this is bbc news with the latest headlines. former british prime ministers tony blair and sirjohn major call borisjohnson‘s brexit plans "shameful," as the government continues to defend plans to override parts of the withdrawal agreement. this is a collective will on the part of the government not just to prepare for the worst, but also to protect the internal workings of our united kingdom. that is responsible government. there's fresh concern in the uk over the growing spread of coronavirus after more than 3,000 cases were recorded on consecutive days. more than 30 people have died as wildfires burn in california, oregon, and washington and there are further health concerns for the people living there as the smoke is causing widespread pollution. a new trail of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, a new trial of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed

for spying in iran— has been postponed. the government has welcomed the development and called again for her release. police in belarus detain 250 anti—government protestors as around 100,000 people return to street demonstrations. and coming up in half an hour on global questions, a month after a huge explosion in beirut, what next for lebanon's crisis hit economy and broken political system? good afternoon. two former prime ministers have condemned a plan by the government to override elements of the brexit withdrawal agreement signed with the eu. in a joint column for the sunday times, sirjohn major and tony blair called the proposal, which would break international law,

shocking and irresponsible. thejustice secretary robert buckland this morning dismissed the criticism, saying the country is facing an unprecedented situation. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, reports. two former prime ministers, one conservative, one labour, both angry. they have joined forces before to speak against brexit, but now they have strong words for a government planning to alter parts of the treaty which paved the way for leaving the eu less than a year ago. writing in the sunday times, sirjohn and mr blair said the government's actions were irresponsible, wrong in principle and dangerous in practice. they said... the government has defended the plan, "it is an unprecedented situation," it says, and the powers it will give itself will probably never be used.

this is all about insurance planning. is it sabre rattling and bluster? no, it's a break the glass in emergency provision if we need it. but if the uk were to break international law, where would that leave individual lawmakers? is that the moment that robert buckland resigns from the government, if we break international law itself? if i see the rule of law being broken in a way i find unacceptable, of course, i will go. ah. we are not at that stage. 0n the eu side, the anger is visible. the irish foreign minister says these actions make getting deals on anything harder. the british government, in my view, is behaving in an extraordinary way on british people need to know that, because outside of britain, where this issue is being discussed now, the reputation of the uk and britain as a trusted negotiating partner on important issues like this, is being damaged in a very serious way. labour agrees. it says the government needs

to stop reigniting old rows and just get on with it. there is a deal there to be done, and it is the responsibility of the british government to do that deal. the differences that remain on state aid and fisheries, deals can be done on those things. good negotiators would be getting round the table rather than posturing, and that is what i'm urging the government to do. with the legislation due before parliament tomorrow, the chorus of concern is growing. at the moment, it looks unlikely that these will be the voices that persuade downing street it needs to change course. the uk's chief negotiator in uk—eu talks, lord frost, has said he hopes the eu will "think better" of their position on whether to list the uk as a third country for food imports. earlier, the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier said suggestions the eu was threatening to effectively block uk food exports

to northern ireland by withholding the "third country" status were not true. but lord frost responded in a series of tweets claiming it had been made clear to the uk in the current talks that there was "no guarantee" of the uk being listed. and that if the uk was not listed, it would "not be able to move food to northern ireland." the question is whether its negotiating strategy or simply disagreement with the interpretation of the eu withdrawal agreement. more on that later. there have been about 3,5000 new cases of coronavirus in the uk on each of the past few days and todthere are renewed concerns about transmission in care homes. the government has written to care

home providers in england to warn them of a rise in new coronavirus infections within the sector. the letter acknowledges that infections are "mainly affecting the workforce, but clearly there is a risk the virus will spread to care home residents". 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt has been following developments. there are reports in the sunday times newspaper today that an official report marked official and sensitive was circulated at the department of health and social care last friday, saying the rate of coronavirus infections had quadrupled since the start of the month. it also says that the health and care secretary, matt hancock, was told last wednesday that outbreaks had been detected in 43 homes in england. i do need to give you some context to that. at the height of the pandemic, the worst week for care homes, back in april, there were more than 1000 outbreaks in homes during one week. nevertheless, this is reflecting that wider worry about what is going on. the letter from the department also circulated on friday, which we force reported on friday,

