good afternoon. the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has accused borisjohnson of exaggerating the severity of coronavirus in the region, as the row continues over whether to put the area into the highest tier of restrictions. speaking on the andrew marr programme, mr burnham once again called for greater financial support if further restrictions are imposed. the cabinet office minister, michael gove, accused him of inconsistency in his approach. here's our political correspondent, jonathan

blake. for months people in greater manchester have been living with tighter restrictions than many parts of england. but there is uncertainty about what more they might have to endure. the region's labour elected mayor ideas pop and club closures, which would put the region into the high -- which would put the region into the high —— very high covert allow level, isn't enough. what we need, andrew, is a fair, financial framework of the government are going to insist on tier 3. at the moment they are doing side deals with individual councils. that is not good enough for me. let's remember, the places they are trying to close, pubs, bookies, gyms, these are places where people are often on low wages. what we are saying is, you cannot take away their place of work and not give them support. mr burnham accused the government of exaggerating the rise of coronavirus in greater manchester. neighbouring lancashire and liverpool have

accepted restrictions along with financial support. they say the mayor's position is inconsistent. the fundamental incoherence in the position of andy burnham is that on the one hand, as i say, he says, actually, the virus is not spreading ata actually, the virus is not spreading at a rate that merits these restrictions. and then he is saying, but actually, i will have them if i have the money. if you were being truly, truly concerned about public health, then he would say, let's have these restrictions. the other thing is, the earlier we have the restrictions, in those areas where there is high instance, the better for the economy of those areas, because we stop the infection spreading in a way which will do further damage to the economy as well as to public health. this row is not as simple as labour versus the tories or local versus national government. conservative mps representing parts of the region are also resisting further restrictions. manchester is pretty united.

certainly the members of parliament of both parties, the council leaders of both parties, the council leaders of both parties, and the mayor of greater manchester, have been resisting a move to tier 3. on the basis that we simply haven't been given the evidence that it would be effective. talks between number 10 and the mayor of greater manchester continue. both say coronavirus case levels are concerning. the right response will prove difficult. jonathan blake, bbc news. let's speak to our health correspondent, dominic hughes, who's in salford, itself in greater manchester. what is the latest picture there in terms of the number of cases? we know the latest data shows infection rates in the city of is to itself are actually falling. across greater manchester, which includes another nine boroughs, for example, here in sa lfo rd , nine boroughs, for example, here in salford, those rates are rising slightly. it is a mixed picture. but it is still way off areas like

derry, nottingham and liverpool. the key thing is, who is getting ill and how badly are they falling ill with the virus? for example, we know if lots of otherwise fit and well stu d e nts lots of otherwise fit and well students in their 20s fall ill, that doesn't have a massive impact on the health service. but if people with underlying health conditions or older people start to fall ill, that does. last week it was reported that in liverpool around 95% of their intensive care beds were covid patients. andy burnham said this morning greater manchesterjust 64 beds were full compared to more than 200 at the height of the pandemic in april. so leaders in greater manchester say yes, there is a serious situation, but perhaps not serious situation, but perhaps not serious enough to warrant the kind of economic hit and the impact on people's health, particularly mental health, to move into the very high level of tier 3 that would entail. dominic hughes. a record number of shops have closed on britain's high streets during the first six months of this year,

as the coronavirus lockdown hit may stores hard. according to research, more than 11,000 chain store outlets have closed their doors, as katy austin reports. the way we shop was already changing before the pandemic. online sales rising, many physical stores struggling. those trends have accelerated. researchers who track retail and leisure sites, and services like bank branches, found that over 11,000 chain outlets closed in great britain since january, only about 5000 opened. that adds up to a net decline of 6000, about twice as many as the similar period last year. the total could end up higher. outlets that have not yet reopened after lockdown weren't counted, nor independents. according to the research, where there have been openings they've tended to be in categories like grocery and value retail, local tradespeople setting up shop and also takeaways. one retail expert told me

the way we use town centres has changed for good. i think what's happening to our streets, and it's been happening for a while, is we do not need as much space dedicated to retail, as people are shopping more online. so our high streets really need to be more about work, rest and play, and just not about shopping, but about eating, about working and about services. recently local high streets have benefited from people working from home more. however, the big picture is that retailers and hospitality chains are expected to cut more stores and thousands ofjobs to survive. katy austin, bbc news. millions of europeans face tough new coronavirus restrictions as governments step up their efforts to slow the surge in infections. it comes after the world health organization reported a 44 percent rise in european cases over one week. aruna iyengar has more. last orders in lyon.

