this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. banned for two years — facebook says donald trump's suspension following the capitol hill riots will stay in place for now, and could be extended if there's still a risk to public safety. a plea for help from nepal as it suffers a second wave of covid—19. 4000 people have died in the past month. here is another army ambulance bringing in more covid victims. it just gives you a sense of the pressure on nepal that covid is taking on their city. the eu bans belarusian carriers from flying in its airspace in response to the forced grounding of the ryanair flight in minsk last month.

hello. facebook has suspended former us president trump from all of its social media platforms for at least two years. he's been banned from facebook since january for his posts about the storming of the us capitol by his supporters, but last month, a review criticised the open—ended penalty. his profiles on facebook and instagram will only be reinstated if the social media giant believes his accounts are no longer a threat to public safety. in a statement, mr trump said the ruling was an insult to every person who voted for him. 0ur media editor amol rajan has been examining facebook�*s changing role in the political landscape. silicon valley, that weird strip of motorway on front of me, just adjacent to the bay area and san francisco is home to the dentist

concentration of software engineers and computer scientist in history, but these days, they are being dragged into ever more into political philosophy. where? by a curious quirk of history. a former leader of a liberal democrats. in weighing the potential harms against free speech for powerful people, nick and facebook are making the sorts ofjudgements that her stress really —— historicallyjournalists really —— historically journalists have really —— historicallyjournalists have made. they are the editors of the internet and therefore of our public domain. facebook�*s trilemma was sensitive and involves trade—offs, and was guaranteed to be polarised. the world's biggest social network has denied access to its megaphone, to a person who has voted four by 7a million people. i suspect he's going to have to get used to some here in the us. earlier, i spoke to our reporter

in new york, nada tawfik. i asked her what facebook said about the decision. facebook has said this is the highest penalty under their new enforcement protocols, and they decided that the two years were necessary as a suspension for mr trump because they thought that it would be a long enough time for allow for a safe period after the acts of incitement, and they also thought he would be a significant deterrent for mr trump and others from committing similar violations in the future. it's interesting that facebook acknowledged that no matter what they decided, this was going to be a controversial decision. they know that there are some who would like to see the former president permanently banned from facebook, and that there are others who are concerned about tech companies having this kind of power, considering this censorship and

silencing of certain voices. but facebook says they think this was a proportionate response and they will then advise later after two years if there is another incident where mr trump violates its policies, and we have heard reaction from mr trump from his super pack, where he often puts out statement. the first one said that this is an insult to the 75 million people who voted for him, but the second statement was very much in mr trump's own voice. he said that he would no longer when he's in the white house next time invite mark zuckerberg and his wife to dinner, that it will be all business moving forward. there's been a real— business moving forward. there's been a real reversal— business moving forward. there's been a real reversal of— business moving forward. there's| been a real reversal of facebook's policy when it comes to shielding politicians. policy when it comes to shielding oliticians. ~ , ,., , ~ policy when it comes to shielding oliticians. , ~ ., ., politicians. absolutely. a ma'or reversal. you d politicians. absolutely. a ma'or reversal. you had i politicians. absolutely. a ma'or reversal. you had mark i politicians. absolutely. a major. reversal. you had mark zuckerberg himself, the vice president of

global affairs also, who had really defended this position of having politicians be considered newsworthy, that shouldn't be taken down on public platforms. the oversight board criticised facebook on that policy as well, saying that everyone needed to be held to the same rules and treated equally. so, here you have facebook coming out and saying that's exactly what we're going to do, change how politicians arejudged on the platform, where they monitor accounts and politicians if they do violate these new rules, will be suspended from a month to two years, depending on the violation. ., month to two years, depending on the violation. . , , , violation. nigeria suspended twitter from author operating _ violation. nigeria suspended twitter from author operating in _ violation. nigeria suspended twitter from author operating in the - from author operating in the country. the move comes two days after a post on president muhammadu buhari's verified account was deleted by the social media site for violating guidelines. but twitter was still working after the statement was issued.

