this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the prime minister's former adviser dominic cummings has questioned his "competence and integrity". borisjohnson has refuted the claims, including allegations that he planned for donors to pay for the renovation of his flat. labour leader sir keir starmer has called for a full inquiry. if there's nothing to see here, whether it's the refurb of number ten, whether it's the dodgy contracts, whether it's the privileged access, if there's nothing to see, publish everything, have a full inquiry because, you know, sunlight is the best disinfectant. 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. once there is no bed here, no physical space, as you can see, to put another trolley, what can we do? we can only do that much. indonesian rescue teams recover debris that is believed to be from the submarine that went missing off the coast of bali on wednesday. the public have been told to stay away from the mourne mountains in northern ireland, amid warnings that more fires may break out this weekend. 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. good afternoon. the prime minister is being urged to explain

how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for, following allegations from his former chief advisor. dominic cummings has claimed the pm had considered what he called "possibly illegal" plans to have tory donors to fund the work. number ten says mrjohnson paid for the work himself, and that electoral law and codes of conduct were properly followed. but labour has demanded an inquiry. this report from damian grammaticas contains flashing images from the start. behind borisjohnson�*s greatest political triumphs has been this man. architect of the brexit and election campaigns, but now he has turned on his former boss. most damaging of his claims concerns the downing street flat the prime minister and his fiancee live in. dominic cummings says mrjohnson wanted others to pay for its refurbishment. on his blog, mr cummings wrote...

the prime minister's office under scrutiny said there had been a refurbishment, mrjohnson paid for it himself, and ministers had acted in accordance with codes of conduct and electoral law. the electoral commission said it is working to establish whether any money relating to the work needs to be reported and published, but the former conservative attorney general, a long—standing critic of mrjohnson, said the prime minister's integrity was in question. my impression is that there has been a constant wriggling about the source of the money for this refurbishment, and that is just one illustration of the chaos that mrjohnson seems to bring in his wake. and the reason for that is because he is a vacuum of integrity. and that has been apparent for a very long time. labour too says there are serious questions to be answered, how much the refurbishment cost, where the money came from,

was it a loan, has it been paid back? and that an enquiry is needed. it matters because it is about integrity, it is about taxpayers�* money. you have the former most senior adviser to the prime minister saying he has fallen way below the standards and integrity needed for the office of prime minister, you have the former minister dominic grieve saying there is a vacuum of integrity, and every day there is more evidence of this sleaze. and frankly it stinks. when dominic cummings was sacked last year, he took with him intimate knowledge of the way borisjohnson ran things, now he is threatening to reveal all, opening a potential pandora's box for the prime minister. damian grammaticas, bbc news. india has registered a record number of coronavirus cases for a third consecutive day, adding to the pressures its health care system is facing. in the last three days, it's recorded nearly a million infections. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has more. as oxygen runs out in the indian capital and across the country,

it already feels like time has run out. today, one hospital in the city confirmed that 25 of its patients had died due to shortages. "we are literally gasping for breath," its medical director said. other doctors in the city also say they are struggling. it is total panic and total emergency in the hospital. and we are not able to sustain it. and we are requesting our patients, please take your patients wherever there is oxygen available. and every day as cases rise, more families face a never ending search and a terrifying wait. the situation here is really the worst and out—of—control. the staff are really cooperative, but due to the overcrowding

in the main hall of the walk—in casualty, it is difficult to provide equal treatment to all patients. that is why there is a high casualty rate inside. as the situation remains perilous, trains carrying medical oxygen have been making their way across the country. but the sad reality remains — for many patients in india, it won't get there fast enough. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. nikhil inamdar has given us this update from miraj in maharashtra state. a very, very grim picture across the country. if you look at the tally for the last three days, india is now atjust under a million fresh new infections that we've been seeing. 340,000 plus in the last 2a hours, with more than 2,600 people dying. this is the third straight day, like you said, of a global record of sorts that india has set. the oxygen situation in the country is particularly worrying.

i mean, we've heard from a hospital in delhi which lost about 20 patients overnight. and they've said that they have 215 patients currently being operated with oxygen supplies at least in the morning ofjust about half an hour left. so that gives you a sense, really, of the kind of situation that most hospitals in the country are battling. we have seen the prime minister, in fact, take stock of the oxygen supply situation yesterday, and he has set in motion certain things, including, for instance, supply lorries and supply trains, as well as roping in the indian air force to try and mitigate the situation. india has also been airlifting oxygen supplies from countries such as singapore and germany. and the prime minister has warned the states of not hoarding oxygen and letting it pass freely through borders. so, hopefully, in the next few days, the supply situation would ease, but, for now, it looks dangerously precarious.

