17—year—old jude bellingham is in midfield, jesse lingard, aston villa striker ollie watkins. trent alexander—arnold of liverpool makes it, he was controversially left out of the last squad. whether he makes the final cut remains to be seen. eric dier, one of england's heroes in 2018 when they made the world cup semifinal in russia does not make it, nor doesjames semifinal in russia does not make it, nor does james maddison of leicester city, so some big calls by southgate as he tries to look ahead to the opening england game against croatia in earlyjune at wembley as they try to emulate the side of 2018 which went almost all the way in russia. time for a look at the weather. threatening skies once again in devon, hardly surprising, it has rained every single day in may so far. eastern parts. a contrast to may last year, the sunniest record

across the uk and driest in england, there were 21 days in nine weather temperature got above 20 celsius. only one has been recorded this year but that will change from thursday onwards and berries optimism in the forecast for the bank holiday weekend, temperatures climbing more widely above 20 degrees. mix teams in the sunshine, plenty of that across northern ireland, north wales, the midlands. through the worst, heavy and thundery showers developing. gusty winds and persistent rain towards the likes of devon, cornwall, the far south of wales, spreading to the channel islands in the evening. it will departed to northern france, the showers elsewhere will fade temporarily and return to parts of eastern scotland and northern england later in the night. a chillier night than last night, towards the south midlands, south—east wales, first england it could get down to two or three

degrees in some rural areas but more of you will be tried tomorrow, cloud. northern parts of england, heavier showers into the afternoon, cloudier spreading into east anglia. most will be try, starting to feel warmer, potential highs of 17 or 18. cool down the eastern coast with a breeze, showers to end the day fading into thursday, high—pressure building, dare i say it, most will be dry on thursday, some good sunny spells, feeling pleasant, maybe one or two spots above 20. rain later in the day across ireland, into friday, high—pressure building, the rain will turn lighter and patchy. it will turn lighter and patchy. it will be grey and misty, damp and risky in places, particularly western scotland around the western

coasts, but in the sunshine, cheaply towards the midlands, east anglia and the south—east, feeling increasingly warm, a trend which continues into saturday and sunday. warmer inland. on bank holiday monday, the chance of a few showers but not a bad picture. a reminder of our top story... local authorities in england hardest hit by the indian variant say they weren't consulted about new covid restrictions in their areas that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon. i'm austin halewood with your latest sports news. well, there is only one place to start this afternoon because, within the last half—an—hour, england manager, gareth southgate, has named his provisional 33—man squad for next month's european championship.

he won't name the final 26 until next tuesday because a number of players are involved in the champions league and europa league finals. well, our reporter ben croucher joins me in the studio. lots of names in that squad. any shocks or surprises?— shocks or surprises? have you, potentially- _ shocks or surprises? have you, potentially. in _ shocks or surprises? have you, potentially. in goal— shocks or surprises? have you, potentially. in goal and - shocks or surprises? have you, potentially. in goal and in - shocks or surprises? have you, - potentially. in goal and in defence. here is the squad list. there is no nick pope, he has a knee injury. four goalkeepers have been named. we expect iain henderson and jordan pickford will go. in defence, trent alexander arnold is included. he has named four right backs. we suspect one of those may miss out. the key surprises in there are ben godfrey and ben white. in the midfield, largely unexpected —— as expected.

no james largely unexpected —— as expected. nojames madison or eric dier or harry winks or deli alley. for the forwards, there are some decisions to make. ollie watkins is included and mason greenwood. he has a few days between now and tuesday to make those decisions. how will he go about whittling that squad down? it how will he go about whittling that squad down?— squad down? it will be very difficult- — squad down? it will be very difficult. we _ squad down? it will be very difficult. we have - squad down? it will be very difficult. we have zero - squad down? it will be very| difficult. we have zero hoop squad down? it will be very - difficult. we have zero hoop league final and the champions league final this week. he will need to see how those players come through those games. the likes of ben white of brighton and ben godfrey of everton, you expect that both of those are only in as cover in case of something. they have never been capped before. harry maguire, the

