this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines the eu demands the government withdrew its plan to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, calling it an extremely serious violation of international law. but the government insists parliament is sovereign — and can pass laws which breach the uk's treaty obligations. operation moon shot, the government defends its ambition of reaching ten million coronavirus tests a day, but scientists question whether its achievable. the so—called operation moonshot to deploy mass testing will allow people to lead more normal lives and reduce the need for social distancing. talk of aiming for the moon is all very well, but actually it's a distraction from the concrete problems we have in the here and now.

social gatherings in scotland will be limited to six people, from no more than two households, as fears grow about infections there. the roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire — three children are in hospital with serious injuries. wildlife is dying out at a rate never seen in human history — according to a stark new report from the world wide fund for nature you are full of surprises, contests. so are you, mr bond. the actress dame diana rigg — famous for her roles injames bond and the avengers — has died at the age of 82. tributes have been pouring in for the star.

the eu has demanded the government withdraw its plan to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement, calling it an extremely serious violation of international law. the european commission warned it was ready to take legal action against the uk, and said the government's internal market bill had damaged trust between them. in a statement issued, the european commission said.. if the bill were to be adopted, it would constitute an extremely serious violation of the withdrawal agreement and of international law. the eu does not accept the argument that the aim of the draft bill is to protect the good friday agreement. in fact, it is of the view that it does the opposite. in response, the uk attorney general said, in the difficult and highly exceptional circumstances, it was important to remember the fundamental principle of parliamentary sovereignty. the government has rejected the eu's position. it said in response.

let's speak to our correspondent in brussels, nick beake. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, jessica parker. a scathing response to the commission there. it was like the european union cannot believe what it was hearing. the british side that it was prepared to break

international law, but today a very senior member of the european commission has been able to travel to london, sit down with michael gove, listen very carefully and it seems that the eu's worst fears have been confirmed, and this of this blistering statement is sent out tonight saying that the proposed bill from london would break international law, undermine trust between the uk and the eu, and also risk the future relationship that they are trying to negotiate at the moment in terms of trade. it says it's an extremely serious violation of the withdrawal agreement. and there's the language, they don't mince the language. they say they wa nt to mince the language. they say they want to be shy in taking legal action, and crucially dip at a time frame on it. they say boris johnson's government has to make a u—turn by the end of this month otherwise they will pursue that legal avenue. i think probably the most scathing part of it is dangerous to take the issue of the northern ireland protocol, they look

at the fact that boris johnson has set a large part of this bill is ensuring peace in northern ireland. the eu says in their estimation this british proposal does the very opposite. as you say, it's effectively an ultimatum to the uk government. this is not the way that the european commission usually works. and up until about an hour ago they said this is a storm that could be weathered. and the hope was certainly from the eu side that they could turn the attention back to the talks between michelle and her lord frost on the british side. less than a mile away in london they've been going on and on. when they were pretty much in trouble, hardly any over the summer, but the question is where does this leave the trade talks, because of the moment we know the uk left of the european union at

the uk left of the european union at the start of the year, and has been in this sort of transition period ever sense, but time is running out. on the ist of january there will be massive changes whether or not there isa massive changes whether or not there is a deal or not. but i think the whole atmosphere has been soured by what is happened over the past 48 hours. as we sit here tonight is difficult to see with the sides go here. i will have to be almighty come down on one side, he climbed down, positions will have to be changed if any sort of compromise is going to be reached anytime soon, rita. thanks. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, jessica parker. jessica, nicholas characterising the statement as blistering, but the government is in a similar vein. says that parliament can pass legislation which the breach of the uk's of treaty obligations, it is not backing down. pretty remarkable

developments this afternoon, i think of some people thought that would have been earlier this week we learned these government plans that they suspected this was a sabre rattling on the part of downing street there continuing to rattle their sabres because not only are they saying in this statement that exceptional and difficult circumstances, but also in their view parliament is sovereign within domestic law but pushing ahead with this legislation and pretty speedily. we could even get votes on it as soon next week which will prove pretty interesting. because there are conservative mps who are unhappy with what the government is doing to him we have heard from theresa may not least of all the former conservative prime minister, she has broken this week of her criticism but also rather former conservative prime minister sirjohn major and lord howard as well. the thrust of their criticism is whether the uk will damage its reputation by being seen to breach international

law. if talks don't resolve various issues ministers will have the powers to ensure the uk internal market is free and flowing between the four nations and as well it will protect the peace process, but as nick was saying that this hotly disputed by the european commission. what's going to be crucial here is what this dispute over interpretations of the past of the withdrawal agreement, what impact that has a future trade talks going oi'i that has a future trade talks going on in parallel this afternoon. the european commission statement basically says it puts us talks at risk. if you take a step back this isa risk. if you take a step back this is a pretty remarkable position that is a pretty remarkable position that is emerging this afternoon because we are just now seeing a few months away from the end of the transition period when the uk has left the eu that ends on december the 31st, that the deadline to have a trade deal in place just a few months before that deadline. the eu is threatening the

