this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than half a million people in brazil have now died from coronavirus. experts warn the outbreak could worsen. those in england who are double jabbed, and come into contact with covid, could be spared ten days of self isolation. i think that in the future, i'm not sure when, i can imagine a situation where we will have alternatives to isolation for people who have had two doses of vaccine. a surge in coronavirus vaccination bookings in the uk, as 18—20 year olds sign up for theirjab in huge numbers. keep ourfamilies safe, just be able to get back out there. open up possibilities for what you can do, probably when travel opens

and things it will probably be easier if you have been vaccinated, things like that. how we do like to be beside the seaside. coastal towns are the biggest winners, as the uk economy bounces back from lockdown. and, at euro 2020 the spotlight is on wales, who will be looking to seal their place in the last 16 when they take italy in rome. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic, brazil, has recorded a total of more than half a million coronavirus deaths making it the second country, after the us, to pass that figure. 2,300 people have died of covid in the past day alone. as the virus continues to spread,

president bolsonaro has refused to back measures like social distancing. experts say the outbreak could worsen with slow vaccination rates and the beginning of winter. mark lobel reports. as covid deaths reach 500,000 here, the painful goodbyes continue. translation: the death rate has been much higher recently, _ despite all precautions. i lost members of my family. brazil's health minister tweeted the grim news of the 500,000 lives lost, saying that he is working tirelessly to vaccinate all brazilians in the shortest time possible and to change this scenario that has plagued brazil for over a year. but some blame the government for that, accusing them of initially letting the virus spread to build up herd immunity, and for rejecting masks and social distancing, leading to visible anger at this unenviable milestone.

translation: maybe this year will also be difficult, _ because we depend on the delivery of vaccines, which have been purchased very late. at these protests, replicated in dozens of cities across brazil, there is particularfury aimed at one man — brazil's president, jair bolsonaro — for his handling of this health emergency. translation: the feeling here is one of indignation. | we can't stand it any more. the government is worse than the virus. translation: he took too long to buy the vaccine. - herd immunity won't do any good. the only immunity you can get is with the vaccine. there's no other way. i've lost many friends, almost lost a cousin. millions of people are orphans, fatherless, motherless and childless. reducing hospitalisations

remains a challenge here, as in many parts of the world. with only 11% of the population fully vaccinated, and 29% having had their first dose, and with winter on its way, brazil's covid fight remains fraught. mark lobel, bbc news. people in england who've been fully vaccinated against coronvirus could be spared self—isolation even if they've been in contact with a positive case. an ongoing trial is looking at allowing people to take daily lateral flow tests instead. a little earlier our political correspondent jessica parker explained more. if you come into contact with a covid case, you might get told to stay home for ten days. which can be burdensome for some people if they cannot get to work or work from home. they are looking at this idea where you can take a daily rapid test in the morning and if you test negative,

you can go about your business and then repeat the exercise the next day. government sources are stressing it is pretty early days in terms of looking at this, but public health england gave a few more details this morning. we will need to be alert and will need to consider how we can measure the response of these vaccines to the new variants that come along. we are moving steps forward. in a time in the future i can imagine a situation where we will have alternatives to isolation for people who have two doses of vaccine. she said that they were recruiting 40,000 people to do the study to see if this system would work. it is part of this conversation of what is going to be part of the new normal. we hear politicians saying we will have to live with the virus, but what does that mean and actually look like? further lockdowns this winter will be up to politicians, but she did say that may happen.

