this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a sharp increase in migrant arrivals is causing new tensions in southern europe — a special report. this camp is already way past capacity. and then for coronavirus into the explosive mix, pushing migrants to flee exploding economies, and reawakening the exploding economies, and reawa kening the old exploding economies, and reawakening the old migration tensions in italian society. under the rubble — is there a sign of life? rescuers in lebanon believe they may still find someone a month after the blast that killed hundreds. facebook announces new measures to try to protect the integrity of the us presidential election. as disney opts not to release its blockbuster mulan in cinemas, has the pandemic

changed the way we'll watch films forever? hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. it's five years since the week that marked the height of europe's migrant crisis, and now a fresh upsurge of arrivals is stoking political divisions. in italy, local officials have warned that, once again, they cannot cope with the number of people now crossing the mediterranean from north africa and the middle east. so far in 2020, 19,400 people have made the perilousjourney. that compares with just 5,200 in the whole of 2019. 0ur italy correspondent mark lowen has been to sicily and the tiny island of lampedusa, for this special report.

the joy of getting a chance at life. her name, francesco miracle, after her birth on and it dalian rescue boat in 2015, as her mother fled it dalian rescue boat in 2015, as her motherfled libya. suffering seizures and in intensive care, they almost did not make it. the bbc met them back and, now settled in sicily we have come back. was everything you went through worth it? yes, it was, because most of the people they are dreaming to fill my shoes. you have kids outside the country, so have kids outside the country, soi have kids outside the country, so i think you are blessed, you are lucky. so i think should be happy for that. they were among

the million migrants who made it to europe at the height of the migration crisis of 2015, changing its society and politics. thousands more drowned en route, nameless in the graveyard of the mediterranean. five years on they are still coming. the camp and lampedusa to the south of sicily crowded and guarded. so far arrivals this year are one third of what they were in 2015 and yet this camp is already way past capacity. and then for —— three coronavirus into the explosive mick, pushing migrants to flee economies, creating wanting concerns, and reawakening the creating wanting concerns, and reawa kening the old creating wanting concerns, and reawakening the old migration tensions in italian society. in squalid conditions migrants here so they know of several cases inside. there is pressure to clear the camp and reduce the burden on this gateway to europe. this man tells me he wa nts to europe. this man tells me he wants to work to send money back to his wife and daughter

in tunisia. translation: we took the risk of dying at sea. now we are at risk of dying from coronavirus here. we left the misery of our country, but if they had known what misery there would be here they would have stayed in tunisia. even life there is better than this. in mainland sicily to they are expecting arrivals. this new camp is being built in a disused air base to quarantine them. that's stoking opposition from the far right, which became italy's most popular party and briefly entered government due to migration. translation: the european union has left italy to handle the aggression issue alone and, at the same time, italy is leaving it's regions like sicily on their own. there is a danger to public order and now also a health risk. aren't you planning the flames of racism by speaking of invasion, i ask? translation: no, we would use the same language if we were

being invaded by the english difference. if tomorrow1000 french landed on sicily‘s goes would also speak of an invasion. some migrants are settling here. this centred teaching italian as they are woven into the fabric of modern italy. a story about security, integration, identity is far from over. mark lowen, bbc news, sicily. just want to take you to lebanon now. rescue workers are searching for a possible survivor from the port blast in beirut that devastated the city a month ago. a sniffer dog alerted rescuers in the rubble of a collapsed building and the team then said their scanners had detected a pulse. they've been digging ever since and they say they'll keep going even if there's only a 1% chance of finding someone. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin is there. hands up for silence. rescue workers and many in this battered city wait for a sign, daring to hope.

and then, beeping that confirms breathing has been detected beneath the rubble. could there really be a survivor 30 days on? rescuers from chile have been carrying out painstaking work. their key team member, a border collie called flash, who was the first to raise the alert when he detected a body at this location. night falls and floodlights are brought in, as the search continues, hour by hour. some rescue workers go back in. nearby, others regroup. the rubble is being removed here piece by piece, by hand. well, they're getting set up here now to work through the night.

