this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a minute's silence in beirut for the victims of the massive explosion, as rescuers search the rubble for a possible survivor, one month after the blast. controversial former australian prime minister tony abbott is appointed as a trade adviser to the uk — despite critics describing him as a homophobe, misoygynist, and climate change denier. i don't agree with those sentiments at all, but i don't agree with everybody who serves the government in an unpaid capacity on hundreds of boards across the country. and i can't be expected to do so.

quarantine confusion in the uk as scotland and wales impose new restrictions on some travellers, but england and northern ireland say there's no need to isolate. and barcelona superstar lionel messi changes his mind over leaving barcelona — now he says he doesn't want to drag the spanish club into court. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. i'm reged ahmad. rescuers in beirut have been digging through the rubble of last month's massive explosion, after a scanner suggested someone could still be alive in the wreckage. it was a glimmer of hope for a city where, exactly one month ago today, a fire in a warehouse led to a devastating blast, killing nearly 200 people

and leaving tens of thousands more without homes. our correspondent orla guerin has sent this report from beirut. probing for signs of life, deep in the rubble. hidden from view, sensitive scanning equipment, in the hands of a specialist rescue team from chile. on thursday morning, they picked up what seemed to be breath sounds. and for two days, they have been searching. painstaking work, much of it done by hand, clawing away at a ruin that could collapse any second. the dust and debris being sucked out to clear a pathway to the second floor, the focus of the search. the work is continuing here hour after hour. they are trying to lift away the rubble with extreme care. and they are still trying to work their way down through about

five layers of concrete. some local people have been here right through the night, unwilling to leave, hoping that today of all days a survivor might be found. the lebanese film—maker, nadine labacki, was one of them. she came here straightaway. you want to believe in a miracle. ijust wanted to come... it was an instinctive reaction to just come and see. i think we are all holding onto the small ray of light after everything that has happened to us. this was the signal to call for complete silence, so rescuers could scan again for signs of life. but late this afternoon, they could no longer detect any breathing. hopes of a miracle were fading as lebanon approached 18:06pm local

time, the moment of the blast a month ago. church bells tolled near beirut port to honour the dead. some stood in silence, remembering the lost friends and colleagues. others stood with ropes in their hands, a noose for the entire political leadership here. orla guerin, bbc news, beirut. the former australian prime minister tony abbott has been appointed as an unpaid trade adviser to the uk government. it comes after days of pressure to re—think the plan, over allegations of misogyny and homophobia. our political correspondent ben wright has more. tony abbott recently flew into the uk to meet ministers and face flak about his possible appointment as a trade adviser here. but, today, borisjohnson trumpeted mr abbott's credentials. this is a guy that was elected by the people of the great liberal

democratic nation of australia and you've been to australia, it's an amazing country, it's a freedom loving country, it's a liberal country. there you go, i think that speaks for itself. yes, i've had some discussions with members of the british government. the confirmation of mr abbott's appointment as an unpaid trade adviser comes after he was given a rough ride by a committee of mps earlier this week. in 2012, you said that men are, by physiology or temperament, more adapted than women to exercise authority or to issue command. look, i'm not sure that i ever did say that. tony abbott is from the right of australia's raucous politics. ditch the witch! a climate change sceptic, who spoke at this rally, mr abbott incurred the wrath of his political opponents for his reported views of women. he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern australia. he doesn't need a motion

in the house of representatives, he needs a mirror. and it is not only labour mps who have spoken out on mr abbott. he is a misogynist, he has a poor record on lgbtq rights and he is no one who should be near our board of trade. but he will be on the group. —— on the advisory group. the government have decided that his experience cutting deals for australia trumps complaints about the man's character. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. it's been a confusing day for british tourists, struggling to work out whether they will need to quarantine themselves when they get back from holiday. from today, scotland, wales, england, and northern ireland are imposing different quarantine periods for travellers who arrive from portugal and greece. our europe correspondent gavin lee reports from southern portugal. back to britain from faro airport this morning. where you're going back to now dictates whether you have to self—isolate.

