this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. hospitals in india struggle with overwhelming demand for beds, ventilators and oxygen — as it records the world's highest—ever daily rise in coronavirus infections for the third day in a row. there is no space, so a patient who needs an icu comes once there is no physical space, what can we do? we can only do that much. the uk prime minister's former adviser, dominic cummings, has questioned his "competence and integrity". borisjohnson has refuted the claims, which allege that he planned for donors to pay for the renovation of his flat, and considered trying to block

an inquiry into a leak last year in case it involved a friend of his fiancee. in the last few minutes, indonesian navy has announced that the rescue teams have recovered debris that is believed to be from the submarine that went missing off the coast of bali on wednesday. us regulators lift the suspension on the single—dosejohnson and johnson covid vaccine — saying the benefits far outweigh any potential risks. medical experts are recommending that people who lose their sense of smell due to covid—i9 are offered smell training' rather than being treated with steroids. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. india's supreme court says

the country is facing a national emergency as its health care system buckles under a second wave of coronavirus patients. many hospitals are full, oxygen supplies are desperately low and the number of new cases is spiralling out of control. for the third day in a row, it's registered the world's highest ever daily rise in coronavirus infections. the latest figures show more than 340,000 new cases and more than 2600 deaths. our delhi correspondent yogita limaye was given access to the emergency ward of one hospital. her report contains distressing scenes from the start. the front line — an emergency room in a covid hospital, just about standing under the weight of an unfolding disaster. a patient who is hardly breathing is brought in. to get past the shortage of beds, they have packed in stretchers,

wheelchairs — as many as they can. but the first line of treatment against covid—i9 is oxygen. and they have almost run out. at this point, there isjust one hour of supply left. the staff knows how many lives hang in the balance. people are being turned away, but they don't know where they will find oxygen or a bed. the intensive care unit is full, too. there are next to no icu beds in a city of 20 million. there is no space, so a patient who needs an icu comes to the casualty, right? what do i do? there is no physical space. we put him on whatever support we can there, trying to organise a bed somewhere or other. but once there is no bed here, no physical space, as you can see, to put another trolley,

what do we do? we can only do that much. between seeing his patients, the doctor is constantly on calls. back—up is only a couple of hours, so we are struggling. we are struggling. he is desperately trying to get more oxygen. day after day, the staff works here, knowing full well that if their families get sick, even they will struggle to find medical care. there is helplessness and anger. the government, in some ways, failed in estimating what was going to happen, the needs that would arise if the numbers started rising. there was a sense of preparation in the earlier surge which seems to have disappeared in between. and they did things which were totally unacceptable — allowing large, huge gatherings, which is totally unacceptable. they believed that we had vanquished the virus. some oxygen arrives a bit later,

but it can only last a few hours. then, the struggle begins again. yogita limaye, bbc news. the bbc�*s nikhil inamdar has more from the indian state of maharashtra. it is our very grim situation and only getting grimmer. 346,000 new infections in the last 24 hours, over 2600 people lost their lives. that takes in the�*s tally to just under i that takes in the�*s tally to just underi million in the last three days, the worst global record for three straight days, and the oxygen supply situation continues to be a big cause of worry here in india. we'vejust big cause of worry here in india. we've just heard from a hospital in the northern city of jaipur where they lost 20 patients because oxygen supplies could not be gathered in time. they are right now saying they only have about half an hour of

oxygen supplies to be given to about 215 covid patients, 85% of whom are terminally ill. that's an illustration of the kind of crisis of oxygen that in the�*s hospitals are facing. yesterday the prime minister reviewed the situation and he has taken some measures such as getting trains to supply oxygen and even asking the air force to chip in and also india has now begun to airlift oxygen from countries such as germany and singapore and hopefully that should relieve the situation and improve it in the days to come. and coming up in the next few minutes we'll hear from a student living in delhi. the prime minister has dismissed the claims of his former adviser, dominic cummings, who questioned his "competence and integrity" in an online blog. mr cummings alleged mrjohnson had considered trying to stifle an inquiry into a leak last year, in case it implicated

