hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. a grandjury in a grand jury in kentucky has voted to indicta a grand jury in kentucky has voted to indict a former police officer involved in the shooting of breonna taylor. the incident happened after police burst into her apartment, her case was taken up by the black lives matter movement. with tensions is still running high, the mayor of louisville has declared a state of emergency in advance of today's position. the attorney general in the state of kentucky is giving a press c0 nfe re nce the state of kentucky is giving a press conference on the case. we will bring that to you live. also in the programme we will talk about the european union publishing a new approach after a fire in a camp in

the greek island of lesbos and how it continues to strain ties in europe. 400 whales have unfortunate died ina europe. 400 whales have unfortunate died in a straight after becoming beachin died in a straight after becoming beach in shallow waters. we will explain efforts that have been made to save those remaining whales who are alive. let's begin in the us, a grand jury and the us state of kentucky has voted to indict one of the police officers involved in the shooting of breonna taylor. it is thought the officer will be charged with wanton endangerment. no other charges are expected. she was a black medical worker and was shot and killed by police officers in a raid on her apartment in march. the killing went to large—scale demonstrations in the spring and summer. here's kentucky attorney general daniel cameron making the announcement. sergeant mattingly return fire down

the hallway. mattingly fired six shots almost simultaneously. detective cosg rove shots almost simultaneously. detective cosgrove also in the doorway shot 16 times. this all took place in a matter of seconds. in total, six bullets struck ms taylor. medical evidence obtained by our tea m medical evidence obtained by our team indicates that only one shot was fatal. further medical evidence shows that ms taylor would have died from the fatal shot within a few seconds to two minutes after being struck. here's a reminder of what happened. this is breonna taylor. she was a 26—year—old emergency medical technician — and in march she was shot eight times after police entered her home in the middle of the night under what's called a no knock warrant. her boyfriend is a licenced gun owner — and he exchanged fire with the officers thinking they were burglars. in fact they were on a drug raid and were looking for a suspect who didn't live at the house. no drugs were found at the property. subsequently, one of the officers

was fired and two others were placed on leave. none were charged with any crimes. these pictures show shops being boarded up in louisville, where the mayor declared a state of emergency for the city ahead of the announcement because of the potential for civil unrest that it could cause. larry madowo is in washington. —— let's speak with 0lli both who is in louisville. tell me more about the reaction you have heard to this announcement. we were here about when the announcement was made and a lot of disappointment because that one charge of wanton endangerment and that more relates to why one of the three officers was fired, that a neighbour had complained that some of the bullets had penetrated his wall. they don't relate directly to breonna taylor's murder or manslaughter which is what people here were looking for. they were

looking for those kinds of charges. people have artie started the march where they had been protesting for three months at the fact that breonna taylor was murdered in her own home by plainclothes officers on that no knock warrant as you say ended the end it was for a drug raid that related to an ex—boyfriend and no drugs were found on her property. so, there will be i am sure a show of the outrage that people feel here on the streets later today. and aleem maqbool, have we been given any justifications for the charge that happen have not been brought, are the authorities offering next when nation? not as yet, we heard a very rudimentary statement so far but this was supposed to be a litmus test on how america does police accountability in the aftermath of george floyd's killing and this will bea george floyd's killing and this will be a huge disappointment not only to

people here in louisville but a lot of those that were looking for movement forward on civil rights in this country. aleem maqbool, thank you very much indeed. that's aleem maqbool in louisville. let's speak to the bbc‘s larry madowo. you spoke to the bbc‘s larry madowo. you spoke to members of herfamily, do you think the senescent will meet expectations? it is unlikely because they expected some stronger charges. discharge of wanton endangerment carries a maximum of five years in prison and fines of up to $10,000. that might explain why there is some angerfelt that might explain why there is some anger felt today because they feel it's a slap on the wrist if you consider that this is a young woman who was a shot dead in her own home and bled to death on her own floor. and larry in terms of the family's focus, one man has been charged but

we re focus, one man has been charged but were they hoping that in fact more men involved in the raid would have faced one charge or another? that was the expectation from the family that the officers notjust brett hankerson who was fired from the police department but also the other two officers. that would be sergeant mattingly and oscar cosgrove and yet in the kentucky attorney general plus excitement, he said that they we re plus excitement, he said that they were justified in the use of fire because they had been fired upon by kenneth walker who is a licenced gun owner as you mentioned... and they are not getting any charges against them which is something that is going to be to watch of anger and disappointment for the family not just for them but all those in louisville asking and agitating for jeff is for the last three months. larry think you very much for the update. we will give you more in the reaction to that news from kentucky. let's stay in the us where three days of tributes to the supreme courtjustice ruth

bader ginsburg have begun. she will then become the first woman to lie in state at the us capitol. earlier a private ceremony was held inside the court where ms bader ginsburg served for 27 years. pallbearers carried her flag—draped coffin into the white marble court building. her coffin was then placed at the top of the grand front steps of the court, where members of the public will be able to pass by to pay their respects until friday. here you can see bill and hillary clinton paying their respects. and let's hear a bit from the ceremony. chiefjustice john roberts led a minute's silence and then tributes to the woman affectionately known as "the notorious rbg". it has been said that ruth wanted to be an opera virtuoso but became a rock star instead. but she chose the law. subjected to discrimination in law school and the job market because she was a woman, ruth would grow to become the leading advocate for fighting such discrimination in court. she was not an opera star, but she found her stage right