there's been no clarity from the government as to what we were doing... karen and mick are heading to birmingham. they don't need to quarantine, but they bought early tickets home because they thought they did. 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 and... we're just very disappointed. as more and more british tourists return home, it's clear to me how confusing many people find the new rules. for example, if you're an english traveller flying to cardiff today, you can then drive back, won't have to self—isolate. but if you're welsh and, say, land at birmingham today, you'll then go back and have to spend the next two weeks in isolation. and this new way of travelling has just become even more complicated. so just how do the uk nations differ on quarantine? if you live in scotland and are returning from portugal or greece, you have to self—isolate for 14 days. for portugal, that will kick

in at 4am tomorrow. if you're arriving back in wales from portugal, self—isolation started today, but from greece the welsh government only requires you to quarantine if you're coming from specific islands. in england and northern ireland, there are no restrictions. portugal has seen a rise in coronavirus cases in recent days, going just above the uk's margin of safety of 20 cases per 100,000 people. but the tourist destinations of the algarve aren't the problem. so why are politicians taking such different approaches? we look at the data, and then we do speak, but i'm afraid quite often coming to slightly different outcomes. hugs and relief at glasgow airport this afternoon, as travellers made it back before their isolation deadline. but few are smiling about the decision here. we had to change our flight. we were just disappointed that scotland obviously have to quarantine but england don't. it was a risk. we knew that we were making a risk anyway, so we only lost a day.

it is annoying, but i'm just glad we made it home in time. it's estimated that more than 30,000 uk holiday—makers have headed out here since the travel corridor opened two weeks ago. golf and good weather — a magnet for older travellers, for so—called silver season. on the streets of faro, the usual rhythm of the night is quieter, the attraction of a late summer break here may have lost some of its allure. with fewer british arrivals today, the risks and unpredictability of travelling to these shores is perhaps too much of a gamble. people in the northern english city of leeds are among those being warned they're now on a watchlist of coronavirus hotspots, after a rise in the number of cases. several other areas in england have also been added, but in some places restrictions are being eased, allowing swimming pools, gyms and sports facilities to reopen. our health editor hugh pym has been to the town of luton,

where a local action plan has helped to reduce infection rates. another city and another new challenge in the bid to control the virus. this time, leeds is facing increasing case numbers, said by the council to be broadly spread and many amongst younger adults. it's premature to talk about lockdowns at this stage, but clearly if it's felt that there does need to be restrictions of movement, for example, then that is something, of course, that we will have to put in place. local people we spoke to agreed there was a need for caution. i know if it was my grandparents that were at risk, i'd want us to go into another lockdown to save them. limiting when we go out, you know, to only go out when we really have to, you'vejust got to... well, yeah, like i said, you've just got to be responsible and just not be stupid, really. as well as leeds, several other places have now been put on the public health england watchlist — south tyneside, middlesbrough, rossendale, corby, kettering and norfolk have all seen

an increase in cases. but other places where infections are down have been removed — wakefield, newark and sherwood, and slough. in luton, extra restrictions were imposed after a rise in case numbers, but they were relaxed last month after action by the local council. this included intensive testing of people without symptoms to locate problem areas. we have seen a lot of asymptomatic spread, so a lot of people who don't have symptoms have been tested positive, and that's helped us track those outbreaks and work out how we can try and stop them before they become a wider cluster. but she told me that recent testing capacity problems had affected their efforts. we are asking, just for the next week or so, for people only with symptoms to be tested in luton to make sure we have enough capacity. it is proving to be a challenge for us, as it is for other areas. there is a sense here in luton that things are moving in the right

direction with tackling the virus, but civic leaders know that could change, and they don't want local people to drop their guard on safety and social distancing. some i talked to don't want further easing. i think we are all aware about the measures that they are taking to boost the economy. it's the point at which, should there be a higher focus on public health still before the economy? a lot of people are just feeling like it's all gone back to normal now as well. so not many people are actually using the social distancing that we're supposed to be doing. schools are going back, more people are travelling to workplaces, and winter's getting closer. every community knows they must tread carefully if the virus is to be restrained. hugh pym, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: india registers four million cases of coronavirus, with figures reaching record levels almost every day.

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

this is bbc news, the latest headlines... a minute's silence in beirut for the victims of the massive explosion, as rescuers search the rubble for a possible survivor, one month after the blast. controversial former australian prime minister tony abbott is appointed as a trade adviser to the uk — despite critics describing him as a homophobe, misoygynist, and climate change—denier. india has now registered four million cases of coronavirus, with figures reaching record levels almost every day. among the world's most affected countries, the number of new infections is growing fastest in india by some margin. india is currently recording almost 82,000 new cases per day — that's a five—day rolling average —

compared with nearly a4,000 in brazil and just under 40,000 here in the united states. but while india's struggle with the pandemic continues, it could also be part of the solution — as our correspondent yogita limaye reports from mumbai. another day on the covid front line with no end in sight. the doctor who sent us this video has been treating critical patients for months now. he's had to tell dozens of families that loved ones have died. exhaustion is beginning to wear india's doctors down. a few weeks ago, it had seemed as though the capital was coping with the pandemic. but once again now resources are falling short. now we are seeing a second surge which is notjust in delhi, but from smaller towns around delhi. those we are not able to provide