uk with legal action. we can speak now to sir roger gale, conservative mp for north thanet. what do you make of what has been going on this afternoon?” what do you make of what has been going on this afternoon? i think it's almost tragic. the united kingdom has always had a proud and honourable reputation for sticking by its words, sticky by its treaties and doing the right thing. —— sticking by. this is a matter of principle. we enter into a freely agreed treaty, and we sign it, and we honour it. we are in the process of doing i think is seeking to legislate, to break one of those agreements. that was an agreement of course that was entered into by the prime minister, mrjohnson, and something that he at the time

probably acclaimed as being a huge success. if it was not a success as it was claimed he should not have signed in the first place, and we should not have passed it through parliament in the first place, and if he wants to change it then there isa if he wants to change it then there is a way of doing it. that has to be done with the agreement of the other partners to the treaty. if anything the government edge appears to be digging in its heels in response to the european commission saying that what they are doing is potentially illegal, and threatening legal action against them. i don't know if you have managed to hear the response from the government, it says that parliament is sovereign as a matter of domestic law. and can pass legislation which is in breach of the uk's treaty obligation. it does not sound like they're backing down. i think that is wrong, i'm not a lawyer but someone like michael howard, former home secretary and former leader of this conservative

party says that it's wrong i think i believe michael rather than mr johnson. and i think i believe michael rather than anybody else in downing street as well. and when somebody come up a former prime minister likejohn major, somebody come up a former prime minister like john major, comes forward and criticises this, you need to regret thatjohn major tends to be forgotten. he was the original architect of the belfast agreement and negotiated withjohn hume and david trimble. john is not the sort of person that's going to seek to damage the situation in northern ireland, quite the reverse. when those people of that calibre talk, i'm prepared to listen to them, and i'm prepared to listen to them, and i'm also prepared to listen to what's inside my own head. that says this is a matter of principle and i will stand by that principle. is a very strong words from you that you no longer trust what is coming out of downing street. what are you

prepared to do? would you vote against this bill if it is taken away when it comes to the house? against this bill if it is taken away when it comes to the house7m the bill is presented to the house in its present form, yes i will vote against second reading. would you be prepared then to have the width taken away from you? that's for others to decide. i will stand by my principles, and i believe there are others will do so as well. this is not part of a plot, i am working in isolation. i know there's a lot of people in the conservative party who are very, very angry indeed because they are honourable people that want to do the right thing. the right thing is to stand by the withdrawal agreement that we entered into and signed and passed through to parliament. thank you for your thoughts on this, thank you so much. a little bit more on this just a

moment. just want to bring you some information from the transport secretary who has just tweeted about the travel corridors, and he says data shows that we need to... so we have got used to these restrictions being announced on a thursday afternoon, or evening so yet again this is happening and portugal is being added to the list alongside those other countries that i mentioned. iam alongside those other countries that i mentioned. i am also being told i beg your pardon, that sweden has also been added to the list. but

arrivals will not need to quarantine. so sweet and has been added to the safe travel list, i beg your pardon. it's the exact opposite that sweden has now come off the quarantine list and that arrivals will not need to quarantine. we have also got some information coming in from the welsh government, and whales is removed hungary. sweden will be added to this exempt list. so that means that hungary has been removed from the list of exempt countries, i think that means they now, anyone arriving from them will have to quarantine, but sweden along with england, the less government is adding sweden along with england to the list for where you do not have to self—isolate. i'm sorry if that

is all rather confusing but different governments put out the information with different language, i hope you have understood it. with me now is our reality check correspondent, chris morris. compared to that brexit is a little bit simpler. there is a lot going on, though, isn't there? sense of a big crisis now in the eu a uk relations. going out the same time there is sets of talks happening in london, just bring us up to date with where we are with those. to different strands of negotiations of the last few months. if you look at that one estimate took place this afternoon from the joint committee where michael gove leads the united kingdom and the vice president of the european commission leads for the european commission leads for the eu. basically this is about implementing what has artie been agreed, implementation of the withdrawal agreement, the divorce deal that took us out of the eu. that includes things like the financial settlement and citizens' rights. of course northern ireland