the social media giant says it's investigating the announcement which it's called "deeply concerning." in an interview with the bbc, the prime minister of nepal has made an urgent plea to his uk counterpart and other world leaders to provide vaccines for his country, as it suffers a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. kp sharma 0li said it was particularly the uk's responsibility, given the close ties the nations share. it comes as nepal's health ministry has refuted reports of a new variant emerging in the country. this report from rajini vaidyanathan, shalu yadav and moose campbell in kathmandu. a sister consumed by grief... ..in a nation crushed by covid. in nepal, more than 4000 people have died from the virus in the last month alone. families are forced to say their last goodbyes at the gates

of the capital's crematorium. my husband's dead, my husband's dead. andon mascherpa's husband, kirpal, died this week. through the railings, she performs his last rites. a final prayer for her beloved. not since the devastating earthquake in 2015 has this nation felt so broken. the country's army's been drafted in to collect and transport the bodies of those who died. it's only been a few minutes since we came in with the first ambulance, and here is another army ambulance bringing in more covid victims. itjust gives you a sense of the pressure and toll that covid

is taking on this city. healthcare is basic. nepal is one of the world's poorest nations. ventilators remain in short supply. last week, the uk sent more than 200. in an interview with the bbc, the prime minister said its vaccines he desperately needs. he said the sacrifices of nepal's serialjurors meant it was the uk's duty to send them —— soldiers. we have a very old friendly and diplomatic ties, when the gurkhas served the uk for so many years, putting their lives at risk so many times, so it is the responsibility of the uk also to support nepal. the virus is now climbing in rural areas now the peak has passed in cities.

nepal's leader has been blamed by many for looking down his mountain nation too late. and for keeping its borders with india open, allowing the delta variant first detected there to spread as migrant workers return home. at this buddhist service in the capital, prayers for a veteran who died alone. this is a nation in mourning. at a time when many are turning to old friends, nepal is appealing to the uk for a helping hand. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, kathmandu, nepal. let's look at some of the day's other news. president biden has defended the president's top coronavirus adviser, dr anthony fauci, amid scrutiny of his recently released work emails. dr fauci's emails have raised questions on whether he backed

chinese denials of the theory that covid—i9 leaked from a lab in wuhan. dr fauci said the email had been taken out of context by critics. the influential archbishop of munich, cardinal reinhard marx, has offered his resignation to pope francis over what he described as the catastrophe of child sex abuse by roman catholic clerics in germany. in a letter, he said there was consistent evidence of institutional and personal failures and that responsibility should be shared. the cardinal himself is not accused of any abuse and is seen as a liberal reformer. the brazilian space agency says that deforestation in the brazilian amazon region increased by 40% in may compared to the same period last year. in its latest report, inpe says over a thousand square kilometres were lost, representing a record increase in tree loss. brazilian environmentalists say they expect illegal logging to get worse in the months ahead as the amazon enters the dry season. the french finance minister has told

the bbc that the g7 group of leading economies is close to reaching an agreement on global taxation. it aims to stop big corporations from exploiting tax loopholes, by setting up headquarters in countries with advantageous tax regimes. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the story. in a crisis, an opportunity. there may be masks and no handshakes, but this is the first major in—person meeting of the world's most powerful nations since the covid outbreak, ahead of the full g7 summit in cornwall next week, hosted by the chancellor. all of these finance ministers, from the us to japan, have been borrowing incredible amounts, trillions of dollars, yen and euro, to support their economies through the pandemic, and have coffers to fill. and at the same time covid—i9 has accelerated sales and profits and revenues at multinational digital giants who have proved difficult to squeeze taxes out of, so the world's biggest economies have decided at this meeting

to set a global minimum rate of corporation tax. we are spending a lot of public money to protect our economies against the consequences of covid, and to have a quick and very strong economic recovery, but we need money, and we need new resources. so, how do you sell this within the european union to your colleague, the president of the euro group, the finance minister of ireland? i can understand the difficulty of ireland and some other european countries, but, when there is such international impetus, this is in the interests of all 27 european member states to say, yes, we are on board and we are supporting this international tax system. it is the us leading the charge on this under president biden�*s treasury secretary, a massive turnaround from the trump administration. the finance ministers will squeeze big global corporations with a minimum tax rate of at least 15% applying around the world.

