this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. construction gets under way on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond, the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised to create 22,000 jobs. it helps to level up the country. it's going to produce betterjourney times and a lot ofjobs and today is, if you like, spades in the ground. confusion as the uk splits over quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland. with the spikes of covid 19 in certain destinations and

countries, these corridors seem to be minimising and closing down one by one. we are a united kingdom but on this issue with regards to quarantine, each nation seems to be making up different rules. and if you're affected by this story, and would like to ask a question about the latest quarantine rules — or comment on any of our other stories you can contact me on twitter @annita—mcveigh #bbcyourquestions in other news, rescuers in lebanon continue to search in the rubble. they believe they may still find someone alive a month after the blast that killed hundreds. a sharp increase in migrant arrivals is causing new tensions in southern europe — we have a special report. and the duchess of cornwall sends a message of support for those who have been affected by domestic abuse during the pandemic. cases of violence have risen by 20% globally, according to the un.

hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. for the latest news and analysis am a mcveigh. —— mcveigh. ministers here in britain are being warned that gaps in their brexit preparations risk causing severe disruption to supply lines at the uk's borders when the transition period ends in less than four months time. eight organisations, including the road haulage association and logistics uk, say the supply chain "will be severely disrupted" if concerns — such as a lack of funds to train customs officials — are not addressed before december 31st. the government said it had plans to ensure the country is ready for the changes. let's get more with our political correspondent iain watson in westminster.

hello to you. the road haulage association, those other logistics organisations, talking about not being enough border officials, talking about the it system is not being ready. what is the government saying in response to all of these concerns? the government is saying several things, first of all pointing to extra investment first announced in june on pointing to extra investment first announced injune on a new border infrastructure, more than £700 million being spent on now, some people questioning why they are only embarking on this six months before the end of the transition period. they are pointing out they have a fund to employ more customs agents, those are the people who would help companies fill in customs declarations, the road haulage association suggesting 220 million of them because we will be leaving the eu customs union. and the government also saying that, in effect, we have had the crisis in britain already, coronavirus, the

logistics industry held up, there was no real food logistics industry held up, there was no realfood shortages, some people may perhaps have over purchased on toilet supplies! but there have been no real shortages and therefore britain is in a good place to withstand further changes including after we leave the european union. that wasn't the view of the road haulage association, you've mentioned some of the things they are concerned about, but they are also concerned as well that some of the it systems, the apps that lorry drivers have, won't work or won't be available in other languages, international drivers would rely on these coming to britain, and the policy director rod mckenzie told bbc news a short time ago that he thought the scenario at the end of the brexit transition period would be on the one hand a disaster area, on the other hand, a disaster area, on the other hand, a disaster area, on the other hand, a disaster area with rocket boosters on! yes, we are going to play that

interview injust a on! yes, we are going to play that interview in just a couple of moments but one of the points he was making in response to grant shapps saying the logistics systems, distribution systems, have coped with the pandemic in the last six months so they will cope again, he's saying this cannot be managed in the same way, it's a different set of factors at play. and the fact remains according to those in the road haulage association, logistics organisations, there are 17 weeks left until the end of the transition period and they haven't seen enough work being done despite the investment so is grant shapps going to meet the hauliers and other people with interest in this? they sent a letter demanding an urgent metre with senior government meetings —— ministers. —— demanding an urgent meeting stop grant shapps the transport secretary says he is willing to meet the road haulage industry and meets with them regularly and i've also been told the cabinet office minister michael

gove who is meant to be coordinating preparations for the end of the transition period is also willing to meet the industry but equally, whitehall officials say they meet the industry regulator, they know what the concerns are, they are having what they call deep dives into areas of concern, trying to solve problems but effectively the argument by the logistics industry is simply this, there has been a level of engagement but they feel they are no further forward after weeks and months talking to the government and the scale of what is required has perhaps escaped the government and they want the government and they want the government to focus more on details, for example, there will be more customs agents to help businesses with increased bureaucracy after the transition period but they say nothing like enough, 50,000 of these people will be needed and currently there is around 5000. effectively, there is around 5000. effectively, the argument is in the time available, the government won't necessarily get there on time. the government has also done other things to mitigate this, of course, they say the new customs regime will

be phased in over a six—month period in the uk but the trouble is france and belgium are not going to be phasing in their system so anybody going the other way across the channel is still going to face new bureaucratic hurdles at the end of the transition. thank you. let's ta ke the transition. thank you. let's take a listen now to the interview which i did earlier. rod mckenzie is the director of policy at the road haulage association and explained to me earlier why he is so worried about potential disruption... we are heading for a shambles. it is a real case of the government sleepwalking into a disaster with the border preparations that we have, whether it is a deal or no—deal brexit at the end of december. the reason is, there's an awful lot of different and apparently contradictory it systems, probably about ten. we are not clear whether they work because they are new and untested and we are not clear whether they talk to each other.

so what that really means in terms of everyone who is watching this programme is supply chain, on which we all depend, to get the things we need, could be disrupted and there is a lack of government focus and action on this, and we are calling on the government to act now before it's too late. grant shapps has said he is prepared to meet the haulage industry representatives to talk about this. is that enough at this stage? we need a meeting, absolutely no doubt about that. but more than anything else, we need action because these systems are not ready. we do not have clarity. we have got traders who will have to fill in lots of different forms they have never had to do before with lots of different fields and they are not clear what they have to do so there is a lack of clarity. you know, the dangers are enormous in terms of our trade, when we are trying to emerge from

the crisis of covid, if we don't want to plunge straight in to a brexit related crisis, we need real pace on this. and it would be a really difficult moment. sorry to interrupt, i want to try to take you through a few quickfire questions to establish this, we got about 17 weeks until the end of the transition period so it what point do you think the it systems ought to be trialled? well, they need to be in action now, because actually, as we all know, with any new it system, there are bugs and they need to be trialled and fixed. to give one example, there is an app that government is proposing called smart freight app which lorries were carried to prove they done the necessary paperwork but one of the problems is that most international lorry drivers don't speak english oi’ they may not have very good english.

not in theirfirst language? that is one of the many questions we have. 0n the number of customs officials, where are we in terms of the numbers required as far as you are aware? well, we have got about 5000 now and we need 50,000 customs officials to fill in all of the forms... is that recruitment and training under way? there is no great evidence we are anywhere near that kind of number. there may be some sporadic hiring here and there. we at the association have been trying to do our bit to get involved in that but again, there is a lack of progress. when you think how long it takes to hire somebody, train them to do something they have never had to do before, and get all of that up and running in the tiny timeframe that you have referred to, we are in trouble. and that was rod mckenzie talking to me earlier.

there's more confusion this morning as the uk is divided over quarantine rules for people arriving or returning from portugal and greece. people coming into wales from mainland portugal, gibraltar and six greek islands, have to self—isolate for two weeks from today, people arriving in scotland from portugal will have to do the same from tomorrow. but england and northern ireland haven't made any changes. andy moore reports. grant shapps, the uk transport secretary, was asked to explain why the travel restrictions are so different across the nations. it is a bit similar to the way the lockdowns have been applied as well and everyone is quite used to that now. you know, you will get a different approach in scotland, wales and northern ireland than you do in england, and it is similar, unfortunately, with quarantine currently, where we look at the data and then we do speak but i'm afraid, quite often, coming to slightly different outcomes, which i realise is confusing for people. suzanne cumpston is a sales and commercial manager for sam smith travel, in cowbridge.

shejoins me now from lla ntwit fa rd re. great to have you with this. i was talking earlier today to another independent travel agent who works in england, just, that not far away from you in gloucestershire. and she was saying she has clients who come to herfrom was saying she has clients who come to her from wales and possibly you have clients who come to you from england, tell us! good morning from wales. the announcements yesterday we re wales. the announcements yesterday were quite a shock. 0bviously, wales. the announcements yesterday were quite a shock. obviously, the different nations within the uk have split in their decisions, quite a brave move for wales, in my opinion, to announce regional restrictions and actually, as much as i have championed the fact the confusion over the last week with different nations having different opinions is an issue for clients, for the travel industry in general, i am now starting to think original approach is possibly a positive approach

under way forward that we need adapt to. why are you changing your mind in that? i think the fact that the virus is still around, doesn't seem in any rush to go away, as a travel industry, we have had the most awful six months, we need, as a business, to be mindful that we, of course, public health is the number one concern but at the same time, there isa concern but at the same time, there is a fine balance with managing the economy and the travel industry and the hundreds of thousands ofjobs within the industry, are part of that so we have to find a way stop i mean, there is a famous quote, it's not the most intelligent were the strongest of those that survive, it's the ones that adapt and i actually do think now that the welsh approach to the regional lockdown is pretty positive approach and may be one that can't be taken on nationally moved forward with. even the who director has championed localised lockdown is, as we have in the uk, as have uk investors

announced so why not take that approach for foreign holiday destinations? the travel agent i spoke to earlier had one client who had switched her holiday four times and almost as many months to different locations, trying to keep ahead of various countries going on or off the quarantine list. what impact is all of this having on your existing bookings and on clients who come into you, thinking about booking some travel? yes, of course, the changes on the rules and regulations of countries being added and taken off the government list is causing confusion. my advice to the public is get in touch with your local travel agency. face—to—face, by e—mail, on the phone, we are in touch on a daily basis with foreign 0ffice advice, we can suggest destination for clients to travel to, of course we don't have a crystal ball. as grant shapps, the transport secretary has said, anyone

planning to travel now in the next few weeks or months, has to take into consideration they could be put under two weeks quarantine on their return, some clients can do that, some plants working from home, or clients who have retired are happy to do that, other people are not in that position to do it, whether it's work—related, or personal related. so for those clients, they are taking the option to book in advance so we are booking holidays up until 2022, people need something to look forward to, the way the world has been this last six months. we are looking to book those particular clients for holidays in advance. in terms of your cash flow, do you get paid anything until customers have actually completed holidays? no, in terms of cash flow, i mean, where i work, sam smith travel, we have a very different business model, we have a retail travel agency and the

sports booking basis, we have business throughout the year from different departments, for the travel on the high street the cash flow is going to be a problem which is why we need to adapt. suzanne, really interesting to hear your views today. and at 12:30 on the bbc news channel, we'll be answering your questions on the latest travel restrictions — and why they're so different across the nations. you can email your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet them to the #bbcyourquestions. lots of you sending in comments on the story. peter says exactly what is the confusion you're claiming following different travel instructions? the guidance is clear that there should be no confusion if you are in scotland, follow the guidance of the scottish cup and, and where the welsh government and thatis and where the welsh government and that is the case but you know, clearly, not everybody is clear about what the advice is. —— follow

the guidance of the scottish government. another bureau says people living on the border of two countries, wales and england have to follow the welsh or english rails when they come back? i think the a nswer when they come back? i think the answer is which side of the border do you live on? you must be on one side of the other. correct me if i am wrong on that. but you would follow the rules of the site that you live on. the company responsible for building the hs2 high speed rail line linking london to birmingham is moving onto the construction phase. it's the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. ministers insist the project will boost economic growth — with the creation of 22,000 jobs, but critics say it's too expensive and harmful to the environment. theo leggett reports. this is a highly symbolic moment for hs2. after years of planning and development, not to mention delays and rising costs, construction on the 140 mile route from london to birmingham can officially begin. in fact, a great deal of work — demolishing buildings, clearing sites and preparing

the route — has already been carried out. this is where birmingham's new curzon street station will be built. in a few years' time, it should look like this. the first phase of hs2 will require 32 miles of new tunnels. there will be 110 embankments, 70 cuttings and 150 bridges. and all of this will require a million tons of steel. the company in charge of the project, hs2 ltd, says some 22,000 newjobs will be created over the next two years, including 2,000 apprenticeships. but opponents of the scheme, which remains highly controversial, say they are not impressed. from their own figures, it showed that there's going to be over 19,000 jobs that are being displaced, purely, or got rid of, purely because hs2 is discriminating or shutting down businesses that have those jobs. so these 22,000 jobs sounds great but when you compare it

to the number ofjobs that are going because hs2 is built, it's a drop in the ocean. the first part of hs2 alone is expected to cost at least £35 billion. a second phase extending the line to manchester and leeds is expected to take the total bill to more than £100 billion. the government says it will fire up economic growth and provide opportunities across the country but critics say the money could be better spent on improving existing transport links. theo leggett, bbc news. it is a full month since the huge explosion in beirut, which killed hundreds of people. and yet even at this late stage, rescue workers believe there may be someone alive under the rubble of one of the buildings in one of the worst hit areas. let's show you the scene live. it really is incredibly painstaking work because if there is someone under there, the rescuers have to be

incredibly careful, delicate in the way they remove any rubble that may be on top of a survivor. sniffer dog alerted rescuers to some signs of life. that is how this particular search operation began. let's get more with our bbc arabic correspondent — carine torbey who is in beirut. just bring us right up to date with the very latest on what's happening with this search. this has been a very long and painful night for every single person in lebanon and in beirut. the search is still undergoing, as you can see behind me they brought this huge machine from what we understand, this is a machine that will suck the very small fragments of ruins and debris from the rubble. they have reached the stage where this is so little, very, very small pieces, it is impossible to continue the search by

hand, as they were doing for a very long time. they used some cranes but at the moment, this has reached some very, very critical levels. also, co nsta nt very, very critical levels. also, constant scanning with special cameras of this location and of the vicinity, we understand also they might be bringing some drones cameras with very specific kind of qualities to be able to see whether it is possible to detect any sign of something that cannot be seen with the naked eye. but also, they are using some thermal cameras, sonar systems, everything that might detect any sign of life. what we understand is that for the scans today, it hasn't been very encouraging so far. we note that yesterday they had been able to detect, maybe twice, signs of life,

heartbeat, even if it was a very slow heartbeat. but today, from the first test they had, taken in the morning, they don't seem to have very encouraging results. everyone is keeping extremely high hopes. everyone in beirut is praying for a miracle, one month after the explosion but the rescue teams are also asking people to manage their expectations. thank you very much for that update. the scene of that search in beirut. the headlines on bbc news: haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. construction gets underway on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond — the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised to create 22,000 jobs. confusion as the uk splits over quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland.