which we will get onto. it is the place were disputes about that agreement is supposed to be resolved, and it got this key role, the most important role in interpreting the northern ireland protocol. and that's taking up a lot of time in the joint committee. the eu argument is if you want to discuss the northern ireland protocol this is the place to do it. not supposed to simply produce a piece of legislation which announces unilateral changes. we know it now from the european union statement this afternoon that they say this very clearly breaks international law and essentially has given the government a deadline at the end of this month to change its mind. the government says yes but we are relying on the notion of parliamentary sovereignty. we heard sir roger gale saying that's not enough for him and i think there are other conservative parliamentarians who feel the same. a gero sceptic

has been a bbc radio in the last few minutes saying he doesn't think we'll get to the house of lords in the current form. the government will have to change course. there's pressure from the eu but also pressure from the eu but also pressure from the conservative party itself. extraordinary situation. all the while those negotiations going on about the uk's future trade relationship with the eu. yes that's the one we have heard more about. the negotiations in the future relationship led by the two men you can see there. david frost for the uk and michel barnier. very much now in the shadow of the release of the internal market legislation in the uk. the main thing these negotiations are supposed to do is try and sort out the future trade relationship. can you even if you have basic free—trade agreement before the end of the year? but it's not just about trade. the trade talks have not gone terribly well over the summer, not much has changed. also things like security

cooperation such as how do police here co—operate with their counterparts? they are used to doing it within the eu with the free flow and exchange of data. that's not guaranteed once we have left the single market and the customs union. i think the fear is that with turning into a really serious row about this internal market legislation is certainly going to spill over into the ways you negotiations on trade, security and other things develop. because the message from the eu is very clear. i spent several years covering the eu in brussels waiting through state m e nts in brussels waiting through statements of incredibly dense and dull prose. this was pretty strong but when it comes to the eu that is a strong, strong language. as strong as they normally use. so i think these negotiations which are really important for the future relationship with what is still our next—door neighbours, they are now being put in peril by what's going

on in the last few days. we will talk more i'm sure, chris morris our reality check correspondent. nearly 3000 more people in the uk have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk and i4 more people have died. matt hancock has defended the government's ambition to carry out millions of coronavirus tests every day — but experts have expressed concerns about laboratory capacity — and say the technology for rapid tests doesn't yet exist. dominic hughes reports. damme and dame annejohnson is a professor of infectious disease pidemiology at university college london. how realistic do you think the government ambitions for mass testing are? clearly it's very important as we move forward, we develop new technologies and we use them appropriately. but i think it's important to say from the papers

that i've seen that we don't really get have the new rapid tests properly developed and evaluated in ways that could be rolled out in large numbers. any big programme like this is an interesting idea, we need to think about how it works, but as we have seen with all the testing programmes, logistics are critical. even if you have the right technology that technology needs to be shown to work properly and be accurate, so we don't want a lot of false positives or negatives from the testing, and then also we need to make sure that you've got some sufficient capacity, either of the tests themselves or the laboratories to test them depending on the system. in most of all you've got to supply them to people, and people have got to want to comply. so just as with the current programmes of essentially asking people to behave in certain ways to reduce transmission, even with the very

mass testing programme the compliance of the public will be absolutely critical. people will wa nt to absolutely critical. people will want to have to participate and so on, it would also then we would fear that if people were positive there would be prepared to isolate and theirfamilies prepared would be prepared to isolate and their families prepared to quarantine and so on. it's a big logistical issue. it may be something that in the future we can think about, but here and now we need to make sure that the current measures that are put in place are really u p measures that are put in place are really up and running, and that includes the public understanding of how they can help, and when they do get sick they can self—isolate but also get tested. that testing programme, we've got to get that working extremely well and in fact increasing in capacity first of all before we look into really ambitious programmes that we don't really have all the logistics or testing technologies yet. that is really the

key point, isn't it? that at the moment the capacity for whatever reason does not seem to be there. we keep hearing the stories of individuals running into the hundreds were trying to get a test and being sent to the other end of the country for a test. we had an apology a few days ago from the deputy of the test and trace system from the lack of laboratory capacity. there is a sense that the system at the moment is not working very well. in our report on preparing for a challenging winter we made the point that over this coming season as people move indoors we can expect more transmission of covid and other viruses, and as people have been moving around more moving into autumn as schools and universities going back, people nixing more rebound to see more people with symptoms whether it is covid or not. it's inevitable the demand will increase and i think that's part of the issue. in

addition of course people are, thank goodness, complying with the guidance that has been put out for people to seek tests when they have symptoms. it's really important we get this testing up and running, because in capacity that's the deal with people. asking people to maintain social distancing, where face coverings and so on. that's the most important thing they can do. alongside that it's absolutely clear that the most important thing to stop transmission is if they get sick to go home at isolate. that's the most important thing to stop passing it on, but then they want to get tested. want to get tested because most people test negative and those have tested negative can get back on that with their lives and participate in the economy, and all the rest of it. getting this package in which everybody plays the parts and the testing system plays its part is the kind of combinations

