tonight at 6: an uncertain summer ahead for holidaymakers as the government prepares to update the uk's travel restrictions. the big holiday destinations — greece, spain, italy and france — are set to stay amber. malta looks to goes green — as do some spanish islands like ibiza. we need to unlock international travel for the sake of people having a holiday or going and seeing loved ones, for the sake of companies and employees whose livelihoods are absolutely on the line. but how welcome will british tourists be abroad as the uk records its highest daily covid cases since the start of february? also tonight: trouble in the black sea —

russia accuses britain of provocative actions but borisjohnson says it was right for hms defender to travel through the disputed waters. a push for more electric cars — but government climate change advisers say the prime minister is failing to back up his ambitious promises to cut emissions. junk food ads are to be banned on tv across the uk before 9pm. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: silverstone will be allowed a crowd of around 140,000 for the british grand prix — the largest for a sporting event in the uk since the start of the pandemic. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. millions of people hoping to travel abroad this summer look set to be

disappointed. the government prepares to unveil its latest changes to travel restrictions. the most popular destinations like spain, portugal, greece and france expected to remain ambre — meaning you'll have to quarantine on return. the situation may not change in time for people to go on holiday. no roar of the engines, silent and static, gatwick airport had 69 passenger flights today. this time of year pre—pandemic, they would have had between 800—900. as the school holidays inch closer, the green list is increasingly critical for the industry. the closer we get to august, the less the chance of those holidays taking place. we can't afford any longer to fix the

uk domestic economy and then think about travel in the future. the data suggests it would be safer for most of those international destinations than it is in certain parts of the uk. therefore, we need to move down a parallel track, and we need to unlock international travel. today's green list hasn't yet been confirmed, but there are hopes that it could include places like malta. the red list is also likely to get longer. wales, scotland and northern ireland have previously followed the same list as england. the uk travel industry is desperate to see more people setting off on trips, but it's notjust about the uk's green list, it's also about which countries will let uk visitors in. germany's chancellor, angela merkel, said again today that she wants to see the eu have a more unified approach on travel rules. to stop the spread of the delta variant. yesterday, she urged other countries to impose quarantine, as germany has done on uk arrivals. the prime minister would not be drawn on her comments.

let's see where we get to with all of this. the most important thing is we think double jabs do offer a good way forward. we think that they offer the hope of travel this summer, but i've got to stress one thing to everybody. i don't want to cast a pall over. i want the travel agency to bounce back if it possibly can, but this is not going to be a summer like every other summer. it's going to be a more difficult summer to take a holiday. the government has yet to guarantee that it will remove quarantine for poly vaccinated travellers at all this summer. it's the news that sarah and peter are desperate to hear. they live in america and are poly vaccinated and due to travel in a few weeks. sarah hasn't seen her parents in two years. not talking about holidays, it's not a holiday we want to do, i want to see my family, my parents. and it's the same for so many people around the world.

i really don't see any reason why it can't happen now with a negative test to fly and fully vaccinated, why not? international travel is yet to take off, and the warnings are that this summer will be far from smooth. caroline davies, bbc news. the balearic islands — including ibiza — expected to be put on the green list. anna holligan is on the island in san antonio for us. anna. across the island people have been anxiously monitoring developments and businessmen as they have been waiting for, ibiza is expected to go green, and for british holiday—makers this represents a few weeks of escapism but for so many local businesses this is their future. tentative steps. back to the balearic beaches. british tourists usually make up about a million of the 4 million foreign visitors to these mediterranean shores every year.

right now, this island is depending on people from elsewhere. it's the music that fuels and feeds this island. covid rules means these iconic venues that usually have queues around the block are still shut. just the clubs being closed is really damaging the economy because of the amount of staff the clubs take on. you know, you've got these huge enormous clubs with hundreds and hundreds of staff in each, you know? the cleaners, the bartenders, you know, the waiters, the djs, they are all out of work. it's, yeah, i mean, times that by 20 or 30 clubs, you know, it's a lot of people. that are dependent on tourism. a pilot's taking place tomorrow to see whether it is safe to let these places reopen, even then, for now, dancing will only be allowed outside. it's a delicate and diplomatic balancing act, the desire

