hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. more than a million people have now died from coronavirus. the united nations says countries need to work together. responsible leadership matters. science matters. cooperation matters. and misinformation kills. here in the, uk borisjohnson apologises amid mounting confusion over new covid rules for north—east england, even he didn't seem to know exactly what they were. you should follow the guidance of local authorities. but it is six in a home, or six in hospitality but as i understand it, not six

outside. after weeks of protests in belarus britain and canada impose sanctions against the country's president and other officials. more than a million people have now died from covid—19 globally. while that is shocking we're told the true figure is probably much higher. we'll have updates from across the globe. first, lets hearfrom un secretary general, antonio guterres. roald has reached an agonising milestone. the loss of1 million lives. it's a mind—numbing figure. yet we must never lose sight of each and every individual life. they were fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and colleagues. the pain has been multiplied by the severe and this of the disease. we

can overcome this challenge but we must learn from the mistakes, responsible leadership matters, science matters, cooperation matters and misinformation killed. we first learnt of the virus nearly 10 months ago in china. you'll remember these images of the seafood market in wuhan suspected to be at the centre of the outbreak. wuhan recorded its first death there on january 11th. three months later and the world marked its first major milestone, when deaths passed 100,000. less than three months later, that figure passed half a million. and here we are now. 1 million recorded deaths. that's 3,816 deaths a day, 159 every hour. or one person dying every 30 seconds. so this pandemic is far from being under control. something the who reminded us of today. here's special envoy on covid—19, david nabarro speaking to the bbc. certainly it has picked up

in the last few weeks. we are seeing increasing numbers all over europe, we are seeing them in russia, canada as well. we are also seeing the fire is continuing to spread in latin america and south asia. we must not assume that this is anywhere near the end will stop if it was remarkably as though we are going back into the dark space again. three countries account for nearly half of all deaths. they're brazil, india and the us. and together they've recorded more than 15m cases of the 33 million worldwide. daily cases across the globe are rising quickly. and here's the who on what governments should be doing to control it. we all have our role to play. taking those basic preventive measures such as avoiding close contact, waving

masks, basically trying to reduce the risk. we're going to look at latin america and europe lets start in the us, which has the highest fatalities by far. 205,000 deaths. 7 million cases. looking at this for us is our global health correspondent, naomi grimley. although the united states did manage to get its daily infection rate down in the last month from the peaks we saw injuly at around 60,000 new infections a day, we are now seeing the virus surge again in many states in the us. so for example, utah, north dakota, south dakota, also a very serious situation developing in wisconsin. once again we are seeing health systems across the world come under pressure. next brazil. and more sobering statistics.

it's recorded more than 141,000 deaths, the highest in latin america. cases are at 4.7 million, the third—highest in the world. these stark images illustrate the crisis. row upon row of graves. this drone footage was captured in manaus the capital of brazil's amazonas state. argentina which despite an early and strict lockdown is catching up with brazil with virus cases. it now has more than 700,000 recorded infections. but if you compare deaths they‘ re signica ntly lower. we've talked a lot about colombia, peru and mexico which all had major outbreaks and deaths have been well into the thousands. we know health care staff are increasingly under pressure. here's a reminder of that. these pictures have come into the newsroom from the peruvian capital, lima. doctors are demanding better conditions and personal protective equipment to carry out theirjobs. let's talk to rafael rojas,

from bbc monitoring who's in miami. the situation in peru in many other latin american countries has to do with the informal job latin american countries has to do with the informaljob sector. a lot of people in these countries are self—employed and have to go out on the street to end their loving so what this has created is a situation in which because people are not able to go out and earn their living create a financial storm that right 110w create a financial storm that right now is being evidenced in peru, the world labour organisation is saying the situation in peru and other latin american countries could go well beyond 2022. briefly what about the country is trying to get back to some kind of normality? columbia restarting international flights last week. we saw that, mexico has

started colour coding system for each region depending on the number of cases and we have seen in argentina a case of a priest calling people to mass not to wear facemasks and being prosecuted for having risked the lives of people in his congregation. let's focus on europe now. we've seen a resurgence of infections across the continent we're going to look at the netherlands and germany. first spain which is once again seeing a steep rise in cases. here's guy hedgecoe in madrid. spain has been the european country with the highest number of total infections. it's now at around 750,000 cases registered since the pandemic began. and that's been a phenomenon we've seen growing sense the end of the national lockdown. at the end ofjune when restrictions were lifted. ever since then we've seen a number of cases rising fairly steadily and more recently that

trend has accelerated. the number of deaths and hospitalizations are still relatively small compared to the peak of the first way. back in march and april. at the big concern at the moment is the number of infections. we are seeing outbreaks across the country for example today, la rioja in the north of the country introduced restrictions to around 40,000 people in terms of movement. but the big focus of infections at the moment is madrid. the city of madrid in the region has also been introducing some new restrictions on movement and social activities. germany next. new limits on gatherings are being brought in to control infection rates which have been rising for weeks. and those who leave false contact information at restaurants will now face fines. here'sjenny hill in berlin. a lot of concern. germany is of course the country which was recognised around the world for having got over its initial infection outbreak relatively well. the numbers are starting to go up.