they're setting up a tent as an operations room. and the rescue team has been telling us that they're going to be divided into groups of seven — only seven will be allowed up on the rubble at any one time because they're so afraid of dislodging any of the wreckage. they have to proceed slowly and painstakingly. translation: the dog detected something, and the technology also detected a place in the building — the same point of interest as for the dog. it's four metres deep. it doesn't mean someone is alive or dead in the building. we have to get to that point and confirm. later on during the evening, the search teams, the chilean experts, said they had to stop because they were worried one of the walls was going to completely collapse. 0rla guerin, bbc news, beirut. let's round—up some of the other main developments. the japanese coast guard says it has rescued a man who is thought to have been from the crew of a cargo ship that sank in the east

china sea, with 6,000 cattle on board. rescuers are still searching for more than a0 other crew members. the brazilian government says more than four million people in the country are now known to have been infected with the coronavirus since the pandemic began. the health ministry says that in the latest 24—hour period, there were more than 43,000 new cases. president jair bolsonaro has consistently played down the severity of covid—19 and earlier this week he said nobody would be forced to have a vaccine once one became available. protestors in argentina have been demanding justice for a young man who was arrested for breaching coronavirus restrictions, and whose dead body was later found dumped. facundo astudillo castro was detained in april when hitch—hiking during strict movement controls. his case has become a catalyst for protests about alleged police brutality. president trump has renewed his attack on the democrats' approach to law and order, claiming joe biden wanted

to appease those involved in recent unrest, who he described as domestic terrorists. mr trump was addressing hundreds of people packed into an aircraft hangar in the swing state of pennsylvania — in breach of coronavirus regulations. the us presidential candidate joe biden has been visiting kenosha, wisconsin, the city that was rocked by violent unrest last month after police shot an unarmed black man, jacob blake, in the back. mr biden called mr blake in hospital, and had a private meeting with his family. they had refused to meet president donald trump when he visited the city on tuesday. this report from our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, contains footage that some viewers may find distressing. a rare trip in this pandemic forjoe biden. an indication ofjust how important events here have become in this election campaign. donald trump knows it, he's already been to kenosha,

where he focused on condemning rioting and lawlessness. joe biden, though, talked of racial injustice, and criticised the president for stoking troubles. i've got to defeat hate. it only hides, it only hides, and when someone in authority breathes oxygen onto that rock, it legitimises those folks to come on out. unlike donald trump, joe biden met the family ofjacob blake — he himself joined by phone from hospital. it was his shooting by a police officer that started all of this. but this spot had other visitors from out—of—town — nephews of george floyd. we're out here in kenosha, showing our love and our prayers for kenosha, man. that's it. neighbours came out to meet them, and thanked them for theirfamily‘s work since their uncle was killed by a police officer, who knelt on his neck. a loss that is still

clearly very raw. thank you for taking yourself out of your comfort zone so we can have a voice with action. exactly. and what is that action? george floyd's family told me the most important thing now is to vote against donald trump. we demand change. so this is what's going to happen, we need to get out there and vote, vote him out. from our city officials, locals, our police officers, everybody, you're not with this movement — you need to go. hey, get on the ground. get on the ground. all this comes as newly—released police video shows yet another disturbing case. daniel prude was having a mental health episode when officers handcuffed him and knelt on him. he stopped breathing, and died several days later. the medical examiner ruled it as homicide. i placed a phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched. donald trump and joe biden have now laid out their very different stances

on race and policing. which appeals the most depends on which side of this deeply divided country a voter finds themselves. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin. less tha n less than eight weeks now to go before the election itself. here is a question. is facebook doing enough to fight misinformation in the run up to the us presidential election? its founder, mark zuckerberg, has announced that it won't take any new political ads in the seven days before the vote on november 3. he's "worried" about divisions in the country potentially leading to civil unrest, as paul hawkins reports. iam asking i am asking you to choose greatness. in the us there are roughly 200 million eligible voters and 119 million facebook users seeing ads like this. it's a powerful platform for reaching voters and spreading

misinformation. so facebook is making changes. if people post content that broadly is trying to delegitimise the outcome of the election, either by saying things like voting by male will definitely lead to fraud or other things that basically undermine these democratic principles or methods of voting that we know are safe, then we're just that we know are safe, then we'rejust going add that we know are safe, then we're just going add some context to those posts by these arejust some of context to those posts by these are just some of the ads that trump's campaign are running, specifically targeted at anyone who was following his facebook page. until now the social media giant has been criticised for allowing political as these to be micro targeted, so they are only seen by small communities rather than debated more widely. it's claims this makes it easier for politicians and their supporters to breed fiction as fact and avoid being called out on it, until it's too late. so facebook is making changes in how it is used for the upcoming election. there

will be no new political ads accepted in the week before the us votes. any posts trying to delegitimise the election will be labelled, as well candidates' posts prematurely claiming victory before the results are known. facebook is also said it will remove video clips without context like this one of the president urging people to illegally vote twice. sendin people to illegally vote twice. send in your valets, send it m, send in your valets, send it in, whether it is solicited or unsolicited. the absentees are fine, we have to work to get them. that means something. you send them in and you go to vote. and if they have encountered that you can vote. this is an election like no other at a time like no other. it is an unprecedented period of time in us democratic area —— history so we need to take unprecedented steps. we are trying to make sure we put all the guardrails we can, put in place while at the same time ensuring the platform is also a space for people to openly debate and discuss their political differences. facebook has been under pressure to do

