this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the uk health secretary matt hancock comes under pressure to resign after pictures emerged of him kissing an aide in his office, in breach of covid guidance. the australian authorities have locked down the city of sydney and surrounding areas for two weeks after a rise in cases of the delta covid variant. 159 people remain unaccounted for after the collapse of an apartment block north of miami beach. rescuers continue to search the debris. the court commits you to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for a period of 270 months. that is 2—7—0 months. 22—and—a—half years injail for the police officer who murdered george floyd

and adults across england are being urged to "grab a covid jab", with hundreds of walk—in clinics open this weekend. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. pressure is mounting on the uk health secretary matt hancock to resign after pictures — and now cctv footage — emerged of him sharing an intimate embrace with an aide in his office. mr hancock admitted breaching social distancing guidance after the incident was exposed by the sun newspaper. downing street said the prime minister had accepted his apology and considered

the matter closed. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more. he has been at the forefront of the government's response to the pandemic, urging people to follow the rules... keep doing your bit. remember the basics — hands, face, space and fresh air. ..but matt hancock is now under intense political pressure for going against his government's guidance. yesterday's revelations in the sun that he was pictured kissing and embracing a close aide in his departmental office last month have led to accusations of hypocrisy and calls for him to quit. the question is can matt hancock do hisjob? do thatjob? he might stay in office, but can he do hisjob? and i think it is fatally compromised in a situation where he does not seem to abide by the evidence that he wants us to follow, which is critical to our safety and making sure that this third wave isn't much bigger than we feared.

matt hancock either needs to resign, or if he is not willing to do that - then the prime minister must remove him from his post. i i this isn't just a question of yet . again a conservative mp disobeying those rules and thinking - that they only apply to the rest of us, it's a case where we've seen cronyism on cronyism. _ labour are demanding an investigation into how gina coladangelo was appointed to the board at the department of health and accused mr hancock of breaking the ministerial code, but cabinet ministers are backing the health secretary. matt has apologised. he's clearly said that he made a mistake, he regrets that, and the prime minister has accepted that, considers the matter closed. very clearly, there is still a huge task for the country and matt as health secretary, us all in cabinet, we need to get on with thatjob. matt hancock's credibility and authority have taken a big hit, but the prime minister has shown no sign of sacking him and says

he considers the matter closed. the government's opponents disagree. jonathan blake, bbc news. let's get more from stephen reicher, who you just saw injonathan�*s piece there. he's a professor of psychology at st andrews university and sits on the government's behavioural advisory group, known as, spi—b. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. firstly, how damaging is this for the health secretary? {iii news. firstly, how damaging is this for the health secretary?— for the health secretary? of course we don't know _ for the health secretary? of course we don't know yet _ for the health secretary? of course we don't know yet because - for the health secretary? of course we don't know yet because we - for the health secretary? of course i we don't know yet because we haven't seen the polling evidence although the polls emerging overnight to suggest he has gone up from about 36% of people wanting him to resign to one poll saying 49% and the most recent same 58%. so there is clearly concerned. i think we learned most looking back at other examples and the obvious example is that of dominic cummings. the thing about the dominic cummings affair and i think it is the same here, the

critical point wasn't what he did or what hancock did, that was individual indiscretion, it was the point where the prime minister and the government support of them, so it's turns into something systemic, protecting our own whilst telling the public to do different things. and once you create a sense of them and us between the public and government you undermine trust and adherence and what should be a partnership in dealing with the pandemic. so partnership in dealing with the andemic. ., partnership in dealing with the pandemic— partnership in dealing with the andemic. ., , ., , ':: pandemic. so how should number10 have dealt with _ pandemic. so how should number10 have dealt with it? _ pandemic. so how should number10 have dealt with it? i _ pandemic. so how should number10 have dealt with it? i think _ pandemic. so how should number10 have dealt with it? i think the - pandemic. so how should number10 have dealt with it? i think the real. have dealt with it? i think the real auestion have dealt with it? i think the real question now _ have dealt with it? i think the real question now is _ have dealt with it? i think the real question now is a _ have dealt with it? i think the real question now is a matter- have dealt with it? i think the real question now is a matter of- question now is a matter of politics, whether hancock retains his job or not, however the question of whether he can do his job is very different indeed. we are in the middle of a pandemic, it is immensely important people behave carefully in order to not to lead to a spike in infection so we can lift restrictions and the question is

