quarantine—free travel to portugal will end on tuesday, as the government moves it

off the uk green list. for travellers who'd hoped to get to one of the very few options for european holidays, it's a bitter blow i'm gutted, really. but, anyway, it is what it is. i understand. but we can't quarantine. we are trying to change flights as i stand. but it's not likely that i'll be able to go. greece, along with spain, france, and italy, all remain on the amber list, meaning ten days' quarantine on return, and two covid tests. as the travel industry reacts with dismay, we'll be asking if this is a foretaste of a stop—start summer for british holiday—makers. also tonight... the squalid barracks in kent where hundreds of asylum seekers got covid. the high court says the government broke the law by putting them there. the mother of a 14—year—old boy stabbed to death in birmingham pays tribute at the scene where he died. fears that a burnt—out cargo ship off the coast of sri lanka could spill hundreds of tonnes

of oil into the sea. and a double century on his debut for new zealand's devon conway during the test match against england at lord's. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel... trent alexander—arnold is out of the euros — the england full—back has been sidelined for six weeks with a thigh injury. good evening. hundreds of holiday—makers and would—be travellers have had their plans thrown into disarray — as quarantine for those returning from portugal is to be reintroduced. portugal had been the only mainstream european travel destination on the uk green list — but those returning from there after 4am on tuesday will now have to isolate for ten days and take two coronavirus tests. no new countries were added to the green list today,

and seven countries — including costa rica, egypt, and sri lanka — were added to the red list, meaning mandatory quarantine in a government—approved hotel. portugaljoins the amber list, which includes other key british holiday destinations such as spain, italy, france, and greece, which the government says british residents "should not travel" to. the portuguese government said it was struggling to see the logic in the decision, while here, the move has sparked anger and concern in the travel industry — and introduced uncertainty for those who've booked to go abroad. our transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it was a brief moment in the sun. after three weeks, portugal is off the green list. for passengers heading out there today, the news came as a shock. gutted, really. but, anyway, it is what it is. i understand, but we can't quarantine when we come back. we've got to work. so we just had to cancel everything. frustrating. it's not a problem for me, i'm retired.

but my daughter was coming out with her friends on sunday. they've now had to cancel. so four of them are really disappointed, i guess. i definitely can't quarantine - for ten days when i come back, due to business commitments. so i probably... i will make a decision very shortly as to whether i go at all. - in portugal, beach bars and restaurants had been steadily filling up. uk visitors were surprised by the announcement. it's a little bit sad, really, because we're here, we're on holiday, and everything seems really safe. everyone�*s wearing their mask, probably a bit more protected than the uk. it's just sad that it's going onto the amber list. we travelled here because we didn't have to isolate on our return. so for tourism, i think it's going to be a big blow. the news was crushing for the seabrooks, who run this beachfront bar in the algarve. well, unfortunately, we've employed ten new staff in the last week, and every single one of them is going to have to be made redundant.

it's just terribly sad. and again, the suppliers, carriers, all of the testing centres for the travellers to get back efficiently without queues, it'sjust rubbish. there's no two ways about it. it's heartbreaking for us, we're going to have to let all these staff go again, and we don't know when — if — we'll be able to employ them again. no other countries have been added to the green list either, meaning portugaljoins spain, greece and france on the amber list. the small trickle of passengers back into uk airports over the course of the last few weeks hasn't been the restart that many in the industry wanted. but today's announcement is a very bitter blow. well, the uk has, essentially, with the decision that it's taken today, which i said was unjustifiable and completely irrational, cut itself off from europe — and from the world, for that matter. i would urge them to re—look into this, because there are so many families now who can't reunite that should be able to do so, and i think it's utterly

confusing for british people. so, what's the justification? we've seen two things, really, which have caused concern. one is, the positivity rate has nearly doubled since the last review, in portugal. the other is that there's a sort of nepal mutation of the so—called indian variant which has been detected, and we just don't know the potential for that to be a vaccine—defeating mutation, and simply don't want to take the risk as we come up to 21stjune. seven more countries were also added to the red list — afghanistan, bahrain, costa rica, egypt, sri lanka, sudan and trinidad and tobago. with concerns about new variants, some have argued that the government have made the right decision. to be cautious at this stage, it's, yes, an extreme measure, but it's a pandemic situation and you don't want more variants coming to the uk. but many who were planning foreign

