hello, welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire bringing you the latest for viewers in the uk and around the world. as a government scientific adviser tells us we've relaxed too much over coronavirus, a minister urges young people to think of others. there is a responsibility on younger people to notjust stay at home, obviously to go out and go to work, and enjoy pubs and restaurants, but do so in accordance with the guidelines. because, although they themselves may not become seriously unwell, they could pass it on to others. people in caerphilly prepare for new restrictions — as the county becomes the first part of wales to be placeed under local lockdown belarus says opposition figure maria kolesnikova has been detained while attempting to cross the border with ukraine, but the circumstances are unclear.

brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today in london for the latest round of trade talks. two australian journalists fly home from china after being questioned by china's ministry of state security. very disappointing to have to leave under those circumstances and it is a relief to be back in a country with genuine rule of law. and is italian fashion racist? we meet the designer urging brands to hire more black people. 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. two of the uk government's scientific advisers have given

warnings over the increase in coronavirus cases, saying that we've relaxed too much over the summer and must now re—engage with social distancing rules. england's depty chief medical officer, professor jonathan van—tam said the country faces a "bumpy ride" unless the virus is taken seriously again. and proffesorjohn edmunds, a member of the scientific advisory group for emergencies or sage, said cases were now "increasing exponentially". latest official figures show 2,948 uk cases recorded yesterday, and the seven day average shows cases rising. in wales, a local lockdown in the county of caerphilly will take effect this evening, after 98 new coronavirus cases were reported there in the last week. and in scotland, more than 1.1 million people are now affected by new restrictions on going into other people's homes. charlotte gallagher reports. coronavirus has turned lives upside down and there is a stark warning that the threat remains a serious one. this hasn't gone away. this is a virus we're going to have

to live with and if we're not careful, if we do not take this incredibly seriously from this point in, we're going to have a bumpy ride the next few months. he says young people not following social distancing guideline are primarily behind the rise. figures for england show the virus has spread more quickly among younger people. early in august, just over 21% of new coronavirus cases were in their 20s. the following week, that went up to 25%. the week after it was 29%, and it stayed at about that same level. stricter measures are being introduced in some areas. here in caerphilly, a rapid rise means a local lockdown is coming into force. from six o'clock this evening, no—one will be able to leave or enter the borough without good reason. the local lockdown measures

for caerphilly are that we will ask everyone to wear face coverings in indoors settings such as shops and we will be asking people, telling people that extended household arrangements are coming to an end within the caerphilly county borough and we are also introducing travel restrictions. feelings are mixed about the changes. i think it's good, really. i think it's good to react early to this and are on the side of caution. there is no reason. the nhs is fine. that's the only reason for lockdown in the first place, to stop the nhs being overloaded. and there's no need to. and it is notjust this area causing concern. in the west of scotland, restrictions have now been expanded to east dunbartonshire. also, council leaders in north—east england say they are concerned about the rising number of coronavirus cases in young adults.

politicians in areas including newcastle, sunderland and county durham say people are being reckless and selfish. there is alarm about this new spike in cases. health officials hope the warnings will be a major wake—up call. the housing minister — robertjenrick — says the rise in the number of covid—i9 cases is "concerning" and urged people to follow the health guidance. there is a responsibility on younger people to notjust stay at home, obviously to go out and go to work, and enjoy pubs and restaurants, but do so in accordance with the guidelines. because, although they themselves may not become seriously unwell, they could pass it on to others. that is the message we are asking people to pay particular heed to at the moment. susan michie is a professor of health psychology and sits on the sage committee of scientific advisors. she says the government messaging is confusing. on the one hand, the message is business as usual,

go out and about, go back to what you were doing before. on the other hand, they are being told to follow "guidance". the guidance has been coming out in bits and pieces, it has been changing, it is different in different nations. and a lot of people, especially young people, the data shows, have got very confused about what it is they are and aren't meant to be doing. in addition to that, there is an issue of practising what you preach. again, although young people were actually heroic in terms of the initial months of lockdown, and sacrificed a lot, they have found it more challenging to abide by the restrictions as the restrictions have been lifted. and trust in the government, especially in young people, plummeted after the cummings affair, and then we continue to have examples, for example last week, boris johnson and other ministers met together in a room of 50 people. i think the maximum was supposed to be 29.

this does not send out the kind of message that we are all in this together, that we all have responsibility. and i think this alienates young people, and it can make them angry. especially when people then turn around and point the finger and say, you are to blame for the problem, and you are to blame if your granny dies, essentially. officials in belarus say the opposition leader, maria kolesnikova, has been detained at the border with ukraine. ms kolesnikova was one of three women whojoined forces to challenge incumbent alexander lukashenko in august's presidential election. earlier reports said that ms kolesnikova, who had been bundled into a van by masked men in minsk on monday, also crossed the frontier into ukraine. but sources in the ukrainian border service say only two other opposition politicians, ivan kravtsov and anton rodnenkov, crossed the border. mr kravtsov is seen circled here taking part in sunday's

democracy protests. ukraine's interior ministry said the two men had been "involuntarily" expelled, with the aim of "compromising" the bela rusian opposition. jonah fisher is in kyiv, he's just returned from covering protests in belarus. it's a confusing picture. we've had various different statements out of belarus this morning, variously suggesting that ms kolesnikova has crossed out of belarus, and that she has been detained in some way. but what we know for sure, because the ukrainian authorities are telling us is that she has not arrived in ukraine. two of her opposition colleagues who were also picked up yesterday on the streets of minsk, they are currently being held by ukrainian border

guards. at ms kolesnikova has not made it ukraine. there are various explanations for that going around on social media, on telegram, where much of the information about what is going on in belarus is circulated. one of them is that ms kolesnikova refused to be forced out belarus. this is very much in keeping with her determined character. she always said she wa nted character. she always said she wanted to stay in the country and that she possibly may even have ripped up her passport at the border crossing to prevent herself being expeued crossing to prevent herself being expelled from the country into ukraine. at the moment, very little officially known, apart from the fa ct officially known, apart from the fact that two of her colleagues have arrived in ukraine and that she has not. the bela russian opposition candidate for president, svetlana tikhanovskaya, has been speaking to the council of europe about the situation in the country. she's currently in exile in lithuania, and addresssed the meeting via videolink, outlining the oppressive measures being taken by president lukashenko as he tries to maintain his grip on power. only yesterday, one of the leaders of the peaceful protests,

maria kolesnikova, was kidnapped. also kidnapped were anton rodnenkov and ivan kravtsov. all of them were members of the team of viktor babaryko, who is injailfor simply daring to run for president. my husband, sergei tikhanovsky, is injailfor the same reason. sergei dylevsky, jailed. hundreds of people are jailed, beaten, raped. this should not be the norm in europe. this can't be the norm in the civilised world. let's get more now on our main story. two of the uk government's scientific advisers have given

warnings over the increase in coronavirus cases, saying that we've relaxed too much over the summer and must now re—engage with social distancing rules. the samuel ward academy in suffolk had to close after eight teachers tested positive for covid—i9. it's run by the unity schools partnership and its chief executive is tim coulson. tell us what happened. we had one member of staff last week he was unwell, went for a test on thursday. we had a positive test result on friday. she didn't mix with any of the children, the children didn't come in until after she had been in school. over the weekend we had seven further staff that tested positive. on sunday, with advice from public health, as a precautionary measure, we closed the school yesterday to really check that all of the contacts could be traced. we found 16 staff who had contacts with any of the eight

staff, and several classes of children. all of those children and staff have been asked to self—isolate. many staff have went for tests yesterday, and so the school, again, is not open today. we are expecting the school to be open tomorrow, once we know exactly how many tomorrow, once we know exactly how ma ny staff tomorrow, once we know exactly how many staff will be needing to self—isolate. many staff will be needing to self-isolate. do you not know that yet? you don't know how many pupils and kids are having to stay at home for 14 days? we know how many children are having to stay at home, 130 children are having to stay at home for 14 days. so far, 24 staff are having to self—isolate. today, we are tracking on many more staff, to check that we know absolutely the number. we expect to know by lunchtime all the test results. in terms of those 134 pupils having to stay at home, that is because they came into contact with teachers who tested positive? that's correct. but no child has yet had any symptoms to suggest that any of them have yet...

are likely to have a case yet. sure. but they may not get symptoms, will those... is there any intention for those... is there any intention for those kids to be tested, or they just stay at home for 14 days? the advice from public health is not to have a test unless there are symptoms. do you understand the logic of that, just out of interest? so, the advice is, to have a test, without symptoms, that comes back negative, isn't necessarily of a great help to people. certainly that is the advice we are following in terms of what they have asked us to do. where anyone has the slightest symptoms, we are certainly suggesting that people should get a test, so we can test. at the moment, we hoping it has not gone through the children. so far, we have not had any indication it has. help me out more, if you can, when they

advise you, a kid with no symptoms having a test that comes back negative isn't particularly helpful, why not? it's not a reassurance that the child may not still acquire... or notjust a child, a child or an aduu or notjust a child, a child or an adult may not get it in 24 hours. because it can incubate? it is not a reassurance that you haven't got the virus. you would need a test today, and won again in fourfive days? exactly. -- one again. good luck, andi exactly. -- one again. good luck, and i hope that the school gets better. cheers. the headlines on bbc news... ministers say the uk is entering a "period of particular concern" as the number of coronavirus cases rise across the country. brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today in london

for the latest round of trade talks. belarus says opposition figure maria kolesnikova has been detained while attempting to cross the border with ukraine, but the circumstances are unclear. seven greek islands, including crete and mykonos, have been added to the government's list of destinations which will now require a period of self—isolation on return to england. the rest of greece remains open to quarantine—free travel after the transport secretary, grant shapps, announced that he now has sufficient data to avoid making blanket restrictions on entire countries. wales introduced a similar restriction last week but in scotland, the order applies to all of greece. we can speak now to harry theoharis, greece's tourism minister.

hello to you. hello, hello. thank you for talking to us. what you think of the latest decision from the westminster government in the uk? welcome in our view, it is an u nfortu nate uk? welcome in our view, it is an unfortunate decision. certainly the headline data, the yardstick that the uk government has put in place, and publicly has said that 20 cases per 100,000 people, we are certainly well below that and, if anything, moving in the opposite direction. i remind you, we are on 13 cases per 100,000 in the last seven days. just to stop you there, on those seven islands, you are 20 cases per 100,000 or below? in most of the islands we have shared all of the information. i can come back with the exact figures. i don't have it for the seven islands. but is it below 20? in many of those islands,

yes, of course. so why do you think the uk, and has made that decision? that doesn't make sense, because 20 per 100,000 is the threshold for imposing quarantine? the rules for the uk government decision are obviously their own, so i can't go into those details. but what i am saying is, you are agreeing, that some of the islands don't match the rules, i'm asking you what you think is going on. well, as i said, i'm not going to comment on the decision. all i am saying is that we are providing all of the data that is required. we are still committed to ensuring that, in all of these nations, we provide a safe experience as much as possible. we are taking difficult decisions to impose restrictions where necessary, and we are looking at how many cases we have. on average, we are bringing

the case down. we are doing everything we can to safeguard citizens and visitors, in terms of health and safety. why won't you comment on the decision by the uk government? well, there is no reason to get into that. all i am saying is that we have an open and transparent policy with the uk government. and it is the sovereign right of every government to make those decisions. thank you for talking to us. thank you for your time. negotiation teams from the uk and european union will meet in london today to resume talks for a post—brexit trade deal. it comes after the prime minister borisjohnson pledged to walk away from the table if no agreement is reached by october 15th. the uk's chief negotiator, lord frost, has said there is "still time" to agree a deal. let's get the latest from westminster, with our political correspondent iain watson.

what is the latest from westminster? i suppose there is a bizarre consensus, actually, in some ways. effectively, what the eu are saying, a commission briefing yesterday, is while they would like to get a deal, they are also prepared for britain trading on world trade organisation terms, which would include tariffs, and an assist from the british cove na nt is and an assist from the british covenant is much the same, they are prepared to leave without a deal. what lord frost, the chief negotiator says, what he wants to ram home in the eighth round of talks is that time is running short on there needs to be some movement or the risk of no—deal is quite great. we know from the prime minister that he believes october the 15th is effectively the real deadline, when the european council, the heads of government, heads of state of the european union will meet. the deal has to be in place by them to give some certainty as to what will happen at the end of the transition period, at the end of

december. against this backdrop, there are some interesting developments, or at least i find them interesting. that is this question of whether the government will overrule some of the things they have agreed with the eu on northern ireland, they have stress all the major things they have agreed, including some customs checks between great britain and northern ireland, would stay in place. having spoken this morning to one of britain polls most legal minds, he says tomorrow when they publish what is called a internal market bill, look out for this wording, if there is anything saying notwithstanding the withdrawal agreement, it means the government and principal is taking it on itself to overrule or supersede the withdrawal agreement. that is potentially explosive and could blow up potentially explosive and could blow up these talks taking place in london, because the eu would say the government is not acting in good faith. if it doesn't say that, the

government back was not able to overall the withdrawal agreement and if it does anything, unilaterally come on northern ireland, the eu could challenge it and probably successfully in the courts. if that is the case, having ratcheted all this up, the tension, then you are going to get a range of people that are very pro brexit on the conservative benches who believe the government back there is perhaps talking tough, but, in practice, is not following through on its actions. that could create a volatile atmosphere for the prime minister on his backbenches. some breaking news now. we're hearing reports than an earthquake of 3.9 magnitude has struck in the leighton buzzard area of england. we'll bring you more on this as it develops. if you happen to be in leighton buzzard, is it true, did you feel or hear something? are you ok. please let me know. get in touch on

twitter, or call me, so you can get on air. let's return now to coronavirus and the impact that it is having on some people long—term. doctors have told the bbc that more support is needed for people who have been left chronically ill for months with the symptoms of covid—19. the royal college of gps is calling for a national network to be set up of "post—covid" clinics. with me is martin marshall — chair of the royal college of gps. and also i'm joined by sandra barnes, who contracted coronavirus symptoms in mid—march, and is still feeling the effects of the virus six months on. thank you both for talking to us. sandra, tell us how you are feeling, six months on. well, i am obviously still suffering long—term effects. it is mainly burning chest pain, back pain, i get a gruff voice, very, very tired. i havejust returned to work, but i'm finding it quite difficult on a phased return. the tiredness just takes over, i come home and all of the symptoms