although they still remain much lower than what were seeing in other european countries like france and spain in the uk and last week or so the number of new daily infections has exceeded 2000 several times. again, they are saying this morning. compared to its neighbours, netherlands had largely avoided strict restrictions. now though we're seeing a rise in cases and tough measures to deal with it. anna holligan is at the hague with this update. people are being advised to wear masks in shops for the first time i should say since the start of the pandemic in the hague, amsterdam and rotterdam. bars and restaurants have to close at 10pm, fans are not allowed to go to sports matches any more and that includes places like this so parents cannot go watch their children play sports and football fields any more for now. people are being advised to work from home when possible, stay inside if they have coronavirus —like symptoms. and they are now at 20,000

new infections every week. since last week 20,000 new infections, they predict 5000 a day by next week. there are of course many challenges when we compare how well countries are doing. we know some nations test more than others and count deaths in different ways. to digest this for us here's the bbc‘s head of data science. we know that the number of deaths we are seeing we know that the number of deaths we are seeing every we know that the number of deaths we are seeing every day is probably surpassed by the number of victims of the virus. if you look at the uk we have seen about 57,000 deaths we re we have seen about 57,000 deaths were the doctor certifying the death thought that covid—19 was involved with the daily figure has deaths within 24 hours of days of the positive test that is around 40,000 instead of 57 so if you are limited by testing in the figures as most definitions are around the world the number of deaths is going to be driven by the number of tests you do and that's very different in different countries. the uk is doing about four times as many tests

compared to india, nine times as many compared to brazil so of course you will get different figures. i'd be very wary of using the number of deaths we see everyday to compare between countries but more to look at the trends of what's happening within any given country or region. the uk's sanctions target president lukashenko, britain and canada say they coordinated their sanctions in a bid to uphold democratic values and put pressure on those responsible for repression. the uk's sanctions target president lukashenko, his son viktor and six officials, including his national security time is of the essence. we can't have a situation where frankly putin and alexander lu kashenko have a situation where frankly putin and alexander lukashenko think the human rights abuses can just pass without them being held to account and some kind of price.

britain and canada say they coordinated their sanctions in a bid to uphold democratic values and put pressure on those responsible for repression. the uk's sanctions target president lukashenko, his son viktor and six officials, including his national security advisor and chief of staff. canada targets 11 with its sanctions also including the president. mr lukashenko continues to hold onto power, in spite of mass protests and claims that the election in august that gave him 80% of the vote was rigged. the president denies election fraud. french president, emmanuel macron, has offered europe's help in trying to start negotions between the president and opposition leaders. his comments came after he met with sviatla na tsikhanouskaya in lithuania, where she fled after coming second in last month's vote. he said the time is crucial because a lot of people are suffering because of this regime, too many people are injail because of this regime, too many people are in jail and because of this regime, too many people are injail and he because of this regime, too many people are in jail and he will do everything to help to release the

prisoners. long time ally, russia, continues to stand by president lukashenko. today president putin said... i'm joined now by olga ivshina from bbc russian. experts already discuss how effective they can be. it's not the first sanctions that alexander lukashenko is facing. moreover these sanctions target his son and various heads of security forces, head of army and they don't travel to canada 01’ army and they don't travel to canada or to the united kingdom that often. soi or to the united kingdom that often. so i would say these sanctions are very significant but the matter more asa very significant but the matter more as a signal rather than a direct action which will influence for and

a nyway action which will influence for and anyway stop, be a real push to belarus. how significant were the scenes today of svetlana belarus. how significant were the scenes today of svetla na svetla na tikhanovskaya me to a major world leader in a president emmanuel macron of france? this was a symbolic meeting for her and other representatives of opposition but the trouble is the european union has not introduced sanctions. there are talks about that but cyprus has been blocking those decisions for a while so the main challenge for emmanuel macron and the european leaders is to agree whether sanctions from the eu should be introduced and whether there was sanctions should be just political 01’ sanctions should be just political or political and economical because the thing which does matter for alexander lu kashenko as the thing which does matter for alexander lukashenko as his economy because he relies on the support of the security forces and people who work at the factories as we remember