the life—support systems will die. if we reach a point like that, that is what worries me, that is what distresses all of us as doctors. this 42—year—old succumbed to covid earlier this week. he died in pune, a relatively small city which is now the worst affected in india. his family says there's a shortage of facilities. "if an ambulance had been available to take him to a critical care hospital, my brother would have been alive," his sister says. india's doing more than a million tests a day, but that's not been enough to curb the spread. another lockdown is not an option for an economy already in turmoil. the government has been highlighting that the number of deaths in india, compared to the size of its population, is lower than other countries badly hit. so far, there are only speculative theories about why that might be the case, and the thing is, even at a low death rate, if the virus continues to spread,

that still means hundreds of thousands of indian lives are at risk. and so all eyes are on a vaccine, and india could be a big part of the global solution. this is a factory of the world's biggest vaccine maker. including oxford—astrazeneca's covishield, it's already producing tens of millions of doses of five covid vaccines each month. 70% of the world's vaccine capacity is from india... i asked the company's chief executive when a vaccine might be ready. it takes 3—5 years normally to make a vaccine, and we're all rushing it. well, i think in about 2—3 months, there will be vaccines licensed. will they be the best vaccines? i don't know. even if the vaccine is a success, inoculating more than a billion people will need a lot of time and money. yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.

let's get some of the day's other news... new zealand says a man infected with covid—i9 has died — the first such death in the country since may. the country's health said the patient, who was in his 50's, was being treated for the infection in an intensive care unit. he's the 23rd person to have died with the coronavirus in new zealand since the beginning of the pandemic. meanwhile, france says it has reported nearly 9,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases on friday, setting an all—time high of daily additional infections since the start of the pandemic. french authorities say the number of covid—i9 patients hospitalised for the disease has also gone up for the sixth day running, at over 4,500. the world health organization says it doesn't expect widespread vaccination against coronavirus until the middle of next year. a spokeswoman urged countries not to "sit

there waiting for a vaccine". in a briefing to journalists, margaret harris said rigorous checks would be needed on any vaccine‘s effectiveness and safety. the far—right politician geert wilders says he'll take his case to the dutch supreme court after losing an appeal against a conviction for insulting moroccans. the judge said the leader of the populist freedom party had gone too far during an election rally six years ago, when he got supporters to chant that they wanted fewer moroccans in the netherlands. a second conviction for inciting discrimination and hatred was dismissed by the court in amsterdam. donald trump has been asked what message he would send to russia after germany confirmed that putin critic alexei navalny has been poisoned with the nerve agent novichok. he responded with an extensive description of how well he gets along with countries like north korea and russia,

and described otherforeign policy initiatives, he said he would be angry if it was confirmed. so, i don't know exactly what happened. i think it's tragic, it's terrible. it shouldn't happen. we haven't had any proof yet, but i will take a look. it is interesting that everybody's always mentioning russia. and i don't mind you mentioning russia, but i think probably china at this point is a nation that you should be talking about much more so than russia, because the things that china's doing are far worse — if you take a look at what's happening with the world, look at what happened with the china virus. look at what they did by not keeping that within the confines of china. they should've kept it in the confines of china. look what they've done to 188 countries all over the world. it's emerged that a professor based at george washington university has

been pretending to be a black woman for years — despite actually being a white woman from kansas city. in a blog post, jessica krug admitted that she had "built her life on a violent anti—black lie". her academic work focussed on the culture of african societies. let's speak to patricia kelly yo, a reporterfor the daily beast. she joins me from los angeles. patricia, just take us through what happened cybele hi. so simply what happened cybele hi. so simply what happened yesterday is that a viral blog post on medium supposedly by a writer named jessica krug admitted that for years, she had, and i quote," lived on a toxic soil of

lies due to unaddressed..." jessica krug's confession is astonishingly similarto krug's confession is astonishingly similar to the 2015 confession of rachel dulls all, a white woman who assumed a black i didn't —— identity. jessica krug says she understood what she did was wrong. she also admits mental health issues cannot explain orjustify her appropriation of black culture. "i am nota appropriation of black culture. "i am not a culture vulture, i'm a cultural leech. i should absolutely be cancelled," cultural leech. i should absolutely be cancelled , " she cultural leech. i should absolutely be cancelled," she goes on to say. patricia, thank you so much for your time on that issue. certainly very controversial, i'm sure we will be hearing more in the coming days and weeks.

