all over the world. the best from all over the world. the best laid plans- _ from all over the world. the best laid plans- tokyo _ from all over the world. the best laid plans. tokyo 2020's - from all over the world. the best laid plans. tokyo 2020's original| laid plans. tokyo 2020's original promise to connect people seems a long way from our world that is currently trying to do the opposite. and tokyo itself remains in a state of emergency over coronavirus. opposition to the olympics and paralympics happening is mounting, and even naomi osaka, one of the faces of the games... we are united. is faces of the games... we are united. , ., , , ., ~ faces of the games... we are united. , ., , , . ~' . we are united. is now speaking in a uuite we are united. is now speaking in a quite different _ we are united. is now speaking in a quite different tone. _ we are united. is now speaking in a quite different tone. for _ we are united. is now speaking in a quite different tone. for me, - we are united. is now speaking in a quite different tone. for me, i'm i we are united. is now speaking in a| quite different tone. for me, i'm an athlete, quite different tone. for me, i'm an athlete. of— quite different tone. for me, i'm an athlete, of course _ quite different tone. for me, i'm an athlete, of course my _ quite different tone. for me, i'm an athlete, of course my immediate i athlete, of course my immediate thought is that i want to play in the olympics, but as a human, i would say we are in a pandemic. and if people are not healthy and if they are not feeling safe, then it's definitely up big cause for concern. compared with many other areas of the world, japan's case rates remain relatively low, but there has been a surge in the vaccination campaign

has been slow by the standards of a wealthy nation. the extension of tokyo's emergency measures meant the head of the international limpet committee, thomas bach, had to cancel a visit to the country. now a new survey in japan has found that 60% of those asked want the events cancelled. and in the japanese parliament the prime minister has been accused of prioritising the games above tackling the virus. he replied that he had never put the old and picks first. they believe the strict control measures placed on athletes and officials will keep the olympics and paralympics safe, but those restrictions will be difficult for many taking part. it would mean serena williams spending the olympics away from olympia, her daughter. there is a decision to be made. you know, haven't really thought much _ you know, haven't really thought much about that, that's a really good _ much about that, that's a really good question. i haven't spent 24 hours _ good question. i haven't spent 24 hours without her, so that's kind of answers _ hours without her, so that's kind of answers the — hours without her, so that's kind of answers the question itself. we are

best friends, so, yeah, so, we, you know, _ best friends, so, yeah, so, we, you know. i_ best friends, so, yeah, so, we, you know. i think— best friends, so, yeah, so, we, you know, i think there are other reasons, _ know, i think there are other reasons, but i haven't really thought— reasons, but i haven't really thought much about tokyo. the answer to it all may be — thought much about tokyo. the answer to it all may be in _ thought much about tokyo. the answer to it all may be in that _ thought much about tokyo. the answer to it all may be in that needle, - thought much about tokyo. the answer to it all may be in that needle, but - to it all may be in that needle, but not all will be able to follow the australian team and getting vaccinated before they travel. how athletes react to the risks and restrictions might be key to what happens next. there arejust restrictions might be key to what happens next. there are just 74 days to go. patrick geary, bbc news. james carpenter has decided to call time on his football career at the edge of 40. he was given a final game against peterborough and one of a football league this year for professionalism. i'm delighted to say that he drinks me now. james, great to see you and congratulations on a fantastic career, i have to say. less than 24 hours after retiring, what does it feel like?— what does it feel like? yeah, it feels no different _ what does it feel like? yeah, it feels no different if—

what does it feel like? yeah, it feels no different if i'm - what does it feel like? yeah, it feels no different if i'm being l feels no different if i'm being honest. it's been a tough season, yeah, it was a special and emotional day for me yesterday, so waking up this morning, didn't feel much difference, but yeah, i'm really looking forward to and excited for the next chapter.— the next chapter. fairplay to you. as he set on _ the next chapter. fairplay to you. as he set on social— the next chapter. fairplay to you. as he set on social media, - the next chapter. fairplay to you. as he set on social media, this i the next chapter. fairplay to you. as he set on social media, this is| as he set on social media, this is what you have done since finishing school, being a professional footballer from the age of 16 onwards. 40 years old now, did you expect to have played such a long, you know from career in the game? not at all. you know, i never had any ambition to be a professional footballer growing up. i loved playing football, i loved watching football. i wasn't an avid fan of any club, but i went and watched middlesborough growing up, but, yeah, like you say, i sort of made my premier league debut at 19, played some delete all the way up to 16, neverwent played some delete all the way up to 16, never went to an academy or school of excellence, so for me to play until i'm 40 and achieve what