to allow british tourists to return while keeping new variants of the virus at bay. ibiza's most senior politician told the bbc they need to take that risk. we don't want andibiza to happen the same as portugal and close the island so we want to open slowly, we want british people to combat we have to take care about this. the impact will be fantastic because our main market for tourists as the british people.— main market for tourists as the british people. they say it is now or never to _ british people. they say it is now or never to keep _ british people. they say it is now or never to keep this _ british people. they say it is now or never to keep this vital - british people. they say it is now or never to keep this vital island | or never to keep this vital island economy afloat. notjust or never to keep this vital island economy afloat. not just for the tourists but those whose livelihoods depend on them. anna holligan, bbc news. caroline davies, our transport correspondent, is with me now. we are expecting details to be confirmed very shortly but it is not

looking great for british holiday—makers looking to go abroad this summer. holiday-makers looking to go abroad this summer-— holiday-makers looking to go abroad this summer. , ., , ., ., this summer. yes, hoping to get more details later— this summer. yes, hoping to get more details later tonight _ this summer. yes, hoping to get more details later tonight as _ this summer. yes, hoping to get more details later tonight as well— this summer. yes, hoping to get more details later tonight as well as - details later tonight as well as crucial additions about quarantine and whether that will be dropped by people who are fully vaccinated. we still do not have confirmation on that this evening. the travel industry is waiting with bated breath about both of those announcements. yesterday protests across the uk from people involved in the industry saying they wanted to have more countries added to the green list and they wanted more financial support from the government. they are frustrated the rest of europe seems to be opening up rest of europe seems to be opening up but the uk is not currently at that same level. the government have always said they will decide international travel policy guided by public health and they have offered furlough support and additional support to the industry. there have been rumours circulating that places like malta and ibiza will be on the green list. nothing

confirmed. much of the mood music surrounding travel is to dampen down people's expectations and not expect to be flying off any time soon. thank you. the uk's daily covid cases are back at levels not seen since the first week of february. the latest data shows that in the past 2a hours new infections continue to rise with 16,703 recorded across the uk — with daily cases in scotland reaching an all—time high. but deaths remain low — 21 were reported. hospitalisations are rising — but slowly. over 12,000 new cases were reported on average per day in the last week. just over 200,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period. 0ver 43.5 million people have now had theirfirstjab — that's around 83% of uk adults. nearly 168,000 have had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period. it means nearly 32 million have now had both doses — that's over 60% of uk adults.

the german chancellor angela merkel has warned europe is "on thin ice" with the spread of the delta variant. her warning came as the european centre for disease prevention and control said the variant would account for 90% of eu cases by late august. germany has introduced a two—week quarantine for all british visitors — a measure the german government is advising other european countries to adopt. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. britain does not have the feel of a country in the grip of a third wave of coronavirus. the prospect of foreign holidays for the fully immunised looks tantalisingly close, but rising virus levels here may put paid to that. just a month ago, the united kingdom had one of the lowest rates of coronavirus in europe, most of which was coming out of its second wave. but the rise of the delta variant here — first identified in india — has changed all that.

now the uk has a higher level of cases than spain, greece, france, italy, indeed anywhere in europe, and it's still rising here. that may make some popular holiday destinations think twice before wanting to admit british tourists. there certainly is some fear right now about importing delta, particularly from the uk where it is so prevalent. the good news is that fully vaccinated individuals are considerably less likely to catch or transmit delta or to be seriously ill if they get it. however, there is still a large portion of the populations in many countries that aren't yet fully vaccinated, and that is the real risk here. across the eu, three in ten adults are fully immunised. in the uk, it's double that, six in ten adults have had both doses. in france, where there is a lot of vaccine hesitancy, coverage rates are unlikely to ever match those achieved here. fewer than two in three

of those aged over 80 in france are fullyjabbed, whereas in england it's more than nine in ten. italy has introduced a five—day quarantine for travellers from britain. germany will only admit uk citizens for exceptional reasons — even then, they need to quarantine for 1h days. it's urging the rest of the eu to follow suit in a bid to curb the rise of the delta variant. nonetheless, delta is expected to become the dominant strain across europe by the end of august. that really depends on the actions taken... so what impact might that have on cases? it's not inevitable that the spread of delta will cause a significant new wave, but that really depends on countries and public health authorities responding very quickly, robustly, in order to control any increase in transmission. last summer, there were no covid

