an industry. how many airports are ready to instigate testing, whether it isa ready to instigate testing, whether it is a quick turnaround was something that gives people result inafew something that gives people result in a few days? there are pilot schemes available at some airports. some are already doing that with their own staff, but at the moment

we don't have the framework to deliver that for passengers. that is where we need the government to work with us over how we do this. we need that testing to offer an alternative to the quarantine measures, because thatis to the quarantine measures, because that is what is holding up the restart of our industry. yes, there is no point in airports doing something independently without the seal of approval of the government, thatis seal of approval of the government, that is what you are saying? exactly. we are five or six months into this crisis. what more support do you want in addition to testing and more clarity on quarantine? talk to us about the wind—up of the furlough scheme, business rates and those areas where you are presumably looking for more help. you're right. asi looking for more help. you're right. as i said at the start, we had at least four months where we had virtually no passengers at all, for very good reason, but that means no revenue for the airports. they

stayed open to facilitate freight and all those important services. we are now beginning to see some flights, but we are still only at 10-15% of flights, but we are still only at 10—15% of normal passengers, and that means revenues for airports are still very low, and yet we have a very high fixed cost base, and that is not sustainable. so we have been grateful for the furlough scheme to date, but that is coming to an end. so firstly, we need to find a way to safely restart and continue operating so we can work our way through this. but while that is still limited, we need continued support from the government. business rates are a big burden on airports. we have very large facilities and we pay large amounts of money. that is something they have offered to other sectors.

retail and hospitality have had that, and they do have it in scotla nd that, and they do have it in scotland and northern ireland, so we would like that extend to england and wales. beyond that, it is clear that for our sector, it is going to ta ke that for our sector, it is going to take three to four years at least before we are back to pre—covid levels. just to interrupt you, can all of the airports in the uk survive that? we are heading into an uncertain winter. we don't know what is going to happen with the virus. i spoke to the boss of agf airports earlier —— ads airports. they operate glasgow and aberdeen, as you know, and he said the government is presiding over the demise of the aviation industry. do you think there's a chance that some the airports in the uk may not survive this period? that is the crucial question and i don't have a definitive answer. but many airports of all sizes are facing challenges

to their revenue and operations that they have never seen before. some are well placed and others will be less well—placed. it depends how quickly we can get travel going again and whether or not there are other mechanisms of support the government can bring forward. we know that aviation is crucial to the uk economy. we know the government supports levelling up and building the regional economies and also, post—brexit for, for us to continue to trade globally. so aviation is a key pa rt to trade globally. so aviation is a key part of the government strategy and we hope they will continue to provide support for us and help us get back to growth. karen dee, the ceo of the airport operators association.

india has confirmed the highest daily surge of coronavirus cases for any one country as the nation comes closer to surpassing brazil's total number of cases. over 83,000 new cases of the virus were reported on thursday, with several states announcing their biggest single—day surge ever. maharashtra, the worst hit state, saw a daily increase of more than 17,000 infections, its highest so far in one day. that brings total number of confirmed cases nationwide to more than 3.8 million, making india the world 5 third most affected nation. the country's heath ministry said over 1,000 people had died from covid—19, taking the overall death toll to 67,376 people. it comes as india's economy contracted by 23.9% in the three months to the end ofjune, making it the worst slump since 1996.

russia is facing international demands for a "full and transparent investigation" after germany said it had proof that one of president putin's leading critics, alexei navalny, had been poisoned with the nerve agent, novichok. mr navalny is in a coma in hospital in berlin; he was flown there after being taken ill on a flight in russia. we can speak now to the chemical weapons expert hamish de bretton—gordon. dominic raab says the russian government has a clear case to a nswer government has a clear case to answer and angela merkel says this raises difficult questions that only the russian government can answer. do you agree that if there is going to be an answer, that is where it has to come from? absolutely. the evidence is very damning. it is only the russians who have ever made novichok, which was used to poison sergei skripal and others in salisbury two years ago. nobody is has configured this sort of stuff. you always know when the russians

vehemently deny something that there is an element of truth in it. but it is an element of truth in it. but it is entirely in the russian hands. they are a signatory to the chemical weapons convention, which is if there has been a chemical attack on your soil, you should call in the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons to investigate. so the russians should be doing that andi the russians should be doing that and i am sure the germans will get all the support they can turn that investigation. i'm sure the british, at porton down, who we know treated casualties in the uk, will be helping to treat alexei navalny and will also help. so it is very much in russian hands to get this into the open but there is no other plausible explanation at the moment that anybody else is responsible but the russian state. on a practical level, what can the west due to investigate to getjustice? well, no doubt there will be a lot of work going on in berlin to get all the evidence they can from mr navalny.

but when the red line was crossed in august 2013, nearly 2000 people were killed by the deadly nerve agent sarin in syria and the international community sat on its hands, pretty much. it then gave free rein to every dictator, despot and terrorist to use chemical weapons. so the genie is out of the bottle. i think the international community must now come together through the un security council, now led by the permanent members britain, america and france, to bring russia to book. and we must be prepared to be demonstrative here. we have seen that if we are not, these things proliferate and we will see them all over the place. it will be a determined approach and i hope britain leaves in this —— i hope britain leaves in this —— i hope britain leads on this. we know about the novichok attack on british soil. we have now seen one on russia which looks very much like a russian state operation that has now moved to germany. so it's important that

there is key members of the un security council get together to make sure this is brought to book. but the international community hasn't really laid out a deterrent in previous instances like the expulsion of diplomats. that is not going to be a deterrent, is it? no, it's not. it is apparent that the russians really don't care. they are not too bothered about collateral damage. i am worried that there could be a lot of contamination at the airport and the hotel in russia. hopefully, the russians are dealing with that, or we could see more casualties. but yes, sanctions don't seem to mean a lot to the russians. but we must carry on with sanctions, particularly financial ones. if russia's key oligarchs and supporters start losing money, i suspect that will mean more to putin than anything else. and we must be demonstrative about it. we must be prepared to take, if necessary,

precise military action when people use chemical weapons, which we didn't allow —— do interior and which allows them to proliferate. in a dictatorship like russia at the moment, they are prepared to do very unpalatable things. we don't know what the longer term consequences for alexei navalny of this attack are going to be. but knowing what you know about novichok, are you surprised that he has survived this? i should firstly state that i am not a doctor, but i am very surprised that he has survived. some people are suggesting that he swallowed novichok. i think if he had, he would have died very quickly, which is why i am concerned that it might be more like a method on a handle or something. the fact that he is still alive, the fact that he has got to germany, where he will be getting the best medical support, and the

fa ct the best medical support, and the fact that that has been supported by the scientists at porton down, who have saved at least five lives in the uk from people who have had novichok poisoning and some of them are have had a significant dose, one hopes he will make a recovery. hamish de bretton—gordon, thank you very much. a new case outlining allegations of police violence has emerged in the united states. camera footage obtained from police in new york state shows an unarmed black man being hooded by officers and held down with his face to the road for two minutes. 41—year—old daniel prude was suffering from mental health problems when his family called the police for help in march. his brotherjoe spoke to the media on wednesday. i placed a phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched. you're here to protect and serve. but you're basically here to protect and lynch. cbs correspondent laura podesta in new york explained

what's known about the case. yes, another case that is causing outrage, this one in the rochester, new york community, a bit further north from where i'm standing in new york city. as you mentioned, this happened back in march but body camera footage was just released which shows this man, daniel prude, being held down by rochester police face down, with a spit hood over his head. a spit hood is like a mesh bag, and it was being used on him because this was while coronavirus was ramping up. and there are reports that daniel prude told officers he had coronavirus, so they put the spit hood on him as a precaution so that they wouldn't get his saliva on him and perhaps contract the coronavirus. but daniel prude was held down for over two minutes facedown. he became unconscious and was taken to hospital and died seven days later after being ta ken off life support. so now there is an internal investigation of the police officers involved.

we're told they are still on the force. they have not been suspended orfired. this is in contrast to the george floyd case in minneapolis in minneapolis that you'll remember back on memorial day in may. those officers have been either suspended or fired, and are facing charges now. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines. the uk government has defended its rationing of coronavirus testing in some areas, which has left some people with symptoms having to drive more than 100 miles for a swab. leading figures in uk aviation have accused the government of overseeing the demise of the industry due to the lack of testing at airports. russia has asked to see evidence that the opposition activist, alexei navalny, was poisoned with a

novichok nerve agent. body camera footage emerges showing that an unarmed black man died in new york state after he was hooded by police and held face down for two minutes. and dwayne "the rock"johnson, the world's highest—paid actor and former wrestler, reveals he, his wife and his daughters have all contracted covid—19. top pharmaceutical firms will meet later today, for a briefing on covid—19 therapeutics, trials and access. heads of pfizer, roche and other big companies have been meeting regularly since the world health organization declared a pandemic earlier this year. the briefing is being held by the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations. thomas cueni is the federation's director general and joins me now from geneva. thank you very much for your time today and you will be addressing

this gathering later. what can we expect from the briefing? thomas, i'm going to ask you to start again, we had a little glitch with the sound, so hopefully we can communicate clearly. i was asking you what we can expect from this briefing today? thomas... unfortunately, we are having trouble hearing year, one more quick try? can you speak to us? yes, ican more quick try? can you speak to us? yes, i can speak to you. we are... ido yes, i can speak to you. we are... i do apologise, problems with that line. we're going to try again to see if we can get back to thomas from the international federation of pharmaceutical federation and associations. a ship carrying nearly 6,000 cattle and with more than a0 crew has gone missing

off the coast of japan. coastguards have rescued just one seaman, who was found drifting in rough waters in a life jacket. but strong winds and torrential rains from typhoon maysak are hampering efforts to locate the other crew members. the freighter, which was on its way from new zealand to jingtang in china, sent out a distress signal call from nearby amami oshima island late on wednesday. the bbc‘s shaimaa khalil says the rescued crew member has been giving details of what happened. we heard from serino edwards, the 45—year—old crewmember, chief officer, who was the only crewmember to be rescued from the ship. he spoke to the japanese coast guard after he was rescued he said that one of the ship's engines had failed before the ship hit a wave and capsized and that he and other crewmembers were directed to wear life vests, even jump off into the water. but he said he didn't see any other crewmembers. as you say, we know that the ship was headed from new zealand to china, it was due in china

by next friday, but overnight on wednesday it sent out this distress signal. the japanese coast guard has told the bbc that the search continues, they are using five planes, they are using three rescue ships, but they are working in extremely difficult conditions because of the typhoon. captain richard meikle is a master mariner and accident investigator who has worked for britain's marine accident investigation branch. he says ships like this are very hard to handle in rough seas. carriers such as this do bring their own challenges, particularly with a large area of deck space where the cattle are obviously stowed, and so the cattle are able to move and also the water in the area produces a large surface area that when the ship starts to get into trouble has an impact. a lot of these vessels have been modified from existing vessels

and some have been built for the purpose of the transportation of cattle around the world, and it is well—known and very well established. i think it is extraordinary, particularly in this, in 2020, that we've got a large vessel, modern, certificated that is found and the fact of this it still goes on. it is quite extraordinary. it's not unknown, there have been previous vessels such as this would have also been lost in the past, so this certainly isn't the first time, but extraordinary that it still happens. president trump has suggested that people in a key battleground state, north carolina, should attempt to vote twice in november's us presidential election. during a visit to the state, mr trump said he didn't like the fact that several hundred thousand people there may use postal ballots. he said they should test the state's system by attempting to vote once by mail and once in person. voting twice in a us

election is illegal. a hong kong magistrate has foundjimmy lai, founder of the pro—democracy newspaper apple daily, not guilty of intimidating a photojournalist from a rival newspaper. mr lai had denied the charge of "criminal intimidation" over an incident three years ago. last month police detained the democracy activist in a separate case under a controversial new security law. he's also facing several other charges over last year's anti—government protests. the 71—year—old's arrest in august sparked global condemnation of the escalating crackdown on dissent in hong kong. amazon has announced its creating 7,000 newjobs at its warehouses and other sites across the uk. the online retailer, which has already taken on 3,000 new employees this year, said the expansion would take place in the coming months. the new roles will include engineers, human resources and it as well as the teams who pack

and ship customer orders. i'm joined now by patrick o'brien, who's a retail analyst at the company globaldata. good morning. this is clearly a big boost for the economy because we have had so many stories ofjobs being cut, so very welcome to hear aboutjobs being being cut, so very welcome to hear about jobs being created. being cut, so very welcome to hear aboutjobs being created. do we have any idea where these jobs will be?” think they are going to be across the board. it is indeed a fantastic thing for retail to have some positive news in the sector. we think it will be across the board, amazon have done exceptionally well during lockdown as people have been turning to online. they are opening some major distribution centres that need to be filled up, especially in the north of england. so i think... there are going to be engineers and softwa re there are going to be engineers and software developers as well. some,

not all low—paid jobs, some of them are well paid jobs as well. do we have any sense on whether these will bejobs for the long have any sense on whether these will be jobs for the long term? is probably inevitable that amazon would be creating morejobs, it's done incredibly well during the pandemic, hasn't it, but will these be long—term roles? pandemic, hasn't it, but will these be long-term roles? i think definitely. they have said these are long—term roles. there isn't a question that amazon were growing even before the pandemic in the uk, over 20% per year. so it would be obvious that they would increase their jobs, obvious that they would increase theirjobs, but they have already increase to 3000 this year, and now another 7000. they will be taking on temporarily staff to deal with things like the amazon prime day and the christmas rush but i will expect