that started to live ago i started with seem to flare up again, although not as an intense level. i feel like there is something inside my feel like there is something inside d feel like there is something inside my body that is hot, and burning, like a burning heart and lungs, my body that is hot, and burning, like a burning heartand lungs, and i feel like they could do with some covid clinics for somebody like me to go to, because the doctors don't know where to send you or what to do with you. i feel in the near future that gps are going to be inundated with people the same as me, there is nowhere for you to go, or anybody to turn to. the best help i have had is by joining turn to. the best help i have had is byjoining a facebook page, for long haul covid, sharing stories with those people on nutrition may be to help you, to maybe have an inflammatory diet. they have been the best help. there are thousands on there. it's notjust me, i realise that now. i did you think it was just you for a while? and where you're starting to feel a bit

desperate? because nobody could help you? i did. it was only when i spoke to my gp, who has been very supportive, but is the first to admit that he doesn't really know what to do. i get that it is all new. he said, look on social media, there are loads of people saying this. that's when i found that group. you start reading their stories and think, my goodness, that's me, i'm like that. it's like you are in a different body. and all you are in a different body. and all you want to do is live your life as you want to do is live your life as you lived before. and you can't. i used to go to the gym, i walked miles and hills, and nowi used to go to the gym, i walked miles and hills, and now i look at a small incline on thing, i've got to get up there and i'll be out of breath. something is not right. the blood tests, everything seemed to come back normal. i'm not quite sure why. i think they will get there. but at the moment, everything seems to be based on people recovering

from covid or people who died, there is nothing for the long term people like myself. let me bring in professor martin marshall, chair of the royal college of gps. is there enough recognition of the chronic symptoms of covid ? enough recognition of the chronic symptoms of covid? good morning. i think sandra's story is very typical ofa think sandra's story is very typical of a growing number of patients that we are seeing with post covid symptoms, or long covid, as it is called. the world health organization says most people have re cove red organization says most people have recovered from mild cases of covid in two weeks, but we know about 10% of patients that get covid will still have symptoms after three weeks, and some people, like sandra, are still showing symptoms after 12 weeks and longer. we have to remember this is weeks and longer. we have to rememberthis isa weeks and longer. we have to remember this is a new condition. it is very rare, as a gp, that new conditions come along. we don't know much about it. we are starting to understand what the symptoms might

be, and her symptoms are very typical. we know very little about what to do about it and the prognosis. we are learning, but there was a lot we need to learn about it. ok. i mean, if there isn't support or some kind of recognition of what people like sandra are going through, what is going to be the impact on them long—term? through, what is going to be the impact on them long-term? the impact will be massive. and that is one of our major concerns. if even a small percentage of people who get covid have these long covid symptoms, this still represents a large number of people in every general practice in community, and those people often do feel like they don't know which way to turn. sandra says blood tests come back as normal, investigations often come back as normal. it's difficult to know what to do. the nearest analogy that we have on health care would be the postviral type syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome. but we don't know if it is

exactly like that condition. we know a little bit about how we should treat that and provide support for them. a lot of it is psychological support to help cope with symptoms and reassurance that it will eventually get better. but we do need more specialist clinics out there for those that have particularly severe symptoms, and particularly severe symptoms, and particularly long lasting symptoms. thank you both very much. thank you to those of you in leighton buzzard and surrounding areas, you definitely felt the earthquake. bear with me as i try to get your messages. jamie is in tring, which is not far from an area called leighton buzzard in the south of england. let's look at what he says. sorry, i am just getting this from you on my phone. paul says we did, quite a wobble, a bit alarming. yes,

i felt it and so did my neighbours, we are ok. jamie woods, i felt it in tring, a few miles away. the entire house shock, including all of the glass on the windows. it is quite an old building. it was about five seconds at 9.45. catherine says it will scary, the house shock and the cupboards and wardrobes open. laura says it was felt in wycombe. gale sayers i am four miles away and it was really strong. margaret says we felt it in leighton buzzard, didn't last long, but strong enough to feel movement while sitting in our chairs. kirsty said it felt like a truck slamming into the house, nothing damaged. daniel says i felt it in milton keynes, very brief, but very definite shake. all ok. felt it in dunstable, says big jay. feels more like a shock wave. initially thought it was a supersonicjet

overhead. anna says a massive shake, iam overhead. anna says a massive shake, i am entering. jake said he felt it in hertfordshire. there are already funny posts on twitter, photographs of wheelie bins being blown over. i don't know if they are genuinely from leighton buzzard. anyway, photos of being blown over, saying we will rebuild! the last two journalists working for australian media in china have flown home after a five—day diplomatic standoff, during which police demanded to interview them. bill birtles, the australian broadcasting corporation s correspondent based in beijing, and mike smith, the australian financial review s correspondent based in shanghai, boarded a flight to sydney on monday night. my colleague sally bundock spoke to one of the australian journalists, who was involved in this incident, abc correspondent, bill birtles. here's what he had to say. whirlwind week where, to me, this kind of came out of nowhere. last monday, i got

a call advising me that i needed to leave china immediately. this was the australian officials. they had received some sort of warning or advice, they never specified what. they said our advice is for you to get out quick smart, which is not easy during covid. anyway, i was preparing to act on their advice although i had some serious questions about it for the first two days. sure enough at midnight on wednesday, six state security police, plus a translator were at my door in beijing, not to detain me but to inform me that i'm involved in a national security investigation, that there is an exit ban placed on me and i'm not allowed to leave the country. curiously, they said we'll give you a call tomorrow afternoon to talk about it. there did not seem to be the urgency you might expect if they were turning up at your door at midnight and i, the next morning, sought advice from the australian embassy, what do you think? they took it very seriously and said, "we think you need to stay in the embassy while we sort this out."

obviously there is not a great deal of trust with china at the moment about how safe i would have been if initially by myself i went and did that meeting. now you were questioned, weren't you, by the chinese officials? what did they want to know? eventually, after a bit of to and fro between australia and china about this, there was very much a demand from the chinese side that i submit to the interview. fair enough, the australians wanted to make sure there were some safeguards and, in the end, i agreed yes, all right, i will do the interview. it was not as specific as you would think. it was an interview about the cheng lei case, an australian anchor for chinese state media, who was detained last month and she is under investigation for national security offences. i know her but not particularly well. it didn't really seem like i would be the most logical person to interrogate if you wanted evidence about her case.

so they did ask me about that, they also asked me about hong kong national security law and when i report on that, what sort of channels do i go to to get my information? there was a bit of back—and—forth about the general australia—china relationship but my takeaway from it all, sally, was that there wasn't any real rigorous effort to extract any evidence or anything that could be really used in any case, whether it was cheng lei's or any other particular thing they were looking at. you mention cheng lei, as you say, she is a respected business journalist, australian citizen, based in beijing that is now missing. were you concerned at all about what might happen to you? i was less concerned for a couple of reasons. the first is that if you have six or seven state security people at your door at midnight that is probably when you are most likely to be detained and i wasn't. the other thing is, too, unfortunately

for cheng lei, she does work for chinese government media, whereas it would be more of a diplomatic escalation if you actually detained a foreign media journalist. so i thought it was unlikely that this unprecedented step will take place and it didn't, i wasn't detained, but even the act of putting an exit ban on a foreign journalist, demanding that a foreign journalist submit to an interview with ministry of state security officials, that too is unprecedented. let's get more on a local lockdown in the county of caerphilly in south wales. it will take effect this evening, after 98 new coronavirus cases were reported there in the last week. let's talk to the wales health and social care minister, vaughan gething. hello. how are you? very well, thank you, victoria. why has this decision being taken? we have seen a sharp increase in the number of cases in

the caerphilly bar area. yesterday there were 55 per 100,000, which would come to be put it in the top 20 local authority areas in the uk. we understand some of that comes from european travel, people returning with the infection, but the majority what we are seeing is a breakdown in social distancing and in particular people socialising in larger numbers in peoples homes. taking measures to introduce local travel restrictions, you need a reasonable excuse to leave or enter the caerphilly borough county area, we are introducing mandatory face coverings for the first time in wales for retail and we are saying to people extended household arrangements will end in caerphilly. asi arrangements will end in caerphilly. as i say, the majority of transmission in caerphilly comes because people are mixing in large

numbers in each other‘s hands. because people are mixing in large numbers in each other's hands. just be clear about what people are allowed to do in terms of being sociable. in your own home, it is just your own household that should be there. there are excuses, like needing care. staying overnight. people can go in the households to a pub or restaurant but they cannot make a booking for themselves and other households together. pubs are still open and restaurants are still open but the rules are, you need to go therejust open but the rules are, you need to go there just with your own individual households. other households are there. you need to respect social distancing and you cannot bring tables together. we do not want to take measures to close that part of the economy but the rules had to be expected. this increase we have seen is a real risk if it is left unaddressed. this is what we are going to have to get

used to. it is not a second wave, it has never gone away. is it as living and coping with it? it is part of living and coping with covid until you get effective antiviral treatment or a vaccine. it is about avoiding a second wave. there is some evidence of community transmission in caerphilly, which is why we have acted. thank you for talking to us. thank you. thank you. the composer lord andrew lloyd webber has called on the government to give a conditional reopening date for theatres — as soon as possible. giving evidence to the department for digital, culture, media and sport committee the composer said the financial situation for theatres at the moment, is dire and warned that theatres will need a lot of time to prepare to reopen. there comes a point now where we really can't go on much more. i mean, we are bumping up against our banks and all of these things, because, they say, theatre is an incredibly labour

intensive business. in many ways, putting on a show now is almost a labour of love. i mean, very, very few shows really, really hit the jackpot in the way that say a hamilton, a lion king or phantom of the opera do. say something like the phantom of the opera, if we got the green light now, i would think it would just about might get on stage in february or march next year. but not before. and a new musical, may, april or may? i have to take the decision about whether we go into rehearsal with my cinderella or not. if i don't going to rehearsal, there is also the chance that it might open somewhere where people are being a little more helpful. let's hear the thoughts now of the actor simon callow. how are you? i am good, thank you very much. do you agree with andrew lloyd webber? very much. he knows

what he is talking about. he is very generous in many ways with his own money but, as he rightly says, a pot of moneyjust disappears completely. this is what we are all facing, what all theatres are facing. it is an alarming position. you will never see a whole industry disappearing before your eyes. do you think the fellow scheme should be extended for people working in this sector? —— furlough scheme. the economy is a prime concern to the government but in our case it is rather unique situation depends entirely on individuals coming to see shows, going to concerts, and operas, it is unique. we depend on their presence there and then. you cannot go to the theatre online. you can stream something that you cannot be there and as the whole point and beauty of

live theatre. -- that is the whole point. you can wear a mask on a plane and sit very closely to someone, plane and sit very closely to someone, i had done it this summer, but i cannot go to theatre wearing a mask and sit reasonably close to someone, mask and sit reasonably close to someone, does that make sense to you? clearly, it does not. in the theatre on drury lane, you are among 2000 people, which clearly may be more dangerous, i can see that. as oliver dowden says, and keep saying, it is vital that we innovate, that we think through these things. for all those sentiments that are often uttered, i do not sense there is a hugeink uttered, i do not sense there is a huge ink tank actually applying themselves directly to these problems. —— think tank. the government is a great believer in innovation but their relationship to science seems to be romantic rather

than practical. they like the idea that they do not offer the solutions that they do not offer the solutions that we desperately need. we tear, asa that we desperately need. we tear, as a business, had to apply our brains to it. i am not sure we had done properly, to actually get together and think there are theatres that are actually open. the theatre royal bath is doing a season, and autumn theatre. as a director of that theatre points out that these victorian and edwardian theatres are marvellously constructed so there are different layers and levels we can play with and distribute people around them. clearly what we all desperately want is that people should be able to come back together again, side by side, that is the beauty and excitement of being in the theatre. again, you know, decided that oliver dowden has floated, which we all wa nt to dowden has floated, which we all want to endorse that it is possible

to do testing indicators or outside of the theatres and then forget about social distancing is the dream. —— in the theatres.|j about social distancing is the dream. -- in the theatres. i have been reading about what the health secretary has been saying for some oliver dowden is the culture secretary in this country. the health secretary is supporting a 24 hour covid pass, to allow people to go to the theatre, a football match, a go to the theatre, a football match, by go to the theatre, a football match, a rugby stadium, and matt hancock says he is bending as rapid test which would allow you to go into a confined environment knowing you are all free of that virus on that day. —— as he is funding. all free of that virus on that day. -- as he is funding. that sounds marvellous. how practical it is, we will have to find out. that is the kind of thing we need to explore. as andrew said, he is talking about getting phantom of the opera back

into a theatre by march, that is six more months away, six more months of being basically on a drip feed, very close to the end, you know, it's terrifying. thank you for talking to us. strong winds are threatening to hamper the effort to contain more than 20 wildfires in california. more than two—million acres across the state have already burned this year — making it the worse season for wildfires since records began. dozens of houses have been destroyed and thousands of residents have been moved out of their homes. peter bowes reports from los angeles. searing heat, tinder—dry brush, and now the threat of strong winds, conditions that are ripe for wildfires to spread rapidly. a perfect storm that's already led to more destruction in 2020, than any other year on record in california. around the state, more than two dozen wildfires are burning, the so—called bobcat fire in the angeles national forest, near the city of azusa

is encroaching on several nearby communities. we have a red flag warning today, and we have santa ana winds predicted for the next two days. so what that means for the public is, we really need to pay attention to any instructions on evacuation, as the fire is likely to move south towards six communities. the sheer number of fires and the intense conditions are stretching the state's resources to the limit. it became apparent yesterday, based on the activity going on, not only southern california, but throughout california at large, with a number of incidents that we were going to be challenged with. resources to make an aggressive attack, not only through the afternoon, but last night. thousands of residents in the path of another fire, which has been raging since saturday, near yucaipa, to the east of los angeles, are on standby to evacuate their homes. it's hard to know what — you know, whether we're just

going to get up and leave. um, so i really don't know what my future is. we'll get through this one day at a time. it could be a long week. over the next few days, the weather is expected to cool down slightly, but the winds could fan the flames further. this is a relentless california fires season like no other. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. italian fashion is famous all over the world but there are some questioning whether parts of the industry have a problem with race. even though migration has made italy more diverse than ever, only one black italian designer enjoys any notable recognition. now, she's launched a campaign asking " do black lives matter in fashion?" and is urging top brands to hire more black people. sofia bettiza reports from rome. the changing face of italian fashion. this is the woman behind it. stella jean mixes italian, african and caribbean styles. her designs have been worn by celebrities, like beyonce and rihanna. she's launched a campaign that exposes the stereotypes and racist comments that black italian women

face every day. translation: growing up black in italy was extremely trying. i have been called many insulting things. italian fashion has faced criticism for racist imagery. take this jumper from gucci, or these accessories from prada. translation: suffice to say that i'm the only member of the italian fashion council, out of 113, who is black. my uniqueness is absurd. it is the fashion council in italy, along with those in the uk, america and france that dictates what happens in fashion around the world. out of protest, stella cancelled her show at

milan fashion week but asked if she could promote her antiracism campaign there instead. i asked for support. from that moment on, the fashion council stopped all communications with me and didn't even send me an invite to fashion week. but she says those same fashion brands who had blanked her later rushed to show support for black lives matter on social media. translation: i was bewildered, i was disheartened. italy's fashion council says a lot of its brands are trying hard to be more inclusive but that the government has to drive positive change. because of migration in the past few years, italian society is changing very quickly. that is not reflected on catwalks, in magazines and in fashion stores. the misconception that to be italian is to be white still exists. racism in italy is blatant. the problem is that after fascism, italy didn't reckon with the colonial past.