behind me in our courtroom. there, she won famous victories that helped move our nation closer to equal justice under law to the extent that women are now a majority in law schools, not simply a handful. gary 0'donoghue is at the supreme court. gary tell us more about the events and attributes we have seen today. yes there was a pretty moving ceremony inside the great hall not just the chiefjustice there but a rabbi talking about her as being a model american, a grand american, a real example of a true american. and the family was there of course and the family was there of course and the other justices the family was there of course and the otherjustices were around. it was a simple but a very moving ceremony and just after that, the casket was brought outside and placed at the top of the steps and

the public have been queuing around the public have been queuing around the corner and sort of three long columns going across the street waiting to pass by and they get to do that until 10pm tonight and again from up till 10pm tomorrow so they are expecting a lot of people. from up till 10pm tomorrow so they are expecting a lot of peoplem from up till 10pm tomorrow so they are expecting a lot of people. it is ha rd are expecting a lot of people. it is hard not to compare the calm of the scene you hard not to compare the calm of the scene you are hard not to compare the calm of the scene you are describing but the heat at the political battle still surrounding who will replace her on the supreme court. yeah, this was a woman who made huge waves in white without any —— life for that many debt with her campaigns and legal opinions and battling for gender equality and inequality of other kinds but she is also making huge waves in death because her absence has led to a real political struggle here on capitol hill where the president and the republican senate are planning to push through a conservative judge to take her space on the court before the election or perhaps just after the election.

they have the numbers to do it and if they do that, then the court here will take a significant turn to the right with around six conservatives to three liberals and that could change american life for decades to come. gary, thank you very much. that is gary at the supreme court in washington. the european union has announced a new approach to migration. here's how it works: the "mandatory solidarity mechanism" will oblige each member state to accept a number of refugees — and in return, they receive a fee. member states will then decide which people can stay and which people must return home. failure to initially take in the migrants would see countries taken to court and fined. european commission president, ursula von der leyen made the case for the new system. the european union has already proven in other areas that it can take extraordinary steps to reconcile diverging perspectives. we have created a complex internal

market, a common currency, and an unprecedented recovery plan to rebuild our economies. it is now time to rise to the challenge, to manage migration jointly with the right balance between solidarity and responsibility. the background to this is that the eu's member states have been bitterly divided over what to do about migrants — these divisions that become pronounced in 2015 when over a million people arrived, mainly via italy and greece. and already those divisions are being seen again. the austrian chancellor sebastian kurz has cast doubt on the idea of distributing asylum seekers across europe. for its part, hungary has always rejected the compulsory relocations of migrants. this is the reaction of one right—wing hungarian mep. the proposal — as it is — is not unacceptable to hungary. there are some encouraging signs. for instance, the return sponsorship as a way to contribute to our stability in europe.

that is to say those people who have come into europe illegally and who have no right to stay because they are not refugees but rather economic migrants, they need to be taken back to their home countries. and those countries who do not accept mandatory relocation of illegal migrants can contribute through that system. if that is going to be the case — we will see during negotiations — that is something that we can i think accept. more enthusiastic about the idea of assisting in the process of people being sent home. we will have to see how the hungarian government reacts to accepting some refugees in the long—term. let's hear kevin lee by psych analysis in brussels who is life with us. you have spoken with us over the years about the eu struggle to find a unified front. do you think this is a better effort at that? and you start a false one. i think this is

something that eu leaders, the commission president believes is a definitive moment, a legacy defining moment for her that they have been working since the start of her presidency to say this is something that they can reshape to get every country on board so diplomatically, she has had some of her civil servants, her sherpas going over to countries over the past two months to see what they could do to meet in the middle to not delay everyone with this plan but what does not cross red lights. they wanted to wait a couple of months but it was the burning of the refugee camp in less votes, 13,000 people without a home to say this is the trigger mode thatis home to say this is the trigger mode that is caught global attention and everyone's attention including leaders and renting think it's race different is they have talked in the past where you talked about getting money for each migrant and in this case it will be 10,000 euros, $11,000. where it is different is

the aim to get those who have been s0 the aim to get those who have been so sceptical in the past like we heard from the hungarian but also the check max, the australians, the polls as well, you do not have to ta ke polls as well, you do not have to take in migrants, you can take in a field the same sealer... you have eight months basically to contact the country of origin they and speed up the country of origin they and speed up the time it takes to get them back. it is leaning more towards the returns and why it is because we heard from the eu about two thirds coming to the islands since 2015 had been failed asylum seekers but a third have been given refugee status and they believe if they can speed up and they believe if they can speed up the returns, you are less likely to see the likes of the moria camp in the future. gavin, thank you very much. and we heard him talking about the overcrowded migrant camp in greece. many argue that the thousands of people who were stuck in that camp on the island of west post was clear evidence that the