when you have a health secretary who tells us to be careful, careful with contacts, don't get too close to people, what credibility does he have? can he be the person who guides us out of this pandemic and keeps us safe? i guides us out of this pandemic and keeps us safe?— guides us out of this pandemic and keeps us safe? i wonder if you could hel us keeps us safe? i wonder if you could help us with — keeps us safe? i wonder if you could help us with why _ keeps us safe? i wonder if you could help us with why politicians - help us with why politicians continually make this mistake, human behaviour is our speciality. why did they continually make this mistake of them and us? that they continually make this mistake of them and us?— of them and us? that is a good auestion of them and us? that is a good question indeed. _ of them and us? that is a good question indeed. i— of them and us? that is a good question indeed. i would - of them and us? that is a good question indeed. i would love | of them and us? that is a goodl question indeed. i would love to of them and us? that is a good - question indeed. i would love to be able to talk to these people and understand what they do. my work is on group behaviour, collective behaviour, the impact of what leaders do on collective behaviour and one of the first rules of influences we are more influenced by people if we think they are on our side, part of the in group, with us and follow us. and the thing truly corrosive of politics and democracy

and the point where you have a sense that politicians are not concerned about us, they are doing things by themselves and that they are derisory, like respect by the public as a new light i've got to do one thing and we can do something different. and that attitude i think it's a very dangerous and it is the attitude that is conveyed when he government is precisely protecting its own for doing something whilst blaming and castigating the rest of us. blaming and castigating the rest of us_ ,, . 4' , blaming and castigating the rest of us_ ,, . ~ , ., blaming and castigating the rest of us. n a , ., , blaming and castigating the rest of us. quickly, what is important now as we continue _ us. quickly, what is important now as we continue to _ us. quickly, what is important now as we continue to act _ us. quickly, what is important now as we continue to act in _ us. quickly, what is important now as we continue to act in an - as we continue to act in an appropriate way to get out of the pandemic safely, so what should be done to guide people and encourage them to carry on and notjust give up? them to carry on and not 'ust give u - ? ., them to carry on and not 'ust give u . ? ., . . ., , up? for me the critical thing is instead of— up? for me the critical thing is instead of when _ up? for me the critical thing is instead of when dates - up? for me the critical thing is instead of when dates when i up? for me the critical thing is - instead of when dates when things will happen or won't happen, to understand what we can do to bring infections down to be more likely we can reopen and get back to the lives we want to get back to, so a clear

communication that involves the public as part of the effort of the pandemic, not passive, not waiting for things to happen, but actively doing things. and the types of things we can do is to keep ourselves safe by limiting our contacts when they are not necessary, nobody is saying don't see our loved ones, but they are saying limit your contact, when you meet people, be safe, have good ventilation, isolate yourself if you are infected, get a test quickly and for that to happen, the public have got to take their responsibilities seriously. but the government has also got to help us, help us to do the things necessary by for instance giving grants and information about what, like increasing the support for sales isolation, so it has to be a partnership moving forward which is why breaching the partnership, creating the sense of them and us is so dangerous to the overall pandemic

response. so dangerous to the overall pandemic resonse. ., ,,., ., ~ so dangerous to the overall pandemic resonse. ., , . ~ ,, , response. professor, thank you very much indeed- _ the australian authorities have urgently extended a covid lockdown in sydney and surrounding areas that will last for two weeks following a surge in cases of the delta variant. our correspondent, phil mercer, joins us from sydney. this has been described as a hard lockdown. just how worried are they about this latest outbreak? {lin about this latest outbreak? on friday the authorities here in sydney are dead four parts of the city into a lockdown, 2a hours later they say this cluster of infection is growing rapidly and is such great concern that the entire city and surrounding areas to their master, south and west will be subject to very strict lockdown measures for at least two weeks. the authorities believe this delta variant is