new zealand has recorded its first covid—19 death in more than three months — a man in his 50s. the country appeared to have succeeded in curbing community transmission of the virus until a fresh cluster emerged in the city of auckland. let's take a look at how the country has been affected. new zealand has had 1,413 cases of covid—19 so far. 112 of those cases are active. and the country's death toll stands at 23. let's hear from our correspondent shaima khalil. she's been following events from sydney. it is related to the cluster in auckland that started in early august. if you remember, this was the cluster that broke the record for new zealand for 100 days with no community transmission, just before that.

this is a man in his 50s. he is the first death in three months but also the first death in that cluster that was linked to 152 people so far, and also the youngest to die of covid—19 in the whole of new zealand. as you say, 23 deaths now so far in the country. i think the ramifications of that are, now people are quite worried, this is another worrying marker, if you will, for new zealand. a few weeks ago, new zealanders had started to relax and open up the economy, for life to get back to normal, only to be reminded that covid—19 is still not over, there was this outbreak in the country's biggest city, and then a lockdown. now auckland is still in a semi—lockdown for another 15 days and i think health officials, and the prime minister herself, they say they recognise that new zealanders are now worried

and this is another reminder that people need to remain vigilant. i think also the fact that yes, it is one death in three months but it is a reminder that you know, this can happen in new zealand, a country that has so far been a success story globally, for tackling covid—19. 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 perilous journey. that compares with just 5200 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 an italian rescue boat in 2015, as her mother fled libya. suffering seizures and in intensive care, they almost didn't make it. the bbc met them back then. now, settled in sicily, we've come back. was everything you went through worth it? yes, it was, because most of the people they are dreaming to fill my shoes. "ah, you have kids outside the country, so i think you are blessed, you are lucky." so i think i too, i 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're still coming. the camp in lampedusa to the south of sicily crowded and guarded. so far, arrivals this year are a third of what they were in 2015 and yet, this camp is already way past capacity. and then throw coronavirus into the explosive mix, pushing migrants to flee suffering economies, creating quarantine concerns, and reawakening the old migration tensions in italian society. in squalid conditions, migrants here say they know of several cases inside. there's pressure to clear the camp and reduce the burden on this gateway to europe. hamza 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're at risk of dying from coronavirus here. we left the misery of our country,

but if i had known what misery there would be here i would have stayed in tunisia. even life there is better than this. in mainland sicily, too, they're 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 migration issue alone and, at the same time, italy is leaving its regions like sicily on their own. there's a danger to public order and now also a health risk. aren't you fanning 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 or the french. if tomorrow, 1,000 french landed on sicily‘s coast i would also speak of an invasion. some migrants are settling here.

this centre teaching italian as they're woven into the fabric of modern italy. a story about security, integration, identity, is farfrom over. mark lowen, bbc news, sicily. let 5 get some of the day 5 other news. the japanese coast guard says a man rescued from the east china sea after his cargo ship sank, has died. the man was found unconscious, wearing a life jacket. another crew member was found alive on thursday. rescuers are still searching for more than 40 other crew members. the cargo ship sank en route from new zealand to china with 6000 cattle on board. police in germany are waiting to question the mother of five children who were found dead in an apartment in the western city of solingen. the children were aged between one and eight. the woman is in hospital after being badly injured when she jumped in front of a train. president trump has renewed his attack on the democrats' approach to law and order, saying 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. fears have been growing about the future of debenhams. the high street giant is in administration for the second time and has recently cut 2,500 morejobs. in the company's first interview since the pandemic, the chairman of debenhams, mark gifford, has been talking to our business correspondent emma simpson. sometimes you work hard and sometimes you get lucky, but the business has been able to build up significant cash balances. we are sitting with over £95 million in the bank today, more than £50 million higher than we expected to have when we went into administration. we really have a clear path forward to trade the business through 2021 and beyond.

it was really difficult in march but there are no cliff edges for debenhams right now. you mean there is no need to strike a deal by the end of the month? no, not at all, not at all. how confident are you that debenhams' lenders, who took control, will buy the business back? this is a big decision for the current owners, and they are looking at how we are recovering. they are looking at all the available cost saving opportunities so this business has a viable future and they are also looking at it optimistically but they have to take a business decision before they conclude anything. we have been open, at best, we are in our 13th week of trading since the doors open. it is very early days. there's no pressure for them to reach a

conclusion, given where we are, but, you know, we have got their support. how long can the period of administration go on for? we will stay in administration well into 2021. i think resolving business rates, seeing customer footfall return, to get certainty that we need, is probably the end of q2 2021 until those sorts of decisions can actually be concluded. nobody is going to pull the plug on debenhams before christmas then? no, as i say, we are not in that position. we don't have those pressures. we have worked hard. the amount of time and effort by the management team, they've done fantastically well to get to the business. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: haulage and logistics bosses warn

of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. construction gets under way on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond, the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised to create 22,000 jobs. confusion as the uk splits over quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland. in other news, rescuers in lebanon continue to search in the rubble. they believe they may still find someone alive a month after the blast that killed hundreds. there are warnings that a sharp increase in migrant journeys across the mediterranean is building new tensions in southern europe. more than 19,000 migrants have crossed from north africa to italy so far this year. the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, remains in a coma in a berlin hospital.

it follows germany revealing he was poisoned by novichok nerve agent. meawhile, the polish prime minister has again condemned russia for the nerve agent attack. in a tweet, he asked how many wake—up calls the west needed before it realised it was dealing with a hostile regime. marina litvinenko, the wife of ex—russian agent alexander litvinenko, who died of radioactive polonium poisoning in the uk in 2006, has been telling us about her reaction to this story. first of all, it was absolutely shocking news. even if everybody knows alexei navalny is a very high—profile critic of the kremlin and the current regime in russia, but until the last two weeks, he escaped from a very serious assassination, he spent time in prison, he spent time under house arrest, he was attacked a few times, but attempted poisoning, of course,

i didn't believe it would one day happen but, unfortunately, it happened again. you must be thinking about what the navalny family are going through right now because of what you went through. this must take you back to your own experience. it was my first feeling, what i could do for yulia, the wife of alexei navalny and for his family. i do not know yulia personally, i have never met alexei navalny, but i proposed if they need my help, i was just ready. but i'm absolutely sure yulia needs some of her own time because when you're in front of all the world with everybody looking at what happened to alexei, it's very difficult, because everybody is expecting what she will say, what she will do, but mostly what she needs to do is be with alexei, because he needs

her and she has to use all her energy and all her love spent with him and i do understand why she might. .. doesn't give interviews, maybe doesn't try to communicate, but we need to respect it. what is your response to what germany has had to say? angela merkel very clearly condemning russia and saying that only russia has the answers to this. i think it's a very serious point. before, when this all happened here in the uk with my husband, alexander litvinenko, even after that, two years ago with the skripal case, it was kind of international, community support, but it was not a strong response and now in germany, all is part of negotiations with russia, having a lot of business with russia, now there is the strict accusation.

novichok was produced in russia and was used in russia. i think it was a very serious statement for angela merkel. dr sergey lagodinsky is a german green mep and former a fellow student of navalny‘s at yale university. thank you forjoining us. you describe alexei navalny as intelligent, diligent and full of humour, that is how you remember him from your time at yale together so you must be watching out for and listening with great anxiety for any development from the hospital in berlin where he is being treated. development from the hospital in berlin where he is being treatedm isa berlin where he is being treatedm is a big human tragedy. i wish him and his family that it will end up, you know, on a more or less positive note. it is very difficult to find a positive note in a situation like this but this is also a crime and i think this is important, it is a human tragedy but it is also a political crime. what do you make of

the way that angela merkel has been handling this so far, what she has said about the case?|j handling this so far, what she has said about the case? i think this was a strong said about the case? i think this was a strong response, and an unusual response, unusually strong for a german government. i think it is important that germany, being the presidency of the european council now, of the eu council, is saying it quite clearly and has the results of the investigation quite clear, that this was a substance which is on the banned list by the organisation for the provision of chemical weapons, it is very important because it brings this to an international level. —— prohibition of chemical weapons. this is now an international case and an international case and an international crisis dug like we are seeing reports from one news agency quoting the kremlin saying today that it wants dialogue with germany over the alexei navalny case and the russian doctors who treated him

initially were much more transparent than the german doctors treating him now, according to these reports. kremlin spokesman was quoted as saying moscow wants to find out the dilemma germany what substance caused mr navalny to full ill. how do you react to that? look, about 100 members of the european parliament, i am one of them, just signed a letter and sent a letter to the german government, calling for an international investigation of the case because so far, most politicians are calling for an independent and transparent investigation in russia by the russian authorities that this will never happen, we know this. alexei navalny is not the first one on the list. we had people, as you mentioned before, like litvinenko, who even died with assassinations and these are mostly people who are opponents of opposition of putin. it does not matter whether he gave the order personally, this is part of the system and the system is problematic hence we need an international oversight of this

investigation. if russia is ready to cooperate, even better, but i don't trust that if we leave that up to the russian authorities that we will move forward with any investigation of that and by the way, talking about the russian doctors, i followed the situation there very carefully a nd followed the situation there very carefully and their signals and the information of russian doctors were contradictory from the very beginning, and after the law enforcement authority intervened physically, the information changed. we don't know whether we can count, and... actually, we do know, we probably can't count on a neutral investigation of this by the russian authorities, hence an international role should be emphasised. but if russia won't cooperate with an international investigation in the way that countries like germany would like, what can that international investigation do? what steps international investigation do? what ste ps ca n international investigation do? what steps can governments take when... yes, they want to take measures against russia but they don't want

to ostracise it completely, presumably? first, it is not about russia or russian citizens, it is about the government and certainly also some of them, corrupt politicians. we should have a way forward which goes both ways. we should talk to russia and look for support in the investigation and investigate internationally. 0n the other hand, you know, navalny‘s foundation actually identified a lot of assets of corrupt russian oligarchs or politicians in the west. maybe this is the way to go, let's expand the list of sanctions and try to fight corruption with the means that we have here in the eu and the west, in great britain as well. there are ways of handling the situation so that justice well. there are ways of handling the situation so thatjustice but also moderation and cooperation will be

emphasised. but we should not be naive. we should know that we are dealing with a very difficult government, with a very non—transparent government and the government that frankly has an interest in opposing voices being silenced. that is what we saw here, regardless of who exactly gave the order to do what was done.“ regardless of who exactly gave the order to do what was done. if he had many enemies, though, going after corruption and corrupt individuals, as you say, it is going to ultimately be very difficult, isn't it, to pinpoint who was responsible exactly for this? it is going to be difficult to pin the blame on someone. difficult to pin the blame on someone. i am difficult to pin the blame on someone. | am sure difficult to pin the blame on someone. i am sure but part of the investigation should also be, for example, to look at the safeguards that failed. this is another point which is imported. how long have the opposition leaders and opponents of the current system in russia basically been targets, without any