eu's approach wasn't working on this issue. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse is there. the remains of moria camp are a visual metaphor for the failures of eu policy on migrants and refugees over the past five years. the eu turkey deal of 2016 did reduce the number of people coming across the waters but it didn't eliminate them, and many of those who did come ended up in places like this, europe's largest refugee camp, a squalid pressure cooker of rising tensions that eventually went up in flames two weeks ago. amid arguments in european capitals over quotas and which countries would take how many people, the result was paralysis and all the talk of a need for a humanitarian response to this crisis remained mostly just that, talk. and meanwhile, the residents of this place were living in conditions that

were the complete opposite of the values that europe projects onto the world and that drew them here in the first place. i mean the view, the people, it was a crowded camp, an overcrowded camp. when i came, 24,000 people were living in it and the camp was built for 3000, 4000 people. i had this feeling that i'm entering a prison and i couldn't believe it's europe. inafew in a few minutes who would turn our attention to covid—19 in the uk at the moment because quebec a few months. —— but let's go back a few months. the controversy around the decision the uk government took as the virus initially surged in march will not go away. remember the uk locked down after many european countries like france and italy. and this clip from the bbc today programme became central to the debate about the government's reasoning. not to suppress it completely.

also because most people, the vast majority of people, get a mild illness to build up some degree of herd immunity as well so that more people are immune to this disease and we reduce the transmission at the same time we protect those who are most vulnerable from it. that's the government's chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance speaking in mid—march — before the country went into lockdown. he mentioned the concept of "herd immunity" — that's the idea that once enough of a population has been exposed to the virus, the population as a whole will build up natural immunity to it. that mattered because it suggested allowing the virus to spread was a deliberate policy. well, e—mails released to the bbc show the alarm among the government's top scientific advisers at the words used in that interview. in one email, sir patrick said... it's worth emphasising here that the government has always denied that herd immunity was a policy.

in another email, sir patrick's frustration was clear... ..he told an academic. the same weekend as he wrote to his colleagues... secunder kermani has this story. tell us more about what you found in these e—mails. there have been huge questions as you know about whether herd immunity was a government policy or not and certainly the government insisted that it was never a policy but you heard that quip from never a policy but you heard that quipfrom sir never a policy but you heard that quip from sir patrick vallance the government's chief scientific adviser and that interview and another of other interviews gave a lot of people the impression that herd immunity was indeed the strategy that was being pursued. now, these e—mails that i have

obtained through the freedom of information act request, they revealed the level of alarm amongst the seniormost advisers to the british government on coronavirus, there alarm at the backlash to the words used in those interviews and the references to herd immunity. as you say one of the e—mails, sir patrick vallance asked a colleague for help and calming down academics who had publicly been very critical of the government's policy. and i should say the government said these e—mails infect substantiate their position because the e—mails really consist of sir balance and chris whitty pushing back and denying allegations that they were following this policy of herd immunity. at this policy of herd immunity. at this controversy is not going to go away. it is likely to be a major pa rt away. it is likely to be a major part of any future public inquiry that takes place. was this a case of sir patrick misspeaking or using the term ina sir patrick misspeaking or using the term in a way that was different to

how a lot of people may have interpreted it? this discrepancy really between the words using those interviews and the subsequent government's denied that it was ever a policy that was being pursued and even the kind of words being used by sir patrick vallance and professor chris wood emphatically denying it in these e—mails come at this discrepancy had never been clarified and that's why these ongoing controversies about herd immunity and why there is such a high level of interest in it. —— professor chris whitty. 0ne former chief scientific adviser said what he thoughts are patrick vallance meant was we don't want to completely suppress the virus because we know that to do so we have to implement such ciccone and measures they simply would not be feasible. but thatis simply would not be feasible. but that is not enough for a glut of people. —— such draconian measures. thank you very much indeed. now, scientists don't agree on how many people need to be protected

from a virus before herd immunity is achieved. some say 43%, other 60% — and that percentage can be a combination of those who've had the virus and have developed antibodies that offer protection in the future — and those who've had a vaccine, if it's available. on all of this, here's patrick vallance again this week. something under 8% of the population have been infected as we measure the antibodies. so, about 8% — so 3 million or so people — may have been infected and have antibodies. it means that the vast majority of us are not protected in any way and are susceptible to this disease. there may be other forms of protection that increase that number a little bit, other parts of the immune system. but it does mean that the vast majority of the population remained susceptible and therefore you'd expect spread throughout them. clearly that's not anywhere close to a level where herd

immunity would happen. to get close, you'd need to let the virus spread — but that risks serious consequences. here's a tweet from the harvard associate professor of epidemiology bill hanage... that is the warning that if there are benefits from herd immunity, the pursuit of it too quickly can have terrible terrible consequences. in the uk, the government is trying to suppress the virus until a vaccine is available to provide herd immunity that way. some scientists have backed that approach, some others want a more targeted approach to protecting the vulnerable.