of things that will help us to bring virus transmission down. in terms of weighing up their respective values, what is more important in your eyes? mass testing even the might be some way off or contact test and tracing? so if somebody tests positive then tracing other contacts and getting them to isolate? i think it's very difficult to make comparison without having any detail of what has been proposed, so many components of that. but right now which is what matters right now is what matters is we see an uptick in the number of cases. what's most important now is that when we did some modelling for a piece of work as i did for the society we modelled the whole system of test, trace and isolate. the thing that gives you the greatest benefit in terms of stopping transmission is people self

isolating when they get symptoms. in doing that before they get a test because that stops the transmission when people are becoming very infectious, it's a very infectious virus. in getting tested and as i said most people will be negative. and that they can go on with their lives. those were positive, we know where they are also very important for health agencies locally when they've been very vocal about this. once we know where the infections are going on and how it is being transmitted that allows you to do much more focused testing and contact tracing outbreak investigation commit to working with the local communities. but they can individually do to try and suppress the virus. this is not entirely homogenous. we've got a present for communities in different ways of having to approach this. that's really well done by local authorities who understand what's going on and can work with local communities. and we've heard a lot from the excellent george is a

public health around the country that have been speaking out talking about how they have been tackling things locally. for the time being that's where our focus will be and moon shots arejust that's where our focus will be and moon shots are just ask my moon shots. let's investigate them and work on them but let's make sure their work before we get too carried away. very good to talk to you, thank you so much. the number of people allowed to meet up in scotland has been cut to six from two households — amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic accelerating. first minister nicola sturgeon announced the measure at lunchtime. it comes as a new contact tracing app called protect scotland became available to download. james shaw is in glasgow: the restrictions that she is talking about are very similar to the ones that we know about in england already. so a maximum of six people from two households meeting together either indoors or outdoors, a couple of refinements compared to what's happening in england.

so nicola sturgeon said if hospitality settings, so cafes, pubs and restaurants, people moving around, that's customers and staff, would have to wear masks. there will be some exceptions to these rules for things like funerals and weddings, essentially nicola sturgeon saying it is unfortunate that these tightening measures have to happen but it is, as she sees it, a necessity. i can confirm that we intend to change this so that a maximum of six people from two households will now be permitted to meet together. to help reduce transmission but also to simplify the rules as much as possible, this new limit will apply both indoors in houses, pubs and restaurants, and also outdoors, including private gardens. there will be some limited exceptions for example for organised sports and places of worship. also any children under 12 who are part of two households meeting up won't count

towards the limit of six people. now, one more positive development, the new contact tracing app which is now up and running, the last time i checked, around 150,000 people had downloaded it so far today. thousand of people have spent another night without adequate shelter — after a blaze destroyed their refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos. authorities have transferred more than 400 unaccompanied children and teenagers to the mainland. but hundreds of people, including many families with young children, have been forced to find shelter along the road — scrambling to find shade under olive trees to escape today's hot weather. our correspondent bethany bell is on the island. the situation sounds extremely difficult for all of these people. bring us up—to—date with what's

going on. very difficult, i don't know if you can see behind me, people queuing up and sitting by the side of the road. this is as far as many of the migrants and refugees are allowed to come to is beyond me isa are allowed to come to is beyond me is a police line beyond which they are not allowed to cross. when men try to cross a police line a bit earlier and the police had to go back to go back, go back, covid. there are families sitting around on the side of the road, there's one man who has got most of its goods a couple of blankets and close in a wheelbarrow, and he is sitting on the ground with his wife cradling a tiny baby. and they are bracing themselves for another night out in themselves for another night out in the open. either at the side of the road or possibly in the olive groves but there have been problems here as well because there have been a number of small fires that we have seen break—out today in the moria

camp where most of the area is com pletely camp where most of the area is completely burnt out, but quite close to here and the fire brigade rushed in just close to here and the fire brigade rushed injust a close to here and the fire brigade rushed in just a few minutes ago. to extinguish the fire. thank you very much indeed, that's bethany bell there on the greek isle of lesbos. the actress dame diana rigg has died at the age of 82. she became famous for her role as emma peel in the tv show the avengers. more recently she appeared in game of thrones. she also played many classical roles on stage. we are joined now by film critic richard fitzwilliams who has fond memories of the icon. how would you describe diana to anyone that does not know her?|j anyone that does not know her?” think that she became rather legendary because it's an amazing feat within 60 years to begin with emma peel, a stylish, seductive spy