svetla na ti kha novs kaya svetla na tikhanovskaya is svetlana tikhanovskaya is addressing the human rights conflict in her country. mass protests and strikes have gripped the country after last month's presidential election, which saw incumbant — alexander lu kashenko — claim victory. but the opposition says it was rigged. hundreds have been detained amid claims of human rights abuses. she called on the un to send investigators into belarus. a nation cannot and should not be a hostage to one man's thirst for power. and it won't. belarussians have woken up. the point of no return has passed. i want to make it very clear — collaboration with the regime of mr lukashenko at the moment means support for violence and blatant violation of human rights. i call on the international community to use all the mechanisms

to stop the violence, including sanctions on the individuals that committed electoral violations and crimes against humanity. at the same time, i stress that lukashenko does not represent belarus any more. after a protracted saga, lionel messi has decided to stay at barcelona. the argentinian forward initially said he wanted to leave after the club were thrashed in the champions league semifinal — but despite staying for another year, messi has lashed out at barcelona's management, accusing them of "covering up holes". in a long interview following his announcement, lionel messi spoke in frustration, saying the club's president, josep maria bartomeu, had not kept to their initial agreement. translation: this is a decision i've been pondering all year. the president always said that, at the end of this season, i would be able to decide

if i wanted to leave or stay. and in the end, he didn't keep his word. when i announced my decision to my wife and children, there was a lot of drama. my children asked me not to leave because they didn't want to leave barcelona. they have their lives here, their friends, and their school. but i want to look towards the future and enjoy the few years i have left, and compete to win the champions league. four—time british olympic champion, sir mo farah, has broken the world record for a one—hour run. the 37—year—old set the new record—beating time on his return to track athletics at the diamond league meeting in brussels. farah covered 21,330 metres, eclipsing the previous record set by haile gebrselassie of ethiopia 13 years ago.

stay with us on bbc news, much more is coming up as well as on the website. see you soon. hello there. it's going to feel rather cool this weekend, certainly for the time of year, and that's because of where our air is coming from — from the northwest on a brisk breeze. that's going to feed in some showers into northern and western parts of uk, but there will be some sunshine around too. the winds maybe not quite as strong as what we had over the last few days. low pressure to the north east of the uk, high—pressure to the southwest, that's why we see these northwesterly winds, which will feed in showers from the word go across northern and western areas. some good spells of sunshine further east, mind you, but then we could see some longer spells of rain and more cloud pushing into northern ireland and then southwest scotland, northwest england, north wales through the day. some of these showers will be driving through the cheshire gap into the midlands. temperature—wise, 18 celsius at best in the sunshine in the southeast, generally the low—mid

teens further north. now, through saturday night, it looks like a weather front will move into western areas to bring more prolonged showery rain through northern ireland and across the receipt into wales and the southwest of england. there could be odd shower elsewhere too, probably driest and clearest across south england and northeast scotland. but it's going to be another quite cool night. now, as we head on into sunday, you will see fewer isobars on the chart, so less windy, but we have had this weather front which would've been moving across the irish sea then pushing into england and wales during the course of sunday. that's going to enhance the shower activity for england and wales. there could be the odd heavy, maybe even thundery one. fewer showers for scotland and northern ireland, and more sunshine here. because the winds will be lighter, it might feel a degree or so warmer, a high of 19 celsius in the southeast. then, as we head on into next week monday, we see a new area of low pressure skirting to the north of the uk. that's going to bring some wet and windy weather to many northern parts of the uk. some of that rain getting

into northern and western england and wales through the day, but not really reaching the southeast here. after a bit of a foggy start, it will tend to stay dry with variable cloud and some sunshine. notice the temperatures creeping up, especially in the south, a high of perhaps 21 celsius. that warmer air mass will be with us as we move through tuesday and wednesday, as you can see with the deeper orange colours here. but it is short—lived — cooler air will make a return from the north by the end of the week. given some sunshine in the south, because it's going to be rather cloudy, i think, next week, we can see 211—25 celsius. then it cools down for all areas by the end of the week.

this is bbc world news, the headlines... one month after the devatstaing blast in lebanon that left more than 190 people dead, rescuers in beirut continue to search in the rubble for possible survivors after some signs of life were heard on thursday. controversial former australian prime minister tony abbott is appointed as a trade adviser to the uk. critics say he is a homophobe, misoygynist and climate change denier. there's quarantine confusion in the uk as scotand and wales impose new restrictions but there's no change for travellers arriving into england and northern ireland. as india registers four million coronavirus cases, with nearly 82 thousand new cases per day experts warn the pandemic in the country, could spin out of control.