investigation or any safeguards being implement it? therefore, i don't think we can maybe establish a criminal responsibility, but we can definitely establish a political responsibility of those in charge, in this case and did many other cases. i do think that especially dealing with chemical substances and agents that we saw here, this is no more a matter of internal, domestic issues in russia. this is an international case. thank you for joining us. south korea has been praised for its efforts to contain the coronavirus, but has now imposed a near—lockdown in the capital city, seoul, after a surge in cases. experts say the situation has been made worse by extreme evangelical churches, who've convinced many followers that the pandemic is part of a government conspiracy. from seoul, laura bicker reports. to his followers, he's

an alt—right rock star. to others, this pastor and his church pose the biggest coronavirus threat this country has faced. thousands of new cases have now been confirmed, many of them from ultra—conservative churches. some worshippers, many of them elderly, are refusing to be tested. they believe the virus was planted in the church by a government determined to silence them. i put it to this young follower that he is risking lives by failing to get a test. why are you not being tested for covid—19 after being at the rally? but the proposal, this is absolutely to track down all the people who are raising their voices against the government. so they want them to have the database for this. they have done nothing like this before. it's proving a huge challenge

for this country's virus hunters. usually, they can trace over 1,000 people an hour using mobile technology. but hundreds are refusing to go into quarantine. as cases increase, seoul's usually neon—lit social life has been forced to fall silent. this is as close to a lockdown as the capital city seoul has had since this pandemic began. it almost feels like a curfew, because within the space ofjust a few minutes, these normally busy vibrant, sometimes boisterous streets have come to a standstill. translation: business is down by 90%. it feel like the whole world is falling apart. these church members once faced the wrath of the south korean people. they belong to the shincheonji

church ofjesus, a sect blamed for the country's early virus outbreak in february. they're now donating their blood plasma for treatment and research. as one religious group seeks redemption, another remains defiant, threatening this country's well—publicised success in fighting the pandemic. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. 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 3rd. he says he's "worried" about divisions in the country potentially leading to civil unrest, as paul hawkins reports. 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 mail will definitely lead to fraud... we're just going add some context to those posts. these are just some of the ads that trump's campaign are running, specifically targeted at anyone who's following his facebook page. until now, the social media giant has been criticised for allowing political as these to be micro targeted, so they're only seen by small communities rather than debated more widely. it's claimed this makes it easier for politicians and their supporters to parade 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 will candidates' posts prematurely

claiming victory before the results are known. facebook has also said it will remove video clips without context, like this one of the president urging people to illegally vote twice. send in your ballots, send them in strong, and you send them in and you go to vote. and if they haven't counted it 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 history, and so we need to take these unprecedented steps. we are trying to make sure sure that 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‘s been under pressure to do more about fake news after twitter banned political ads last year and google's parent company alphabet limited how campaigns could micro—target voters. there were questions about the role of facebook and other social media platforms like twitter in the brexit vote 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. some experts say facebook‘s new rules are a pr stunt and will make little difference. but facebook wants to show the world it takes democracy seriously. paul hawkins, bbc news. we arejust we are just taking another look at the scene in beirut after a sniffer dog indicated there were signs of life beneath rubble in one district. this is a month after the huge explosion which killed hundreds of people in the city. 0ther explosion which killed hundreds of people in the city. other equipment indicated there may be somebody still alive underneath the rubble. 0ur correspondence on the scene earlier was saying a specialist piece of equipment has been brought in that is in effect very delicately

hoovering up bits of the rubble and there is constant scanning for any signs of life but you can see, there, work is also taking place by hand, to remove pieces of the rubble. the authorities, though, are cautioning the public in their expectations around this, although of course, everybody is desperately hoping that there may still be somebody alive and any fall of the rubble —— underneath all of the rubble —— underneath all of the rubble after a month. that is the scene in beirut at the search operation. the lockdowns that led to the coronavirus pandemic led to a rising 20% rise in cases of domestic violence, according to a un report. writing in the guardian is typical of the duchess of, say she feels for the victims who feel unable to seek help for fear of repercussions from their partner. nicholas witchell

reports. applause. it's an issue about which she feels strongly and which she has set out to highlight with a series of speeches. this was a conference last march. charity begins at home, but so does domestic violence. three quarters of violence against women happens in a place where a woman should feel safest — her own home. it is the problem of domestic abuse, of people — usually women — experiencing violence in their own homes and enduring it, as often as not, in silence. in an article in today's guardian, the duchess of cornwall focuses on how coronavirus has made matters even worse. she writes:

the duchess says the latest research has revealed a sharp rise in domestic violence since march. globally, it's thought cases have risen by 20%. it is everyone's problem, camilla has said, and it is time society found a solution. nicholas witchell, bbc news. it's one of britain's most enduring tourist attractions, but this year the blackpool illuminations, the annual lights festival, is going to be a little bit different. to try and boost tourism in the area, the lights will be in place until the new year. tim muffett reports. ridiculous! for mooki and mr boo,

summer 2020 has been nojoke. it has been interesting. it has been a challenge and it won. you find out how much you enjoy what you do for a living when you can't do it. the clowns of blackpool tower circus are brothers and neighbours. we have been able to keep our juggling skills up over the garden fence. the circus was able to reopen last month. i think the audiences have been better, haven't they? yes. more friendlier. yes. absolutely. they're more appreciative of live entertainment. absolutely. even though the faces are covered but you can kind of see the laugh lines on the side of the face so it's good. yes. injuly and august, blackpool had its highest visitor numbers in ten years, according to the council. for many, a holiday abroad just was not an option. since we had the removal of lockdown, it has been absolutely amazing. it has been a god—send to the businesses who, of course, lost a significant part of the trading for this year, including easter and the may bank holidays, and so it has been great for them, it's been good for the morale of the town.

yeah, we were supposed to be in lanzarote. so we decided to do like a staycation. so instead of being in lanzarote, you're in blackpool. how does it compare? uh, it's a bit more busy in blackpool. we were supposed to be going to turkey in october but we did not want to run the risk of the 14—day quarantine when we come back. i think more people are having british holidays this year. many who visited uk resorts this summer did so at the last minute. perhaps a foreign holiday had been cancelled or the weather was good, so many who came to blackpool did so on day trips, without necessarily staying the night. hi, claire. claire's bed and breakfast has still struggled. a horrendous start. the virus hit at the worst possible time because, as blackpool hoteliers, we spend all winter refurbishing, refreshing, redecorating, spending all our money and then, just when we're at the peak of our overdraft, easter hits and that usually kind of straightens out our finances and, of course, all this happened

just before easter. a lot of hoteliers are a little bit older and maybe were shielding, orjust did not feel confident in opening up their businesses. august has been brilliant, thank goodness. so it will be interesting to see how it continues going forward. jason had hoped to open this new nightclub in april. it is frustrating, you know, and to see the sand and the dust that's gathering up. for people like myself and people who own nightclubs and festivals, we need a clear route to opening, we need some guidelines, we need an indication of, at least a date would be the first step, because we can't plan anything. blackpool‘s world —famous illuminations are normally switched on in front of huge crowds. we are having a virtual switch—on in this beautiful ballroom. no audience, just some performers and then the lights will go on at 9.30pm. but they will say on until the new year, eight weeks longer than normal.

a town reliant on tourists, doing everything it can to keep them coming. you're watching bbc news. in a couple of minutes, geeta guru—murthy will be here but first, the weather. hello. with the weekend just around the corner, many of us will see sunshine at times during the weekend but a mix of weather today, cool and breezy with scattered showers but we won't all see them. most of the showers will be across scotland and northern ireland, the odd heavy one producing some rumbles of thunder, quite a brisk north—westerly wind with gusts of about 40mph. further south across england and wales, some sunshine in the north, cloudier skies further south with some light rain pushing eastwards across southern england and south wales later. temperatures in the warmest spots, up to 20 today. this evening and overnight, cloud and patchy rain clearing

from southern england, clearer skies for most places but we will see some showers continuing to feed in from the north—west. temperatures overnight down to about 8—11 as we start saturday morning. saturday's weather dominated by the fact we have got high pressure close to the azores moving towards the uk but low pressure sitting towards the north—east, and that combination will be drawing in a north—westerly wind so quite a cool air mass heading in from the north—west as we go through saturday and into sunday. sunshine and showers through the course of the weekend, a cooler and fresher feel than we have seen recently. most of the showers on saturday will be across parts of scotland and northern ireland, especially for parts of northern scotland, south—west scotland and northern ireland but in central scotland, a bit of sunshine coming through. showers working into northern england and north wales but further south, you should stay largely dry with spells of sunshine, temperatures around 14—18. a bit cooler than recently and still a bit of a breeze in the north. heading into sunday, the winds

will ease, certainly a less blustery kind of day and drier for scotland and northern ireland. sunshine and showers, most of the showers will be across england and wales and later in the afternoon, could be the odd, possibly heavy thundery one. temperatures 13—19 on sunday but it will feel better out of the breeze in scotland and northern ireland. the next area of low pressure in the north of the uk going to monday, quite a few isobars, a wet and windy spell of weather moving into the north—west, rain for scotland and northern ireland. monday looks largely dry for the bulk of england and wales with longer spells of sunshine around. temperatures on the up, they could reach 20 down to the south—east, warming up further in the south through the middle of the week. goodbye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. confusion as the uk splits over quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland. with the spikes of covid in certain destinations and countries, these corridors seem to be minimising and closing down one—by—one. we are a united kingdom, but on this issue, with regards to quarantine, each nation seems to be making up different rules. haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. construction gets under way

on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond, the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised to create 22,000 jobs. it helps to level—up the country. it's going to produce better journey times and a lot ofjobs and today is, if you like, spades in the ground. rescuers in lebanon continue to search in the rubble to try to find someone they believe may still be alive a month after the blast that killed hundreds. a sharp increase in migrant arrivals is causing new tensions in southern europe — we have a special report. and, the duchess of cornwall sends a message of support for those who have been affected by domestic abuse during the pandemic. cases of violence have risen by 20% globally, according to the un.

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. britain's transport secretary, grant shapps, has admitted that differences in quarantine rules between different parts of the uk are ‘confusing' and ‘frustrating' for travellers and holiday—makers. some arrivals from greece and portugal are now required to self—isolat for 14 days — but it depends where you're returning to, and when. so what are the new rules? anyone travelling into wales from six greek islands, including zakynthos and mykonos must now self—isolate for 14—days. but the rules in scotland include the whole of greece — not just the islands. in england and northern ireland there will be no change. meanwhile anyone returning to wales from the portuguese mainland from 4am this morning has to self—isolate. it's the same in scotland, but the rules there come

into force tomorrow from 4am. again there is no change in england and northern ireland. andy moore reports. british tourists arriving in portugal yesterday afternoon, before the new restrictions were announced by wales and scotland. most were prepared for the possibility of quarantine on their return. i'm not afraid of the covid here. you know, if they put the block on, they put put the block on. keep me here till october, i don't care. well, yeah, 'cause we'd already booked, so you lose money or take the chance and hope it does not get closed. it didn't stop us. we have been looking forward to coming here, so it is good. you're not upset if you have to make quarantine? uh, no. it's an extra 14 days holiday when we get home as well. what was a united approach by the four nations to foreign travel during the pandemic has now broken down, with different approaches based on the same scientific evidence.

unfortunately, with the spikes of covid in certain destinations and countries, these corridors seem to be minimising and closing down one—by—one. we are a united kingdom but on this issue, with regards to quarantine, each nation seems to be making up different rules. wales and scotland are imposing quarantine on travel from greece and portugal, while the situation remains unchanged in england and northern ireland. the government in cardiff says it has identified at least 30 infections in people arriving from six greek islands targeted as part of the restrictions. that advice has underpinned the choices we've made previously, and the ability to have conversations across four nations about those choice. it underpins the choice we make today to help keep wales safe, and i'm confident we're doing the right thing. it was widely expected that the westminster government would reimpose quarantine restrictions on portugal. but in the end, the travel corridorfrom england to portugal remained open. the department for transport said infection rates were not

the only factor involved in the decision—making process. it also said that portugal had drastically increased its testing capacity, as well as taking measures to stop the spread of the virus. andy moore, bbc news. grant shapps, the uk transport secretary, was asked to explain why the travel restrictions are so different across the nations. it is a bit similar to the way the lockdowns have been applied as well and everyone is quite used to that now. you know, you will get a different approach in scotland, wales and northern ireland than you do in england, and it is similar, unfortunately, with quarantine currently, where we look at the data and then we do speak but i'm afraid, quite often, coming to slightly different outcomes, which i realise is confusing for people. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee is in faro for us where he's been finding out how holiday—makers are trying to make sense of the rules.