first reported, said infections were mainly among the workforce, but nevertheless they had been transmitted to residents in some cases. the department is due to publish its winter plans for social care in the next week or two, and says it is doing all it can for care homes, but already, care homes are worried about their ability to get testing and testing results as they see that as the key to protecting homes. dr maria van kerkhove is the technical lead on covid—i9 at the world health organization. she says that the majority of people in the world are still susceptible to the virus. what we know is that this virus has quite a long way to go. if we look at the proportion of the population that actually still remain susceptible, only about 10% of the world's population has been exposed and has evidence of infection, which means that most people remain susceptible. we're seeing some worrying

trends across europe. in a number of countries, we're seeing an increase in case numbers, which is partly due to increased testing, it's partly due to improved surveillance, but it's definitely heading in the wrong direction. so what we really need to focus on is bringing transmission under control, and we do have the tools that can put that in place. authorities in melbourne have arrested more than 70 people for flouting strict stay—at—home orders to protest against lockdown restrictions. the protests came ahead of the partial easing of tough coronavirus measures in australia's second city, starting from midnight local time. victoria state accounts for 75 % of cases in australia but the recorded daily infections have been falling. nighttime curfew will be shortened and more outdoor exercise will be allowed, but the stay—at—home orders will remain in place. two los angeles police officers are in a critical condition after being shot in what police are calling an ambush.

video of the incident shows a figure approach the officers‘ vehicle, before opening fire and running away.the officers involved have not been named, but have been described as a 31—year—old woman and a 24—year—old man. more than 30 people have been killed by wildfires that are sweeping through the west coast of the united states. blazes have been burning in washington, oregon and california for three weeks, affecting millions of acres. dozens of people are missing and tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes, as helena wilkinson reports. in oregon and california, this is what some have had to escape from. more than a dozen fires are still raging across the state. oh, my god, babe. thousands of homes in oregon now reduced to charred ruins. 0n the ground, search and rescue crews look for dozens who are missing. so awfully kind of you.

thank you so much. for the tens of thousands who have been forced to flee their homes, they have no idea of when they'll be able to return, or what they will find. if we have to rebuild, we have to rebuild. if we don't have to rebuild, we still have so much clean—up to do because of the ash, because when we left, like i said, the last time we pulled out, there was almost two inches. satellite images from this week show thick plumes of smoke over the west coast of america. nasa said the view had been unusual and grim. the smoke pollution from the wildfires has left portland barely visible. meteorologists say 0regon‘s largest city has been left with the worst air quality in the world. on monday, president trump is due to visit california to see for himself the trail of devastation the wildfires have left behind. helena wilkinson, bbc news. a stretch of the ms has been closed in gloucestershire

after a serious collision involving several vehicles. police were called at about 5.30 this morning following reports of a ford fiesta leaving the northbound carriageway between junctions 9 and ii. police said as a lorry parked behind the fiesta to offer help, a second lorry crashed into the back of it. highways england have reported a vehicle on fire but have yet to disclose injuries or casualties. economists say that the growing number of local lockdowns could lead to an increase in job losses and a collapse in consumer confidence. this week it was announced that households in birmingham will no longer be able socialise. and in bolton, bars and restaurants have had to close except for takeaways. our business correspondent katie prescott reports. a sign of the times in bolton town centre. pubs and bars closed for the second time for the local lockdown. this publican in bolton has re—furloughed all of his staff except the chef and is turning to takeaways, to keep the business ticking over. the future of the

business, uncertain. we have had good support. the pub we are in at the moment, the thomas egerton, i think will survive. i think we will be all right here. we have got a smaller pub down the road called the brewhouse, which may not be as easy to start up again. and that may be the difference between the company staying afloat or otherwise. businesses like this in england, forced to close by local lockdowns are getting extra funding from government, but any restrictions can upend the economy. we have seen in leicester, for example, when the restrictions have been lifted, the footfall is still around up to 20% lower than what we would have expected it otherwise, so there is a lingering effect of these local lockdowns on consumer confidence. and it is these sorts of closures that we are seeing here in bolton that businesses say they really fear. but there is a catch—22 going on between trying to open up