spreading very quickly through the community, all the way through the pandemic, the australian strategy has been to go hard and to go early and the authorities are hoping that this two week shutdown will be enough to snuff out this particular cluster here in sydney. find enough to snuff out this particular cluster here in sydney.— cluster here in sydney. and very cuickl , cluster here in sydney. and very quickly. there — cluster here in sydney. and very quickly, there are _ cluster here in sydney. and very quickly, there are reports - cluster here in sydney. and very quickly, there are reports that i quickly, there are reports that australia is struggling somewhat with its vaccination programme. why is that? i with its vaccination programme. why is that? ~ , , is that? i think struggling is -auttin is that? i think struggling is putting it — is that? i think struggling is putting it quite _ is that? i think struggling is putting it quite politely. - is that? i think struggling is| putting it quite politely. this is that? i think struggling is - putting it quite politely. this has been a bit of a shambles, australians know that the only way really to end this cycle of lockdowns and to reopen its international borders are high rates of vaccinations was about the moment we know that fewer than 5% of australians are fully vaccinated, about a quarter have had one dose and this is way behind what the government is expecting. it is one reason why we are in a lockdown here in sydney, because not enough people

have been vaccinated. so australians need to be vaccinated and i think this lockdown in sydney will be a jolting reminder to many australians firstly that the pandemic is far from over and secondly that they need to be vaccinated.— from over and secondly that they need to be vaccinated. thank you very much- _ rescue teams in miami are continuing their search for survivors after an apartment block collapsed two days ago, but the state governor has also called for a timely explanation of the cause. the number of people unaccounted for now stands at 159 and four deaths have been confirmed. our correspondent will grant sent this report from miami. the longer this search and rescue goes on, the more harrowing it becomes for the families. around the clock day and night, the rescue teams continue to work at the site, sifting through the rubble brick by brick if they have to do. they are also using sniffer dogs to find if there is any remote possibility of locating families

or individuals still alive. obviously holding on to that hope is the hardest thing for the relatives. they know that as each hour passes, the possibility of seeing their loved ones again is becoming more and more remote. president biden has said that federal funds and federal support are available for florida and he says that he understands that this period of waiting is the hardest part. the governor of florida ron desantis has said that when this investigation moves into investigating what happened here, that he will expect there to be full answers. however, those are issues that will still have to wait. for now, this remains an operation to try and locate survivors. with me is william marquez from bbc mundo. thank you forjoining us. how rare is what we have seen taking place there in miami?— is what we have seen taking place

there in miami? miami has seen its share of disasters _ there in miami? miami has seen its share of disasters from _ there in miami? miami has seen its share of disasters from floods - there in miami? miami has seen its share of disasters from floods and l share of disasters from floods and hurricanes and storms, but not this type, this is more like what happens during earthquakes. so it is something new they are facing. that is why teams from mexico who are experts in rescuing after earthquakes there and teams from israel being sent, i suspect because for the fact some of the residents are either israeli or have lived partially in israel. but this is the first time that they have been faced with this type of disaster, they have been going underneath from an underground garage, drilling, they have cranes in place and what happens is that as you can see from the images, the building has collapsed in a pan kick way, pressing down, so there may be some people, where people can survive in

pockets of air or between spaces in between the pads of concrete and they can survive for some time. but time is running out and as the mayor says, they are clinging on to help. we have heard reports of some residents of the apartment describing how the pooljust collapsed on itself. many residents have been thinking that the work has not been as hard as it should be. why is it they have had to go underground and just how dangerous is that by the rescue teams? it is is that by the rescue teams? it is very dangerous _ is that by the rescue teams? it 3 very dangerous and very hard. the shifts that only last 15 minutes because it is so exhausting. one of the things you have to take into account is even though they have cranes is if you are displacing any of the rubble and that might injure whatever survivor there may be, so thatis whatever survivor there may be, so that is one of the problems. and of