and a nightcap in paris. these cities, along with seven others in france, are now under a 9pm to 6am curfew, after virus cases have surged. many are not happy at the hit businesses are having to take. translation: this measure is quite unfair on the sectors affected because they are the ones worst hit since the start of the pandemic. i think it shows a serious lack of consultation with the workers' unions. elsewhere in europe, there is a partial lockdown in poland, after the country recorded over 8,000 cases in one day. here in warsaw, and in half the country, there are new restrictions. secondary schools have shut, weddings are banned. cyprus has hit a new peak of over 200 daily infections. and in italy, the northern region of lombardy, worst hit by the first wave in february, has ordered all bars to shut at

midnight. in germany, it is a similar message — stay at home. translation: meet far fewer people, whether outdoors or at home. give up any travel that is not really necessary, any celebration that is not really necessary. please stay at home as much as possible. the netherlands too has had tough restrictions imposed after a surge in cases. however, that did not stop the dutch royal family taking a trip to greece. it didn't go down well with the dutch public and the family returned after a day. in a statement, king willem alexander and queen maxima said they had been affected by the intense criticism. aruna iyengar, bbc news. a convicted killer, who helped stop a terror attack near london bridge last november, is to be considered for parole 10 months early.

steven gallant was on day release when he intervened to end usman khan's attack, which left two people dead. daniela relph reports. running from fishmongers' hall, where he had just killed two people, this was usman khan on london bridge. in the group pursuing him was steven gallant, himself a convicted murderer out on licence for the day. he was one of the group to wrestle the attacker to the ground before khan was shot dead by armed police. steven gallant had been working with jack merritt, one of the victims, on a prisoner rehabilitation programme. his courage that day, and his behaviour injail, mean he will now be considered for parole ten months early. the ministry ofjustice said the decision had been made in recognition of his exceptionally brave action at fishmongers' hall, which helped save people's lives despite the tremendous risk to his own. steven galla nt‘s case is likely to come before the parole board next year. daniela relph, bbc news. that's it for

now. the next news on bbc one is at 5.35. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. thousands will gather in cities across france in a few hours to remember the teacher who was killed near his school on friday. the death of samuel paty has horrified the country. mr paty was apparently targeted for showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad to his pupils during a lesson on freedom of speech. the attacker, a refugee of chechen origin, had been waiting outside the school and had asked pupils to identify his victim. he was later shot dead by police. from paris, lucy williamson has more. samuel paty was a 47—year—old teacher of history and geography

who decided to use two cartoons of muhammad as part of a class on freedom of speech. investigators say it sparked a social media campaign by one outraged parent and there had been threats against the school. translation: now the priority for us is to look after the children because i think it was very hard for them and it still is. translation: memories are going to come back. he is going to say, "my teacher is not there", and apparently there are photographs going round of the scene. i hope they don't see those because i think they are already going to be affected by this for life. flowers mark the places where lives are shattered. in france, that list has grown a little longer this week. conflans now remembered alongside paris, nice and all the other places where hatred of french values has left blood on the country's street. left blood on the country's streets. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. a little earlier i spoke

to our paris correspondent hugh schofield and he told me more about the reaction across france. well, i don't know how much these will be mass gatherings. i very much doubt they will be on the same scale as for example after the charlie hebdo shootings five years ago, though the one in paris is at the place de la republique. that brought out a million, a million and a half and i doubt it will be like that. that said, there is no question the killing has affected people more deeply maybe than other killings. i mean, every killing that comes along is bad enough, but because this was, the symbolism attached to it was so clear, it has moved people in an additional way. the fact this was a history teacher teaching about freedom of expression and that because he did that and used a certain tool, which was the cartoon

of prophet mohammed, but did so warning about its possible offensive nature and muslim students could leave the room or look away, the fact he was killed for doing that, doing hisjob and perpetuating and spreading the republican educational message, that, i think, people find very, very shocking indeed. that was why president macron was there so swiftly at the scene on friday. no, this will not be forgotten quickly. hugh schofield, there. as we've been hearing, millions of europeans are facing tough new coronavirus restrictions as governments step up their efforts to slow the surge in infections. earlier i spoke to professor giacomo grasselli, a senior government health official in italy, who explained where the county who explained where the country currently sits compared

to others in europe. in italy, we are a couple of weeks behind france and the uk. we are in a phase of exponential rise in cases. yesterday, more than 10,000 cases. the number of people admitted to hospital for symptomatic disease and admitted to the icu continues to rise. basically this time, differently from the past, it's more widespread on the national... in the country. so in different regions. unfortunately, here in lombardy we are still...very, very in big difficulties. the health system is under certain pressure and the intensive care units are also coming under pressure. we now see the effect of the infections that there were like seven, ten days ago. we are certainly going to see a surge in the requests for icu admissions in the next few weeks.

what's different from the previous wave is that at least for now, elective procedures have not been discontinued. so we have to take care of non—covid patients, and also this new wave of covid patients who are coming. we are going to again at least reduce a lot the elective procedures to take care of the covid patients. given that situation, do you think the restrictions that are in force in italy and where you are, are they enough? no. no, definitely not. we are trying to write letters and statements to the government of the region and to the national government because clearly we don't want another lockdown, especially for schools.

but for sure we need to implement more restrictive measures and then people have to understand that if we don't do this, i mean, if we let the number of cases increase exponentially, we will get to a point where our health care system, basically like every other health care system in the world, will never be able to take care of the number of patients. so in some way we'll have to stop this. and unfortunately, the information is not very clear and there are still people claiming that coronavirus does not exist or no—one has died, or that people in the icu or in the hospital have another disease and only a positive swab. but it's not true. the patients are exactly the same. so we know better how to take care of them, of course. now we can admit them to the icu a little bit earlier than before. this is feasible until the number of patients can be sustained.

the solution for this is not increasing continuously the number of icu beds. it is to reduce the number of patients who will need icu admission, because otherwise at a certain point we will never be able to take care of all those people. the headlines on bbc news. the mayor of greater manchester will speak to the government today to try and find a solution to the standoff over financial support for the region if new restrictions are imposed. police in england are to be allowed to access the details of people who've been told to self—isolate by the nhs test and trace contact 00:17:49,1000 --> 00:17:51,398 tracers. thousands of people are expected to gather across france today to remember the teacher who was killed outside his school, near paris,

on friday. sport and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello. it's a busy afternoon in the premier league this sunday — with the first of today's matches already under way between sheffield united and fulham. both sides have lost all four of their matches so far this season — and it's 0—0 at the moment. alexander mitra which —— alexander mitra which just alexander mitra which —— alexander mitra whichjust missing alexander mitra which —— alexander mitra which just missing a penalty for fulham. three more matches after this one, including crystal palace against rivals brighton — that one kicks off at 2pm. and at 4.30, we could see the return of gareth bale to the premier league following his loan move back to tottenham from real madrid. spurs face west ham and manager jose mourinho says the return of bale, seven years after leaving for spain is an exciting prospect for the fans.

the team is the most important thing. to win against west ham is the only thing that matters in this moment. but every player is a very important player. the gareth situation is quite special, because of his history in the past couple of seasons. of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care as of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care as much about him as he cares about tottenham. there's an exciting clash between two in—form sides. fourth placed leicester city host aston villa, who are third following their 7—2 thrashing of champions liverpool last time they played. they'll be captained by jack grealish, who many felt should have played more of a role for england during the recent international break. he was pleased to get called up for the first time, you know, because obviously, the last time he went with england, he got called up

because somebody had dropped out but this time it was a call up on merit so he was really pleased with that. and then he has made his first start for his country and got man of the match. you know, he will be disappointed he did not play as many minutes but he has come away with a first call up and they first start for his country and as a young lad who has dreams of that, he will certainly be happy with the accolade he's getting at the moment. aston villa manager dean smith, there. there are also five matches in the women's super league taking place today, with everton v brighton. everton looking to maintain their 100% win record but they are currently losing 1—0. west ham are hosting manchester united. and it's united who lead 3—1, alessia russo with two goals and us world cup winner tobin heath

here scoring her first goal in english football. you can watch the match right now on the bbc sport website. new zealand have extended their unbeaten run at eden park to 44 tests after beating australia 27—7. the all blacks haven't lost at the ground since 1994. three second—half tries saw them pull away for a comfortable victory. the match was played in front of a crowd of over 46,000 after covid—19 restrictions were lifted in new zealand earlier this month. kell brook will take on the unbeaten terence crawford for his world welterweight title next month. crawford is a three—weight world champion and has won all 36 of his professional bouts. brook is himself a former world champion at welterweight and last fought in february when he knocked out american mark deluca. a venue for the bout is yet to be announced. meanwhile, there was a huge upset in one of the biggest fights of the year last night as american teofimo lopez ended the unbeaten run of ukranian vasyl lomachenko to unify the lightweight division in las vegas. lomachenko was the odds on favourite with the bookies, but was beaten unanimously on points by lopez, who at 23, is the youngest fighter

to become a four—belt undisputed champion. i outboxed him, i won every round or at least most of the rounds, you know? to win it by unanimous decision. i'm thankful, man. iam know? to win it by unanimous decision. i'm thankful, man. i am 23 yea rs decision. i'm thankful, man. i am 23 years old. you know, that is a true champion right there. he was a hell ofa champion right there. he was a hell of a fighter and he knows what he's doing. but his time is over. what a win for doing. but his time is over. what a winfor him. that's all the sport for now. coronavirus restrictions in some parts of australia — including the country's second biggest city melbourne — are being eased. melanie dino is a resident of melbourne and became a mother for the first time just before the first lockdown. she says she is looking forward to some easing of the lockdown.

the big difference is the five kilometre radius is now extended to 20. we don't have as much of a curfew any more or time limit, so it is a lot more freedom than before. and no longer having the only four reasons to go out, so it is pretty good. that must be quite a relief. just tell us what it has been like for you, as i say, a first—time mum, you had lily, your daughter, in february. then a lockdown, then an easing of the lockdown and then a second lockdown. how tough has that been for you as a new mother? oh, honestly, i feel like even if you are not a mother, you just go through waves, as it has been with the restrictions, being lockdown, a bit of easing and then another wave which is worse. so it has been really difficult having no family here and no close friends. yes, that is the hardest part for me, i guess, just having the support i thought i would have being a first—time mother and ijust haven't experienced that yet which is u nfortu nate.

i think your parents and a lot of your friends live in brisbane and they have not been able to see you or the baby? yes, exactly. it is really sad, we video call every morning and that is our routine, to watch her grow, the only way they can really see her. that is just our covid world at the moment. indeed, and given all of the restrictions, do you think that the restrictions have the support of people in melbourne, generally? are people like you backing what the authorities are doing? look, i feel like a lot of us have different opinions. i feel like the majority of melbourne is quite over it and wondering why the government is having so much control over us. it is really tough, the fact that the whole rest of the country is going through something a lot more easy and we are wondering why, you know, it is only us, even in the world, who are going through something really restrictive.

it is quite tough. do you think it has been too tough at times, then, the lockdown? i feel like we as a state need to learn how to live in this new covid world instead ofjust being locked away because honestly, that is how it feels right now, just being, you know, ourfreedom has been stripped away and we have no say in it, really. we are just waiting for new announcements and to be honest, it has not been, you know, real promises, it has always been uncertainty and that is the hard part of it. just before i let you go, how is your daughter doing? she is pretty much as old as the coronavirus, having been born in february. yes. is she ok? she is great, very healthy, i'm very lucky to be in a situation with my partner being so supportive and working so hard, so i feel very lucky in that sense,

and she is very happy. she doesn't know any better! melanie dino, a new mother in melbourne. let's look at some of the day's other news. a landslide in central vietnam has buried at least 22 soldiers, leading to a frantic search for survivors. rocks fell down on the barracks of a military station in quang tri province. heavy rain has pounded the region for more than a week and at least 64 people have been killed in floods and landslides, with concerns mounting that waters could rise further. armenia and azerbaijan have accused each other of violating the latest humanitarian ceasefire over the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh, within minutes of the truce coming into effect. azerbaijan say armenian artillery has continued its bombardment. armenia has meanwhile accused azerbaijan of carrying out artillery and rocket strikes. an israeli delegation has left for bahrain to officially establish diplomatic relations between the two states. their agreement to reset relations will be formalised at a ceremony

in the bahraini capital of manama later. the agreement is part of a us—brokered middle east peace deal established last month. we're all familiar with the idea of tracing who you are related to through dna. well, you can do something similar with the coronavirus and scientists have already used the technique to clamp down on outbreaks. uk labs are leading the way in this genomic detective work which can teach us how the virus is moving around and who is spreading it. richard westcott has visited one of the labs behind this research. to keep control of the coronavirus you need to spot and then clamp down on outbreaks as soon as possible. and here is the small device that is helping scientists do it. viruses have genes, just like humans. a few years ago, you needed a big machine to look at them. today you can do it with something this tiny. and here it is — this is the genome

of the coronavirus being read. alex is part of a team that's spent months doing genetic detective work, comparing the genes of hundreds of virus samples from sick people. now it has really started ramping up. we go two a week, ten a week, sometimes ten over the weekend or on a day if it's busy. if a group of people in the same hospital or workplace have an identical version of the coronavirus with the same genetic code, they almost certainly caught it from each other. that is an outbreak. if the genetic codes are different, they all caught it elsewhere. public health experts will get in touch with us, say what they are looking for, we will get those samples in as soon as we can and within 24 hours we hope to have the answer. is it an outbreak, all the same thing moving around, or have there been multiple introductions from outside where different people have brought it in? they have tested more samples in the east of england than most

countries around the world. finding 100 different genetic types or lineages in norfolk alone. most are traceable back to italy, spain and france, not asia. and they have investigated potential outbreaks at a hospital in ipswich and a chicken factory in norfolk. we found that in the chicken factory, all the viruses we sequenced were exactly the same. that meant the virus was moving from one person to another in the factory or within the community that works in the factory. when we looked in the hospital, what we found was that there were multiple different types of the virus, different lineages of the virus in the hospital. they were similar to the lineages that we saw in the ipswich community. that meant those viruses were coming in with the people who were sick with them and they were not transmitting in the hospital. that meant the infection control measures were working appropriately and the hospital didn't need to worry. uk labs are leading the world in this genome work. as the virus springs back,

it will be a key weapon in fighting outbreaks. richard wescott, bbc news, norwich. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. there's a bit of brightness around in places today but for the most part, it is going to stay cloudy and where that cloud is at its thickest, it will produce some spots of light rain here and there. this is how the forecast looks for the rest of the day. you can see extensive cloud across the map, one or two spots of rain but equally there will be some breaks in the cloud and some brighter spells, even a bit of sunshine. the wind will be light but it is going to be cool, particularly across northern areas, seven or eight degrees in northern scotland, 13—15 across southern england and south wales. through this evening and tonight, thicker cloud will bring outbreaks of rain across northern ireland and up into scotland, north—west england as well. further south and east, staying predominantly dry with some clear spells.