in the 1960s the avengers, and another vast audience a half—century later playing alina tyrell, the monstrous kucka living figure in game of thrones. that was a measure of the scale —— calculating. who would believe that somebody like emma peel, the same actress could, andi emma peel, the same actress could, and i was so transfixed by this when i saw it, to see when she took to the west end and to new york. this was an enthralling performance. and quite amazing. she had the most tremendous dramatic range emotionally, and she could have fun on stage as she did with tom stoppard and opposite michael holden which was a famous production. but also so monstrous as the mother. she

enjoyed playing villains, but she said the truth and a part was most important even if it was far from her own personality. it was her knowledge of the human experience that she would bring to it. did you know her personally, had you met her? i met her several times because she was actually charming. went to several of the plays she performed m, several of the plays she performed in, and got backstage and had a chat with her afterwards. that is the sign of someone that really enjoys meeting their public. because she really was absolutely delightful, but also on—screen of course the one woman to marry james but also on—screen of course the one woman to marryjames bond most memorably in on her majesty secret service, and such as evil under the sun. also another villain that she won a after four. and

sun. also another villain that she won a afterfour. and on sun. also another villain that she won a after four. and on television. so she had this extraordinary ability to play so many different parts, and attractive alcoholic in night and day in a place that in africa, or a play called honour which was about the mix of rather intriguing relationships. always wonderful. the painted veil which was one of her last films. she was absolute perfection, and is rather charming that her last broglie performance was playing mrs higgins in myfair performance was playing mrs higgins in my fair lady, and —— broadway performance. she is a great loss and a wonderfully versatile actress and leaves behind such a glorious canon of work that we can continue to enjoy. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much for sharing your

memories with diana rigg. worn on the latest following an emergency meeting on the eu with the u government withdraw its plan to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement. calling it an extremely serious violation of international law. gove had this to say. i hope that across the house of commons there will be a recognition that we have an obligation to brother ireland in order to make sure that they can continue to have u nfettered sure that they can continue to have unfettered access, but of course we asa unfettered access, but of course we as a government have an obligation and to the joint agreement of her carand and to the joint agreement of her car and permitted in such a way the implement the games of the good friday belfast agreement are absolute secured and enhance in the future. i hope that we will heed progress in the course of the weeks ahead, but again it is not for me to speculate about the chances of

success , speculate about the chances of success, it's my job speculate about the chances of success, it's myjob to work for success. three children have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a school bus had a railway in hampshire. he roof was chaired off. there was nothing left of the top deck of a bus. sheared off after hitting a railway bridge. the bus had more than 70 children on board, many on the top deck. those on board said the impact sounded like a massive bang. among those on the upper deck was 14—year—old zoe. we suddenlyjust hit the top of the tunnel, because it's a double—decker bus, and it all fell in on the top. i'm not sure what happened down the bottom, i think they were all ok, but on the top it all fell in on top of everyone. there was glass everywhere and everyone started screaming. the roof just got

the roofjust got ripped off and the window got smashed and dust came through the windows. in and the roofjust got ripped off and the window smashed and dust came for back end of the bus was also torn off. the window caved in. when you are close to this union with full extent of the damage and that ruth has been completely lifted off. the driver was not injured and is now helping with our inquiries. officers say they want to find out why he took this route. that bus does not fit through this bridge and i can't think that a bus route would have been drawn to take it through a bridge that is too low for the bus. the buses operated by stagecoach we started an investigation. this warning site on the bridge appeared obscured by the trees and may fall in part of the inquiry. we need answers. we need to know why the coach was here when it ought not to have been here. when they pulled the bus out of the tunnel, the damage

became even clearer. the school said it was now offering support for the students. i did not want to speculate on the circumstances leading up to the incident but our thoughts go out to all those who have been affected. this morning, the seats were full of children, many have now lived through a terrifying experience of what should have been an ordinary school day. a tax on frequent flyers and banning cars from city centres are among the climate change solutions members of the public have come up with, as part of the uk's first citizen's assembly on the environment. more than 100 people looked at the changes needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. with me is the chief executive of the committee on climate change, chris stark and professor becky willis from lancaster environment centre. good afternoon to you both. can i

just kick off with chris, what do you make over all of the recommendations from this report?” am really impressed by them. this is an amazing process to have been through, to take this group of real people through this process and have them come up with a set of recommendations like this. it's such a big step forward. when we look across what is surprising is how balanced and sensible and moderate these options are when... there's lots of really interesting little nuggets in there about the steps that we need to take the cut emissions to get to the goal that we had set of method zero by 2050. but taken together, this is a real package. you can imagine he can really be implemented. professor rebecca willis, you have particularly looked at energy use in the home very specifically, and i wonder what you make of what the

