this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the billionaire philanthropists bill and melinda gates have announced they are to divorce after 27 years of marriage. eu officials start discussions on new rules to make it easier to welcome back travellers to the block thousands struggle to afford food in the philippines — as a long and hard coronavirus lockdown takes its toll. the tech giant apple is accused of stifling competition by the makers of the fortnite game franchise in a landmark trial. and — we look at the pun—tastic challenge that's capturing the hearts and minds of thousands of businesses.

hello and welcome to the programme. the billionaire philanthropists bill and melinda gates have announced they are to divorce. the couple who run the world's biggest charitable foundation together, have been married for 27 years. our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. whatever is most famous and highest achieving couples in the world. wealthy beyond imagination. illand the world. wealthy beyond imagination. ill and melinda gates met at microsoft where they are best known as a power couple for the work of their charitable foundation. the news that they are planning to separate came out of the blue. they both tweeted a statement.

the couple will continue to work together at their foundation but they say they no longer believe they can grow together as a couple in this next phase of their lives. the bill and melinda gates foundation has had a huge impact on the world of fine —— philanthropy with billions spent fighting causes like infectious diseases and encouraging vaccinations in children. , , encouraging vaccinations in children. , ~ ., children. this is a kind of application _ children. this is a kind of application of _ children. this is a kind of application of that - children. this is a kind of| application of that general state of affairs in which to very private people have immense public power and so it is really the kind of, just the state of affairs now where living donors have engaged in fleurant —— philanthropy with huge sums of money which happens to intersect with major life events — birth, marriage and divorce. life events - birth, marriage and divorce.— life events - birth, marriage and divorce. bill and melinda gates are —

and divorce. bill and melinda gates are preventing - and divorce. bill and melinda gates are preventing a - and divorce. bill and melinda| gates are preventing a united front on the matter of the door —— presenting united front on the matter of their divorce. a global fund the matter of their divorce. a globalfund for good, the matter of their divorce. a global fund for good, even the matter of their divorce. a globalfund for good, even if their individual roles drift apart. their individual roles drift a art. , their individual roles drift aart. ., , ., apart. they already had in developing _ apart. they already had in developing kind _ apart. they already had in developing kind of - apart. they already had in developing kind of this - apart. they already had in i developing kind of this state philanthropic persona in a very public sense. bill with a focus on global health and climate change, with a kind of technocratic approach. melinda with a focus on gender equity and a kind of more community centred approach, and so in a sense i think they are —— their decoupling had already occurred.— decoupling had already occurred. bill gates who founded _ occurred. bill gates who founded microsoft - occurred. bill gates who founded microsoft in - occurred. bill gates who l founded microsoft in 1975 occurred. bill gates who . founded microsoft in 1975 is the world public fourth richest person with a net worth of more than $100 billion. there is no word on any financial agreement between the couple. they have asked for space and privacy for theirfamily as they asked for space and privacy for their family as they begin to navigate their new lives. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's get some of

the day's other news. foreign ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations will meet in london for their first face to face talks for more than two years. they are expected to agree new ways for them and like—minded countries to defend international rules and open societies from external threats. president biden says his administration will allow almost 63,000 refugees into the united states this year. last month mr biden said he would stick to an annual limit of 15,000 brought in under president trump. that decision was widely condemned by many democrats and refugee aid groups. mexico's president has apologised to the indigenous maya people for what he described as the terrible abuses they'd suffered since the spanish conquest 500 years ago. andres manuel lopez 0brador said their treatment had been shameful. britain and india have agreed new trade and investment deals worth more than $1.3 billion.

the deal is expected to create more than 6,000 jobs in the uk — mainly in the technology and health sectors. we will have more detail on that trade deal later in the bulletin. a second spike in covid—19 cases is putting renewed pressure on struggling healthcare system in the philippines. the country has the second highest number of cases in south—east asia, behind indonesia — with vaccinations at less than 1% of the total population. and with one of the longest and hardest lockdowns in the world, a crippling recession has forced thousands onto the streets in search of food. howard johnson reports from manila. at manila's main crematorium, smoke billows incessantly. 0utside, ambulances and hearses queue to deliver the dead. a driver tells us that an incinerator has stopped working, overloaded because of the pandemic. inside, urns of the cremated