trips, and the industry that was hoping to take them, will be bitterly disappointed by today's news and worried about the uncertain shadow it throws across the summer. and caroline is here now. what is behind the government's decision? the what is behind the government's decision? ., ., , . decision? the government has cited the variants — decision? the government has cited the variants and _ decision? the government has cited the variants and also _ decision? the government has cited the variants and also the _ decision? the government has cited the variants and also the number i decision? the government has cited the variants and also the number of| the variants and also the number of cases in portugal. on the cases, portugal has gone up, it is now at 37 infections per 100,000 compared to the uk's 33.7. the portuguese foreign minister has tweeted saying they don't understand the uk government's logic in this decision. of government's logic in this decision. of course this step means huge uncertainty for businesses that were relying uk visitors notjust in portugal but in other countries, too, that hoping they would come back and still don't know whether they will return for the summer. it they will return for the summer. it has caused dismay in the travel industry. has caused dismay in the travel indust . , ., , ., ., industry. yes, realfrustration in the travel _

industry. yes, realfrustration in the travel industry _ industry. yes, realfrustration in the travel industry today, - industry. yes, realfrustration in the travel industry today, not i industry. yes, realfrustration in. the travel industry today, notjust because they have put a large amount of their resources towards a country that now many people will not be able to travel to, but also because they thought they were going to get some level of wording when the government introduced the travel list, the traffic light system, they also introduced a watchlist which was meant to be green countries on the verge of going to amber would go to amber would be put on that list to amber would be put on that list to give indication. portugal however has jumped straight from green to amber. the industry has already lost thousands ofjobs i was relying on the summer to be able to pull it through the winter months. however it is also clear from what the government are saying today that they are very concerned about variants and after the huge vaccination efforts they don't want to have one that is vaccine resilience that would take us back to step one. resilience that would take us back to step one-— to step one. thank you, caroline davies there. _ tomorrow, the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, is expected to announce an easing of covid restrictions across the country from monday, as well as giving further details about the weeks ahead. let's talk now to our wales correspondent tomos morgan in cardiff.

what sort of detail i likely to get? tomorrow is the latest three weekly review by mark drakeford and i think what will be clear, does the first minister said throughout this pandemic, that the 21st ofjune will not be the end of restrictions in wales, as is planned in england. there are still some concerns over at the delta variant here but there will be some easing of mixing restrictions tomorrow. it will be a phased return and move down to alert level. from monday groups of up to 30 can meet outdoors in private gardens or in hospitality settings and also for the first time since the pandemic began crowds of 4000 standing at 10,000 seated and go to outdoor football sports matches and concepts. social distancing will still need to be maintained in both those scenarios. and if things go the right way the 21st ofjune, groups of six can meet indoors, as

is already the case in england and they will be some easing on indoor activities, as well. the government is concerned about the delta variant. there are only 100 cases, less than 100 in wales, but they are concerned that an influx into wales and hotspots in the north of england could impact the situation in wales so i think with so much uncertainty still over this delta variant, the possibility and the likelihood is that wales will be in alert level1 for some time.— that wales will be in alert level1 for some time. ., ~ i. , . for some time. thank you very much, that is tomes — for some time. thank you very much, that is tomos morgan _ for some time. thank you very much, that is tomos morgan there. - the latest figures across the uk show there were 5,274 new coronavirus infections in the latest 24—hour period. that's the highest daily number of cases since the end of march. on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week was 3,853. 18 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours of people who'd had a positive covid—19 test within the prevous 28 days. the average number of deaths per day in the past week is 8.