citizens in the group recommended on this issue? what the citizens wanted to see on this issue is becoming much more efficient about the way that energy is used in the homes and that energy is used in the homes and that basically means insulating homes much better. and they also wanted a phase out of fossil fuels in the home. they supported a ban on gas boilers and replaced with zero carbon heating but i think moving beyond at technical detail i think that what the number is wanted to see was really strong government leadership on this agenda and clear communication and engagement of the public. so that it was there to the whole population and notjust public. so that it was there to the whole population and not just the luck he hundred people who got to go through this process that get to net zero is both necessary and achievable. and that is a key question, how likely are these recommendations to be adopted by government? i think that is a really

important question for ministers. if i were a minister i would be looking at this and thinking is it a package i think at this and thinking is it a package ithinki at this and thinking is it a package i think i could actually implement and it's really interesting that the assembly looked at some really thorny issues as becky says, look at the phasing out of gas boilers and look at how quickly removed from petrol and diesel cars on our roads and they were really willing to embrace and make the change to lower zero carbon. if i were in government busy be really brilliant information and the cover to make these decisions i make them stick and speaking practice. rebecca willis, it does feel as if the members of the panel were quite open to radical changes to their lives but do you think that being idealistic you think that being idealistic you think everybody could subscribe and find out that this sort of changes they are recommending?” find out that this sort of changes they are recommending? i have seen more pragmatism than idealism actually. what i saw was that

participant thinking through the evidence they had been given by express and thinking about how that fit that into their lives and they rejected ideas that they did not think would work either for them or for their communities. that they we re for their communities. that they were thinking of their fellow citizens in that. i think they did wa nt citizens in that. i think they did want and feel surprised that skynet was not being discussed more broadly and there was not more talk in politics about climate and they did think it was necessary to have that's quite process of engagement in order for the population as a whole to buy into some of these measures. one of the key recommendations of this report is that the plan to reach net zero by 2050 has cross party support. is that possible? i think it's really possible. the whole market has approached this but there has been that cross party support and the target itself that we are talking

about the net zero target as part of the legislation that we have in the uk under the climate change act in that piece of legislation had the full support of all parties in the house of parliament and i would love to see that to be emphasise and restated because climate change should not be a political issue in that way. there is room for political debate about how we tackle climate change of course but there is no room for debate about the need to tackle climate change to cut emissions and we should start addressing this problem properly. really fascinating. we will have to leave it there. thank you both very much for your time. here is some more on our breaking news. the eu has threatened the uk with legal action if it goes ahead with plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal agreement. the european commission says the proposals have "seriously damaged trust" between the two sides, and has given the british government until the end of the month to scrap them. the government has said parliament is sovereign and can pass laws which breach the uk's treaty obligations.

we can speak now to kenneth armstrong, who's professor of european law at the university of cambridge. that afternoon to you. what do you make of this outbreak of hostilities this afternoon? i think it was inevitable that the european union would have to react to the publication of the barrel yesterday and its proposals for applied provisions of the withdrawal agreement and the provisions on the protocol on northern ireland. what it has done is initiate the process on the withdrawal agreement to try to resolve the dispute between the two sides. are you surprised by the ferocity of the language from the european commission? it is not what you usually hear is it? i think what it's very clear that the united kingdom tends to do this a provisions of the agreement and in breach of that agreement as lisa

from brandon lewis's statements in the house of commons earlier on this week. this is an intentional breach andi week. this is an intentional breach and i think the european commission has very little option other than to recognise and acknowledge that this is an intentional breach and therefore requiring the united kingdom to remedy that breach by removing the conflicting provisions of the uk internal market barrel. -- bill. minister have published their own response this afternoon at the a nswer own response this afternoon at the answer you are aware saying that parliament would not be acting unconstitutionally by approving this internal market barrel, what do you think? i think there is to interesting aspect of it. one is that this legal advice came from that this legal advice came from that cabinet office today and it is not a marriage from the office of the attorney general is that it is interesting to know who is the author of this legal advice and the

second thing if you are right, the sovereignty of parliament issue is something that the john sovereignty of parliament issue is something that thejohn senden government had put into uk legislation recently to reaffirm the 70 following big uk's withdrawal from the european union and clearly provisions in this bill are an example of the uk exercising its sovereignty including to act in a way that reaches its international law obligations. of course, that becomes an issue for the courts in terms of what their view would be of whether it goes into constitutional for the government to act in this way. it is interesting it is arguing that parliament is sovereign, as we know there is a lot of dissent and a lot of unhappiness on the conservative back benches and there are indications that the government