well, i think one thing is really clear, actually. throughout the week, all of those british tourists, whether they're going back the same feeling has been there increasingly this week, they've all expected that this quarantine announcement would come yesterday for saturday morning for four o'clock, that that had been the theme that we've seen from spain more than a month ago now. so given that didn't happen, what we've seen in particular this morning at the airport... as you can see, quite a lot of flights coming through to manchester, newcastle, glasgow, london and east midlands this morning. people who are going back to the uk, going back to england, who've paid for tickets, i've met three families already in the space of five minutes who's paid £1,400 for families of two and three to get back to england because they were worried the currency. and therefore, they're on the flight anyway. and it didn't come for england. so they are saying, why can't

they coordinate with the rest of the uk and have a single policy? two other people going to bring i was concerned about the fact they would bring in quarantine last week. i need to get back to run my business etc. but we did as we booked an extra fly, costing may be a couple of hundred pounds just to make sure, as a safety net, but we have lost half our holiday. it has been still good. got to see the positives, we are going back and not stuck in the house for 14 days, so there is a bonus there. the quarantine for scotland as you have to get back before four o'clock tomorrow morning. kenny, it is silver season at the moment in portugal, people come out for the golf... how has it affected your holiday? there is eight of us went

over on monday. four are staying on and will do the quarantine once they go back and the other four of us, through business or personal reasons, don't want to do the two weeks, we are going back this morning effectively. the other two are on another flight to edinburgh in about two hours' time or so. final thought, the transport secretary saying you should only go away if you're prepared to on expressly quarantine, does that sound fair? it sounds fair, i think they are trying to do the best they can, but they should get a bit of notice. i was happierfrom the scottish point of view that we got 36 hours, whereas in wales they got less tha n 36 hours, whereas in wales they got less than 12. from that point of view, you gotta be slightly happy but you've got to expect what is going to happen. nobody knows. it is one of those situations. there is no

winners. thank you. it is worth saying, from talking to officials here, there appears to have been a strong diplomatic effort. to control it. 22 at the moment, 14 last week in terms of cases per 100,000. the algarve is barely touched compared to lisbon or porto, they believe that has made a difference. ministers here in britain are being warned that gaps in their brexit preparations risk causing severe disruption to supply lines at the uk's borders when the transition period ends in less than four months' time. eight organisations, including the road haulage association and logistics uk, say the supply chain "will be severely disrupted" if concerns — such as a lack of funds to train customs officials — are not addressed before december 31st. the government said it had plans to ensure the country is ready for the changes. let's get more with our political correspondent leila nathoo in westminster.

we know that the brexit talks are ongoing, as are any sense of a cut of day? by these groups by which they need to know if they're going to bea they need to know if they're going to be a deal or not in order to guarantee supply chains? while, these concerns are ahead of the transition period coming to an end, which we know is definitely going to finish at the end of this year. there will be new customs arrangements between the uk and the eu regardless of what happens, because the uk is leaving the customs union. there are going to be new customs arrangements that businesses have to adapt to pretty quickly. the uk has said they will face a new customs arrangements with the eu, but the other way round, the eu customs arrangements will kick in from the start of next year. there is some urgency to this now. i think thatis is some urgency to this now. i think that is the sense you are getting from the letter, from the logistics companies, saying that time is of the essence and running out to get

these preparations are under way. they are really escalating the concern is demanding an urgent meeting with the chancellor, the transport secretary at the cabinet secretary. the cabinet office minister michael gove, who is organising the brexit preparations, and there are concerns, they say there are significant gaps in the brexit preparations, pointing to it systems, customs agents... they say that simply the infrastructure is not in place to help the supply chain scope. the government would say they have been investing millions in order infrastructure, there is a big announcement back in june that there was a significant investment of £700 million in border infrastructure and we have from the transport secretary, grant sharps, today that the covert crisis proved supply chains where robust. the road haulage association, this is what the director of policy told us

earlier. logistics in the uk is a brilliant industry and grey are dealing with crisis like cobit and they did. this is a new set of factors involving paperwork that is completely unknown, a lack of customs agents, new it systems —— covid. these are things we can manage in the way we normally manage a logistics crisis, which we are very good at. this is out of our control, that's why we are worried and plugging it up now to the public. to the government. —— flagging it up. we really need rapid action on this. the question is, dealing with this ordinarily would have been complicated. in the midst ofa have been complicated. in the midst of a pandemic it makes it even more difficult and urgent. this is about medicine and food supplies, supplies we all need. that is definitely the point was coming from the road haulage association earlier that we are potentially facing another layer

of challenges to the supply chains to the uk, if the systems are not ready. i think that is the broader point, that they are saying the government has underestimated the scale of the challenge. this big investment that was announced back injune investment that was announced back in june left only investment that was announced back injune left only six months before the end of the transition period to start investing in a big way in border infrastructure and new customs agents, because businesses will have to fill in millions of new customs declarations of their going into eu territory, things that they didn't have to do before. this is a whole new adjustment because of britain leaving the customs union. i think the message coming from the logistics companies today is, look, time is really running out now. this isa time is really running out now. this is a huge challenge and there are so many issues are unresolved. ministers are saying they are confident the systems will be in place and they will have enough staff and structure to help them when the time comes. a broader question brexit if i may, we have obviously all been through the timelines and deadlines that come and go, but we are entering a really

crucial period now, aren't we? state aid is another big sticking point in terms of the negotiations. what is the timescale going forward in the next few weeks? could you give us a rough idea? people have been following these brexit talks for yea rs following these brexit talks for years and i will always be mindful of the fact that a deadline sort of comes and goes and there seems to be a pressure point any crunch point and inevitably that gets pushed back and inevitably that gets pushed back and delayed, but actually, britain has left the european union now, so we are on borrowed time, we are in this transition period which the government has definitely, by law, said it is ending at the end of the year. there is no more delay or room for manoeuvre on getting the arrangements for the future relationship with the eu in place. there have been rounds of talks, they store because of coronavirus and not put an end to face to face calls for a while, they were taking place in video conference, they have now resumed and there are someone new in charge from the uk site... a recent appointment to be in charge

of the trade negotiations, there's been a change of personnel on the uk and eu site in terms of the council, but the message we have been getting after successive rounds of talks this year has been very pessimistic in the tone is one of frustration on both sides. there doesn't seem to be much movement and there are still unresolved issues that been the main sticking point throughout. there does not seem to be any room for manoeuvre. 0f does not seem to be any room for manoeuvre. of course, with the months going by an time ticking away, there will be the hope that they sort of pressure, if you like, will focus minds of the ultimate deadline, there is a summit coming up deadline, there is a summit coming up in october that will provide some focus, but i think the feeling is, there needs to be an injection of political well, really, to get the talks going again. it is not looking very positive, that's certainly the message we're getting from both sides. the company responsible for building the hs2 high speed rail line linking

london to birmingham is moving onto the construction phase. it's the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. ministers insist the project will boost economic growth — with the creation of 22,000 jobs, but critics say it's too expensive and harmful to the environment. theo leggett reports. this is a highly symbolic moment for hs2. after years of planning and development, not to mention delays and rising costs, construction on the 140 mile route from london to birmingham can officially begin. in fact, a great deal of work — demolishing buildings, clearing sites and preparing the route — has already been carried out. this is where birmingham's new curzon street station will be built. in a few years' time, it should look like this. the first phase of hs2 will require 32 miles of new tunnels. there will be 110 embankments, 70 cuttings and 150 bridges. and all of this will require a million tonnes of steel.

the company in charge of the project, hs2 ltd, says some 22,000 newjobs will be created over the next two years, including 2,000 apprenticeships. but opponents of the scheme, which remains highly controversial, say they are not impressed. from their own figures, it showed that there's going to be over 19,000 jobs that are being displaced, purely, or got rid of, purely because hs2 is discriminating or shutting down businesses that have those jobs. so these 22,000 jobs sounds great but when you compare it to the number ofjobs that are going because hs2 is built, it's a drop in the ocean. the first part of hs2 alone is expected to cost at least £35 billion. a second phase extending the line to manchester and leeds is expected to take the total bill to more than £100 billion. the government says it will fire up economic growth and provide opportunities across the country but critics say the money could be better spent on improving existing transport links.

theo leggett, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... confusion as the uk splits over quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland. construction gets under way on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond , the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised to create 22,000 jobs. haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. it's a month since the huge explosion in beirut, which killed hundreds of people and injured thousands more. but today rescue workers are concentrating on one site — where they believe someone may be alive under the rubble. let's show you the scene live.

a crane has been brought into carefully lift up some of the steel girders. the heavier pieces of the debris there. residents have been gathering, we understand, in the hope that someone alive could still be found. frustration... if there had been survivors in recent days and weeks, that more could have been done to keep the scale of the search going through. just a month after the explosion ripped through part of beirut.

carine tobey sent us this update. this has been a very long and painful night for every single person in lebanon and mainly in beirut. the search is still ongoing. as you can see behind me, they brought this huge machine. this is a machine that will suck the very small fragments of ruins and debris from the rubble because they have reached a stage where this is so little, we are talking about very, very small pieces, it is impossible to continue the search by hand as they were doing for a very long time. they used some cranes but this has reached some very critical levels. in parallel to this, there is a constant scanning with special cameras of this location and the vicinity and you understand they might also be bringing some drone cameras with very specific qualities to be able to see whether it is possible to detect any sign of something that cannot be seen with the naked eye, but also they are

using some thermal cameras, sonar systems, anything that might detect any sign of life. we understand for today's scans, it has not been very encouraging so far. we know yesterday they have been able to detect maybe twice a sign of life, heartbeat, even if it was a very slow heartbeat, but today from the first test they have taken in the morning, they do not seem to have very encouraging results. everyone is keeping extremely high hopes. everyone in beirut is praying for a miracle one month after the explosion but the rescue teams are also asking people to manage their expectations. new zealand has recorded its first covid—19 death in more than three months —

a man in his fifties. the country appeared to have succeeded in curbing community transmission of the virus — until a fresh cluster emerged in the city of auckland. let's take a look at how the country has been affected. new zealand has had 1,413 cases of covid—19 so far. 112 of those cases are active. and the country's death toll stands at 23. let's hear from our correspondent shaima khalil — she's been following events from sydney. it is related to the cluster in auckland that started in early august. if you remember, this was the cluster that broke the record for new zealand for 100 days with no community transmission, just before that. this is a man in his 50s. he is the first death in three months but also the first death in that cluster that was linked to 152 people so far, and also the youngest to die of covid—19 in the whole of new zealand.

as you say, 23 deaths now so far in the country. i think the ramifications of that are, now people are quite worried, this is another worrying marker, if you will, for new zealand. a few weeks ago, new zealanders had started to relax and open up the economy, for life to get back to normal, only to be reminded that covid—19 is still not over, there was this outbreak in the country's biggest city, and then a lockdown. now auckland is still in a semi—lockdown for another 15 days and i think health officials, and the prime minister herself, they say they recognise that new zealanders are now worried and this is another reminder that people need to remain vigilant. i think also the fact that yes, it is one death in three months but it is a reminder that you know, this can happen in new zealand, a country that has so far been a success story globally, for tackling covid—19.

let's get some of the day's other news... the japanese coast guard has rescued a crew member from a cargo ship that sank in the east china sea. the 30—year—old was found alone in a lifeboat. he's the third to be found. one was rescued on thursday, but another man, who was found unconscious in the water, died in hospital. rescuers are still searching for around 40 other crew members. the cargo ship sank en—route from new zealand to china with 6000 cattle on board. police in germany are waiting to question the mother of five children who were found dead in an apartment in the western city of solingen. the children were aged between one and eight. the woman is in hospital after being badly injured when she jumped in front of a train. president trump has renewed his attack on the democrats' approach to law and order, saying 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.