and it didn't reckon properly with the massive and rooted heritage that fascism left to this country. stella is now lending her voice to the black lives matter campaign. she's urging fashion houses to hire more black people and, as the movement grows, she feels they will now finally have to listen. sofia bettiza, bbc news, rome. let's talk more about this now with the sociologist angelica pesarini and the fashion designer, edward buchanan. hello, both of you. thank you for talking to us. edwards, does italian fashion had a problem with racism? —— edward. italian fashion has a problem with race. as stella was

saying before, in italy they have not really come to terms with their colonial past as well as considering that you know, in italy, within the fashion system, we are in view. we're fashion system, we are in view. we' re really fashion system, we are in view. we're really in view in terms of companies people working inside a company. it is more a question of history and, i guess, finding ourselves up to date and dealing with the past history of italy. angelica, some of the larger italian fashion houses have made, you know, have come up with racist items to wear. i mean, gucci's blackface jumper, prada's value on motel chain cabana's jumper, prada's value on motel chain ca ba na's pizza advert. jumper, prada's value on motel chain cabana's pizza advert. if they employed more black people, with those items of clothing had been

made? —— dolce and cabana. those items of clothing had been made? -- dolce and cabana. there is a lack of presentation of black people and people of colour, not only in the fashion industry but in every sector. in my sector, i teach sociology and i am the only black italian professor teaching sociology in italy. it may sound quite shocking. it really shows the lack of representation and diversity we had in the fashion industry and in many films. i think having more inclusive and live staff would help. we complain, we write letters, we do demonstrations, so our voices and bodies are very visible. then there is somehow a wall to portray this

country can italy, as a white nation. in terms of what action can be taken to correct this, what would you say? what practical things can be implemented to change the representation of italian fashion houses? along with stella and the founder of the milan fashion industry that created, we have made a culturalfashion request. we have proposed this to the president. what we are requesting from what we are asking is to have a date to outline asking is to have a date to outline a proposal. in terms of, we had to

consider discussions on education, we had to consider discussions on cultural appropriation, why is it companies that have had the major gaffes in the past come from italy? we wa nt gaffes in the past come from italy? we want to create and discuss a self regulatory body for checks and balances. how do you get more black people in the industry and fashion? what do you do? that is a very interesting question. what we can do in order to try to sift talent for people working in the fashion industry, we are attempting to create a database, database of talent. not only creatives but buyers are merchandises and people working in fashion all he would like to work in fashion so these people are accessible. angelica, what practical things can be done, do you think to bring more black people into the fashion industry? you know,

i really think they start from the basics, from the institutions that unfortunately do not help us. i am sure what happened in italy, there was a recent scandal regarding memes ofa minister was a recent scandal regarding memes of a minister he came back very hand. they were posting lots of racistjokes. ratherthan hand. they were posting lots of racist jokes. rather than condemning these images, he laughed about it and said, thank you for making my day lighter. this is the reaction to racism by the foreign affairs minister. you can see we have an issue starting from the institutions and also in school. the curriculum really needs to be changed and the colonised, as i mentioned in the interview that we did not start italian colonialism at school, we do

not start with the war crimes in libya, eritrea and somalia. they really are not in touch with our past. i think really we should start with education, from the study in history and also from institutions themselves which need to be de—colonised and seeing black people belonging to this country, not as foreign bodies. thank you, both. i can see some of your shirt. i wonder if it is relevant to our conversation today or not at all. my shirt. actually a bra which is printed on a shirt. not necessarily releva nt printed on a shirt. not necessarily relevant to the conversation. printed on a shirt. not necessarily relevant to the conversationlj actually relevant to the conversation.” actually thought it was... i can see it isa actually thought it was... i can see it is a bra now. very nice. thank you for talking to us. thank you for

your time. some amazing wildlife pictures to share with you now from india... of a leopardess, who raised four newborn cubs in a farmer's shed. when conservationists heard, they set up hidden cameras, and caught the best moments as the big cat family grew up. iamjust i am just looking and then close up because my eyesight is terrible. oh, my goodness! the leopards stayed in the shelter for six days, waiting for monsoon rains to pass, before eventually taking themselves back into the forest, none the worse for wear. and from big cats, to small dogs... this is scooter. he's a poodle—cross,

and has been learning to surf forjust one year. his owner kirstie martin took him in as a therapy dog to support her with the effects of ptsd. he's now been entered into his first competition, the surfdog surf—a—thon, based in california. this year, contestants are sending video entries, because of the pandemic. which do you prefer? a snow leopards are the cute surfing dog. thank you for your messages today, particularly to do the messaging of the uk government when it comes to coronavirus in this country. perhaps there are similar conversations going on in countries around the world, iam going on in countries around the world, i am sure there are. margaret says, whenever i go out, it is clear there are many young people in large groups not sticking to social distancing rules. it has shown that new cases are many and their younger

groups. people are not dying it that it takes awhile to show this statistics. the older age groups are taking more care because the consequences of and catching it are greater. thank you for getting touch, margaret. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello, there. not quite as wet today across the country compared with yesterday. the main exception will be the north—west of scotland, later this afternoon. for many, though, not only a dry day, quite a humid one. whether you've got the cloud or the sunshine, it will feel warm later, especially where those sunny breaks out. the best of which, east of scotland, through the eastern half of england and just to the east of wales, where you are sheltered from the hills. around the western coasts and hills, it's going to remain rather grey and misty. there will be some patchy light rain or drizzle, but something wetter and to the north west of scotland. there is the confirmation of those temperatures. up on recent days, widely into the 20s, maybe 23 or 25 degrees in some parts of eastern england.

this evening, we finish with some heavy rain across the hebrides, highlands and orkney. that will actually work its way southwards across scotland during the first part of the night, briefly in northern ireland ahead of midnight before the skies clear later on. end of the night, that thicker cloud, patchy rain and drizzle in parts of northern england, north and west wales. to the south of it, we will have temperature staying on the muggy side, 16 or 17 degrees for some. to the north of it, it's going to feel a good dealfresher. that air coming in on a north—westerly breeze behind our weather front. our weather front is there, sitting across the southern half of the country through wednesday. slowly pushing away the humid air. a humid start in the south, plenty of cloud, patchy rain or drizzle, mainly in the west, becoming more confined to southernmost counties later. northern parts of wales and the north midlands right now. —— brighten up. scotland, northern ireland, northern england, a much sunnier day compared with today. an isolated shower in the far north. temperatures down, but you'll have sunshine to compensate. in the south, still 22 or 23 celsius is possible. a chilly night will follow

for all as we are going to thursday. temperatures more widely into single figures in the countryside. sunny start, most stay dry through the day, if you show in the north and west of scotland. and temperatures more widely back into the teens. 14 in glasgow, 19 in london. it should stay largely dry, though, to see the week out in southern areas. high pressurejust about holding on. low pressure brings a wet and windy end to the week in scotland, northern ireland and england. the rain eventually clears through. things turn a bit dry and eventually a bit warmer through this weekend. the weather contrast we will see here, nowhere near as extreme as the other side of the atlantic. i have to show you this. denver, 36 degrees yesterday afternoon. this afternoon, the temperature will drop to freezing, hold that way into wednesday. heavy snow around before temperatures climb and summer returns towards the end of the week. bye for now.

this is bbc news withjoanna gosling with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ministers say the uk is entering a "period of particular concern" as the number of coronavirus cases rise, particularly among young people. there is a responsibility on younger people to notjust stay at home, obviously to go out and go to work, and enjoy pubs and restaurants, but do so in accordance with the guidelines. because, although they themselves may not become seriously unwell, they could pass it on to others. people in caerphilly prepare for new restrictions — as the county becomes the first part of wales to be placed under local lockdown. belarus says opposition figure maria kolesnikova has been detained at the border with ukraine, but the circumstances are unclear.

brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today in london for the latest round of trade talks. two australian journalists fly home from china after being questioned by china's ministry of state security. very disappointing to have to leave under those circumstances and it is a relief to be back in a country with genuine rule of law. and is italian fashion racist? we meet the designer urging brands to hire more black people. 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.

two of the uk government's scientific advisers have given warnings over the increase in coronavirus cases, saying that we've relaxed too much over the summer and must now re—engage with social distancing rules. england's depty chief medical officer, professorjonathan van—tam, said the country faces a "bumpy ride" unless the virus is taken seriously again. and professorjohn edmunds, a member of the scientific advisory group for emergencies or sage, said cases were now "increasing exponentially". latest official figures show 2,948 uk cases recorded yesterday, and the seven day average shows cases rising. in wales, a local lockdown in the county of caerphilly will take effect this evening, after 98 new coronavirus cases were reported there in the last week. and in scotland, more than 1.1 million people are now affected by new restrictions on going into other people's homes. charlotte gallagher reports. coronavirus has turned lives upside

down and there is a stark warning that the threat remains a serious one. this hasn't gone away. this is a virus we're going to have to live with and if we're not careful, if we do not take this incredibly seriously from this point in, we're going to have a bumpy ride the next few months. he says young people not following social distancing guidelines are primarily behind the rise. figures for england show the virus has spread more quickly among younger people. early in august, just over 21% of new coronavirus cases were in their 20s. the following week, that went up to 25%. the week after it was 29%, and it stayed at about that same level. stricter measures are being introduced in some areas. here in caerphilly, a rapid rise means a local lockdown is coming into force.

from six o'clock this evening, no—one will be able to leave or enter the borough without good reason. feelings are mixed about the changes. i think it's good, really. i think it's good to react early to this and err on the side of caution. there is no reason. the nhs is fine. that's the only reason for lockdown in the first place, to stop the nhs being overloaded. and there's no need to. and it is notjust this area causing concern. in the west of scotland, restrictions have now been expanded to renfrewshire and east dunbartonshire. also, council leaders in north—east england say they are concerned about the rising number of coronavirus cases in young adults. politicians in areas including newcastle, sunderland and county durham say people are being reckless and selfish. there is alarm about this new spike in cases. health officials hope the warnings will be a major wake—up call.

charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the housing minister — robertjenrick — says the rise in the number of covid—19 cases is "concerning" and urged people to follow the health guidance. there is a responsibility on younger people to notjust stay at home, obviously to go out and go to work, and enjoy pubs and restaurants, but do so in accordance with the guidelines. because, although they themselves may not become seriously unwell, they could pass it on to others. that is the message we are asking people to pay particular heed to at the moment. wales' health minister, vaughan gething, told us in the last hour what's behind the local lockdowns there. we have seen a sharp increase in the number of cases in the caerphilly bar area. the caerphilly borough area. yesterday there were 55 per 100,000, which would comfortably put it in the top

20 local authority areas in the uk. we understand some of that comes from european travel, people returning with the infection, but the majority of what we are seeing is a breakdown in social distancing and in particular people socialising larger numbers in people's homes. we are taking measures to introduce local travel restrictions, you need a reasonable excuse to leave or enter the caerphilly borough county area, we are introducing mandatory face coverings for the first time in wales for retail and we are also saying to people extended household arrangements will end in caerphilly. we can talk now to professor calum semple at the university of liverpool. his speciality is outbreak medicine. he is also a member of sage. welcome, thank you forjoining us. what are your thoughts on where we are now with this quite dramatic increase in the number of cases, particularly in young people?m increase in the number of cases, particularly in young people? it is

a worrying time, this. i'm not going to talk about young people in terms of school children, but we are talking about confident adults who should be bailing themselves better. we do need to get across to them that although this disease may not be affecting them so much, they are amplifying the disease and will be carrying this into their communities and their families. and carrying this into their communities and theirfamilies. and they carrying this into their communities and their families. and they will be killing grannies and grandpas. and their families. and they will be killing grannies and grandpasm and their families. and they will be killing grannies and grandpas. is it still the case that the concerns around people... i know you are saying that they are not young, but you know, relatively young. people do not need to worry about getting it. obviously the primary concern is they might not know they have got it and then it goes further within theirfamilies. and then it goes further within their families. that is a fair point, but we do need to recognise social distancing and hand washing are the key to keeping this outbreak under control. that is how we broke the back of the first wave and we have seen backsliding and an attitude towards these regulations, and asa attitude towards these regulations, and as a direct consequence we are now seeing a rising tide of cases

throughout the country and we are starting to see some hospitals taking more admissions and more cases on ventilators now, which is a very worrying time for this. what are the indications on that? because so are the indications on that? because so far the news has obviously been that the cases are increasing, but the number of hospitalisations and deaths remains very low. there is a lwa ys deaths remains very low. there is always a lag between cases arising in the community and then hospital admissions and then tragically deaths, but we are starting to see one or two hospitals in the north—west of england with increase in cases being admitted to hospital and going to intensive care, so now is the time to act and regain control. can control be regained at this stage? absolutely, if people invest in social distancing and hand washing and, where they can't maintain that, they do wear their masks or if people recognise unless they stay at home, then this will come under control as quickly as it

has spiralled out of control. it is simplya has spiralled out of control. it is simply a case of getting the message across. the challenge is that the population most amplifying this is currently the one least invested in recognising themselves as causing this problem, so we have to get that message across and map start using social influences and contemporary media, rather than more traditional media, rather than more traditional media, if you like the radio four audience, the bbc audience, which is the traditional mode, but we have got to get the message out into the young adult population. that younger aduu young adult population. that younger adult population is about to be on the move in large numbers, heading off to university. what are your concerns about what happens there? it is inevitable that this will cause outbreaks and some of the university towns. universities have been working very hard with the department for education to establish mitigation strategies, to increase online learning and for online learning where it is not appropriate, particularly for the clinical and health and social care subjects, to develop segmentation

and larger bubbles for them to work in. but yes, sadly it is inevitable, so we in. but yes, sadly it is inevitable, so we do need to be prepared for local interventions that could be quite stringent and could take quite a few weeks. would you rule out another national lockdown?” a few weeks. would you rule out another national lockdown? i think all trying to avoid another national lockdown, but we will never say never and if we cannot get control using local interventions, then it may well be that that is what happens, but everyone is going to do their best to avoid that and if we can get people to pull up their socks and retain social distancing, get back to hand washing and keeping themselves home when they are sick, when we will get back under control. there is no rocket science here, there's nothing particularly clever, it is just about sticking to the rules. thank you very much for joining us, professor calum semple.