manchester united captain, struggling with injury a bit at the moment. ben godfrey has had a brilliant season. both of those players are versatile, and that seems to be the key with some of these pets, they can play centre half but also fill in other positions. jesse lingard, what an inclusion he is in midfield. six months ago he couldn't get into the manchester united team, seem to be heading through the exit door to old trafford, went on loan to west ham and has found some of the form that your can to the world cup last time. he has been in great form. he will make that final squad, i expect. ollie watkins up front, that is an interesting selection. he is in favour ahead of patrick bamford from leeds and danny ings of southampton, as well. you suspect it will probably be a straight shoot—out between him and mason greenwood for that fourth stryker berth in the

england squad. all of this is well up england squad. all of this is well up in the air. we will hearfrom gareth southgate within the next hour to get his thoughts. we gareth southgate within the next hour to get his thoughts. we feel we are almost there. _ hour to get his thoughts. we feel we are almost there. thank _ hour to get his thoughts. we feel we are almost there. thank you - hour to get his thoughts. we feel we are almost there. thank you for - are almost there. thank you for staying across all of that. thank you for staying across all of that. meanwhile, after the euros, hansi flick will be taking over as the new germany manager. he'll replacejoachim loew, who he served as an assistant for eight years, winning the world cup together in 2014. loew is stepping down after this summer's tournament, while flick left his role as head coach at bayern munich last week. japan have been assured by the united states that a �*no travel�* advisory, will not affect american olympians. the tokyo games are just weeks away now and, on monday, the us state department warned americans against travelling to japan because of a surge in coronavirus cases in the country, but the united states olympic and paralympic committee says it still anticipates american athletes will be able to safely travel and compete. i'll have more for you in the next hour.

returning to that story of the international outrage about belarus's interception of a ryanair flight and the arrest of a journalist passenger, the eu has decided to halt flights over belarussian airspace. belarussian state media have reported that president alexander lukashenko personally ordered the flight to be intercepted, claiming it was in response to a bomb scare. andrei sannikov is a former belarus deputy foreign minister now in exile in poland. hejoins me now from warsaw. good afternoon to you. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. there has been outrage for much of the international community. how would you characterise this event? ., ., , ., , event? outrageous. that is the correct word — event? outrageous. that is the correct word for _ event? outrageous. that is the correct word for this. _ event? outrageous. that is the correct word for this. it - event? outrageous. that is the correct word for this. it is - event? outrageous. that is the correct word for this. it is an i correct word for this. it is an outstanding act of state treasurer, air parity and kidnapping and i

think these are the correct terms to use for this incidence. the lives of passengers were definitely threatened. that is why i think the assessment of world leaders and european leaders is quite correct. i want to praise them, praised the united kingdom, for being the first to stop flights to and from belarus. that was an exemplary decision of the governments of the united kingdom. we the governments of the united kinudom. ~ . the governments of the united kinadom. ~ . ., ., kingdom. we will catch on in a moment to — kingdom. we will catch on in a moment to what _ kingdom. we will catch on in a moment to what ails _ kingdom. we will catch on in a moment to what ails the - moment to what ails the international community can do, but i want to ask you why target roman protasevich? what sort of threat to see represents?— see represents? first of all, forget about logic _ see represents? first of all, forget about logic. that _ see represents? first of all, forget about logic. that is _ see represents? first of all, forget about logic. that is why _ see represents? first of all, forget about logic. that is why i _ see represents? first of all, forget about logic. that is why i can't - about logic. that is why i can't answer logical questions with logical questions. alexander

lukashenko is scared, erratic in his behaviour. he is not controlling the country. the incidents, not only with the aeroplane, but also with other things that are happening in belarus like closing joined the major internet source of media, or other things, major internet source of media, or otherthings, itjust major internet source of media, or other things, it just shows major internet source of media, or other things, itjust shows that he is not in control even of himself. when our dictator is not in control, the secret service will try to prove that they are more valuable than others because the resources are scarce, even for the secret service to pay them. they never think, the nature of people like alexander lukashenko, they never think of the consequences and they never calculate any consequences. they want to show that they are in

control and they want the people to live in fear, but he is shooting his own throat because in one day he ruined the whole industry, the air traffic industry, because nobody wants to have anything to do with it. ., , . ., , . , it. there have been consequences, the banning _ it. there have been consequences, the banning of _ it. there have been consequences, the banning of flights _ it. there have been consequences, the banning of flights from - it. there have been consequences, | the banning of flights from belarus. that has an impact on ordinary people as well in the country, many of whom do not support him. yes. of whom do not support him. yes, definitely- — of whom do not support him. yes, definitely. the _ of whom do not support him. yes, definitely. the attitude _ of whom do not support him. yes, definitely. the attitude is, - of whom do not support him. 165: definitely. the attitude is, we can tolerate this, we can tolerate it a bit to get rid of this dictator. he managed to put a lid on the protests, but what will then happen in the country is there is hatred