nearly 173,000 people received their first dose of a vaccine in the last 24 hours, taking the overall total to more than 39.7 million people who've had a single jab. that's over three—quarters of the uk's adult population. more than 349,000 people had their second vaccine dose in the latest 24—hour period, which means more than 26.4 million have now had two jabs — so that's more than half of all adults in the uk. our health editor hugh pym is with me. that is the highest number of cases we have seen since the end of march. we have learnt a bit more today about the reason for this increase in cases, or one of the reasons, and thatis in cases, or one of the reasons, and that is that officials now say the variant first identified in india as the dominant strain in the uk. they

say public health england, it is their analysis, they say there are 12,400 cases this week, up from the total last week below 7000. 3000 of them are in hotspot areas, bolton and blackburn stop one slight bit of positive news and more so it's that in bolton they say the transmission rate has begun to fall, it is not spreading so rapidly because of the intervention of local health officials. but interestingly, they think that the risk of going to hospital with serious illness is higher with this variant first identified in india with the kent variant, first identified in the uk at the end of last year. they are not exactly sure how much buy. they say more analysis is needed. so 278 people in england this week needed to go to hospital, up from 201 the previous week, 94 needed an overnight stay. it has to be said the majority of those have not had i vaccine dose. this isjust the majority of those have not had i vaccine dose. this is just the sort of information which ministers and

officials will be looking at in england for this crucial decision aboutjune the 21st of. england for this crucial decision about june the 21st of.- england for this crucial decision about june the 21st of. hugh, thank ou ve about june the 21st of. hugh, thank you very much- _ the government acted unlawfully — the high court has ruled — by housing migrants in a dilapidated former army barracks, where 200 of them caught coronavirus. six asylum seekers brought the case, claiming that napier barracks in folkestone were unsafe. the home office said that use of the barracks would continue, and that it was considering its next steps. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has the details. a former and rundown army base less than a mile from the english channel — a temporary home for asylum seekers arriving in dinghies and lorries, asking for britain to take them in. this is napier barracks. for months, campaigners have called for its closure, saying it's unfit for human habitation. hundreds of men in limbo, waiting for a decision on whether they can stay, or must leave the uk. men like these, from iran, kuwait and elsewhere, who, from behind wire, tell me they've spent years moving through europe,

looking for a future. what's it like in there? there's no room. no, no, no, no room. like...line, and the animal is sleeping, one beside one. and this is why they say conditions are harsh. a blaze ripped through one of the dorms injanuary, as protests grew over conditions. injust two months, almost 200 men were infected with covid, as the virus swept through the packed dormitories and shared facilities. some tried to run away, fearing for their lives. today, mrjustice linden ruled that it was inevitable there would be a major outbreak of covid—19. he said that led to actual bodily harm of the residents and, as a result, the mental health of the claimants deteriorated. today, residents say they're still desperate to leave. we not have hot water. we not have internet, we not have electricity. we have just one douche for 100 person, and live in this military

base for 100 people. you understand ? if you need food — bad food. same food, notjust bad. and everything, my friend, is bad here. the home office today said it was disappointed with the ruling, but it hasn't said whether it's going to appeal — and it's go no plans, either, to close the facility. that's because it now believes it's safer — there's more covid testing, there's recreation for the men who are living here, and the barbed wire is gone. charities say the home secretary priti patel can't be trusted, that ministers need a solution to this now daily occurrence. more small boats across the english channel — around 100 people a day this week. as the summer hots up, expect more, and expect greater political and legal pressure on ministers to find a solution. dominic casciani, bbc news, folkestone, in kent.

the mother of a 14—year—old boy who was stabbed to death in birmingham broke down in tears this afternoon as she paid tribute to him at the scene where he died. dea—john reid was killed in the kingstanding area on monday evening. a man aged 35 has appeared in court charged with his murder. this evening, police have charged a second man and a 14—year—old boy also with murder. this report from phil mackie contains flashing images. a mother's grief. three days after her son dea—john reid lay dying here, joan morris had come to lay flowers. on monday evening, she said she sent her son out to play football, and he never came home. they took away my son's life! my son won't grow up to give me a grandchild! what more must i do? i love my son so much!

and when i went home and don't see my son in the house, ot�*s grieved me a lot. what more — what more can i do? what more can i do? it was another teenage life lost. described by his family as an incredibly talented footballer, gymnast and runner, dea—john reid died from a single stab wound to his chest. detectives are focusing on an incident involving the teenager and some of his friends immediately before the stabbing — they want to hear from anyone who saw what happened. the police tapes and forensic tent were gone today, and that gave locals a chance to come to express their grief. there are messages here from lots of friends — people who were at school with him — and even one from a teacher who described him as a superstar. and it's clear today, from what we've seen, this is a really raw moment for his family. he has so much potential. so much... every day, i tell him i'm proud of him. i don't want to talk