the indonesian navy says a submarine that went missing with 53 sailors on board has sunk, and debris has been found from the vessel. it follows an extensive search of an area north of bali, where the vessel went missing earlier this week. here's richard galpin with the latest. this submarine, the nanggala 402, disappeared four days ago. on board, 53 crew members taking part in a torpedo exercise off the coast of bali. contact was lost after the crew asked for permission to dive. a major operation to find the stricken submarine was launched, with malaysian and australian ships amongst those helping. today it became clear all was lost. at a news conference this morning, the indonesian navy chief announced the submarine had sunk and fragments of it had been recovered, including a piece of torpedo.

a prayer mat was also found. the submarine, which had recently been refitted, was a0 years old. richard galpin, bbc news. firefighters have stepped up their attempts to tackle a major blaze spreading across the mourne mountains in northern ireland. people are being urged to stay away from the area, amid warnings that further fires could break out this weekend kevin sharkey reports. in one of the most scenic parts of northern ireland, devastation. the scale of the destruction, visible from ground brought into sharp focus from the air. as you would imagine with the mourne mountains, the terrain is very difficult 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 wildfire 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. israeli aircraft have carried out overnight raids on the gaza strip in response to repeated barrages of rockets fired by palestinian militants. more than 30 rockets were directed at towns and cities in southern israel. it's the most serious exchange of fire between the two sides in months. the escalation comes after two nights of clashes in the city ofjerusalem between palestinians, far—right jewish activists, and the police. from jerusalem tom bateman reports. this has amounted to the most significant bout of fighting between these two sides in well over a year. it began when militants in the gaza strip fired a rocket

barrage shortly before midnight, localtime. there were then further bursts of rocket fire during the night. israel responded with air strikes. its military said it targeted rocket launch sites and also underground infrastructure, as it described it, belonging to hamas, the group that controls the gaza. shortly before the rocket barrage began, the izz ad—din al-qassam brigades — the armed wing of hamas — had called for resistance and said it was ready to fight following what has been weeks of tension in jerusalem. all of that has been triggered over several days during the holy month of ramadan as that has coincided with the easing of covid restrictions and a dispute about access arrangements around a popular gathering spot outside damascus gate in the old city ofjerusalem. we've seen nights of pretty heavy clashes, culminating in thursday, when a far—right ultranationalist jewish group marched towards that area. we saw tensions rise significantly.

that had also been fuelled by palestinians in that area carrying out assaults, race hate attacks on some ultraorthodoxjews in the preceding days, posting that on the social media site tiktok. there is a lot of pretty fiery rhetoric around. a lot of tension in the air. and as it gets to saturday night, once again, after evening prayers, there are more concerns about protests and further clashes. tom bateman reporting. 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, orjanssen, 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'd 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've 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's an important marker of progress. president biden had set the 4th ofjuly, america's birthday, as a goal for getting this 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. the headlines on bbc news... labour has called for the government to publish full details of how work on borisjohnson�*s official flat was paid for, following allegations by his former chief advisor dominic cummings.

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. the indonesian navy says a submarine missing since wednesday off the coast of bali with 53 sailors on board has sunk. 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. professor carl philpott is a smell loss expert from the university of east anglia's norwich medical school, and director of the smell and taste clinic atjames paget hospital in gorleston. he told us about the impact of coronavirus on people's sense of smell. we think about 10% of people are getting persistent problems that last for, sort of, many months. and if you go by the number

of infections in the uk today, we estimate that that may now be around 300,000 people in the uk that have persistent problems with smell loss or distortion. as a group of experts, we looked at the evidence for steroid usage — and that's really steroid tablets specifically — and we couldn't see that there was any evidence of good benefit, and, of course, steroids have side—effects. probably, in reality, if steroids are going to work, they're probably going to be at the very onset of the problem. but, of course, as most people recover, it would be unrealistic to give everybody steroids. and so what we're saying is, for those people who appear to have a persistent problem, the safest option — and the simplest option, actually — is to go through this process called smell training. very simply, it's about twice a day picking at least four things to put under your nose and to train with. and they should be smells that you were familiar with before the problem started. so don't try anything fancy that's new — just go with things that you understood what they smelt like before the problem started.