the crisis means that they have got no choice. but in the fine detail of these negotiations, there is still a question of who gets that bounty. that's why the chancellor is being cautious so far. will it go predominantly for hundreds of billions of dollars to the coffers of president biden, from the us tech giants, or, can they agree that notjust the profits, but sales in, say, britain, from these global tech giants can be taxed by britain? talks over making it compulsory for major companies to report on their plans for cutting emissions to help the climate change effort are also on a knife edge. on both issues, the finance ministers may be tempted to leave it to their bosses, the presidents and prime ministers, next week, in cornwall. faisal islam, at the g7 meeting, in london. alison lobb is an international tax and policy partner at deloitte. earlier, she told me the sticking points in the negotiations to reach a global tax deal.

i think they are two big things here that the government needs to agree. the first is what companies are going to be included in the piece that looks to allocate profits to the countries in sales rather than the countries in sales rather than the country where the prophets are sitting at the moment. so, which companies will be in that? what is going to be this global minimum rate that all countries will agree they will either apply or if they don't apply, there will be measures that other countries can effectively take some of that tax and take it for themselves. some of that tax and take it for themselves-— some of that tax and take it for themselves. and the companies themselves. _ themselves. and the companies themselves, they _ themselves. and the companies themselves, they don't - themselves. and the companies themselves, they don't get - themselves. and the companies themselves, they don't get a i themselves. and the companies| themselves, they don't get a say themselves. and the companies i themselves, they don't get a say in this, so it's going to be down to the governments to reach an agreement and surely, isn't it in every nation's interest to try and squeeze more out of these massive global companies? i squeeze more out of these massive global companies?— global companies? i think the first thin to global companies? i think the first thing to say _ global companies? i think the first thing to say is _ global companies? i think the first thing to say is it _ global companies? i think the first thing to say is it isn't _ global companies? i think the first thing to say is it isn'tjust - global companies? i think the first thing to say is it isn't just those i thing to say is it isn'tjust those companies that you might think of as

clearly digital that are going to be within the scope of these walls, but the proposals from president biden went much further and looked at the largest 100 companies in the world, largest 100 companies in the world, largest global companies, within the regime. that will include companies that you wouldn't necessarily think of as purely digital. that means there needs to be rules based on principles and rules based on activity that can be clearly measured. sales is one of those activities being looked at. but the question also is how much of the profits of that company do you allocate to the country in sales. that has got to be decided as well. how tricky will that be to decide, do you think? we've seen america lead the charge on this, and some analysts say it's because america is going to the most. it’s analysts say it's because america is going to the most.— going to the most. it's an interesting _ going to the most. it's an interesting point. - going to the most. it's an l interesting point. certainly, president biden is looking to get

agreement here from it because it helps to support the measures that the administration want to take in the administration want to take in the us at home. equally, other countries, including many of those in europe and in the g7, who do want to see these changes. so, there is momentum from both sides to get to agreement. but you're right, there is no precedent for doing this. it is no precedent for doing this. it is a new regime, it's taking a lot of time and effort to get to the political agreement, but also to understand what that might mean for individual countries or individual companies in terms of how it changes the tax they pay. the scramble for uk tourists to get back from portugal before 4am on tuesday. the queen and her husband began

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this is bbc news. banned for two years — facebook says donald trump's suspension following the capitol hill riots will stay in place for now, and could be extended if there's still a risk to public safety. nepal's prime minister has appealed to the world for more vaccines to deal with a surge in cases that's killed four thousand people in the last month. airlines say they'll provide additionalflights to help british passengers return from portugal before the country is taken off the uk government's green travel list. from 4am on tuesday, portugal will become amber, meaning travellers will have to quarantine on their return. portugal has said it was �*perplexed' by the government's decision. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports: the end of holiday blues came early for some at lisbon airport today, as some passengers cut their trips short, while others have decided to stay. so, we spent another £100 for the flight, we've got

to get another test now. we have to get another test when we're in the uk, which we had all booked. we had everything planned, the whole holiday and stuff we were going to do and now it's been cut short. we've had to to spend our time trying to sort tests and new flights, stuff like that. so, we're just unhappy. we just thought, everything out i here is still open, we may as well go and enjoy our holiday and stay indoors for five days. _ extra flights and bigger planes are being put on over the next three days to help passengers who want to get back before they have to quarantine. today is a bleak day for the uk travel industry. they had hoped that the vaccine would bring more certainty to this summer than to last. now, the reality of yesterday's decision is beginning to sink in for many operators. we thought that there was light at the end of the tunnel, and it turns out the light was a freight train coming, which has now hit us. after yesterday's announcement, jet2 decided not to start flying again until the 1st ofjuly. currently, they don't plan