any more, i'm sorry. the family has praised the police investigation and said it would return here for a vigil on sunday night. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. there are fears that hundreds of tonnes of oil could spill into the sea off sri lanka from a stricken cargo ship, adding to what is already a major environmental disaster. the container ship caught fire two weeks ago, and huge quantities of plastic pellets on board have already spread along sri lanka's western coastline — polluting pristine beaches and threatening the country's fishing industry, as secunder kermani reports. an environmental disaster that only looks to be getting worse. after a fire broke out around two weeks ago, this huge ship, the x—press pearl, is sinking. desperate efforts to tow it further away from sri lanka's western coastline have failed, with part of the boat striking

against the sea bed. millions of plastic pellets that were being transported have already contaminated sri lanka's beaches. clean—up operations are under way, but the tiny pellets used to manufacture everyday products are often mistaken for food by marine life. the fear now is of a possible huge oil spill. around 350 tonnes were on board. it's not known how much has been burnt off. this is by far the worst marine environmental disaster sri lanka has ever seen, because if there's oil spills, it's going to be adding onto the plastic pellets and on top of the chemicals and the toxins, and the environmental disaster is going to quadruple. at the main fish market in the city of negombo, local fishermen know this could be a devastating blow to their livelihoods. the pandemic means any clean—up

is likely to take even longer. "the authorities need to stop environmental damage happening", says this fisherman. "they should have sunk the ship as soon as the fire started. it's not officials who will pay the price for this. it's us". 25 tonnes of nitric acid were also on board the ship. a leak in one of those containers likely caused the fire. port officials in both qatar and india had earlier refused to allow the chemical to be unloaded there. an investigation is under way, but for now, the focus is on preventing even more environmental damage. secunder kermani, bbc news. the bbc director general tim davie has apologised to the whistleblower who raised concerns about the reporter martin bashir. matt wiessler, a graphic designer, was sidelined by the bbc after raising concerns that fake bank statements which he mocked up for the journalist had been used to persuade princess diana to do

an interview in 1995. he said the apology was important to him, but that he now wants to move on. an armed policeman who shot the fishmongers' hall attacker has told an inquest he thought they were all going to die, after spotting what he believed to be a suicide belt attached to usman khan's waist. the officer, who can't be named to protect his identity, told the jury he came up close to khan, as bystanders pinned him to the ground on london bridge. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. having killed two people in fishmongers' hall, usman khan was pursued out onto london bridge by three men wielding a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk. they successfully brought him to the ground. at this point, three firearms officers arrived from city of london police. they dived in to try to try to take control. one of the officers, known as ws5 to conceal his identity, then saw what looked like a bomb

around the suspect�*s waist. he's got a bomb... "if you'd seen films, you'd have believed it was a viable device. various packages of cigarette packet—size, tape, wires coming out," ws5 told the inquestjury. "when i was in his face, in his personal space, i remember him shouting "allahu akbar" at me. at that point i thought, that's it, i'm not going home to see my family or my friends either." a second officer who was right by khan's head heard him saying, "i've got a bomb." "i was slightly stunned. i was thinking, you want to kill yourself and you want me to do it," yx99 recalled. but worrying about the device around khan's waist, he said, "i drew my firearm up into the aiming position. i'd already made the decision several seconds prior that i was going to shoot him. the first second the shot became available, i took it." he said he fired, "to save myself and to try and save the people around me. i thought he was

going to detonate it. i thought we were going to die from that close." the officers then retreated. a stand—off followed with the armed police watching from a safer distance from behind cover, and khan lying here on the bridge. a police helicopter was hovering overhead, beaming live pictures back to the control room. and then, after eight minutes, to the officers' surprise, khan sat up. at that point, six officers started shooting, firing a total of 18 bullets. khan was declared dead soon afterwards. the belt he was wearing turned out to be fake. daniel sandford, bbc news, at fishmongers hall. in a week's time, president biden will arrive in the uk as the leaders of some of the world's largest democracies gather in cornwall for the g7 conference. one of the issues on the agenda is their relationship with china, and ongoing concerns about beijing's alleged persecution of the country's uighur population.