these to last next year. are there concerns about tax? there are always concerned with amazon around tax. a lot of that is down to the fact that people look at the amount of sales and revenue that amazon have in the uk, but of course, the amount they pay in taxes quite low because they are not recording huge profits in the uk. that might be down to a number of things but part of that is down to the high levels of investment they make in the uk. they don't record huge profits and of course taxes are against profits.” wonder as you consider the wider retail landscape, what will the owners of small, medium and large businesses be thinking as they see this expansion of amazon? will they be thinking, there go some of my business, and what does that say about the future for the high street? yes, i think they will be

thinking that. amazon are going to be an even more challenging retailer than they have been in the past. and it's inevitable that in the coming months, we will see more retailers in the uk go to the wall, more job losses and more announcements of big job losses in the sector u nfortu nately. job losses in the sector unfortunately. that is inevitable due to the economic period that we are going to be going through. thank you very much, patrick. top pharmaceutical firms will meet later today, for a briefing on covid—19 therapeutics, trials and access. heads of pfizer, roche and other big companies have been meeting regularly this year. the briefing is being held by the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations. thomas cueni is the federation's director general and joins me now from geneva. hopefully our communication will be

straightforward this time. thank you for your patience. what can we expect from today's briefing, which you will be addressing? basically, we have made remarkable progress over the last seven months, given that that we didn't know about this untiljanuary, we have come a long way. the most important tool to contain the pandemic is still public health, social distancing, hand washing and mask wearing. we do have some treatments that work on serious cases, cutting mortality rates, like dexamethasone. we do have treatments like remdesivir which can seriously reduce hospital space. on the other hand we have had some disappointments. one can't accuse the industry of not trying everything, we have had a number of clinical trikes like hydroxy which

did not work out. but we are going on three treatments, antivirals, antibodies and anti—inflammatories, in addition to working constantly on vaccines. lots of what is going on is repurchasing and adapting existing drugs and therapies but you bring up the subject of vaccine. you have been cautioning against speed on this. obviously everybody is desperate for news of a vaccine that works, tell us why you are injecting that note of caution, no pun intended, into this? from and industry point of view we are all as keen to move as fast as possible but we also need to move as slow as needed. we cannot afford to have vaccines reaching the market which have not been properly tested, where short cuts were taken, and that's why it's important that we are

innovative, we have recently issued a strong statement in support of the regulatory agencies and the highest regulatory agencies and the highest regulatory standards, because if we do not come out in full transparency on clinical trial results whether they are good or bad, and give sufficient time for the agency to look into the data, we could create havoc with trust in vaccines. and if you look at the data whereby in many countries, including the uk, the us and europe, there are many anti—vaxxers. and we need to make sure that the agencies take their time to make sure that what reaches patients and citizens has been tested for quality, safety and efficacy. so you caution against political reasons affecting the

development, political thinking affecting the development of vaccines. talk to us again about how pharmaceutical companies can ensure that there is a fair and equitable sharing out of any vaccine when hopefully it comes, or any treatments for coronavirus. we cannot do this on our own, but we cannot do this on our own, but we can play an important part. because we, for example, our member companies, we are funding part of the —— partner of the geneva—based coalition which has a lot of vaccine candidates. it's so important, co—vaccination is the tool to make sure that no one is left behind. this is only possible if we have rich companies buying into this facility. yesterday we learned that the us does not want to be part of

it, that is disappointing. japan announced that they will join the facility, the european union, germany have expressed support for it. therefore i am still cautiously optimistic that we will be able to make sure that as soon as we have vaccines, a portion of that will go to people in developing countries. very good to talk to you, thank you for your time today. director general of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations. the headlines on bbc news... the uk government has defended its rationing of coronavirus testing in some areas, which has left some people with symptoms having to drive more than 100 miles for a swab. leading figures in uk aviation have accused the government of overseeing the demise of the industry due to the lack of testing at airports. russia has asked to see evidence that the opposition activist, alexei navalny, was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent.

five years ago, more than 1 million migrants and refugees crossed into europe. nearly three quarters were fleeing conflict in syria, afghanistan and iraq. sweden was one of the most generous countries — but its asylum policies quickly became stricter. the bbc followed nour ammar, a young syrian woman, as she made the perilous journey north. maddy savage has been to see how her life has changed. coffee with mum, a simple pleasure nour ammar doesn't take for granted. they were separated as she travelled alone across nine countries to make it here. her father died in the war in syria. now, she's learnt swedish, got her driving licence and a job in a food warehouse. i have my apartment, i have my family, i have my job, so i feel like i'm a stable, confident person right now. what about making friends, settling in?

they are a close group, the swedish people, so you can'tjust go in and be friends with some swedish people. you can't do that. do you have any swedish friends? no, i don't have any. she'd hoped for deeper connections, but still feels lucky to be here. that's because sweden, one of the most welcoming countries to migrants, changed its approach soon after she arrived, limiting numbers and making temporary permits the norm. for a centre—left government, it was a major shift in policy. of course it was a tough decision to make, but on the other hand, there was nothing else to do. there arrived 114,000 people to sweden injust four months, and it would have been impossible for sweden to keep on that pace, so we had to be very clear that, well, if you're going to apply for asylum in europe, you have to choose other countries. crime is also a big issue here in sweden. in city suburbs like this one, rinkeby, where almost everyone

has an immigrant background, there have been high—profile shootings in recent years, and that's led increasing number of swedes to vote for anti—immigration parties, even though police say most of the crimes are carried out by gangs and people who've grown up here, not new arrivals. and lots of locals say they do feel safe even if they've lost friends in the violence, like this 16—year—old. normal people don't have to be scared about that. if you don't... if you aren't involved in a gang, you don't have to be scared for nothing. but if you are involved, then you'd better run. how easy is it to...to be successful if you come from a place like this, to have a career, education... it's...you only have two ways — either you play football or you do music. you don't have any other ways out. there is a strong push to improve life with a new police station and projects to help more people into work

here and other segregated neighbourhoods. it's a big challenge to enter the job market in sweden if you don't have a network, and also, to progress up in the market. we facilitate meetings with just ordinary swedes, but we match demand that they have the background in the same sector, and since the immigration wave five years ago, we have facilitated for over 58,000 people to meet this way with a great impact, 24% get the job or an apprenticeship through our programme. while some new swedes are making their way even in neighbourhoods that were already troubled, no—one disputes that the decision to take in so many has brought challenges that are shaping this country's future. maddy savage, bbc news, sweden. getting some reaction from the kremlin over the alexei navalny

case, he is in a coma in berlin, the german authorities say he was poisoned with another chuck. the kremlin says they do not understand why angela merkel has made a statement on the navalny case, saying that it sees no reason to blame the russian state over navalny. germany and many other countries have called on russia to have an investigation. also claims ofa have an investigation. also claims of a pipeline between germany and russia being affected by this, based on emotion, because it is a commercial contract. in the uk, lockdown meant many people spent more time in their gardens, with some even growing their own fruit and veg — but an abundance of produce gave one woman in northumberland an idea to help others. she started donating to a fresh food bank which helps

families across the county. now more than 200 home—growers are taking part. alison freeman reports. from field to fork via the foodbank. sue's surplus of garden grown goods are just some of the fresh fruit and veg which are now being distributed to the most in need. i'm more than happy to share what i've got, my time and my produce with everybody. i am more than happy. i think everybody has the right to have fresh food, and fresh food is so expensive. this is a way of helping people to access fresh food that can't normally afford it. every week, sue's one of 200 home and allotment growers in northumberland who donate to the hexham fresh foodbank. their producers gathered at a local shop before being given to foodbank volunteers to hand out.

this was all the idea of ginnie o'farrell, who saw lockdown was giving people the time to grow gluts of fruit and vegetables. she decided they could be shared with those who might be forced to rely on more traditional tinned and dried supplies. for some of our more unusual products then people have actually started labelling, writing recipes, telling people what to do with them. so everybody can access good, fresh produce. so do you think that people who use the foodbank are most in need of fresh produce? absolutely. they're the kind of people who are going to be using, typically, tinned orfrozen produce. and there's no reason why they shouldn't have access to good produce. the fact that we are growing without pesticides, without chemicals is just the cherry on top. once the west northumberland foodbank gets the fresh produce it sorts it into bags, alongside the other donations for delivery by its volunteers.

but for those who run the project, it's not just about the fantastic range of food that's being delivered. the team with ginnie have even been making some apple crumbles and apple pies and home—made jams and chutneys. and i think the response has been people are amazed that complete strangers have taken the time to be so kind to make something nice to eat for somebody that they've never met before. so people really appreciate that. oh, that looks brilliant, katie. is it ready for the pan? sam's daughter rosie is a single mum of three on a low income. the foodbank‘s enabled her to give nutritious food to her children. she was quite excited about it. because i've tried growing vegetables myself, which i'm not very good at. but being able to receive free produce — it's fantastic. and it's a good way of showing the kids where the food comes from. it's hoped other growers will follow suit across the country, sharing not only their food but this sense of community. and all this is happening with food

that might have gone to waste. exactly. it was just from a couple of packets of seeds in my cupboard that i wasn't going to use this year. alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland. dwayne 'the rock‘ johnson — usually seen jumping out of burning buildings in one of his action films — has revealed on instagram that he and his family have been recovering from coronavirus. the actor said the positive test results were a 'kick in the gut‘, but has offered his social media followers some of his tips on staying safe. this has been one of the most challenging and difficult things we have ever had to endure as a family, and for me personally as well. be disciplined, be disciplined when it comes to people coming over to your house, get them tested. you never know. be extra cautious. do not let your guard down. boost your immunity with antioxidants or vitamins things of that nature.

five baby gorillas have been born in the last six weeks in bwindi national park, leading the ugandan wildlife service to declare a baby boom. the latest one, seen in this photo with his mother called ruterana was born last weekend. seven babies have been born since january compared to three for the whole of 2019. mountain gorillas are endangered with just over 1,000 in existence. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. for some of us it's been a cloudy, wet and murky start to the day with some poor visibility, and that's because we do have a weather front sinking south. as that moves into the south, for all of us we are looking at a breezy day and a showery one, with gusty winds once again across the north west. gusting 40, 45 miles an hour, later 50 miles an hour

across the northern isles. here is that weather front sinking south, taking its cloud and rain with it, but as it does so, it turns patchy. it will be fairly cloudy across southern areas in the south—eastern corner through the afternoon with one or two brighter breaks. but as we move to the other side of that weather front, brighter skies, some sunny spells as well and also some showers. some of the showers coming into the west being blown on this brisk wind over towards some eastern areas as well. temperatures ranging from 15 in the north, 20 in aberdeen, to 21 in london and norwich. as we head on through the evening and overnight, what you will find is this weather front sinks southwards as a band of cloud. behind it there will be some clear skies, lumps of cloud at times, and also the showers are still being driven in on those brisk winds, again, some of which will be heavy. not going to be a cold night, overnight lows 9—13 degrees, but it won't be as mild a start to the day as it was today. so tomorrow we pick up our weather front, it has sunk southwards, it pivots around and then it

rejuvenates and brings some rain towards the south—eastern corner. this is where we think rain will be, it could be a little bit further north, so do keep checking the forecast if you have outdoor plans. but for the rest of the uk, sunshine and showers. and then through the weekend, the azores high builds in, so we still have low pressure close to scotland so for you you will be prone to some showers and also stronger winds. those winds blowing the showers from the west towards the east. some sunshine as we can further south and temperatures down a touch. the north—westerly wind is a cooler direction so we are looking at 11 to around 18 degrees. then as we go to saturday night into sunday, we have a little feature coming through northern ireland, southern scotland into northern england and wales which will push southwards during the course of sunday. that will be fairly showery. in between them, some bright skies, and behind that, a return to some sunshine and temperatures 11 in lerwick to 19 in london.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government defends its rationing of coronavirus testing in some areas, which has left some people with symptoms having to drive more than a hundred miles for a swab. if people need a test, the vast majority get it quickly close to home. but when those testing centres are full, then obviously people are offered a test at the nearest place at which one is available. leading figures in uk aviation accuse the government of overseeing the demise of the industry due to the lack of testing at airports. russia demands to see the evidence that the opposition activist, alexei navalny, was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. a rescue operation is under way

after a ship carrying more than 40 crew and nearly 6000 cattle has gone missing off the coast of japan as typhoon maysak sweeps over the region. body camera footage emerges showing that an unarmed black man died in new york state after he was hooded by police and held face down for two minutes. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. in the uk, ministers are being warned that rationing appointments for coronavirus tests could lead to local outbreaks being missed. resources are being focused on current areas of concern, leading to a shortage of slots elsewhere. it's reported that some people