to fly to amber countries, but say they're trying to guess which might be green. we can't plan what we're doing. we either have to assume all destinations will be green, none of the destinations will be green, or use a lottery machine and try to work out in the absence of a structured methodology. today, the government has explained the reasons again for moving portugal from the green list. unfortunately, we did see an increase in the number of a new variant in portugal. and that's why we had to take the decision to remove portugal from the green list. but in portugal, there was confusion. no, i can't understand it. we have just a small spike in lisbon. - the nepalese variant hasjust 12 cases, nothing more than that. i and so, we don't understand the decision, its grounds, i and i'm not sure about the reasons

why the english government - has decided like that. the government is still advising against travel to amber list countries. with so few destinations on the green list, the next big question for the industry and for travellers is will some still make the journey? caroline davies, bbc news. the european union has banned belarusian airlines from flying over eu airspace or landing in its airports. it's the latest move in response to the forced grounding of a ryanair flight in minsk last month, where authorities arrested belarusian opposition journalist, roman protasevich. it comes as president putin has denied that russia's secret service was involved in the diversion of the plane to minsk. meanwhile, mr protasevich has appeared again on state television in what's been presented as an interview. in it, he praised belarus s president president alexander lukashenko and tearfully admitted attempting to topple him. his family and opposition groups say he was clearly forced into making the confession, and that he was tortured. the belarusian opposition leader,

svetlana tsikhanouskaya, has warned that no one should believe his so—called confession. you should understand what conditions these people are, and they are for sure being tortured and violated, and we shouldn't believe any of the words of these people. you have to understand how these words are forced to say. earlier i spoke to viola von cramon. she sits on the committee on foreign affairs for the european parliament and is a rapporteur on belarus. she gave me her take on the latest footage we've seen of mr protasevich. well, i can only agree with what svetlana — well, i can only agree with what svetlana has stated. the video is ohviouslym _ svetlana has stated. the video is obviously... and to my

understanding, this so—called interview— understanding, this so—called interview was more an interrogation. it interview was more an interrogation. it was _ interview was more an interrogation. it was in _ interview was more an interrogation. it was in the — interview was more an interrogation. it was in the pretrial kgb detention centre. _ it was in the pretrial kgb detention centre, and that was the purpose. 0ne centre, and that was the purpose. one was— centre, and that was the purpose. one was to — centre, and that was the purpose. one was to show his supporters in belarus _ one was to show his supporters in belarus that the west is bad, that the demonstration after the elections were orchestrated by the polish _ elections were orchestrated by the polish and the lithuanians and such, and second — polish and the lithuanians and such, and second of all, people who are considered — and second of all, people who are considered to protest again, there should _ considered to protest again, there should he — considered to protest again, there should be of clear deterrence. i'm afraid _ should be of clear deterrence. i'm afraid it _ should be of clear deterrence. i'm afraid it works very well. the eur0pean — afraid it works very well. the european union _ afraid it works very well. the european union has - afraid it works very well. tie: european union has banned belarusian flights. what's your reaction? this is only one — flights. what's your reaction? this is only one step — flights. what's your reaction? this is only one step and the first step. we have _ is only one step and the first step. we have read and heard from the

counter _ we have read and heard from the counter confusion last monday that we need _ counter confusion last monday that we need a — counter confusion last monday that we need a very coherent and robust response _ we need a very coherent and robust response to — we need a very coherent and robust response to the incidents, to the hijacking — response to the incidents, to the hijacking of an aeroplane. we are still waiting for the overdue sanction, and we need not only targeted — sanction, and we need not only targeted individual sanction, which we should — targeted individual sanction, which we should enlarge the list. but also, _ we should enlarge the list. but also, that— we should enlarge the list. but also, that shall be applied for the nitrogen — also, that shall be applied for the nitrogen sector, but also to the financial— nitrogen sector, but also to the financial sector. this is of utmost importance — financial sector. this is of utmost importance to really show the red line to _ importance to really show the red line to lukashenko and increase the cost _ line to lukashenko and increase the cost. ,, ., line to lukashenko and increase the cost, ,, ., ., , line to lukashenko and increase the cost. ,, ., . ., , , cost. should those sanctions be limited belarus _ cost. should those sanctions be limited belarus or— cost. should those sanctions be limited belarus or also - cost. should those sanctions be limited belarus or also russian | limited belarus or also russian individuals? i limited belarus or also russian individuals?— limited belarus or also russian individuals? ., individuals? i would say lukashenko still is supported, _ individuals? i would say lukashenko still is supported, obviously, - individuals? i would say lukashenko still is supported, obviously, very i still is supported, obviously, very much _ still is supported, obviously, very much by— still is supported, obviously, very much by the russian regime. i would