they want them to go further in their efforts. here's one expert speaking on tuesday. letting the virus naturally make its course through the less vulnerable sections of the population is actually an incredibly communitarian position. so, we are approaching it from that point of view. we're not saying, "oh, this is curbing our personal liberties." we are talking about what is the best thing we can do overall for the welfare of the population as a whole? not just to protect those that are vulnerable to covid, but those who are vulnerable to lockdown itself — the poor, the young. the country most associated with the idea of herd immunity is sweden. while other european countries that went into a lockdown, sweden kept shops, restaurants and schools for younger children open. it did ban gatherings of more than 50 people and told the elderly and at—risk to isolate, but social distancing guidelines were voluntary. the rationale is that more suffering is created by closing down completely,

and those lockdowns are difficult to maintain for the long haul. here's kim sneppen, a professor of biocomplexity in denmark. well, now it's going better in sweden than it is here but i don't think... that does not mean that sweden has herd immunity. they are far from herd immunity, they're basically the same fatality per capita as great britain. but they have a way of behaving that makes it somehow sustainable what they are doing, and they are basically steady now. for sweden, they did the right thing. well, except in the beginning, they should have done their lockdown or their reduction in big gatherings 14 days earlier, and that's where they have the big count from. so sweden is stable for now, where other countries are seeing a new surge, but that has come at a cost. sweden's death toll per million

people is overfive times higher than its neighbour denmark and ten times norway and finland. so an outlier for the region, but its rate is lower than countries like the uk, spain and italy. this is sweden's chief epidemiologist speaking to the bbc last month. this disease continues to surprise us in different ways. so, i think being confident would be a bad thing to be. you have to be prepared for what can happen now. but even so, i mean, that has gone down so rapidly without us introducing any new measures, just keeping on what we've been doing the whole time, i think that builds some confidence. but there's still the winter to come, and sweden hasn't ruled out having to take further measures. in fact there are some signs in recent days that the infection rate there may be ticking up again. it will be a long time before we'll know whether sweden's gamble has paid off. and this issue of herd immunity that became so controversial and political in the spring and remains s0 political in the spring and remains so here in the uk is unlikely to be

resolved one way or the other in the near future. hello there. we have seen much cooler air push across the uk during the day today but a real contrast in weather fortunes. for england and wales, it's been cloudy with some fairly heavy outbreaks of rain around — that was the scene in wrexham earlier on. and you can see as the rain has been pushing its way eastwards, it's been turning heavier. notice the darker blues here in our rain band. further north in scotland though, the cooler air has been accompanied by sunny skies and still conditions. what a beautiful picture this is from fort augustus in the highlands. now, as we head towards midnight tonight, you'll notice the rain still hasn't cleared away from eastern england though probably another area of rain affecting parts of the midlands and east anglia, too. all the while as this huck of rain develops, there's an area of low pressure that's forming and so it gets quite windy around some of our north sea coasts, not english channel coasts.

it becomes drier for a time but then the next batch of wet and windy weather will be extending into wales and south—west england and later in the night. so, for england and wales, rain at times. quite a bit of dry weather for northern ireland, and staying dry in scotland with clear skies. here in the countryside, it'll be cold enough for a few areas of frost to develop. thursday's weather picture dominated by low pressure. the first one moving away from the east coast. the next one rattling in to the south west very quickly, and this one will be bringing heavy outbreaks of rain particularly across wales and western areas of england and the winds will be strengthening through the day as well, reaching gale force — we're expecting gusts probably in excess of 50 mph across parts of south—west england and maybe pembrokeshire as well. so, it will be a very blowy kind of day — and those kind of winds strong enough to bring down some tree branches. for northern ireland, rain not far away. scotland largely dry and sunny after that locally frosty start but still cold, 11 or 12 degrees the high here. through friday as that area of low pressure moves away to the continent, we start to draw down

these northerly winds. so, it is going to feel quite chilly on friday. there will be showers coming down through the irish sea coast. and showers or longer ourbreaks of rain affecting eastern areas of england — all the while gusty northerly winds. now, inland, there will be some areas that stay dry, sunny with sparkling visibility, but it will feel chilly, 11—14 degrees. factor in those northerly winds, feeling a bit colder than that. and those brisk winds still with us to the first half of the weekend. perhaps still with some rain around across eastern england. some bright weather for sunday.

the grand jury has chose to indict breanna the officers who killed breanna taylor the officer. the incident happened after police burst into her apartment, breanna's case has been taken up by the black lives matter movement. the single indictment over the spread of bullets into neighbouring apartments force falls well short for what campaigners are calling for. —— they could end up queuing around

doverin —— they could end up queuing around dover in january with or without a new trade deal with the eu. u nfortu nately, new trade deal with the eu. unfortunately, 400 whales have now died in this mass stranding in australia. we will find out more on the rescue operation. still more going on. let's talk about covid—19 the us. doctor anthony america's leading —— dr anthony fauci, america's leading infectious diseases expert, has been testifying before a senate committee. everyone present will know that america's covid death toll has passed 200,000. republican senator rand paul wanted to talk about new york's handling of the virus. you've applauded near for their policy, they have the highest death rate in the world, how could we possiblyjumping rate in the world, how could we possibly jumping up and rate in the world, how could we possiblyjumping up and down and saying the governor did a greatjob. he had the worst death rate in the world. no, you myth -- misconstrued