from the previous ones. he only got really worried when factory workers started to protest. still to come... amnesty international halts its working in the blaming the indian government for incessant reprisals. the reaction from delhi. both sides say they need to come to an agreement. it's pretty clear concessions have to be made. checking in with people today they will tell you the same thing on both sides. they say a deal can be done but the other lot is not willing to give ground but i think give ground as what both sides will have to do,

specifically on the big areas that that divide them on fishing, the eu will have to acknowledge it's a really strong area for the british and there will be more british boats catching british fish in british waters and in terms of london giving ground i think has to be some sort of acknowledgement that brussels wa nts to of acknowledgement that brussels wants to see the british signing up to things like food and agricultural standards and also giving some sort of guarantee when it comes to things like government subsidies in the future. more than a million people have now died from coronavirus. a grandjury a grand jury decided no officer

should be charged over breonna taylor's deaths and now tapes of deliberations will be made public after one juror sued deliberations will be made public after onejuror sued for deliberations will be made public after one juror sued for the release. india's government has accused amnesty international being in violation of indian financial laws. amnesty said repeated harassment has for some to stop operations following a string of allegations the government is cracking down on freedom of speech and the right to protest in a country known for being the worlds largest democracy. from them by the indian correspondent uchitel my reports. continued crackdowns on basic freedoms by india's current government have led to questions about the health of the country's

democracy. now global rights organisation amnesty international have told the bbc that repeated harassment by the government has forced them to close all operations in india. reprisals they say for their reports into human rights abuses. the government has previously said the group is being investigated for violating funding laws, a claim amnesty rejects. i spoke to the groups senior director in london. i think this is something that everybody should be very worried about. the kind of systematic stifling of dissent, crumbling of institutions that has taken place, lack of any kind of independent accountability in the country is extremely worrying. amnesty has been speaking for dozens of activists like this one who have been jailed

of activists like this one who have beenjailed on serious of activists like this one who have been jailed on serious charges. retribution many believe further strong criticism of the government. it's not just strong criticism of the government. it's notjust activists. people from the world of business, entertainment, even the media privately say they fear speaking out against government policy or action. none of this has affected the prime minister's popularity. he continues to enjoy strong support from large swathes of ndf. because of his ability to connect with ordinary people. his party didn't want to speak to the bbc. but i spoke to a pro—government analyst. is that space for dissent in india today shrinking? i don't buy into that at all. if you look at the newspapers or the news channels, not everybody is rooting for the government but the prime minister or the party in power. in a vast diverse country like india, the thriving of

democracy has long been seen as a real achievement. now democracy has long been seen as a realachievement. now seen democracy has long been seen as a real achievement. now seen taking a worrying turn. to the uk now, where even tougher lockdown measures will be coming into force for around two million people in the north east of england on wednesday. the government has been accused of creating uncertainty over the restrictions more on that shortly. first, let's take a look at what the new rules are they're focused on households mixing. in the north east it's already illegal to mix with other households in homes or gardens. from tomorrow that will include indoor public venues, including pubs and restaurants. meeting outdoors in groups of up to six outdoors won't be illegal, but it is against advice. so meeting a friend for a drink or a meal will be breaching the law, and there's a £200 fine for the first offence. these new restrictions apply in seven areas. newcastle, northumberland, gateshead, north tyneside, south tyneside, sunderland and the county durham. the restrictions are being brought in as the uk sees it's highest ever recorded daily total. with 7,143 cases confirmed. nowjust a reminder there was no mass testing in the community at the height

of the outbreak in march and april, so the number of cases then were likely to have been much higher. 71 new deaths have also been recorded. the new restrictions are coming into force in the north east because it remains a hotspot for the virus. here's the gateshead director of public health alice wiseman. test on the moment based on our data... those identified as a close contact of a covid—positive case have come from household mixing whether in the household, in the back gardens are also in the hospitality sector as well. we have a very small number of young people who are testing positive. but actually more than 80% of our cases in gateshead at the moment are in working age population. what we are wanting to do is target the place where at the moment we are seeing the most likeliest of the transmission being. local leaders have welcomed the changes, saying they're necessary to stop transmission of the virus but they're critical of the way the government has gone about it. this is the newscastle

city council leader. my worry is the way that the government is doing this in a pretty shambolic way i am sorry to say and i take no kind of pride in taking a kind of shot at the government on this, it's not something i want to do. we have got to be working together because by not doing so we are undermining the very thing we are trying to achieve which is keeping people safe. even members of the government are being caught out by the complexity of the rules. i know in the rest of the country generally you can meet in a pub and you can book a table and the restrictions are indoors in terms of... no i do not know the answer to that question but i am sure they can find out the answer to that question, ijust don't have the details. if you can't give us the answers to that, how do you expect people to keep up—to—date with the latest rules when even you as a government minister can't answer the question? i'm sorry i can't answer that question, i am sure there are

many that could, i do not represent the north—east. so that was the education minister gillian keegan speaking to the bbc this morning. now take a look this, it's prime minister boris johnson being quizzed on the rules earlier today. it is six in a home or six in hospitality but as i understand, six outside. that's wrong — gatherings of more than six people are banned both indoors and outdoors across england, with even tighter restrictions about to come into force in the north east. that prompted this tweet from the prime minister... the opposition labour party has said the prime minister is "grossly incompetent" for not knowing the rules.

there is concern ministers are able to make decisions without scrutiny. we know the labour party are worried, they said the government isn't on top of that i need to talk to mps more but more significantly perhaps there are a number of mps in borisjohnson zone party perhaps there are a number of mps in boris johnson zone party who perhaps there are a number of mps in borisjohnson zone party who are putting pressure on him to give them a vote and more of a see when the government wants to bring in restrictions because they are concerned firstly some of the measures being brought in go to far and secondly they don't make sense. and if the prime minister cannot explain what the measures are and why they are in place that will only add to the argument. the parliamentary scrutiny is one side of it, the second is that as the pandemic becomes more complicated and the rules become nuanced it's important politicians can take the public with them and persuade them of the need for some of these

restrictions are that thermometers a question over how well that is working. 0ver weeks i would expect to hear more from borisjohnson trying to emphasis why some of the rules are in place and he would hope anyway explaining why they are. and just before we go let me show you these pictures of giant galapagos tortoises. being released on san cristobal island, off the coast of ecuador as part of a captive breeding programme. 36 tortoises willjoin the existing tortoise population on the north west of the island. authorities say the tortoises are between six and eight years old. more than1 more than 1 million more than1 million people more than 1 million people are more than1 million people are now known to have died from covid—19 globally. while that's shocking we are told the true figure will probably much higher. a tally by the

john hopkins university show that the us, india and brazil make up nearly half that total. thanks for watching 0utside source. for a large swathe of the uk enjoying a dry and sunny afternoon, our weather picture is looking very different for tomorrow. wet and windy pretty much across the board. the wind will start to pick up even through this evening what we had today was a ridge of high pressure slinking offers low— pressure of high pressure slinking offers low—pressure approaches from the atla ntic low—pressure approaches from the atlantic the wind will strengthen in the west through the evening. rain moving into northern ireland and through the small hours that rain will extend to western scotland eventually across into cumbria and across the north west of england into wales and the south. heavy rain and accompanied by fairly gusty wind. south—westerly went, milder from any at than we have had

recently. wednesday starts grey and wet in the west. in the east potentially brighter than tuesday but come the afternoon we will see sharp showers breaking out ahead of the band of rain and that will push into the south through the afternoon. perhaps brighter through the afternoon for wales in northern england and also towards the evening for northern ireland in the north—west of scotland. this frontal system swings eastwards. a little bump to the south of that area of low pressure on thursday. a very brief ridge and it willjust settle things down for thursday. we will have lighter wind with dry weather around, summer showers, generally in contrast to wednesday acquire today. 0n the chilly side, highs ofjust 13 01’ 0n the chilly side, highs ofjust 13 or 14. can before the storm, this is the area of low pressure that is the

forecast headache. friday could bring strong winds to the south, set to stay with us on into the weekend but positioning it exactly is proving rather difficult as we move from model to model because we have a series of low pressure interacting with each other so exactly where we get the worst weather is subject to change but certainly for the end of the week it's looking chilly and very unsettled. wettest weather currently thought to be across england and wales. for the weekend we even things out looking pretty u nsettled we even things out looking pretty unsettled across—the—boa rd.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. boris johnson apologises amid mounting confusion over the covid rules for northeast england. new rules for the region come into force from midnight —

but even the prime minister didn't seem to know exactly what they were you should follow the guidance of local authorities. but, you should follow the guidance of localauthorities. but, it's six you should follow the guidance of local authorities. but, it's six and a home, or six local authorities. but, it's six and a home, orsix in local authorities. but, it's six and a home, or six in hospitality, but not as i understand it outside. no wonder people there are confused — what's the difference between a rule and a ban, is there a difference between advice and guidance iam i am worried that i'm going to get told that you are not going be allowed to do that when i don't really understand it. is changing every single day. but understand one rule, another one comes in. all this as figures show the highest daily number of covid—related deaths in the uk for nearly three months. there were a further 71 deaths — the highest since july the first. a million coronavirus deaths across the world — and it's hit the richest and poorest countries alike