going towards him. he is hated by the whole country. people are ready to suffer to get rid of this dictator because he is a threat to the people and now after the ryanair flights he is perceived as a threat to international security. we have been talking about this for a long time. ., ., ., _, , time. the international community has imposed _ time. the international community has imposed these _ time. the international community has imposed these further - time. the international community i has imposed these further sanctions. there were sanctions imposed on him and members of his regime in october 2020, there was a travel ban, an asset freeze, and it didn't stop him from joining this plane and arresting this dissident. you mentioned _ arresting this dissident. you mentioned the _ arresting this dissident. qm, mentioned the sanctions, they are not sanctions. the sanctions are the personal ones. they may work against russian oligarchs and officials,

they have a lot of assets in europe, their children study there. alexander lukashenko, he doesn't trust europe, he doesn't have any of his money there. if you want to freeze his assets, you would need to go to his dictator friends. freeze his assets, you would need to go to his dictatorfriends. they were introduced, then lifted,, but when the united states are to putting on sanctions against his refineries, that was felt because even russia is hesitant to deliver oil for the belarus even russia is hesitant to deliver oilfor the belarus refineries. it doesn't stop second him because he is not knowledge —— not logical. he is not knowledge —— not logical. he is scared because he never expected the outrage of the people against

him. he thought he would be the eternal dictator. his power has gone now. i eternal dictator. his power has gone now. ., ., ., ., ., now. i wanted to ask one final question. _ now. i wanted to ask one final question, which _ now. i wanted to ask one final question, which is _ now. i wanted to ask one final question, which is do - now. i wanted to ask one final question, which is do you - now. i wanted to ask one final l question, which is do you detect now. i wanted to ask one final - question, which is do you detect the role of russia in this? with ryanair? yes. i expect russia were informed about it. the strong measures taken by western countries, again the questions... notice has popped up because of this incident with ryanair. the pandora's box is open because of crammed in support of him. thank you so much for talking to us, the former belarussian deputy foreign minister, now in exile in poland.

the headlines on bbc news: council leaders and local officials in eight areas of england hardest hit by the indian coronavirus variant have strongly criticised the way the government issued new guidance for people living there. anti—muslim sentiment remains a problem in the conservative party and some of the prime minister's comments were "insensitive" according to a review into islamophobia in the party. friends of the journalist being held in belarus after his plane was diverted say he looks like he's been beaten. let's get more now on the extra coronavirus restrictions given to a number of areas hit by the indian variant, which the local authorities say they weren't told about. labour has demanded the government withdraw the advice that people shouldn't leave their local areas. a government website was updated on friday, but some of the affected councils in areas including bolton, bedford and leicester said they only found out last night. the shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth, said they were local lockdowns

imposed without consultation. so can the minister understand how upsetting it is, how insulting it is to have new restrictions imposed upon us, local lockdowns by stealth, by the back door and the secretary of state doesn't even have the courtesy to come and tell us? why was this guidance plonked on a website on friday night and not communicated to everyone? why were local directors of public health and local authority leaders not consulted? why weren't mps informed? and what does it now mean for our constituents? what does it mean for the family in leicester who booked a few days next week by the coast for school half term? do they have to cancel that break? what does it mean for university students in leicester when they finished their exams? do they have to go home

and can they go home? and can prospective students come? what is mean for the parents in bolton who are planning to take their children to see grandparents on the other side of greater manchester at this bank holiday monday? should they rearrange their plans? what does it mean for the young couple in burnley or blackburn who have postponed their wedding for over a year and they have invited friends and family from across the country to come and celebrate their special day with them? is the message to them that they have to delay their wedding again? can the minister answer these questions today? and can he take a message from me as a member of parliament for leicester south back to the secretary of state withdraw this guidance now? the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, responded by calling for parties to work together, to fight the virus. essentially, as i have said in my opening statement, what we are asking people to do in those affected areas is to be