the economy and get people back to work and indeed going to work counts as essential travel in lockdown areas. all the while, trying to prevent a spike in infections that could lead to the sorts of stringent measures being seen in other areas of the uk. it is not game over for bars in halifax, which can still open, but in this local lockdown, different households are not allowed to socialise inside, which means more empty seats. now, obviously with the restrictions that we have got in place, it is less of a utopia for you to come and enjoy yourself. you are enjoying yourself in a controlled environment, which is not what the hospitality industry is about. by sticking to the new rules, all are hoping that these types of closures are short—lived. katie prescott, bbc news. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed for spying in iran, has not been taken to court to face new charges, as she'd been expecting. her husband says she was instead

told that she'd be brought into the prosecutor's office in tehran for a discussion. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was told last week that she was facing a new charge. the foreign office said it welcomed the deferral of the hearing and has urged iran to make her release permanent. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was told she would face charges of propaganda against the state. she went through the charges against her with her lawyer from what i understand yesterday. they prepared a strong defence. her lawyer reassured her there was not much in what they were plotting against her if you like and they would be able to give a strong defence in her favour. they would be able to give a strong defence in herfavour. she waited all morning and was told she was not going to court, she was meant to be

escorted because she has got an ankle tag which prevents him from moving away from her parents house where she is based but all of a sudden she was told the trial hasn't cancelled, she would not be in court today, there would be no healing, so once again it's hanging over her head. a couple of things i wanted to pursue with you. one is the wider context first, on her personal situation, does her husband tell you that her mental and physical well—being has benefited from these months she has spent at home? she is still under house arrest but compared to the conditions she was in presumably just a compared to the conditions she was in presumablyjust a few months ago, it must have made some difference?” think there is no doubt that being at her parents house is a lot better than being imprisoned. there is no about that. but the truth is she is separated from her daughter who is six years old, who has spent most of her childhood without either her mother or herfather or her childhood without either her mother or her father or without living a family life with both

pa rents living a family life with both parents and now she's back in west ham stood, has her started school but literally doesn't speak to her mother any more because she feels as she puts it very betrayed that she had to leave iran, her grandparents house, where she was and her mum is there now. what i would say is that may has severe medical difficulties when she was in prison and did not have —— nazanin. she had some lumps on her breast which turned out to be benign but it caused her a lot of problems because breast cancer is in herfamily so problems because breast cancer is in her family so physically she is problems because breast cancer is in herfamily so physically she is not well, mentally she feels like she should be granted clemency because she is near the end of her sentence of the first charge that was put against her but now this new charge has been the thing that she may not be able to leave at all so mentally she's in a very bad place. as you would expect. some people would say the cement is too cruel and unusual torture, given the way she has been

in and out of prison, promises, charges that were laid in 2017, it was dropped because borisjohnson was dropped because borisjohnson was visiting as foreign secretary event was revived now it's being revived again, i'm not surprised. anybody would be by that, never mind what her daughter is going through and her family. but what her daughter is going through and herfamily. but there what her daughter is going through and her family. but there are signs of hope and i'm cautious in saying that but there have been statements in the last few days such as one by the defence secretary ben wallace acknowledging perhaps for the first time that britain accepts there is a debt it owes iran because of the chieftain tanks that were paid for £400 million for 1500 chieftain tanks, the british refused to supply the matter and this has been a long—running dispute. iran is desperate for money and, do you see something here that could provide a