but this winter will have things like vaccines, better treatment drugs, we'll be in a better place than we were in last winter. this idea whether we are moving towards a place where double jabbed people can look at alternatives, that was put to robert buckland justice secretary. the evidence is still developing on double vaccines, it looks - great and encouraging. today we announced a change i to weddings, couples will be able to get married and have the ceremony outdoors with their loved ones. - that is an example of- the government's flexibility in regards to leaning _ into the aspirations of the british people as we cautiouslyl but irreversibly open up. we'll keep looking at all these - proposals and flex as appropriate. ministers at the moment trying to strike a relatively cautious note. we have that two week review period coming up next monday when the government will tell us whether it is possible

that the final stage of restrictions can be lifted a little earlier thenjuly 19, but the mood music from downing street has been that is not likely. there's been a huge surge in coronavirus bookings by over—18s in england as the government steps up efforts to offer all adults a jab byjuly i9. sean dilley reports these are among tens of thousands who turned out in socially distanced lines across england to claim their covid vaccines during a weekend of walk—in appointments. london's olympic stadium has played host to manyjubilant crowds in its short life, but few gatherings have meant so much to a country hoping to lift all lockdown restrictions by the 19th ofjuly — the same date the government plans to have offered all adults their firstjab. i'd rather have it than get covid. looking forward to coming back to normality. as soon as it opened up, everyone wanted it done | as soon as possible. on friday morning, vaccination

appointments opened up to 18—20 year olds and by the end of the day, more than 720,000 people had booked theirs. pop—up campaigns like these are crucial tojust get more people vaccinated. the more we do to help support our local authorities and councils and the more that we can do to make it convenient, offer choices to our public and residents, then i think that is the right way to go ahead. in the latest 24—hour period, nearly 219,000 people received a first dose. 42.6 million people or 81% of adults have now had their firstjab. nearly 189,000 people have had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period. that means more than 31 million people or 59% of uk adults are now fully vaccinated. ministers will no doubt be comforted by the success of the uk's vaccination programme, but they will know, too,

that news is mixed. yesterday, the uk recorded more than 10,000 new confirmed infections for the third day running, with the delta variant accounting for most of them. and surge testing is under way in some areas of south london and cumbria in response to a rise in cases. eligible adults are being urged to take up their vaccine as soon as possible. while the prime minister has not ruled anything out, he says he's confident there will not need to be a further delay to the lifting of england's lockdown restrictions. sean dilley, bbc news. seaside resorts are bouncing back faster than big cities when it comes to in—shop spending — that's according to new research by the think tank, centre for cities. it suggests large urban centres are still struggling to attract shoppers, partly due to office employees continuing to work from home. our business correspondent, katie prescott, has this report. remember this? beaches in the uk a few weeks ago and, whilst the heatwave may be over for now, the warmth has stayed in the economies of seaside towns. they have seen a bigger bounce back in the number of visitors

than in any other part of the country. in the last weekend of may, blackpool saw its numbers up 147%. southend — 134%. bournemouth 127%, and brighton 119%. boosted by weekend visitors to the beach. but in our major cities, like here in london, it is a completely different picture. the trend here is for people to continue to work from home, so they are not in the centre spending money in the shops and cafes as they once were. and the centre for cities says that if this trend continues into the autumn, then our big cities will see an even bigger economic hit. smaller and medium—sized city centres have a much more local catchment area, so traditionally, where they are pulling their customers from is very much within a very local distance. and the second thing, particularly with seaside towns, is that it appears that we are seeing a revisiting of the great british seaside

and are seeing people going back to seaside towns such as blackpool and brighton and bournemouth and taking advantage of both the good weather, but of course also the restrictions in terms of not being able to go abroad. so while the seaside towns might start to suffer if the travel restrictions and the weather turns, for now, the sun is shining in theirfavour. katie prescott, bbc news. six major world powers are meeting with iran in vienna today to discuss how to restore the international deal to curb the country's nuclear weapons programme. the united states says it is willing to continue the talks after the election of the hard—line cleric ebrahim raisi as iran's new president. however, israel's prime minister, naftali bennett, chairing his first cabinet meeting — says the world needs to wake up to the iranian threat after its choice of a new hardline president. his election i would say is the last chance for the world powers to wake up before we are turning

to the nuclear agreement and to understand who they are doing business with. these guys are murderers, mass murderers. a regime of brutal hangmen must never be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction that will enable it to kill not thousands, but millions. israel's position will not change on this. with me is bbc persian�*s kasra naji. very strong was there from naftali bennett. tell us more about the incoming ebrahim raisi and iran. listening to that is a new language from israel, it is a lot more hardline. it is a reflection of a new situation now because we have a hard—line government in iran, so the rhetoric is up. ebrahim raisi, his