i've achieved withjohn castor and making my premier league debut, yeah, i'm really proud of that and really happy, not to call it a day, but you know, not every footballer gets to 40, and i'm really proud about. , ~ �* , gets to 40, and i'm really proud about. , ~ �*, , ., about. yes, i think it's brilliant how ou about. yes, i think it's brilliant how you have _ about. yes, i think it's brilliant how you have gone _ about. yes, i think it's brilliant how you have gone to - about. yes, i think it's brilliant how you have gone to the - about. yes, i think it's brilliant| how you have gone to the ranks effectively. you have played in the divisions is welcome anything you wear like into bobby zola at some point. he did, yeah, no pressure. but sir bobby was unbelievable with me. he believed in me so much, and, you know, he gave me my premier league debut. it was an absolute honour and privilege to be managed by somebody i grew up and watch the first world cup in 1990 when he managed england to the semi final, and i was absolutely heartbroken at nine years of age and i fell in love with football. so for him to give me my premier league debut was a dream come true, yeah, i can't speak highly enough of him. a, come true, yeah, i can't speak highly enough of him.- highly enough of him. a lot of --eole highly enough of him. a lot of peeple up _ highly enough of him. a lot of peeple up and _ highly enough of him. a lot of

people up and speaking - highly enough of him. a lot of| people up and speaking highly highly enough of him. a lot of i people up and speaking highly of you. yourformer strike partner people up and speaking highly of you. your former strike partner at newcastle on social media and louis tomlinson, of course, a massive one direction fan. james, what's next for you? direction fan. james, what's next foryou? i direction fan. james, what's next for you? i know you've been through a lot of resilience in your career. you've come through a lot of hurdles. is there something you want to get now, perhaps? i hurdles. is there something you want to get now, perhaps?— to get now, perhaps? i have been doin: , i to get now, perhaps? i have been doing, i started _ to get now, perhaps? i have been doing, i started a _ to get now, perhaps? i have been doing, i started a company - to get now, perhaps? i have been doing, i started a company five i doing, i started a company five years ago around mental performance and mentoring players, so, yes commits a huge passion of mine. it's arguably what i think is the most importance sort of attribute you need to be successful in anything, really. so i get huge satisfaction about helping other players. this year, i've had players make their abuse, get to the playoffs, gets promoted, and i get as much satisfaction out of that as i do my own career, so i'm really excited about what the future holds and going into a roll atjohn castor, doing the same sort of thing. i'm really excited.—

really excited. james, thank you very much _ really excited. james, thank you very much indeed _ really excited. james, thank you very much indeed for— really excited. james, thank you very much indeed for talking - really excited. james, thank you very much indeed for talking to l really excited. james, thank you i very much indeed for talking to us here on sportsday. we wish you the very best of luck with your future career. we are watching some of your highlights now, and they are great. so thank you again.— highlights now, and they are great. | so thank you again._ nice so thank you again. thank you. nice 1. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. see you soon. hello, welcome to bbc news. we are going to turn back to this evening's press conference at downing street. the prime minister has been giving further details about the next stage of lockdown easing in england, happening a week today on monday may 17th. he confirmed that: the rule of six will now apply to people meeting indoors, with the rules for meeting outdoors relaxed to groups of 30 a whole host of indoor activities will be allowed, including eating in restaurants and drinking in pubs, with cinemas, theatres and museums also opening. we can hug ourfriends and family from next week,