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 perilous journey. 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 an italian rescue boat in 2015, as her mother fled libya. suffering seizures and in intensive care, they almost didn't make it. the bbc met them back then. now, settled in sicily,

we've come back. was everything you went through worth it? yes, it was, because most of the people, they are dreaming to fill my shoes. "ah, you have kids outside the country, so i think you are blessed, you are lucky." so i think i too, i 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're still coming. the camp in lampedusa to the south of sicily crowded and guarded. so far arrivals this year are a third of what they were in 2015 and yet this camp is already way past capacity.

and then throw coronavirus into the explosive mix, pushing migrants to flee suffering economies, creating quarantine concerns, and reawakening the old migration tensions in italian society. in squalid conditions, migrants here say they know of several cases inside. there's pressure to clear the camp and reduce the burden on this gateway to europe. hamza 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're at risk of dying from coronavirus here. we left the misery of our country, but if i had known what misery there would be here i would have stayed in tunisia. even life there is better than this. in mainland sicily, too, they're 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 migration issue alone and, at the same time, italy is leaving it's regions like sicily on their own. there's a danger to public order and now also a health risk. "aren't you fanning 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 or the french. if tomorrow 1,000 french landed on sicily's coast i would also speak of an invasion. some migrants are settling here. this centre teaching italian as they're woven into the fabric of modern italy. a story about security, integration, identity is far from over. mark lowen, bbc news, sicily. the lockdowns that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic have led to a 20% surge in domestic abuse

globally, according to the un. now, the duchess of cornwall has offered a message of support for those who have been affected. writing in the guardian newspaper, camilla says she fears for the victims who feel unable to seek help for fear of repercussions from their partner. 0ur royal correspondent nick witchell reports. applause. it's an issue about which she feels strongly and which she has set out to highlight with a series of speeches. this was a conference last march. charity begins at home, but so does domestic violence. three quarters of violence against women happens in a place where a woman should feel safest — her own home. it is the problem of domestic abuse, of people — usually women — experiencing violence in their own homes and enduring it as often as not in silence. in an article in today's guardian, the duchess of cornwall focuses

on how coronavirus has made matters even worse. she writes: the duchess says the latest research has revealed a sharp rise in domestic violence since march. globally, it's thought cases have risen by 20%. it is everyone's problem, camilla has said, and it is time society found a solution. nick witchell, bbc news.

facebook says it will introduce new measures to reduce misinformation and interference in the us presidential election. new political adverts will be blocked in the last week before the poll in november, and posts trying to dissuade people from voting will be removed. its founder — mark zuckerberg — says he's "worried" about divisions in the country potentially leading to civil unrest, as paul hawkins reports. i am asking you to choose greatness. in the us, there are roughly 200 million eligible voters and 190 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 mail will definitely lead to fraud... we're just going add some

context to those posts. these are just some of the ads that trump's campaign are running, specifically targeted at anyone who's following his facebook page. until now, the social media giant has been criticised for allowing political ads like these to be micro targeted, so they're only seen by small communities rather than debated more widely. it's claimed this makes it easier for politicians and their supporters to parade 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 will candidates' posts prematurely claiming victory before the results are known. facebook has also said it will remove video clips without context, like this one of the president urging people to illegally vote twice. and you send them in and you go to vote. and if they haven't

counted it 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 history, and so we need to take these unprecedented steps. we are trying to make sure sure that 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‘s been under pressure to do more about fake news after twitter banned political ads last year and google's parent company alphabet limited how campaigns could micro—target voters. there were questions about the role of facebook and other social media platforms like twitter in the brexit vote 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. some experts say facebook‘s new rules are a pr stunt and will make little difference. but facebook wants to show the world it takes democracy

seriously. paul hawkins, bbc news. the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, remains in a coma in a berlin hospital. it follows germany revealing he was poisoned by a novichok nerve agent. meawhile, the polish prime minister, has again condemned russia for the nerve agent attack. in a tweet, he asked how many wake—up calls the west needed before it realised it was dealing with a hostile regime. marina litvinenko, the wife of ex—russian agent alexander litvinenko who died of radioactive polonium poisoning the uk in 2006 has been telling my colleague annita mcveigh her reaction to this story. first of all, it was absolutely shocking news. even if everybody knows alexei navalny is a very high—profile critic of the kremlin and the current regime in russia, but until the last two weeks, he escaped from a very serious assassination, he spent

time in prison, he spent time under house arrest, he was attacked a few times, but attempted poisoning, of course, i didn't believe it would one day happen but, unfortunately, it happened again. you must be thinking about what the navalny family are going through right now because of what you went through. this must take you back to your own experience. it was my first feeling, what i could do for yulia, the wife of alexei navalny and for his family. i do not know yulia personally, i have never met alexei navalny, but i proposed if they need my help, i was just ready. but i'm absolutely sure yulia needs some of her own time because when you're in front of all the world with everybody looking at what happened to alexei, it's very difficult, because everybody is expecting what she will say, what she will do,

but mostly what she needs to do is be with alexei, because he needs her and she has to use all her energy and all her love spent with him and i do understand why she might. .. doesn't give interviews, maybe doesn't try to communicate, but we need to respect it. what is your response to what germany has had to say? angela merkel very clearly condemning russia and saying that only russia has the answers to this. i think it's a very serious point. before, when this all happened here in the uk with my husband, alexander litvinenko, even after that, two years ago with the skripal case, it was kind of international, community support, but it was not a strong response and now in germany, all is part of negotiations with russia, having a lot of business with russia, now there

is the strict accusation. novichok was produced in russia and was used in russia. i think it was a very serious statement for angela merkel. fears have been growing about the future of one of the giants of the british high street, debenhams. the company is in administration for the second time and has recently cut two and a half thousand morejobs. in its first interview since the pandemic, the chairman of debenhams, mark gifford, has been talking to our business correspondent, emma simpson. sometimes you work hard and sometimes you get lucky, but the business has been able to build up significant cash balances. we are sitting with over £95 million in the bank today, more than £50 million higher than we expected to have when we went into administration.

we really have a clear path forward to trade the business through 2021 and beyond. it was really difficult in march but there are no cliff edges for debenhams right now. you mean there is no need to strike a deal by the end of the month? no, not at all, at all. how confident are you that debenhams' lenders, who took control, will buy the business back? this is a big decision for the current owners, and they are looking at how we are recovering. they are looking at all the available cost saving opportunities so this business has a viable future and they are looking at it optimistically but they have to take a business decision before they conclude anything. we have been open, at best, we are in our 13th week of trading since the doors open. it is very early days.

there's no pressure for them to reach a conclusion, given where we are, but, you know, we have got their support. how long can the period of administration go on for? we will stay in administration well into 2021. i think resolving business rates, seeing customer footfall return, to get certainty that we need, is probably the end of q2 2021 until those sorts of decisions can actually be concluded. nobody is going to pull the plug on debenhams before christmas then? no, as i say, we are not in that position. we don't have those pressures. we have worked hard. the amount of time and effort by the management team, they've done fantastically well to get to the business. the former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has been taken to hospital for what's being called a precaution after

he tested positive for covid—19. his party forza italia said his condition was not causing concern. the 83—year—old had been in isolation at his house near milan — mr berlusconi told supporters by video on thursday that his fever had passed and he was not in pain. let's return now to beirut where rescue workers have detected signs of life beneath the rubble ofa building — a month after the explosion which killed hundreds of people. bel trew is a journalist based in beirut and has been following the latest rescue developments. this volunteer chilean rescue team yesterday using different parts of their equipment, found what they believed to be a heartbeat, a very slow heartbeat, under the rubble. they used thermal imaging equipment, they found the shape of two bodies, the smaller one curled up, showed signs of life. they also had a rescue dog here who indicated there might be something under the rubble. that was enough for them

to start trying to look. i spoke to rescue workers yesterday, they said even if there is a 0.1% chance of there being anything there, they will work through the day and night to find out. at the moment we don't have any answers as to what they are looking for, if they are going to find a survivor, but they have got three storeys' worth of rubble to dig through in very difficult circumstances, with most of the building not stable at all. at one point, the army actually called off the search because parts of the building were coming down. 0nlookers and volunteers who were furious said if there is anyone else alive under the rubble, they need to continue the search efforts and intervened, someone called a crane in. people clambered over the top of the rubble and said they would not leave until the rescue operation started up again so around two, three o'clock this morning, they started again. as you see behind me, security forces here cordoning off the street, they have a crane in the background and they are hoping to be able to find that person, they believe it may be a small child, if indeed there is anyone else there and to see if they are alive as well, which is obviously not very

likely given it's been an entire month since the blast happened. let 5 get some of the day 5 other news. the british actor robert pattinson has tested positive for coronavirus. 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. there were more than forty—three thousand new cases in the last 24 hours. president jair bolsonaro has consistently played down the severity of covid—nineteen saying this week that nobody would be forced to have a vaccine when one becomes available.

the british actor, robert pattinson, has tested positive for coronavirus. the 34 year old has been filming 'the batman' near london. warner brothers have confirmed production has been suspended, saying a member of the team was self isolating, but did not say who. the release of the film had already been put back from june next year until october more now on new quarantine rules being introduced in different parts of the united kingdom. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has admitted that differences in the rules are "confusing" and "frustrating" for travellers. scotland and wales have told people arriving from portugal and parts of greece to isolate, but england and northern ireland have held back. some holidaymakers from england say they've spent hundreds of pounds extra to avoid a quarantine that isn't now in place. earlier, my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to suzanne cumpston — a sales and commercial manager for sam smith travel in cowbridge in wales. she explained the impact that the new wales specific rules have caused. the announcements yesterday were quite a shock. obviously, the different nations within the uk have split in their decisions. quite a brave move for wales, in my opinion, to announce regional restrictions and, actually, as much as i have championed the fact that the confusion over the last week with different nations having different opinions is an issue for clients, the travel industry in general, i am now starting to think that a regional approach is possibly

a positive approach and a way forward that we need to adapt to. ok, so why are you changing your mind on that?

we are booking holidays up until 2022. we are looking to book those particular clients for holidays in advance. confusion as the uk splits over quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland. construction gets underway on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond —— the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised to create 22,000 jobs.

haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. a huge oil tanker on fire off the eastern coast of sri lanka is being towed further out to sea, because of fears that it will be difficult to contain the flames. indian and sri lankan naval ships and helicopters have been trying to extinguish the fire. it began on thursday, when a boiler exploded, killing one crew member and injuring another. more than 20 other sailors have been rescued. the vessel is carrying more than a quarter of a million tonnes of crude oil, but the sri lankan navy says there has been no leak so far. it's one of britain's most enduring tourist attractions, but this year the blackpool illuminations, the annual lights festival founded 140 years ago in the seaside town, is going to be a little bit different. in a bid to boost tourism in the area, the lights will be in place until the new year —

two months longer than usual. more than a million light bulbs will be switched on, as tim muffett reports. ridiculous! for mooki and mr boo, summer 2020 has been nojoke. it has been interesting. it has been a challenge and it won. you find out how much you enjoy what you do for a living when you can't do it. the clowns of blackpool tower circus are brothers and neighbours. we have been able to keep our juggling skills up over the garden fence. the circus was able to reopen last month. i think the audiences have been better, haven't they? yes. more friendlier. yes. absolutely. they're more appreciative of live entertainment. absolutely. even though the faces are covered but you can kind of see the laugh lines on the side of the face so it's good. yes. injuly and august, blackpool had its highest visitor numbers in ten years, according to the council.

for many, a holiday abroad just was not an option. since we had the removal of lockdown, it has been absolutely amazing. it has been a god—send to the businesses who, of course, lost a significant part of the trading for this year, including easter and the may bank holidays, and so it has been great for them, it's been good for the morale of the town. yeah, we were supposed to be in lanzarote. so we decided to do like a staycation. so instead of being in lanzarote, you're in blackpool. how does it compare? uh, it's a bit more breezy in blackpool. we were supposed to be going to turkey in october but we did not want to run the risk of the 14—day quarantine when we come back. i think more people are having british holidays this year. many who visited uk resorts this summer did so at the last minute. perhaps a foreign holiday had been cancelled or the weather was good, so many who came to blackpool did so on day trips, without necessarily staying the night. claire's bed and breakfast has still struggled. a horrendous start. the virus hit at the worst possible time because, as blackpool hoteliers, we spend all winter refurbishing,

refreshing, redecorating, spending all our money and then, just when we're at the peak of our overdraft, easter hits and that usually kind of straightens out our finances and, of course, all this happened just before easter. a lot of hoteliers are a little bit older and maybe were shielding, orjust did not feel confident in opening up their businesses. august has been brilliant, thank goodness. so it will be interesting to see how it continues going forward. jason had hoped to open this new nightclub in april. it is frustrating, you know, and to see the sand and the dust that's gathering up. for people like myself and people who own nightclubs and festivals, we need a clear route to opening, we need some guidelines, we need an indication of, at least a date would be the first step, because we can't plan anything. blackpool‘s world —famous illuminations are normally switched on in front of huge crowds.

we are having a virtual switch—on in this beautiful ballroom. no audience, just some performers and then the lights will go on at 9.30pm. but they will say on until the new year, eight weeks longer than normal. a town reliant on tourists, doing everything it can to keep them coming. now they might be in their eighties but derek and maureen clancy have worked a milk round in northern england for the last 50 years and they have refused to be thwarted by the pandemic. the couple from yorkshire have continued to deliver to doorsteps and show no sign of slowing down yet. charlotte leeming went to meet them. as double acts go, maureen and derek clancy are a formidable pair. both in their 805, they have had a milk round for 50 years. every weekday morning, the alarm goes off at 2am and they go about delivering 800 pints. so what keeps them going strong? early mornings, fresh air, exercise. that's all i can say. she is like a shire horse.