a friend of his fiancee. the claim has been denied by number ten. mr cummings also said the prime minister had plans for donors to pay for the renovation of his flat. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas is with me. good morning. the prime minister is claiming to quote him, nobody gives a monkey's about this, i guess that depends on who you ask. yes a monkey's about this, i guess that depends on who you ask.— a monkey's about this, i guess that depends on who you ask. yes and what mr johnson depends on who you ask. yes and what mrjohnson said _ depends on who you ask. yes and what mrjohnson said as _ depends on who you ask. yes and what mrjohnson said as nobody _ depends on who you ask. yes and what mrjohnson said as nobody gives - depends on who you ask. yes and what mrjohnson said as nobody gives a - mrjohnson said as nobody gives a monkeys about leaks and briefings on things but there are some very serious allegations made by the man who was his closest adviser and guided him through some of his biggest successes, the vote to leave the eu and his election triumph. if we go through those, what dominic cummings said in his blog last night, first of all, they must see this one is about downing street renovations to the apartment the prime minister lives in and he said he planned the prime minister discussed with him to have donors

secretly paying for the renovations which mr cummings said were unethical, foolish, possibly illegal, almost certainly broke the rules on proper disclosure of political donations if conducted in the way he intended. number ten it says on that one the government and ministers have acted in accordance with codes of conduct and electoral law on the nations and the prime minister paid himself for those works. second issue, the leak enquiry, last year issues around the second lockdown, briefing to the papers early, an enquiry going on in downing street, borisjohnson apparently tells mr cummings, tells him he wants to stop that enquiry and mr cummings totem i thought this was mad and took the unethical and could not possibly cancel enquiry about elite that affect the millions just because it might implicate his girlfriend's just because it might implicate his girlfriends and friends. the most —— his girlfriend's

friends. dominic cummings is drawing together at the swell of allegations and accusations we've seen and he says it's sad to see the prime minister and his office fall so far below the standard of competence and integrity in the country deserves. where does this go from here? another enquiry, the prime minister giving evidence before an enquiry? the labour party says the thing that they think needs enquiring into is they think needs enquiring into is the question around the flat, it involves money and decision by the prime minister at the heart of downing street, the electoral commission is looking into whether any donations should have been reported but the labour party says it wants a transparent enquiry. if the prime minister has paid for it, where did the money come from and how much, was it in the form of a loan and should that have been declared? questions will be raised about if that should have been tax

implications the prime minister should have been declaring. a whole new avenue of enquiry in all of the swell of things we've seen. also, dominic cummings himself is going to be appearing before parliament next month and says he is happy to answer any questions. clearly he is a man who wants to talk.— who wants to talk. thank you very much. dominic grieve said this is another example of the government is run by what he called a crony cabal. that is one illustration _ what he called a crony cabal. that is one illustration of— what he called a crony cabal. that is one illustration of the _ what he called a crony cabal. twat is one illustration of the chaos that mrjohnson seems to bring in his wake. the reason for that is because he is a vacuum of integrity. this has been apparent for a very long time. apparently my colleagues who i regret to say elected him or caused him to be elected leader of the conservative party. —— it was apparent to my colleagues. if you have a vacuum of integrity at the

sort of story will come up over and over again. let's speak now to sir alistair graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life. dominic grieve really not mincing his words, what do you make of dominic cummings and what he's had to say? he left his job dominic cummings and what he's had to say? he left hisjob in downing street in december, almost inevitable we would hear more from him about this very close relationship, insider knowledge he has of the workings of downing street. ., . ., , ., , street. you can understand him being bitter, if, street. you can understand him being bitter. if. as — street. you can understand him being bitter. if, as it — street. you can understand him being bitter, if, as it is— street. you can understand him being bitter, if, as it is said, _ street. you can understand him being bitter, if, as it is said, that _ bitter, if, as it is said, that downing street referred to newspapers that he was the person that did the leaking, when he knew that did the leaking, when he knew that he did not. but we will have to c. it will become an incredible soap opera, with slightly shakespearean