await collection from loved ones under lockdown. in manila's hospitals, bed space is in short supply. translation: we arrived at 5am, we waited in line. j when we got to the emergency room, we waited for another two hours. all in all, we waited for almost six hours. but a second hard lockdown has seen daily new cases begin to fall down from march's peak of 111,000 now to around 8,000 per day, according to the department of health. however, doctors' groups are warning that with less than 1% of the population fully vaccinated, the country remains in a precarious situation. right now, there are some local government units that have stopped the vaccination programme because there's no available vaccines any more. there seems to be no effective programmes to contain the pandemic. the world's longest and hardest lockdown has sent the economy into a crippling recession.

noticing the suffering of the poor, manila resident anna patricia non put this humble bamboo cart stocked with food on a street corner along with a sign — "give what you can, take what you need." but when a member of the government questioned if the initiative had ties to armed communism, anna temporarily suspended the initiative for fear of retribution. what started as a single food bank has now evolved philippines. you can see by the length of the queue the need of the people here. they tell me there aren't enough jobs and food hand—outs from the government to go around, and that's why they're queuing in the midday sun. but shortly before 2pm, this food bank was shut down by the police.

an order had been given to distribute the food to the local counsel. these women who had been queuing since 10am said they are yet to receive ayuda — financial aid from the government. no ayuda here. the government says it has distributed 75% of its financial aid programme to metro manila. the hand—out is just $21 per person, and so the poor continue to queue. howard johnson, bbc news, manila. a landmark trial has begun in the united states against apple, accusing the tech giant of abusing its market dominance. epic games which makes the game fortnite says

that games have no choice but to use the platform. leah has been focusing on this from california. this trial has just gone. tell us what has happened so far. —— hasjust begun. a; so far. -- has 'ust begun. a bi so far. —— hasjust begun. big cso so far. —— hasjust begun. big ceo tim sweeney —— epic's ceo tim sweeney took to the stand and said what he hopes to gain from it. stand and said what he hopes to gain from it— gain from it. how do we expect this to progress. _ gain from it. how do we expect this to progress. it _ gain from it. how do we expect this to progress. it is _ this to progress. it is extremely high profile and if apple were to lose, it could have ramifications? the trial is auoin have ramifications? the trial is going to — have ramifications? the trial is going to go _ have ramifications? the trial is going to go for _ have ramifications? the trial is going to go for three - have ramifications? the trial. is going to go for three weeks and tim sweeney is going to take the trial again tomorrow to finish his testimony and then they are expected to hear from other app developers and companies who are also on happy with apple including —— unhappy with apple including —— unhappy with apple including microsoft. after that it is going to go into a boring phase a little bit where lots of experts are

going to testify about the economics and then apple will get to put on its case. it plans to call tim cook and then a number of other executives. give us a sense of how this will play out? who will win this case?— will play out? who will win this case? , , , ., this case? this is definitely a re this case? this is definitely a pretty landmark _ this case? this is definitely a pretty landmark trial. - this case? this is definitely a pretty landmark trial. epic i this case? this is definitely a pretty landmark trial. epic is| pretty landmark trial. epic is bringing claims that get to the root of apple's entire business model. they are challenging apple's ability to regulate its app apple's ability to regulate its app store which is one of its biggest revenue centres. what they really want is to reduce they really want is to reduce the commissions that developers have to pay. they right now, apple charges all developers of digital goods a 30% commission. epic would like that to be

lower. they would also like to be able to offer apps within the app stores, like other app stores within apple's app store. so you could go to epic�*s app store and download games from there instead of from apple and that would completely upend apple's business model. that is what epic wants if it wins but it is a legal tricky area here in the us. of the things that they call the very frontiers of competition law. it is not a guaranteed win for epic but there is a lot of interest in this trial at the congressional level as well. about two weeks ago there was a hearing in congress here about app stores and senators from both the democrats and republicans were very sceptical of apple's argument and suggested that they might want to possibly change the law or regulate it epic should lose. bud change the law or regulate it epic should lose.— epic should lose. and the pressure _ epic should lose. and the pressure is _ epic should lose. and the pressure is on _ epic should lose. and the pressure is on apple. - epic should lose. and the | pressure is on apple. just epic should lose. and the - pressure is on apple. just like pressure is on apple. just like we does make us last week we