cautious, is to be careful, so on visiting family that he asked about, meet out rather than inside were possible. meeting indoors is still allowed in a group of six, but meeting outdoors is safer. meet two metres apart from people you don't live with unless you have formed a support bubble and this includes friends and family you don't live with. so, yes, people can visit family in half term if they follow social distancing guidelines. the guidelines include specific sections on family. avoid travelling in and out of affected areas. and that is as the prime minster side on the 14th unless it is essential for work purposes. the whole principle here, mr speaker, is that we need to work together, he has a responsibility, as i do, as do the metro mayors to communicate to our residents, our constituents that this is a time to be vigilant, to be careful, we are putting more surge

vaccination and of course surge testing and turbo—charging vaccination in those areas to make sure that we do do the work with local directors of public health and absolutely, i hope he will agree, we have had that plan in place and we have seen it operate in bolton and blackburn and we will see it operate in his constituency and other parts of the country, as well. also in the commons today, the business secretary kwasi kwarteng has said britain is considering all options for liberty steel after the collapse of its main lender greensill capital but that nationalisation was the least likely. liberty steel — which employs 3,000 people in britain — is planning to sell its stocksbridge plant as part of a restructuring. addressing mps, mr kwarteng was asked what support the government could offer to local communities. mr gupta promised that none of our steel plants would close on his watch, but after the serious fraud office descended on his empire, the workforce is afraid

for their future. now the liberty steel plant in tredegar puts food on the table and pays the mortgage is of my constituents and across the country, 5,000 families rely on the company. we now need the government to ensure that these plants remain open and crucially provide the finance to bridge any transition period should a new buyer or estate purchase be necessary and of course work with the trade unions to test the commitment of any new buyers. if promises are broken, will the secretary of state step in with the finance to support our steel communities? the honourable gentleman will remember that mr gupta asked myself and the department for £170 million and dare i say it, many members opposite were hollering

and screaming and saying we should nationalise and in fact, i would say that my actions and those have been vindicated, there were serious concerns about corporate governance for this company and it is something that members on the party opposite should do well to understand and manage with care public finances. having said that, i'm monitoring the situation closely and i remain strategically committed to a steel industry in the sector. charities working with older people say demand for video—calling and digital services has doubled over the last year. the bbc has been speaking to one man, ron, who was widowed at the start of the pandemic and says learning to video chat with people was "a godsend". luxmy gopal reports. ron and jean were married for 56 years, but at the start of the pandemic, jean died of cancer. three weeks after we got the funeral over with, lockdown came — it couldn't have come at a worse time. stuck shielding at home for months, ron faced his grief alone — until he decided to learn how to video chat.

hiya, ron. hello, there. hello, again. nice to see you again. to be quite honest, without me ipad, i would have been totally lost. in my particular position it's brilliant, because i can't walk so it's been a godsend to be able to talk to people, you know, without going out of my house. he was remotely taught digital skills by local charities in leeds. after never having touched a tablet device before last year, he's now used his to find bereavement counselling and chat to people. at least you're not talking to faceless people — when you talk to them on the phone yet, you can't imagine who you're really talking to. i've got in touch with a cousin of mine in kent who i haven't spoken to for 45 years, and i've got through to her on messenger and all you do is press a camera thing and it gets you through — unbelievable. and ron's experience reflects a trend among his generation. an ofcom study found the proportion

of over—65s using video calling nearly tripled after lockdown, and the leeds branch of age uk says during the pandemic it's seen a doubling in demand for its digital support services among older people. many charities say the online influx could be beneficial in the long term for delivering services — for example, to those with mobility issues or in bad weather. of course, it's not about replacing face—to—face contact, but simply offering more options. it's about giving people that choice. we're trying to give people the skills and the access to the devices and the connectivity, which are all challenges that we face. but if we can encourage people to give it a go so they can see what it's like to use it if they need to. do you think this is something you're going to continue with in the future, even after lockdown and the pandemic is over? no doubt about it, no doubt about it. yeah, i'll keep on using it. there's work to be done to ensure wider access to the internet and devices for the older community. but the past year of lockdown has

at least encouraged more engagement. and the final thought from ron on zoom. you're never too old to learn. it's as simple as that. i mean, if i can learn, anybody can. luxmy gopal, bbc news, leeds. tony hudgell is only six—years—old but he's already raised more than £1.5 million for charity through a series of walking challenges. tony walks using prosthetic limbs. he lost his legs when he was a baby — after he was abused by his biological parents. now, a new law, calling for tougher sentences for those who harm children, could be named after him. graham satchell reports. tony hudgell taking the final few steps of his extraordinary challenge last year. inspired by captain tom, tony walked 10 kilometres on his new legs and raised more than £1 million for the hospital that saved his life. tony hudgell taking the final