up to three—and—a—half—billion pounds may have been claimed fraudulently — or paid out in error — from the government's furlough scheme, according to the head of hm revenue and customs. jim harra told a committee of mps that as much as 10% of the 35—billion pounds already awarded, could have been claimed unlawfully. the government said it was committed to recovering money for the taxpayer. officials in belarus say the opposition leader, maria kolesnikova, has been detained at the border with ukraine. ms kolesnikova was one of three women whojoined forces to challenge incumbent alexander lukashenko in august's presidential election. earlier reports said that ms kolesnikova — who had been bundled into a van by masked men in minsk on friday — also crossed the frontier into ukraine. but sources in the ukrainian border service say only two other opposition politicians, ivan kravtsov and anton rodnenkov, crossed the border. a report on belarusian state television denied opposition accounts of how ms kolesnikova had been taken from the streets. instead, they said she has been detained whilst trying to cross the border. but ukraine's interior ministry said with the aim of compromising the bela rusian opposition.

jonah fisher is in kyiv — he's just returned from covering protests in belarus. it's a confusing picture. we've had various different statements out of belarus this morning, variously suggesting that ms kolesnikova has crossed out of belarus, and that she has been detained in some way. but what we know for sure, because the ukrainian authorities are telling us is that she has not arrived in ukraine. two of her opposition colleagues, who were also picked up yesterday on the streets of minsk, they are currently being held by ukrainian border guards. at the border, but ms kolesnikova has not made it ukraine. there are various explanations for that going around on social media, on telegram, where much of the information about what is going on in belarus is circulated. one of them is that ms kolesnikova refused to be forced out belarus. refused to be forced out of belarus.

this is very much in keeping with her determined character. she's always said she wanted to stay in the country and that she possibly may even have ripped up her passport at the border crossing to prevent herself being expelled from the country into ukraine. at the moment, very little officially known, apart from the fact that two of her colleagues have arrived in ukraine and that she has not. the exiled bela russian opposition leader, svetla na ti kha novs kaya, has called for sanctions against the government of president alexander lukashenko. the former presidential candidate told the council of europe, the continent's leading human rights organisation, that the president was desperately clinging on to power, and needed to be put under international pressure. mrs tikhanovskaya was speaking via video link from lithuania — where she was forced into exile. only yesterday, one of the leaders of the peaceful protests, maria kolesnikova, was kidnapped. also kidnapped were anton rodnenkov

and ivan kravtsov. all of them were members of the team of viktor babaryko, who is injailfor simply daring to run for president. my husband, sergei tikhanovsky, is injailfor the same reason. sergei dylevsky, jailed. hundreds of people are jailed, beaten, raped. this should not be the norm in europe. this can't be the norm in the civilised world. a teenage boy remains critically ill in hospital after he was shot while walking to school. the 15—year—old was on his way to kesgrave high school near ipswich, in suffolk, when the attack took place yesterday morning. police have arrested a 15—year—old boy on suspicion

of attempted murder. a 23—year—old man who was stabbed to death in birmingham over the weekend has been described as "a funny, caring and wonderful person who was loved by everyone he met". jacob billington came from crosby, near liverpool, but was visiting birmingham with a group of former school friends when he was attacked — along with seven other people across four separate locations. police are continuing to question a 27—year—old man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. the headlines on bbc news... ministers say the uk is entering a "period of particular concern" as the number of coronavirus cases rise across the country, belarus says opposition figure maria kolesnikova has been detained while attempting to cross the border with ukraine, but the circumstances are unclear. brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today in london for the latest round of trade talks. negotiation teams from the uk and european union will meet in london today to resume talks for a post—brexit trade

deal. it comes after the prime minister borisjohnson pledged to walk away from the table if no agreement is reached by october 15th. the uk's chief negotiator, lord frost, has said there is "still time" to agree a deal. centre for international political economy and a former eu trade negotiator. thank you very much forjoining us, welcome. what do you think about the timeframe now because it seems like they're going back to some pretty basic issues? we now have about six weeks for the two to reach a deal and reaching a deal is complex. this is going to be probably a 1000 page treaty for them to reach it and we understand that that not even draft text is in place, so there is a lot to do and we don't seem to have made much progress over the summer, when we we re much progress over the summer, when we were supposed to, so now the two sides really have to make progress now or else no deal looks ever more

likely. the uk chief negotiator, lord frost, has said that before these talks we need to see more from these talks we need to see more from the eu about her status as an independent country. we have repeatedly made clear that our position drives from the fundamentals of being a sovereign state. wasn't this stuff supposed to have been ironed out any withdrawal agreement that they are now obviously looking at again? that is right. you may remember the oven ready deal, but that was only ever going to be if you like the divorce elements. this is all about the new relationship and that was with going to be difficult because a trading arrangement sets the rules for trade between us and that does involve elements that are quite uncomfortable, elements of sovereignty, what rules are you going to follow with regard to government aid, countries and agriculture all similar and that is where the talks are currently stuck, so where the talks are currently stuck, so it is a must as if we don't have enough time for the uk government to really decide what it once. so when

the government says, if there is no trade deal, it will mean trade terms like those the eu has with australia, what does that mean? in realistic terms, it means a lot of tariffs, it means customs and border checks, it means a lot more restrictions on people's ability to work in the eu. some of those are going to happen anyway, but it will bea going to happen anyway, but it will be a lot worse and there will be little cooperation between the eu and the uk, for example, on the dover— calais border crossing, so we can expect to see much worse queues, more food inspections and the like because obviously australia is a long way away, whereas the eu is our neighbour. is there any way, do you think from your expense of trade negotiations, that the government will get what it once? which is better terms for world trade organisation trading terms with the

freedom to do state subsidies or whatever else is wanted to be done under the terms of it being a sovereign state? there is always a compromise that can be found if you wish to pursue that and to brand it as such. you know, whatever happens the uk government will still have plenty of scope to do what it wants to do, so i think that is the real question, does the uk government really wa nt question, does the uk government really want to find a deal with a little bit of compromise or really doesn't want to insist on purity of, we won't follow any rules that we don't make ourselves? in which case, there can't be a deal. and in your experience, is this sort of brinkmanship at this point helpful or not? this is the last point at which it is really, at which it is not actively unhelpful. if the two sides now get down to business than it is fine. if this carries on, then i'm afraid in my experience we are headed towards no deal. david henig,

thank you very much forjoining us. there's much more information and analysis on the bbc website — including a section on everything you need to know about the uk leaving the eu —— visit bbc.co.uk/news and click on the link to brexit. back in the uk, employers planned more than 300,000 redundancies injune and july as the lockdown took its toll on the workplace — that's according to figures obtained by the bbc. it's more than six times as many posts as businesses were planning to axe during the same period last year. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. claims for out of work benefits have jumped in the pandemic, but because many were not seeking work or available for it during lockdown, they were not counted as unemployed and a more up—to—date figures emerges from forms that employers have to file with insolvency services if they plan to make more than 20 people redundant, saying how many jobs they want to cut. the freedom of information request

discovered that injune 1,888 employers plan to cut 156,000 jobs. and then injuly, a further 1,784 employers gave notice of plans to cut nearly 150,000 jobs. because many more will have been made redundant from smaller companies, the overall number ofjob cuts is likely to have been substantially higher, and with the furlough scheme drawing to a close in less than two months, further redundancies are widely expected in august and september. the last two journalists working for australian media in china have flown home after a five—day diplomatic standoff, during which police demanded to interview them. bill birtles, the australian broadcasting corporation's correspondent based in beijing, and mike smith, the australian financial review‘s correspondent based in shanghai, boarded a flight to sydney on monday night. so, what's it like when the chinese

authorities consider that you may have broken those laws? one of the australian journalists who was involved in this incident is abc correspondent bill birtles — here's what he had to say. it was a whirlwind week where, to me, this kind of came out of nowhere. last monday, i got a call advising me that i needed to leave china immediately. this was the australian officials. they had received some sort of warning or advice, they never specified what. they said our advice is for you to get out quick smart, which is not easy during covid. anyway, i was preparing to act on their advice, although i had some serious questions about it for the first two days. sure enough, at midnight on wednesday, six state security police, plus a translator were at my door in beijing, not to detain me, but to inform me that i'm involved in a national security investigation, that there is an exit ban placed on me and i'm not allowed to leave the country. but curiously, they said we'll give you a call tomorrow afternoon to talk about it.

there did not seem to be the urgency you might expect if they were turning up at your door at midnight and i, the next morning, sought advice from the australian embassy, what do you think? they took it very seriously and said, "we think you need to stay "in the embassy while we sort this out." because obviously there is not a great deal of trust with china at the moment about how safe i would have been if initially by myself i went and did that meeting. more on coronavirus now, and a director of the uk's covid—19 test and trace programme has apologised to people who have struggled to access tests in recent days. more on coronavirus now, and a director of the uk's covid—19 sarah—jane marsh said limited laboratory testing was causing delays — it follows complaints in recent days that people could not book tests at centres or request home kits. nick triggle is our health correspondent. how bad is the shortage? the problem has been going for a number of weeks, where people go on to the booking site and are unable to book

tests or a re booking site and are unable to book tests or are advised to go hundreds of miles to a testing centre that is nowhere near where they live. now, sarah jane is nowhere near where they live. now, sarahjane is the hedge of testing in england and she has tweeted —— she is the head of testing. she has tweeted this morning issuing her heartfelt apologies for people who are having problems and she is experiencing difficulties, notjust with the testing site set up in towns and cities across the country. they are relatively quiet, but the problems are in the labs where the test sa m ples a re problems are in the labs where the test samples are sent to and they had reached capacity. now, she says they are working round the clock to solve this problem. in a couple of weeks expect another lab near loughborough to open that will be able to process 50,000 tests a day. that will increase capacity by about 20%. so that should make a significant difference, but that is probably two weeks away from opening, so until then i think there will be problems that people find when they are going on to book tests. what the government says they

are doing is prioritising tests in the areas with the highest infection rates, so that is why some people, particularly in the south—east, had experienced problems because infection rates are quite low here, but obviously with the school is back more demand for testing likely and it is a concern. how big of a problem with this turn out to be? because of course, as you say schools are back, universities are going back, the number of covid—19 cases has gone up going back, the number of covid—19 cases has gone up quite dramatically and there is another lab opening in two weeks, but in that time even more the backlog is going to build up. well, if you think about it for the individual who has symptoms in a senseit the individual who has symptoms in a sense it doesn't necessarily make a huge amount of difference. if you have got symptoms, you have got to isolate anyway. the problem it causes is that it doesn't enable the system to track where the virus may be. they may miss spikes that start emerging for local areas. but it doesn't allow the contact tracing teams to identify the close contacts of people who are infected because

if they haven't got a confirmed infection the contact races won't be able to get in touch with them, so it could hamper our ability to sort of stop the virus spreading, but i must say the government are adamant that the majority of people who are logging on trying to get tests can get them. it is a problem that is affecting the minority, but clearly with rising demand is expected in the coming weeks it could cause a problem. thank you, nick. strong winds are threatening to hamper the effort to contain more than twenty wildfires in california. more than two—million acres across the state have already burned this year, making it the worst season for wildfires since records began. dozens of houses have been destroyed and thousands of residents have been moved out of their homes. peter bowes reports from los angeles. searing heat, tinder—dry brush, and now the threat of strong winds, conditions that are ripe for wildfires to spread rapidly. a perfect storm that's already led to more destruction in 2020, than any other year

on record in california. around the state, more than two dozen wildfires are burning, the so—called bobcat fire in the angeles national forest, near the city of azusa is encroaching on several nearby communities. we have a red flag warning today, and we have santa ana winds predicted for the next two days. so what that means for the public is, we really need to pay attention you to pay attention to any instructions on evacuation, as the fire is likely to move south towards six communities. the sheer number of fires and the intense conditions are stretching the state's resources to the limit. it became apparent yesterday, based on the activity going on, not only southern california, but throughout california at large, with a number of incidents that we were gonna be challenged with. resources to make an aggressive attack, not only through the afternoon, but last night. thousands of residents in the path of another fire, which has been raging since saturday, near yucaipa, to the east of los angeles, are

on standby to evacuate their homes. it's hard to know what — you know, whether we're just going to get up and leave. um, so i really don't know what my future is. we'll get through this one day at a time. it could be a long week. over the next few days, the weather is expected to cool down slightly, but the winds could fan the flames further. this is a relentless california fires season like no other. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: with joanna gosling. ministers say the uk is entering a "period of particular concern" as the number of coronavirus cases rise, particularly among young people. there is a responsibility on younger people to, not just stay at home, obviously to go out and go to work and enjoy pubs and restaurants, but do so in accordance

with the guidelines because although they themselves may not become seriously unwell, they could pass it on to others. people in caerphilly prepare for new restrictions, as the county becomes the first part of wales to be placed under local lockdown. belarus says opposition figure maria kolesnikova has been detained at the border with ukraine, but the circumstances are unclear. brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today in london for the latest round of trade talks. two australian journalists fly home from china after being questioned by china's ministry of state security. the manchester united footballer marcus rashford helped to make sure that thousands of children didn't go hungry over the summer holidays — but new figures released today show there is still much work to be done. a survey has revealed that more than six million people have suffered from a lack of food at some point in the last six months —

and marcus's child food poverty task force is calling for the government to take immediate action. graham satchell reports. i've heard some real horror stories for want of a better word in connection with people going hungry. if i think about my finances, i'd say it's pretty tough. simone has struggled through lockdown. money is tight. she is a full—time student doing a law degree and a single mum. i buy things that stretch and i buy ingredients that can be versatile and have a long life, like pasta and rice, etc, and meals that stretch over more than one day. simone is not alone. new figures today from the charity the food foundation show 14% of adults living with children said they'd experienced moderate or severe food insecurity in the last six months — that's 4 million people,