with symptoms are being asked to travel more than 100 miles for a swab. the government has announced £500 million in funding to expand capacity and invest in new technology. trials will take place in salford, southampton and hampshire with rapid tests and saliva—based kits. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, insisted that, "if people need a test, the vast majority get it quickly and close to home." over the coming weeks and months, we are starting the roll—out today. ok, that's not very specific, is it, when we are looking ahead to a winter with a possible second wave, weeks and months sounds a bit vague. can we be a bit more specific? no, because i am relying on brand—new technology. we are working with the company so they can manufacture these kits as fast as possible, we are supporting them with the funding that i have announced today. all the way through this virus, i have been expanding the testing programme and i'm absolutely driving

this as fast as is humanly possible. but what i won't do... there are 100 different companies that we are working with, we were able to talk to about three today where we have verified those tests. and i'm going to be bringing more on and more on stream as fast as we possibly can. it is just really important in the reporting of this as well, i know this morning, you know, the news is leading on some of these operational challenges, but the vast majority of people get a test really easily. it is turned around so you get the result the next day or you can get one at home and the really important message for your viewers is if you have symptoms, you must get a test. well, there have been high profile calls for universal testing to be introduced here in the uk soon. the former prime minister tony blair and former uk health secretary jeremy hunt are among those calling for plans to be speeded up. however, matt hancock has refused

to give a timescale. one of the reasons that i refuse to your kind invitation to put a date on when mass testing is available, when it's impossible to know because the machines have not been built yet, is because i don't want then to come on this programme in a couple of months' time and you point your finger and wag it at me and say that you didn't hit that goal. we can now speak to professor devi sridhar, chair of global public health at the university of edinburgh. thank you forjoining us at. first, this question initially of the testing programme at the moment, some people it seems i've been asked to travel quite a distances, are you surprised that there seems to be a shortage of supplies so early autumn? people are reallyjust gearing back up for work and schools after the summer break and already it seems to be slightly struggling. yes, we start to see the same exact thing in scotland and i think it is with schools going back, people returning from holidays as well as

getting back to normal life, we are seeing are seasonal ms is going round and covid—19 is very similar in generic symptoms such as a cough, cold. —— seasonal illnesses going round. it has such a range of symptoms, covid—19, so people are concerned and you see the testing system being strained and i will only increase in the weeks to come. asi only increase in the weeks to come. as i said, as ita only increase in the weeks to come. as i said, as it a surprise that the system is already struggling to cope, what does that tell us about what is going to happen in october and november? it is a clear warning to get the testing system built up and that is logistics of having appointments where people can walk in or have drive—through stations or swa bs in or have drive—through stations or swabs sent to them as well as the processing of that in labs and getting results back, because the way to suppress this virus, is it testing a tracing system, but that relies on results getting back quite quickly from testing, so if it takes many people days to get tested all

the barriers are so high that they decide not to, you're going to be missing cases and potentially picking up cases after a couple of days which mean infections are already spread more widely by the time it starts to trace contacts. the government is putting increased funding into this process and they are having to ramp up the numbers as the weeks go on. how confident are you about the government's plans actually working at scale?” you about the government's plans actually working at scale? i think right now the key thing is that this is an implementation challenge, logistics tally, it is about supply change, the interface with users, people who want tests. it requires military —like precision and i think it should be a warning to start expanding it and not outsourced to private companies. i think the lesson has really been to build up nhs, local public health board capacity, build up sustainable ways of doing this through the public sector systems instead of awarding contracts through a black box system to private companies if we look at

performance so far, private companies versus nhs england. performance so far, private companies versus nhs englandm performance so far, private companies versus nhs england. it is being reported at the moment that the english nhs details, 69 in the testing trace were asked to be contacts, about two thirds. how high should it go? if you want an optimal testing and tracing system, you want to test results back within a less than 24 hours, you need tracing to be done and catch 80% of contacts and you need to get compliance with isolation and this is where i think we need more creativity in terms of incentives for people to isolate for 14 days, that is a long period of time, but also potentially offering, like east asian countries have done, isolation facilities like hotel rooms outside their homes because household transmission is quite high and you can imagine why with this kind of virus, if one person has it,

that entire family could potentially get it. east asian countries tried to break that by offering people the option saying if you would like to go to option saying if you would like to gotoa option saying if you would like to go to a hotel facility for those two weeks you do not expose those who live with, that is also an option and that is something, as we head into winter, might be something worth looking at so we do not have to deal with whole families being affected and it is just one individual or one person in the flat ina individual or one person in the flat in a living arrangement. that is an interesting idea, potentially expensive of course. to bring more details on the numbers. reported that for england to the test and trace numbers 6732 new people tested positive in the latest week, that is the highest weekly number since the end of may. with schools going back, as you said, people are going to be worried now about an increased surge and risk to everybody. yes, we are seeing that across europe and numbers are increasing in france, spain, in other countries as we are seeing at the cases per 100,000 increase. for me, i'm more

interested in how much testing is being done alongside those case numbers, because a case numbers are increasing, that is because we are testing and finding more cases, then that reassures me. if we are finding more cases but testing less, that is worrying. i think the key thing to look at is how many people are being tested and of those, how many are positive and based on that, putting in place measures. but definitely, we are going to see clusters in teenagers especially around high schools and secondary schools. children can carry the virus and have similar viral load to adults so i think we have to be realistic that yes, we need schools open but we also need to have the appropriate guidance and play that if there are outbreaks in school, how can you respond? can outbreaks in school, how can you respond ? can you outbreaks in school, how can you respond? can you get schools up and running quickly and reassure parents that there are processes in place and they will be alerted if they think their child has been exposed? in terms of that and the data of children being at risk, we keep hearing that teenagers and so on,

they get ill but not as ill as adults, how clear is the evidence on that? there is a uk study, this was reassuring that children are very unlikely to get seriously ill from this and are more likely to be a sum to matter go have a sore throat or gastrointestinal systems like vomiting or diarrhoea at. so we have not had a large number of seriously ill children from covid—19. what we have seen in the us is that if your numbers get large enough and if your prevalence increases to uncontrolled community transition, which is what is happening in several states, then your hospitalisation of children increase as well. the lesson is if you keep your numbers low, children are generally fine. if your numbers increased dramatically, you are going to see, because of the levels of the population and the number of children, something that is relatively rare becomes more common. just to finish, the other couple of things that people are talking about today, testing at airports but also mass testing, this idea that you can

test people daily if necessary or wea kly, eve n test people daily if necessary or weakly, even if they have not got any symptoms. is that possible and what date would you put on it that the health secretary here refused to put a timescale on that?” the health secretary here refused to put a timescale on that? i think this is incredibly exciting. short ofa this is incredibly exciting. short of a vaccine, this is one of the ways to really get back to normality, get back to economic activity and get out of lockdown through a mass testing programme. what might seem expensive is a far more expensive for the economy to go back to national lockdown. all measures should be put in place to ever go back to where we were in march. in terms of a timescale, there are technologies out there, 15 minute tests, saliva tests, right now it is quite an uncomfortable test, especially if you're having it repeatedly offer children, it is a swa b repeatedly offer children, it is a swab up your nose, if this proves to be reliable and cheap, this could be a fantastic way forward and i think right now it is great to see the government actually pursuing mass testing and running fast after this goal and hopefully we will see that

happen as soon as possible, because thatis happen as soon as possible, because that is the only real way to get through this before we have a vaccine that is license, approved and safe. we are seeing some reinfection is of people who seem to have tested positive again a few months after initially having the virus and therefore this question of how long immunity works. is there any way of putting a timescale, do you think, what is possible for mass testing? i guess going back to the reinfection issue, it has always been known that coronaviruses that do not offer lifelong immunity so it was anticipated it would be quite short lived. we do not know how long exactly that immunity is or how likely it is to people to be reinfected, but i guess the messages, just because you are infected once, does not mean you cannot get it again. on mass testing and how far away that is, in the us that you are already seeing a massive testing happening on several university campuses where they are testing on a university campus at 40 to 50,000 people in a day through these rapid saliva tests and so

hopefully in the next few weeks, i think mass testing could be weeks away. i think better treatments we are seeing a daily are months away andi are seeing a daily are months away and i think a vaccine is probably half a year to a year away in the uk. i think the united states and china and russia are going to move faster mcduck china and russia have already gotten a vaccine and are using it on people. i think they try to put it in october, pre—election, but i think in the uk we are looking at early 2021 and the earliest. thank you. some of the uk's biggest aviation bosses, including the heads of tui and heathrow, have told the bbc they're frustrated with the government's handling of travel quarantines. they fear more industryjobs will be lost and say testing should have been brought in at airports to help save holidays and consumer confidence. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. it has been unbelievably challenging, demanding beyond your wildest dreams.

today, a message from some of the biggest names in uk aviation — if the government doesn't open up travel abroad significantly soon, the economic fallout will be even worse. i fear that if we don't act now, more jobs will be lost. 500,000 people in the uk rely on travel and tourism, so action and leadership by the uk government and industry, which has always been at the forefront, is essential. week in, week out, we lose more destinations. with the travel quarantine tightening again, the man running glasgow, aberdeen and southampton airports says the sector faces ruin. well, quite frankly, i think, at this moment in time, the uk government is overseeing the demise of the aviation industry in the uk. we are seeing more job losses than we did in the demise of the coal industry in the '80s. that surely cannot be an accolade that any government would like to have. it's really quiet at heathrow right now, but aviation bosses say

the government could change that by bringing in testing for covid at airports. but the facility already built at heathrow isn't being used because it doesn't have the government's backing. a passenger arriving into the uk will have booked a test online. they would then provide a saliva swab test to a trained nurse. they should get the results of that test within 24 hours, and they would be given a kit so they could do a second test at home in several days. two negative results would cut your quarantine period short. for months, ministers have been considering the idea. the industry wants action now. it's something that is working for over 30 other countries around the world. this is the way the international standards are going. the uk government needs to get behind testing as an alternative to quarantine to save millions ofjobs in this country. this german—owned travel company has received massive loans from the german government to get it

through the winter. its uk boss says support for the aviation sector here hasn't been on the same scale. the uk government isn't taking the long—term view of the economic value that the aviation industry and the leisure industry in its wider sense brings to the economy, so, therefore, i think they're betting on the fact that large operators will survive, however weakened they may become. the government says it's provided unprecedented support to the aviation industry, paying the wages of staff in the sector for months and providing loans to the likes of easyjet. it says the quarantine is under constant review. but these aviation bosses are frustrated that there hasn't been more action from the government to ensure that foreign travel does pick up soon. tom burridge, bbc news. well, responding to the criticism, the uk health secretary suggested quarantine was here to stay.

if you test on day one on return, the scientists reckon that we find only about 7% of the total cases. so you still have to quarantine. and in fact, the countries around the world that have introduced this testing on arrival are now moving away from it and doing the testing much later, because it doesn't clinically work. in this country, we've introduced this quarantine policy and i know it was controversial when we introduced it, but by god, i'm glad that we did, because if you see the cases going up in france, in spain, even in germany, the case numbers are going up and we've had to, in the case of france and spain, take that action to have the quarantine policy in place. the uk health secretary. russia has rejected accusations it is responsible for poisoning one of president putin's leading critics, alexei navalny,

saying there should be no "rush to judgment". the country is facing international demands for a "full and transparent investigation", after germany said it had proof that alexei navalny had been poisoned with the nerve agent, novichok. mr navalny is in a coma in hospital in berlin — he was flown there after being taken ill on a flight in russia. paul hawkins reports. was this man poisoned by russia for being a long—time critic of vladimir putin? he's alexei navalny, a persistent thorn in the side of the russian president, and he's currently in a coma in germany, the 44—year—old airlifted there after falling ill on a flight from siberia to moscow after he was seen drinking tea just before take—off. the german government say there is unequivocal proof he was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok, and that russia is responsible. translation: we expect the russian government to give an explanation. there are now grave questions, which only the russian government can and must answer.