had the european competition they may have also got a case against apple for unfair competition. also last week we had the news about it changing the way it works in the app store in terms of enabling more privacy for users. is apple going to make more changes voluntarily because of the pressure from regulators, do you think? it pressure from regulators, do you think?— you think? it is certainly possible- _ you think? it is certainly possible. you _ you think? it is certainly| possible. you mentioned you think? it is certainly - possible. you mentioned the european commission case. they gave them a charge sheet last week talking about how their model currently challenges competition law. apple could offer a settlement. it is possible that apple could offer a settlement to the european commission. but in the eu, they are also considering some legislation in the form of an additional markets act that would impose some regulation on apple and other what they called kate piff —— gatekeeper platforms. google, microsoft, that other apps need to you

access to certain markets. so changes probably coming to apple but how soon and in exactly what form, no—one is quite sure yet. exactly what form, no-one is quite sure yet.— quite sure yet. well, you are auoin quite sure yet. well, you are going to _ quite sure yet. well, you are going to be _ quite sure yet. well, you are going to be busy, _ quite sure yet. well, you are going to be busy, leah. - going to be busy, leah. anti—trust reporter for politico. we have so much for you still to come on this programme including, we will speak to some of those involved in the growing craze of sign wars where businesses go all out to make the best puns. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterand. the tunnel is not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and i

islam struggled for supremacy. now the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. - roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in underfour minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated i to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. - this is bbc news, the latest headlines: bill and melinda gates — one of the world's richest couples — have announced their divorce after nearly three decades of marriage. let's bring you up—to—date on all the latest sports news.

hello there, this is your sports news where we start with snooker and mark selby has won the world championship for a fourth time. he the world championship for a fourth time.— the world championship for a fourth time. he defeated sean murh fourth time. he defeated sean murphy 18-15 _ fourth time. he defeated sean murphy 18-15 in _ fourth time. he defeated sean murphy 18-15 in an _ fourth time. he defeated sean murphy 18-15 in an epic- murphy 18—15 in an epic encounter with a capacity crowd of 980 in attendance. it was the first time since march 2020 that a full crowd had been in place at a major uk sporting event to. place at a ma'or uk sporting event to.— place at a ma'or uk sporting event to. ., , i. ., , event to. you try your hardest because it _ event to. you try your hardest because it is _ event to. you try your hardest because it is a _ event to. you try your hardest because it is a tough - because it is a tough tournament and you never know if it will be your last or not. as i said before to win it once against 0'sullivan is a dream come true but to win a four symes, only happens once in your life. parma have been relegated from italy's serie a after losing 1—0 at torino, who boosted their own hopes of survival... the torino right back mergim vojvoda scored in the 63rd minute to send parma to their fifth defeat in a row and down to serie b. torino hit the woodwork for a second time when andrea belotti's effort deflected off

the left—hand post and the win moves them three points above the relegation zone, with a game in hand. west ham have moved fifth in the english premier league after winning 2—1 away to burnley. chris wood opened the scoring at turf moor from the penalty spot, his 7th goal in his last 7 games. micael antonio equalised just two minutes later and before the half hour mark added a second as the londoners maintain their pursuit of a champions league place while west brom drew 1—1 with wolves manchester city trained in the rain on monday, preparing for the second leg of their champions league semi—final against paris saint—germain. city have a 2—1 advantage after the first leg in paris when pep guardiola's men fought back from 1—0 down at half time. the last time they reached the last four in 2016 city were narrowly beaten by eventual winners real madrid. just focus on what you have to do. knowing that they can change the shape because the manager is clever. maybe they

will organise something. i don't know what he is going to do. but we need to focus on our game. we need to take the risk, to be brave, to plan the game. knowing that manchester city is a team that can manage a different way to play, we need to try and show our quality on the pitch. to tennis now and the world number one ashleigh barty came out on top in the battle of the french open champions as she beat poland's iga swiatek to reach the madrid 0pen quarter—finals. barty won at roland garros in 2019 before swiatek sprung another surprise by clinching her own first major title in paris a year later. both players will be among the favourites at the french open next month. but it was far from