including 2.3 million children. they also found 12% of adults living with children said they'd skipped meals because they couldn't afford food in the last six months. i feel like at times people think that they're being looked down on if they ask somebody for help, and i think in this generation that we are in, that's one thing that should change. the footballer marcus rashford's campaigning over lockdown has put food poverty on the political agenda. talking openly about his own experiences as a child helped to change government policy. a food voucher scheme was extended through the summer holiday for those entitled to free school meals. i'm doing bubble writing. the scheme was a huge benefit to simone and her ten—year—old son malachi. it gave her an extra £15 a week to spend at the supermarkets. it was excellent and was really good, and really easy to put in place. i thought...| was worried i would take it down there and it wouldn't work and that would be quite embarrassing, but, no,

very smooth from beginning to end. we're spending more time at home, so, you know, you are using more resources such as gas and electric, so it kind of eased the worries in connection with the extra expenditure in connection with food. malachi also hugely appreciative of rashford's campaigning and the voucher scheme. i think it's great and i've never really experienced anything like not enough food or anything. for your physical health, to keep in shape, not get fat or not get, like, any diseases and even mentally, if you don't eat well, you could start, like, something could happen, but i think eating healthy and keeping it balanced is a good way to live and, like, right. come on, get it! ohh! marcus rashford's food poverty task force now wants free school meals to be extended to anyone on universal benefits. the government in westminster says they've ta ken substantial action

to make sure children don't go hungry through the pandemic, and will consider the task force's recommendations at the next spending review. simone and malachi are just one mother and son among millions struggling to make ends meet who will be watching government policy closely in the coming months. graham satchell, bbc news. one of the biggest sticking points between the eu and the government is state aid — the financial assistance given by government to businesses. our reality check correspondent chris morris is here and has been taking a look at this and other outstanding issues in the negotiations. yes, in public this negotiation has often seemed like a dialogue of the deaf. so, with time running short, things are now coming to a head. of all the niggly issues that have become stumbling blocks, state aid — that's financial support from government to businesses — is perhaps the most difficult. the eu is demanding a level playing field on state aid,

some kind of understanding that the eu and the uk will follow the same rules as part of a free trade agreement to make sure businesses in one country don't gain an unfairadvantage over their competitors in another. the eu has softened its demands slightly, but it still wants pretty strict conditions because the uk is already so intertwined with the european economy. so it's waiting for the uk to disclose what kind of competition policy it's going to follow outside the single market and what kind of system it plans to put in place to resolve disputes in the future. but the uk says the eu is still asking for far too much. it argues that eu negotiators have yet to accept fully the consequences of the uk leaving the eu, and soon the single market and the customs union. the message from london is, we're a sovereign state and we're going to follow our own rules. because that, they say, is basically what brexit was all about — the freedom to choose. that could mean supporting

new technology as the economy changes or helping companies in the former red wall seats taken from labour in last year's general election. but there's an added complication — northern ireland. the withdrawal agreement signed last year by borisjohnson's government is now an international treaty and it says eu law on state aid will apply to the uk in relation to the goods trade in northern ireland. that means the government is obliged to inform the eu of any state aid decisions that affect northern ireland. but now the government is planning a "fallback option" — domestic legislation which would override parts of the withdrawal agreement if trade talks break down. sensible planning, says the uk. potentially breaking international law, says the eu. the prime minister says no trade deal would still be a good outcome, and the uk would, in his words, "prosper mightily". but many businesses that trade across the border with the eu

and would have to deal with new tariffs, checks and bureaucracy warn that the consequences would be disastrous. so we're back at ‘deal or no deal‘ in relations with the eu, and no certainty on which way it's going to go. there's been an earthquake in bedfordshire in south east england. the epicentre was near leighton buzzard but it was also felt in the tring, aylesbury and luton areas. bedfordshire police say they've taken a large number of calls from the public but no injuries have been reported. let's get more on this from the head of seismology at the british geographical survey, dr brian baptie. kirstie hopper in leighton buzzard who felt it. what did it feel like? really sudden. i have neverfelt before. it

just felt really saddened. we thought maybe workmen had hit a gas pipe or something. was it very brief? how much actually moved? pipe or something. was it very brief? how much actually movemm lasted about five seconds or so. it literally felt like the whole house was moving. luckily, nothing is damage or anything, but it was weird. did picture is full of the walls ? weird. did picture is full of the walls? no, nothing like that here. it isa walls? no, nothing like that here. it is a really odd thing because it is not an area where you would expect an earthquake. it is not something that would even be on the radar in that area. no, nothing like that has happened here, we never get anything like this. well, let's bring on the expert who could explain why this has happened here. what is the assessment, brian, in seismology terms of what has happened here? the earthquake was

about three kilometres north—west of leighton buzzard, had a magnitude of 3.3. that is relatively small, even by uk standards. we may be get one earthquake of that size a year in the uk. there was one smaller than that in stockton—on—tees injanuary. they are not uncommon. the type of shaking that was described as typical for an earthquake of that size. they would be largely observed, people would feel it indoors and out, and things like the house shaking like a big truck passing by your house. in other things that people may have observed our windows rattling, heavy bag —— heavy vibrations, though sorts of things. we just don't think of getting earthquakes in this country. as you say, does happen occasionally, and it always feels very random when it happen, and why

our particular areas affected? so, the uk is an unfortunate position we are not in an earthquake hot spot, but we do get them from time to time. that is because the earth was my crust is still being squeezed or formed by those forces that generate bigger earthquakes at plate boundaries. that means we get small earthquakes, relatively infrequently, and bigger ones, the biggest one that has ever been felt here, we get them very infrequently indeed. damaging earthquakes are pretty rare. so it is likely leighton buzzard and the area will not experience this again. leighton buzzard is not an area that has been known for earthquakes. in the past there have been a few historically nearby. there was a magnitude three

nearby. there was a magnitude three near oxford in 1986. then you have to go back to the 18th century to look at oxford in 1764 for another event right about that size. most of the earthquake areas of the uk are a little bit further north or west or down in the dover straits area. thank you both. kirsty, you have a good story to dine out now on, haven't you? yes! thank you. italian fashion is famous all over the world, but there are some questioning whether parts of the industry have a problem with race. even though migration has made italy more diverse than ever, only one black italian designer enjoys any notable recognition. now she‘s launched a campaign asking ‘do black lives matter in fashion?‘ and is urging top brands to hire more black people. sofia bettiza reports from rome. the changing face of italian fashion. this is the woman behind it. stella jean mixes italian, african and caribbean styles.

her designs have been worn by celebrities like beyonce and rihanna. she‘s launched a campaign that exposes the stereotypes and racist comments that black italian women face every day. translation: growing up black in italy was extremely trying. i have been called many insulting things. italian fashion has faced criticism for racist imagery. take this jumper from gucci, or these accessories from prada. translation: suffice to say that i‘m the only member of the italian fashion council, out of 113, who is black. my uniqueness is absurd. it is the fashion council in italy, along with those in the uk, america and france that dictates what happens in fashion around the world.

out of protest, stella cancelled her show at milan fashion week but asked if she could promote her antiracism campaign there instead. i asked for support. from that moment on, the fashion council stopped all communications with me and didn‘t even send me an invite to fashion week. but she says those same fashion brands who had blanked her later rushed to show support for black lives matter on social media. translation: i was bewildered, i was disheartened. italy‘s fashion council says a lot of its brands are trying hard to be more inclusive but that the government has to drive positive change. because of migration in the past few years, italian society is changing very quickly. that is not reflected on catwalks, in magazines and in fashion stores. the misconception that to be italian is to be white still exists.

racism in italy is blatant. the problem is that after fascism, italy didn't reckon with the colonial past. and it didn't reckon properly with the massive and rooted heritage that fascism left to this country. stella is now lending her voice to the black lives matter campaign. she‘s urging fashion houses to hire more black people and, as the movement grows, she feels they will now finally have to listen. sofia bettiza, bbc news, rome. louis pisano is a writer and fashion commentator. thank you forjoining us. do you think there is a problem with racism in italian fashion? hi, good morning. i think there is a huge problem with racism in italian fashion, and in my opinion it goes

beyond the fashion industry. it more has to do with the national attitude thatis has to do with the national attitude that is pretty much being perpetuated by the government. government officials that spew anti—immigration and racist rhetoric, which informs people in italy and perpetuates a culture of ignorance. so you have people in fashion that are part of that culture, as well. the problem obviously then in a set —— in a context like that is twofold. it is not just perhaps people context like that is twofold. it is notjust perhaps people from diverse backgrounds who want to get on or not given their opportunities, but they don‘t feel welcome so might not put themselves forward. how do you change that? stella has come out with this campaign, but how much of a difference will it make?” with this campaign, but how much of a difference will it make? i think now with what is going on in the world, especially black lives matter, it is really understanding the power of protest, the power of

social media and the importance of being relevant and staying in touch with what is happening in the world. before, the brands weren‘t really interested in what was going on outside of italy. it doesn‘t really concern us, so we are not outside of italy. it doesn‘t really concern us, so we are not going to worry about it, so they weren‘t really making an effort, but they have seen the college from gucci to prada really starting to affect their public image and if one thing in italy they are very careful about is their public image. that was over at the blackface jumper and the prada gully walk trinket and window display. so that had an impact? i think that it did. it didn‘t have an impact immediately. i think there we re impact immediately. i think there were several conversations behind closed doors and several months later we started to see some change. there were some diversity councils created and whatnot, but i think now

with the death of george floyd a few months back and black lives matter and what has been on social media, brands are understanding the power of this movement and that they cannot stay rooted in the past and perpetuate ignorance any more. cannot stay rooted in the past and perpetuate ignorance any more! yea rs perpetuate ignorance any more! years ago the late italian vogue editor in chief published the first ever black issue, so it is not like it has not been on the radar of some senior people in the industry. although 100% know what is going on. i think that they are making a choice not to create positive change, just because it is not something that is on the forefront of their agenda. i think there are a lot of people in italian fashion who really just don‘t care. lot of people in italian fashion who reallyjust don't care. we heard in a report some of the examples of people in the industry talking about

what they have experienced. what have you experienced? 0h, everything from going to shows with my white friends and seeing how easily they enter with the invitations and me being scrutinised. there is this look that i know when i arrive to a venue when i see look that i know when i arrive to a venue when i see an look that i know when i arrive to a venue when i see an italian bodyguard, and i just venue when i see an italian bodyguard, and ijust know that it is going to be an issue. they make ita is going to be an issue. they make it a bit difficult. there have been cases where prominent black editors have come to milan fashion week and are physically have come to milan fashion week and a re physically accosted have come to milan fashion week and are physically accosted inside the show because they are perceived not just supposed to be there. yes, there is a lot of craziness that has gone on in the milan fashion industry. ally ship is a key thing. it is not just industry. ally ship is a key thing. it is notjust black people, people of colour who need to speak up, it is why people who need to stand

alongside and coloured things like that. do you see much evidence of that. do you see much evidence of that going on? well... i personally find a lot of what is going on from these italian fashion brand is very performative. they all rush to post a black square on instagram, but months later they have remained silent on their channels. just this past weekend outside of rome on 21—year—old black man was beaten to death by a fascist gang, and for the most part, italian fashion brands and italian fashion influencers and people on social media have remained quiet. just a few months ago they we re quiet. just a few months ago they were posting black squares and talking about listening and learning and being an ally, but this past weekend this example of the huge problem of racism in italy happens, and it is just silent. problem of racism in italy happens, and it isjust silent. it is good to talk to you. thank you very much for joining us. i love your blouse by

the way, i want that. thank you so much! let‘s get more now on our main news, the fears about the rising numbers of coronavirus cases. the shadow health minister, labour‘s justin madders, joins us now. how would you describe the time that you are in and how worried we should be? it is right to call it a critical time. it seems to become the consensus that we are going to see an increase in infections over the winter period, so now is the time to really get on top of this virus as much as possible. two days ina row virus as much as possible. two days in a row now we have seen a level and increase in new cases that we haven‘t seen since the beginning of lockdown, that is a worry. we need to make sure we are getting their contact tracing and detecting before, to make sure that everybody is self isolating and to stop the spread of the virus. we are getting very clear messaging from the government saying that the rise is

concerning. we have had a tweet from chris whitty that has come out in the past few moments. it is saying thatjonathan the past few moments. it is saying that jonathan van the past few moments. it is saying thatjonathan van tam, the deputy chief medical officer, has laid the situation clearly. robertjenrick for the government saying if we all follow government advice we should be able to control the virus. is that enough right now. you say about the contact tracing, but ultimately it people due to social distancing, this could be turned around, couldn‘t it? social distancing, this could be turned around, couldn't it? well, clearly one everyone —— everyone has their part to play, wearing the face coverings, social distancing and maintaining good hand hygiene. the virus is still out there, it is

still infecting people, so it is critical that we get testing interesting in a position where it is good as we would hope to be. we know at the moment that people are still being sent hundreds of miles around the country to get tests. we know that there is a big issue with testing capacity. we know that people are not able to get the results of the tests are good enough time, and in terms of contact tracing, more than half the people are still not been contacted by the private providers. those things all need to be fixed now before we head into the winter. the government says it is opening another lab in a fortnight in order to deal with the backlog, and also points out if you have symptoms you have to stay at home, so the testing is more about mapping where it is, it is not the only tool in controlling it, because obviously we did that before.” only tool in controlling it, because obviously we did that before. i have to say i found a quite remarkable to

hear the government saying that they would open more labs, given that the testing capacity has been roughly consistent for a couple of months now. why was that lab not opened earlier in this process? they made a fundamental strategic mistake at the start with they decided not to build on the capacity, and go out and build their own separate labs. they should have built on the existing structures in the first place. we should have got on top of this a lot earlier. thank you very much. raising one child who represents their country at a sport is a great achievement. but having three? that takes things to a whole new level. siblings ben, tilly and seb turp have all been selected for the great britain water ski squad. tom williams went to meet them. meet the turps. ben, tilly and seb. waterskiing is their life. they live at gosford lake in essex.