include _ much by the russian regime. i would include partly the russian individuals who helped lukashenko, who are _ individuals who helped lukashenko, who are also now in charge of journalist _ who are also now in charge of journalist media of rash preventative, but also in terms of financial— preventative, but also in terms of financial transaction. preventative, but also in terms of financialtransaction. i preventative, but also in terms of financial transaction. i think we should — financial transaction. i think we should also include a russian individual. before we go, an african pouched rat who won a prestigious award for detecting landmines in cambodia, is finally retiring. this is magawa, who sniffed out more than 70 landmines during his five year career. the size and super sensitive noses of pouched rats apparently makes them perfect for thejob. seven—year—old magawa will spend a few more weeks will spend a few more weeks mentoring new recruits before settling down to a life of bananas and peanuts. i don't know how a rat mentor new recruits. i chilled out life of bananas and peanuts. enjoy your

retirement. you can find me on twitter. bye for now. the weather's looking absolutely fine this weekend. lots of sunshine in store. at worst, a fleeting shower, but i think for most of us, it's going to stay dry and the fine weather is expected to last into next week. so, let's get on to the forecast, then. and on the satellite picture, you can see some cloud across the southeast and east anglia today. that brought rain. it rained pretty much from late morning all through the afternoon, so it was a wash—out in london in the areas towards the north here in east anglia. the rain is still around through the early hours of saturday morning, but you can see the vast majority of the country is actually in the clear. now, the morning temperatures will vary from 8 degrees in glasgow, 10 degrees in liverpool, to around 13 degrees in london. and here's the weather map for saturday. a weak weather front is expected

to reach western parts of the uk, so we have to prepare for a few showers. and i think from the morning onwards across parts of western scotland, in northern ireland, and also cornwall, devon, perhaps western ranges of wales by around late afternoon. the further east you are, the better, the sunnier the weather will be. you can see a vast improvement there in the southeast — up to 2a in london — and for many of us, it'll be in the low 20s. here's sunday's weather forecast, and bar the odd shower, you can barely see it on the weather map here, but perhaps across wales, maybe northern england, it is going to be a mostly sunny day. just scattered fairweather clouds. temperatures will vary from around the mid teens in the western isles of scotland, 20 in liverpool, 22 in birmingham and around the mid—20s possible in the southeast. now, on monday, high pressure builds notjust across the uk, but many parts of western europe. there is a possibility of a few showers developing across yorkshire, generally east of the pennines, but

south of that and west of that, the weather will stay dry on monday. again, similar temperatures — 20 degrees or so in the lowlands of scotland, 20 in cardiff and possibly the mid—20s in the southeast. and the warm weather will keep on travelling from the south, spreading across the uk and into scandinavia through next week, so that means that we'll keep the fine, settled weather. if anything, those temperatures gradually will be creeping up through the course of the week easily into the mid—20s widely by the time we get to wednesday.

this is bbc world news, the headlines facebook says donald trump's suspension following the capitol hill riots will stay in place for two years and could be extended. mr trump said the ruling was an insult to every person who voted for him. nepal has appealed to the uk among other countries to provide vaccines, as it suffers a devastating second wave of coronavirus. the nepali army has been drafted in to help transport the dead. the eu has banned belarusian carriers from flying in its airspace in response to the forced grounding of the ryanair flight in minsk last month. the eu called the diversion state piracy. the g7 group of leading economies are close to coming to an agreement on global taxation, which aims to stop major corporations from exploiting tax loopholes. that's according to the french finance minister, who's been speaking to the bbc. at ten 0'clock will be here with a full

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