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gathering of a music festival in liverpool today to see headline act blossoms study is continuing to spread of coronavirus. a surgery in the womb to try and prepare a baby's spine while it is in its mother's womb continue despite pandemic pressures. hello and welcome to bbc news. if you just joined hello and welcome to bbc news. if you justjoined us, welcome. india has reported its highest confirmed death rate. almost 3700 ppll died. 0n death rate. almost 3700 ppll died. on saturday, a record for infections in the single day. the prime minister is reviewing the crisis. we

asked our correspondent if pressure was growing for a nationwide lockdown. was growing for a nationwide lockdown-— was growing for a nationwide lockdown. , ., ., ., ., , lockdown. they are so far not able to come and _ lockdown. they are so far not able to come and assist _ lockdown. they are so far not able to come and assist the _ lockdown. they are so far not able to come and assist the gnomes i lockdown. they are so far not able l to come and assist the gnomes that need help right now, with hospitals ever choked. we seem essential medicines applies and also beds with families running from pillar to post to get the aid they deserve and that is where experts have been saying a national lockdown is needed to get time to prepare its health care infrastructure, thank you very cycle as well alongside this meeting that india's prime minister is having and is also expecting results from states. it's been criticised for holding elections in the early signs of a covid wave as well but his party will be watching to see if the public trust its leaders to tide

over the current wave. you global wave break aid coming in thanks to india's diplomacy were countries like the us have pledged $100 million worth of aid and we've seen a fresh shipment of oxygen from france germany and other countries. we hope for more aid from the uk as well which is another focus area for this administration to see however much global collaboration can help in getting some sort of relief which we are now seeing it seems like a drop in the ocean but much needed. in the uk, people normally have to itself isolate of the in contact with someone who has positive for coronavirus but that could be about to change with a trial beginning next week asking close contacts to take a rapid test every morning for seven days and that. the health secretary said it will allow people to carry on working. being contacted

by test and trace, so to self—isolate currently means this, ten days in quarantine at home if you are the contact and who has tested positive. whether many people really stay in the house the all—time is unclear. some estimate take the number of close contact complete the all period as low as one in turn. the government are trailing these as a positive alternative. any study starting next to 40,000 contact cases in england will be axed to take a rapid lateral flow test every morning for seven days the result comes back in 30 minutes. if it is negative, they can go about their lives as usual instead of having to quarantine at home. the health secretary matt hancock said the pilot scheme could help shift the dial by offering a viable alternative to self isolation that without people to carry on going to and living their lives for the accuracy of lateral flow has

been criticised by some scientists without the saying there could be a place of this kind of testing but only if it is backed by improved financial support for those who do record a positive result. a national day of mourning is taking place in israel after friday's deadly stampede at a crotchetyjewish pilgrimage. 45 men and boys died after attending a festival which included most the orthodox jewish people. mourning a tragedy. 0ne included most the orthodox jewish people. mourning a tragedy. one that has shown a visible light on israeli society research how one of israel's worst peacetime disasters unfolded. now grief overtakes the demand for answers. the dead includes a rabbi, foreign nationals reportedly from america, canada and the day ended a

list of children and teenagers. during the stampede, many young lives were suddenly at risk. we received several dozen injured people. this man says he saw people screaming in fear on a steep ramp trying to get out but notice the exit seemed blocked. he says hundreds of people fail and trampled over one another, he thought about coming back to offer help but he said it was too terrifying. the prime minister visited the site and promised an enquiry as questions remained. where prior warnings of the risk of a disaster from remained. where prior warnings of the risk of a disasterfrom israel's made watchdog he did? should numbers

have been limited this year? did the police help or hinder the events that night. was simple human error to blame. hoping for questions at a painful time. to blame. hoping for questions at a painfultime. north to blame. hoping for questions at a painful time. north korea has accused president biden of pursuing accused president biden of pursuing a hostile policy towards it and has warned the united states will get hurt if it were books pyongyang. this was the first response to the policies on the country which will set out this week. north korea has issued a sharp response comments from president biden. fin issued a sharp response comments from president biden.— from president biden. on iran and north korea. _ from president biden. on iran and north korea, nuclear— from president biden. on iran and north korea, nuclear programmes from president biden. on iran and i north korea, nuclear programmes at present threats to american security and this verity of the world, we will be working closely with our allies to address the threats posed by both these countries through