could have a very big fight on its to get this through to the lords. absolutely. i think the sovereignty of parliament is an established principle and so is the principle of united kingdom by its international obligations and remember this is an agreement that only incident of force at the end of january we are within the same year, the same government, that government that negotiated this agreement and the government capital is the legislation to implement this agreement is now proposing new legislation to misapply their agreement to which it itself signed up agreement to which it itself signed up to. that feels like an extraordinary moment. thank you professor kenny armstrong of the university of cambridge. the cases are double the average

rate for the province. our challenge in dealing with this virus is to co nsta ntly bala nce a in dealing with this virus is to constantly balance a range of factors to reduce the risk of harm on wives and indeed livelihoods. and we are in a much better place now than we were earlier in the year. you have a strong and robust database you have a strong and robust data base and an you have a strong and robust database and an effective track and trace system. and that gives us all a level of certainty and knowledge about how this virus is operating. it enables us to have confidence in identifying future patterns and trends. and i want to commend all those public health workers who are delivering that very important service which frankly, is the envy of many other countries. we had the opportunity now to push down on this rising curve of infection and we must take that opportunity. we all know that we are facing into the difficult autumn and winter months

which traditionally if the pressure is in our health services and i were decisions that they will protect the services and we believe also save lives. it is evident that there are specific geographical regions which have concerning levels of community transmit and we have agreed a number of limited restrictions which will be put in place in the following postcode areas. broadly speaking this is in the time of bombing up as the area covered by bp 43 and in the belfast consular area and that areas combined bp 28 and bp 29. medical and scientific advice that he will see the greatest benefit from focusing on limiting social interactions between and that means that in areas only there will be no mixing of households in private dwellings, with exemptions for bubbling with one other household.

caring responsibilities including childcare, essential maintenance, support living arrangements, visits required for legal or medical purposes, or a marriage or civil partnerships where one partner is terminally ill. and, no more than six people are together in a private garden for no more than two households. these restrictions will come into the legal for us next week but they are asking people living in these areas to take action immediately. do not wait for the regulations, protect yourself and protect others. by paying your part you can help to stop the spread. these measures will be in place for no longer than is necessary and we do want to say that to you and we are going to review them in the next two weeks. we are also making some recommendations that people living in those postcode areas. they will seek to limit all necessary travel beyond the area where the additional local restrictions apply and mbe to

minimise that care homes and hospitals in those areas. further guidance will also be provided to health and care workers in respect of social interactions outside of the workplace. we believe what we are proposing today is a proportionate and a measured approach to very specific issues that exist currently and identified locations. the executive has also considered current restrictions on leisure and hospitality sector is and follow detailed engagement with the sector and indeed other stakeholders a range of robust mitigation measures have been identified and i want to thank all of those who have participated in that process and i welcome the honest and a strong partnership you have taken. we are satisfied that opening gates can now be set for the statement is as we previously indicate the 14th of september and

then i'm indicative of beta for the zist then i'm indicative of beta for the 21st of september and that has been agreed for the reopening of bars which do not open —— which do not offer food. i know which do not open —— which do not offerfood. i know that which do not open —— which do not offer food. i know that some will ask on a day when we are setting new restrictions and some postcode areas why we can give dates to lift other restrictions. i want to say at the moment bedroom is not business where customers behaviours are regulated, it is in our homes, if the house party and the dinner party and that few people coming around for drinks ora few people coming around for drinks or a coffee. complacency is our enemy and it costs lives and therefore today it is important that we say to you that compliance is all important. we have set up a new ministerial led group still compiling the enforcement and regulations and that will represent a concerted effort to answer eve ryo ne a concerted effort to answer everyone follows the letter and indeed the spirit of the law. i am saying now to everyone and night and

ireland whether you are a customer ora ireland whether you are a customer or a business owner or a worker or an employer, a friend, or a family member, please think carefully about the actions and ensure you do the right thing to protect yourself and to protect others and keep washing your hands regularly and often. 19 social distancing and we are not possible where a face covering. and can we also judgement and minister of education in the guidance to the pa rents of of education in the guidance to the parents of school children should be developed covid—i9 symptoms. and that we finish by saying very clearly that i am very proud of how the people of northern ireland have responded over this last six months. by responded over this last six months. by putting together despite heartache and hardship and lives have been saved and our path to this pandemic may not be straight but i am confident that we can keep moving

through recovery and towards a renewal of our way of life and we are all in this together and so we have to stay safe and save lives. good afternoon to everyone. i want to act and also begin by extending my heartfelt sympathies to the family my heartfelt sympathies to the fa m ily love my heartfelt sympathies to the family love have lost a left one as a result of covid—19 over the last 24 hours. can i say there has been a lot of country and speculation around the press conferences and when they may return. let me say this before my remarks. i do accept the public message about the pandemic has been undermined by the controversy over the last number of months. it was never my intention that that would happen. it did and i regret that. i want to rebuild trust with the public. as he had the most challenging time ahead of us on many levels in the coming weeks and months and we must work together for the common good. the fact is we are still in the midst of a global