that, senator. and you've done that repeatedly in the past. they got hit very badly, they made some mistakes. right now, if you look at what's going on right now, the things that are going on in new york to get their test positivity 1% or less is because they are looking at the guidelines that we have put together from the task force of the 4—5 things of masks, social distancing, outdoors more than indoors, avoiding crowds and washing hands. or they have developed enough community immunity that they are no longer having the pandemic because they have enough immunity in new york city to actually stop it.|j challenge that, senator. please, sir, i would like to be able to do this, because this happens with senator rand all the time. you are not listening to what the director of the cdc said, that in new york, it's about 22%, if you believe 22%

is heard in unity, i believe you are alone in that. barbara plett usher, washington. barbara, they weren't really getting along. welcome as you heard there from doctor couch he, it's the kind of thing that's come up before. they have different views about the approach to take and how to interpret the data, but the bottom line if you are talking about herd immunity is that notjust doctor couch he, but the other top doctors who are at the hearing have a pretty dim view of edgecomb as to whether it exists in the united states at the moment. the head of the centre of disease control said there was a study being done on antibodies in the blood and it was going to be coming out soon, but it looked as if more than 90% of americans were vulnerable to the virus. that's a very high percentage indeed. also, they were talking about even if there is a vaccine and they thought that there could be won by the end of the year but it would still take at least until the middle of next year to get it rolled out completely, and even then, it may not work with everybody. in

everybody may not want to take it, and therefore they are very strongly pushing this idea as you heard from doctor apache to keep up with those public health measures, especially wearing masks. —— doctor couch he. wearing masks. -- doctor couch he. we have backlash between the head of the cdc and president trump, promising a vaccine far, far earlier than the cdc was willing to do. -- fauci. willing to do. —— fauci. yeah, a lot of the hearing was about the vaccine actually because there is concern on some of the senators that this is going to be fast tracked for political reasons because mi’ be fast tracked for political reasons because mr trump wants a vaccine before the election. so they are afraid that this will be authorised by cutting safety corners to get it out on a political timetable. and the doctors that responded spent most of their time saying, no, that would not happen. they said that they would follow the science and the data. they said that they had instituted a new guideline given that there were probably going to be

a request for an emergency authorisation from a new guidelines about what would have to happen for that. there would be an independent advisory committee to look at it first, that this would all be a public affair. in the end, all four of them said if they went through that process, they would be confident enough to take the vaccine themselves and give it to their families. it wasn't clear whether all the other senators were still as competent in the process as they were, and the fact that they had to ask so much betterfelt were, and the fact that they had to ask so much better felt that they had to ask so much about it tells how concerned they were about the possibility of political interference. thank you very much, barbara, that's the latest on tobin 19 in the us. —— covid—19. three important aspects of the covid—19 story in the uk. we'll look at the pressure on the government to extend its job retention scheme. there are ongoing questions about the effectiveness of test and trace — and there's ongoing reaction to the restrictions that were announced on tuesday. in england, these include early closing for pubs,

stricter rules on masks and advice to work from home if possible. here's foreign secretary dominic raab making the case. we've come through the peak, we got the virus down in terms of the hospitalisation rates, the death rates, but we've seen an uptick in cases. we want to make sure that doesn't expand. that we don't lose the gains that we've already made. so, there is a risk at this moment that suddenly we see that uptick flare—up. it's not just localised, it's notjust in certain sectors but it becomes a national problem and we risk — the risk is that we end up in a second national lockdown. the measures that we are taking are making sure that doesn't happen. but some scientists advising the government don't think the measures go far enough. professor peter 0penshaw is one of them. he told the bbc that a ban on households mixing indoors should be brought in "sooner rather than later". adding "i would think if we wait two or three weeks, it will be too late." also here's a times article suggesting the government's chief medical adviser professor chris whitty doubts

the measures will bring the epidemic under control. epidemiologist professorjohn edmunds is also critical. i don't think that the measures have gone anywhere near far enough. in fact, i don't think even the measures in scotland have gone anywhere near far enough. i suspect we will see very stringent measures coming in place throughout the uk at some point. but it will be too late again. we will have let the epidemic double and double and double again. under the new rules, pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues in england will have to close by 10pm effective from thursday. our business correspondent, ramzan karmali, has been speaking to some of those affected. many in the hospitality industry are calling for more government aid, like this pub in south london. though entered fears there will be huge financial implications especially if the new rules are in place for up to six months. one of the government going to give us now in terms of not necessarily arguing about the extension of furlough, but what is the neck support scheme in place for millions of people who are about to lose theirjobs because of the impact of ten o'clock and the

impact of increased check ins and the legality of that which is really important, obviously, and table service. on the last month, the government launched a campaign to get people back into offices, but now are being asked to work from home where possible. whiter city centres could have big implications to those who run businesses there. —— wider city centres. to those who run businesses there. -- wider city centres. we have seen their resilience, we have seen their ability to adapt, but it's the small supporting infrastructure, the ecosystem, the coffee shops, the bars, so i'm which are so special and will struggle if we see another prolonged period of closure. that brings us to the next issue — thejob retention scheme — or fulough scheme as it's also called. almost ten millionjobs are being protected at the moment — but that ends next month. the warnings of what happens then are dire. here's the leader of the opposition keir starmer putting those concerns to the prime minister. don't withdraw furlough. we've been saying it for months. when is the minister finally going to act? prime minister. well, mr speaker, these are indeed tough times.

and i have no doubt that many businesses, many employees are feeling a great deal of anxiety and uncertainty. and we will do our level best to protect them throughout this period. but we will get through this, mr speaker, by precisely the methods that we have outlined in that were agreed on part in this house yesterday. finance minister rishi sunak will address parliament on the scheme on thursday. the ft is reporting that he has drawn up plans for a new programme to subsidide workers' wages — with government and businesses sharing the cost of topping up wages of staff who can only be employed pa rt—time. there are similar schemes in france, germany and spain. regardless of that though, borisjohnson is adamant — the furlough scheme will end. we will go forward with further creative and imaginative schemes to keep our economy moving. and that is the essence, mr speaker, of the plan, of the proposals — he's talked about hours. he supported them last night, was in support of them yesterday mr speaker.

i hope he continues to support them. the essence of what we are saying, mr speaker, is that we want to depress the virus but keep pupils in school and keep our economy moving. that's the furlough scheme. next — let's look at test and trace. in may the uk promised a ‘world heating system. four months on and many people cannot get the tests they need. it's a subject the opposition has repeatedly turned to — and did so again today. mr speaker, if the explanation from the prayer ministry that we haven't got enough capacity because nobody could've expected the rise in demand, that's the dido harding defence, or is it we've got all the capacity we need, it'sjust defence, or is it we've got all the capacity we need, it's just that people are being unreasonable in asking for tests? that's the hancock defence. so which is at? mrspeaker defence. so which is at? mr speaker come i think that the continual attacks on dido harding in

particular are unseemly, unseemly and unjustified. iain watson, live from westminster is watching this before, and it seemed quite similar to last week's as well, where we got to with the government's explanation of the current status of track and trace? the government is currently seen on track and trace, we have heard that question being put there by kier starmer, but they maintain that it isa starmer, but they maintain that it is a functioning system which got under way really from a standing start and there was more testing being done in the uk than virtually any other country around the world. the difficulty though is that of course, it can sometimes take quite a while either to book a tester to get the results of a test, so the accusation for the position is that this is contributing to the virus getting out of control with these latest figures today around 6000 cases in the past 24 hours. the government, borisjohnson

cases in the past 24 hours. the government, boris johnson himself said yesterday that the increase in infections had very little to do with the test, track and trace, it's about people spreading the illness to each other, hence the restrictions that he is bringing in as we heard earlier, of course, there has also been criticism that those restrictions aren't going quite far enough, that if you are allowing households to mix indoors, then in effect, anything you do in then in effect, anything you do in the hospitality industry will be far less effective, in fact, scientists are suggesting it will be trivial. so that is a continuing debate between the two sides in british politics about the effect of this test track and trace system. it's the one area where labour are breaking the consensus with government and criticising the government and criticising the government pretty consistently come as you say, you have heard some of those criticisms before, but they are continuing now. we are going to get the new app in england to help with the test track and trace system within the next 24 hours. it had been piloted in in island off the

coast for many, many months, scotla nd coast for many, many months, scotland already has a nap. it will be coming into markham about, again, we don't yet know how effective it is because it hasn't been tested. which see how it goes in the next two days. inc. you very much indeed for the update. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come... we'll look into what happened to the 400 whales that sadly died in australia, after becoming beached in shallow waters. the final three tributes of the 22 people who died in the manchester arena bombing in 2017 were heard at the inquiry today. judith moritz reports. # i close my eyes and count to ten. performing was what 0livia campbell hardy loved, whether she was talking to friends and family or dancing here with her grandfather steve.

0livia adored spending time with her grandparents, and they had just arranged to spend the school holidays together. we were away the night after. 0riginally, 0livia had other plans and decided to change her mind and come. sadly, i identified her body that week. 0livia's grandparents were the emblem of the charity they have set up in her name to tell the world what she meant to them. what was it about 0livia you wanted everyone to understand by watching this? a feeling of being such a proud papa, because it's the last thing i can do for her. the tribute for alice and how focused on her life as the mum of six children. her husband steve explained how they have tried to cope since her death. the children have soldiered through everything. every decision we make, we always ask, what would alison have said, what would mum have said?

and it's never going to get easier. jane tweddle was described as a warrior mum. her three daughters said she had taught them to be kind and always stick together. the pen portraits were designed so that those who died could be remembered individually, each of their characters brought alive as the court filled with music and memories. it was said today that if listening to them has been deeply affecting and emotionally draining, how much worse it must have been for the families who prepared and presented them. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is that a grand jury in kentucky votes to indict a former police officer involved in the shooting of breonna taylor. germany has refused to recognise alexander lu kashenko as the president of belarus. earlier, he'd been sworn into office

in an unnannounced ceremony. these are pictures that were released, the inauguration was held at the palace of independence in minsk with several hundred people in attendance. but the german government said his election victory in august is illegitimate because the vote was not free or fair. it also wants the eu to impose sanctions on belarus as soon as possible. we also have this video showing parts of minsk blocked off on wednesday morning so mr lukashenko's motorcade could travel to the ceremony. this wasn't announced in advance — no doubt for fear protestors would turn up. protesters took to the streets of the city after his inauguration was broadcast, they were put down by riot police. belarus has seen weeks of protests already and many of alexander lukashenko's opponents have been jailed for forced into exile. let's speak yuri vendik, bbc russian.

wise insignificant for alexander lukashenko to be actually sprint —— sworn in as president, why would he have chosen to do that today? welcome adobe actually knows. nobody his inner circle why exactly today, because according to the law, the inauguration should have taken place within two months after the election, that means before the 9th of october. as to this inauguration come as you have said, this is, yes, this was a total surprise for everybody around. even lukashenko's press secretary as late as this morning write a russian pro—government news agency where the inauguration would take place, she said she didn't know. they will tell the date later. other reasons for lukashenko to conduct the inauguration, they are obvious that this is a legal procedure, but at the same time, the leaders of the

opposition they've issued at least two separate statement saying that these were the presidential candidates on the 9th of august who is in exile in lithuania and two other members of the leadership of the opposition counsel. they said in two statements that by this inauguration, lukashenko has stripped himself of any legitimacy, and the logic is that by the inauguration, the previous mandate of lukashenko inauguration, the previous mandate of lu kashenko has inauguration, the previous mandate of lukashenko has expired, but he hasn't obtained a new one. he says the election was rigged and lukashenko didn't win. thank you once again. we will talk about this in the coming days. latest on brexit. though brexit happened injanuary — the uk is in a transition period where it remains aligned with the eu. that period ends at

the end of this year — and whether there's a new trade deal or not, the current arrangement stops. it's a huge moment — and we're starting to understand the practical implications. one of them is that there may be many kilometres of lorry tailbacks from the port of dover. the story was first reported in the daily telegraph which was leaked a letter sent to the haulage industry warning of, "maximum queues of 7,000 trucks in kent — and associated the letter — from the cabinet minister michael gove — and was not a prediction. ——said it was describing "a reasonable worse case scenario" and was not a prediction. michael gove spoke earlier in parliament. the scenario builds on an estimate arejust the scenario builds on an estimate are just 20—40% of small or medium—sized enterprises would be ready for the strict application of new eu requirements. in those circumstances, that could mean that only between 30 having 60% of latent hgb is would arrive at the border

with the necessary formalities completed for the goods on board. they would therefore be turned back by the french border authorities, clocking the dover to calais crossing. we've heard concerns before about delays in dover but those were mainly about a no—deal brexit. what's crucial to bear in mind here is that these delays could happen even if a trade deal was agreed and implemented before the transition period ends on the first january. that's because the eu says it will impose full controls on goods from that date. and that's going to impact the dover—calais crossing more than anywhere else. the narrowest point in the english channel is the world's busiest shipping lane, it's just 30 miles across, linking the uk, to france and the rest of europe. about 17% of the uk's trade in goods — measured by value — pass through the dover crossing. the port of dover handles about 7,000 trucks a day. that can go as high as 10,000 in peak periods. once you add in the channel tunnel in nearby folkestone that totals four million trucks a year making the crossing. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has been hearing the response

from the uk's road haulage industry. we wrote to gove in march of this year at the height of covid to say, "look, we need a longer transition period. "we need you to buy more time because we simply won't have enough "time to prepare at the back end of this year for what's coming "on the 1st of january. " they haven't listened. so, the onus has to sit with government, really. the lack of understanding, the lack of appreciation for what this means for our industry. mr gove says he's not pointing the finger here, but can the government really cope with this type of disruption in the middle of a pandemic that's already floored the economy once? no consideration, that even at the last minute, this cliff edge that could create queues of 7,000 trucks could be pushed back further into next year? no, the date of the end of the transition period has been fixed in law. it's been accepted across the house of commons.

the labour front bench agreed that it is the right thing to do to get ready for this date. lorries will need an access permit even to get into kent where they're building new truck stops and traffic systems, but there's still a shortage of tens of thousands of customs agents. this will be a significant change to the way we trade at an already delicate time for the economy. faisal islam, bbc news. as always, there is much more background information and detail on brexit through our website. we've got an update on the mass whale stranding in australia. almost 400 of them have now died after being beached on the west coast of tasmania. they were diccovered in an area called macquarie head this week. the latest pictures from there are upsetting. you can see the hundreds of dead pilot whales. it's thought one of the whales led the pod into these shallow waters and they then got stuck. the first rescuers counted 270 of them on monday. they discovered another 200 dead whales a day later. 50 have been saved.

30 are still stranded. rescuers are trying to use slings to help pull them off sandbanks — they then refloat them, and guide them back to deeper water. needless to say, it's needless to say, its slow, hard work. the whales are up to seven metres long and weigh nearly three tonnes. 0ne local trying to help is salmon fisherman, tom mountney. remarkably calm. some of them, obviously, being a several tonne animal, they are quite strong so there is inherent danger of dealing with them but, yeah. it's as if there's been a sense of them knowing what we're trying to do and. it's going quite well and no one has been hurt and it is a hard one because you see are the ones on the beach and they are obviously calling out to the ones that we are freeing and that is at times attracting the released ones back. and with hundreds of them here, there must be a mess of communications going on underwater. experts tell us the surviving whales are exhausted and weak. here's marine biologist

vanessa pirotta in sydney. it is likely unfortunately that some will probably pass overnight but we are hopeful that there might be some that will remain alive and i guess the next stage is if they're in really poor condition, then euthanasia might be the most humane way for helping out these animals that remain in such a poor state. this is now thought to be australia's biggest whale stranding on record. and the reasons these strandings happen is still not properly understood. here's vanessa pirotta again. there are a number of theories as to why they may possibly strand. a couple could be misadventure, simply exploring a certain area. there's complex coastline along the tasmanian coast, they may have been feeding on certain prey items which led them astray or some other theories could include individuals that were of ill health and led the population or at least the pod rather into a situation that was not very ideal. another thing could be maybe they were stifled

by something, by acoustic noise. we simply don't know in this case. there are some questions about whether climate change could be a factor here. on that here's dr karen stockin from the international whaling commission. they do have natural oscillation, so natural southern ocean oscillations asa natural southern ocean oscillations as a consequence of la nina and el nino. at the moment, in la nina phase, we know that the ocean temperature is warmer in these current yea rs temperature is warmer in these current years than they are in and el nino cycle. so, i mean, those things do affect prey without a doubt. so whether or not those natural warming and natural calling of the oceans over those different cycles affect pray distribution and bring those wells closer to shore is certainly a hypothesis that's worth exploring. but, broadly, ocean, climate change, is that the reason, well, i'm afraid we just don't have that kind of data at this stage. that ends this hour of 0utside source. inc. you very much indeed for watching. i will be back

with you in a couple of minutes' time. hello there. we have seen much cooler air push across the uk during the day today but a real contrast in weather fortunes. for england and wales, it's been cloudy with some fairly heavy outbreaks of rain around — that was the scene in wrexham earlier on. and you can see as the rain has been pushing its way eastwards, it's been turning heavier. notice the darker blues here in our rain band. further north in scotland though, the cooler air has been accompanied by sunny skies and still conditions. what a beautiful picture this is from fort augustus in the highlands. now, as we head towards midnight tonight, you'll notice the rain still hasn't cleared away from eastern england though probably another area of rain affecting parts of the midlands and east anglia, too. all the while as this huck of rain develops, there's an area of low pressure that's forming and so it gets quite windy around some of our north sea coasts,

not english channel coasts. it becomes drier for a time but then the next batch of wet and windy weather will be extending into wales and south—west england and later in the night. so, for england and wales, rain at times. quite a bit of dry weather for northern ireland, and staying dry in scotland with clear skies. here in the countryside, it'll be cold enough for a few areas of frost to develop. thursday's weather picture dominated by low pressure. the first one moving away from the east coast. the next one rattling in to the south west very quickly, and this one will be bringing heavy outbreaks of rain particularly across wales and western areas of england and the winds will be strengthening through the day as well, reaching gale force — we're expecting gusts probably in excess of 50 mph across parts of south—west england and maybe pembrokeshire as well. so, it will be a very blowy kind of day — and those kind of winds strong enough to bring down some tree branches. for northern ireland, rain not far away. scotland largely dry and sunny after that locally frosty start but still cold, 11 or 12 degrees the high here. through friday as that area of low pressure moves

away to the continent, we start to draw down these northerly winds. so, it is going to feel quite chilly on friday. there will be showers coming down through the irish sea coast. and showers or longer ourbreaks of rain affecting eastern areas of england — all the while gusty northerly winds. now, inland, there will be some areas that stay dry, sunny with sparkling visibility, but it will feel chilly, 11—14 degrees. factor in those northerly winds, feeling a bit colder than that. and those brisk winds still with us to the first half of the weekend. perhaps still with some rain around across eastern england. some bright weather for sunday.

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is 0utside source. a grand jury in kentucky votes to indict one former police officer involved in the shooting of breonna taylor on a lesser charge of "wa nton endangerment". the incident happened after police burst into her apartment. breonna taylor's case was taken up by the black lives matter movement. the single indictment, over the spread of bullets into neighbouring apartments, falls well short of what campaigners were calling for. the family's attorney said the outcome was "outrageous and offensive". also in the programme... the eu publishes a new approach to migration, after a fire at a camp on the greek island of lesbos showed how the issue continues to strain ties in europe.