course this is something new for the city at the moment, but i am sure they are doing their best and doing it accordingly, to what other techniques they know. it accordingly, to what other techniuues the know. ., ~ , ., , techniques they know. thank you very much indeed- — techniques they know. thank you very much indeed. thank _ techniques they know. thank you very much indeed. thank you. _ the headlines on bbc news... the uk health secretary matt hancock comes under pressure to resign after pictures emerged of him kissing an aide in his office — in breach of covid guidance. the entire city of sydney and surrounding areas are under coronavirus lockdown for two weeks after a rise in cases of the delta variant. and 159 people remain unaccounted for after the collapse of an apartment block north of miami beach. rescuers are continuing to search the debris. the former us police officer who murdered george floyd in minneapolis last year has been sentenced to 22—and—a—half years in prison. some of mr floyd's family

and supporters said the sentence handed to derek chauvin wasn't long enough. the prosecution had demanded 30 years in prison, but president biden said the term seemed appropriate. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. a final day in court for george floyd's family and the man guilty of his murder, derek chauvin, to be sentenced for a crime that sparked protests across the country. this was the family's opportunity to express their thoughts as they search for closure. george floyd's daughter, seven—year—old gianna, appeared first on video, too young to fully understand the tragic events of the past year, she talked about the father she no longer had. i miss you and i love you. when it came to the sentencing, the judge his decision was not based on emotion or public opinion, but the law. the sentence for count one — the court commits you to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for a period of 270 months. hands up, right now!

let me see your other hand! 22.5 years for his role in this — the arrest of george floyd, caught on camera by a bystander, in a sequence of events that resulted in his murder. pinned to the ground for more than nine minutes by derek chauvin, crying out that he could not breathe. i can't breathe. a scene that still haunts terrence floyd, george's brother, who struggled to speak as he addressed chauvin directly. i wanted to know from the man himself why. what were you thinking? what was going through your head when you had your knee on my brother's neck? but there were to be no answers from the former officer, who expressed little emotion, even as his mother vouched for his character. it has been difficult for me to hear and read what the media,

public and prosecution team believe derek to be — an aggressive, heartless and uncaring person. i can tell you that is far from the truth. finally, but briefly, derek chauvin addressed the court. do want to give my condolences to the floyd family. _ this right here is — this 22—year sentence they gave this man — it's a slap on the wrist. we're getting a life sentence with not having him in our life and that hurts me to death. the reverend al sharpton, a long—time civil rights activist, put chauvin's 22.5—year prison term in context. this sentencing is the longest sentence we've seen, but it is notjustice because george floyd is in a grave tonight, even though chauvin will be in jail. president biden gave his reaction to the sentence from the white house. well, i don't know all the circumstances that were considered but it seems to me,

under the guidelines, that seems to be appropriate. one down, three to go! three other officers involved in the arrest of george floyd are still to face their day in court. but with the sentencing of derek chauvin, there is hope that america has reached a turning point in the fight for racialjustice. peter bowes, bbc news. i can now speak to professor nicole gonzalez van cleve, who's associate professor of sociology at brown university and the author of the book crook county: racism and injustice in america's largest court. joining us —— thank you forjoining us. he got 22.5 years, that there are two words that keep coming up, justice and accountability. any break that down far us? the family deserves justice _ break that down far us? the family deservesjustice and _ break that down far us? the family deservesjustice and i _ break that down far us? the family deservesjustice and i think- break that down far us? the family deservesjustice and i thinkjustice| deserves justice and i thinkjustice

looks like some sort of accountability of a stab at a place like chicago where i have done most of my research, it took 50 years to convey to one officer and he only had seven years, a sentence. and it doesn't feel sufficient. we see here this judge was willing to look at other aggravating circumstances, the particular cruelty of the crime, the facts children were present, the breach of trust, that the reason it doesn't feel like just as it is we have not done anything to prevent another death. during this trial, people were dying at the hands of police at about three per day and the day after the verdict, in the 2a hour period, six people died, so this idea that this is some kind of preventative measure or a deterrent, it isn't. we need to have real peace lease reform in america. delete —— police reform.