but the prime minister urged people to take responsibility to make their own decision about the safety of hugging in person tuition at universities can restart and secondary school pupils will no longer be required to wear facemasks in class reverse he said england remains on track to lift restrictions onjune 21st, and that he'd give more details later this month about what life this summer might look like. the scottish government is planning to introduce a similar traffic light system for international travel. it's understood that meetings have taken place, adding green, amber and red countries to a list of foreign travel. let's speak to doctor philippa whitford, the snp's health spokesperson in the house of commons. welcome to the programme. a similar traffic light system similar to the one that set out on friday. a similar country, yes, that we can travel to. �* ., ., ., ., travelto. i'm afraid i have no idea, travelto. i'm afraid i have no idea. the _ travelto. i'm afraid i have no idea, the first _ travelto. i'm afraid i have no idea, the first minister- travelto. i'm afraid i have no idea, the first minister will. travel to. i'm afraid i have no - idea, the first minister will make her announcement tomorrow. so i'm

assuming it will not be that difference, but i don't know the list of countries.— difference, but i don't know the list of countries. information the bbc has tonight _ list of countries. information the bbc has tonight is _ list of countries. information the bbc has tonight is it _ list of countries. information the bbc has tonight is it all - list of countries. information the bbc has tonight is it all looks i list of countries. information the | bbc has tonight is it all looks very similar, but the date will be different. that will confuse people. why would you do it a week later when people in scotland, naturally, can go to english airports and head off to portugal?— off to portugal? well, i suppose it's to give _ off to portugal? well, i suppose it's to give a _ off to portugal? well, i suppose it's to give a little _ off to portugal? well, i suppose it's to give a little bit _ off to portugal? well, i suppose it's to give a little bit more - it's to give a little bit more notice for airlines and airports to get ready. i mean, i'm on the coronavirus all party group, and one of the big concerns that i still have about encouraging holiday travel is that we were hearing from the immigration services that people at the moment with incredibly low levels of travel are waiting in the arrivals hall all mixed together for three or four hours. and they predict that if you actually had holiday travel building up over the summer, that's could be more than twice that. ~ , , ., , twice that. writes, but as i understand _ twice that. writes, but as i understand it, _ twice that. writes, but as i understand it, from - twice that. writes, but as i understand it, from what l twice that. writes, but as i - understand it, from what grand chap said on friday from the scottish and welsh governments were widely consulted about this, as were the airport authorities.

as i say, i'm not in the loop, i don't know which countries it will become i assume it will be similar. you don't see a weak�*s difference actually making very much difference, so i don't see that as a major problem, but i do think that there is an issue and people going on holiday and the ban on holiday travel is removed and there are people who want to see family. not everyone will be travelling going on holiday, it may be families who have not seen each other for a year trying to connect. so i think there is still a risk, the younger half of the population haven't been vaccinated. they are probably the ones most likely to go travelling on holiday, so, to me, what we are hearing to be from the prime minister, i am sure we will hear from the first minister to markham is opening up of our domestic society into mystic economy come into me, i still think that's the priority rather than travelling outside the united kingdom. fits priority rather than travelling outside the united kingdom. as you sa can be outside the united kingdom. as you say can be don't _ outside the united kingdom. as you say can be don't want _ outside the united kingdom. as you say can be don't want to _ outside the united kingdom. as you say can be don't want to print - outside the united kingdom. as you say can be don't want to print of- say can be don't want to print of the first minister says tomorrow,

but would you expect, for instance, in scotland for school pupils to be able to do away with their facemasks, orfor able to do away with their facemasks, or for scottish families to be able to hug each other, friends to have each other? welcome i don't know about the hugging to my think the facemasks might be —— and might not be a change in scotland certainly we brought in facemasks lost autumn when they weren't being used in england, so it may still be that thatis england, so it may still be that that is considered a mitigation that is worth happening because, of course, when the young people and children went back to school, there were some outbreaks in schools. that has become less of an issue, but thatis has become less of an issue, but that is with facemasks. of course, they are not vaccinated, and what we still have as the dominant strain in the uk is the b 117 and that is just so much more infectious than the original covid, and it does affect children. ~ , ., original covid, and it does affect children. ~ i. _, original covid, and it does affect children. ~ original covid, and it does affect children. ., children. while you come as a representative _ children. while you come as a representative of _ children. while you come as a representative of the - children. while you come as a representative of the snp, i children. while you come as a - representative of the snp, should talk to about the independence debate which has been talked about