diplomacy as well as learn deterrence. in diplomacy as well as learn deterrence.— diplomacy as well as learn deterrence. ., ., ., deterrence. in turn, north korea crack the whip — deterrence. in turn, north korea crack the whip as _ deterrence. in turn, north korea crack the whip as well, - deterrence. in turn, north korea crack the whip as well, with - deterrence. in turn, north korea crack the whip as well, with its l crack the whip as well, with its foreign ministry saying the us is now insulted the dignity of our supreme leadership and this becomes an evident sign that it is gearing itself up for an all—out showdown with us. the statement clearly reflects his intent to keep enforcing the wholesale policy. the? enforcing the wholesale policy. they are caettin enforcing the wholesale policy. they are getting the _ enforcing the wholesale policy. they are getting the sanction which is reset_ are getting the sanction which is reset to — are getting the sanction which is reset to negotiations. it�*s are getting the sanction which is reset to negotiations.— reset to negotiations. it's a far c from reset to negotiations. it's a far cry from president _ reset to negotiations. it's a far cry from president biden - reset to negotiations. it's a far. cry from president biden present predecessors, hopeful but ultimately unsuccessful deal that he wanted to try with the country. the white house insists its goal is the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. it has attempted to chart a new path, a middle road between what it calls donald trump was my grand bargain approach and barack 0bama's standoffish one. but

as far as diplomacy goes, north korea appears to view this is more stick than carrot. it added that the us would get hurt if it provoked them. the big weekend of live events continues in liverpool today. 5000 people will gather in sefton park later to watch the band cut blossoms with no facemasks or social distancing but everyone attending has to show a negative covid test before they are allowed in and it's part of a pilot scheme to see whether large—scale events can go ahead safely when restrictions are lifted. after a year of lockdown for life events, liverpool could now hold the key to us all getting back out to enjoy the things we love. it's hard to imagine that a bit of grass and fencing and a huge big top could be sojoyous but grass and fencing and a huge big top could be so joyous but it is joyous.

sefton park is the venue for this afternoon's festival. the government set we want — afternoon's festival. the government set we want you _ afternoon's festival. the government set we want you to _ afternoon's festival. the government set we want you to do _ afternoon's festival. the government set we want you to do it _ afternoon's festival. the government set we want you to do it but - afternoon's festival. the government set we want you to do it but we - afternoon's festival. the government set we want you to do it but we want| set we want you to do it but we want you to do it in liverpool and i was like i would do it on it’s you to do it in liverpool and i was like i would do it or— like i would do it on it's exciting 'ust to like i would do it on it's exciting just to early _ like i would do it on it's exciting just to early wristbands - like i would do it on it's exciting just to early wristbands again, i like i would do it on it's exciting i just to early wristbands again, the simple things, the masks can come off, there is no requirement for social distance and in just a few hours now, there will be 5000 crowded in here, finally able to enjoy live music once again. stockport band blossoms are on stage for the first time in a year. there's nothing like it, is there?

during 20, 30,000 people singing together at any point and i think that willjust together at any point and i think that will just blow together at any point and i think that willjust blow people doesn't mind. city needs this, but so does the rest of the live event business. we we went into it saying we just want to get things open and then you realise actually how hard that is but this weekend we are doing it so it is that first moment where you 90, it is that first moment where you go, this could happen, this is what could be and things will go wrong, this is an experiment, it will not all go perfectly, lots of things will go wrong that the learning will help one. the will go wrong that the learning will hel one. ,. , , ., ., ., , help one. the scientists are already anal sin help one. the scientists are already analysing data _ help one. the scientists are already analysing data friday _ help one. the scientists are already analysing data friday night - analysing data friday night warehouse gig, the first step in bringing music back to life with this next stage hopefully telling them if it is safe for the rest of us. like mac to mike tyldesley, leader of infectious disease modelling. thank you for being with us again on bbc news. let's talk briefly about the liverpool event.