ben is the oldest at 20 and he began as a toddler, but all three are very much at home on the water. now that really is showing off. i do try. how much time and effort has gone into making something so difficult look so easy? a lot of time on the water is key. i spend most of my days out here on the lake. three or four sessions a day if i can, 15 minute sessions each. it doesn‘t sound like a lot but the body does get tired. all three have been selected for the british waterski squad in their age categories. it has never happened in britain before. it maintains a strong family tradition following in the footsteps, or water skis, of their grandfather and their father, who also represented their country. can you tell if they are going to be good from a very early age? it is up to them how good they are. you can only offer them the opportunity.

do you worry about the dangers? jumping worries me a little bit. they are your children, obviously, but they train properly, work hard, they are fit and strong and we minimise the chance of injury. in waterskiing there are three main disciplines, slalom, tricks and jumping. this involves skiers reaching speeds of up to 70mph. it is all about distance. how many 12—year—olds do you know can do that? and he has only been jumping for one year. it is a lot of fun to just fly and feel the air underneath you. it is very hard, you need the balance and the skill to do it. presumably you have to get it wrong a few times to get it right. absolutely. i have fallen off a few times and that has only made me better. i am still here and falling off today.

ben is now also coaching his younger brother and sister. it is such an adrenaline rush. you cannot compare it to anything else. it is family time, definitely something that we really appreciate. ben has already shone on the international stage, flipping and spinning his way to team gold at the under 21 world championships. it is not an olympic sport so it does not get much coverage but as the trio of turps turn on the style they are hoping to change that. some amazing wildlife pictures to share with you now from india of a leopardess who raised four newborn cubs in a farmer‘s shed. when conservationists heard, they set up hidden cameras and caught the best moments as the big cat family grew up. the leopards stayed in the shelter for six days, waiting for monsoon rains to pass, before eventually taking themselves back into the forest, none the worse for wear.

now it‘s time for a look at the weather. hello, they are. not quite as wet today across the country as yesterday. the main exception will be the north—west scotland later this afternoon. for many, a dry day, but humid. weather you have the cloud with the sunshine, it will feel warm nature, especially in the sunny breaks. the best of the sun will be in the eastern half of scotland, and eastern england. there will be some patchy lack rain or drizzle in the west. the temperature to wrap in recent days, maybe 23 or 25 degrees in some parts of eastern england. this evening we finish with

heavy rain across the hebrides, highlands and orkney. that will work its way southwards across scotland during the first part of the night. it will move briefly into northern ireland, before moving on. to the south, temperatures will stay on the muqqy south, temperatures will stay on the muggy side, 17 degrees for some. for the north of this land, it will feel fresher. that air coming on a north—westerly breeze behind a weather front. the weather front are setting across the southern half of the country on wednesday, slowly pushing away the humid air. a human star to decide, patchy rain or drizzle in the west, becoming more confined to southernmost counties later, and northern parts of wales, scotland, northern ireland are much sunnier date compared to today. isolated chart on the far north. temperatures down, but you will have the sunshine to compensate. a chilly night will follow for all into thursday. temperatures more widely and single figures in the

countryside. sunny start, most a drive through the day, a few showers in the far north of scotland and temperatures more widely into the teens. 14 in glasgow, 19 in london. it should stay largely dry and southern areas to see their week out. low pressure brings a wet and windy and to northern ireland and scotland. that will clear through, things will turn drier and warmer through this weekend. the weather contrast we will see here is nowhere like what they are seeing on the other side of the atlantic. denver, 36 degrees yesterday afternoon, today they drop to freezing, heavy snow, before temperatures rise and summer returns for the end of the week. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news, the headlines: ministers say the uk is entering a "period of particular concern" as the number of coronavirus cases rise, particularly among young people. there is a responsibility on younger people to notjust stay at home, obviously to go out and go to work, and enjoy pubs and restaurants, but do so in accordance with the guidelines. because, although they themselves may not become seriously unwell, they could pass it on to others. people in caerphilly prepare for new restrictions, as the county becomes the first part of wales to be placed under local lockdown. brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today in london for the latest round of trade talks. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing, which killed 22 people, hears from the first police officer to enter the venue.

composer andrew lloyd webber calls on the government to give a conditional reopening date for theatres — as soon as possible. an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 is felt in bedfordshire and buckinghamshire. two of the uk government‘s scientific advisers have given warnings over the increase in coronavirus cases, saying that we‘ve relaxed too much over the summer and must now re—engage with social distancing rules. england‘s deputy chief medical officer, professorjonathan van—tam, said the country faces a "bumpy ride" unless the virus is taken seriously again. and professorjohn edmunds, a member of the scientific advisory group for emergencies or sage, said cases were now "increasing exponentially".

latest official figures show 2,948 uk cases recorded yesterday, and the seven—day average shows cases rising. in wales, a local lockdown in the county of caerphilly will take effect this evening, after 98 new coronavirus cases were reported there in the last week. and in scotland, more than 1.1 million people are now affected by new restrictions on going into other people‘s homes. charlotte gallagher reports. coronavirus has turned lives upside down and there is a stark warning that the threat remains a serious one. this hasn‘t gone away. this is a virus we‘re going to have to live with and if we‘re not careful, if we do not take this incredibly seriously from this point in, we‘re going to have a bumpy ride the next few months. he says young people not following social distancing guidelines are primarily behind the rise. figures for england show the virus has spread more quickly among younger people.

early in august, just over 21% of new coronavirus cases were in their 20s. the following week, that went up to 25%. the week after it was 29%, and it stayed at about that same level. stricter measures are being introduced in some areas. here in caerphilly, a rapid rise means a local lockdown is coming into force. from six o‘clock this evening, no—one will be able to leave or enter the borough without good reason. the local lockdown measures for caerphilly are that we will ask feelings are mixed about the changes. i think it‘s good, really. i think it‘s good to react early to this and to err on the side of caution. there is no reason. the nhs is fine. that's the only reason for lockdown in the first place, to stop the nhs being overloaded. and there's no need to. and it is notjust this area causing concern. in the west of scotland,

restrictions have now been expanded to renfrewshire and east dunbartonshire. also, council leaders in north—east england say they are concerned about the rising number of coronavirus cases in young adults. politicians in areas including newcastle, sunderland and county durham say people are being reckless and selfish. there is alarm about this new spike in cases. health officials hope the warnings will be a major wake—up call. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the housing minister, robertjenrick, says the rise in the number of covid—19 cases is "concerning" and urged people to follow the health guidance. there is a responsibility on younger people to notjust stay at home, obviously to go out and go to work, and enjoy pubs and restaurants, but do so in accordance with the guidelines. because, although they themselves may not become seriously unwell, they could pass it on to others. that is the message we are asking

people to pay particular heed to at the moment. let‘s talk to dr margaret harris from the world health organisation. thank you forjoining us. what is your view on what is happening in the uk in terms of the now going back up again? well, this is something that we are seeing, as you know, in a lot of countries in western europe and it is a real struggle for people to on this very ha rd struggle for people to on this very hard work that we are all really walking along. sometimes i think it feels like we are trudging along this road, but you have to keep at it. and we are particularly asking people to try to stop, to avoid the amplifying of it, so we talk about the three c‘s, avoid close contact, avoiding enclosed spaces without ventilation, and... these are the

things that are really leading to amplification of cases and as the previous speaker said, a lot of people say, oh, it is not me! the thing is, yes, it could be you with the virus, but it could also be someone you the virus, but it could also be someone you really love and care about, whose life you is ended by the rise in transmission. as society changed enough in terms of the measures being put in place to mean that people can go back to work, people can have a semblance of normality without areas being too crowded? without them having to work in enclosed spaces that they are concerned about without them having to be in close contact all the time? this is the real challenge and this means that the people who are in charge, and! means that the people who are in charge, and i am notjust talking governments, i‘m talking anybody who is in charge of a space, is in charge of making those decisions and needs to empower every individual to be able to protect themselves. so, indeed, to ensure that they can do what we call normal things. we call

them new normal things, or done in a new normal way in a new, normally safeway, like open the windows, look your ventilation. look at how people can do more things outdoors or can space things out. it is not easy. it requires a lot of changing and a lot of thinking, but we all have to do that. and of course, so many workplaces are environments where windows can‘t be opened, so are we entering a phase where people should be wearing face masks routinely in workplaces? so certainly if you cannot physically distance or you have got poor ventilation and you‘re going to be crowded together in a space where there is likely to be recirculation of the air that you are breathing, a face mask is a very wise precaution. whether you are mandated to buy your government or not? indeed. again, this is about each one of us making decisions that really protect ourselves and saying,

iam not really protect ourselves and saying, i am not safe. this is not safe. i wa nt to i am not safe. this is not safe. i want to do these things, i want to protect myself and protect others. it sounds a bit tough that we are putting it on people, but we see where ever it is a partnership where the individuals and the people making the decisions around those individuals‘ lives really work it out together, that is where we see all kinds of outbreaks stop. and... the scientific adviser here said some time ago now, weeks ago we were probably at about the point where society was opened up to the level that it could be without cases rising. well, now schools have gone back, universities are about to go back, universities are about to go back, cases are rising. is it time to look again at what is open and maybe start closing certain things, for instance pubs? so it is certainly time when your cases are rising to look at why they are rising, where they are rising and what can you change? or what makes a

difference is really targeting your interventions to what is actually happening in your society, so indeed if you have got your amplification events around closed, crowded spaces, look at not having those spaces, look at not having those spaces closed and crowded. cue very much forjoining us. good to talk to you. it is a pleasure. thank you. let‘s get more now on that lockdown in the county of caerphilly in south wales. it will take effect this evening, after 98 new coronavirus cases were reported there in the last week. the welsh health minister, vaughan gething, told the bbc what‘s behind it. we have seen a sharp increase in the number of cases in the caerphilly borough area. yesterday there were 55 per 100,000, which would comfortably put it in the top 20 local authority areas in the uk. we understand some of that comes from european travel, people returning with the infection, but the majority of what we are seeing is a breakdown in social distancing and in particular people socialising in larger numbers in people‘s homes.

we are taking measures to introduce local travel restrictions, you need a reasonable excuse to leave or enter the caerphilly borough county area, we are introducing mandatory face coverings for the first time in wales for retail and we are also saying to people extended household arrangements will end in caerphilly. our correspondent, hywel griffith, is in caerphilly. how are people reacting to this? well, they‘ve got just how are people reacting to this? well, they‘ve gotjust under six hours to get ready now, but essentially people feel like they have been here before, it is regressing a few months. we were told as lockdown measures we eased there was always this possibility of reining it back in, so for example not being able to travel freely beyond the borders, that idea is familiar to caerphilly because there was a travel restriction untiljuly

of five miles. schools will remain open, albeit some already having had to ta ke open, albeit some already having had to take action with classes or pupils becoming ill. we know also that cafe is, bars and restaurants will remain open. some people have spoken to us here this morning think, how on earth can that be ok that people are allowed to go into these places? the answer is that because they believed the outbreak of this is community driven, driven by people meeting within each other‘s houses, house parties even. so that is the restriction that will change, people not being allowed into each other‘s households any more and certainly any house parties will be stamped down upon. how will the lockdown be enforced? we are told the council and the police be involved and there are some questions of what that means for them, whether or not they will have roadblocks upon the county lines. i think they are waiting to see a bit more on the legislation first. some people are also concerned about their businesses. i was speaking to one local business owner who spar only reopened four weeks ago. she said she has a witty head

cancellations and things like manicures and pedicures, close work, having only just been manicures and pedicures, close work, having onlyjust been able to re—establish a business and bring staff back furlough. her concern as this may not be just a week or two, but possibly a month, which would put them right back to where they we re put them right back to where they were right at the middle of the summer. thank you. employers in the uk planned more than 300,000 redundancies injune and july as the lockdown took its toll on the workplace — that‘s according to figures obtained by the bbc. it‘s more than six times as many posts as businesses were planning to axe during the same period last year. our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. claims for out of work benefits have jumped in the pandemic, but because many were not seeking work or available for it during lockdown, they were not counted as unemployed and a more up—to—date picture emerges from forms that employers have to file with insolvency services if they plan to make more than 20 people redundant, saying how many jobs they want to cut. the freedom of information request discovered that injune1,888 discovered that injune, 1,888

employers plan to cut 156,000 jobs. and then injuly, a further 1,784 employers gave notice of plans to cut nearly 150,000 jobs. because many more will have been made redundant from smaller companies, the overall number ofjob cuts is likely to have been substantially higher, and with the furlough scheme drawing to a close in less than two months, further redundancies are widely expected in august and september. and verity, bbc news. up to £3.5 billion may have been claimed fraudulently — or paid out in error — from the government‘s furlough scheme, according to the head of hm revenue and customs. jim harra told a committee of mps that as much as 10% of the £35—billion pounds already awarded, could have been claimed unlawfully. the government said it was committed to recovering money for the taxpayer. a teenage boy remains

critically ill in hospital after he was shot while walking to school. the 15—year—old was on his way to kesgrave high school near ipswich, in suffolk, when the attack took place yesterday morning. police have arrested a 15—year—old boy on suspicion of attempted murder. you are watching bbc news. negotiation teams from the uk and european union will meet in london today to resume talks for a post—brexit trade deal. it comes after the prime minister, borisjohnson, pledged to walk away from the table if no agreement is reached by october 15th. the uk‘s chief negotiator, lord frost, has said there is "still time" to agree a deal. let‘s speak now to the conservative mp and former business secretary, andrea leadsom. thank you forjoining us. so, lord frost, the chief negotiator for the uk, said ahead of the talks today we need to see more realism from the eu about our status as an independent country. we have repeatedly made clear key elements of our position, derived from the fundamentals of

being a sovereign state, and to that end the government is introducing new legislation tomorrow to override parts of the withdrawal agreement that were signed just eight months ago because there are apparently incompatible with us as a sovereign state. at this point, what are the chances of all of this suddenly being reworked and an agreement happening? because it feels like we had gone right back to the fundamentals here. well, the point is that it is in our interests and in the eu‘s interests that we continue to trade freely with zero terrace, zero tariff barriers as far as possible, so what the uk is seeking is a free trade deal, such as the one that the eu has already signed with canada. nothing new or bespoke or special. and it is up to the eu to decide whether they want to do that or not. i think david frost is quite like right to say it calls for some new realism. we have left the european union and we are not about to re—sign up to their

rules. but the agreement was signed eight months ago, the withdrawal agreement and signed in good faith and at that point the government believed it paved the way to whatever would be the best outcome for the uk. who made a mistake? the key thing is that the withdrawal agreement was signed up to with the full expectation that the joint committee, during the transition period, ie, now. would negotiate the areas of ambiguity, particularly around the northern ireland protocol and the way that goods and services would be managed between the republic of ireland and northern ireland as part of the united kingdom. so what the government is now seeking to do with the internal market bill is to provide a backstop in case those free trade talks don‘t come to a deal by the end of this year, to make sure that northern ireland is protected as a core part of the uk internal market. so it is not changing anything or reneging on any deals, it is simply guiding