more about fake news after twitter banned political ads last year and google's parent company alphabet ltd how campaigns could micro target voters. there were questions about the role of facebook and other social media platforms like twitter in the exit photo as well as the 2016 us presidential election. so i don't know if there is a usual for how social media platforms behave in this day and age. summer experts say facebook‘s numerals are a pr stay at —— stud and campaigns will simply run ads up to seven days before the election so they can then run them in the final stop but facebook wants to show the world it takes democracy seriously. paul hawkins, bbc news. yes, keeping our eyes out for november three. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the latest from the us open as serena williams cruises into the third round at flushing meadows. she round at flushing meadows. does make it to the ti

round. she does make it to the third round. we will have a report. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting. hostages appeared. some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: as more than 19,000 migrants cross from north africa to italy so far this year, there are warnings that this sharp increase in journeys across the mediterranean is building new tensions in southern europe. one month after the blast that claimed so many lives, rescuers in beirut think there may be somebody still alive under the rubble of this building. english football's premier league has terminated a $750 million deal with china, its most lucrative foreign market. a 3—year contract granting a chinese firm, pptv, rights to broadcast live football has been ended two years early. the deal has been in dispute

since march, when the chinese company witheld a payment of more than $200 million. we can now speak to jonathan white, who's the sport desk editor at the south china morning post. hejoins us from hong kong. thank you forjoining us, is this about money, i can understand why some tv companies have been demanding a re bate of companies have been demanding a rebate of thoughts, given the impact that the pandemic has had on matches? it appears to be primarily about money, for 110w. be primarily about money, for now. the owners of pptv make a lot of money but obviously it has been tight during the pandemic and they were looking to renegotiate, was how this was framed to start with. but it could also be political, given these souring relations between beijing and london. given these souring relations between beijing and londonm a sense, it immediately becomes

political, doesn't it? indeed, yeah,is political, doesn't it? indeed, yeah, is the thing, ten days less tha n yeah, is the thing, ten days less than that until the new season less than that until the new season and chinese is a massive market for the premier league, it is one of the greatest exports and hugely popular over there so if it is political, we probably won't see someone jumping to take over the mantle that pptv have left. but if it isn't, then someone willjump in. the question there is will they renegotiate for less then they renegotiate for less then the huge deal that they have had in place previously. it does depend on how many competitors there may be. kenny envisaged, if it a commercial issue, can you envisage a bit ofa issue, can you envisage a bit of a rush? they could be a rush, indeed. we have been here before with the premier league in china, there have been companies who have overreached financially in an effort to secure rights and companies have gone under and in the

right of been renegotiated. so, there may well be companies that may want to stream and screen the premier league and whoever comes in will have to pay a lot of money, no doubt about it, and then they will also have to give the rights to state broadcaster, which is what pptv sports were doing before, they were on cctv but perhaps not a rush, we will see. china has spent a huge amount of money bringing in their own names and growing the league, so give us an idea as to where premier league football stands in the arrangement of tv spectator sports in china? if it is not the biggest, then it certainly in the top two and the only thing that comes close is the nba who are also having their own problems of being screened in china. premier league is

absolutely huge, the bundesliga is popular but not as near as popular. the only thing that comes popular. the only thing that co m es close popular. the only thing that comes close in football terms is the world cup and champions league and as domestic leagues, it is certainly the biggest in football and perhaps the biggest in sport. thank you. after making history with the most ever us open wins in round one, the queen of the court, serena williams has added to her tally but it wasn't to be for andy murray, bowing out of round two in straight sets. tanya dendrinos has more. eyes firmly on the prize, serena williams continues her march to major number 2a, the six—time us open champion took down the russian margarita gaspari n, 6—2, 6—4, setting up an all—american showdown in round three with sloane stephens. after a marathon five set match in round one, and

murray did not have the answer for the canadian, felix auger—aliassime, dismissed in straight sets. while number three dominic thiem, celebrated his 27th birthday in style, cruising to a straight sets win. i think both our games we re win. i think both our games were well suited for long, nice rallies, some good pedals and an attractive match and i'm happy with myself. but it was disappointment for gregor dimitrov, going down to martin feature of each in a five set thriller. johanna konta also suffered an upset, taking the first set but unable to regain control after a tiebreaker against the romanian. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. israeli archaeologists have discovered what they say is evidence of a ‘magnificent‘ palace from the era of a biblicaljewish