very honest research there to say what's of things will go wrong. what sort of inks could go wrong and why might it be useful if they did, to give you information that you built on rose it’s give you information that you built on rose �* , ., , give you information that you built onrose �*, ._ ., , on rose it's really important. these -ilot on rose it's really important. these pilot events. _ on rose it's really important. these pilot events. as _ on rose it's really important. these pilot events, as has _ on rose it's really important. these pilot events, as hasjust _ on rose it's really important. these pilot events, as hasjust been - pilot events, as has just been discussed, ultimately we have to get back to normality with pilot events but in order to do that, what we need to do is collect as much data as possible from events with and without social distancing, with and without social distancing, with and without mass because hopefully longer term we might want to be back to large event without mask wearing. in order to do that, you're always taking somewhat of a risk because by setting up these events there is the potential you could get cost those of cases what doing it now while cases is relatively low is a good time to do it because it if you the capacity to really monitor what goes on, collate the data and give us as much evidence as you can to really analyse what risk associated with

the events so hopefully we can get more of them up and running in a back to normality.— back to normality. let's talk a bit if we may have — back to normality. let's talk a bit if we may have at _ back to normality. let's talk a bit if we may have at some - back to normality. let's talk a bit if we may have at some of- back to normality. let's talk a bit if we may have at some of the i if we may have at some of the reporting we are seeing today in the newspapers about this proposal that the examinations could take place about whether it might be possible for people to have a daily test rather self isolating if they've beenin rather self isolating if they've been in contact with someone who has had covid. presumably a part of this is driven by wrecking —— and that both of you for have not been self isolating even when they should have done. ., ., isolating even when they should have done. . . . . isolating even when they should have done. . ., , ., ., , done. yeah, that can be for a number of reasons- — done. yeah, that can be for a number of reasons- we _ done. yeah, that can be for a number of reasons. we know— done. yeah, that can be for a number of reasons. we know it _ done. yeah, that can be for a number of reasons. we know it is _ done. yeah, that can be for a number of reasons. we know it is difficult - of reasons. we know it is difficult for some people to do it if they have pressure to going to work or whatever, or say childcare responsibilities, it makes it difficult to do that and in the longer term, we really need to move towards a model that is sustainable and again, as i said previously, this is a really good time for this trial to happen, these repeat a lateral flow test, and the idea

behind this is that individuals will behind this is that individuals will be followed and have to test for seven days if they come to contact with an infected case and if they test negative, they are allowed to live their lives as normal, if it's live their lives as normal, if its positive, they have to isolate and they have to take a contributory vcr test, so it is important to collect data and hopefully this might mean is more of a normal situation so we can move away from this very costly long isolation period that people have to go through. like mcafee lateral flow test are not as accurate as the pcr test, lots of people have been using them but we know they don't always show up correct result and you can end up thinking that you are your and you then go back into the community and mix with other people, and you might be spreading covid. that seems quite a risk to take, even in circumstances we are in at the moment. there will always be increased risk but this is why this

repeat testing is happening per day, you're right, not 100% sensitive what if we do the repeat test and someone is infected, it is highly likely the person should be picked up likely the person should be picked up and it may not be on the first day, so there will always be a slight increased risk but if we look at the models in school, it seems to have worked pretty successfully so far and we haven't seen significant outbreaks in schools and you've managed to avoid loss of children having to isolate which they were doing before christmas.— having to isolate which they were doing before christmas. thank you very much- — doing before christmas. thank you very much. let's _ doing before christmas. thank you very much. let's take _ doing before christmas. thank you very much. let's take a _ doing before christmas. thank you very much. let's take a look- doing before christmas. thank you very much. let's take a look at - doing before christmas. thank you very much. let's take a look at the headlines now on bbc news so far this hour, india has recorded the highest number barrister in a single day since the start of the pandemic. people in england may not need to self—isolate if they have been in close contact with someone with covid if a new trial is successful in a national day of mourning in israel is taking place in monday after 45 people were killed in a crash at the jewish festival early

on friday morning. now pioneering surgery to repair a baby cosmetics line while still in the other cosmic was made available for the first time injanuary last was made available for the first time in january last year. was made available for the first time injanuary last year. since then, the surgery has been carried out on 32 women in spite of a massive disruption caused by the pandemic. it comes with risks but then, this operation will mean that i have done the best for her. in my mind, there was no choice — ijust had to do it. someone is tired! this is mila, short for milagro, or miracle in spanish. after six rounds of ivf, helena had almost given up hope of having a second baby but on a seventh attempt, she fell pregnant and things seemed to progress well, until her 20—week scan. i was told the news that she definitely has got spina bifida. she has got a very big lesion on her back so basically, half of her spine was exposed. they said it was likely she will be paralysed, likely she will be incontinent