that's one way of describing me! i don't mean she looks like a shire horse, i mean she's got the stamina of a shire horse. oh, dear. but she loves it, she loves it. yeah, ido. the couple have been together since they were teenagers and set up the business long before you could readily buy milk in the stores. keith wilson worked as a milk boy for the clancys in the 19805 and has fond memories of that time. as i started in 1982, absolutely loved it. you were the envy of your friends because we earned a little bit more than the lads that had the paper rounds. they were like a second family to me. worked all the way through. i've kept in touch all the way through until now, and it is absolutely fantastic that they are still going. and really unbelievable. maureen and derek's son, martin, is also part of the family firm, and they have been busier than ever during covid, seeing a big increase in customers, but their hard work is

certainly appreciated. we never run out of milk, we never over—order, they call us every day. if it is getting low, they will straight away bob down with some extra pints for us. i mean, it is a service you just do not expect to get this day and age. the clancys deliver rain or shine, with rarely a day off. and their three—year—old granddaughter is already showing signs that she could be the future generation of the business. maureen and derek have been at this for half a century and, let me tell you, they have no intention whatsoever of putting a lid on it. charlotte leeming, bbc news. 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 today it's disney's turn — launching its highly anticipated live action remake of mulan on their own streaming service — rather than on the big screen. jack kilbride reports. my father cannot fight, so i will take his place. it is premiere 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. 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. 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 for conquest ofjerusalem. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. many of us will see sunshine either saturday or sunday. there will be scattered showers. most of the showers will be across scotland and northern ireland. quite a brisk north—westerly wind. further south across england and wales, some sunshine in the north. cloudy skies, pushy eastwards across southern england and wales. this evening and tonight cloud and patchy rain clear away from southern england. clearer skies for most

places. some showers continue to feed and from the north—west. saturday's weather dominated by high pressure moving in towards the uk but low pressure setting out towards the north—east, that combination will draw in the north—east, that combination willdraw ina the north—east, that combination will draw in a north—westerly wind. quite a cool will draw in a north—westerly wind. quitea coolair will draw in a north—westerly wind. quite a cool air mass as we move through saturday and sunday as well. sunshine and showers through the course of the weekend. cooler and fresher feel to the weather that we have seen recently. most of those showers on saturday will be across parts of scotland and northern ireland, especially in northern scotland. a bit of sunshine in southern scotland. some showers working into northern ireland and north wales, further south across england and we'll, relatively dry. temperatures a little bit cooler than recently. sunday, winds will ease. lese blustery day. eight drier

day for scotland and northern ireland. sunshine and showers. later in the afternoon there could be heavy thundery showers. next area of low pressure pushes to the north of the uk on monday. another fairly wet and windy spell of weather. mandate looks largely dry. longer spells of sunshine. warming up further in the south midweek.

this is bbc news. the headlines... confusion as the uk splits over quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland. with the spikes of covid in certain destinations and countries, these corridors seem to be minimising and closing down one—by—one. we are a united kingdom, but on this issue, with regards to quarantine, each nation seems to be making up different rules. haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. we are heading for a shambles, a real case of the government

sleepwalking towards a disaster with the border preparations that we have. construction gets under way on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond, the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised to create 22,000 jobs. it helps to level—up the country. it's going to produce better journey times and a lot ofjobs and today is, if you like, spades in the ground. rescuers in lebanon continue to search in the rubble to try to find someone they believe may still be alive a month after the blast that killed hundreds. a sharp increase in migrant arrivals is causing new tensions in southern europe — we have a special report. and, the duchess of cornwall sends a message of support for those who have been affected by domestic abuse during the pandemic. cases of violence have risen by 20 % globally.

the transport secretary, grant shapps, has admitted that differences in quarantine rules between the four nations are 'confusing' and 'frustrating' for travellers and holiday—makers. some arrivals from greece and portugal are now required to self—isolate for 14 days — but it depends where you're returning to, and when. anyone travelling into wales from portugal or from six greek islands, including za kynthos and mykonos must now self—isolate for 14—days. if you're arriving into scotland from portugal after 4am tomorrow morning, you must quarantine. you must also quarantine if you're coming from anywhere in greece, not just the islands. but for arrivals into england and northern ireland there's been no change to the rules, so there's no need to

quarantine if you're coming from either portugal or greece. andy moore reports. british tourists arriving in portugal yesterday afternoon, before the new restrictions were announced by wales and scotland. most were prepared for the possibility of quarantine on their return. i'm not afraid of the covid here. you know, if they put the block on, they put put the block on. keep me here till october, i don't care. well, yeah, 'cause we'd already booked, so you lose money or take the chance and hope it does not get closed. it didn't stop us. we have been looking forward to coming here, so it is good. you're not upset if you have to make quarantine? uh, no. it's an extra 14 days holiday when we get home as well. what was a united approach by the four nations to foreign travel during the pandemic has now broken down, with different approaches based on the same scientific evidence. unfortunately, with the spikes of covid in certain destinations and countries, these corridors seem to be minimising and closing down one by one. we are a united kingdom but on this issue, with regards to quarantine,

each nation seems to be making up different rules. wales and scotland are imposing quarantine on travel from greece and portugal, while the situation remains unchanged in england and northern ireland. the government in cardiff says it has identified at least 30 infections in people arriving from six greek islands targeted as part of the restrictions. that advice has underpinned the choices we've made previously, and the ability to have conversations across four nations about those choices. it underpins the choice we make today to help keep wales safe, and i'm confident we're doing the right thing. it was widely expected that the westminster government would reimpose quarantine restrictions on portugal. but in the end, the travel corridorfrom england to portugal remained open. the department for transport said infection rates were not the only factor involved in the decision—making process. it also said that portugal had

drastically increased its testing capacity, as well as taking measures to stop the spread of the virus. andy moore, bbc news. grant shapps, the uk transport secretary, was asked to explain why the travel restrictions are so different across the nations. it is a bit similar to the way the lockdowns have been applied as well and everyone is quite used to that now. you know, you will get a different approach in scotland, wales and northern ireland than you do in england, and it is similar, unfortunately, with quarantine currently, where we look at the data and then we do speak but i'm afraid, quite often, coming to slightly different outcomes, which i realise is confusing for people. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee is in faro where he's been finding out how holiday—makers are trying to make sense of the rules. well, i think one thing is really clear, actually. throughout the week, all of those british tourists, whether they're going back to wales

or scotland or to england or northern ireland, the same feeling has been there increasingly this week, they've all expected that this quarantine announcement would come yesterday for saturday morning for four o'clock, that that had been the theme that we've seen from spain more than a month ago now. so given that didn't happen, what we've seen in particular this morning at the airport... as you can see, quite a lot of flights coming through to manchester, newcastle, glasgow, london and east midlands this morning... people who are going back to the uk, going back to england, who've paid for tickets. i've met three families already £1,100 and £1,400 forfamilies of two and three to get back to england because they were worried the announcement would come. two other people i'm

going to bring in. you brought extra tickets to get back, what's going on? i was concerned about the fact they would bring in quarantine last week. i need to get back to run my business etc. what we did is we booked an extra fly, costing maybe a couple of hundred pounds just to make sure, as a safety net, but we have lost half our holiday. it has been still good. got to see the positives, we are going back and not stuck in the house for 14 days, so there is a bonus there. the quarantine for scotland, you have to get back before four o'clock tomorrow morning. kenny, it's silver season at the moment in portugal, people come out here, older brits, for the golf... how has it affected your holiday? there is eight of us went over on monday. four are staying on and will do the quarantine once they go back and the other four of us, through business or personal

reasons, don't want to do the two weeks, we are going back this morning effectively. the other two are on another flight to edinburgh in about two hours' time or so. a final thought, the transport secretary saying you should only go away if you're prepared to quarantine if required, does that sound fair? it sounds fair, i think they are trying to do the best they can, but they should give a bit of notice. i was happier from the scottish point of view that we got 36 hours, whereas in wales they got less than 12. from that point of view, you've gotta be slightly happy but you've got to expect what is going to happen. nobody knows. it is one of those situations. there is no winners. thank you. it is worth saying, from talking to officials here, there appears to have been

a strong diplomatic effort. to control it. 22 at the moment, 14 last week in terms of cases per 100,000. the algarve is barely touched compared to lisbon or porto, they believe that has made a difference. ministers here in britain are being warned that gaps in their brexit preparations risk causing severe disruption to supply lines at the uk's borders when the transition period ends in less than four months' time. eight organisations, including the road haulage association and logistics uk, say the supply chain "will be severely disrupted" if concerns — such as a lack of funds to train customs officials — are not addressed before december 31st. the government said it had plans to ensure the country is ready for the changes. let's get more with our political correspondent leila nathoo in westminster.

there is a sense of alarm today that there hasn't been enough done to get there hasn't been enough done to get the requisite systems and arrangements in place. just remember where we are up to in the brexit process. brown has left the eu, we are now in the middle of the transition period were nothing has really changed —— britain has left the eu. that will come to an end at the eu. that will come to an end at the end of the year, the transition period. that is a firm deadline, the uk are being clear they are not going to allow any extension to that period. that is the absolute deadline. the messages coming through from majestic companies are that supply chains are going to be put under great strains and there is a risk of huge disruption because arrangements are not going to be put in place. remember, the uk is one to be leaving the customs union, so there will be customs forms to fill in between britain and the eu. in

the uk site, they said they would face in new arrangements so that gives businesses more time to get goods and. going from the uk to eu, that will be an abrupt shift. that isa that will be an abrupt shift. that is a huge adjustment for many businesses. that's the point you're trying to make today. this is the road haulage's association head of policy. logistics in the uk is a brilliant industry and great at dealing with crisises like covid and they did. this is a new set of factors involving paperwork that is completely unknown, a lack of customs agents, new it systems... these are things we can't manage in the way we normally manage a logistics crisis, which we are very good at. this is out of our control, that's why we are worried and flagging it up now to the public, to the government.

the time for talking is over. we really need rapid action on this. the government say they are in discussions with group spot are stressing they have made significant investment in the border infrastructure, £700 million announced back in june. infrastructure, £700 million announced back injune. for some people that was rather late in the day but they are stressing they also have an extra fun for customs agents and are confident the supply chain has shown it has been hardy and can withstand the pressures caused by coronavirus. they think the supply chain will be robust. i think the message coming across loud and clear todayis message coming across loud and clear today is that ministers, according today is that ministers, according to these logistics companies, have underestimated the scale of the task before them in the very limited time we have left to get these arrangements put in place before an abrupt change in arrangements at the beginning of next year.

shane brennan is chief executive of the cold chain federation, which represents companies that distribute refrigerated goods and is one of the groups who wrote the letter. hejoins us from reading. art these real argent fears? some will clear this is posturing —— urgent fears. —— some will fear this is posturing. the deadline is fast approaching. these are absolutely real concerns. 5000 vehicles move through the uk border to the continent every single day. they will have to do a whole load of new red tape on the 1st of january and the system is required to help them do that aren't there yet. we are talking about absolutely no time to get the systems in place to do this job effectively. can you explain exactly what needs to happen and what is the sort of cutup buying for the work to start? —— cut—off point. the timeframe is short. they need to

be tested. that will take a period of weeks, normally months to that. we have to do these in days. the potential for things to go wrong is quite significant. the problem is not just trying to quite significant. the problem is notjust trying to get quite significant. the problem is not just trying to get the quite significant. the problem is notjust trying to get the system built on time, but the contingency plans for all scenarios. there are so plans for all scenarios. there are so many different moving parts that could go wrong, we are absolutely alarmed with the timeframe we are working to. give me an example of one chunk of freight that may be coming into the uk, what sort of processes need to happen or the problems of their not ready?“ processes need to happen or the problems of their not ready? if you are exporting food out of the uk to france, whether it is fresh fruit and vegetables for example, you have to go through a range of declarations and customs, a range of declarations and customs, a range of declarations around health checks, food safety paperwork and the like, all of which are required to be entered onto different it systems,

requires different information to be put forward. all of that is done by an experience, as yet on train drivers and vehicles, and the time required to get these people up to speed are nowhere near the sort of timeframe needed which would properly fit gears, and this is expected in a matter of days. people are obvious are going to be worried about the supply of food, the supply coming in? a slightly longer timeframe, but it is still not enough time. the haulage we do is a round trip. the vehicles involved in bringing self into the country are the same ticking it out. if once i start to slow down then both do —— taking it out. what could that mean for ordinary members of the public? customers worried about food supplies? we don't want to see a situation of people stockpiling

again. no, we want to avoid that we can. the first thing we will see a significant traffic disruption. supply chain leaders will do everything we can avoid this, but these sorts of situations will lead to food shortages. urgently, you are seeking a meeting with government, be heard anything? seeking a meeting with government, be heard anything ?|j seeking a meeting with government, be heard anything? i have not heard anything today. the headlines on bbc news... confusion as the uk splits over quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland. construction gets under way on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond, the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised to create 22,000 jobs. haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st.