way out for nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe? way out for nazanin zaghari-ratcliffe? her husband has maintained from day one that her wife is a pawn and a bargaining chip which is caught between two countries. as we say and you are absolutely right, we as a country or iran £400 million and nazanin has been told over and over again that u nless been told over and over again that unless that debt is paid, she will not be coming home. she was told herself by one of the guards in prison that she is in prison because of ourfailure to prison that she is in prison because of our failure to pay that debt. and it is promising that the government, oui’ it is promising that the government, our government is talking about paying the debt back but in all honesty, they should have paid back the debt along time ago. because perhaps if they had paid the debt back, a constituent would be home right now. the one thing i would say thatis right now. the one thing i would say that is promising is that the embassy in tehran, our embassy in tehran is now seeing the wood stand assigned nazanin, attend court

hearings, go to her trial and either with her, perhaps that's one of the reasons why the trial did not go ahead today, it's hard to know. no one really knows the reason. it may be because the embassy is finally coming out and supporting nazanin that we are in the situation. she was granted diplomatic protection, special status as a prisoner by the former foreign secretary and it looks like government is finally taking that status seriously and doing something with it which gives us doing something with it which gives us hope about her returning home. tulip siddiq, thank you very much for speaking to us today, lots of reasons i'm sure people would want her to be safe and reunited with her family. thanks much.

hello, starting with cricket and england are in action against australia in their second one day internaional at old trafford... they've got to win this to keep the three match series alive... england won the toss and decided to bat... but lost a couple of early wickets.. joe root with this six, possibly the best shot of the day so far but after a good catch from the aussie skipper aaron finch, he was gone for 29. and was then followed byjos buttler who was out for three. england currently 117—5. there are two games in the english premier league today. west brom are in action against leicester. where leicester have just taken the lead. timothy castagne with the goal and later spurs take on everton. jose mourinho says he'll get depressed if he thinks too much about about their congested fixture list. their new season starts at 4.30 this afternoon against an everton side who could hand debuts to new signings allan, abdoulaye doucoure and james rodriguez.

i think the players that arrived understood that we have a project with ambition. the club is a big project with ambition for the future, so this is also the reason that they are happy to come here now. they are going to work to put their quality for the team and for this club. when carlo goes to everton, it's easy to understand what everton wants, what colour wants, which are their ambitions. and then you look to the markets and what they did. they brought players of high quality, players who know carlo very well. they have worked with him in previous clubs, and of course, a good squad becomes a much stronger squad.

defending champions chelsea hammered bristol city with nine different goal—scorers to register their first win of the new women's super league campaign. it was a fractic first half, with chelsea leading 5—0 at the break. erin cuthbert with the nice finish for the fourth. pernille harder scored herfirst league goal for the club since signing in the second half, and here sam kerr completed the rout, making it 9—0. elswhere, everton beat tottenham 1—0 thanks to an izzie christiansen goal. the other games are all into the second half — reading leading 3—0 against aston villa — manchester city being held by brighton and manchester united have just taken a 3—2 lead over birmingham city. wasps have continued their charge towards the premiership play—offs in rugby union by crushing title rivals bristol 59 points to 35 at the ricoh arena. bristol boss pat lam made 12 changes from their winning team in midweek,

with one eye on next friday's european challenge cup quarterfinal. and wasps took full advatage, they had the 4 try bonus point wrapped up in 18 minutes. so all eyes then on the other teams in play—off contention this afternoon. sale in third havejust kicked off against bath in fifth and they have taken an early 7—0 lead. the top four qualify, with exeter at the top of the table already qualified, they take on saracens. italy's franco morbidelli won the san marino grand prix to claim the first moto gp win of his career. his yamaha team mate fabio quartararo lost his championship lead after crashing twice forced him to retire from the race at misano. morbidelli got a brilliant start from second on the grid to overtake pole sitter maverick vinales and then lead the race to the chequered flag.