policy regarding the world is international politics is one of, if you like, probably more tension with the west. they way i see it, with his background, my impression is we'll see a lot more tension between iran and the west, probably closer relations for iran with china and russia. at the same time, regarding the nuclear talks, both hardliners and moderates, want to see the american sanctions lifted as soon as possible because iran is an a dire economic situation. ebrahim raisi is very keen to continue with the talks in vienna that are going on. but he seems to be suggesting that he wants to do it from a position of strength. we are not quite sure what

that means. but the talks in vienna are going to adjourn today for a few weeks at least. my own impression is that the americans and the europeans, china, russia, everyone wants to take a pause here and take stock of what is going on in iran and resume afterwards. the point is that they were hoping that they will wrap up the negotiations before the change of government. the government changes over on august 15. the previous plan was for the negotiations in vienna to end by august 5, some kind of agreement. now there seems to be some new thinking, that maybe we should wait for the new government because we do not know whether it will commit itself to the kind of agreement that is being negotiated in vienna.

the headlines on bbc news: more than half a million people in brazil have now died from coronavirus. experts warn the outbreak could worsen. those in england who are double jabbed, and come into contact with covid, could be spared ten days of self isolation. a surge in coronavirus vaccination bookings in the uk, as 18—20 year olds sign up for theirjab in huge numbers. armenians are heading to the polls for a snap parliamentary election. prime minister nikol pashinyan called for the early vote to defuse political tensions after months of protests. the opposition blames mr pashinyan for signing a peace accord with azerbaijan — after armenia was defeated in last year's war over the territory of nagorno—karabakh. the war cost armenians nearly 5000 lives and swathes of territory. it's estimated 200 people are still being held captive by azerbaijan.

let's get more on this. i'm joined by our correspondent rayhan demytrie — who is in tblisi in neighbouring georgia. tell neighbouring georgia. us more about this election that tell us more about this election thatis tell us more about this election that is being billed as wanting to decide armenia's future. what are the choices he has? this decide armenia's future. what are the choices he has?— the choices he has? this is an extremely _ the choices he has? this is an extremely important - the choices he has? this is an| extremely important election, the choices he has? this is an i extremely important election, it the choices he has? this is an - extremely important election, it is really a tent for prime minister nikol pashinyan on whether the armenian public is ready to give him a second chance. this is the prime minister who came to powerjust three years ago off the back of mass street protests, and he was democratically elected with something like 70% of the vote. but a disastrous war happened under his watch just seven months ago, the war with neighbouring azerbaijan over the territory of nagorno—karabakh. it came at a massive cost of four to armenia, they lost territories, and

an estimated 4000 servicemen were killed and at least six weeks of fighting with azerbaijan. for the past seven months, armenia hasn't really been in a political crisis because of the opposition has been demanding for the prime minister to resign. they blame him for the outcome, for the country's defeat. he has refused to step down and offered a snap election instead. today we are seeing his main rival, the former president of armenia, he is heading a political alliance. there are actually also to other ex—president of armenia who are also in the rays through their political parties and alliances. all of these former presidents are against nikol pashinyan. the choice is really difficult for the armenian public. the prime minister definitely lost

his popularity because of the war, but the other choice is the old guard. this opposition is not really popular with the public because mostly they are represented by former political leaders. in the uk, many poor pupils are lacking confidence that they will receive fair grades this year after exams were cancelled and replaced by teacher assessments. a survey by the social mobility foundation has also found that more than half of pupils from poorer families fear they won't be able to appeal grades. of pupils from poorer families fear joining me now is the foundation's chief executive, i'm also joined by a—level student, umaimah khandakar. sara, tell others about whether there is much uniformity or not in terms of how different skills are approaching the great at this year?