the german government holds russia responsible because it was developed by the soviets during the cold war. western intelligence agencies think it's been modified for assassinations. it causes the body's basic functions to stop working once the victim's been poisoned through inhalation, ingestion or absorption. that's how former soviet agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned by novichok in the english city of salisbury in 2018. they survived, but another briton, dawn sturgess, was accidentally exposed to it and died in hospital. this isn't the first time the russians have done this, and the problem is that until we in the west are sufficiently firm with the russians, they will keep doing this — they will do it in the united kingdom, they will do it in russia, they will do it in germany, they'll do it in the united states if donald trump wins. they... vladimir putin is not afraid. what he's afraid of is domestic discontent. british prime minister borisjohnson said it was outrageous the chemical weapon had been used again,

and that russia must now explain what happened. the eu has demanded a transparent investigation. nato has called for an inquiry and the us national security council has pledged to hold those in russia accountable and restrict funds for their malign activities. this for sure was approved by vladimir putin because he's not going to let novichok nerve agents be running amok in russia to be used by any tom, dick or igor. but the kremlin denies the allegations, saying they're not backed up by evidence. they've even hinted that if alexei navalny had been poisoned, then it must have happened in germany because russia's doctors detected nothing suspicious. demand proof, deny and obfuscate. it's not the first time we've heard this defence from russia and it won't be the last. paul hawkins, bbc news. a ship carrying nearly 6,000 cattle and with more than 40 crew has gone missing off the coast of japan. coastguards have rescued just one

seaman, who was found drifting in rough waters in a life jacket. but strong winds and torrential rains from typhoon maysak are hampering efforts to locate the other crew members. the freighter, which was on its way from new zealand to jingtang in china, sent out a distress signal call from nearby amami oshima island late on wednesday. the bbc‘s shaimaa khalil says the rescued crew member has been giving details of what happened. we heard from serino edwards, the 45—year—old crew member, chief officer, who was the only crew member to be rescued from the ship. he spoke to the japanese coast guard after he was rescued he said that one of the ship's engines had failed before the ship hit a wave and capsized and that he and other crewmembers were directed to wear life vests, even jump off into the water. but he said he didn't see any other crewmembers. as you say, we know that the ship was headed from new zealand to china, it was due in china

by next friday, but overnight on wednesday it sent out this distress signal. the japanese coast guard has told the bbc that the search continues, they are using five planes, they are using three rescue ships, but they are working in extremely difficult conditions because of the typhoon. captain richard meekul is a master mariner and accident investigator who has worked for britain's marine accident investigation branch. he says ships like this are very hard to handle in rough seas. cattle carriers such as this do bring their own challenges, particularly with the large area of deck space where the cattle are obviously stowed, and so the cattle are able to move and also the water in the area produces a large surface area that when the ship starts to get into trouble has an impact. a lot of these vessels have been modified from existing vessels and some have been built

for the purpose, but the transportation of cattle around the world, and it is well—known and very well established. i think it is extraordinary, particularly in this, in 2020, that we've got a large vessel, modern, certificated that is found and the fact that this still goes on is quite extraordinary. it's not unknown, there have been previous vessels such as this which have also been lost in the past, so this certainly isn't the first time, but extraordinary that it still happens. back to coronavirus — and with uncertainty over whether quarantine restrictions will be applied to more countries, uk travellers are facing some difficult decisions. our europe correspondent, gavin lee, is at faro marina in the algarve and has the latest from there. it's interesting because since the travel corridor opened for portugal in the uk, which was only 12 days ago, because bear in mind, during the pandemic, portugal was the one place where it was closed in terms

of quarantine was still necessary when people go back to the uk. so the portuguese saw a drop in numbers, but since august the 22nd, we are told that there are between 25,000 and 30,000 british tourists who have come out here to portugal for that late summer sun. let me bring in two people who have decided to come out and play quarantine roulette, as it were, jim and kathy, you flew out from edinburgh. jim, first of all, tell me about your story, because you have been looking at different countries. you had actually booked several other countries before you came here. well, first, i had a holiday booked for canada in june, which wasjust cancelled end of... we had this originally booked early on in the year, and this was subsequently cancelled, went on to book croatia, croatia cancelled. they opened portugal back up, ijumped on the bandwagon. the 27th of august, flew on the 31st and now we're here.

and we may have to quarantine when we get home. and kathy, you are due to come back next week. i think you've got to keep with the original flight, that is that right? but you're going to be affected for your job? yes, i am, i've already got a plan in place to take two weeks off on return anyway because we highly suspected this may happen, so we put that plan in place before we came. so i'm fine, i won't lose myjob. your whiskey company know, clearly, that's in place. now, just briefly, clearly the government mantra at the moment is to only travel if you're content that you might have to unexpectedly cancel. so you are relatively ok with the fact that this has suddenly changed you now? reasonably comfortable. it just means that you're restricted when you go home for a fortnight, and bearing in mind we have done quite a bit of lockdown prior to this. thank you both, let me give you a quick elbow bump and say thank you. i should just say, actually, the law here in portugal is that face masks aren't mandatory

and they are inside, but not for outside in public places, providing you keep at 1.5 metres. it is also worth saying, there are lots of british tourists that i've also spoken to who are unhappy because the flights back, if they do want to avoid quarantine, are really much more expensive. between £400, £500. we are talking about faro flights, only about four on friday if people do have to quarantine, course, we're still waiting. it is likely, the british ambassador to portugal has said, has hinted at this is likely to happen today, and portuguese figures have gone over that 20 mark now per 100,000, so we should see. very briefly as well, they call this the silver season because many british tourists, all the tourists, wait till the children and pupils are back at school and the golfing season starts here as well. so it will be a big loss if it comes today for quarantine on return, and of course, this country becomes a no—go zone. neil macrae runs tgi golf holidays — a firm specialising in golf holidays, with portugal being one of it's most popular destinations this time of year. thank you forjoining us. obviously,

it is incredibly difficult and i speak as someone who is french holiday was cancelled thanks to quarantine. i know it is incredibly upsetting when you have been looking forward to something and difficult forward to something and difficult for businesses like yours. how are you handling this uncertainty? for businesses like yours. how are you handling this uncertainty7m for businesses like yours. how are you handling this uncertainty? it is very difficult, it really is. i suppose there are so many people who do travel at this time of year, september, october, really peak time for golfers going there. we have had a lot of people alreadyjust move it a lot of people alreadyjust move it a year in advance of a year ahead, but obviously still a really high number of golfers hoping to go and get a break, so when you are taking a short break or a five—day trip, it is really quite hard to deal with having to isolate on your return. so yes, it is very difficult for the industry as a whole. what are you advising customers to do? are you having to be honest and just say look, if it is a problem, do not book, is that what you are saying to

people? at the moment... people actually come as soon as it opened, there was a real influx of bookings, a lot of people are waiting for that good news, so yes, when people do but it has become more complicated because quite often, even if the quarantine is brought in, the flight will still operate. so it has become, crespo is the airlines have had to say we cannot keep cancelling these flights, we need to try and run our business. —— i suppose the airlines have had to say. so it is difficult when someone has a flight thatis difficult when someone has a flight that is still going but they do not feel comfortable going any more. because of the quarantine. so it is really where the testing thing, it really where the testing thing, it really needs to be looked at, because the blanket quarantine is it just so restrictive and i think we should be able to do better as a country. and the health secretary

today has said he does think quarantine effectively is the best way forward at the moment when he did because airport testing does not work. he said it only catches about 7% of cases initially when you test on day one. therefore it is just not safe, is it? i suppose that is something that the scientists will argue over, but if you think about it, there are places in the uk right now which have a high, if not higher rate than portugal, so if you travel to an area like that in the uk, then surely by the same principle you should have the quarantine when you get back from there. i think there isa get back from there. i think there is a lot of people who are responsible and obviously there is a lot of self—discipline in what we have gone through this year, people are well versed with that and i think if you go somewhere and take the correct precautions, then the risk is very similar, if not to some areas of the uk. golf is obsolete

well distance when you played, but i was just wondering what you are doing, ifi was just wondering what you are doing, if i was typical holiday with you and quarantine came in, you offering a credit voucher to move it somewhere else, because does not necessarily cover cancellation, does it at the moment? that is right, so the insurance has become complex. really what we do is we would always be as flexible as we can be and help people to move it if they felt that was the best option for them, so obviously, depending on what they have purchased, the full refund is an option at. or rearranging, so... we have just lost that line, clearly, but hopefully we got the gist of most of what neil wasn't saying. we have just gist of most of what neil wasn't saying. we havejust got him back, neil, you have come back, sorry we lost you briefly, you are saying you can do refunds and credit vouchers and i'm sure lots of other travel companies are operating in that way. overall, how worried are you about surviving as a business through

this? it is very difficult. probably, there are so many travel companies in the same position and we kept all our staff on through the lockdown and just really to look after everybody we had booked and eve ryo ne we after everybody we had booked and everyone we are trying to rearrange, we did not use the cellar scheme and the company was able to help and get through this period. —— the furlough scheme. but that cannot go on forever and we really need to be able to sell to the main countries that we sell, only two are possible at the moment so having a change to the quarantine really has that to happen for us and it is not only the outbound tourism but the inbound tourism as well which is a huge part of the economy in the uk,. we hear you and we understand obviously it is very difficult for everyone concerned. thank you very much, good luck going forward.

a new case outlining allegations of police violence has emerged in the united states. camera footage obtained from police in new york state shows an unarmed black man being hooded by officers and held down with his face to the road for two minutes. 41—year—old daniel prude was suffering from mental health problems when his family called the police for help in march. his brotherjoe spoke to the media on wednesday. i placed a phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched. you're here to protect and serve. but you're basically here to protect and lynch. cbs correspondent laura podesta in new york explained what's known about the case. another case causing outrage, this one in the rochester new york community, north of new york city. this happened back in march but body camera footage was just released which shows this man,

daniel prude, being held down by rochester police, face down, with a spit hood over his head. a spit hood is like a mesh bag, and it was being used on him because this was while coronavirus was ramping up. and there are reports that daniel prude told officers he had coronavirus so they put the spit hood on him as a precaution so they would not get his saliva on them and contract the coronavirus. but daniel prude held down for over two minutes, face down, he became unconscious, he was taken to hospital and died seven days later after being taken off life support. so now there is an investigation, an internal investigation into the police officers involved, we are told they are still on the force, they have not been suspended orfired. this is in contrast to the george floyd case in minneapolis that you will remember back on memorial day in may. those officers have been either suspended or fired and are facing charges now.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: new figures reveal 70% of close contacts of people who tested positive for coronavirus in england were reached through the test and trace system — it's the lowest weekly percentage figure since the system was launched in may. leading figures in uk aviation have accused the government of overseeing the demise of the industry due to the lack of testing at airports. russia has asked to see evidence that the opposition activist, alexei navalny, was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. a rescue operation is under way after a ship carrying more than 40 crew and nearly 6000 cattle has gone missing off the coast of japan as typhoon maysak sweeps over the region. body camera footage emerges showing that an unarmed black man died in new york state after he was hooded by police and held face down for two minutes.

five years ago, more than 1 million migrants and refugees crossed into europe. nearly three quarters were fleeing conflict in syria, afghanistan and iraq. we're looking at one extraordinary week in 2015, when each day revealed new tensions that tested european solidarity to its limits. the european union voted to launch an emergency scheme to relocate the hundreds of thousands of migrants. sweden was one of the most generous countries, but its asylum policies quickly became stricter. the bbc followed nour ammar, a young syrian woman, as she made the perilous journey north. maddy savage has been to see how her life has changed. coffee with mum, a simple pleasure nour ammar doesn't take for granted. they were separated as she travelled alone across nine countries to make it here. her father died in the war in syria.

now, she's learnt swedish, got her driving licence and a job in a food warehouse. i have my apartment, i have my family, i have myjob, so i feel like i'm a stable, confident person right now. what about making friends, settling in? they are a close group, the swedish people, so you can't just go in and be friends with some swedish people. you can't do that. do you have any swedish friends? no, i don't have any. she'd hoped for deeper connections, but still feels lucky to be here. that's because sweden, one of the most welcoming countries to migrants, changed its approach soon after she arrived, limiting numbers and making temporary permits the norm. for a centre—left government, it was a major shift in policy. of course it was a tough decision to make, but on the other hand, there was nothing else to do. there arrived 114,000 people to sweden injust four months,

and it would have been impossible for sweden to keep on that pace, so we had to be very clear that, well, if you're going to apply for asylum in europe, you have to choose other countries. crime is also a big issue here in sweden. in city suburbs like this one, rinkeby, where almost everyone has an immigrant background, there have been high—profile shootings in recent years, and that's led increasing number of swedes to vote for anti—immigration parties, even though police say most of the crimes are carried out by gangs and people who've grown up here, not new arrivals. and lots of locals say they do feel safe even if they've lost friends in the violence, like this 16—year—old. normal people don't have to be scared about that. if you don't... if you aren't involved in a gang, you don't have to be scared for nothing. but if you are involved, then you'd better run. how easy is it to...to be successful if you come

from a place like this, to have a career, education? it's...you only have two ways — either you play football or you do music. you don't have any other ways out. there is a strong push to improve life with a new police station and projects to help more people into work here and other segregated neighbourhoods. it's a big challenge to enter the job market in sweden if you don't have a network, and also, to progress up in the market. we facilitate meetings with just ordinary swedes, but we match demand that they have the background in the same sector, and since the immigration wave five years ago, we have facilitated for over 58,000 people to meet this way with a great impact, 24% get the job or an apprenticeship through our programme. while some new swedes are making their way even in neighbourhoods that were already troubled, no—one disputes that the decision to take in so many has brought challenges that are shaping this country's future. maddy savage, bbc news, sweden.