kingdom injerusalem. the stone carvings were unearthed about three kilometres from jerusalem's old city. it's thought they were from a palace built around the 8th or 7th century bc and probably destroyed during the babylonian conquest ofjerusalem. as the film industry looks to recover from months of closed cinemas and postponed releases, production companies are looking for new ways to release their content and, friday, it's disney's turn, launching its highly anticipated live action remake of mulan on their own streaming service disney plus — rather than on the big screen. jack kilbride reports. my father cannot fight, so i will take his place. it is premier day for mulan but not the type of release we are used to seeing for a big budget blockbuster. almost six months after it was scheduled to hit the big screen, disney's live action remake of their animated

classic is hitting the small screen instead, specifically, disney's own streaming service, disney plus. to watch it, you have to be a subscriber and then pay an extra $30 — a move that disney hopes will pay off big. so, the big question with disney right now is can a $200 million blockbusterfilm like mulan perform as well for them on a strictly premium video—on—demand streaming service basis than it would theatrically. that's the question that people are posing but not necessarily the correct question. this is an experiment for disney in a number of different ways but what the company is looking to do really is build its streaming service. while mulan will get its big cinema release in china, where coronavirus restrictions have eased, those in the us, seeking a more traditional cinema experience this weekend, have a very different option, with christopher nolan's complex sci—fi blockbuster tenet making its us premiere after already finding some success elsewhere. i feel great that people

outside of america feel safe and support film. they still love the movie theatre experience, which is great to me because it's why i got into the business because i love movies and i love the movie theatre experience. it's too early to say which option will prove to be a success but deciding how to release a finished film is only one of the many problems facing the industry. you are justice! production on the batman has been suspended because the film's caped crusader, robert pattinson, has contracted coronavirus — a reminder for all that even a superhero isn't immune from the virus. jack kilbride, bbc news. interesting stuff. we will see how that works. reminding you, loads on all the stories we are covering, including the european migrant crisis, on the website below. do take a look. also i recommend downloading the bbc news app to your tablet

01’ the bbc news app to your tablet or smart phone, you only have to download it once and you haveit to download it once and you have it forever. stay with us. we will focus on the business implications of coronavirus in just a moment. hello there. looks like we are all in for a dose of cooler, fresher weather over the coming few days. could be perfect weather for seeing some rainbows, just as we saw on thursday here by a weather watcher in scotland. further south, it's been milder and quite muggy for a while. temperatures ahead of the cloud and drizzle were as high as 23 celsius in the south—east of england. it's a cooler start to friday, temperatures in the clearer skies, typically 9—11 celsius. some more blustery showers in northern scotland, then towards the south—west, this cloud never really clears away. it comes back into the south—west of england and south wales — pushing eastwards towards the midlands and south east england. that will bring a bit of light rain and drizzle. further north, some brighter skies, some sunshine and some showers.

those showers turning more widespread in scotland and northern ireland, pushing into the far north of england. disappointing temperatures, 17—18 celsius, fairly typically, could make 20 in the south—east ahead of any rain that arrives during the evening. as we head into the weekend, high—pressure is close by, but it's towards the south—west of the uk. it leaves us with a run of north—westerly winds. that's going to drive in cooler air, and temperatures on saturday could be even lower during the day as well — it will be a chilly start to the day too. so, a cool weekend ahead. there will be this mixture of sunshine and showers continuing. as we look ahead to saturday, most of the showers will be in the north and west of the uk. quite a few showers, actually, across northern scotland, quite a few showers for northern ireland. those will stream over the irish sea into north—western parts of england and wales. so, for the south and the east, it should be largely dry, some sunshine at times, those temperatures could be even lower, making 1a celsius at best through the central belt of scotland — 18 in the south of england. some more showers continuing overnight and into sunday. should be a drier day though for northern ireland,

a drier day for scotland. most of the showers across england and wales, some of those could be heavy as well. temperatures will be pegged back in those showers, but probably a degree or two higher than saturday across scotland and northern ireland, but still only making 16 celsius. those showers do move away during the evening as we head into the early part of next week. we've got lower pressure to the north of the uk, some weather fronts on the scene, higher pressure into more southern areas. so, that means for the first few days of next week, it's going to remain unsettled for northern areas. there will be some stronger winds, some rain from time to time. further south, it should be largely dry and warmer — temperatures into the mid—20s.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. stock markets slump in the biggest sell—off since june. are the tech giants finally seeing their bubble burst? plus, more stress for the travel business, as the uk is split over quarantine for portugal and greece. hello. we start on wall street, where stock markets have seen their biggest sell—off in around three months. and it's the technology shares, which have been pushing markets

to new record highs that have seen the biggest falls. the biggest of the lot, apple, lost 8% and tesla lost almost 10%. that left the tech—dominated nasdaq index down 5% and the s&p 500 down 3.5%. the biggest one day falls since june 11th. is the tech bubble about to burst or is itjust a blip? this wall street analyst is confident it's the latter. if we look, i mean, the markets are down maybe 2.5—3% up to 5%. but we have seen the move 50— 70% since the march lows. so having a little bit of a pullback, having some of these names take a little bit of a breather, especially with news out of china on the semiconductor stocks we saw earlier this morning, i think thatis earlier this morning, i think that is ok. i am not saying