straightfoward for the australian who had to come from 3—love down in the first set and recoverfrom 0—40 down at 3—2 in the second, before taking the victory in an hour and 41 minutes. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that is indeed. business news coming up in around 12 minutes. today, discussions on how to lift restrictions on non—essential travel to the european union are to get under way. on monday the eu commissioner outlined a scheme to allow visitors to enter the block two weeks after a second coronavirus vaccine. a digital vaccine passport scheme has been suggested that would show if travellers had had both jabs or a negative test or evidence they had already had the virus. here is our correspondent with more details. the plan here is to

allow anyone who can prove they have been fully vaccinated for at least two weeks to come on holiday for summer. those unvaccinated will still be allowed in so long as they are coming from countries with relatively low infection rates. that includes visitors from the uk at the moment. all this looked impossiblejust a uk at the moment. all this looked impossible just a few months ago with the eu �*s vaccination programme off to a stuttering start. at the rate has picked up significantly over the past few weeks and this is why the eu believes it is time to open its doors. these are still proposals and they must be signed off by member states but they offer a massive lifeline to europe's battered tourism industry which is desperately hoping that this summer is not as weak as the last. this is notjust about holidays, of course. the president of the european commission tweeted earlier that it was time to rekindle cross—borderfriendships. a reminder that so many of us

stay separated from family and people we love. that asjune mckenzie in brussels for us. the director general of the international air transport association — willie walsh — says a secure, central digital system is needed. iata is working with what we call the travel pass, which is designed to enable people who have been vaccinated or indeed people who can demonstrate evidence of a negative test to be able to integrate that into the airline they are flying with, and facilitate smooth travel through the airport and hopefully when you arrive at your destination as well, that will require the cooperation of governments but we are in dialogue with a lot of governments. but i think there is a good appetite for introducing a digital system to enable people to get back travelling.

that was the direct general and as things develop today we will keep you up—to—date don't forget to refer to our website because there is a lot of detail and analysis there in terms of the dos and don'ts. shopping centres, museums and classrooms forjunior primary school students are reopening in poland on tuesday, as the country's third coronavirus wave continues to lose momentum. the number of infections and hospitalisations have fallen sharply since hitting all—time highs at the start of april. the government plans to gradually ease restrictions throughout may and if the infection rate continues to fall, people will no longer have to wear face masks when outdoors. now, perhaps this is a sign of the times. as thousands of businesses are opening up, more and more are doing battle in a growing trend known as sign wars. it all started in virginia in the us, and the pun—driven messages soon spread

across borders. the bbc�*s mark lobel has been talking to those involved in this new craze. we may flip our instruments but at least they don't flop. taking the fight to super shoes a few steps away is a music teacher who got the idea while working on a music shop. i idea while working on a music sho ., ., r' idea while working on a music sho-. idea while working on a music sho. shop. i ask the boss ifi could start doing — shop. i ask the boss ifi could start doing mission _ shop. i ask the boss ifi could start doing mission signs - shop. i ask the boss ifi could start doing mission signs andj start doing mission signs and he said yes but don't cause any i asked the show —— we and the shop across the way started a sign war. the town with signs. businesses are signing up to it worldwide including indie town in canada. this is a sign we have for our

local plumbing company, cheeky. i was tagged in a post on facebook by a couple of friends and it was of a sign war happening down in virginia in the states. happening down in virginia in the states-— happening down in virginia in the states. , , the states. speedy glass served u . the states. speedy glass served u- this the states. speedy glass served up this proposal _ the states. speedy glass served up this proposal to _ the states. speedy glass served up this proposal to the - up this proposal to the neighbouring ice cream joint. at first it was funny and now it is amazing. it is unbelievable. , , unbelievable. they responded with ou unbelievable. they responded with you about _ unbelievable. they responded with you about your _ unbelievable. they responded with you about your glass - unbelievable. they responded with you about your glass we | with you about your glass we do. with you about your glass we do is — with you about your glass we do. , . ., , do. is it getting competitive? it ma do. is it getting competitive? it may be _ do. is it getting competitive? it may be a — do. is it getting competitive? it may be a little _ do. is it getting competitive? it may be a little bit. - do. is it getting competitive? it may be a little bit. and - it may be a little bit. and then we said that our ice cream was smoother than their lines to to get spread across our community here and got yonder community here and got yonder community to nay being — neighbouring cities and counties. there are already thousands and thousands of science. , ,., science. the fire department responded- _ science. the fire department responded. threatening - science. the fire department responded. threatening to i

