this is bbc news. the headlines at 4pm... 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. 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 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 and welcome to bbc news. labour is demanding a full investigation into claims that borisjohnson wanted to ask conservative donors to pay in secret to refurbish his downing street flat. the allegations were made by dominic cummings in a blog post, in which he described the idea

as foolish, unethical and possibly illegal. number ten says borisjohnson paid for the work himself, and that electoral law and codes of conduct were followed. 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... adding, "they almost certainly broke the rules on disclosure of political donations if conducted in the way he intended." 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 let's bring you some of the latest figures around coronavirus in the united kingdom. we are told that in the last 24—hour period, 32 deaths have been recorded, that is someone who tested positive within 28 days of a positive test this time last week it was a 35. it has gone down by a three. and there have been 2061

cases of coronavirus recorded. last saturday it was a bit higher at 2206. so far, 33,500... sorry, 33 million have had theirfirst dose 2206. so far, 33,500... sorry, 33 million have had their first dose of one of the covid—19 vaccines. 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. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports. the oxygen metre is reading zero. 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, critical 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. nikhil inamdar talking there. 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, 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 level, 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. we would particularly discourage any wildfire camping over this weekend 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—rightjewish 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 gaza. and 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 in jerusalem. regulators in the us have cleared the way for the immediate resumption of the use of thejohnson & johnson coronavirus vaccine. distribution of the single—dose jab was suspended ten days ago after reports of rare blood clots. 0ur 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 limited 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—19. 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 11th 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 public have been told to stay away from the mourne mountains in northern ireland, amid warnings more fires may break out this weekend.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn. good afternoon. england have won the women's six nations title for a third season in a row, with a 10—6 victory in today's final at the twickenham stoop. the shortened tournament saw england and france meet to settle this year's competition, the first time it's been done so in this way. the tight contest illustrated with just a single score in the first half, which went england's way, poppy cleal crossing over. france pulled themselves back into it. only for emily scarett to kick a decsive penalty late on as england held on. england winning it late on. meanwhile, amee—leigh murphy crowe made a fantastic first start for ireland, scoring two tries as they beat italy by 25—5 in dublin, to finish third. as they beat italy by 25—5 wales and scotland meet in the fifth

and sixth placed play—off later. that is at 5pm. liverpool's hopes of qualifying for the champions league suffered a setback as they were held to a 1—1 draw with newcastle, who equalised with the last kick of the game at anfield. it leaves liverpool sixth, a point off the top four. asjoe lynskey reports. this week, six english clubs try to change the football landscape. the european super league clans have brought protest and backlash, including from liverpool's players and coach. but now they cannot be distracted, liverpool you are beating newcastle would put them in the top four. that beating newcastle would put them in the to four. ., , beating newcastle would put them in the tap four-— the top four. that is sensational from mohamed _ the top four. that is sensational from mohamed salah! - the top four. that is sensational| from mohamed salah! mohamed the top four. that is sensational - from mohamed salah! mohamed salah scored the opener— from mohamed salah! mohamed salah scored the opener inside _ from mohamed salah! mohamed salah scored the opener inside three - scored the opener inside three minutes, it was the start of a match in which liverpool were on top but wasteful. sadio mane missed the best of the chancers, and as the match progressed, it got tense. newcastle needed points to go clear of relegation and sensed their

opportunity in stoppage time. callum wilson thought he had equalised, but with a look at the replays, the referees family handball. it with a look at the replays, the referees family handball. it will be disallowed- _ referees family handball. it will be disallowed. no _ referees family handball. it will be disallowed. no gold. _ referees family handball. it will be disallowed. no gold. it _ referees family handball. it will be disallowed. no gold. it felt - referees family handball. it will be disallowed. no gold. it felt like . disallowed. no gold. it felt like newcastle's— disallowed. no gold. it felt like newcastle's last _ disallowed. no gold. it felt like newcastle's last chance. - disallowed. no gold. it felt like newcastle's last chance. but i disallowed. no gold. it felt like newcastle's last chance. but in j disallowed. no gold. it felt like - newcastle's last chance. but in the very last minute, they got one more. this dramatic climax keeps liverpool in six. next season they will not be any super league but could now miss out on the champions league. galinsky, bbc news. watford can be promoted to the premier league today — and it's looking good for them so far. you can see down at the bottom there, they are leading millwall1—0. ismaila sarr scoring from the penalty spot after 11 minutes. it's a day of ups and downs across the efl — watford are one of three teams that could be promoted today, and any of seven are in danger of being relegated. brentford secured a championship play—off spot after beating bournemouth 1—0. they were down to ten men

after pontus jansson was sent off, but bryan mbeumo scored just two minutes after coming on a substitutue. what an impact from him. brentford made it to the play—off final last season, where they were beaten by fulham. bristol city fought back from 2—0 down against aston villa to earn a precious point in their battle to avoid relegation from the women's super league. ella mastrantonio scored deep into injury time to make it 2—2. city remain bottom, with villa just above them on goal difference. let's check in at the crucible, where we have one second—round match being played to a finish. and it's really tight between last year's beaten finallist kyren wilson, and barry hawkins. it's nine frames all. remember the first to 13 goes through. wilson at the table up 61—30, leading 10—9 as things stand. you can watch this on bbc one right now. 0ver can watch this on bbc one right now. over on the other table, it is

currently 2—2. that i'm currently in the interval. you can follow all the action on the bbc sport website and bbc tv as well. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. a teenager who died after being stabbed in east london has been named by police as 14—year—old fares maatou. the met says he was found seriously injured in barking road in newham, shortly before 4pm on friday. despite treatment from paramedics at the scene, he was pronounced dead shortly after a.30pm. the force says a 14—year—old boy and a 15—year—old boy have been arrested on suspicion of murder, while another 15—year—old boy has been arrested in connection with the incident. medical experts are recommending that people who lose their sense of smell due to covid—19 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. smell loss expert professor carl philpott there. thousands of children in the uk with complex health conditions can't get a covid vaccine unless their gp decides they should have one. 0ur 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. 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. 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. 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. andrea 0riana, an italian former 0lympic 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 wet suit in just over five and a half hours. aruna iyengar has this report. psyching himself up for a record—breaking swim. this is andrea 0riana'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 12 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. nasa s spacex crew—2 mission has docked at the international space station carrying four astronauts on board. these pictures show the old crew giving a warm welcome to the new team. it's the second crewed mission to the space station using a spacex spacecraft. nasa astronauts shane kimbrough and megan mcarthur will serve as the mission�*s spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively. they are joined by japanese astronaut akihiko

hoshide, and european space agency astronaut thomas he will serve as mission specialists to the space station for a six—month science mission. don't you love international crews? our dry april weather is continuing as some people will be crossing their fingers for rainfall for the gardens, but we won't see it through the course of the weekend. it's looking dry, turning a little bit cooler tomorrow. more of a chance of rain as we head through the course of next week for some places. now, dry this evening at temperatures still in the mid teens, pleasant but once the sun sets, it will turn quite chilly quite quickly. clear skies and light winds away from the south, breezy conditions through the english channel towards the south—west of england through tonight. under those clear skies with lighter winds, particularly further north, those temperatures, once again, getting down to freezing or a little bit below that in the countryside. a crisp, cool start to sunday,

again, plenty of dry and sunny weather on the cards and a bit more cloud. that will be drifting in across eastern counties of england in particular through the day. breezy for the south—east of england and along the south coast. temperatures down a notch on what we have seen today, somewhere between 10 to 17 degrees. bye for now. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. 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

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