andy murray wasn't too downhearted at the in the second round of the us open. went down in straight sets against the opponent. as first grand slam appearance last year. he showed a few flashes of his old self. the 20—year—old canadian was too strong in every department in the end. winning 6—2, 6—3, 6—4. murray says he need to build up his fitness and stamina before the french open next month i don't want to lose in straight sets anywhere and certainly not in grand slam. what i need to do is look at what happened the last couple of weeks. look at the things in my game that weren as i would

have liked. physically, look at what ican do have liked. physically, look at what i can do to improve. if i am in that situation again in a few weeks' time in the french open, so i deal with it better. next up for auger—aliasim could be another british player, dan evans, but his match was interrupted by rain overnight and he'll resume later today at one set 1—1 against the frenchman corentin moutet. evans will have to hold serve to take the third set, into a tie—break. the nations league continues this evening, scotland and northern ireland are in action, wales were winners last night despite missing several senior players in helsinki. gareth bale was lacking match fitenss and was subbed at half—time, but ryan giggs' inexperienced side still came out on top against finland — kieffer moore with the only goal of the game inside the last 10 minutes. this was wales' first game since they beat hungary last november to qualify for the european championship which has been postponed until next year.

i thought we worked really hard and showed good desire and concentration. not giving many... wayne did not have a save to make. 0k, we got a little bit of luck with hitting the post. but overall, really pleased because it was a difficult game, not many chances. for us to win this game, at the start of the group, away from home, really, really pleased. there was another mercedes one—two in first practice for the italian grand prix, with valtteri bottas finishing ahead of lewis hamilton. the session got off to a dramatic start with max verstappen crashing his red bull. after repairs he managed to record the fifth fastest time. bottas it was though who went quickest. the drivers were already experimenting with slipstreaming, which is likely to be a major feature this weekend on monza's long straights. second practice starts at two o'clock, with live text commentary on the bbc sport website.

that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the company responsible for building the hs2 high speed rail line linking london to birmingham is moving onto the construction phase. it's the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. ministers insist the project will boost economic growth — with the creation of 22—thousand jobs, but critics say it's too expensive and harmful to the environment. theo leggett reports. this is a highly symbolic moment for hs2. after years of planning and development, not to mention delays and rising costs, construction on the 140 mile route from london to birmingham can officially begin. in fact, a great deal of work — demolishing buildings, clearing sites and preparing the route — has already been carried out. this is where birmingham's new curzon street station will be built. in a few years' time,

it should look like this. the first phase of hs2 will require 32 miles of new tunnels. there will be 110 embankments, 70 cuttings and 150 bridges. and all of this will require a million tonnes of steel. the company in charge of the project, hs2 ltd, says some 22,000 newjobs will be created over the next two years, including 2,000 apprenticeships. but opponents of the scheme, which remains highly controversial, say they are not impressed. from their own figures, it showed that there's going to be over 19,000 jobs that are being displaced, purely, or got rid of, purely because hs2 is discriminating or shutting down businesses that have those jobs. so these 22,000 jobs sounds great but when you compare it to the number ofjobs that are going because hs2 is built, it's a drop in the ocean. the first part of hs2 alone is expected to cost

at least £35 billion. a second phase extending the line to manchester and leeds is expected to take the total bill to more than £100 billion. the government says it will fire up economic growth and provide opportunities across the country but critics say the money could be better spent on improving existing transport links. theo leggett, bbc news. as you heard in that report, the project is controversial. joe rukin is the campaign managerfor stop hs2. is it not worth pausing and thinking the work is starting, you have lots of party camping? no, there's hundreds of people camped out in woods and habitats right now. there isa woods and habitats right now. there is a big rally taking place in parliament square with extinction rebellion. these people are protecting these woodlands as we speak, everyday living insecure from units up and down camps along the

route that has been set up at used in... they are trying to protect trees from the onslaught ofjust a temporary taxi rank... hs2 has been designed to be the most destructive, environmentally destructive project this century. it is simply not good enough to be going ahead with this thing, because the case where hs2 was always dodgy. covid has made it nonexistent, because hs2 the pounds on thousands of people clamouring to commute more and more. the business case requires 100,000 newjourneys per day. the site is to get cars off the road, no, it's about creating new journeys. no the road, no, it's about creating newjourneys. no one wants to commute, no people have realised over the last six months they don't have to, they don't spend three hours a day on a soulless log in and out of the office. they can work

from home. that may be the case for many with the current health situation, but hopefully that will not last forever. there are lots of benefits to businesses having people together and fundamentally this is about rebalancing the economy, isn't it? linking london, the midlands and the north, we know about the wealth gaps. it is about exasperating them. this is the problem with hs2. the government make all these statements and people just swallow it and every single piece of international evidence saying hs2 will drag more economic activity to london. that is what all the evidence internationally says. it is also the evidence of our own hub and spoke transport system shows. is not the point that if you can live outside london and work here, if that is what people choose to do, because there's still a lot of business and industry focused in the then that is good because it allows well to travel further across the country.

that is exactly the opposite of the argument you just put. you can have it both ways, i'm afraid. there are lots of different arguments for hs2. there is lots of spurious arguments for hs2 and the idea that there will be this magic wand to cure the north south divide is simply made up. what you'll see is a bit of development around the stations, but that will be at the expense of the wider region. hs2 is being lobbied for by the people who want to make money out of it, notjust belting it but the land grab around the stations. that's what all this bluster is about —— building it. the idea this is needed now at a time when it has become absolutely obvious, we have been saying this for ten years, demand for travel to work is going to decrease. it is going to be a boon for our small towns that are doing... we have seen the high street decline over the last 20 yea rs street decline over the last 20 years in small towns because all those commuters have been going into

the big cities and spending their money there. now they are spending that money in the towns were they actually live. this idea the hs2 is needed for the economy, it is just wrong. the idea that 20,000 jobs... in the clip, it was pointed out there as 90,590 jobs this place, but asa there as 90,590 jobs this place, but as a job creation scheme —— 22,000 works out at almost two entertainment businesses are going under, jobs are being lost for a fraction of what is being wasted on hs2. fraction of what is being wasted on hsz. it is fraction of what is being wasted on hs2. it is simply too great an environmental cost. we will have to leave it there. 0bviously environmental cost. we will have to leave it there. obviously it is a very controversial project. the government does argue, however, this will fire up economic growth and

help to spread it across the uk. it's a month since the huge explosion in beirut, which killed hundreds of people and injured thousands more. but today rescue workers are concentrating on one site — where they believe someone may be alive under the rubble. let's show you the scene live. people taking very carefully. we've heard from people on the ground at the moment there is some caution about what to expect. let's get the latest. this has been a very long and painful night for every single person in lebanon and mainly in beirut. the search is still ongoing. as you can see behind me, they brought this huge machine. this is a machine that will suck the very small fragments of ruins and debris from the rubble because they have reached a stage where this is so little, we are talking about very,

very small pieces, it is impossible to continue the search by hand as they were doing for a very long time. they used some cranes but this has reached some very critical levels. in parallel to this, there is a constant scanning with special cameras of this location and the vicinity and you understand they might also be bringing some drone cameras with very specific qualities to be able to see whether it is possible to detect any sign of something that cannot be seen with the naked eye, but also they are using some thermal cameras, sonar systems, anything that might detect any sign of life. we understand for today's scans, it has not been very encouraging so far. we know yesterday they have been

able to detect maybe twice a sign of life, heartbeat, even if it was a very slow heartbeat, but today from the first test they have taken in the morning, they do not seem to have very encouraging results. everyone is keeping extremely high hopes. everyone in beirut is praying for a miracle one month after the explosion but the rescue teams are also asking people to manage their expectations. a statement from the nato secretary says germany briefed allies. the

statement said the call on russia for complete disclosure and to cooperate with an impartial investigation. that is the latest on the navalny poisoning. and a survey on coronavirus cases, case numbers remain unchanged in england, numbers of people testing positive remain unchanged for the week, suggesting around 2000 new cases per day, and an estimated 27,100 people in the community had the finest during that week, that is similarto the finest during that week, that is similar to previous weeks, and despite some outbreaks in some areas, overall cases continue to be sta ble areas, overall cases continue to be stable and infections remained at a co nsta nt level stable and infections remained at a constant level during august, that is based on tests of people, whether they have got symptoms or not. that

gives a fairly accurate picture of where that new infections are increasing. it does not cover people in hospital or in care homes. that is the latest 0ns survey for august. here is the weather. it is a cooler more breezy day. scattered showers for scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere, dry weather. further south, fairly cloudy, odd spot of light rain. rain clears the south—east through tonight. further showers across the north west. dry and clear overnight. tomorrow's weather will start with showers across parts of scotland and northern ireland. further south across england and wales it should stay dry through the day but they could be showers in north wales and

northern england. sunday, things are looking drierfor northern england. sunday, things are looking drier for scotland and northern ireland, with scattered showers across parts of england and wales. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. confusion as the uk splits over

quarantine rules for travel from greece and portugal. strict new rules in wales and scotland, but no change in england and northern ireland. haualge and logistics bosses warn of "significant gaps" in uk border plans for the end of the brexit transition period on december 31st. construction gets under way on the high—speed railway from london to birmingham and beyond — the biggest single infrastructure project in europe. it's promised to create 22,000 jobs. it helps to level at the country, it will produce betterjourney times. rescuers in lebanon continue to search in the rubble to try to find someone they believe may still be alive a month after the blast that killed hundreds. a sharp increase in migrant arrivals is causing new tensions in southern europe — we have a special report.

time now for bbc your questions answered, where we'll be attempting to answer all your questions on the latest travel restrictions. with me is felicity hannah, personal finance reporter from bbc radio five live's wake up to money. also i'm joined by lisa minot, the travel editor of the sun. we have got quite a few questions because of these changes that we have seen today on greece and portugal, but different rules for england, northern ireland, scotland and wales. we have had a lot of questions. let me start with one. we are going to the algarve, on our return can't we fly back to england and come to wales and not self—isolate in wales? and come to wales and not self-isolate in wales? it is not as simple as that and they have

anticipated people doing that. the rules are anticipated people doing that. the rules a re if anticipated people doing that. the rules are if you have been in any country in the previous 14 days that is on the quarantine list, does not matter if you fly into england and then go two wheels, you then have to fill in the form, because you have been to portugal, and it is now on the welsh quarantine list, you have to go into quarantine for 14 days. and david asks, what happens with quarantine if you live in england, returning from portugal or greece, that you work in wales or scotland? some of the confusion that this split is going to cause is going to come down to these border issues. the rules are very clear. if you live in england you can carry on with your normal life. you can go to the cinema, you can carry on as you were. what you cannot do is travel through wales come into wales or scotland, unless you are travelling toa scotland, unless you are travelling to a place where you are living, where you are going to remain for 14 days. you can carry on as normal

with your outside life in england but do not expect to be able to work in wales or scotland until you are through the 14 days, or to travel for socialising or other activity, you are not allowed to do it. we have got a question from cedar, will england review its decision on portugal again next thursday, and giving their rising infection rates, is it likely to go on the list? it is it likely to go on the list? it is quite confusing, because that levels are higher where we have seen the cut—off point for quarantine. that is right that grant sharps this morning on tv has been saying they are not just morning on tv has been saying they are notjust using this 20 per 100,000 cases in seven days is the only indicator as to whether or not a country is in quarantine, there are other factors taken into account. we have been told however this is not necessarily going to be a situation that every thursday in a country will be added or taken away.