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it happened at the start of an lgbt+ parade in the town of wilton manors near fort lauderdale. another person was injured and the driver was later ta ken into custody. it's not clear if it was a deliberate assault. the bbc has learned that a new bill to legalise assisted dying will be lodged at the scottish parliament. (00v)the the bill will be lodged at holyrood on monday. the proposals — brought forward by liberal democrat msp liam mcarthur — aim to introduce the right to an assisted death for terminally ill, mentally competent adults. wales will be looking to secure their place in the euros knock—out stage when they take on italy in rome later today. wales have all—but—guara nteed their spot with four points so far — thanks to a draw with switzerland, followed by a win over turkey. italy are already through to the last 16, having won their first two games. 0ur wales correspondent, hywel griffith, who is in in rome — says the wales team are feeling relaxed ahead of this evening's contest. wales are in italy with thejob more or less done.

they are virtually guaranteed a route through to the next round. the result today is important — win against italy, they top the group. a draw, that would secure second and a route through to a game in amsterdam next week. but even if they lose, wales could still go through in third place and a lot will depend on what happens between switzerland and turkey. let's not underestimate the task ahead in italy. they play an italian team that has not lost in 29 games and not conceded a goal in almost 1000 minutes of football. while italy might rest some stars today and will be missing their captain, they still are an incredible team to take on. rob page and gareth bale speaking yesterday, saying they are here to win. any game at this level they have to focus on the best result. i think the pressure is taken off a little. only a few hundred welsh fans to cheer them on. the covid travel advice was not to come to italy to support wales, but i know thousands at home will be watching at 5pm, crossing theirfingers for a miracle in rome.

you're watching bbc news. the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham has accused the scottish government of hypocrisy, after it banned non—essential travel from scotland to manchester. mr burnham says he will be demanding compensation. it is double standards, it is as simple as that. they have done to us exactly what they complain that the uk government does to scotland. i will be writing to the first minister today, asking for compensation for the individuals who might lose holidays and the isn't disease which might lose the kings. why a couple from salford who are double—jabbed about to go on a walking holiday to scotland... it is completely disproportionate in my view. we could have come up with different arrangements of the first

minister had got in touch with us. we need an arrangement here, the scottish government cannotjust impose things on parts of the north of england with no discussion with us. that is simply wrong. no need to lead by the same standards that they have all called for from the others. the former commons speaker and conservative mp, john bercow, has revealed he hasjoined the labour party. in a interview with the observer newspaper, mr bercow said the government "needed to be replaced", and called borisjohnson's conservative party "reactionary, populist and nationalistic." the government says his move isn't a surprise, and it's continuing to pursue an ambitious agenda. john bercow has been speaking to sky news. if you believe, as i do, that this government is bad news, unfit to govern, and the prime minister, though a successful campaigner, is a lousy governor, you have to ask yourself if you want rid of it. and if you want to rid of it, then you have to pose yourself the question and to answer it, how is that to be achieved?

the reality is that in the united kingdom, the only credible vehicle for the removal of this government is the election of a labour government committed to social justice, internationalism and a fairer and inclusive society. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise hello there. a quite where the story to tell today, but it is a rather cloudy one. some early morning rain has eased away. although this weather watcher is from lincolnshire, it could be almost anywhere in the country. the rain continues to push off into the north sea, the cloud will hopefully thing and break allowing for some time trying to come through from time to time. sunny spells in scottish housing to scotland and northern ireland, some could be heavy. the breeze from the north or easterly direction, meaning temperatures are going to be down a degree or so in comparison to of late. mid teens on expose close, we mightjust be 20 or 21 summer toward the south—east. 0ut

21 summer toward the south—east. out of sunday into monday, an aide of low pressure will bring heavy rain to france and the low countries, it could bring some wet weather across the southern fringes of britain as well. in a of the m4 corridor will see some heavy rain, but everywhere else will some sunshine.

this is bbc news — with the latest headlines more than half a million people in brazil have now died from coronavirus. experts warn the outbreak could worsen. those in england who are double jabbed, and come into contact with covid, could be spared ten days of self isolation. i think that in the future, i'm not sure when, i can imagine a situation where we will have alternatives to isolation for people who have had two doses of vaccine. a surge in coronavirus vaccination bookings in the uk,