that is ok. i am not saying that this is a time that you jump that this is a time that you jump in and start buying. they wouldn't be surprised if we have a little bit more of a pullback as people start to make some changes in their portfolios and take some of those gains off the table, but ido those gains off the table, but i do think it isjust a blip and the longer run trend we will see is the markets move higher. let's get another view on that. helal miah is an investment research analyst at the share centre, a stockbroker in aylesbury in the uk. thanks forjoining us. so a blip ora thanks forjoining us. so a blip or a planet, thanks forjoining us. so a blip ora planet, do thanks forjoining us. so a blip or a planet, do you think? certainly i will say it is a healthy correction. and it is a correction many people have been saying was needed for a long, long time, simply because evaluations of the us market, especially the textures, have exceeded most people's expectation with the s&p with around 25 times more earnings, that seems slightly high. as your previous guest said, it has fallen back, but it has only fallen back by a small

percentage. yes, the textures have fallen back so much more. but not too much has really changed in the last few days. we have still got very low interest rates. we have had jerome powell last week suggesting that he is going to allow inflation to tick slightly higher. so in this low interest rate environment there really is nowhere else for investors to put their money apart from investors to put their money apartfrom in investors to put their money apart from in the equity markets. that's the point, helal, isn't it? a correction may be, but what else are you going to invest in at the moment? if you look at the traditional stocks were just not going to go there. you are just not going to go there. although we did have a small uptick in some of the shares that have been beaten up during this crisis. a lot of the travel related stocks such as cup carnival, easyjet, iag, some of the stocks in america are bouncing back while the textures d id are bouncing back while the textures did fall back. there isa textures did fall back. there is a suggestion there is a bit ofa is a suggestion there is a bit of a reputation for growth

stocks into value. a question how much longer that is going to last. this virus is around for a while. we probably are going to have second waves here and there. there will be investors saying maybe this traditional travel stocks aren't of great value, given the currency scenario. but the tech shares, consider the stocks, but also considered defensive, against the coronavirus, i mean, iam working from home, lots of other people are working from home, and we are using the technology... that's right. and thatis technology... that's right. and that is not going away. we get that. do you think there has been a danger, or maybe a reality that because they have been doing so well, these tech stocks, they have masked the truth behind this story in a way, which is that this pandemic is extremely damaging and is eating away at the global economy, essentially,

and we have a long, painful road ahead of us. certainly i do believe so. there is a huge disconnect between the stock market, especially in america, and what is going on with the underlying economy. yes, the american economy, the data does look relatively positive, but let's not forget we are coming off from a very low base and in subsequent months the numbers are going to look good. but usually with a crisis, i'd still feel that we are in the early days of the economic fallout from the crisis. so in time the data will slowly get worse. and we have seen that. we have seen eurozone sales, we have seen data in other regions just pullback a bit. and ijust feared that some of this data is showing the underlying trend and the underlying trend isn't going to be that great and so there is, yes, disconnect between the markets and the economy fuelled by low interest rates. helal, thank you very

much indeed. helal miah there. let's stay in the us, because investors will be looking to official employment figures out later for reassurance the economic recovery is not faltering. they are expected to show another solid month of job creation in august — some 1.4 million newjobs. but that would be a slowdown from july when employers added over one and three quarters millionjobs. the bbc‘s north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. america'sjobs picture is expected to have improved for the fourth month in a row. but while some businesses are returning to normal, across the country many remained close, despite coronavirus restrictions being eased. in some cases permanently. sojust how strong is the labour market recovery? over the course of march and april we lost over 20 millionjobs. today we march and april we lost over 20 million jobs. today we are in a situation where we are still 13 millionjobs lower than

situation where we are still 13 million jobs lower than we were in february, but we are seeing job growth slow, even though we are still that deep in the hole. so we are at a critical phase of the recovery where more assistance, more fiscal aid is necessary to support a sustainable recovery going into 2021. help is unlikely to come from here, at least for now. congress remains divided over what to do next, with stimulus payments and help for small businesses exhausted, it is unclear where future support for thejobs unclear where future support for the jobs market will come from. this friday's jobs report may increase the pressure on jobmaker to kickstart stalled stimulus reports. but even if it doesn't it will serve as a reminder of the economic challenges still facing many americans. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. let's turn to the travel business now, because the confusion continues for holidaymakers and companies here in the uk. authorities in wales and scotland have removed portugal from their list of low risk countries — meaning people arriving from there must self—isolate

for 14 days. but rules covering england and northern ireland are unchanged — no quarantine for portugal, at least for now. on thursday, travel bosses attacked the uk government's handling of quarantine. 0ne saying it risked "the demise of the uk aviation industry". martin alcock is director of the travel trade consultancy. hejoins me from london. i'm not going to put you through the test, martin, of which greek islands and which parts of the uk follow what rules now, it is clearly getting, is becoming a very difficult sort of map to manage, isn't it? yes. good morning, david. thank goodness. as an absolute mess, isn't it?