and will need a shunt to drain the fluid from her brain later on. iwas... i was beside myself when they told me that all of these possible outcomes for having this condition. and ijust could not stop crying, basically. they told me the probability of her walking or moving her legs, very, very low. and, yeah, that was... that was absolutely devastating. within days, helena was referred for tests and scans, similar to this one at university college hospital in london. and because the baby was otherwise healthy, she could be operated on while still in the womb.

ok, i might not go too much deeper, thanks. we might need membranes in a second. at 23 weeks pregnant, helena travelled to this specialist hospital in belgium, which is working in partnership with the nhs. a team of 25 clinicians carried out the complex operation, just like this one, to repair mila's exposed spinal cord and close the hole in her back. previously, the baby would have the repair to the spinal defect after birth but now, because we can offer it — offer surgery in the womb, what it means is that the defect is closed a lot earlier so it means there is less damage to the spine and that increases the chance the baby is going to walk and have much better control of their bladder and the bowel. 0k, mila, shall we do some gym? mila was born at 36 weeks and is doing well. it's hoped up to 30 babies across the uk could benefit from this surgery on the nhs. and while it is not a cure, it could be the difference

between a child learning to walk or not. she can move her legs and she has got feeling to her toes, so it is absolutely amazing. i'm just so grateful to the surgeons who have done this operation because her life would look very different without it. katharine da costa, bbc news. police in north wales say they're "pulling out all the stops" to find those responsible for the destruction of a platform to encourage ospreys to breed.it was chopped down just a day after an egg was laid in the nest. 0spreys are a protected bird of prey and it is an offence to interfere with them or their nests. tim muffett reports. ospreys are a very rare sight in the uk. nesting platforms for the birds of prey were first built at llyn brenig reservoir in north wales in 2013 as part of a successful conservation project. but on friday night, just one day after an egg was laid in this nest, what's been described as an horrific act of vandalism took place — the nesting platform was cut down with chainsaws.

we're really pulling all stops out to try to catch the person or persons responsible for this. the whole team are absolutely devastated by it, and i'm sure the community are as well. these birds give a lot of people a lot of pleasure and ijust can't understand how anybody could go and do something like that. 0spreys spend the winter in africa, typically returning to the same nest each spring. 0sprey eggs have been targeted by thieves before, although police say they don't know the motive in this instance. my initial reaction when i heard the news was incredulity, really. shock. ijust couldn't believe anybody had done this to such a rare bird. you've got to bear in mind, you know, ospreys have been absent

from wales for 400—odd years. they were re—colonised in 2004, but still, we only have five pairs here. so it's one fell swoop, one act of mindless vandalism, and we've lost 20% of our ospreys. conservationists have placed a decoy egg on a nearby site in the hope that the pair will nest there instead. anyone with information about this crime is being urged to contact north wales police. tim muffett, bbc news. four astronauts from the international space station have successfully returned to earth the capsule splashed down off the coast of florida right on schedule at 2:57am local time after the mission had been delayed due to bad weather. it's nasa's first night—time splashdown for over fifty years. the journey from the iss took six and half hours. the spacex craft is the second to return in a week. a recovery boat took about 10 minutes to reach the capsule to collect the crew and its data. the astronauts had spend more than 160 days in space. the american actress

0lympia dukakis, who won an oscar for her role in the 1987 romantic comedy moonstruck, has died aged 89. she had a long and distinguished career and also worked as a director and drama teacher. but it is for her roles in comedy films such as moonstruck and steel magnolias that she found international fame. the singer and actress cher, who played 0lympia dukakis' daughter in �*moonstruck�*, has been among those sharing their memories of her — tweeting that she had spoken to her shortly before her death. viola davis, who starred with 0lympia dukakis in the 1998 film �*the pentagon wars' descibed her as a "consummate actor" and "a joy to work with". and actor michael mckean, who was taught by her at new york university, tweeted that she "was a great actress who loved the work and loved the theatre. she was the acting teacher who spoke to me and many, many others with clarity and humor and n0 censor."