lease reform in america. delete -- police reform-_ police reform. what made this articular police reform. what made this particular case _ police reform. what made this particular case different? - police reform. what made this| particular case different? what police reform. what made this - particular case different? what we saw in that video _ particular case different? what we saw in that video was _ particular case different? what we saw in that video was bystanders l particular case different? what we | saw in that video was bystanders in some way asking and begging for this officer to stop. the visual of seeing, begging for his life and saying i can't breathe and the others are looking at the camera, i think the flagrant nature showed how police believe they are above the law and to a certain extent they have reason to believe that. prosecutors in america are unwilling to charge officers with murder and they do so because they need officers to win cases of the ways they don't get promoted. so there is this perverse incentive structure for prosecutors to look the other way literally when police are committing murder and i think those systemic issues are how we have to think about, it can't happen with one officer or one sentence, it has to happen systemically across jurisdictions across the nation. 50

jurisdictions across the nation. so that video footage and the world of social media is changing the direction that prosecutors are taking, but also i want to ask you, how important is it that we note how white america views this case, does it matter? i white america views this case, does it matter? ~ ., , , it matter? i think it absolutely does, ithink— it matter? i think it absolutely does, i think there _ it matter? i think it absolutely does, i think there was - it matter? i think it absolutely does, i think there was an - it matter? i think it absolutely - does, i think there was an awakening with white americans for this case. clear brutality of it. when you think about the mass protest last year, if it wasn't for the protests from a multiracial coalition of people being outraged in america and around the world, if that didn't happen, you wouldn't have charges against derek chauvin. the local prosecutor didn't want to touch the case, he saw the video and he said, i don't see murder and that was totally disturbing to people, all of us, laypeople star murder and they

wanted it charged appropriately. i think it matters. the only concern is will white americans think this verdict is the end or will they think it is the beginning? for me and my research if we have not changed policy, this isjust a symbolic victory and we need systemic change. symbolic victory and we need s stemic chance. ., ., , systemic change. unfortunately we have run out _ systemic change. unfortunately we have run out of— systemic change. unfortunately we have run out of time, _ systemic change. unfortunately we have run out of time, so _ systemic change. unfortunately we have run out of time, so many - systemic change. unfortunately we l have run out of time, so many more questions i had. thank you very much. president biden has reassured his afghan counterpart, ashraf ghani, of america's continuing support for afghanistan. us and nato troops are set to finish their withdrawal on the 11th of september. after a meeting at the white house, mr biden said military, financial and political support for afghanistan would be sustained.

all adults in england are still being invited to "grab a jab" this weekend, as hundreds of walk—in centres offer coronavirus vaccinations without the need to book an appointment. anyone aged 18 or over can turn up at the sites, which include football stadia, theatres and shopping centres. the drive comes as the latest covid figures from the office for national statistics show cases across the uk rising by 30% in one week our correspondent ben boulos has spent the morning at a vaccination centre in york. well, this is one of the largest pop—up walk—in vaccination centres in england, here in york, they have already vaccinated 300,000 people over the last few weeks and months. today they are hoping to vaccinate another 2000. it is part of the "grab a jab" weekend. people can turn up, no appointment, no booking necessary. one of those who has taken advantage of that is pierre. pierre, what made you come along today? so, to be vaccinated and, well,

hopefully i will stop the virus as well and to be able to continue to travel and have a normal life again. 0k. pierre, we will not let you lose your place in the queue. go and get yourjab. thank you very much for speaking to us. of course, they couldn't do all of this without the staff and volunteers to make it all happen. one of those is chloe. chloe, this is yourfirst day being involved in the vaccination campaign. what's it like seeing people come down here? it's really great, what they are doing, how efficient they are getting through the vaccines and how helpful the volunteers are. and what's the atmosphere like among the volunteers? oh, it is great, they are very enthusiastic and very friendly. great stuff. well, you have got a busy day ahead, we will let you get on with that. and, as they say, they are hoping to vaccinate something like 2000 people here each day and every shot that goes into someone's arm is another step towards the government's goal of getting all adults vaccinated with at least one dose by the 19th ofjuly and have 80% of adults having had both doses, fully vaccinated by that same day, which is of course