smelt loss expert professor karl philpott. thousands of children in the uk with complex health conditions can't get a covid vaccine unless their gp decides they should have one. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has been speaking to two families who have been fighting for a jab. a year of isolation... i've already seen my son in icu with all of those drains and wires and breathing tubes. i just knew that that... i couldn't go through that again. ..and the toll it has taken. noah is the strongest person i know and this is... this is breaking him a bit. right, george. george is 13 years old and lives with a rare and dangerous form of epilepsy. it's left him with a host of health problems, and a covid infection could be lethal. it's been terrifying so we didn't leave the house. at all? at all. what sort of impact has that had on the pair of you? there's no hope, no future there,

no — i just wonder what we're here for, really. his severe health problems have not stopped george from having the vaccine. for noah, though, it's a very different story. before the pandemic, noah — seen here in the middle — was just starting to enjoy the independence of a young teenager. born with a damaged trachea orwindpipe, even a minor cough or cold can become very serious. but he has yet to have a jab. yeah, so the worst thing has been the loneliness. yeah. and the exclusion. yeah _ i don't... i feel different. it'sjust me. the vaccine roll—out has meant an end to isolation for thousands of adults, but for children, it's different. only a gp or hospital consultant can authorise the use of a vaccine in vulnerable children, and for noah, that just hasn't happened. well, it leaves me - inside still, doesn't it? what can i do? i can stay in or i can go out and

risk catching it and get very ill. j there's no choice. it intensifies the feeling that i've been forgotten about. . there could be more effort made to get clinically vulnerable - children back to school, but i don't think the effort has been put in. i parents complain the government's guidance is unclear, and some gps are worried about prescribing a vaccine that is unlicensed for children. george's doctor agreed he should have the vaccine, so now he is free to head back to school. oh, the relief! just for george to be a boy again. that child was living a really fun, good life, and that's gone and yeah, he's... he's... it's tough. it sounds really tough. yeah. dominic hughes with that report.

dominic hughes speaking to emma and her son noah, and to melanie and her son george. we've become used to quiet football grounds over the past year — because of fans having to stay at home — but this week a special tournament took place where players also remained silent. the idea was to show the importance of talking for our mental health, and the event was supported by the former arsenal and england midfielder paul merson, who has been open about his own struggles. graham satchell went to see the teams in action. whistle blows kicks of the ball echo football in silence. it's unnerving, unnatural. these five—a—side games organised by power league and the mental health charity calm. in goal, former and england legend paul merson, who was always vocal in goal, former arsenal and england legend paul merson, who was always vocal when he played. players used to get upset with me because i would always constantly call for the ball, even if i shouldn't be getting it,

because i wanted to play football — ijust loved playing. commentator: pass is flicked on. teed up nicely for merson to shoot! cheering and applause that goal for arsenal coming just when they needed it! _ success on the pitch hid a dark secret — merson was addicted to drink, drugs, gambling. at one point in the �*90s, he contemplated taking his own life. you know, i'm playing for arsenal and playing for england and i'm having these thoughts in my head. i'm thinking if "i go and tell someone this, i'm finished. i'm going to be locked up, i'll be put in a straitjacket. this is not normal." so for years, paul merson stayed silent and suffered. on another pitch, matt legg, who became seriously depressed when he was at university. it completely absorbed my mind in terms of depression. i could not see any future for myself going forward and that was very scary and also very, very tough for — for me and my family.

these games of silent football have been put on to showjust how weird it is when people don't talk, don't even celebrate. it was impossible. football is all about communicationj and when you cannot communicate, you feel the strains of that so, like, reflecting on that - in a real—life sense is very important. i you're kind of screaming for the ball in your head and waving your arms around. yeah, it's like being tied up a little bit when you are playing, i'd say. men feel like they need to suffer in silence, they don't reach out and start that journey to help themselves, get the recovery they deserve. and so, by playing today and showing kind of the power of silence and highlighting how important communication is, i think hopefully it will reach some people and make them realise that it is absolutely ok. and they deserve to get help and they deserve to speak out and encourage the conversation amongst their friends and family and help them on their road to living a happy and regular life. yep! watch out for adriano, bruv!