pandemic, and has had and continues to have a profound negative impact on our society and our economy and our people and our health and our well—being. getting our people and our health and our well— being. getting through our people and our health and our well—being. getting through the first phase that there pandemic involved a huge partnership effort between government, the public sector, and the people. we are really grateful for that partnership effort. getting through the first daysin effort. getting through the first days in itself was not the end. we have recently seen a significant increase in cases right across his island and we need everyone to understand how the serious public health situation continues to be. covid—19 has not changed and it's no less deadly than it was when we initially had to impose restrictions and our response to this pandemic is going to be an ongoing and continuous process. it will necessarily keep moving forward in a forward trajectory, we have say we will be prepared to step forward and also to step back when it was necessary. on the picture at present is very concerning. the letter

number has been consistently above one for a number has been consistently above one fora numberof number has been consistently above one for a number of weeks and there has been a rise in covid—19 cases since earlyjuly has been a rise in covid—19 cases since early july and has been a rise in covid—19 cases since earlyjuly and in recent weeks we had seen a further sharp increase. over the last seven days that have been around 90 new cases pretty. to put that in context, in earlyjuly we were seeing three through four positive cases today so contrary to the belief of some of this is not all down to increase testing. whether we have five times the testing, we have 20 times the numberof the testing, we have 20 times the number of confirmed cases. community transmission has increased to a consenting level. when the majority of positive cases confirmed recently are in the younger age groups. if things keep going the way they are, the very clear medical and scientific advice is that it only a matter of time before we see a rise in cases in the older population who we know are more vulnerable to this virus. this will result in more hospital admissions, virus. this will result in more hospitaladmissions, increase pressures on health service and

staff and he also would cause more people to die. i know that it a start and worrying prospect so we need to do everything we can to prevent it from happening. the data on incidents... we believe that joint press conference with the deputy first minister and first minister of northern ireland with that update on the coronavirus restrictions. in a moment it is time for the 6pm news but first the weather with darren. it really has been a mixed bag out there today. some people were able to make the most of the fine weather. this picture was taken in cornwall. north it was a different story across the uk. cloudier, cooler, streaming as well. across other parts of scotland we have seen rain as well. the rain and continues through the night in the northwest of scotla nd through the night in the northwest of scotland in particular. spots of rainfor of scotland in particular. spots of rain for northern ireland and some more crowd coming into england and wales as well. when the continuing

to strengthen across and it will be warmer than it was last night in east in scotland and the northeast of england. the best of the weather tomorrow will be across england and wales. no pressure to the north. weather fronts bringing wales. no pressure to the north. weatherfronts bringing rain into scotla nd weatherfronts bringing rain into scotland and northern ireland. high—pressure keeping it fine and further south. a band of rain moving into scotland and northern ireland quickly in the morning. the rain could be happy over the hills and it arrives into cumbria through the afternoon. the rest of england and wales is dry with sunshine at times. temperature is getting up to 20 degrees once again. cooler north and blustery showers. with that wind will be touching the air force at times. gusty winds. area of low pressure pushing the leather from south as it moves south into high—pressure. it weekends there's not much rain. another way the system coming in from the atlantic. this is affecting scotland and northern ireland on saturday. we will have showers and thick clouds

and outbreaks of rain coming in from the atlantic. england and wales again much more quiet and dry with sunshine and temperature is getting into the low 20s at best in the southeast. if you will get warmer through the rest of the weekend. we have got rain on saturday night for northern ireland and scotland with a strong wind. rain sunday morning gets blown up to the northwest of scotland. fretting. more sunshine developing elsewhere and in the sunshine ina developing elsewhere and in the sunshine in a southerly breeze and temperature is get into the mid—20s in eastern england. some warm weather on the way early next week. a leather front lurking in the northwest of scotland threatening to rain. high—pressure acquire essential parts of europe. we will get some heat here as well. briefly early next week temperatures could be as high as 30 celsius.

a furious row errupts with the eu over the uk's plans to introduce a law that would override key parts of the brexit divorce deal. at talks in london — the eu threatens legal action unless the plans are withdrawn by the end of the month — saying they‘ re breaking international law and jeopardising trade talks. instead of progress today, an angry stand—off. tonight, no chance of the government backing down. also on the programme tonight... hospital waiting lists for operations and treatments hits record levels in england, as the impact of the pandemic is felt. 16 children are injured, three seriously, when their school bus hit a railway bridge in hampshire. more than 10,000 migrants on the greek island of lesbos have spent a second night sleeping in the open after their refugee camp