when they are hoping to lift the remaining covid restrictions. senior members of the democratic unionist party are expected to install sirjeffrey donaldson as the party's new leader later today. he's northern ireland's longest serving mp, having represented the lagan valley for 2h years. sirjeffrey will replace edwin poots, who is standing down after only three weeks in the job. a lot of us came to realise the importance of a good haircut during the lockdowns of the past year or so, but where will the next generation of barbers and hairdressers come from? the number of apprentices has fallen sharply, which is worrying some industry leaders. our business correspondent katy austin has been looking into this. my name is dulcie wilson. i'm an apprentice here at frank di lusso's here in carshalton. i have always been really

passionate about hair. since i was younger i've always wanted to do something to do ifeel like when i'm working, i've got a job, i'm part of the real world and i'm helping real people. 17—year—old dulcie hopes to forge a career styling hair after she completes her apprenticeship programme. the boss says training on the job is really important. it's a well—trodden route here. three of them are assistants which are apprentices. four of my current styling team have been apprentices within the salon and have become stylists, senior stylists and one is even assistant manager. but not all salons are taking on as many apprentices as they used to. this one in chichester might normally have five. they didn't hire any last year because of the pandemic. looking ahead, they'll probably recruit three. the owner says there are several reasons. on the one hand, salons are reluctant to stump up the cost of taking on trainees

at a financially uncertain time. on the other hand, it's increasingly hard to find enough recruits. we can't find people that are really passionate and whether that's because of the schools that aren't encouraging them to come through or people don't see this as an exciting industry, which is really sad, because it has great career opportunities. about 7,000 people started hairdressing and barbering apprenticeships in england between august 2019 and july 2020 — a drop of nearly a third compared to 10,000 in the previous 12 months, which was significantly down on the year before. if we're not investing in the future, where are all the hairdressers going to come from? why does it matter if salons aren't taking on as many? because there are other routes in, other ways of qualifying. yeah, people can go into college, but with an apprenticeship you are earning and learning at the same time, which is great, but what you learn and what you get from just being around other people, you don't get that opportunity at college. the hair and beauty trade body told me boosted government incentives for taking on apprentices

only goes so far. it's not really quite enough to make the difference. an apprentice doesn't bring in money, they are all cost and no revenue, and that is fundamentally the thing that is pinching people who might want to employ an apprentice, but at the moment they just feel they can't afford to. the industry says there's no easy or simple solution, but some businesses hope a few too many home haircuts recently may have prompted more people to appreciate their skills and to consider taking a path like dulcie's. my favourite part is talking to clients and then just seeing the results. cleaning the toilet is probably the least fun job, but it's still funjust to be part of the team. a special edition £5 coin commemorating the life of the duke of edinburgh has been unveiled. the coin's design — which features an original portrait — was approved by prince philip in 2008 and has been launched on armed forces day. the duke died in april this year at the age of 99. he served as the president

of the royal mint advisory committee for 47 years. now it's time for a look at the weather. there is a very important game on today, for the wales fans, i'm sure the outdoor fan zones, the weather will be important to them. lots the outdoor fan zones, the weather will be important to them.- will be important to them. lots of dry weather _ will be important to them. lots of dry weather to — will be important to them. lots of dry weather to come _ will be important to them. lots of dry weather to come today - will be important to them. lots of dry weather to come today for - will be important to them. lots of. dry weather to come today for many. one or two showers across wales and england this afternoon. temperatures will rise and showers could develop. there is still some look like feeding into scotland. it will be cooler here with a bit of a breeze, but not as cold as yesterday. into this evening and overnight, we finish the day with some rain in the channel islands, and it could push

into devon and cornwall police to