so lots of sport for you to follow including the tuscan f1 grand prix which is ongoing in mugello. that race was red flagged after a series of crashes, all is ok and they're back under way. you can follow it as it unfolds on the bbc sport website and also keep up to date on the cricket with video clips. you won't miss a thing. a spectacular image, i'm glad you told us it has ended well. thanks very much. a quick update on astle really talked about before we crossed to sarah and that is nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, her husband richard has released a statement in the last couple of minutes in which he says it's too early to say what the postponement of her trial means, except that this remains as he puts it, a game of cat and mouse between governments with us living life as a piece of bait. and to stress on governments makes the point that tulip siddiq was making me that it's an obligation on the british government to resolve this as well

as the iranians government notwithstanding the fact that most outside observers think the iranian government has used mrs zaghari—ratcliffe in this attempt to get the money out of the british, notwithstanding whether that it is legitimate or not. that human use is something that i think has gained understand understandable widespread condemnation. police in belarus say they have detained 250 demonstrators after tens of thousands of people have been gathering in the capital, minsk, on the fifth consecutive sunday of protests against the long— standing leader, alexander lu kashenko. these pictures from the capital appear to show security forces out in large numbers, detaining several of those heading to the protests. the demonstrators are calling for mr lukashenko to resign, after presidential elections last month that were widely seen as rigged. protestors are also angry at subsequent police violence. the great north run, the biggest half marathon event in the uk, raising more than £25 million every year, has

taken place this morning, in a much different way to usual. it was a virtual event with almost 17,000 runners taking part. one of them is colin plews, who we spoke to halfway through his run this morning. 40 minutes in, i have loved every minute. everyone is still coming to their windows and waving. it's smaller, but it's still the same. when i heard the news, i was absolutely gutted myself. a lot of charities were hit hard. they have done the best they can, so i appreciate that. a lot of the smaller charities are really struggling, so i am pleading with people, if you are thinking of raising money, get out and do it, because they need it. a sentiment i'm sure would be shared by my guest.

sarah miles, shejoins me now from leamington spa. i'm nota i'm not a professional or competitive runner, i run forfun, i play football so you need to run for 45 minutes without losing breath, so it has been an absolute joy doing this. finished earlier today. this was your last of 40 runs to mark what would be the 40th great north run. , it is but it hasn't happened in the normal way. for these runs but you have to discipline yourself to do them over a long period?” signed up and the end ofjune, i thought it would be fun to try, i do not run long distance and i got to 30 miles and i thought i am going to make this so i had to plan them around work over the next few months. but it has really helped it being a beautiful summer evening, the long days that go on so you can run the long days that go on so you can ru n after the long days that go on so you can run after work on things. in some

ways it has probably been, i wouldn't want to underplay how important the great north run is for competitive marathon runners, but looking at some of the places you visited i think you did a lot of your runs on the coastline, didn't you? it your runs on the coastline, didn't you ? it has your runs on the coastline, didn't you? it has been a wonderful opportunity to see some countryside and actually i thought i should do something, fundraising so i started raising money for st cuthbert hospice in durham and that spurred me on. as you say, beautiful pictures, i leading beautiful part of the world, it's beautiful. it was perfectly to get outside and run about. i suppose one the things that being part of something like the great north run is about is the kind of sense of camaraderie, the euphoria of being surrounded by these people, you missed out on that

this year. has there been some way of generating that? having managed to create a sense of being part of it? icu have a t—shirt but there is an app people have been using?” made this for myself. i was saying to family earlier how wonderful it was that they managed to come up with the virtual race in relatively short time as a way for people to still enjoy the running and you can keepin still enjoy the running and you can keep in touch over whatsapp and the running apps and things of course it's not the same, but still feel that sense of community and it is a way for people to raise money which is part of what is so important. how much you hope you may have raised for saint cuthberts? it's justgiving page so i initially put up a £500 target but what is incredible is the support i have received and i've had a total of £1802 which is just

astounding. when two fantastic, this year of all years, a lot of people really profoundly appreciate the work the hospice movement does. congratulations to you. i think you get your medal through the post, don't you? you don't get it there on the day, but he will get it. and you have been on bbc news, you get recognition. congratulations. thanks so much. thank you. congratulations to her and all the others who took place. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. a lot of fine weather and even warmer tomorrow. up to 30 and a couple of hot days. for most of us it will not be quite so warm but certainly warm enough. this is what it looks like this evening. into the lower mid 20s in the south but look at western scotland, raining for nearly 24 hours, gale force winds around the coast as well, so totally different picture here. but the rain

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