we have been warned it could happen at any time. although at the moment that that good and they are happy with the numbers to be the hour, they are still edging up in that 20 100,000 range, and it could also be a case of there is more testing happening, and the number of positive tests coming out is not increasing by a huge amount, as much as the other numbers would suggest. it is unfortunately a case at the moment we are going to have to accept the fact that travelling anywhere is going to be at risk of quarantine. just to pick up on that, that perhaps explains why there is a different interpretation on what we should do, by all the different nations, because the portuguese numbers are above 20 per 100,000, therefore open to question. absolutely. we are not seeing behind—the—scenes. nobody has lifted the curtain for us to see exactly how these numbers are being worked out, exactly how they are assessing the risk. as we said, we have got to

accept that any overseas travel at the moment does include an element of risk. even if the country you are travelling to is not added to the quarantine must value out there, not added to the quarantine list before you go, if you come back on the flight you go, if you come back on the flight and there are a number of cases that happen to be on that flight, cases that happen to be on that flight, then you could be tracked and traced on your return and tool to isolate for two weeks, even if the country you have come from has not been quarantined. all travel does contain risk. a question from karen, we are set to fly from glasgow to portugal next week, scotla nd glasgow to portugal next week, scotland has put portugal on the 14 day quarantine list, i am not able to quarantine on my return because of childcare, can i change my trip free of charge to turkey?” of childcare, can i change my trip free of charge to turkey? i am not entirely sure if you are allowed to change your holiday at all. terms and conditions on the website see you cannot —— suggest you cannot

change destination. back at the beginning, one and a half months ago, there was a quantum —— a quarantine guarantee, jet2 and some other providers, if the country was added to the quarantine list they would are allowed you to move your destination. they scrap that about one month ago. you might struggle to get that refund or move your trip. it is worth talking to them about it. if you have an insurance policy that existed before mid march you might find you can claim on perhaps an annual insurance policy or a policy that comes with a bank account. as it stands i do not think you will be able to move your trip perhaps at all. insurance policy is all very different. and discretionary behaviour of all the companies is varying as we have seen. companies is varying as we have seen. we have got a question from gillian who says her sun is on

holiday in spain, when he returns can he do a taste and quality for seven days rather than 14 days? no. that is what the industry has been pressing for. they say it doesn't have to be a saving —— this it doesn't have to be 14 days, if there was testing at airports and in four or five days later, a negative test result could reduce 14 day period to seven days. right now whether or not you have a test or not, you could go toa you have a test or not, you could go to a country that is in one of those that you have to quarantine, you have to quarantine, even if you have a test. we have got a question from elaine who hopes to travel to mainland spain in two weeks' time, spain is on that list for essential travel only but she has been told by the airline they are still flying to spain, if she does not travel, does she stand to lose the cost of a flight? i wish i had better news for this. people keep asking. there is

no good answer. yes, if a fight is going ahead, unless the airline has cancelled the flight, you do stand to lose the amount you have paid. it can be frustrating. it can be particularly frustrating because if the flight empties out, if lots of people cancel the flight, dent the airline might decide to cancel, and people who want to travel, will be ina people who want to travel, will be in a different position then. it is disinclination on your part to travel, even though it has been added to the list, you will not be able to get a refund. automatic —— an automatic refund. that is not great news for lots of people who are still hoping to dry and balance their books on their travel plans. we have got a question from wayne who says what scientific evidence does the welsh and scottish government use which results in a confusing stance on travel from portugal, from england and northern ireland? portugal, from england and northern ireland ? it portugal, from england and northern ireland? it is a combination of factors, isn't it? yes. they are

taking into account information from the joint bio—security, also from the joint bio—security, also from the european and the centre for disease control, also looking at whether or not the health care facilities in that particular country is under any pressure, what the governments are doing in those countries to help relieve the numbers, reduce the numbers. there is many different factors. what we are seeing is that basically we don't know exactly what information is being used by scotland or wales that need them to map the different excuse, different decision, from england. it would help if the consumer didn't understand what that was based on. being told it wasjust based on science is not much help. if you are trying to predict what country is going to be on or off quarantine list at some point in the coming weeks. question from jonathan who says, a question we have heard quite a lot, who is checking that people coming back to the uk are quarantining? we all know people who

have not exactly stuck to the guidelines. we perhaps do know people who have not stuck to the guidelines but the most important thing here is not the £1000 fine, it is to keep your community safe. it is to keep your community safe. it isa is to keep your community safe. it is a public health measure. i do not think they are bringing in these rules to be flippant or mess people around. it is for a specific reason to try to keep everybody including vulnerable people in the community safe. having said that people who are carrying out spot checks include border patrol, lease, public health officials, they are allowed to carry out spot checks, they are led to issue fines of up to £1000 if you are found to be outside of your house when you are supposed to be quarantining and you do not have a good reason like going to the shops for essentials. it is frustrating and you might know people ignoring the rules that they are putting themselves at risk of £1000 fine and they are putting their communities at risk because this is a global health crisis. on popping to the shops for essentials, when you are quarantining you are not even supposed to be doing that in this it

isa supposed to be doing that in this it is a matter of urgency, you're supposed to pretend that support structure around you, that's one of the points. absolutely. if you can stay for two weeks you absently should. if you have to pop out for medications, if you have nobody able to bring them, if you cannot access community support, then i think it is ok, that as a general rule you need to be at home for two weeks. a question, a holiday is booked for two weeks, flying to portugal, planning to taxi to spain, where we need to isolate? not clear where they live. we don't know where they live. if they are living in england, ireland, scotland or wales. the a nswer ireland, scotland or wales. the answer is the same. spain is on all of the quarantining lists for every pa rt of the quarantining lists for every part of the united kingdom. despite the fact you are going to be holidaying in portugal, travelling to spain, going into portugal and travelling to spain, you will have to quarantine for 14 days. when you are filling in that passenger form it asked for all the places you have

visited in the previous 14 days, all of the country. should any of those countries be a country where we are required to quarantine, whether or not you have spent the majority or minority of time in that country, you have to quarantine for 14 days on your return. a question from stephen, my wife and i who live in wales are supposed to be flying to za nte wales are supposed to be flying to zante from bristol two weeks today, the airline has said they cannot amend or provide refund because the fight is going ahead despite new regulations, can you explain our rights on this matter? the rates are quite complicated. because you booked flights are not a package holiday, if the fights are going ahead, just as the previous question, you are not entitled to a refu nd question, you are not entitled to a refund if those flights are still going ahead. if you booked a package holiday and the area, you are told to quarantine on return, a lot of holiday companies will allow you to

move your break. what is interesting for you as you are flying to that island, you live in wales but you live in bristol, you are flying from england, even if you have booked a package holiday you might struggle to move your break or get a refund because you are flying from a country that has not quarantine on that area. double—check where you are flying to because i know that some airlines have cancelled holidays to the area where they see a particular hot spot of outbreaks but flights to other resorts are going ahead. talk to the travel provider to see if they could support any help. if flights are going ahead and you have booked those flights the only me to get out of them is to cancel it and lose your cash. a couple of questions i will ask. someone who is french holiday was cancelled because they were supposed to go on the day quarantine was announced, had a lovely time in the uk, but if anyone is thinking of going away for half term in six weeks' time, what would your

recommendations be? is itjust com pletely recommendations be? is itjust completely unpredictable, leave it to the last minute? it is going to bea to the last minute? it is going to be a case, i have had many people asking me, i cannot say with any confidence at any rate is going to be safe or on the non—quarantine list. it is going to be a case of deciding very much at the last minute where you will be able to go. because there is such a dampening of demand and so few people wanting to travel at the moment, although it is going to be more expensive than long time in advance, i do not think it will be that expensive. we have seen this week ryanair come out with £5 flights across the whole of europe. airlines are desperate to get us back on board. travel companies desperate to have us taking holidays. if i was going to try to bet on somewhere, italy has been doing best up until now, but their numbers have crept up. and geese.

they one place you can guarantee is going to remain low as cyprus, and thatis going to remain low as cyprus, and that is always great in october holidays because it is still warm there. the only issue with that is you have to have that negative covert taste that you have taken up to 72 hours and before you get into the country, and they will require to see a negative test when you enter the country. that is very helpful. i do not want to see that country will be ok. look carefully at the airline or holiday company you are booking three. take advice on that rather than on a location. make sure you're happy with their cancellation policy. whatever restrictions in place, whether they are happy to move if quality situation comes into force. read what other holiday— makers experiences with various travel companies have been like. vote with your feet based on that customer service. having said that, there are

lovely castles in the uk, perfect for a halloween holiday. yes i was in northumberland and worcestershire, lots of good castles and good beaches. also cornwall and scotla nd and good beaches. also cornwall and scotland of course. thank you very much. 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 perilous journey. 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, francesca miracle, after her birth on an italian rescue boat in 2015, as her mother fled libya. suffering seizures and in intensive care, they almost didn't make it. the bbc met them back then. now, settled in sicily, we've come back. ciao, francesca. sono mark. si. come stai? bene. was everything you went through worth it? yes, it was, because most of the people they are dreaming to fill my shoes. "ah, you have kids outside the country, so i think you are blessed, you are lucky." so i think i too, i 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're still coming. the camp in lampedusa to the south of sicily crowded and guarded. so far arrivals this year are a third of what they were in 2015 and yet this camp is already way past capacity. and then throw coronavirus into the explosive mix, pushing migrants to flee suffering economies, creating quarantine concerns, and reawakening the old migration tensions in italian society. in squalid conditions, migrants here say they know of several cases inside. there's pressure to clear the camp and reduce the burden on this gateway to europe. hamza 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're at risk of dying

from coronavirus here. we left the misery of our country, but if i had known what misery there would be here i would have stayed in tunisia. even life there is better than this. in mainland sicily too they're 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 migration issue alone and, at the same time, italy is leaving its regions like sicily on their own. there's a danger to public order and now also a health risk. "aren't you fanning 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 or the french. if tomorrow 1,000 french landed on sicily's coast i would also speak of an invasion.

some migrants are settling here. this centre teaching italian as they're woven into the fabric of modern italy. a story about security, integration, identity is far from over. mark lowen, bbc news, sicily. facebook says it will introduce new measures to reduce misinformation and interference in the us presidential election. new political adverts will be blocked in the last week before the poll in november, and posts trying to dissuade people from voting will be removed. paul hawkins reports. 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 mail will definitely lead to fraud... we're just going add some context to those posts. these are just some of the ads that trump's campaign are running, specifically targeted at anyone who's following his facebook page. until now, the social media giant has been criticised for allowing political ads these to be micro targeted, so they're only seen by small communities rather than debated more widely. it's claimed this makes it easier for politicians and their supporters to parade 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 will candidates' posts prematurely claiming victory before the results are known. facebook has also said it will remove video clips without context, like this one of the president urging people to illegally vote twice.

and you send them in and you go to vote. and if they haven't counted it 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 history, and so we need to take these unprecedented steps. we are trying to make sure sure that 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‘s been under pressure to do more about fake news after twitter banned political ads last year and google's parent company alphabet limited how campaigns could micro—target voters. there were questions about the role of facebook and other social media platforms like twitter in the brexit vote 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. some experts say facebook‘s new rules are a pr stunt

and will make little difference. but facebook wants to show the world it takes democracy seriously. paul hawkins, bbc news. some news from virgin atlantic who say they are planning 1150 more job cuts due to slowly recovering the man commit the airline says they are doing a restructuring deal to keep going to the coronavirus crisis, the airline says survival is predicated on reducing costs further. now it's time for a look at the weather. with the weekend around the corner many of his will see some sunshine at times, on saturday or sunday. today, a mix of weather types. quite a cool and breezy sort of day. there will be scattered showers. most of the shower shall be across scotland and northern ireland. quite a brisk

north—westerly wind. gusts of 40 mph. a crossing than wales, sunshine in the north, cloudy skies further south, some light rain pushing eastwards a cross south, some light rain pushing eastwards across southern england and south wales. this evening and tonight, cloud and patchy rain clear away from southern england. clearer skies for most places. there will be some showers from the north—west. temperatures overnight down to 8-11 c temperatures overnight down to 8—11 c as we start saturday morning. saturday's whether dominated by at high pressure, moving in towards the uk, battle pressure setting out towards the north—east. that competition will draw in a north—westerly wind. quite a cool eight mass from the north—west as we move from saturday and into sunday as well. sunshine and showers. the cooler and fresher feel to the weather than we have seen recently. most of those showers on saturday will be across parts of scotland and

northern ireland, especially northern scotland and northern ireland, central scotland a bit of sunshine will come through. some showers in northern england and north wales, further south, largely dry. some spells of sunshine. cooler than recently. still a breeze in the north. sunday, that winds will ease. eat less bass to the day. a drier day for scotland and northern ireland. most of the showers will be across england and wales, later in the afternoon could be heavy and thundery. next area of low pressure pushes to the north of the uk as you move on into monday. another wet and windy spell of weather moving into the north—west. mandate looks largely dry. longer spells of sunshine. warming up further in the

south through the middle of the week.

different quarantine rules for different uk nations — the government admits it's confusing. holidaymakers are angry and frustrated as scotland and wales impose new restrictions, while there's no change in england and northern ireland. obviously not very happy. we feel as though we've lost two days of our holiday. it's cost us an arm and a leg. we'll be live with our correspondent in portugal. also this lunchtime... claims of a looming crisis in britain's supply chains — and possible shortages — when the brexit transition ends. we are heading for a shambles. it is a real case of government sleepwalking to a disaster. nato says russia must allow an international investigation into the poisoning of alexei navalny, a leading