i think there has been plenty thrown at the travel industry throughout this crisis, really, but this fractured approach that the home nations are taking is adding an extra layer of confusion. what i think is already a total mess of an approach that the government has taken to this, it really isn't helping the industry and we have already started to see the consequences of that and, sadly, a few we will see more travel companies failing. just because of the impact on consumer confidence, the impact on people's willingness to book. it's a real, realshame. are you going so far as to say, though, it would be better to have blanket bans, i say band, it is the wrong word, the quarantine position, if you like, the on portugal, rather than some parts of the uk saying it's fine and some not. look, i think with the travel industry is crying out for is a co—ordinated approach. this approach definitely isn't working. i think what we have

really had is during the course of this week, really, nods and winks about whether portugal will always be added. that has already had an impact on customers out in resorts and you have already seen this desperate attempts for people to get home before a potential ban comes in. people spending astronomical amounts of money to get back only to find that that... to be fair, martin, to be fair it does depend on what's happening in the country and that can change, frankly, if not day to day then certainly with a week stop yes. first and foremost it is a health crisis and i don't think anyone is arguing that the government shouldn't taking action. it needs to do what it needs to do. i think it is the co nte m pt needs to do. i think it is the contempt with which it has treated the travel industry, really, making an announcement that comes in barely six hours later shows little regard for the consumers who have to then ta ke the consumers who have to then take action, we have got schools about to start and all the kind of knock—on effects of the kind of knock—on effects of the warranting will have for them, but the travel industry and the professionals in travel

who have to pick up the pieces, have to work with their customers to get them home, they are the ones bearing the brunt of this. i think it really is a breaking point what we're seeing. numbers ofjob losses and that is going to continue. that's right. you draw any consolation from the fa ct draw any consolation from the fact that people are not travelling abroad they have, frankly, been looking for places at home, the staycation business has been relatively buoyant. and that is money staying in the uk. i think that is right. domestic travel is doing really well. notjust in the uk, across all of european markets we are seeing similar patterns as people look to stay closer to home. you have to say, really, reading from the government's actions, that maybe is intentional. it is outbound travel which is seen as export. people staying at home is people spending money to help out all those sorts of schemes. i think is shortsighted, think it is wrongheaded. 0utbound travel

employs a huge amount of people, huge benefits to that industry. and, ultimately, if thatis industry. and, ultimately, if that is being sacrificed and all of those people lose jobs, thatis all of those people lose jobs, that is a big button on the benefits scheme and the government ends up paying one way or another. right. martin, thank you for your views. martin alcockjoining us there. let's stay with the travel industry, because the boss of one of the world's biggest hotel groups has been talking to the bbc about the economic damage done by the coronavirus pandemic. marriott international, which owns the ritz carlton, st regis, le meridien and sheraton chains, made a record loss of $234 million in the three months to june. and it has had to spend huge amounts since then on extra safety measures — from cleaning to masks to contactless keys. but ceo arne sorenson told aaron heslehurst it is worth it to get back in business. just briefly, how much has it cost you, the hotel group, to spend on all these extra

measures? well, it is expensive, but let's put it in context, when the crisis first hit we lost 90 plus % of our revenue around the world. we have climbed back now to something like —65 — 70%. china is the strongest because they are coming out of this earliest. but we're still down massively. so it is in that context where you look at the spending. we have got to do the spending. we have got to do the spending in order to build back revenue. spend to save, really. and viewers on bbc world news can see more of that interview with arne sorenson, the chief executive of marriott international hotels, on talking business with aaron heslehurst this weekend. the times are on your screen now with the first airing at 2330 gmt on saturday. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: what can the 2018 financial crisis teach us about the current economic situation? we hearfrom the man who ran the world bank at the time — robert zoellick.