tanks to its, in some way. the one i would be most worried about, that may be public money issue related to the refurbishment of the flat, but it is the issue of competence, in which dominic cummings is alleging thatjohnson and his government is incompetent. and he refers, in fact, he thinks there should be an enquiry into the covid crisis, and he would be anxious to give evidence to that. and if he was able to give evidence, given how close he was tojohnson over many years, about his incompetence, then i think that in the long term it could be very damaging indeed. i5 the long term it could be very damaging indeed. is it the long term it could be very damaging indeed. is it enough for boris johnson _ damaging indeed. is it enough for boris johnson to _ damaging indeed. is it enough for boris johnson to say _ damaging indeed. is it enough for boris johnson to say that, - damaging indeed. is it enough for boris johnson to say that, in - borisjohnson to say that, in general, no one gives a monkey's about leaks and who leaked what, or

is this a time for maximum transparency? i is this a time for maximum transparency?— is this a time for maximum transparency? is this a time for maximum transaren ? ~ , ., transparency? i think it is a time for maximum — transparency? i think it is a time for maximum transparency. - transparency? i think it is a time j for maximum transparency. that should be built into the ethical way in which we run our government. and the casual haphazard way that some of these, this information shows that the government has been run, i think, personally, is disturbing, because i think in good times and bad, that is the whole purpose of standards, to ensure that we do stick by the rules, that we do follow proper process in, for example, awarding contracts, appointing people and other key matters. it appointing people and other key matters. , ., ., ., , matters. it is not enough for number ten to issue — matters. it is not enough for number ten to issue a _ matters. it is not enough for number ten to issue a denial _ matters. it is not enough for number ten to issue a denial of _ matters. it is not enough for number ten to issue a denial of his _ ten to issue a denial of his allegations in the circumstances, would you say? do we need more from the prime minister? yes. would you say? do we need more from the prime minister?— the prime minister? yes, i think what information _ the prime minister? yes, i think what information is _ the prime minister? yes, i think

what information is to _ the prime minister? yes, i think what information is to come - the prime minister? yes, i think| what information is to come out. look how the greensill story, which started a few weeks ago with a small amount of information and more and more people have become involved, he would have expected the bank of england to release texts which put cameron in a damaging light. if dominic cummings has some hard edged evidence which shows the government has not followed the rules properly and not been as competent at it might have been, then that is very important in giving us an insight into how our political system currently operates. [30 into how our political system currently operates.— into how our political system currently operates. do we need an ennui currently operates. do we need an enquiry specifically _ currently operates. do we need an enquiry specifically about - currently operates. do we need an enquiry specifically about these i enquiry specifically about these very strong allegations that dominic cummings has made, dominic cummings of course is going to appear before a parliamentary committee to talk about this already, he has made it clear he will answer any questions but do we need a separate enquiry specifically about the allegations

he has made? well, we are not going to get an enquiry from johnson and his government. that is not their style. they want to brush these things off. and argue that they are doing the decent thing, they've got this excellent vaccination programme, why do people need to worry about this tittle tattle? that i think will continue to be their approach but i suspect had a long way to run. figs suspect had a long way to run. as the former chair of the committee on standards in public life, do you think there should be one? well, in terms of the _ think there should be one? well, in terms of the committee _ think there should be one? well, in terms of the committee on - think there should be one? well, in i terms of the committee on standards, they are carrying out an enquiry into lobbying, and i think there are five other enquiries, national audit office, parliamentary select committees, we have probably got enough enquiries going on. it is