online and in real—life demonstrations, two dangerous viral conspiracy theories are increasingly coming together — as was apparent on the streets of london last weekend during anti—lockdown protests. on one hand, qanon — a conspiracy theory that says that president trump is waging a secret war against satan—worshipping elite paedophiles. and on the other, false claims about coronavirus. our specialist disinformation reporter marianna spring joins us. what's happening here? there were protests in the last few days. protest in central london last weekend, expecting more this weekend but on slightly different topics. at the protest we saw a merging of 32 viral conspiracy theory is that on the surface do not appear to have that much in common, apart from the fa ct that much in common, apart from the fact they are detached from reality. one is qanon which is a false

conspiracy theory suggesting that president trump is waging a war against elite paedophiles. on the other side, coronavirus conspiracy theories, like the pandemic is a hoax, which is false. the claim that vaccines are a hoax, which is false. the claim that vaccines are a way hoax, which is false. the claim that vaccines are a way of micro—chipping or killing the population should a coronavirus vaccine be available, again false. a number of people got in touch with me by e—mail sent coronavirus is a hoax, it is covering up with these paedophile rings and it is none that i started to think on these to medal viral things are becoming one. i spoke to a man who's mother attended the protest, she was not interested in conspiracy theories three months ago, she is becomes obsessed with coronavirus conspiracies and qanon and she was that a protest with a sign that sharing these fees. supporters of totally different conspiracy theories are being drawn

together, is not deliberate or accidental or do we not know?” think it is a combination of both of those things. in times of social upheaval are difficult advance, as the pandemic had been, people tend to conspiracy theories to try to make sense of things and gain control. you often find that people who believe one conspiracy theory are prone to believe in lots of other ones. in this case, you find the audience that believe in qanon and the audience who believe in coronavirus conspiracy theories, they have all space found in each other another pool of people who they can suck into these dangerous disinformation they are plugging. at the heart of their concern seems to be this issue of safety of children, which is an emotive topic and i've spoken to a number of psychologists who says the is this idea of child abuse or human trafficking is at the heart of conspiracy theories because it is the peak of evil, of moral depravity and it is an easy way of turning people against things, and engaging people, parents, like the mumi engaging people, parents, like the mum i mentioned before, who are worried about the safety of children

and easily taken in by this disinformation. the risk to society is great if there is a lot of disinformation, is that wider political risk, do we have any information about who is funding these campaigns?m have any information about who is funding these campaigns? is it will va ry funding these campaigns? is it will vary because as the two conspiracy theories much, it is difficult for social media is to tackle them. they have recently cracked down on qanon but now qanon is co—opting coronavirus this information, it spreads further and into different spaces. parents groups, local facebook groups. it poses a risk of people taking to the streets as we've seen, the risk of real—world violence or other consequences, people deciding have a safe and approved vaccine should one become available. in terms of the funding, it is very complex. there are pseudoscientific figures who are guilty of spreading disinformation. we even see president trump retweeti ng we even see president trump retweeting these conspiracy theories and adding flame to the fire. there

are powerful people not rejecting these conspiracy theories. thank you very much. britain's prince harry and his wife meghan have signed a multi—year deal with netflix to produce a series of programmes and films — they say with a message of hope. the agreement will last several years. jack kilbride reports. passionate about a range of causes and with some extra space in their schedule, it was only a matter of time. almost six months after the duke and duchess of sussex resigned from their duties with the royal family, harry and meghan have joined the netflix family. "our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope", they said in a statement. "our lives, both independent of each other, and as a couple, have allowed us to understand the power of the human spirit, of courage, resilience and the need for connection." their multi—year deal will encompass documentaries, docu—series, feature films, scripted shows, and children's programming. and while apple and disney were also courting the pair,

it was the us streaming giant that won them over, with netflix co—ceo ted sarandos, saying the company was incredibly proud of the royal couple had made the company their creative home. the sussexes' involvement will mostly be behind the camera, but the question for many is whether the deal could see meghan return to acting. for anyone who is a fan of meghan on the hit usa network show suits, she will not be returning to acting, but both she and harry could be appear in front of the camera for some documentaries. much like we have seen prince harry during his recent appearance on the netflix documentary rising phoenix. when they signed with their speaking agency, the harry walker agency, they said that they were going to be focusing on mental health, the environment, racial injustice, and gender equity. so we're going to see those themes pop up with their work. and with reports that some projects are already under way, you could see a more royal touch to your netflix feed some time soon. jack kilbride, bbc news. the fast food giant kfc

and its parent company in china could face bankruptcy from us moves to ban the app wechat. a considerable number of customers paying for food in kfc restaurants, use wechat for the transaction. it's an illustration ofjust how popular wechat has become, as the bbc‘s robin brant explains. it is the app that most of you won't know much about. but here in china and for chinese across the world, wechat is everything — in your hand. the genius of wechat is it's the app that you just never leave. you wake up in the morning, you start messaging, you order some food, maybe you arrange a taxi, you pay some bills, you show your covid health code, and notice much of that involves spending money. president trump wants to ban wechat in america, but could that move actually damage us firms more than the intended chinese targets? here's the legal bits. president trump is proposing a ban on any transactions with wechat by people or firms

in the us or under usjurisdiction. that could be really bad news for... ..chicken! this type of chicken in particular, kfc. yum china owns kfc here, and it absolutely dominates the fast food market. more than 5,000 restaurants in over 1,000 cities from tiananmen square to tibet. now, yum china wouldn't speak to us officially, but i've been talking to some business figures who are dealing with them, and i'm told that they fear a wechat ban could pose an existential threat to the business. that's because yum china is a us—listed company, and wechat accounts for — you've guessed it — a big bite of their sales. america's sport behemoths, major league baseball and the nba, they could have a problem as well. both are iconic us entities, both are here shifting merchandise at bricks and mortar stores. but wechat‘s notjust a crucial marketing platform for them, it's a big part of sales, too. then there's the whole swathe of other countries from the small california—based ice—cream importer i spoke to,

and big players, like fedex, who have to work out if and how this is going to impact them. is it really an attempt to get them better market access here in china? or, is it more likely, as one american business figure has told me, probably a donald trump election ploy? this could, though, be big news for some americans operating here. —— this could, though, be good news. paypal has edged into the vast chinese market through some tie—ups and also some acquisitions. it's been very gradual, though. but could any ban against wechat actually force the hand of the chinese government here to open up more to american companies? in a market that's dominated at the moment by two chinese firms, one of which is — you've guessed it — wechat. in the uk, lockdown meant many people spent more time in their gardens, with some even growing their own fruit and veg, but an abundance of produce gave one woman an idea to help others. alison freeman reports. from field to fork

via the foodbank. sue's surplus of garden grown goods are just some of the fresh fruit and veg which are now being distributed to the most in need. i'm more than happy to share what i've got, my time and my produce with everybody. i am more than happy. i think everybody has the right to have fresh food, and fresh food is so expensive. this is a way of helping people to access fresh food that can't normally afford it. every week, sue's one of 200 home and allotment growers in northumberland who donate to the hexham fresh foodbank. their producers gathered at a local shop before being given to foodbank volunteers to hand out. this was all the idea of ginnie o'farrell, who saw lockdown was giving people the time to grow gluts of fruit and vegetables. she decided they could be shared with those who might be

forced to rely on more traditional tinned and dried supplies. for some of our more unusual products then people have actually started labelling, writing recipes, telling people what to do with them. so everybody can access good, fresh produce. so do you think that people who use the foodbank are most in need of fresh produce? absolutely. they're the kind of people who are going to be using, typically, tinned or frozen produce. and there's no reason why they shouldn't have access to good produce. the fact that we are growing without pesticides, without chemicals is just the cherry on top. once the west northumberland foodbank gets the fresh produce it sorts it into bags, alongside the other donations for delivery by its volunteers. but for those who run the project, its notjust about the fantastic range of food that's being delivered. the team with ginnie have even been making some apple crumbles

and apple pies and home—made jams and chutneys. and i think the response has been people are amazed that complete strangers have taken the time to be so kind to make something nice to eat for somebody that they've never met before. so people really appreciate that. oh, that looks brilliant, katie. is it ready for the pan? sam's daughter rosie is a single mum of three on a low income. the foodbank‘s enabled her to give nutritious food to her children. she was quite excited about it. because i've tried growing vegetables myself, which i'm not very good at. but being able to receive free produce — it's fantastic. and it's a good way of showing the kids where the food comes from. it's hoped other growers will follow suit across the country, sharing not only their food, but this sense of community. and all this is happening with food that might have gone to waste. exactly. it was just from a couple of packets of seeds in my cupboard that i wasn't going to use this year.

alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland. three years ago connie yates and chris gard were left heartbroken when their baby boy charlie died. the legal row over his treatment for a rare genetic condition had made headlines around the world. but last month the family were given some hope again when charlie's little brother, olly, was born. as soon as i found out i was pregnant, ifelt happier. like i could smile again. and once he was here it was even better, really. i think, before, you would just plaster a smile on and say "i am ok, i am ok" all the time. but now i feel like i can smile and mean it. after we lost charlie, ijust could not ever imagine loving another boy like i did him. so when he was born, a lot of it was relief because i felt, again,

like i did with charlie, an instant rush of love. chris and connie's new son olly is one month old. he arrived the day after what would have been his brother charlie's fourth birthday. all of it makes us feel like charlie had a hand in getting him here and getting him here safely. her contractions started on his birthday, about the time he was born, yeah, ijust feel that charlie did have a massive part to play in making sure his brother was healthy and to make us happy again. after we lost charlie it just felt like a part of us died with him and we never thought we would be genuinely happy again. but we feel very lucky to be where we are now. charlie gard was born with a rare genetic disorder, mitochondrial dna depletion syndrome. he spent most of his short life in hospital. there was no cure for charlie's condition, but chris and connie wanted to try a new treatment in america. after initially supporting them, doctors at great

ormond street eventually decided that charlie's condition had deteriorated too much and any further treatment would be futile. the case ended up in court. i think it is very hard to know what you would do unless you are in that situation yourself. but, you know, there was so much support that we did receive which we are eternally grateful for. yeah, it was a moral dilemma. what would you do if it were your child? you have a doctor offering treatment with a 50—60% chance of working, would you take your child for that treatment? we believed that most would, with those odds. the reality is that charlie can't see and he can't hear, he cannot move, he cannot cry, he cannot swallow. immensely sadly, his condition is one that affords him no benefit. charlie's parents took their fight to the supreme court and then the european court, but lost. our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him

and we will miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live on for eternity and he will make a difference to people's lives for years to come, we will make sure of that. you look up at this judge and it is like you are on tv and they are up high as if they are a god making a decision about your child and it is very difficult. i can't even put it into words, really. we will always live with the "what if". what if charlie had been given treatment when we asked for it and what would have happened if so much time had not been dragged out in court? we have to live with that. as long as something positive comes out of his life, that is what matters. and we will try to find a treatment for the disease that took him from us so we try to make

sure it is all positive now on for charlie. chris and connie raised over £1 million for charlie's treatments. they now use that money to fund research into rare genetic disorders. to hear in 2020 that there is a disease you cannot even try anything for, there is no hope whatsoever, you know, cancer is devastating but usually there is a little hope with that at least. so we want to change that. there is not enough money put into research and there is hardly any treatment, literally just a handful, so hopefully, we can be a part of that change. the search for an effective treatment will be a key part of charlie's legacy. there was a chance that chris and connie's new son would also inherit the genetic disorder but thankfully, he is healthy. we are just so blessed to have him. there's some parents out there who can't have children at all and there are parents who have lost more than one child to a genetic condition and the fact that we lost one but have been given the chance for another, a healthy baby, and to experience bringing up a child in trying to raise him into the best man he can possibly be,

that is something we are looking forward to and it isjust a blessing we can try again and do the things we missed out on with poor little charlie. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. for some of us it's been a cloudy, wet and murky start to the day with some poor visibility, and that's because we do have a weather front sinking south. but as that moves into the south, for all of us we are looking at a breezy day and a showery one, with gusty winds once again across the north west. gusting 40, 45 miles an hour, later 50 miles an hour across the northern isles. here is that weather front sinking south, taking its cloud and rain with it, but as it does so, it turns patchy. it will be fairly cloudy across southern areas in the south—eastern corner through the afternoon with one or two brighter breaks. but as we move to the other side of that weather front, brighter skies, some sunny spells as well and also some showers.

some of the showers coming into the west being blown on this brisk wind over towards some eastern areas as well. temperatures ranging from 15 in the north, 20 in aberdeen, to 21 in london and norwich. as we head on through the evening and overnight, what you will find is this weather front sinks southwards as a band of cloud. behind it there will be some clear skies, lumps of cloud at times, and also the showers are still being driven in on those brisk winds, again, some of which will be heavy. not going to be a cold night, overnight lows 9—13 degrees, but it won't be as mild a start to the day as it was today. so tomorrow we pick up our weather front, it has sunk southwards, it pivots around and then it rejuvenates and brings some rain towards the south—eastern corner. this is where we think rain will be, it could be a little bit further north, so do keep checking the forecast if you have outdoor plans. but for the rest of the uk, sunshine and showers. and then through the weekend, the azores high builds in, so we still have low pressure close to scotland so for you you will be prone to some showers

and also stronger winds. those winds blowing the showers from the west towards the east. some sunshine as we can further south and temperatures down a touch. the north—westerly wind is a cooler direction so we are looking at 11 to around 18 degrees. then as we go to saturday night into sunday, we have a little feature coming through northern ireland, southern scotland into northern england and wales which will push southwards during the course of sunday. that will be fairly showery. in between them, some bright skies, and behind that, a return to some sunshine and temperatures 11 in lerwick to 19 in london.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk government defends its rationing of coronavirus testing in some areas, which has left some people with symptoms having to drive more than a hundred miles for a swab. if people need a test, the vast majority get it quickly close to home. but when those testing centres are full, then obviously people are offered a test at the nearest place at which one is available. leading figures in uk aviation accuse the government of overseeing the demise of the industry due to the lack of testing at airports. russia demands to see the evidence that the opposition activist, alexei navalny, was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent.