some news from the uk. the company behind the hs2 high speed railway has formally announced that it's starting full scale construction work on the line. hs2 limited said the first phase of the scheme, linking london and birmingham, will create 22,000 jobs but critics argue it's a waste of money and will lead to job losses in other areas. people in leeds are being warned to follow coronavirus guidelines or risk tighter restrictions. the city is expected to be added as an area of concern after its infection rate rose to 29.4 cases per 100,000 people. the local council says the city has reached a pivotal moment in its attempts to control the spread of covid—19. demand for childcare at nurseries, playschools and childminders in england is down 70%. the institute for fiscal studies says the loss of income from parent—paid fees since march means that many providers face a tough time

keeping their doors open. the department for education says it will continue to fund free places at pre—pandemic levels. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: as more than 19,000 migrants cross from north africa to italy so far this year there are warnings that this sharp increase injournies across the mediterranean is building new tensions in southern europe one month after the blast that claimed so many lives, rescuers in beirut think there may be somebody still alive under the rubble of this building. what can we learn from the global financial crisis in 2008 to help us survive the slump caused by the current pandemic. robert zoellick was president of the world bank during that turbulent period a decade ago.

he's just published a book raising some of his concerns about current policy and he's been speaking to our own sharanjit leyl. shara njit, what has mr zoellick been telling you? quite a light, actually, david. as mentioned, he was the head of the world bank during the last crisis and worked closely with the likes of the international monetary fund and governments at the time at a time when countries or made a concerted effort to return the economy to growth and served a lot of roles also as deputy secretary of state under george bush and us trade representative and advisor to other presidents and now he has written this book, america in the world, looking at the

importance of us diplomatic relations which he says is in dire straits because of the trump administration so i began by asking him about the lessons he learned dealing with the last recession and how it co m pa res last recession and how it compares with the current pandemic induced one. 2008- 2009 financial crisis with a serious event but we had the 620 and central banks cooperated and china had a strong stimulus programme and we don't have that sense of cooperation today. that is one of the ways in which the friction in the us—china relationship in the sense it has returned to a populist nationalism in many countries, may appear likely it is strengthening the domestic syste m strengthening the domestic system but it actually undermines international results. we have a long way to go andl results. we have a long way to go and i don't think this pandemic is going to be gone overnight and i think there will be a lot of damage that would take a lot of cooperation with other countries to get out of. what advice would you give policymakers, for instance, in india, which isjust experienced its biggest economic contraction on record this week. how would they come out of this? how can they

revive their economies after something like this? misses something like this? misses some of the challenges that have worked in terms of the developed world in terms of social distancing and other effo rts social distancing and other efforts to stop the spread don't work in developing countries we do not the space. when vaccines are better treatments are developed, and they will be, then addition to taking off people in developed countries, we approach this in a way where we deal with the most vulnerable developing countries and if we see a start out of vaccine nationalism, it won't be effective in dealing with a virus that will frankly re—emerge if you do not deal with it all around. we have to learn how it happened including in away with china that does not indict them but tries to understand how we avoid the problem and we have build in various prevention and precaution and response mechanisms to handle resiliency. you talked about china, how do you see the american relationship going forward with china ?

american relationship going forward with china? well, sad to say, i think it is in freefall today and i don't think we know where the bottom is and that's a dangerous situation. trump's approach was originally to focus on a bilateral trade deficit but as the politics of his re—election focused on the problems are china, we now have a very strong spirit of complication and on economic issues, i believe you can find common ground with china for this will be worth a question of us—china and partners in the region. that was part of my conversation with mr zoellick, talking a lot about other things, including us politics and he called president trump the great disruptor, essentially saying that president trump's administration has been responsible for breaking many alliances that america has worked very hard over many decades to build and he also said that if the joe decades to build and he also said that if thejoe biden team wa nts said that if thejoe biden team wants his help, they know where

to call him which is highly unusualfor a fairly to call him which is highly unusual for a fairly senior republican. remember, he said many republican presidents prior to his rolled at the world bank. a really fascinating conversation there with robert zoellick, truly one of the great thought leaders i believe in the us right now. thank you, it is interesting he used that phrase the great disruptor so it can go one way or another but he knows where his bread is butted politically at the moment. the british athletics championships gets under way in manchester later today under tough circumstances. the event will be held behind closed doors, with no fans present, with the city back under local lockdown because of a surge in virus cases. it's just one of the sports taking a huge commercial hit from the pandemic. sponsorship fees are predicted to slump almost 40% this year, according to international sports marketing agency two circles. gareth balch is the ceo

of two circles. hejoins me from london. good to see you. a big hit in terms of sponsorship commitment. but no surprise. if you have not got an event to put on, you will struggle to hold onto sponsors! absolutely and good morning. an incredible yearfor and good morning. an incredible year for sports and good morning. an incredible yearfor sports and and good morning. an incredible year for sports and in a world where there is behind closed door sports, it is less valuable for sponsors and want to interact to be part of the live experience and its remarkable because what we found is that sports has become adept to put on behind closed door sports like the athletics, both in the diamond league and the british athletics championships but for the fans, media consumption and ultimate attention paid to the sports is considerably up. the premier league sn record broadcast viewing figures, test matches, and the cricket there have been