unilaterally the clarification that so unilaterally the clarification that so far the talks in the eu have not done. why does it need to be done at this point if it is felt it is something that needs to happen in the event of a no deal? because it is all about state subsidy and northern ireland being able to get subsidies the same as every other pa rt subsidies the same as every other part of the uk in the event of there being no deal. doing it right now just looks like it is trying to strong—arm the negotiations. just looks like it is trying to strong-arm the negotiations. is that what it is? no, no, not at all. the point is that we are running out of time, so when i was business secretary want of the things businesses said to me is we need to have time to prepare, whatever the outcome, whether it is early canada or australia style deal we need to know, so that we can plan, so what the prime minister has said quite rightly is we need to see that deal agreed by the eu council in october, otherwise we‘re going to have to draw a line in the sand and assume there will not be a free trade agreement and we will be on australia‘s style terms. that isn‘t

no deal, but it is obviously not what we would all wish for. yes but sorry, unless i‘m completely getting this wrong, that is different, isn‘t it, from what they are looking at in terms of unpicking parts of the withdrawal agreement, which are about state subsidy? that does need to be clarified at this point and eve ryo ne to be clarified at this point and everyone is going to be in the same boatin everyone is going to be in the same boat in terms of business getting clarification of what the trade terms are, whether it is the 15th of october or sometime after that. the key point is businesses want clarity and it is right that we demonstrate to the eu that we are not prepared to the eu that we are not prepared to leave ourselves at the mercy of having to sign up to eu rules. we have left the european union and need to have our own rules. you mention state subsidies and level playing field and so on. we will have our own regime. it will not be the same as the european union. and no normal free trade deal would include the sort of common state subsidy rules or level playing field rules. that is not what you would expect to see in a free trade deal, so expect to see in a free trade deal, so the realism that david frost is

calling forth on the eu commission is to recognise that the uk has left the eu, so we will not be continuing to sign up to their rules. would this mean the return of a hard border? no. the whole point is to avoid the return of a hard border, so as avoid the return of a hard border, so as! avoid the return of a hard border, so as i say the joint committee was supposed to clarify these ambiguous areas in the withdrawal agreement. so far, it hasn‘t done that, so the uk is putting in place a backstop plan to make sure that should be not succeed in a free trade deal, we will still be able to keep northern ireland as a core part of the united kingdom‘s internal market. so it is precisely to avoid that hard border. and that was the intention of the words agreement, wasn‘t it? and that was the intention of the words agreement, wasn't it? yes, but it did have some areas of ambiguity and lack of clarity that were supposed to be finalised during... the financial times is reporting today that the head of the uk‘s

legal department has quit over this, jonathanjones. legal department has quit over this, jonathan jones. he is legal department has quit over this, jonathanjones. he is not happy about rewriting parts of the deal. is it something you can confirm as true? i can't confirm that, i am sorry. i am a humble backbencher, i am not part of the government and i wasn‘t aware of that, but never the less the fact is that they withdrawal agreement had some areas of ambiguity that the uk government is quite rightly trying to clarify in case those talks with the eu don‘t lead to a free trade deal. what we must do is protect the uk‘s internal market. if it is confirmed that he headed the uk‘s legal department has resigned over the situation where the is trying to pick a treaty that was agreed over many months with the eu, how would that look? i mean it is notjust about how it looks, what does that say? well, the uk isn't unpicking an international treaty, as i‘ve already said twice. not unpicking the whole thing, but introducing new

legislation to override parts of it. no, what we‘re doing is providing clarification on some of the ambiguous areas, so things like exit declarations and things like the extent to which goods can be passed without any further documentation between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. so providing clarity on those things is what is necessary and... sorry to interrupt, because obviously i understand that is what you‘re saying and what the government is saying, but if the head of the uk‘s legal department sees this as something that shouldn‘t be happening, what does that say? it indicates he is not content that this is just a simple pulling together of some loose ends exercise. well, i'm sorry, but you ask me something that i‘m not aware of, i wasn‘t aware that he had resigned and i don‘t know why he has resigned. people resign for various different reasons, so i‘m afraid i generally can‘t answer that

question. are enough, andrea leadsom, thank you very much for joining us. the inquiry into the 2017 manchester arena attack has heard only one paramedic entered the room in which the explosion took place in the 40 minutes after the bombing, despite several ambulances arriving at nearby victoria station in that time. our correspondent fiona trott is in manchester. fiona, obviously the picture being pulled together of what happened in the immediate aftermath of the explosion. tell us more about what you have been hearing. that is right, that is what the relatives are learning today, how coordinated was the emergency response that night? how prepared where they? what we have heard is that the greater manchester police didn‘t know that the pop concert was happening that night and didn‘t have a provisional plan in place. as for the fire brigade, we have heard that the first fire engine to arrive at the arena was two hours and six minutes after the explosion. with regard to

ambulances, we have spoken about one of the paramedics there. the court heard that 24 minutes after the first request, an officer said to control, you‘re going to hate me, but where are our ambulances, please? and ctrl replied, we don‘t know. we are calling them again. we also heard this. john atkinson, who died in the attack, was only moved out of the foyer on a display board 46 minutes after the bomb went off. and the council for the enquiry said theissue and the council for the enquiry said the issue ofjohn atkinson‘s survivability is a significant issue for the enquiry to consider. that was the qc, paul greaney. relatives have also seen photos in court today other emergency services rushing to the scene. paul greaney has also said this, the enquiry process must not be used to vilify those who did their best on the night, but made m ista kes their best on the night, but made mistakes and could have done better. we must probe deeply, but fairly into the emergency response that

night and the hearing continues. thank you very much, fiona. it is 23 minutes past 12. we can catch up with the sport and get the latest from the bbc sport centre. hello, holly. hello. mason greenwood has apologised for breaking... at a hotel. the manchester united forward says his actions were irresponsible and has promised to learn lessons from the incident. with phil foden, who has already apologised. foden‘s absence means manager gareth southgate will be forced into changes for tonight‘s game against cope and hagan. something he was already planning. we have tried things in training across the week with a long—term view on different

possibilities for us as a team. whether it is the right thing to be able to win the game, we got to think that through, but it is no secret because everything in this camp seems to have got out, so we have tried three at the back earlier in the week, but you know, we will make a decision on that. and some news we have heard injust make a decision on that. and some news we have heard in just the last few minutes, it has been confirmed that england‘s lucy bronze has re—signed for manchester city from leon on a three transfer. she had moved to france back in 2017, winning three successive champions league titles, among a host of other honours. she has also been named in phil neville‘s england training squad today, which include seven uncapped players. the defending champion, ash party, has pulled out of the french open this month because of fears over coronavirus. the world number one also decided not to play at the us open, which is

ongoing in new york and says she will not play at roland garros because the health and well—being of the family is her priority. that is ash barty there. a new report has revealed that half of british olympic and paralympic athletes believe there are consequences to people behaving in appropriate within the training programme is. the surveys findings have come at a time when an independent review to allegations of mistreatment in british gymnastics is under way. not every athlete will have a wonderful, positive experience from being in this high—performance world. not every athlete will leave with the result is that they wanted all the dreams coming true moment. not every athlete can have that. but we still feel every athlete can, when they finish their time, look back and say, do you know what? that was a great time is spent. i am better in some way for having been an athlete with another system and while at the moment we are hearing athletes still having bad experiences and walking away stuff for being part of that,

then we still have work to do. that is all your support for now, i will have more for you after the lunchtime news at 1:30pm. see you then. thank you very much. philip rycroft is a former permanent secretary at the department for exiting the european union. he‘s now a specialist partner at flint global, a business management consultancy. thank you forjoining us. october the 15th deadline, negotiation seem to be pretty heated and go back to pretty basic issues. what are your thoughts on where we are now? so we are into the eighth round of the negotiations today. both sides are still accusing the other of intransigence. it is looking a bit fraught. it is just worth remembering through all the noise of this that it remains overwhelmingly in the interests of both sides to get a deal, sort it out. it is going to require some top—level little interventions to do that. a deal is

still possible, but the clock is ticking and the risks of a no deal, i think, are increasing day by day. how would you assess the chances in percentage terms of deal versus no deal at this point? well, i was about 50—50% last week, but after the news at the last 48 hours, particularly what has been said around northern ireland protocol, i‘m afraid that has slipped somewhat. so below 50% probability, but as i say a deal is still possible. it remains in the interests of both sides to get a deal, so let‘s hope the politicians see common sense and drive this to the finish line. so that position of the finish line. so that position of the government now to introduce new legislation tomorrow to... i mean, they say to basically clear up certain elements of the withdrawal agreement that was agreed just eight months ago. there is some thinking

it may be more fundamental than that, but we won‘t know until we get the legislation tomorrow, but you obviously think it is damage the chances of being a deal? it is not a good signal to send. so we did a deal not that long since. we signed up deal not that long since. we signed up to that in good faith. and then we are now saying, up to that in good faith. and then we are now saying, just as we are in the end game of another negotiation, the end game of another negotiation, the uk government is saying, we are getting ready to unilaterally reinterpret elements of this deal. now, we don‘t know how expensive that is. there are a worrying news today about jonathan jones, the government‘s top legal adviser, if he has resigned over this. again, we don‘t know whether that is true or not, but there are mechanisms within the deal to sort out issues. every international agreement is complex. most of them will have some ambiguity within them. the way you sort out those ambiguities is collaboratively, discussion and negotiation with the other party, in this case through the joint

committee, and that is what should be being done. you can‘tjust go around any international agreement you have signed up to and say, actually, there is some ambiguity here and we are going to reinterpret this without talking to the other side. it is not a good way of approaching your international obligations. philip rycroft, thank you very much. we are going to go straight to the house of commons now, the northern ireland secretary is dealing with an urgent question about the gamut‘s legal commitment to northern ireland at the brexit withdrawal deal. —— the does my right honourable friend that an new deal addressing these issues is vitally needed? he will know that we have triggered a resolution mechanism. it has a lwa ys a resolution mechanism. it has always been the case that thejcp away did not encompass the wider

destabilising activities that iran carries out in the region, and we have always been pressing to try to incorporate a bigger agreement, but it is also right to say that until we have got the scope of that wider agreement, it provides the vehicle... we are going to leave that. we are hoping to hearfrom brandon lewis. we will be back shortly. hello, there. not much as much rain around today compared with yesterday. that said, it will be a little bit drizzly at times across western coasts and hills. it is here were cloudy skies will dominate throughout. to the east of high ground, though, a better chance of seeing the sunshine come through every now and again. central and eastern parts of england, eastern scotland best favoured, but we will see, even in the west, temperatures hold in the teens. where you get that sunshine further east, a humid day with temperatures peaking at around 23 to 25 degrees. it is here, as i said, the best chance of those breaks in the cloud.

you can see how the cloud sits in place. south—west england, wales, north—west england patchy rain or drizzle coming and going, particularly over higher ground. the same too for northern ireland in western scotland. eastern scotland staying bright. the darker blues, yellows and greens there on the map are an indication of some more persistent, heavy bursts of rain this afternoon and evening across the north—west of scotland. tonight, that will fragment, push its way southwards. the southern half of the country staying humid and cloudy. clearer skies further north, and a fresher, but sunny start to tomorrow.

hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: ministers say they are concerned as the number of coronavirus cases rise, particularly among young people. there is a responsibility on younger people to, not just stay at home, obviously to go out and go to work and enjoy pubs and restaurants, but do so in accordance with the guidelines because although they themselves may not become seriously unwell, they could pass it on to others.

people in caerphilly prepare for new restrictions, as the county becomes the first part of wales to be placed under local lockdown. brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today in london for the latest round of trade talks. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing, which killed 27 people, hears from the first police officer to enter the venue. let me bring you some news from scotland. we are just hearing that three more patients confirm to it having covid—19 have died in scotland. it is the first time three deaths have been recorded in one day since 30th june. deaths have been recorded in one day since 30thjune. that brings the total number of covid—19 fatalities total number of covid—19 fatalities to 2499. speaking during the scottish government prospect daily briefing, the first minister said

21,719 people have tested positive for the virus in scotland. that is up for the virus in scotland. that is up by for the virus in scotland. that is up by 176 from the day before. it represents 2.3% of people newly tested, which is down from 2.4% yesterday. at the new cases, 91 are in greater glasgow and clyde, 32 in lancashire, 16 in lutein. are 267 in people hospital with confirmed or expected covid—19 —— suspected. the mainfigure, expected covid—19 —— suspected. the main figure, though, expected covid—19 —— suspected. the mainfigure, though, on expected covid—19 —— suspected. the main figure, though, on the deaths will be upsetting and concerning. three more confirm covid—19 patients dying in scotland, the first time three deaths have been recorded in one day since the 30th ofjune. the last two journalists working for australian media in china have flown home after a five—day diplomatic standoff during which police

demanded to interview them. bill birtles, the australian broadcasting corporation s correspondent based in beijing, and mike smith, the australian financial review s correspondent based in shanghai, boarded a flight to sydney on monday night. so what‘s it like when the chinese authorities consider that you may have broken those laws? one of the australian journalists who was involved in this incident is abc correspondent bill birtles — here‘s what he had to say. it was a world when week that came out of nowhere. last monday i got a call advising me that i needed to leave china immediately. this was the australian officials, they had received some sort of warning or advice, they never specify what. they said our advices for you to get a quick smart, which is not easy during covid. i was preparing to ta ke during covid. i was preparing to take their advice, although i had some serious questions about it... straight over to the house of commons now, where the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis, is dealing with an urgent question about the government‘s legal commitments to northern ireland under the brexit withdrawal deal.