in the uk, ministers are being warned that rationing appointments for coronavirus tests could lead to local outbreaks being missed. resources are being focused on current areas of concern, leading to a shortage of slots elsewhere. it's reported that some people with symptoms are being asked to travel more than 100 miles for a swab. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has said testing has become a " postcode lottery" despite prime minister boris johnson's claim that the uk would have a world beating system. today the government has announced £500 million in funding to expand capacity and invest in new technology. and the uk health secretary, matt hancock, insisted that "if people need a test, the vast majority get it quickly and close to home." over the coming weeks and months, we are starting the roll—out today.

ok, that's not very specific, is it, when we are looking ahead to a winter with a possible second wave, weeks and months sounds a bit vague. can we be a bit more specific? no, because i am relying on brand—new technology. we are working with the company so they can manufacture these kits as fast as possible, we are supporting them with the funding that i have announced today. all the way through this virus, i have been expanding the testing programme and i'm absolutely driving this as fast as is humanly possible. but what i won't do... there are 100 different companies that we are working with, we were able to talk to about three today where we have verified those tests. and i'm going to be bringing more on and more on stream as fast as we possibly can. it is just really important in the reporting of this as well, i know this morning, you know, the news is leading on some of these operational challenges, but the vast majority

of people get a test really easily. it is turned around so you get the result the next day or you can get one at home and the really important message for your viewers is if you have symptoms, you must get a test. well, there have been high profile calls for universal testing to be introduced here in the uk soon. the former prime minister tony blair and former uk health secretary jeremy hunt are among those calling for plans to be speeded up. however, matt hancock has refused to give a timescale. one of the reasons that i refuse to your kind invitation to put a date on when mass testing is available, when it's impossible to know because the machines have not been built yet, is because i don't want then to come on this programme in a couple of months' time and you point yourfinger and wag it at me and say that you didn't hit that goal. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said he is very concerned to learn that some people are having to drive long distances for a test

and said the government had been too slow to act. i'm very worried about test, trace and isolate. it's vital to progress. everybody knows that. the prime minister said we'd have a world—beating system. we haven't got an effective system. and what we are now seeing is a postcode lottery, so this has got to improve. we all want it to improve, but the government is way too slow on this. let's speak to david llewelyn, who is trying to book a covid test, in suffolk. thank you forjoining us at. i presume you not feeling very well, is that right? yes, i have had some classic symptoms, you know, chesty colds, loss of smell and even an upset stomach. i am convinced it is a common cold, but i am returning to the office next week. my daughter is returning to full—time education next week, so i need those assurances. and you're in suffolk, what happened when you tried to book

a test? i went online at the weekend to book a test, went through the process and it came back with availability for testing in a place on the outskirts of blackburn which is over 250 miles away, so i was convinced i had got it wrong, cancelled, reprocessed and i got exactly the same answer. so i have taken the option of a home testing kit and that is yet to arrive and of course, the immediacy of testing, one of the things they say is being tested during symptoms is key and obviously if the test kit arrives after i have drifted into an asymptomatic state, then that will not be of any value. obviously, i hope you're ok to carry on talking, it is very good of you to join us when you are not feeling so good,

obviously you are presumably not well enough to drive all the way to blackburn anyway? no, i'm not. some people have been saying to the bbc to date that they have literally kept calling for several hours and they have finally got a test centre near to them, when you keep trying that? interestingly enough, iwent online so i think it is the algorithm that is probably wrong, because there is a test centre 15 minutes away from me, so it was very bizarre. because i... although i might not sound great, i do not think i actually have a medic, so i will not persist, i will get the home testing kit. i have had a notification that it is being dispatched today, so assuming that arrives in the next couple of days, i'm happy with that, but yes, clearly i' m i'm happy with that, but yes, clearly i'm not going to go to

blackburn. how has this less cute feeling, because the government has had a few months to get the testing and tracing sorted because it is a massive challenge, no one would deny that? how is this left you feeling? the enormity of what is being attempted here is undoubtably huge, but i think we need to be sent realistic messages. i think there is too much hype to suggest this is all working perfectly when clearly it is not. how does that... do you have confidence of the government getting it sorted out? do you blame the government or are you giving them your best face in terms of their best efforts ? your best face in terms of their best efforts? the people that are working behind the government clearly are doing everything they can andi clearly are doing everything they can and i do not want to offend all the best efforts that are going on through nhs and every thing else because we are deeply indebted to them but it does seem to be so reactionary at the moment and devoid of any real structure that i

struggle to have faith. i have absolute faith that the schools are ready when my daughter goes back, that they will be heavily protected, but i have no belief that anybody has tackled the question of asymptomatic young children are bringing the illness back into households with perhaps although people. so there are a lot of things that desperately need answering and the clarity has never been there, in my opinion, throughout the months. the constant chopping and changing is just infuriating and for those who are travelling and everything else, i'm not saying that they are not dealing with a difficult problem, but ijust think not dealing with a difficult problem, but i just think they not dealing with a difficult problem, but ijust think they need to be far more steadfast and clear and just stick with the decisions that they are making instead of changing them. ok, david in suffolk, we hope you do get a test and hope it is not covid—19 and hope you get better soon, thank you very much indeed. some of the uk's biggest aviation bosses, including the heads

of tui and heathrow, have told the bbc they're frustrated with the government's handling of travel quarantines. they fear more industryjobs will be lost and say testing should have been brought in at airports to help save holidays and consumer confidence. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. it has been unbelievably challenging, demanding beyond your wildest dreams. today, a message from some of the biggest names in uk aviation — if the government doesn't open up travel abroad significantly soon, the economic fallout will be even worse. i fear that if we don't act now, more jobs will be lost. 500,000 people in the uk rely on travel and tourism, so action and leadership by the uk government and industry, which has always been at the forefront, is essential. week in, week out, we lose more destinations. with the travel quarantine tightening again, the man running glasgow, aberdeen and southampton airports says the sector faces ruin. well, quite frankly, i think, at this moment in time,

the uk government is overseeing the demise of the aviation industry in the uk. we are seeing more job losses than we did in the demise of the coal industry in the '80s. that surely cannot be an accolade that any government would like to have. it's really quiet at heathrow right now, but aviation bosses say the government could change that by bringing in testing for covid at airports. but the facility already built at heathrow isn't being used because it doesn't have the government's backing. a passenger arriving into the uk will have booked a test online. they would then provide a saliva swab test to a trained nurse. they should get the results of that test within 24 hours, and they would be given a kit so they could do a second test at home in several days. two negative results would cut your quarantine period short. for months, ministers have been considering the idea. the industry wants action now. it's something that is

working for over 30 other countries around the world. this is the way the international standards are going. the uk government needs to get behind testing as an alternative to quarantine to save millions ofjobs in this country. this german—owned travel company has received massive loans from the german government to get it through the winter. its uk boss says support for the aviation sector here hasn't been on the same scale. the uk government isn't taking the long—term view of the economic value that the aviation industry and the leisure industry in its wider sense brings to the economy, so, therefore, i think they're betting on the fact that large operators will survive, however weakened they may become. the government says it's provided unprecedented support to the aviation industry, paying the wages of staff in the sector for months and providing loans to the likes of easyjet. it says the quarantine is under constant review. but these aviation bosses are frustrated that there hasn't

been more action from the government to ensure that foreign travel does pick up soon. tom burridge, bbc news. russia has rejected accusations it is responsible for poisoning one of president putin's leading critics, alexei navalny, saying there should be no "rush to judgment." the country is facing international demands for a "full and transparent investigation", after germany said it had proof that alexei navalny had been poisoned with the nerve agent, novichok. mr navalny is in a coma in hospital in berlin — he was flown there after being taken ill on a flight in russia. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said the finger of blame "points to russia". i think it is deeply concerning and alarming and ought to be condemned in the strongest terms. the parallels with salisbury are obvious and the finger points to russia. we should act internationally in relation to this, as we did in relation to salisbury,

but those parallels are absolutely there. we can speak now to sir tony brenton, who was the british ambassador to russia from 2004 to 2008. he's also a director of the russo—british chamber of commerce. thank you forjoining us. what do you think the british government should do in the face of the evidence that is emerging from germany? the first thing to say is that the evidence is pretty convincing that the russian state at some level has been involved in this. novichok is not stuff you cannot produce outside a specialised laboratory. as an keir starmer has just said, the parallels with the skripal attack a very strong. i am not convinced that putin himself authorised this. there should be pressure on russia to launch an

internal investigation. that said, we should not be too confident that an internal investigation is going to produce very much. the precedent here, where in saudi arabia they did launch an investigation and itjust produced some minor figures. launch an investigation and itjust produced some minorfigures. that is where we start from. just in terms of what the kremlin is saying, they have said that there was no reason to blame the russian state and no reason to accuse russia, cautioning the west against jumping reason to accuse russia, cautioning the west againstjumping to conclusions and imposing sanctions. should there be more transparent information about what germany says it has found ? information about what germany says it has found? i think... the russians are legitimately asking for the evidence that alexei navalny is poisoned because that is the basis on which they can launch a criminal

investigation, so thus far they are justified in the position they are taking. i very much hope that once they have that evidence, they will then launch the investigation, although as i say, there's not much read and hope that the investigation is going to get very far. —— not much reason to hope. the question in the west is what, in addition to condemnation, we do if the russian investigation is unsatisfactory. there is one rather hopeful route, the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, the point about novichok is that it should not exist, it is a banned substance, so the fact that it turns out to being used at the hands of russian state employees gives good international basis for condemnation of russia at. we are also hearing a lot about sanctions of one sort or another against russia and i would launch a warning against this. over 75 years of launching of various sorts of sanctions against russia, including the present lot, they have never

worked. they make working with russia in other important areas more difficult and have not affected russian behaviour. in that case, russian behaviour. in that case, russia is free to do whatever it wa nts, russia is free to do whatever it wants, its critics would say? i'm afraid, yes, russia at the moment, in its present mood, is doing this sort of thing. it is very bad news for the world and world order, but the way the international community, for the international community to deal with this is finally by finding a way of engaging with russia and giving it interest in a better international behaviour. at the moment, our unrelieved hostility towards russia is having precisely the reverse effect. ok, many thanks indeed, former british ambassador to russia. we can cross live to edinburgh now where scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, is holding her daily coronavirus briefing. you might have seen some media reports today suggesting that in

comparison to other parts of the uk, hospitalfigures in comparison to other parts of the uk, hospital figures in scotland currently overstate the numbers being treated for covid—19. that is something we have been investigating for a few weeks, nhs boards have can dusts conducted an audit of the figures. this is trying to identify which patients have identified positive, how many are still being treated for covid—19 related illnesses and how many, although they might have tested positive for covid—19 some time ago, are now actually being treated for other conditions. i hope to be in a position to give an update on that next week once we have got the full outcome of that and therefore, at that point i will be able to set out any changes we might be making to report hospital cases. in addition to the hospital cases, i can report four people are in intensive care today, one fewer than yesterday. u nfortu nately, today, one fewer than yesterday. unfortunately, i have to report an

additional death of a patient he tested positive, this death actually occurred in mid august but public health in scotland have only now got all of the information required to report it. the number of deaths under the daily measurement is now 2496. that figure, which of course also includes the death that was reported yesterday, it reminds us of the impact that this virus has had andindeed the impact that this virus has had and indeed is still having on many people and i will once again want to say my condolences to everyone who has lost someone. i'm going to today by the health secretary who will talk ina by the health secretary who will talk in a moment about care homes and by the national clinical director who will take questions with us. before then, i have got to macro issues which i want to briefly update on. the first is that the scottish government will today publish a weekly report on the letter a rt publish a weekly report on the letter art number. you recall that thatis letter art number. you recall that that is the average number of people that is the average number of people that we estimate will be infected by one other infection person. —— the r

number. recent figures have public suggested to many of you that we think the r number increased in scotla nd think the r number increased in scotland last week and is now probably above one, perhaps as high as1.4. said probably above one, perhaps as high as 1.4. said recently that the r number is up slightly less concern when overall prevalence of the virus is low and overall prevalence of the virus is still lower in scotland right now, but nevertheless, this is a further reminder that the virus is spreading again here, just as it is elsewhere in the uk, across europe andindeedin elsewhere in the uk, across europe and indeed in the wider world is. so it isa and indeed in the wider world is. so it is a reminder of the need for us to ta ke it is a reminder of the need for us to take this seriously and do all of the right things. that really relate to the first issue, or the other issue rollo, i want to talk about today. —— the other issue rather. i will make reference to the greater glasgow and clyde, glasgow city,

west dunbartonshire and east renfrewshire, that have restrictions in place right now. i want to reflect a little on how, as we come out of lockdown and cases inevitably rise as we always predicted they would, how we nevertheless try to keep transmission under control and what parts test and protect plays in that. the really important role test and protect has to perform but also the limitations and the responsibility that still rests on each and every one of us. you will recall that we try to use the summer period and did so effectively to reduce covid—19 in scotland to as low a level as a possible. that was because we knew that as we started to move out of lockdown, there would be more opportunities for the virus to spread and as has happened in other countries, we may see cases begin to rise. by getting it to low levels and trying to keep overall