vaccines and yet some foreign travel was permitted. now those who are fully immunised are better protected than ever, but it's unclear how much freedom that will bring with it. fergus walsh, bbc news. the prime minister says it was entirely right for the royal navy destroyer hms defender to travel through waters off the disputed territory of crimea yesterday, which led to a stand off with russian vessels. borisjohnson also denied russia's claim that it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of hms defender as it sailed 12 miles from crimea. but russia has accused britain of "dangerous and provocative actions" and said britain would be fully responsible for any consequences if a similar incident happened again. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale is on board hms defender and hasjust sent this report. relative calm after the storm. hms defender now in international waters,

still being tracked by the russians, but from a distance. we've reduced our manning posture down to normal cruising watches, so it'sjust nice, calm and collected here. just carry on with business as usual. the high tension of 2a hours ago is still creating diplomatic waves. russian accent on radio: if you don't change the course, i'll give fire. we are conducting innocent passage. the kremlin has called it a planned provocation, but the captain of the british warship insists the fault lies with the russians. you were here 100 yards off our port quarter, turning towards us, trying to force us off our track. it's not professional behaviour in the maritime environment. and he's got the prime minister's backing. we don't recognise the russian annexation of crimea, it was illegal. these are ukrainian waters, and it was entirely right to use them to go from a to b. the crew of hms defender, though, were clearly trained and ready

for whatever happened. i would say it's unusual but it's not surprising. we've trained for that kind of range before. only a couple of weeks ago we were doing this kind of manoeuvre. they are trying to push their games out here in the black sea and say this is their territory. i think we are just forever trying to, as we jokingly say, "poke the russian bear" and see what the reaction is. and this is another irritant for russia — britain and the us helping train ukraine's forces. earlier this week, hms defender was in the port of odessa to promote military and trade ties. britain plans to build new warships for ukraine while the royal navy is visiting the black sea more often. are you worried about what russia has been doing in the region? i'm worried in the sense of russia creating instability and insecurity and breaking rules. i'm not worried per se in terms of the russian navy and its power. we are a formidable force

here with the carrier strike crew. it's the presence of hms queen elizabeth and her f35jets nearby in the eastern mediterranean that's undoubtedly boosted the royal navy's confidence. the carrier was in constant contact with hms defender during yesterday's clash. back in the black sea, the british destroyer�*s resumed her training. she will also soon be leaving. it's russia, not britain, that remains the dominant military power in this region. jonathan beale, bbc news, on hms defender. our top story this evening... in the latest government travel update the big holiday destinations stay amber. but malta goes green, as do some spanish islands like ibiza. the cosmic dawn revealed. scientists say the discovery of when stars formed

is the holy grail of astronomy. coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel... the two—time defending champion andy murray gets the nod for great britain's tennis team at the tokyo 0lympics. he'll play in the men's singles and the doubles far more of us need to be driving electric cars, using heat pumps instead of gas boilers and eating less meat and dairy produce — that's according to the government's independent climate change advisers, who say ministers should be more frank with the public about how we're expected to help reduce greenhouse gases. the climate change committee says borisjohnson is failing to back up his ambitious promises and the uk is on track to meet only a fifth of its emissions targets by 2035. here's our science editor david shukman. there's been a spectacular shift away from coal.

the power stations burning this cheap but dirty fuel making way for forests of wind turbines around the coast. britain is the pioneer of this offshore technology, but the government's climate advisers say it'll take a lot more for the country to go carbon neutral. when you look at the policies to deliver it, i'm afraid we are very off track, very, very substantially off track. really only about 20% of the policy commitments that the government has made would take us towards that goal of net zero emissions, so there is a big gap to close and this is the year they are going to have to do so. so let's see how the government is doing on its pledge to cut the gases that are driving up temperatures. well, if literally nothing is done, those emissions will basically continue as they are now. and this is the steep downward path that they should be on if the uk is going to meet its target for 2035. but the committee recommends that we are not on that course, that the measures under way now

and others that are likely to happen simply won't be enough and that the government has to do a lot more. there is a plan for no gas boilers to be fitted to new—build homes from 2025, but we are waiting for details. the advisers say we need to eat 20% less meat by 2030, but say there is no policy to encourage that. and on electric vehicles, sales of new petrol or diesel cars should stop by 2030, but the exact arrangements still aren't published. what we need from government is that clear strategic vision and joined up thinking to get us there. and i would hope that the government's transport decarbonisation plan, coming out now in autumn, will help set us on that path. and as glasgow prepares to host a global climate summit, all of this matters more than ever. the government says the uk has some of the most ambitious

targets in the world, and that it has made progress, with more details coming soon. david shukman, bbc news. a jury has been discharged from reaching a verdict on a police officer accused of assaulting dalian atkinson with a baton after he was tasered to the ground. the case against west mercia probationary constable mary ellen bettley—smith ended in a hung jury, a day after pc benjamin monk was convicted of the ex—footballer�*s manslaughter. monk was told he'll face an "inevitable" prison term. the bank of england has announced that interest rates will remain at 0.1%. the bank's monetary policy committee unanimously agreed to keep the measure at its historically low level. and it insisted that the sharp rise in inflation — likely to reach 3% in the coming months — should only be tempororary. adverts forjunk food are to be banned on tv before 9pm across the uk. there'll be tighter restrictions

for online advertising too. the prime minister says the uk has a national struggle with obesity with millions of children leaving primary school every year overweight or obese. here's sarah campbell. punctuating programmes and content, unhealthy temptation. hard to resist for viewers and users of any age. the plan to introduce a 9pm watershed and restrict online advertising went down well today at the school gate. i think it's a great idea because kids are very open to being persuaded on buying sweets and fizzy drinks and they don't need them. healthy food. and it will be much easierfor parents. it's a step in the right direction, i think. maybe a little too little too late, i guess, i don't know, but it's a step in the right direction. we are seeing children getting bigger and it'si not their own fault either, if you know what i mean. i and i have definitely seen things change, working i with children as well. it definitely is changing - and it's not good for them, you know what i mean?

encouraging children to make healthy choices can be a struggle, and that is borne out by the childhood obesity levels. there are variations according to age and location but across the uk one in every five children is overweight or obese. nestle is one of many manufacturers which have cut the sugar, fat or salt content of some of their products. industry representatives say promoting healthier reformulated versions is better than banning adverts. now, the industry has cooperated with government on a never—before—seen scale in terms of reformulation. the irony of these proposals is that if enacted they would actually make it impossible for businesses to advertise the product of which the government approves. sponsorship and product placement won't be banned under the new rules, leaving it to the likes of ronaldo to promote his own healthy message. agua!

sarah campbell, bbc news. the mobile operator ee is to charge new uk customers to use their mobile phones in the european union. the firm, which is part of bt group, previously said it had no plans to reintroduce roaming charges in the eu. it is the first uk operator to bring them back since the brexit transition period ended in december. a major rescue operation is underway in miami in florida, after an apartment block partially collapsed. at least one person has died. it happened near miami beach. it's not clear how many people were in the 12—storey building when it came down in the early hours of the morning. rescuers are still searching the rubble for survivors. a woman has died from cervical cancer after being wrongly excluded from scotland's screening programme. the scottish government says more than 400 women who were also incorrectly excluded from the programme over the last 24 years will be offered

fast—tracked gp appointments. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow for us. what went wrong? this has been described by the scottish government as a serious adverse event. around 430 women who had had partial hysterectomy is, in which partial or all of their cervix remained, were incorrectly told they did not need screening for cervical cancer. a small number of those women later developed cervical cancer and one of them died. the scottish government has apologised for the mistake and all the women involved have been offered fast track appointments with gps or gynaecologists and the national review is taking place for everyone who has not been involved in the screening programme. around 200,000 women who were recorded as having full hysterectomy teas and who were therefore excluded from the screening programme have been checked, and the scottish government believes the vast majority of those records have been recorded correctly

but it was prudent to make sure. 0pposition parties are questioning why this mistake was not picked up earlier and they say it is a major failure in public health. earlier and they say it is a ma'or failure in public healthi failure in public health. lorna gordon, thank— failure in public health. lorna gordon, thank you. _ silverstone will be allowed to have a full capacity crowd for formula 0ne's british grand prix onjuly the 18th. the track can hold around 140,000 spectators, which will make it the largest crowd for a sporting event in the uk since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. all adults attending will have to be fully vaccinated and be in possession of a negative test for covid. strictly come dancing has announced that its longest—serving professional dancer, anton du beke, is leaving the dance floor to join the judging panel for the next series. he'll replace bruno tonioli, who's in the united states and may not be able to travel because of covid restrictions. anton says it's his dream come true. it's called the cosmic dawn — when stars formed for the first time. and astronomers now say that moment happened between 250 and 350 million years after the big bang.

scientists describe that discovery as the holy grail of astronomy. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reprots. the night sky is littered with stars, but when did they first begin to shine? discovering when this critical moment known as the cosmic dawn began, has been this man's life's work. and now he has the answer. the holy grail has been to look back far enough that you would see the very first generation of stars and galaxies. we've determined their ages and that gives us the first convincing evidence of when the universe was first bathed in starlight. because we are ourselves the product of stellar evolution, in some sense we are looking at our own origins. using telescopes from across the world, the team analysed some of the most far—away galaxies. so distant they are just a few pixels on the computer screen. they're also among the earliest, seen not long after the creation of the universe.

by working out their age, the team calculate the start of the cosmic dawn — when the first stars began to shine. so, what is the cosmic dawn, and why is it so important? the universe was created 13.8 billion years ago in the big bang. after a brief flash, it entered a period known as the dark ages. then, according to the new study, 250—350 million years after the moment of creation, the first stars began to form, bringing light to the universe. and here's what happened. the purple areas are clouds of hydrogen gas, becoming ever denser until they form stars, blazing like fireworks. this simulation is based on astronomical data, but the new results indicate that the first galaxies will be bright enough to be seen by nasa's james webb space telescope, to be launched later this year. i am so excited!

why are you so excited? isn't that just fantastic? that, as humanity, a tiny little civilisation on planet earth, that we can create a telescope that we can send up into space and peer back to the universe as it was just a couple of hundred million years after the big bang. this simulation shows just how different the very first stars were to what we see today. but these objects led to the formation of the universe as it is now, including everything and everyone on earth. we are, ultimately, made from the stars that were born at the dawn of the cosmos. pallab ghosh, bbc news. time for a look at the weather — here's darren bett. not sure we will see many stars or the super moon tonight. no, cloud and wane around with

changes in the weather. this was whitby in the sunshine but tomorrow will be cooler. we saw 24 degrees down the coast, but tomorrow the temperatures in these areas could be 10 degrees lower than today. a similar drop in temperatures for eastern scotland where ahead of the rain today we had temperatures into the low 20s. it has been a wet day for northern ireland, increasingly white in scotland. this band of rain now arriving in eastern parts of england and pushing across wales and down into south—east england later tonight. a lot of cloud around overnight and it will be warmer than the last few nights towards the south—east england. tomorrow we start with clouds and rain around us well that should slowly push away from eastern areas but continuing wet across parts of northern england and perhaps extending to northern ireland, north wales and more rain coming in across eastern and southern parts of scotland. to the southern parts of scotland. to the south if it brightens up and we get sunshine it could trigger heavy and thundery showers later in the day. a cooler day everywhere but no

suitably so for eastern scotland and north—east england. —— noticeably sold. lower pressure still sitting towards the south threatening rain. we could pick up some showers across england and wales and they could be some cold and damp and cloudy weather across north—east england and scotland. for many parts of the north of the uk it will be dry with a little sunshine, probably more sunshine for the northern areas on sunday and so temperatures will be a bit higher to the south. we have the threat of thundery rain moving further north into southern england, wales, perhaps to the midlands as well. some uncertainty as to how far north the rain will get on sunday. a reminder of our top story... millions of holiday—makers hoping to go abroad this summer look set to be disappointed as the government updates travel restrictions with greece, spain and france are expected to remain amber. malta, ibiza and barbados could go green.

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