we have already taken many practical steps to do so. the gains of the post press, to protect all people in northern ireland. that is what this government will do and will continue to deliver upon. throughout the last year, as we have taken steps to comply with our obligations, we have a lwa ys comply with our obligations, we have always sought to honour both our international obligations under commitments to the people of northern ireland. the protocol itself states that it should impact as little as possible on the everyday life of communities. it explicitly depends on the consent of the people of northern ireland for its continued existence. as we continue to implement the protocol, this overriding need must be kept in mind. this government has consistently said that people and businesses in northern ireland will have unfettered access to the whole of the uk markets. our manifesto made it very clear commitment on this. the approach that we will take on this legislation builds on that

commitment and on the specific commitment and on the specific commitment we made in the new decade, new approach agreement to legislate by the end of the year for u nfettered legislate by the end of the year for unfettered access. this has been one of the most consistent asks of most —— of northern ireland businesses, and we are now moving to provide certainty. our approach guarantees that we will be able to deliver the objectives that we set out for implementing the protocol in a way that protects the interests of the people and the economy of northern ireland. we are working hard to resolve a ny ireland. we are working hard to resolve any outstanding issues through thejoint resolve any outstanding issues through the joint committee and will continue to approach those discussions in good faith. but we are taking limited and reasonable steps to create a safety net, one that ensures that the government is a lwa ys that ensures that the government is always able to deliver on its commitments to the people of northern ireland in line with the protocol. this week starts a crucial period in trade negotiations with the eu. labour want the government to succeed, to secure a deal in the

national interest and protect the good friday agreement so it is very welcome to hear at the confirmation of its commitment to the protocol, but it has been deeply concerning ahead of these talks that the prime minister is appearing to undermine our legal obligations and his deal. the resignation of the government? chief legal adviser this morning suggest that concern over the government‘s approach runs to the very top. it reacts to jeopardising the progress of the negotiation and the progress of the negotiation and the chance of securing a much deal. the protocol was not foisted on the prime minister by brussels, by a previous government or by parliament. the prime minister personally renegotiated it, campaigned on it, legislated for it, ratified it in an international treaty. with these latest moves, some fear the prime minister is once again using northern ireland as a political football to suit his wider political football to suit his wider political means. we cannot forget at the heart of this are the people and businesses of northern ireland who

risked paying the price. for them, this is not the latest episode in a brexit drama, this is a profoundly worrying moments that will shape their livelihoods, their businesses and theirfuture. their livelihoods, their businesses and their future. it reopens the uncertainty they hoped had been settled. it takes us backwards in negotiations and undermines trust with the european commission because ultimately this is about trust. how can the people of northern ireland trust this government with a careful progress made over the last two decades when they tell them the protocol is necessary to protect it, and then suggest it undermines it? how can the british people trust a government who swore they had enough and ready deal only ten months ago and ready deal only ten months ago andi and ready deal only ten months ago and i tell them that deal was ambiguous and contradictory? how can our partners and allies around the world now trust us to enter trade negotiations on multinational —— multilateral arrangements? can you confirm whether the treasury solicitor resigned today in response to these planned by the government

to these planned by the government to bring forward legislation that will undermine our legal obligations? can he confirm whether a ministerial direction has been given on the internal market bill? can he further outlined what legal advice he has seen on whether the ministerial code will be breached if mps are asked next week to vote on provisions that will undermine those legal obligations? mr speaker, there really was no need for it to come to this. the elements of the protocol left to negotiate a not insignificant, but neither are they insurmountable, with trust, progress easily could have been secured. at the start of a new chapter for our united kingdom, we cannot afford to be seen as a country that cannot be trusted. as margaret thatcher said, britain does not renounce treaties. indeed to do so would damage our integrity as well as international relations. in those interests, in the national interest, you urge the

posturing, rediscover their responsibility and secure deal that was promised to the people of this country. secretary of state. thank you, again, mr speaker. iwouldjust say she should wait until she sees the legislation tomorrow because hopefully she will then see that what we are doing is delivering on the promises she was just referring to. she made the comment about the prime minister campaigning on that ma nifesto prime minister campaigning on that manifesto pledge. this bill will deliver on our manifesto pledges, and she will see them when she sees the bill. the uk internal market legislation that we will bring forward this week delivers on a commitment for unfettered access, something northern irish businesses have consistently asked us to do. this will give the certainty for the people, the businesses and the economy of northern ireland has been asking for. it supports the delivery of the protocol in all

circumstances, in line with what we set out in may. the safety net we will implement will deliver on the commitments made in that general election manifesto, specifically we will implement a provision in the protocol that northern ireland is fully pa rt protocol that northern ireland is fully part of the uk customs territory by ensuring that goods moving within the uk will never have to pay eu tax. we will ensure that businesses based in northern ireland have true unfettered access to the rest of the united kingdom at the paperwork. we will ensure that there is no confusion about the fact that while ireland will remain subject to the state age —— state aid regime, great britain will not be subject to eu rules in this area. these steps are brightly part of the internal market bill, the aim of which is to make sure that the uk‘s internal market will operate effectively. the house will have an opportunity to debate these matters when it sees the details in full when it is considering the bill. that bill will

strengthen northern ireland‘s place in the uk customs territory and ensure that the uk does take back control of its laws in an organised way after the 31st of december, exactly as we promised in the ma nifesto exactly as we promised in the manifesto that won a resounding victory and mandate from the people of this country. i cannot comment out the detail of the resignation of the treasury secretary, but we do wish him well. we will continue to work at pace with the eu in the joint committee. i would stress that she should not presume that the outcome of thejoint she should not presume that the outcome of the joint committee will be. we continue to work at pace with the eu on that to ensure we can reach a fair the eu on that to ensure we can reachafairand the eu on that to ensure we can reach a fair and positive outcome for northern ireland. that has a lwa ys for northern ireland. that has always been a priority. the united kingdom government signed the withdrawal agreement with the northern ireland protocol. this parliament voted that withdrawal agreement into uk legislation. the government is no changing the operation of that agreement. given

that, how can the government reassure future international partners that the uk can be trusted to abide by the legal obligations of the agreements it signs? we have worked with the eu in the spirit of good faith and we continue to do that, both sides working in good faith, to ensure that we implement the arrangements that uphold the fundamental principles that lie behind the protocol. a first priority continues to be to secure agreement on the protocols for the joint committee and the wider free—trade agreement. this is not like any other treaty. it was written on the assumption that subsequent agreements could be reached between us and the eu on the detail. we continue to believe that thatis detail. we continue to believe that that is possible, but as a responsible government, we cannot allow businesses to not have certainty forjanuary. the reality is that the uk internal market bill

are the last opportunity we have to give confidence to the people of northern ireland that we would agreed ina northern ireland that we would agreed in a protocol and what we set out in our manifesto. the prime minister referred to northern ireland and said this is a good deal when he struck at last year. we know seems to disagree himself. no wonder it is reported today that the head of the uk government legal department has quit because of the rowing back of the withdrawal agreement. the internal market bill is taking a wrecking ball to devolution, they are hell—bent on a bad deal or no deal brags it, but using the internal market bill to wina using the internal market bill to win a comparative withdrawal agreement is a tawdry and dangerous. what discussions has he had with cabinet colleagues about the impact of these plans on northern irish business and the good friday agreement, what advanced discussion did he have with the northern ireland executive? i suspect the a nswer ireland executive? i suspect the answer is precious few. we have seen

the wilful disregard this government has for devolution, and for their own international reputation. who will want to do business with the government that can‘t stick to an agreement it made itself? we have a distinct difference of opinion whereas the snp want to hand back power straight to brussels, week have been clear that we want to check those powers to the residents and citizens of the united kingdom and citizens of the united kingdom and we will be devolving power to the devolved authorities, something that we have outlined in our discussions with the devolved authorities, including the first minister of scotland just this week. this is about taking power from the eu and giving it back to the people of the united kingdom, including the scottish parliament. i‘m sorry that the snp to share the desire to see democracy here in the uk.”

the snp to share the desire to see democracy here in the uk. i wonder if he recalls that in the act that give effect to the withdrawal agreement, it is quite clear in clause 38 that the government did preserve to itself the right to make clarifications under the sovereignty clause. given that is the case, when the protocol was signed, the government recognised that the state aid rules would apply to northern ireland. this extension of them to the rest of gp is an interpretation by the european union and the government is quite within its rights to dispute that interpretation and use close 30th to explain that they don‘t agree with that and will not implement such an agreement. he has spoken about these issues over the last year or so and has been clear. he is right, what we are doing outlining in the uk internal market bill will be clarifying and being clear about the points about what will apply in january if we are not able to get satisfactory and mutually suitable

conclusions through the specialist joint committee and the... joint committee and it conclusions through the specialist joint committee and it is reasonable and central sensible that we give that clarity to businesses in northern ireland, which ensures we are abiding by the good friday agreement that there will be no borders between east and west or north tyneside. great britain will not be subject to eu rules in the state aid area, while recognising the unique position of northern ireland. these protestations of innocence don‘t really watch because the government has given the impression over the last two days, and the right honourable memberfor maidenhead addressed this question. the government may not be trusted to honour obligations it has freely entered into. iwonder at honour obligations it has freely entered into. i wonder at the secretary of state could answer a specific question relating to the northern ireland protocol that he had some trouble in answering in the summer when he appeared before the select committee. will goods moving from gb to northern ireland be

required to complete export declarations, import declarations or entry summary declarations? because the right honourable gentleman i would assume those in reality, this is part of the discussions that are going on between the specialist joint committee to deal with these issues. our deal is that it should be very flexible, as michel barnier has outlined himself, in respecting the unique position in northern ireland because the goods going from gb to northern ireland are very low risk. what we have to ensure it wouldn‘t end up with a situation where it is presumed that 100% of the goods going from gb to northern ireland are at risk goods. that would be inappropriate for northern ireland businesses, drive up prices in northern ireland and restrict supply to northern ireland. that does not fit with the protocols.

at the moment, as far as northern ireland is concerned, there appears to be no certainty either for businesses, for the long—term future of the good friday agreement, as clearly a ny of the good friday agreement, as clearly any transporting of goods between north and south will now need to be checked somewhere and somehow. in echoing the remarks of my right honourable friend the memberfor maidenhead, my right honourable friend the member for maidenhead, the continuity as our country as a country that keeps our words and international obligations. what certainty, right honourable friend give me that the government understands the seriousness of these issues? i would say to my honourable friend that we as a country stand for international law and we always will. countries around the world are aware to that. we are in these negotiations with the eu under focus

is on concluding those in a good way, to get a good outcome for the trade deal, for the specialistjoint committee work for northern ireland. delivering on the good friday agreement is not just delivering on the good friday agreement is notjust about north—south, but also east—west, ensuring that there are no borders. that is why we made this commitment on unfettered access and that is what we will deliver through the uk internal market bill. there are those in this house who will tell you that the protocol is the problem here, but the protocol is a symptom of the problem which is four years of the problem which is four years of terrible political decision making and it is not the law and this government is obliged to implement it. a member of this house told the bbc yesterday that his party had been engaged with... given they have cited the peace process and the motive, i hope they will indicate what meeting there has been with all the parties and if they

value their top legal adviser or the dup? can i caution please not to use the threat of a border on the island of ireland as a cats paw and they saw and any other negotiation. of ireland as a cats paw and they saw and any other negotiationm of ireland as a cats paw and they saw and any other negotiation. in a large part i agree with what the honourable lady has just outlined. the point i‘m making, and we had a letter from her own party the point i‘m making, and we had a letterfrom her own party and others yesterday outlining the issues around the good friday agreement. this is about ensuring that we continue to deliver on all of the gains of the peace process in northern ireland and we are able to give northern ireland businesses the certainty that no matter what happens over the next couple of months, in january they know at the very least they can be assured of having the unfettered access we are promised. that is what we will set out, to make sure that northern ireland remains an integral part of the customs union and the single market of the united kingdom. we

continue to have conversations with northern ireland businesses, as we did around the command paper that we did around the command paper that we did earlier this year. that is brandon lewis answering an urgent question in the commons by his opposite number on the announcement yesterday that the government was going to be introducing new legislation tomorrow to override parts of the withdrawal agreement that was signed eight months ago. in his comments there, brandon lewis confirming the significant development that the head of the uk's development that the head of the uk‘s legal department, jonathan jones, has resigned. he did not give any detail as to why, but the reports are that he has gone because he was unhappy over suggestions that the government is trying to rollback in parts of the withdrawal agreement. he said he has not seen his resignation letter, but the

government wish him well. also a question there from theresa may, she doesn‘t make any interventions but they are significant when she does, a nswer they are significant when she does, answer a question to the government was how can the government reassure future international partners that the uk can be trusted to abide by the uk can be trusted to abide by the legal obligations it signs? strong feelings there in the house of commons as brandon lewis is questioned over the decision of the government to look again at the withdrawal agreement. it comes as those negotiations continue on trying to get a trade agreement on brexit with the government saying that the 15th of october is the deadline. all the latest reaction to that coming up injust a deadline. all the latest reaction to that coming up in just a few moments on the news that one. right now it is time to have a look at the weather. a somewhat brighter day than yesterday. there are some breaks in the east. and has been some sunshine in the north—east of england today

and eastern scotland. yesterday, there was pretty much across the uk, but with some breaks to be had. we are in this gap here between this warm front and this cold front on the big picture here and whenever you see something like that you know there‘s quite a lot of moist air out there. you can expect plenty of cloud, but it is likely to be on the warm side and that is exactly what we have for the rest of the day. whilst many places are dry from the thicker clouds, for parts of wales and western and northern england, you could encounter some light rain and drizzle. some heavier rain coming into north—west scotland later and look at these temperatures. cloud or sunshine, many of us just creep into the low 20s. parts of eastern england, though, could be closer to 25 celsius, given any prolonged sunshine. tonight, we bring some rain across scotland and northern ireland, reaching on towards parts of northern england and north wales later in the night for what will be another rather warm night, particularly through england and wales. look at these temperatures, 16 degrees for some of us as we start the day tomorrow. this area of cloud with not much

rain left on it will work further south through england and wales as the day goes on, clearing southern parts as we get into the evening. behind it, brightening up with a decent amount of sunshine to come, a few scattered showers running across northern scotland, where we have the stronger breeze. just tilting round more to a north or north westerly for some of us, so a cooler, fresher direction of the air so although we get some sunshine coming back more widely tomorrow, temperatures tend to be in the mid to upper teens, just a few spots in southern england still in the lower 20s. thursday‘s picture, it is a much cooler start to the day and there is a ridge of high pressure around. increasing cloud will come our way, particularly in the west, where we will see some further outbreaks of rain reaching into north—west scotland. for most of us on thursday, those temperatures in the teens. this area of low pressure will bring some heavier rain towards particularly scotland on friday, with the stronger wind as well we will also see some rain pushing down across northern ireland. further weather systems, particularly into scotland, over the weekend. the wettest and windiest the further north you are, so a bit of rain reaching into parts of northern ireland,

but for many of us over the weekend are on a warming trend begins.

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