sandro monetti — editor in chief of hollywood international filmmaker magazine — told us about her life and career. do once said that she didn't become an actor to become rich orfamous, she did it to play the right parts and that is what she did. she told the world playing all the classic roles, so by the time hollywood came calling and she made that movie breakthrough, of course she was supreme because she had a lifetime of experience to bring to it. i hesitate to use cliche actor's actor but when you're as talented as 0lympia dukakis, you deserve the description. whenever you would watch a movie and see her name in the opening credits, you would immediately relax and smile because you knew you were in for a good time. the attitude, the boys, the, the characterisations. she never

repeated the same performance again and again and it was always something new, always entertaining and she kept in discovered by new generations, most recently in the reboot of tales of the city and returning to one of her most memorable and flamboyant roles as the transgender pot going landlady and that expand her fan base of the lgbt community and it is interesting because she only really became a household name at 56 but her legacy is no austria swung on stage, screen and she as an acting teacher as well, she was an activist long before it was trendy for actors to become so. she was particularly keen on speaking up for women's right on the rights of women in hollywood which has become a hot button issue but she was a trailblazer, really

campaigning for that from the start and as you said, yes, her cousin ran for the democratic... 0n the ticket in 1988 she introduced the democratic invention, she even plugged his campaign in her 0scar speech when she won in 88 for moonstruck. what a legacy. white there we go, and assessment of the life and career of 0lympia dukakis who died saturday at the age of 89. a new photo of princess charlotte has been released to mark her sixth birthday today. the picture of the smiling princess was captured by her mother — the duchess of cambridge — in norfolk this weekend. the image won't be posted on the royal couple's social media channels as prince william and katherine are supporting the four day boycott by sporting bodies. hgppy happy birthday to her and anyone else having a birthday today. hat else having a birthday today. not eve one else having a birthday today. not everyone gets to be photographed by

a duchess, do they? that's it from us, do slay watching as the papers are coming up next. hello, keep an eye on this guy for the rest of the day because one minute the sun might be shining in the next a big break—out will come along and give you a real trenching, some very heavy downpours in the forecast and for tomorrow, more of a case of heavy and persistent rain with that quite widespread and the unsettled weather gathering out in the atlantic but shorter term, yes, we have some clear skies around which is why we are seeing some sunshine but some areas of cloud bubbling up in some showers through the afternoon, some of which heavy with hail and thunder mixing in. they wind is very light indeed to catch a shower, it could be with for quite some time and it will not scoot on nicely but the sun is

strong at this time of year with temperatures between 8—14 c and the showers feeding through the evening with a slice of clear weather for the first out of the night but then we see cloud gathering out western rain through northern ireland for the rest of the night with a mild and i but for the far north of england and scotland, yet see some frost. no pressure on the scene, this will bring some very wet and very windy weather on bank holiday monday, some areas of the uk will start off dry but rain from the word go across northern ireland which will push its way eastward through the day and some of it heavy, could see some wintry weather mixing in over the highest ground of the pennines, southern uplands, grampians with some snow over the highest round here and it could be a very windy day with the wind gusts we can expect a 50—60 mph for exposed southern and western coast with a bit of cloud, rain, wind,

feeling reallyjust pointing with top temperatures between 7—12 c. staying boss 33 monday night, much of the rain will start to clear away as an area of low pressure also i eastward but why hyder dose, you can see why cover isobars going all the way to the artic which shows that the air will be coming from through the air will be coming from through the first part of the week and are coming down from the north and that northerly wind feeding chilly conditions in our direction so mix of sunshine and showers to the coming week, cold days, possibly rusty nights. —— possibly frosty nights.

has recorded its highest number of coronavirus death the start of the pandemics. people in england may not have to self—isolate after coming into contact with somebody with covid due to a new trial. a national day of mourning is your after 45 people were killed in a crash at a festival on friday. north korea accuses joe festival on friday. north korea accusesjoe biden of pursuing a hostile policy towards it. 5000 people will gather at a music festival in liverpool later today to see the headline act blossoms as studies continue into the spread of coronavirus. pioneering surgery to

repair out the spine of a baby while