applause in the second half, normal service is resumed and there is plenty of shouting. players yell matt was helped through his depression by talking, firstly to his cousin ian and then getting professional help. together, they have set up a football club called fc not alone applause i have an illness. i know today that i have an illness that i need to keep under control a day at a time. i'm a nice person, i'm a good person. before, i used to feel i was a bad person. and that was not me — that was my illness. when people don't talk and then when people start talking, i think it makes a difference to everything — football and life. you know, with life as well, it's — you have to talk. players yell you know, i have it on the back of myjumper. i've got here "a problem shared

is a problem halved" and it is so true. it's so true. suicide remains the biggest killer of men under 45 in the uk. the message here is simple but powerful — don't suffer in silence. graham satchell, bbc news. andrea oriana, an italian former olympic swimmer, has set a new record on the high—altitude and chilly lake titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world between bolivia and peru. the 47—year—old swam 20 kilometres across the lake without a wetsuit in just over five and a half hours. aruna iyengar has this report. psyching himself up for a record—breaking swim. this is andrea oriana's third attempt to beat the previous record of 16km across this highest of lakes — over 3,800m above sea level. lake titicaca is a special

swimming challenge. translation: the difficulty is the altitude. _ it's hard to swim well and it slows down your strokes due to the cold. you feel i2 celsius without protection, and it feels very, very cold. the only barrier to the cold is paraffin wax, rubbed onto his skin. 47—year—old oriana swam from near the so—called sleeping dragon mountain peak on the east shore to the island of the moon in the middle of the lake, a distance of 20km. it's a dream to swim in this lake because it's one of the most difficult tests in the world. you cannot compare the english channel to lake titicaca. they are the two most difficult tests. the bolivian swimming federation confirmed the new record, previously held by an american woman.

having the world record on titicaca takes me feel very happy because this is really a sacred lake. it's whetted his appetite for more. oriana is now planning his next challenge — 43km, bolivia to peru, across the lake. aruna iyengar, bbc news. it is giving me goose bumpsjust watching that. i don't know why though, because it is rather nice out there apparently, isn't it? we have blue skies and sunshine answer, but it is fairly chilly so still quite a cold air mass with us. temperatures first thing overnight on the chilly side. the remainder of the weekend, things are stay dry and bright too, that telling a bit cooler during tomorrow, especially towards the east where there will be a bit more cloud. we have got some talent out

there this afternoon, a bit of high cloud drifting south across a central part of ringling and wales. temperatures once again getting up to about 19 degrees also the western part of the uk, closer to the east coast it is a little bit cooler. breezy in the english channel towards the south—west of england with lighter winds elsewhere. staying dry through the evening and overnight, so another chilly night to come. we will see temperatures falling to around freezing, perhaps a few degrees below especially in the north. staying just about above freezing in the south. a bit of a breeze in the south and a bit of cloud drifting in across eastern counties of england. the best of the sunshine further west, but a bit cooler than today at between ten and 17 degrees.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... labour has called for the government to publish full details of how work on borisjohnson�*s official flat was paid for, following allegations by his former

chief advisor dominic cummings. 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. the indonesian navy says a submarine missing since wednesday off the coast of bali with 53 sailors on board has sunk. the public have been told to stay away from the mourne mountains in northern ireland, amid warnings that more fires may break out this weekend. now on bbc news, the death of george floyd in minneapolis in may 2020 sparked a public outcry that swept across america and the world. after weeks of closely watched testimony, the jury has reached a verdict on the former police officer charged with killing george floyd. nada tawfik reports on the outcome and the impact of one of the most important trials america has ever witnessed. a warning — this programme contains images you may find upsetting. what's his name? crowd: george floyd! what's his name? - crowd: george floyd!

the death of george floyd in minneapolis last may sparked a public outcry that swept across america and the world. no racist police! black lives matter! the horrific events caught on camera spurred a reckoning with america's history of racial injustice. chanting: we're not leaving! change once and for all was demanded to address the plight of black men and women at the hands of police — but also the lasting impact of slavery and colonialism. but also the lasting impact we are getting word this evening of some rock—throwing by youths in south—central los angeles. the response to george floyd's death was an echo of the outrage that followed another watershed moment captured on camera almost 30 years ago. in the intervening decades since the brutal beating of rodney king, many more names have come to haunt the public consciousness. we need every officer to be held accountable.

and until then, it's still scary to be a black man or woman in america on account of the police. the trial of derek chauvin was one of the most important this