science. the fire department - responded. threatening to come in with hoses and water. and now they stuck their noses into dig with not responded yet to the funeral home.— dig with not responded yet to the funeral home. they are on our radar- _ the funeral home. they are on our radar. we _ the funeral home. they are on our radar. we have _ the funeral home. they are on our radar. we have just - the funeral home. they are on our radar. we have just not i our radar. we have just not been brave enough to get into that wanted to so is this more about sales all smiles? 100% smiles. i think that is the reason it got as big as it has. people are just looking for something happy and positive to cling onto. something happy and positive to dim onto. ., ., ., i. cling onto. how long do you think it will _ cling onto. how long do you think it will go _ cling onto. how long do you think it will go on _ cling onto. how long do you think it will go on for? i cling onto. how long do you think it will go on for? we l think it will go on for? we will to think it will go on for? we will go until— think it will go on for? - will go until speedy concedes. it will be a long race to it may be. we may have to hide his letters so he cannot change his sign. news, ima, signing off. we do need those smiles and businesses do need sales to we will have the top stories in a

few minutes time but firstly i want to bring you the latest news just received here from india. the tally of coronavirus infections has surged past 20 million today. that was boosted by a number of new cases, to be precise, 357,229 new cases, just in the last 2a hours in the number of deaths has risen as well. india is now the second nation in the world after the united states to pass this grim milestone. as you know, our correspondent within is based india have been covering this extensively and we have a lot more detail, as you can see, on our website. so have a look for the latest out of india. we will be live to mumbai injusta of india. we will be live to mumbai in just a few of india. we will be live to mumbai injust a few minutes time because as you may have heard, as i mentioned in the programme already, the uk and india have forged a new trade

and investment agreement that borisjohnson promises will add 6000 jobs to the uk. we will be live to mumbai for details on that. hello. when it comes to bank holiday weather, our expectations are normally low, but even they were undercut by what just happened. up to two inches of rain in the wettest parts of scotland, but very few avoided a spell of lashing rain. a wind gust over 90mph off the south coast of england. even where the rain held off until late in the day, the temperature only reached 1a celsius, and that's the lowest high temperature the uk has had on the early may bank holiday, so that makes it the coldest early may bank holiday on record. it's not going to feel any warmer during tuesday. it'll still be windy, though not quite as windy, and there'll be showers around as the area of low pressure that did for the bank holiday weather pulls away into the north sea. the flow of air behind that, though, coming down

from the north, that means temperatures below average for the time of year, feeling colder in the wind and the showers around of which there will be plenty from the word go though not much in the way of frost to start the day. that is going to change, though, as we go through the week ahead, so back to a risk of overnight frost. gales close to these north sea coasts where it's been windiest overnight in southern england and south wales. won't be as windy by the time we get to mid—morning. there are areas with showers moving south, perhaps some longer spells of rain in parts of northern england. brightening up later in north—east scotland. not many showers in southern england and south wales. the winds at their strongest along the north sea coasts and across parts of eastern england. very gusty, but again easing later. catch a shower, hail, thunder — with temperatures like this, it'll be wintry over the hills in scotland. some places will not get into double figures. now, on through tuesday evening and night, some showers continue to feed south. it's where it gets clearest overnight — we're going to have frost going into wednesday morning, so it will be a cold start. and wednesday will be a day of sunshine and showers. again, there will be a wintry flavour to these showers

in places with hail and some snow on the higher hills in scotland, northern england, perhaps into wales as well. it's not going to feel any warmer. we're back to the risk of overnight frost. a similar picture on thursday — further showers, wintry on hills moving south and maybe a spell of rain flirting with the south coast of england, so we're going to keep a close eye on that. friday will be another chilly day of sunshine and showers and going into the weekend, here comes another area of low pressure. more wind and rain, though as the wind changes direction to a southerly, it may turn much warmerfor a time, especially in parts of england.

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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk prime minister has announced new trade and investment deals with india worth £1 billion — it promises to create six thousand jobs in the uk. we are live to india for the details. half of the uk's manufacturing companies have suffered an attack in the last 12 months. and come with us to an auction of contemporary african art — a fast rising segment of the global arts market.