at length over the weekend. a prime minister is saying that he is going to invite the first of scotland and wales to a meeting to discuss what the priorities should be. what you expect, and when do you think that meeting might take place? i have no idea when the meeting will take place, but obviously come to the initial priority is our first minister made absolutely clear in the coming months is still getting through the pandemic and tackling covid, but all countries will have to rebuild after covid, and the vision that many people in scotland haveis vision that many people in scotland have is of a fairer greener society and economy, trying to build forwards towards 2030, by which time we know we have to have changed how we know we have to have changed how we live and have to have changed our economic model. at the moment, we simply don't have the powers to do that. and that is why i think there is a thirst to have independence, to have those powers, so that we the people who live here in scotland, all the people who live here have the choice over what kind of country

we rebuild after covid.— we rebuild after covid. obviously, the economic— we rebuild after covid. obviously, the economic impact _ we rebuild after covid. obviously, the economic impact of— we rebuild after covid. obviously, the economic impact of covid - we rebuild after covid. obviously, the economic impact of covid has| the economic impact of covid has been substantial. the first minister is saying that she wants to restart the independence debate at the turn of the year. are you suggesting that we can make a full economic recovery by spring of next year? we are not talking about the full economic recovery as i have just explained to you. we need the powers foisted on us, we have had powers taken away from the scottish parliament because of the internal market spell. we need the levers of power to actually do that rebuilding. at the first minister has talked about is that we need to get through the current health crisis, and that is absolutely what she will be doing over the coming months but absolutely what she will be doing over the coming months- absolutely what she will be doing over the coming months but the full recove is over the coming months but the full recovery is something _ over the coming months but the full recovery is something we _ over the coming months but the full recovery is something we need - over the coming months but the full recovery is something we need the l recovery is something we need the powers to do. scotland wasn't even allowed borrowing powers at the height of the pandemic. we always had to wait for when the prime minister and the chancellor would support changes to furlough or would agree for

lockdown. so it inhibited us during the pandemic, and the lack of those powers would stop us setting with our agenda is as we recover. doctor phili a, our agenda is as we recover. doctor philippa. thank— our agenda is as we recover. doctor philippa, thank you _ our agenda is as we recover. doctor philippa, thank you very _ our agenda is as we recover. doctor philippa, thank you very much - our agenda is as we recover. doctor philippa, thank you very much for. philippa, thank you very much for being with us. rights, it is time for a quick look at the weather. hello again. it's been a day of sunshine and showers, a day of dramatic clouds as well. this was one of the thunderstorms working across the skies of malvern and worchestershire this lumpy cloud is mammatus, always a sign of a really intense storm. and through the rest of this week, it stays very showery. those rainfall totals really will be mounting up. it looks like it's going to be quite a wet may for a number of you. overnight tonight, most of those showers will very gradually begin to fade away. the exception to that dry theme is across scotland, where we've got this band of rain pushing northwards. some of that could still be thundery overnight. temperatures down to around 6—7 celsius. tomorrow, well, that band of rain clears away pretty quickly, scotland, northern ireland

and northern england having the best of the morning sunshine. showers develop further south, they drive northwards, becoming heavy and thundery and widespread through the day. some of the showers merge together towards the southwest bringing some longer spells of rain where it's also going to be quite gusty as well. that's your latest weather.

clearing hello, i'm ros atkins, - this- is outside source. israel fires stun grenades and rubber bullets during clashes with palestinians in which over 300 people were injured. things began with a march byjewish nationalists at the al—aqsa mosque — one of the holiest sites in islam. we'll be live injerusalem to explain how the day has unfolded. also in the programme: the fbi names a group it says was behind a major cyber attack against the united states. it says a group called darkside hacked into america's largest fuel pipeline, interrupting supplies.