the uighurs are a 12 million—strong ethnic grouping who are mostly muslim, and who live mainly in the xinjiang province of north west china. the us is among several countries to have accused china of committing genocide. china denies these accusations and says it's been combating separatism and islamist militancy in the region. this week, exiled uighurs have come to london to put pressure on the international community to act, as caroline hawley reports. this man wants to tell the world his story. so does gulbaharjalilova, to speak out for their people. china's accused of mass atrocities against the uighurs, of incarcerating over a million people, of subjecting uighurs to forced labour and sterilisations — allegations it denies. but in this remote area of north—west china, wearing a headscarf or having a beard can put you behind bars. gulbaharjalilova says she was arrested in 2017,

accused of terrorism, and put in a cell with dozens of other women who were all given regular injections and pills that stopped their periods. once every ten days, she says, they were forced to strip naked. this man was accused by china of revealing state secrets in1993, and jailed. he now has asylum in norway, where he's active in the uighur community. but in 2017, he says he got a video call in which he could see his brother and sister hanging by their arms from a ceiling. he says a policeman called and stopped him to stop funding uighur groups in turkey, to stop mixing with other uighur exiles. he refused. since then, he says his entire family — 30 people in all — have disappeared.

it's impossible for us to verify their accounts. china prevents independent journalists and human rights organisations from operating freely in xinjiang, where most uighurs live. these pictures from state media show the region as a happy tourist destination. chinese officials call it a place of harmony. but the witnesses who've come to london to testify at a self—styled tribunal will tell a very different story. it has no government backing or legal force, and china has vehemently denounced everyone involved. translation: the so-called uighur special tribunal - is neither legal nor credible. it's just another anti—china farce, concocted by a few people. the chinese authorities

say that the witnesses to the tribunal are all acting, are actors, that this is a show. both say they've come to london to put the spotlight on the uighurs�* collective suffering, and china's efforts to erase their identity. caroline hawley, bbc news. the president of the committee organising the tokyo olympics, seiko hashimoto, has told the bbc that the games will go ahead as planned — despite mounting opposition in her country. with 50 days to go until last year's delayed olympics begin — and with the first athletes arriving injapan —10,000 volunteers have quit, citing safety fears, and 100 areas have pulled out of hosting training camps for certain teams. our sports correspondent laura scott reports. from a state of emergency

to the biggest event on earth. that's the shift japan will need to undergo injust 50 days, but the woman at the helm is confident the show will go on. translation: i believe the possibility of these l games happening is 100%. despite her determination, as the countdown to tokyo 2020 ticks on, there is still overwhelming public opposition injapan, recent polls suggesting 80% want the games cancelled. a fourth wave of the virus is leaving intensive care wards struggling to cope, and less than 3% of the population have been vaccinated so far. but hashimoto says reassurance should be taken from restrictions like the ban on overseas fans. translation: it is my conviction that when people understand - there are no firmer measures we could be taking to prevent the spread of coronavirus,

attitudes will change to say it is ok to have the games. how will you deal with any outbreak of coronavirus during the games? translation: if an outbreak should i happen during the games that amounts to a crisis or an emergency situation, then i believe we must be prepared to have these games without any spectators. hashimoto's a seven—time olympian winning bronze for speed skating at the 1992 games, so she's well aware of the focus required to perform at this level. whether it's synchronised swimmers in spain, boxers in uganda or divers in the uk, tokyo's hopefuls have been trying to block out the uncertainty. yet, as the first of the teams touched down injapan, hashimoto didn't rule out those from high—risk countries being denied entry. the headaches for organisers continue. on wednesday, 10,000 volunteers quit amid concerns that the olympics will become a super—spreader.

translation: still, - there are loud voices saying we are not doing enough. and of course, the ioc could still say maybe we shouldn't be holding the games. in that case, even though we have very little time, we would put all our efforts into finding areas where we could improve and make our best efforts to put on the games. for many injapan, these games pose an unwanted risk, but hashimoto is adamant that next month, athletes from around the world will be stepping onto these podiums, celebrating victory against all the odds. laura scott, bbc news. cricket now, and england bowled out new zealand for 378 on the second day of the test at lords. but in a mixed performance, some strong bowling earlier in the day was followed by a shaky start to england's batting. they closed the day on 111 for 2. our sports correspondent ollie foster was watching.

the focus of the test so far has been on two debutants.