transmission as low as possible, what i have often referred to as an elimination strategy, we then give our test and protect teams at the best possible chance of identifying the cases and clusters when they do occur and through contact tracing and advising people to isolate where necessary , and advising people to isolate where necessary, breaking the chains of transmission. so far, ourtest necessary, breaking the chains of transmission. so far, our test and protect tea ms transmission. so far, our test and protect teams across the country are doing an excellent job protect teams across the country are doing an excellentjob and i want to ta ke doing an excellentjob and i want to take the opportunity today to thank them for that. the other crucial thing that test and protect does, working of course with local instant management teams and local health protection team, is giving us much more intelligent than we had at an earlier stage in this pandemic about the causes and sources of outbreaks. it is able to make assessments of whether these outbreaks are contained or risking wider spread. that intelligence then informs the decisions we have to take about when we need to take further actions,

impose restrictions and what form that further action should take. if you think back a couple of weeks to the outbreak that was identified in the outbreak that was identified in the food processing plant, that outbreak was identified quickly as being sourced in the food processing plants, it was identified before it had been able to spread more widely in the community and that means that measures could be targeted very, very specifically at work ares of that factory and their households to try to make sure that it did not spread any further beyond that. that seems to have been successful, though of course that involved difficult periods of isolation for the workers and the households but it meant we were able to stem any spread into the community. then, earlier than that in aberdeen, through test and protect and the work of the local teams it was

identified that the outbreak that had started in pubs, but also that there was a risk of wider community transmission, so we took the decision to close hospitality for a period and also impose travel and household restrictions. those decisions were driven by our understanding of what was happening there in aberdeen. while all of that was really tough for people in aberdeen and took a while to bring the situation under control, it nevertheless has been effective and that outbreak is now effectively over. in the last couple of weeks, the rise in new cases has been a particularly pronounced in a greater glasgow and clyde and, as you know earlier this week we imposed restrictions on households gathering in glasgow city, is run for share and dump what has to protect has been able to tell so far that they delete back in not linked to any big outbreak but are sated with smaller

unconnected hasbro clusters. —— east renfrewshire and dunbartonshire. it was that analysis and intelligence that led us to the conclusion earlier this week that we had to ta ke earlier this week that we had to take some action. doing nothing was not an option. the question then became, what was the most targeted action we could take? again, the information in through test and protect guided as in the decisions we took, because the information was also telling us that at this stage, transmission appears to be largely household based as opposed to it, in aberdeen, hospitality and pub based. that is what led to the decision to impose a household restrictions but not close pubs. which i understand can be really counterintuitive and difficult for people to understand. in short, what i am trying to set out here is that the analysis we now get through test and protect enables

us to be much more targeted and proportionate, rather than what we we re proportionate, rather than what we were faced with earlier in the year of simply imposing a blanket lockdown everywhere that really meant everyone had to stay at home at. now, we try to be much more targeted, much more proportionate, but because these decisions have been guided by the analysis that has been guided by the analysis that has been done, hopefully these measures are effective. in the greater glasgow and clyde area, we hope this targeted approach will work, but we cannot know that for sure, so we will review it again after a week to assess whether any further measures are necessary. before i finish here, i want to address one further question, because some people watching and others might ask, why isn't test and protect stopping these outbreaks from happening altogether? we all wish there was some kind of magic bullet that would do that, because none of us want to live under these restrictions, but

that leads me to a really fundamental point that i think it is important for all of us to understand because it leads back to the responsibility that we all have. test and protect is, as you have probably gathered from what i have said today and up until now, it is a vital part of our approach now and for the foreseeable future. but test an protect is not the equivalent of an protect is not the equivalent of a vaccine. it does not magically make covid go away. what it does is step in in these occasions when the virus gets past us, all of us who, when we follow all of the advice, are the first line of defence against it. test and protect works to contain a spread and gives us information, as i've said, that allows us to be targeted when we have to impose restrictions. it is, if you like, our second of defence. that we, all of us, we are the first line of defence and we must do everything we can to stop it spreading in the first place from person to person and household to

household. to put it bluntly, if we do not do ourjob, test and protect steps in, but it is by definition firefighting and the more we let the virus through, the more we allow it to spread, the harder test and protect job is to to spread, the harder test and protectjob is to do. what i want to say and the point i want to conclude on is that the situation in these parts of greater glasgow and clyde i really should think should be a wake—up call for all of us. numbers of new cases are high in those areas and that is what we have had to impose some strictures, but new cases have been increasing in many parts of scotland in the last fortnight, so all of us, wherever we live, have to be more careful than ever about sticking to all of the rules and guidance and trying to minimise the chances that we are giving the virus to spread much that we are never going to completely ta ke we are never going to completely take away the risk of getting the virus, this is a highly infectious virus, this is a highly infectious virus and often it will spread and that will be despite our best

effo rts that will be despite our best efforts to stop it, but all of us do have the opportunity and the power to reduce the risks that we face and protect ourselves and keep our families and communities safe and the ways in which we do that are the simple, difficult to follow in practice i know, but simple and very effective if we all abide by them, measures that are encapsulated in the advice. so let 's me end with a reminder, as it was due, but let me put even more force behind this because it is so important that we all with this. remember to wear face coverings and enclosed spaces, avoid crowded places, indoors or outdoors, to wash your hands regularly, clean ha rd to wash your hands regularly, clean hard surfaces after you touch them, remember to keep a two metre distance from people in other households and remember to self—isolate and book a test if you have symptoms of the virus. if all

of us do all of these things, then we are minimising the chances of the virus hopping from one person to another and one household to another, we are reducing the number of cases and clusters and outbreaks that will spring up and in doing that will spring up and in doing that we are making it more possible for test and protect to effectively contain the outbreaks that from time to time we know it will inevitably happen, so i hope that has given you a bit of an insight into the decisions that we take, how these decisions that we take, how these decisions are informed and why sometimes we end up in positions that might come on the face of it, seem to be inconsistent, but they are driven by the evidence and the judgment that has been applied because we now have the results of testing protect. fundamentally, we all have to play our part in this if we are going to succeed. particularly as we go into the winter months and keeping this virus under control of. thank you very much for listening, i'm going to hand over now to the health secretary who has some important information to impart about care homes and then she and i and jason

will take questions as usual. thank you, i have two updates i would like to make in relation to care homes. firstly, in relation to a care home andl firstly, in relation to a care home and i am pleased to announce that the current residence at home farm, which has been a priority for the scottish element, has been secured by nhs highland, who are to purchase this carom from the current provider hc one. your remember some of the background to this from the end of april and following a complaint the ca re april and following a complaint the care inspectorate together with a notification of cave 19 outbreak, nhs highland undertook, pensive testing at the which resulted in a significant number of residents and staff testing positive for the virus. the care inspectorate then undertook to macro inspections within a week of each other and following the second of these concluded that the living

circumstances and quality of care was such that they applied to the courts for an interim suspension order and emergency cancellation of the care homes registration under the care homes registration under the powers that the care inspectorate have. nhs highland had stepped in to provide significant levels of support to the care home to improve the standard of care and cleanliness and to look after the residents and safeguard their well being. asa residents and safeguard their well being. as a result, the circumstances of care were improved, delivered by a warm and caring local workforce under the leadership of nhs highland. and in response to that improvement, there was evidence by continuing visits from the care inspectorate three july and august, the care inspectorate took the decision that the grounds for the emergency cancellation application no longer applied. but the long—term stability that ensures residents and staff is critical to us and so we

have worked closely with nhs highland and the inspectorate to secure this. significant improvements have been made in the quality of care with support from the health board, the care inspectorate the local council and of course the staff. improved infection control, ppe, and the maintenance of adequate staffing levels, all core elements to providing safe residential and nursing care to all the residents who are there. so nhs highland has secured the purchase with £900,000 of additional funding from the scottish government. the transfer of the care home to nhs highland will involve the transfer of the staff into the employment of the nhs, with improved terms and conditions and importantlyjob improved terms and conditions and importantly job security. and improved terms and conditions and importantlyjob security. and the future ownership of this home by nhs

highland provides an insurance for people on the island that the provision of residential nursing ca re provision of residential nursing care in the community will continue. the second update, i am pleased to say we are publishing new guidance to support adult care homes with a safe reopening of the lamictal communal activities and resuming visits by a range of health and social professionals. this builds on the stage introduction of visits to ca re the stage introduction of visits to care homes by family and friends, introduced in earlyjuly, and again in august, and as before, this new introduction of support from health and social care professionals unlimited communal activities applies to care homes that have been applies to care homes that have been a covid free for 28 days and are actively participating in the care home worker testing programme. from

the 7th of september, care homes to meet that criteria will work to resume routine face—to—face care from a ryan range of social and health care professionals, including podiatrists, physiotherapist, optometrist, dentist, mental health and disability specialist. because of the unpredictability at times of community transmission of the virus, before resuming communal activities and enhance visiting outlined in the guidance, care home should update their risk assessments to include consideration of both. these will then be reviewed and approved by the local director of public health. this is important to make sure that all the necessary steps are in place so we can all the necessary steps are in place so we can safely introduce this next step towards increasing normalisation of the life of residents in our care homes. i hope that this provides both residents

and their families that this provides both residents and theirfamilies and that this provides both residents and their families and importantly the staff in care homes with a degree of reassurance that we continue to take careful consideration about how we can safely ta ke consideration about how we can safely take the steps necessary to introduce a more normal life for the important residents in our care homes. thank you. thank you. i will go straight to questions now. lucy white from bbc scotland. hello, just to ask the chief executive of aberdeen and glasgow airport says there are morejob aberdeen and glasgow airport says there are more job losses now in the aviation industry than there were in the coal industry in the 805. he is offering to take on some of the burden, the burden of testing passengers burden, the burden of testing pa55enger5 that would reduce the quarantine period, so will we see testing other apple pa55enger5 anytime soon in scotland? —— airport passengers.” anytime soon in scotland? -- airport passengers. i understand and appreciate the damage that has been done to employment and

sustainability in the aviation industry, we want to work with the sector and given the nature of the challenges hey, work with the uk government to try to adjust that as much as possible. as i've said before, when asked this question, we continue to look at whether there are effective alternatives to quarantine but we have to be very clear about the limitations in that. let me put it in simple terms, ja5on may want to add to this, because of what we know about the incubation period of this virus and the windows of opportunity that we know testing i5 of opportunity that we know testing is most effective, we can't always be sure that testing is picking up all positive cases. if we test passengers all positive cases. if we test pa55enger5 the day they fly into, for example, edinburgh or glasgow airport, ju5t for example, edinburgh or glasgow airport, just because the test is negative doe5 airport, just because the test is negative does not mean they do not have the virus because they make will be in the incubation period that had a stage that makes it unlikely that the test is going to

pick it up. if we then let everybody that had a negative test, sort of come into the country without the requirement for quarantine, we could be seeing a significant number of po55ible po55ible te5t. be seeing a significant number of po55ible po55ible test. there have been some suggestions about doing a te5t been some suggestions about doing a test on day one and adding another te5t test on day one and adding another test on day one and adding another test on day one and adding another test on day eight, the person would 5till test on day eight, the person would still have to quarantine for that period and you may be able to shave some days of the 14 days but she was 5till tension may be missing because there is a 14 day, broadly speaking, incubation period. this is not for any ideological reason, preferring quarantine over te5ting, any ideological reason, preferring quarantine over testing, i have been taking you through how we are managing to be more targeted and proportionate and the restrictions we impose. i want is to be as proportionate and targeted with the mml impact on everything we do here. we have to make sure it is effective because there is no point in

changing one system for another if thatis changing one system for another if that is then going to result in what we are actually trying to guard against. we continue to look at the5e against. we continue to look at these things, we continue to have a paper discussions with the uk government but right now, i am afraid the advice is clear that quarantine for 40 days is the most effective way of mitigating the risk —— quarantine for 14 days is the mo5t —— quarantine for 14 days is the most effective way of mitigating the ri5k most effective way of mitigating the risk of coronavirus coming into the country. you have tackle this, i had a meeting with the apple owner5 you have tackle this, i had a meeting with the apple owners and the airline industry earlier this week, it was constructed —— airport owners. i give the public health you, they give a view clearly from a different perspective, the business and economy side of what they are doing, they also want to keep passengers and staff are safe as they possibly can, that dialogue will continue. i think science will potentially eventually help us out of this dilemma and it will enable

us to reduce the risk that we have been taken but the present test and the present prevalence means that 14 days from remains the safest. if we do something different, then the risk is going to increase than it will be a matter of how much of that risk decision—makers are willing to take. as things stand, remember, lots of countries do not have to quarantine, some countries do and thatis quarantine, some countries do and that is because of the gradient of risk between those countries and hours on the public health advice today remains that that is the safest thing to do. that does not mean the dialogue should not continue we continued to look at news way of doing this. we have seen the first transmission coronavirus within schools. unions have described a lack of physical distancing reported in schools as a major worry and some teachers have been saying it is a case of one and not if this happened. are you satisfy the current guidelines are