also view and greater than the ashes in previous years that the value for sponsors now being delivered for sponsors in new ways and new ways that are arguably surpassing the relative and value from their fans. but is the message from the figures you are suggesting of the downturn one that sponsorship today people talk a lot about the added value, loyalty, recognising that the values of the sport et cetera. let's be honest, the bottom line is money and if they don't think it's going to be worth the money they will drop out. loyalty is put to the test year? absolutely and that where supporters had a remarkable year because while it was really beating and struggling in the early months of lockdown what we have seen is it has become a beacon of hope and a life for many and to have a loyalty from fans and others

where we have seen consumption going up. we will have seen a pressure for a new model for how sports organisations can monetise through sponsorship and media and with that current platform for further commercial prosperity so while the trauma thatis prosperity so while the trauma that is trauma from this year will take scars without as a industry for time to come, i'm confident that the future is bright — — so while the trauma. but there is still this huge drop—off of revenue from spot — as spectators and while this may not be the biggest financial factor now for sports, it is significant, isn't it? we are seeing the england rugby saying that they hope to get 20,000 to come and watch the barbarians and england in the autumn, a fraction of what they will need and they will lose money from it. 10096, and they will lose money from it. 100%, fans say and they will lose money from it. 10096, fans say being a responsible citizen is the most important thing for organisations right now so

while the commercial pain is one that many are living with right now but the sports organisations are most focused on putting unsafe events and one where they can be socially distancing conform with human safety first. so they will do that first and that's where the financial trauma is right now because not having full grounds on the income from that is a cost. briefly, sponsors want to capitalise presumably on that message of safety, looking after people, putting athletes and found flirts —— fans first? sports has always been a place with social stories coming get united, be it black lives matter ‘s or plastic free albeit socially safe. sport ‘s aid, isa albeit socially safe. sport ‘s aid, is a moment where we can create confidence for the public to think about how they wa nt to public to think about how they want to live their lives and do so in want to live their lives and do soina want to live their lives and do so in a way that is not aggressive and i think sport is done that brilliantly this year

and sponsors will always want to be attached to that. indeed. thank you indeed. gareth from two circlesjoining us thank you indeed. gareth from two circles joining us from london. thank you forjoining us on london. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. goodbye for now. hello there. looks like we are all in for a dose of cooler, fresher weather over the coming few days. could be perfect weather for seeing some rainbows, just as we saw on thursday here by a weather watcher in scotland. further south, it's been milder and quite muggy for a while. temperatures ahead of the cloud and drizzle were as high as 23 celsius in the south—east of england. it's a cooler start to friday, temperatures in the clearer skies, typically 9—11 celsius. some more blustery showers in northern scotland, then towards the south—west, this cloud never really clears away. it comes back into the south—west of england and south wales — pushing eastwards towards the midlands and south east england. that will bring a bit of light rain and drizzle. further north, some brighter skies, some sunshine and some showers. those showers turning more widespread in scotland and northern ireland, pushing into the far north of england.

disappointing temperatures, 17—18 celsius, fairly typically, could make 20 in the south—east ahead of any rain that arrives during the evening. as we head into the weekend, high—pressure is close by, but it's towards the south—west of the uk. it leaves us with a run of north—westerly winds. that's going to drive in cooler air, and temperatures on saturday could be even lower during the day as well — it will be a chilly start to the day too. so, a cool weekend ahead. there will be this mixture of sunshine and showers continuing. as we look ahead to saturday, most of the showers will be in the north and west of the uk. quite a few showers, actually, across northern scotland, quite a few showers for northern ireland. those will stream over the irish sea into north—western parts of england and wales. so, for the south and the east, it should be largely dry, some sunshine at times, those temperatures could be even lower, making 14 celsius at best through the central belt of scotland — 18 in the south of england. some more showers continuing overnight and into sunday. should be a drier day though for northern ireland, a drier day for scotland. most of the showers across england and wales, some of those could be heavy as well. temperatures will be pegged

back in those showers, but probably a degree or two higher than saturday across scotland and northern ireland, but still only making 16 celsius. those showers do move away during the evening as we head into the early part of next week. we've got lower pressure to the north of the uk, some weather fronts on the scene, higher pressure into more southern areas. so, that means for the first few days of next week, it's going to remain unsettled for northern areas. there will be some stronger winds, some rain from time to time. further south, it should be largely dry and warmer — temperatures into the mid—20s.

good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: the uk splits over travel to greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change elsewhere. work on hs2 moves from preparation to construction today, but the impact of coronavirus is deepening divisions over the high—speed rail line. good morning from the top of blackpool tower, one of the uk's most famous landmarks. tonight the town's famous eliminations will be switched on little different than normal. we will find out how this and other seaside resorts have hoped during an extraordinary summer ——

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