actual concrete, hard evidence which demonstrate where things have gone wrong, but —— that is critical now and dominic cummingsjust might be able to provide some of that. thank ou ve able to provide some of that. thank you very much _ able to provide some of that. thank you very much for — able to provide some of that. thank you very much for your— able to provide some of that. thank you very much for your time - able to provide some of that. thank you very much for your time today. | you very much for your time today. former chair of the committee of standards in public life. the headlines on bbc news... hospitals in india struggle with overwhelming demand for beds, ventilators and oxygen — as it records the world's highest—ever daily rise in coronavirus infections for the third day in a row. has questioned his "competence and integrity". in the last few minutes, indonesian navy has announced that the rescue teams have recovered debris that is believed to be from the submarine that went missing off the coast of bali on wednesday. regulators in the us have cleared the way for the immediate resumption

of the use of the johnson and johnson coronavirus vaccine. distribution of the single—dose jab was suspended ten days ago after reports of rare blood clots. our north america correspondent david willis has more. so the vote is ten in favour, four opposed, and one abstention. the motion carries. having weighed the evidence, an advisory panel voted to give johnson &johnson a shot in the arm. today, after an extensive review of the available data, the fda and cdc are lifting the recommended pause on the johnson & johnson, or janssen, covid—19 vaccine. the pause was recommended due to a number of adverse events recorded after the janssen covid—19 vaccine was administered. those adverse events amount to blood clots, reported by a total of 15 women who had received thejohnson & johnson vaccine, three of whom subsequently died. but more than seven million doses

of the vaccine had been administered before distribution was suspended 11 days ago, and health officials believe the benefits outweigh the risks. they have declared the single—shot vaccine safe and effective in combating covid—i9. as of this past sunday, more than 50% of adult americans have had at least one vaccine shot. we still have a long way to go but that is an important marker of progress. president biden had set the 4th ofjuly, america's birthday, as a goal of getting the country back to normal and although the pfizer and moderna vaccines have been the mainstay here, the single—shotjohnson & johnson jab is seen as vital in expanding the vaccination programme to rural areas. in their quest to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible, the administration could do without fears about side effects. thejohnson &johnson vaccine will now carry a label, warning about the risk of blood clots. distribution could resume as early as this weekend. david willis, bbc news, los angeles.

israeli aircraft have carried out overnight raids on the gaza strip more now on the situation in india, where hospitals are being overwhelmed by a record surge in coronavirus cases. the country's supreme court says india is facing a national emergency as its health care system buckles under a second wave of infections. manroop chawla is a student living in delhi. thank you very much forjoining us today. i wonder how you feel about these really desperate seems that we see unfolding in delhi and elsewhere in the country? it is see unfolding in delhi and elsewhere in the country?— in the country? it is a devastating moment for— in the country? it is a devastating moment for me. _ in the country? it is a devastating moment for me. i _ in the country? it is a devastating moment for me. i see _ in the country? it is a devastating moment for me. i see family - in the country? it is a devastating - moment for me. i see family members and make friends being affected by the covid and when i see the news every day i see that there are people who are trying very hard to find hospital beds, oxygen cylinders

and medicalfacilities for their and medical facilities for their treatment and medicalfacilities for their treatment yet they are unable to find it. on the news we see the health care system has not collapsed yet, there is a sense it has collapsed to an extent because there are reports of an oxygen cylinders mainly at not being supplied to people. and every day we hear about cases recorded in the past week and over 300 deaths recorded as of yesterday and friday. lots of people are still finding it hard to find a way to cremate their loved ones. those scenes are particularly horrifying. art you quarantine it with your family right now? i have self-isolated _ with your family right now? i have self-isolated myself _ with your family right now? i have self-isolated myself because - with your family right now? i have self-isolated myself because i - with your family right now? i have | self-isolated myself because i was self—isolated myself because i was in connection with a few people who have been detected with covid, while the rest of my family are also self—isolating. the rest of my family are also self-isolating.— the rest of my family are also self-isolatinu. ., ., , ., ., ., self-isolating. how are you managing to net food self-isolating. how are you managing to get food and _ self-isolating. how are you managing to get food and so _ self-isolating. how are you managing to get food and so on? _ self-isolating. how are you managing to get food and so on? is _ self-isolating. how are you managing to get food and so on? is someone i to get food and so on? is someone going out or is someone else

delivering food to you, all the daily and necessities? someone is deliverin: daily and necessities? someone is delivering food _ daily and necessities? someone is delivering food to _ daily and necessities? someone is delivering food to us, _ daily and necessities? someone is delivering food to us, we - daily and necessities? someone is delivering food to us, we have - delivering food to us, we have contact, and they leave the food outside our gate.— contact, and they leave the food outside our gate. were you advise to uuarantine outside our gate. were you advise to quarantine or— outside our gate. were you advise to quarantine or did _ outside our gate. were you advise to quarantine or did you _ outside our gate. were you advise to quarantine or did you decide - outside our gate. were you advise to quarantine or did you decide to - outside our gate. were you advise to quarantine or did you decide to do i quarantine or did you decide to do that because you know it make sense? i'm wondering what the public health messaging is?— i'm wondering what the public health messaging is? everyone is advised to itself quarantine _ messaging is? everyone is advised to itself quarantine right _ messaging is? everyone is advised to itself quarantine right now, _ messaging is? everyone is advised to itself quarantine right now, i - itself quarantine right now, i believe everyone is trying to do it. however the larger public is not as privileged as i am to actually quarantine themselves because i have the privilege to sit in my own personal room in my house but other people make sure of their rooms with others and not on this but many people have to go out because of theirjobs because they cannot refuse the money they are getting. obviously the immediate focus is to get supplies of oxygen to where they are needed, but in terms of a wider strategy to get a grip on this

pandemic, are you seeing the right sort of action in your opinion, from local authorities and national government? i local authorities and national government?— local authorities and national government? , ., government? i believe that... ifeel our government _ government? i believe that... ifeel our government has _ government? i believe that... ifeel our government has not _ government? i believe that... ifeel our government has not planned i government? i believe that... ifeel| our government has not planned this through. they are very underprepared to face the circumstances we are facing right now. cases are rising. they are really peaking at the moment and it is supposed to peek in the middle of may and still there is not much preparation. the oxygen in the street there were supposed to manufacture oxygen —— the industry that was supposed to manufacture oxygen are not being set up so people are struggling to fight oxygen. i hearstories people are struggling to fight oxygen. i hear stories of people who could have survived if they got oxygen or medicines, even basic medicines such as vitamin c tablets, we are unable to find them even now. thank you very much for talking to

us. stay safe. best wishes to you and your family. us. stay safe. best wishes to you and yourfamily. manroop us. stay safe. best wishes to you and your family. manroop chawla they are in delhi. in the last half hour, the indonesian military has announced that rescue teams have recovered debris believed to be from the submarine that went missing off the coast of bali on wednesday. the authorities are still scouring the waters for possible survivors but oxygen supplies are feared to have run out in then early hours of the morning. search teams from a number of countries are trying to find the vessel, which has 53 people on board. for the latest, lets cross live to bbc�*s callistasia wijaya is injakarta. desperate news from this press conference in the last few minutes. as we mentioned, we all knew the oxygen supplies were running very low but very little hope now of finding anyone alive. according to the authorities, _ finding anyone alive. according to the authorities, they _ finding anyone alive. according to the authorities, they have - finding anyone alive. according to the authorities, they have found i the authorities, they have found components of what they believed to be part of the indonesian missing

submarine. this led them to conclude the submarine had been sunk. besides the submarine had been sunk. besides the components like pipes and parts of the torpedo they also found oil spill which according to the authorities have served as evidence that there was a crack in the torpedo launcher. the search will continue and they will focus at a depth of 850 metres, which was way beyond the survivable limits of the submarine, which can only withstand a depth of around 500 metres. huge tragedy for the families of the people on board, many of them trainees, as indonesia hopes to expand its submarine fleet? yes. trainees, as indonesia hopes to expand its submarine fleet? yes, it was such a — expand its submarine fleet? yes, it was such a tragedy _ expand its submarine fleet? yes, it was such a tragedy and _ expand its submarine fleet? yes, it was such a tragedy and a _ expand its submarine fleet? yes, it was such a tragedy and a family - expand its submarine fleet? yes, it was such a tragedy and a family ofl was such a tragedy and a family of the people who were on board and were still hoping that their family

members could survive from this accident, and the authorities have not been saying about the fate of the people on board and they say they will still try to evacuate the people on board. thank you very much for that updates. nasa's space craft has docked at the international space station. it is the second mission to the iss using a spacex spacecraft. they are set to receive a one will come from the crew already on board the iss. medical experts are recommending

that people who lose their sense of smell due to covid—i9 are offered smell training' rather than being treated with steroids. they suggest patients sniff different odours over a period of months to retrain the brain to recognise smells. you are watching bbc news. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell has appeared for the first time in person since her arrest last year at a court in new york where she faced new charges of sex trafficking. ms maxwell pleaded not guilty. she's accused of helping the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein, recruit, groom and sexually abuse girls. gorse fire. (tx the blaze — in the mourne mountains — began firefighters in county down are continuing to tackle a large gorse fire. the blaze — in the mourne mountains — began in the early hours of yesterday.

people are being urged to stay away from the area, as kevin sharkey reports. in one of the most scenic parts of northern ireland, devastation. the scale of the destruction visible from ground level brought into sharp focus from the air. as you would imagine with the mourne mountains, the terrain is very difficult to — for the crews to get up to, so we are at this point where it's probably an hour's walk for the crews to get up before they commence firefighting. the constant movement of the fire has challenged the firefighting efforts on the ground. the fire service is now asking anyone who had planned to come to the mournes this weekend to stay away from the newcastle side. we would particularly discourage any wild camping over this weekend in and around that area, just for the risk of those individuals going up there. as night began to fall, the fire crews left the mountainside. rest before the battle against this fire resumes. kevin sharkey, bbc news, in the mourne mountains in county down. it is time for a look at the weather forecast with ben.— forecast with ben. this extraordinarily - forecast with ben. this

extraordinarily dry - forecast with ben. this | extraordinarily dry spell forecast with ben. this i extraordinarily dry spell of forecast with ben. this extraordinarily dry spell of april weather continues and for most of us there is quite a lot of sunshine to be had. that's engine has been turning hazy in places due to some areas of wispy high cloud but over at the weekend it will stay dry, turning cooler and there will be more clouded by tomorrow for some. high pressure remains in charge and that keeps things largely dry. the winds around the southern flank will be quite brisk, you will notice the strength of the winds around the beaches of its south coast and sudden across the channel islands. some areas of patchy high cloud here and they are turning century hazy but it's a fine and sunny afternoon for most. relatively warm for western areas in particular. north devon and cornwall, west and wales, north—west england and western northern ireland most favoured for the highest temperatures. for many, high levels of tree pollen so bear that in mind if you are a hay fever sufferer. this evening and tonight

it looks largely dry long and clear spells, generally speaking more cloud across eastern and central england and maybe eastern wales, the odd patch of mist heat and they are. temperatures in many places just above freezing, frost most likely in north—east scotland. tomorrow we stay dry, good spells of sunshine for most, more cloud developing especially for eastern england, some into the midlands and eastern wales, quite windy once again towards the south, that wind coming in from the east, quite a chilly direction, that will take the edge off the temperatures, 13 sources in plymouth. highest values for northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england, up to 17 celsius. i know many people are looking for a rain, this frontal system pushing in from the north will bring some rain for scotland on monday, may be the odd shower for northern ireland and northern england but further south staying

dry. some of that rain in the north will push southwards but it tends to peter out, southern areas not seen much wet weather, largely dry throughout the week but turning a bit colder.