enough to mitigate the risk to staff and pupils? i don't think it is yet the case that we can definitely say there has been transmission within schools but i will hand over to jajason on that. we have never tried to claim that we will not have incidents of transmission within schools and the guidance that is in place is designed effectively as possible against that. we keep that under review and we continue to keep it under review, we have changed the garnets on face coverings already. this will be an ongoing dynamic process. the final two points i would make very briefly, i never sunkin would make very briefly, i never sunk in place and on any aspect of this because i am not, we know two things about younger people, we have done a significant number of chess in schools, documents the younger age group —— makdessi mitigate number of tests. we know there is no

cause for complacency that younger people when they get the virus tend not to have the same burden of illness that some older people can have. none of that is leading us to not take this very seriously, we continue to keep all of the guidance under review but i think it's as important contextual set of common stupid around that. on the specific issue of transmission, i will hand over to jason. we arejust going over to jason. we are just going to come away from that briefing by nicola sturgeon. it is in scotland do want to say whether it is on bbc one scotland. we are hearing from the first minister that the reproduction rate of coronavirus is probably a bad one, it could be as high as 1.4. this rate calculates the average number of people who are infecting. it was a fair few months but nicola sturgeon says it is slightly concerned that the overall prevalence of the virus is low and it is still low in scotland right

now, but still a reminder that the virus is spreading again in scotland as it is elsewhere in the uk and across europe and in the wider world. again, one thing is for eve ryo ne world. again, one thing is for everyone to be cautious and careful. —— a warning for everyone to be cautious. russia has rejected accusations it is responsible for poisoning one of president putin's leading critics, alexei navalny, saying there should be no 'rush tojudgement‘. the country is facing international demands for a "full and transparent investigation", after germany said it had proof that alexei navalny, had been poisoned with the nerve agent, novichok. mr navalny is in a coma in hospital in berlin, he was flown there after being taken ill on a flight in russia. the conservative mp tom tugendhat is chair of the foreign affairs committee in the house of commons and we can speak to him now. thank you forjoining us. the kremlin are saying, tom tugendhat, there should be transparency on what evidence generally have on this novichok poisoning. i'm sure the

germans will be only too happy to share evidence of novichok poisoning, as we were after salisbury, the salisbury attacks a few years ago. this is something that sadly now we have experience of because the russians have use novichok to attempt to murder or actually murder people rather more frequently. is that not jumping frequently. is that notjumping to a conclusion in the absence of any publicly transparent information on this? what interest is the russian state has to act on mr navalny now?” what interest is the russian state has to act on mr navalny now? i do not think it isjumping to conclusions, the russian state has in the past murdered many of its opponents, putin has got form of using poison, gr you agencies novichok onto russians, the skripals in united kingdom. we know that navalny has been a fallen in putin's side for a while and i have been attem pts

side for a while and i have been attempts made on his life —— make a thorn in his side. the mafia regime that calls itself the government of russia, that has kept the russian people imprisoned and brutalised for more than 20 years is again using violence to maintain its grip having robbed the people blind. what should the british government to if that is the case? there are calls for potentially more sanctions, isn't there?” calls for potentially more sanctions, isn't there? ithink calls for potentially more sanctions, isn't there? i think we should target sanctions on individuals, we should reduce our diplomatic relations with russia, it isa diplomatic relations with russia, it is a mafia state, not a government in any sense. we should report the russian —— support the russian people and and the contracts that undermine our security. i'm glad that angela merkel has been speaking out about russian brutality against its own citizens. she also needs to speak out about the kind of

contracts that sadly are supporting russia's westward expansion. the us is a key power broker, showed president trump also be acting on this evidence, if it is there from germany? i hope everybody well. this is one of the moments where i had dominic raab will be on the phone to bond around the european union and around the world to make sure the kind of sanctions that we are going to use, i hope, targeting russian individual will be used by others. these sanctions are called that because he was an accountant murdered by the putin regime. these sanctions were specifically designed to deal with the kind of human rights that valour may putin has made. what do these magnitsky sanctions du is it not politically adept to try

to bring russia in from the cold and lured them into not acting in this way, it is not in their own political interests to act this way the disproven? we have in china for 25 years and you've seen the results, warlike act on the streets of the united kingdom. —— we have been trying that for 25 years. now the mass human rights violation in belarus, the occupation of crimea and parts of ukraine. i can keep going. the reality is we dealing with a rogue state, an incredibly wealthy dictator, vladimir putin is said to be the richest man in the world having sold hundreds of billions of dollars of the russian people. i believe we are beyond the point where tony britton, those days are behind us, he was the ambassador. i am gratefulfor the attempt he made in his day, they

failed. british ambassador, of course. can i move british ambassador, of course. can i m ove o nto british ambassador, of course. can i move onto a new key piece of news that has been talked about at the moment? that is the potential appointment of the former australian minister tony abbott, appointment of the former australian ministertony abbott, being appointment of the former australian minister tony abbott, being lined up for a role in post brexit trade talks. the government is going to have some choices to make as to who they make appointments too. i would personally like to see envoys on the board of trade coming from across the united kingdom, senior businessmen from scotland, wales, northern ireland and from every region of england represented because i think this is important moment when the whole of the united kingdom needs to be speaking out for what is in the interests of their own region as well as in their own sector. i think that's a huge opportunity here, actually, for scotland, wales, northern ireland and indeed places like kent to be properly represented

in trade talks... is tony abbott the right person to do that? we have had criticism from sir kay starmer, from conservative mp5 that this man is totally unfit for the role? —— care starmer. he is accused of being a climate change sceptic. i would like to see people from the united kingdom representing the regions and nations of the united kingdom and the sectors of employment of the united kingdom. i think i've been pretty clear on that. i would like to see businessmen and politicians and industry leaders from scotland and wales and northern ireland and the different regions from, unkempt and wherever else in between making the case. ‘— wherever else in between making the case. —— different regions from cornwall and kent. this is based on huge and the united kingdom brings asa huge and the united kingdom brings as a developed and multifaceted

economy. well tony abbott have your support if he is appointed?m economy. well tony abbott have your support if he is appointed? it is not for me to support, the government can do what it likes. i've told you what i want, i want to see representatives from the whole of united kingdom and i think that i've made that very clear. we will have to leave it there. we are out of time. hank you very much, tom tugendhat. —— thank you. a new case outlining allegations of police violence has emerged in the united states. camera footage obtained from police in new york state shows an unarmed black man being hooded by officers and held down with his face to the road for two minutes. 41—year—old daniel prude was suffering from mental health problems when his family called the police for help in march. his brotherjoe spoke to the media on wednesday. i placed a phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched. you're here to protect and serve. but you're basically here to protect and lynch. cbs correspondent laura podesta in new york explained

what's known about the case. another case causing outrage, this one in the rochester new york community, a bit further north of where i'm standing here in new york city. this happened back in march but body camera footage was just released which shows this man, daniel prude, being held down by rochester police, face down, with a spit hood over his head. a spit hood is like a mesh bag, and it was being used on him because this was while coronavirus was ramping up. and there are reports that daniel prude told officers he had coronavirus so they put the spit hood on him as a precaution so they would not get his saliva on them and contract the coronavirus. but daniel prude held down for over two minutes, face down, he became unconscious, he was taken to hospital and died seven days later after being taken off life support. so now there is an investigation, an internal investigation

into the police officers involved, we are told they are still on the force, they have not been suspended orfired. this is in contrast to the george floyd case in minneapolis that you will remember back on memorial day in may. those officers have been either suspended or fired and are facing charges now. a ship carrying nearly 6000 cattle and with more than 40 crew has gone missing off the coast of japan. coastguards have rescued just one seaman, who was found drifting in rough waters in a life jacket. but strong winds and torrential rains from typhoon maysak are hampering efforts to locate the other crew members. the freighter, which was on its way from new zealand to jingtang in china, sent out a distress signal call from nearby amami oshima island late on wednesday. the bbc‘s shaimaa khalil says the rescued crew member has been giving details of what happened. we heard from serino edwards, the 45—year—old crew member,

chief officer, who was the only crew member to be rescued from the ship. he spoke to the japanese coast guard after he was rescued he said that one of the ship's engines had failed before the ship hit a wave and capsized and that he and other crewmembers were directed to wear life vests, even jump off into the water. but he said he didn't see any other crewmembers. as you say, we know that the ship was headed from new zealand to china, it was due in china by next friday, but overnight on wednesday it sent out this distress signal. the japanese coast guard has told the bbc that the search continues, they are using five planes, they are using three rescue ships, but they are working in extremely difficult conditions because of the typhoon. five years ago, more than 1 million migrants and refugees crossed into europe. nearly three quarters were fleeing conflict in syria,

afghanistan and iraq. we're looking at one extraordinary week in 2015, when each day revealed new tensions that tested european solidarity to its limits. the european union voted to launch an emergency scheme to relocate the hundreds of thousands of migrants. sweden was one of the most generous countries but its asylum policies quickly became stricter. the bbc followed nour ammar, a young syrian woman, as she made the perilous journey north. maddy savage has been to see how her life has changed? coffee with mum, a simple pleasure nour ammar doesn't take for granted. they were separated as she travelled alone across nine countries to make it here. her father died in the war in syria. now, she's learnt swedish, got her driving licence and a job in a food warehouse. i have my apartment, i have my family, i have myjob, so i feel like i'm a stable, confident person right now. what about making friends, settling in? they are a close group,

the swedish people, so you can't just go in and be friends with some swedish people. you can't do that. do you have any swedish friends? no, i don't have any. she'd hoped for deeper connections, but still feels lucky to be here. that's because sweden, one of the most welcoming countries to migrants, changed its approach soon after she arrived, limiting numbers and making temporary permits the norm. for a centre—left government, it was a major shift in policy. of course it was a tough decision to make, but on the other hand, there was nothing else to do. there arrived 114,000 people to sweden injust four months, and it would have been impossible for sweden to keep on that pace, so we had to be very clear that, well, if you're going to apply for asylum in europe, you have to choose other countries. crime is also a big issue here in sweden. in city suburbs like this one, rinkeby, where almost everyone has an immigrant background, there have been high—profile

shootings in recent years, and that's led increasing number of swedes to vote for anti—immigration parties, even though police say most of the crimes are carried out by gangs and people who've grown up here, not new arrivals. and lots of locals say they do feel safe even if they've lost friends in the violence, like this 16—year—old. normal people don't have to be scared about that. if you don't... if you aren't involved in a gang, you don't have to be scared for nothing. but if you are involved, then you'd better run. how easy is it to...to be successful if you come from a place like this, to have a career, education? it's...you only have two ways — either you play football or you do music. you don't have any other ways out. there is a strong push to improve life with a new police station and projects to help more people into work here and other segregated neighbourhoods.

it's a big challenge to enter the job market in sweden if you don't have a network, and also, to progress up in the market. we facilitate meetings with just ordinary swedes, but we match demand that they have the background in the same sector, and since the immigration wave five years ago, we have facilitated for over 58,000 people to meet this way with a great impact, 24% get the job or an apprenticeship through our programme. while some new swedes are making their way even in neighbourhoods that were already troubled, no—one disputes that the decision to take in so many has brought challenges that are shaping this country's future. maddy savage, bbc news, sweden. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. it warmed up briefly through the day, through the day we have seen sunshine and showers pushed down

from the north—west, gradually turning cooler once again. it will remain breezy as well, all areas, especially across the north of the uk, north—west scotland seeing winds touching 40 miles an hour or so. this area of low pressure edges ever closer. squeezing in the isobars as we head towards the evening. we lose that weather front from the south and east later in the day so we could see a brief brightness before we head on into the evening. it turns windier, gales and the far north pedigree for the northerners and plenty of showers. temperatures not quite as high as they were overnight last night. cooler feel in towns and cities. a fresh start on friday, bright with some sunshine, quite breezy, lots of showers piling into the north and western scotland, northern ireland, far north—west of england, some could be heavy and thundery. we could see rain returning to southern counties in england through the day, bit of uncertainty, it mainly looks like

southern counties he will see the rain moving in. lightand southern counties he will see the rain moving in. light and patchy. temperatures still on the cool side. into the weekend, high pressure begins to build and from the south—west, squeezing in against the area of low pressure to the north—east. a run of cool and brisk west north westerly winds. plenty of sunshine around but also some showers. this is the picture of a saturday, cool stock, breezy day, when the across the far north—east, most of the showers will be affecting northern and western areas. the odd heavier one, try the further east you are. temperatures low, 14 — 18 celsius. through saturday night, another feature patient in northern ireland, southern scotland, could bring more organised showery rain, spreading south—eastwards, large parts of england and wales. a bit more cloud showery burst of rain, bit of sunshine between, and ought thundery one in the south—east, try for scotla nd one in the south—east, try for scotland and northern ireland but on the cool side. quick peek as we head

into next week, high—pressure bringing dry unsettled weather across england and wales certainly, and in allareas across england and wales certainly, and in all areas it will feel a bit warmer as well.

the health secretary matt hancock insists coronavirus testing is working well, but admits he's very worried about an increase in cases. the labour leader keir starmer says the government has failed to create an effective testing system. it's emerged some people with symptoms have been asked to travel more than 100 miles to get a test. if people need a test, the vast majority get it quickly and close to home, but when those testing centres are full, then obviously people are offered a test at the nearest place which one is available. the prime minister said we would have a world beating system, we haven't got an effective system, and what we are now seeing is a postcode lottery. we'll have the latest from our health editor. also this lunchtime: