this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock: another warning over britain's brexit plans — undermine the good friday agreement and there'll be no us trade deal. coronavirus infections in india pass five million — the second worst—hit country in the world. the family of breonna taylor, killed by police in kentucky, agree a multi—million dollar settlement. and — easy—peasy — why this common—or—garden vegetable could help replace environment—damaging microplastics.

hello and welcome. the uk foreign secretary, dominic raab, is in washington today where he is expected to try to reassure us politicians concerned about the british government's plans to override parts of the brexit withdrawal deal with the european union. in a letter to borisjohnson, four senior congressmen — three democrats and a republican — have warned a uk—us trade deal would be blocked if there was any risk to the good friday agreement. it says: our north american correspondent david willis has been looking at

the letter in detail. the leader of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi made her opposition to this critically out last week, making a claim that if rex had undermined the good friday agreement, the uk could kiss goodbye any prospect of a much valued trade deal with the united states. —— brexit. four senior united states. —— brexit. four senior congressmen united states. —— brexit. four senior congressmen have issued a similarwarning in senior congressmen have issued a similar warning in a letter to borisjohnson. a similar warning in a letter to boris johnson. three a similar warning in a letter to borisjohnson. three were democrats, one a republican and they have also hinted the so—called special relationship between the uk and us could be in jeopardy. between the uk and us could be injeopardy. congressional support for any such trade deal is crucial because although the president of the us cannot negotiate the terms of a trade agreement, it is up to congress to ratify it. although donald trump has called for a hard

brexit and has not demonstrated much concern about the piece process , much concern about the piece process, that is not the universal view by any means in washington and last october, a reaffirmation support for the good friday agreement has the foreign secretary, dominic raab, may have some stalking to do today if he is to reassure us politicians that they have nothing to worry about, given this latest twist in the brexit saga. we will be live to washington to speak to the washington to speak to the washington bureau chief about dominic raab's visit and what may or may not be achieved today. india has now crossed the unfortunate milestone of having recorded 5 million cases of coronavirus.

it's the second worst hit country in the world, behind the united states. the conditions caused by the pandemic, have had severe knock on effects on those affected by other diseases, and some of the country's poorest citizens, the bbc‘s india correspondent yogita limaye reports. they weren't infected by covid, but they've suffered because of it. last month, ramesh kumar‘s two—year—old son died of nerve damage in his brain. the family was turned away three times by a public hospital. doctors told them they were overburdened because of the covid crisis. "if it wasn't for coronavirus, my son could have been saved. "government doctors has told me to take him to a private "hospital, but i didn't have money for that," ramesh says. deaths like these are going unnoticed as covid—i9 numbers continue to stack up and bring india's already inadequate medical

infrastructure to its knees. doctors at a public hospital in mumbai are now being allowed to isolate forjust one day between their duties in covid and other wards, which puts patients at risk. when a doctor is the source of infection, it is not good in terms of health systems. we are over—worked, we are over—stressed, we are working tirelessly, we don't have leave. many are questioning why restrictions continue to be eased, including reopening metro rail systems across the country even as the health crisis is getting worse. imposing another lockdown to curb the spread of covid—i9 is an extremely difficult option because the closures we've seen over the past several months have already had a devastating impact on the lives of some of india's poorest citizens. praveen kumar‘s family has been stitching shoes for generations in the northern city of agra.

during the stringent lockdown earlier this year, they once went hungry for four straight days. his mother, pushpa devi, says they've struggled for every morsel of food, and that she's never seen such days in her life. even with restrictions easing, there's only been a trickle of work. "i don't know how we will get by in the coming days. "if the situation remains like this, "we'll have no choice but to kill ourselves," praveen says. over the past decade, india has managed to pull millions out of poverty. hard—fought achievements that are now at risk of coming undone. yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. let's get some of

the day's other news: the mexican president, andres manuel lopez obrador has asked the senate to hold a referendum on whether to prosecute five former presidents for alleged corruption and other crimes. one of the accused, felipe calderon, said mr lopez obrador was turning mexico into a roman circus, asking the crowd to show a thumb up or down to convict or pardon. hurricane sally is heading towards the us‘s gulf coast. it's expected to produce extreme life—threatening flash—flooding through wednesday along and just inland of the central gulf coast from the western florida panhandle to far southeastern mississippi. more than a fifth of us offshore oil production was shut ahead of landfall. celebrities, including kim kardashian west, won't post on instagram or facebook for 2h hours

from wednesday, as part of a protest to pressure the world's biggest social media firm to fight hate and disinformation. the boycott is organised by stop hate for profit, a coalition of civil rights groups. facebook, which owns instagram, has come under heavy pressure from activists, governments and companies that advertise on its platforms for tougher action. let's get more on this from the us with david smith. he's the guardian's washington bureau chief. thank you for being on the programme. number ten is thank the northern ireland peace agreement will be upheld in all circumstances. will dominic raab convened the likes of nancy pelosi today?” raab convened the likes of nancy pelosi today? i think you will have an uphill task. i think many democrats, in particular, in the us to figure out what the british government has been doing really

jeopardises the good friday agreement of which the us is the guarantor. they are not necessarily going to take dominic raab's reassurances at face value. i think they are getting a different message from the irish ambassador in washington who he is apparently been saying this for the return ofa been saying this for the return of a hard border between northern ireland and the republic and so far that has been a strong line, particularly from nancy pelosi, that even a hint of jeopardising the agreement and a return to the border would make a new us—uk trade deal pretty much impossible. that is so pretty much impossible. that is so critical right now for boris johnson because brexit is all about the freedom to do deals, the deals that we want on our terms, so this could put a bit ofa

terms, so this could put a bit of a spanner in the works in terms of downing street try to get this internal bill through parliament. yes, very much. the trade deal with the us in particular has been sold as maybe a rescue for the uk in some ways, given problems elsewhere and, at first glance, the donald trump — boris johnson axis seemed to make that more likely, donald trump has been a cheerleaderfor brexit and has a good personal chemistry with johnson but obviously donald trump faces a real action contest in november and that might make things difficult in their and even if donald trump wins the election, right now they all seem to favour nancy pelosi and the democrats retaining the house of representatives that you could have a scenario where donald trump approves a new uk-us donald trump approves a new uk—us trade deal and then the

house of representatives vetoes it, which it has the power to do and that steel leave boris johnson on square one. there was talk of the uk and us getting the terms of a trade deal in place before the us election on the third of november. that is such a short timescale. we looking at the uk being railroaded by the us because we want a speedy deal? yes, i think now people are focused on the election, on the coronavirus pandemic and a thousand other issues that i would not have much confidence ina would not have much confidence in a comprehensive trade deal being done before then. the uk probably have to be careful not to rush something through. it isa to rush something through. it is a very difficult situation right now with so many other disruptions. i do not think dominic raab will make much headway on that. david smith,

the washington guardian bureau chief and we will update you as to how dominic raab gets on today. the family of breonna taylor, killed by police in her own home in louisville, kentucky, have agreed a multimillion—dollar settlement with the city. the 26—year—old emergency medical technician was shot eight times in march by police, who broke through her front door in the middle of the night, during a mistaken drugs raid. mark lobel reports. herface remembered on magazines and murals across america. beloved by her family, with dreams of becoming a nurse, breonna taylor's name has come to symbolise a national slogan against police violence. the 26—year—old african american was an emergency room technician. in march, police entered her apartment after midnight on a no—knock warrant and shot her multiple times fatally. her boyfriend, a licensed gun owner, shot out at what he thought were burglars, but it was in fact

a drugs raid. no drugs were found, and the intended suspect was not at the house. the tragedy gained prominence following the death of george floyd in police custody two months later. the original police report resembled a cover—up, with no mention of how breonna's life was ended so abruptly. but after protests ravaged kentucky's largest city, a wrongful death lawsuit was instigated by breonna's mother. city officials have now agreed to pay the family $12 million. i'm deeply, deeply sorry for breonna's death. while we await a decision from attorney—general daniel cameron on whether or not charges will be filed in this case, my administration is not waiting to move ahead with needed reforms to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again. the dozen reforms announced include commanding officers to review and sign off

all search warrants, an early warning system to identify officers with disciplinary problems, and two hours of community service a week encouraged for officers. there are two ongoing investigations into the white police officers involved — a criminal inquiry by the state alongside an fbi enquiry into civil rights violations. but so far, no—one's been charged. a significant as today is, it's only the beginning of getting full justice for breonna. we must not lose focus on what the real drive is, and with that being said, it's time to move forward with the criminal charges because she deserves that and much more. her beautiful spirit and personality is working through all of us on the ground, so please continue to say her name. mark lobel, bbc news.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come: heading down into the depths — we'll tell you about a free—diving world record. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. there is people alive and there is people not alive. we just can help and give whatever we got. a state funeral has been held for princess grace of monaco, at the church where she married prince rainier, 26 years ago. it looked as though they had come to fight a war. but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case has been forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for abolition,

having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth seton has spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businesses regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: four senior us congressmen have warned that a uk—us trade deal would be blocked if britain's brexit plans jeopardise the good friday agreement. coronavirus infections in india pass the five million mark, making it the second worst—hit country in the world. microplastics the size of a grain of sand are hidden in everything from fabric conditioner to cosmetics. millions of tonnes of plastic a year gets washed into our seas.

now, a spin—out company from cambridge university, xampla, has become the first in the world to make single use plastic out of something that won't damage the planet — peas. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. everyone in this laboratory is full of plastic, where there lime coats are anyway. many clothes are full of tiny little balls with fragments inside, making them is not so nice and normally they are made of plastic which washes into the environment and stays there for decades. what if you could make them out of something better for the planet? like peas? this is the first company in the world to engineer plant protein into a material that does the samejob as into a material that does the same job as single—use plastic. things like the micro capsules you often get inside a fabric conditioners or cosmetics. at

the moment the micro capsules contain plastic which will not degrade and last for ages in the ocean. our capsules are made out of protein which would be eaten by fish eventually. made out of protein which would be eaten by fish eventuallym has taken 15 years to perfect the process. here, they are using peas but you can use other common plants, including potatoes. eventually, it comes out as a liquid that can be made into plastic like sheets. so, after the coating has been dried in the oven, it turns into a lovely film, which we can then turn into a label like that on your apple there. that is the equivalent of a plastic label but i can eat it? yes, 100% label but i can eat it? yes, ioo% peas protein. label but i can eat it? yes, 10096 peas protein. very nice! nice to eat an apple nicely on camera. dishwasher tablets,

sweet wrappers, all made of something that biodegrade naturally a matter of days. isn't it a danger that you may be replacing one problem with another is the pharmacists should be going food will be growing peas to replace plastic and we will not have enough food? is already things in the farming process that don't have any value or putting on into the farming process that can be sold on for our materials. single—use plastics and micro plastics do not need to be made from fillers, there is something very wrong about making something from materials made from oil thatjust last from a minute or two. it is thought that the average family washes a0 million plastic bowls down the drain every week in several countries are in the process of banning them and now there is a process of swapping that harmful plastic from something made from peas. richard westcott, bbc news. in about 20 minutes time, i

will be talking to a leader of auk will be talking to a leader of a uk supermarket chain, he was calling for them to be transparent about their plastic footprint. we will have a conversation soon footprint. we will have a conversation soon on footprint. we will have a conversation soon on the programme. time now to get an update from the bbc sport centre. hello i'm tolsen tollett and this is your wednesday sport briefing, where we start with the news that miami heat have won the opening game of their nba eastern conference finals after beating the boston celtics, 117—11a in overtime. miami's jimmy butler had put his side in front in the dying stages but the celtics levelled for overtime, where bam adebayo blocked a shot, helping the heat come out on top with game two of the best of seven series to be played on thursday. new signing miralem pjanic trained with barcelona for the first time on tuesday. the bosnian midfielder had joined barcelona from juventus in a swap deal with brazil international arthur at the end of last season, but he couldn't join barcelona's training sessions as he'd tested positive for coronavirus in late august

and had to quarantine. he says to play for the catalan giants is a dream come true. it is going to be something great because we know, this is a modern club. you have to play well, you have to play good and well, you have to play good and we have to bring back trophies, thatis we have to bring back trophies, that is the most important thing. arsenal captain pierre—emerick aubameyang has signed a new 3—year deal with the club, ending speculation about his future in north london. the striker‘s decision to stay with arsenal will be good news for manager mikel arteta who said he wanted to build the squad around the gabon international after their victory in the fa cup last month. it's all to play for at old trafford later on wednesday as world champions england take on australia in their one—day series decider. it's currently tied at 1—all and england haven't lost a home odi series since september, 2015, which was against their opponents here. the hosts struck back to take game two, on sunday, when it looked as if they were beaten

and it's that belief is what inspires them. teams do realise that we can potentially win from any position and the game is not done and take it over the line. we found that out in the series and it was the case in previous series. i think we gain that respect but within the dressing room we have character and belief that we can win from any position. rafael nadal will play his opening match at the rome masters later after rain hampered tuesday's schedule. the spaniard, who was given a first round bye, begins his bid for a record extending 13th french open title, which starts in paris at the end of the month. he'll face pablo carreno busta in the first round having had six months away from tennis. stage 17 of the tour de france heads out in the coming hours as slovenia's primoz roglic looks to hold on to the race leader's yellow jersey all the way to paris on sunday. despite finishing well back in the field on tuesday, he leads compatriot tadej pogacar by a0 seconds

with five stages remaining. frenchman arnaud jerald created history on tuesday by breaking the deepest dive world record in kalamata, greece. the 2a—year—old descended to a depth of 112 metres in bi—fins, breaking the record for the second time in his career, after he held the—then record with 108 metres in may 2019. the dive, which putjerald into the record books, lasted three minutes and 2a seconds. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing. free—diving is an extraordinary and potentially dangerous sport. it involves divers heading deep underwater without any breathing apparatus. now, a french man hasjust set

a new world record for a type of free—diving, reaching a depth of more than 100 metres. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. waiting is always the hardest part. arnaud jerald had come to greece for this world record attempt. the idyllic waters of the mediterranean are as good a place as any to try and make a little history. he was a study in concentration before slipping into the water and then disappearing beneath the surface. the record attempt was on. jerald was competing in the bi—fins category, meaning he was wearing two flippers as opposed to one. guided by a cable he headed further and further into the depths. on board, his team monitored his progress as he dived ever deeper. then he reached his target — 112 metres. and began the return

trip to the surface. remember, he had no oxygen tank. he was doing this on just a lungful of air. all in all, he spent nearly 3.5 minutes underwater. then he had to wait a little longer, hoping the official would confirm the record — only recently set — was now his. cheering translation: yesterday, the day before my dive, i learned that the world record had been broken. it is not easy to put yourself in that position on the eve of a dive, so i went through the day as if i was training. it was probably the most beautiful dive this summer. beautiful and breathtaking. quite literally.

amazing. all the business stories coming up right after this. see you in a moment. hello. cooler weather on the way. that, of course, most noticeable where the past couple of days have been so hot and also along some north sea coast, eastern scotland, north—east england with more of an onshore breeze for a stunner of a tuesday. it will feel much cooler during wednesday. and the reason — we're losing high pressure that brought the warmth up from the south, replacing it with another area of high pressure, the flow of air around that coming from a cooler direction in the north—east into some of the north sea coasts during wednesday, and also, this weather front moving south with cloud and not a huge amount of rain. before that completes its journey south, rather warm start for many of us on wednesday morning and it will feel cooler by thursday morning. from that weather front, cloud and a few spots of light rain and drizzle, parts of scotland, northern england, maybe northern ireland pushing further south during the day, taking some cloud to the north

and east of wales, the midlands and east anglia later on. south of that, south wales and southern england seeing some sunshine, just a slight chance of a shower in south—east england. northern scotland with sunny spells and temperatures in the mid teens here, and for some on the north sea coasts. the further south you are, some warmth into the mid—20s, but that temperature still isn't as high as it has been in the past couple of days. now, overnight and into thursday, some areas of cloud, patches of mist and fog and maybe some low clouds and mistiness running down the north sea coasts to start the day. on thursday, there will be a cooler night. more of us seeing temperatures dipping down into single figures. now, on thursday, it is high pressure replacing high pressure, still a lot of settled weather around. still a good deal of sunshine, particularly into england and wales. sunny spells through the cloud across most of scotland and northern ireland, we could see some rain in the western isles

and temperatures are much closer to average for the time of year. still a little bit above, though. quite a keen and noticeable easterly breeze blowing across southern parts of the uk in particular. whilst many on friday hold onto the sunshine as the weather front moves into scotland and approaching northern ireland, some thicker cloud and you may see a bit of rain that does not appear to amount to very much. looking into the weekend, high pressure holding on for many of us, so an area of low pressure throwing up this weather front and maybe a few showers that way later on in the weekend. but for most over the weekend, it is looking dry, variable cloud and some sunny spells, and brisk easterly breeze to the south and a growing chance of picking up a shower, particularly into parts of england by sunday.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world: trade tensions continue to simmer between the us and china, as the world trade organisation accuses washington of acting against international trade rules. apple goes on a fitness drive, as the tech giant unveils its new personalised workout subscription service alongside its latest gadgets. and the supermarket chain iceland puts forward its plastic footprint, and urges its rivals to follow suit — we talk to the md.

you are just you arejust in time you are just in time for the top business stories and we begin on briefing you on the latest on the trade war between the united states and china, with the world trade organisation claiming the tariffs washingston put on chinese products in 2018 were "inconsistent" with international trade rules. the wto says the us did not provide evidence that its claims of china's unfair technology theft and state aid justified the border taxes. china brought the case to the wto in 2018, as the trump administration started preparing the first rounds of tariffs. the complaint challenged tariffs enacted in june and september of 2018 on goods estimated at more than $200 billion in annual trade.

on tuesday, chinese officials welcomed the wto ruling, however there was a very different response from us president trump. they will have to do something about the wto because they have let china get away with murder. they consider china to be a developing nature and as a developing nature and as a developing nation, itjust happened... of rye, we will ta ke happened... of rye, we will take a look at that but i am not a big fan of the wto. that ican not a big fan of the wto. that i can tell you now. maybe they did usa i can tell you now. maybe they did us a good favour. joining us now from brighton is russ mould, who's a investment director at aj bell. president trump not a fan of the wto, especially when they rule against by the white house is up to. i suppose america has a free options. he has voiced its disappointment. it can appeal, withdrawal from the

wto, which is something president trump has raised in the past, or they can go to china and negotiate. we have had some agreement and some terrace have been cut ahead of the election, a compromised deal is unlikely stop hong kong is still a hot issue and the president is busy blaming china for the pandemic. and also it is not really his priority. he is not really his priority. he is looking to get re—elected and what does it mean, the wto? what will it do to the us? it is not clear. america may have to back off and remove the ta riffs to back off and remove the tariffs and taxes it has imposed. that is the most likely conclusion but the key priority for donald trump is getting himself re—elected. were he to lose, this could

fall into presidentjoe biden in tray and he would have a tricky decision because it would he start with that act? it may not play too well but he would have two years before the next election to do something about it. as far as the wto, desean and disorganisation in desperate need of confirm. something president trump has been vocal about. interesting that it comes up with the decision while wanted to keep support from the us. equally, china is in up—and—coming superpower and they do need to be seen as impartial. many would argue president trump's point that seeing china as a developing nation is perhaps not the right category for it anymore? it probably isn't and whatever you think of washington's text, and

financial markets have not liked it because they do not liked it because they do not like the fall of tariffs in global trade, america has legitimate grounds of complaint about the misuse of intellectual property by china. there are some legitimate complaints. good to see you. let's take a quick look at how the asian markets are faring. a bit ofa a bit of a mixed picture. australia bucking the trend, up over 1%. in the us, we have had good economic data out of china and the us so that is boosting sentiment in general. the federal reserve meeting is concluding, the two—day meeting and we will have more on that later in the programme. in

japan, in around 25 minutes time, yoshihide suga is expected to be confirmed as the country's new prime minister. with shinzo abe stepping down due to ill health, suga has vowed to pick up where he left off. one of suga's first decisions will be whether to call a general election and seek an electoral mandate of his own. let's go to our asia business hub in singapore, where sharanjit leyl has more on this story for us. this is a change in leadership and the first for some time? that's right. it is something closely watched in asia, despite the fact everyone knows it isa despite the fact everyone knows it is a done deal. there were other contenders but yoshihide suga was the favourite of the party bosses at the ruling democratic party and he was essentially elected on monday by them so what is about to happen is a vote in parliament where yoshihide suga will be rubberstamped as prime minister

giving the ruling party a majority in parliament. he has spent decades in parliament, most recently as chief secretary, the equivalent of a communications director, vp, all rolled into one. he will have challenges ahead, including an economy stricken by the coronavirus pandemic which perhaps because of the cancellation of the twenty20 olympics. in terms of what his economic policies may look like, many experts have said that he will continue with shinzo abe's push for fiscal policy and lose —— lose money. yoshihide suga is the son of a strawberry farmer and there had been a hopes that would make him perhaps more sympathetic to the concerns of the common man. while he has championed some

measures intended to help rural areas, political views remain a bit of a mystery but he has signalled he is open to further cuts, consolidation in the banking sector and perhaps more stimulus to counteract the pandemic induced recession but the right questions about how long he will last at the role. the good return to revolving door politics in japan. the good return to revolving door politics injapan. maybe awaiting to see if this could give rise to suganomics. more now on the fed — as i mentioned, america's central bank concludes its two—day meeting today. no one is expecting the federal reserve to make any changes to interest rates but it will deliver it's outlook for the us economy in the coming years. this forecast will be closely watched, especially since it comes less than 50 days before the us presidential election. samira hussain has

more from new york. the covid—19 pandemic has thrown america's longest run economic expansion into reverse. the unemployment rate has plummeted to roughly 8.5%. the economy is shrinking at an annual rate of almost 33% and, with no clear sign when it is a health crisis will be over, no—one knows when america's economy will get back to normal. it is in this era of uncertainty that the reserve will offer its outlook on the us economy. they will likely strike a familiar tone and appealfor more strike a familiar tone and appeal for more government spending. i think you will see a lot of concern within the federal reserve. they have already voiced issues that the recovery many people at hope would be of s—shaped recovery but now he could tape a much longer time. —— v shape. that is important to understand because it is another reason

why the phase is pleading with congress to step up. but congress to step up. but congress remains in an impasse. democrats and republicans have not been able to agree on a new spending plan. as the gridlock continues, businesses continued to struggle and the american people continued to suffer. all of this comesjust people continued to suffer. all of this comes just seven weeks before the next us residential election. voters are being given to very different choices of who should lead the world ‘s largest economy. —— presidential elections. samira hussain, bbc news. apple has unveiled a new personalised workout subscription service alongside new smartwatches and tablet computers at its annual apple event, which was held online this year from its headquarters in california. the new workout iniative will see fitness plus collect health data gathered by an apple watch and then display it alongside workout videos shown

on a larger display. however, there was no update on the company's iphones, with apple deciding to hold back details of its next iphones for a separate event. they just want to keep us theyjust want to keep us all hanging, don't they. we're now joined from boston byjohn maeda, who's the chief experience officer at publicis sapient — which is digital consultancy. good morning. it may not be morning for you but thank you for being on the programme. what do you think of fitness plus? it is an example of the super bicycle but it falls short. google watchers, samsung, there are so many of these already out so why would someone

these already out so why would someone want an apple version u nless someone want an apple version unless they are an apple fan? the genius of apple is they have mastered the old saying of, speed, cost, quality and apple makes you want all three never giving it to you so it draws you in, lewis un. the apple watch —— lure you in. the watch is meant to be a candy. we more into wearables that tell us how many steps we have done and how fit we are? on the one hand, watchers do not make sense because people are not going anywhere. usually, when you go somewhere going anywhere. usually, when you go somewhere you want something like but we are not going anywhere. on the other

hand,it going anywhere. on the other hand, it has a sensor which enables it to basically, if you are ill, he would be able to monitor the level of blood in the oxygen —— oxygen in the blood but it does not prevent you from getting sick. who is the leader right now in terms of global tech? oh, the leader right now in terms of globaltech? oh, my the leader right now in terms of global tech? oh, my gosh, the leader right now in terms of globaltech? oh, my gosh, i think google, definitely, it has done an amazing job. apple is trying and they add the extra bullying tuitt. .. is trying and they add the extra bullying tuitt... sorry to interrupt you. it is the data safe. ——to it. to interrupt you. it is the data safe. --to it. ithink to interrupt you. it is the data safe. --to it. i think the data safe. --to it. i think the data is as safe as the company's data is as safe as the compa ny‘s ethics report

data is as safe as the company's ethics report to promise. we willjust see what happens in the future. let's cross our fingers. all right, and keep walking and counting our steps and heart rate and everything else. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the supermarket chain iceland takes the lead against plastic waste. we'll be speaking to managing director to find out what the plan entails. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. there is people alive and there is people not alive. we just can help and give whatever we got. a state funeral has been held for princess grace of monaco, at the church where she married prince rainier, 26 years ago. it looked as though they had come to fight a war. but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case has been

forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth seton has spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businesses regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: four senior us congressmen have warned that a uk—us trade deal would be blocked if britain's brexit plans jeopardise the good friday agreement. coronavirus infections in india pass the five million mark, making it the second worst—hit country in the world.

when many countries went into lockdown earlier this year, logistics companies were working around the clock to get parcels to those working from home. one of those that has seen a rise in income is fedex, which has just reported a 13.5% rise in quarterly revenues. that surge has seen its shares skyrocket 135% in the last 6 months. but not all logistics companies did so well — with factories and businesses brought to a sudden standstill, many firms were left with fleets of vehicles, planes and trains with nothing to carry or deliver. kevin richardson is chief executive of the chartered institute of logistics and transport. with a boom in business online, many would think logistics firms were doing well out of the crisis. is that the true picture? the first thing to say that

traditionally logistics is a low margin sector and it is true that businesses like fedex and those involved in retail and those involved in retail and home delivery would have been substantially increased volumes and those are likely to continue for some. but as you say, many organisations, particularly those in international shipping and those involved in the aviation sector like aviation and airport handling, has been substantially reduced volumes or no volumes at so substantially reduced volumes or no volumes at so it's a game of two halves, unfortunately. for those who have seen very little volume, are they seeing a pickup now as countries relax measures with regards to coronavirus? it depends on what sector they are in. we very slow recovery in areas such as hospitality and certain areas of traditional bricks and mortar because of social distancing installs and info manufacturing areas. there is a degree of uncertainty at the

moment and concern about the speed of recovery and the potential effects of any second lockdown. companies like fedex, we have heard of them and know them well but the smaller companies that use they have really struggled, have they been able to diversify and maybe mop up some of the extra work that is there in terms of home delivery? have they been able to adapt to change? to a small degree. what we have seen with the bigger players, the bigger third—party logistics companies as opposed to the smaller ones is where they have had downturns in activity, what they have done is repurposed to move they have done is repurposed to m ove a cross they have done is repurposed to move across to support retail and healthcare. move across to support retail and healthca re. what move across to support retail and healthcare. what that has meant is that they have taken away meant is that they have taken any meant is that they have taken away many of the subcontractors they passed out into the sme market so unless they sme has been able to get involved in home delivery they would have struggled. i have not experienced at many that have been able to repurposed

quickly. for the viewers, sme stands for small, medium sized enterprises, but can i ask you, i want to ask about the no deal on 31st of december for uk companies and european companies, how are preparing for the? with a degree of difficulty. there are some known unknowns, so whether we go wto or go free trade agreement, customs declarations and those things that are necessary to cross borders will have to be in place, regardless. what we do not know is what happens to market access particularly areas like what are known as the mct permits. the situation last week of throwing those negotiations into disarray and there is a lot of uncertainty as to where this will move —— emct. as i say, there are some nodes but many unknowns that i get to be clarified. good to

talk to you today. let's get some of the day's other news. the us is dropping plans for a 10% tariff on certain types of canadian aluminium that president donald trump announced just last month. the us said it was backing off after determining that imports were likely to decline after an earlier surge. the reversal comes on the same day that canada was expected to unveil its plans for retaliation. uber says it has addressed concerns over safety as it fights to win back its operating licence in london. at a hearing at westminster magistrates court, the ride—hailing app said it had made adjustments to address security concerns made by transport for london. tfl refused to grant uber a new licence to continue operating in the capital last year, however uber is still able to operate until the appeals process is completed. how do we cut the amount of plastic packaging used

in supermarkets? for a start, you can't manage what you don't measure so today the uk supermarket chain iceland has said they will transparently publish their plastic footprint and are calling on the uk government to make it mandatory for all supermarkets. last year in the uk, supermarkets' use of single—use plastic rose to more than 900,000 tonnes, according to greenpeace. richard walker is the managing director of iceland. thank you for being on the programme. tell us a little bit more about how you're going to be transparent in this area? how do you measure the plastic we use? we are the first retailer a nyway to we use? we are the first retailer anyway to fully disclose the scale of this problem and the moment we pulled the handle, we were absolutely horrified. we are

talking 32,000 tons of plastic equates to 1.8 billion pieces of plastic on the market. calculating that is actually very straightforward. the government already has this data, big business already has the data because of the plastic tax that we have to submit so all we want is clarity and openness. we need to put our cards on the table and be clear about the scale of the problem which i think based on our figures is much worse than anyone thought. to be fair, iceland has been really good in terms of your plastic policies andi terms of your plastic policies and i know the ceo has been really passionate about this but if nobody follows you, the other supermarkets in the uk, and not mandatory, you are just standing alone are you in this? yes, and it will be difficult to climb the mountain alone. as he said we were the first retailer to fully pledge to eliminate plastics by 2023 and we have a mountain to climb and

if it was mandated and made law and we had a baseline. we put our cards on the table and the public has a right to know and eve ryo ne public has a right to know and everyone is clear as to the scale of the problem and then we can finally set about doing something about it. the government can put in place legislation and plastic reduction targets. i say this asa reduction targets. i say this as a surfer who adores the ocean but i also say it is a retailer who is putting out 1.8 billion pieces of plastic onto the planet every year! if we do not get a handle on this problem immediately, then i'm afraid we may lose the fight. with lockdown and the pandemic, we are getting so much more delivered to our homes and a lot of that is in plastic. isn't it? plastic bags are being more now than ever and we cannot, we are going less to the supermarket and picking stuff ourselves, aren't we? that's right. i don't think consumers necessarily want any more plastic so it sunk — it is

incumbent on retailers to create new ways of doing home deliveries that are plastic wise. but you are right, the pandemic has led to a boom in plastic that is also lead to buy the oil cheap prices, and this is absolutely the moment to call these out and try and do about it. i don't think anyone wants more plastic in their life. i don't think the pandemic is change that. everyone is perhaps more environmentally than they were at the beginning of the year but this is a real scourge, we are taking the life out of the ocea ns are taking the life out of the oceans and its causes and consequences, not only to marine animals but to the climate and to human health. we need to get this done now. we have to leave it there. thank you for being on the programme. really interesting and to say that online, there is a much more detail on all the stories

covered this morning. i am out of time. thank you for your if you're company. watching on bbc one, join us for breakfast in about six minutes. see you soon. hello. cooler weather on the way. that, of course, most noticeable where the past couple of days have been so hot and also along some north sea coast, eastern scotland, north—east england with more of an onshore breeze for a stunner of a tuesday. it will feel much cooler during wednesday. and the reason — we're losing high pressure that brought the warmth up from the south, replacing it with another area of high pressure, the flow of air around that coming from a cooler direction in the north—east into some of the north sea coasts during wednesday, and also, this weather front moving south with cloud and not a huge amount of rain. before that completes its journey south, rather warm start for many of us on wednesday morning and it will feel cooler by thursday morning. from that weather front, cloud and a few spots of light rain and drizzle, parts

of scotland, northern england, maybe northern ireland pushing further south during the day, taking some cloud to the north and east of wales, the midlands and east anglia later on. south of that, south wales and southern england seeing some sunshine, just a slight chance of a shower in south—east england. northern scotland with sunny spells and temperatures in the mid teens here, and for some on the north sea coasts. the further south you are, some warmth into the mid—20s, but that temperature still isn't as high as it has been in the past couple of days. now, overnight and into thursday, some areas of cloud, patches of mist and fog and maybe some low clouds and mistiness running down the north sea coasts to start the day. on thursday, there will be a cooler night. more of us seeing temperatures dipping down into single figures. now, on thursday, it is high pressure replacing high pressure, still a lot of settled weather around. still a good deal of sunshine, particularly into england and wales. sunny spells through the cloud across most of scotland and northern ireland, we could see some rain in the western isles and temperatures are much closer to average for the time of year. still a little bit above, though. quite a keen and noticeable easterly breeze blowing across southern parts of the uk in particular. whilst many on friday

hold onto the sunshine as the weather front moves into scotland and approaching northern ireland, some thicker cloud and you may see a bit of rain that does not appear to amount to very much. looking into the weekend, high pressure holding on for many of us, so an area of low pressure throwing up this weather front and maybe a few showers that way later on in the weekend. but for most over the weekend, it is looking dry, variable cloud and some sunny spells, and brisk easterly breeze to the south and a growing chance of picking up a shower, particularly into parts of england by sunday.

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