few steps of his extraordinary challenge last year. tony was just a few weeks old when he suffered horrific life—threatening injuries. the evelina worked on him for three months. they never expected him to survive. paula hudgell, a foster carer, was asked to take tony in. presented in front of me was this tiny, broken, shut down, underweight, legs in plasterfour—month—old baby. i broke down in tears, absolutely sobbed, and thought, "i can't do this." but within two hours of being with him, there was no way i was going to leave him, he was coming home with us. tony's injuries were inflicted by his biological parents. he suffered multiple organ failure, septicaemia and fractures to both thighs, lower legs, ankles, toes and thumbs. this is tony with his natural parents, tony smith and jodie simpson. in 2018, they were convicted of causing serious physical harm to a child and cruelty

to a person under 16. they were sentenced to ten years each, the maximum for this offence. ever since the trial, paula has been campaigning with her local mp, tom tugendhat. she wants the maximum sentence for child cruelty to be made the same as serious offences against an adult, a life sentence. it's impossible for us to know the pain tony must have suffered in those first few weeks of his life. tom tugendhat in the house of commons last year. today he's introducing an amendment to the government's policing bill that would give judges the discretion to give life sentences for serious child cruelty. the purpose of tony's law is to increase the maximum sentence possible forjudges to resort to in the most serious cases to life imprisonment. serious physical harm to a child is relatively rare. between 2014 and 2018, for example, 114 offenders received an immediate custodial sentence for cruelty to children.

hi. my name's tony and i'm walking 100 steps for captain tom. in recent weeks, tony has started walking without his crutches. he is a remarkable, inspirational little boy. good boy. keep going. his family now say people who abuse children in the future should face the most serious punishment. graham satchell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello, again. the stark contrast between this may at last may could not be greater. we saw temperatures above 20 degrees on 21 days. this may has been far different, it has been railing relentlessly and there is only been one day so far above 20, but that is

likely to change later this week. we could see temperatures rise quite rightly about the 20 degrees mark. this afternoon, 15, 16 degrees the very best. some sunshine across central and southern england compared to yesterday. the strongest winds with more persistent rain towards devon and cornwall police to then enter the channel islands for then enter the channel islands for the first part of the night. overnight we will continue with showers over eastern parts of scotland and into the north—east of england. most other areas becoming dry with clear skies. temperature down towards the bristol channel could capture two or three degrees for some as we start tomorrow. a bright start across much of england, wales, northern ireland. cardiff north of england, eastern scotland. heavier showers into the afternoon with the odd rumble of thunder. more of you will have a dry day tomorrow and it may start to feel a touch warmer across southern and western

warmer across southern and western areas warmer across southern and western areas where temperatures around 16 or 17 degrees. we finished the day with heavy showers in the east of scotland and northern england. they will fade away. for a thursday, some based on low cloud to begin with, some cloud will bubble up it will be fairweather clyde. most of us will be dry and it will feel warmer. by thursday we could start to see a few spots about 20 celsius. high pressure is just about holding up this weather front, pressure is just about holding up this weatherfront, put pressure is just about holding up this weather front, put into friday it will push into western fringes of the uk. because it is running at a high pressure there will not be huge amounts of rain. there will be missed, luke wright around. some spots of rain or drizzle for scotland and northern and western areas. furthersouth scotland and northern and western areas. further south and east to sunshine will pray to the cloud and more likely to see temperatures of about 20 degrees. increasing amounts of sunshine through saturday and sunday. the bank holiday weekend could bring rain in northern areas on monday, but certainly drier and warmer than of late.

this is bbc news. the headlines: local authorities in england hardest hit by the covid indian variant and where more than 2 million people live say they weren't consulted about new restrictions. can he understand how insulting it is to have new restrictions imposed upon us, local lockdowns by stealth, by the back door and the secretary of state doesn't even have the courtesy to come and tell us. we want the whole country to move out of these restrictions together and we have trusting, trusting people to be responsible and to act with caution and common—sense as they have done throughout this pandemic. a report into conservative party handling of discrimination claims criticises borisjohnson's comments about women wearing the burka, which he made while he was a journalist.