this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in the last few minutes, sajid javid has been appointed as britain's new health secretary. he replaces matt hancock who resigned after pictures emerged of him kissing and aid in his office in breach of kyver distancing guidelines. mr hancock says he owes it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them and thatis rules have got to stick by them and that is why i have got to resign. he: should have gone yesterday, i would

have been far better, instead downing street has said they are drawing a line under it and in fact they are saying tonight that matt hancock chose to resign, boris johnson didn't sack him. boris johnson didn't sack him. boris johnson has now been exposed as failing the test of leadership and demonstrating the most appalling judgment. demonstrating the most appalling “udument. , :, demonstrating the most appalling 'udment. , :, :, :, :, :, judgment. gina coladangelo, the eiuht judgment. gina coladangelo, the eight caught _ judgment. gina coladangelo, the eight caught on _ judgment. gina coladangelo, the eight caught on camera - judgment. gina coladangelo, the eight caught on camera with - judgment. gina coladangelo, the eight caught on camera with mr i eight caught on camera with mr hancock, has also left her role. rescuers are searching for survivors in the collapsed apartment block in america are having their efforts are hampered by a fire. and sydney is extended after an increase in cases,. good evening.

sajid javid has been appointed as the uk's new health secretary. the conservative mp for bromsgrove has previously served ina number of cabinets, as business secretary, communities secretary, home secretary and most recently as chancellor. in his resignation letter to the prime minister, matt hancock said... mr hancock also posted this video on twitter. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everyone in this country has made, that you have made. and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them and that is why i have got to resign. his appointment follows

matt hancock's resignation from the role after he breached social distancing guidance by kissing a departmental aide in breach of coronavirus guidelines. the sun tabloid newspaper published this front page — with pictures of his passionate embrace of a woman he had appointed to the public payroll. his downfall follows three years as health secretary, through pandemic, lockdowns and britain's vaccination rollout programme. mr hancock had faced ridicule before. but appeared to be a survivor — until now. jonathan ashworth says the prime minister has shown a lack of leadership. minister has shown a lack of leadership-— minister has shown a lack of leadershi. , :, leadership. boris johnson should have shared _ leadership. boris johnson should have shared the _ leadership. boris johnson should have shared the doubts, - leadership. boris johnson should have shared the doubts, the - leadership. boris johnson should i have shared the doubts, the spine, the awareness to have sacked him on friday. you can't have a health secretary who designs the covid rules so blatantly breaking the rules so blatantly breaking the rules in a way that he did. we need

people to adhere to these rules, we are still a public health crisis, a pandemic, and although it is a personal tragedy for matt hancock, and he has always been entirely courteous to me and in that respect i wish —— i sent him my best wishes in that respect, but he should have gone yesterday, and i would have been far better. instead, downing street said they are drawing a line under it. tonight, they are saying matt hancock chose to resign, boris johnson didn't sack him, boris johnson didn't sack him, boris johnson i think is now exposed as failing the test of leadership and demonstrating the most appalling judgment. that thing that strikes me about their says that we are all focusing on the details of the last 24 focusing on the details of the last 2a hours but throughout the crisis, matt hancock has demonstrated that he was unfit for this role. he failed to protect our care homes and that has had devastating consequences, he sent our nhs staff

into this face at this ferocious deadly virus without adequate ppe. allah test and trace system has been a shambles. we don't people to —— don't pay people to isolate people properly, and other delta variant has not only reached our shores but is growing quite considerably. it's that a record of failure and on top of that we now have waiting lists at record highs, 5 million on the waiting list, young people struggling to get mental health treatment, over 2000 people waiting over two years for an operation or treatment. that is staggering. can you imagine being in pain and anxiety and having to wait over two years for treatment? we have hundreds of thousands of people waiting over one year for treatment. 0ur waiting lists are so massive you can see them from outer space, this is a record of failure. a different view from a conservative mp who said he had helped his

government by taking the step. i think he has done the right thing for the country for the department of health and for the government, ultimately. and as you have pointed out, it is ok for any cabinet minister to have the confidence of the prime minister but every cabinet minister also it needs to have the confidence of the public, in particular the secretary of state for health during a pandemic. and what is clear over the last 2a hours is that for a sizeable minority or even a majority of the public, they no longer have confidence in matt hancock, it was in the affair, it was the apparent hypocrisy of being someone who made the rules but then broke their own rules. and that made his position untenable at any time in particular during a pandemic. a pandemic which still has some waits until freedom day. i think the balance i thought it would blow over. it is clear the media would

not let the issue drop there. there will be more stories in a paper tomorrow. ijust come back from a diaper bag campaigning on batley and spen and it is now an issue on the doorstep, which is a distraction from the by—election up there and all the volunteers that are working so hard, and his position had become untenable. it was headlines the several days and in the last 2a hours, it is clear from my inbox, several days and in the last 2a hours, it is clearfrom my inbox, i don't doubt lots of them —— conservative mp colleagues and other colleagues in the house, that public opinion is that he had to go and he has done the right thing now. i’ge has done the right thing now. i've been hearing _ has done the right thing now. i've been hearing more from our uk politics corresponded about why mr hancock had to go. i politics corresponded about why mr hancock had to go.— hancock had to go. i think the big roblem hancock had to go. i think the big problem he _ hancock had to go. i think the big problem he that _ hancock had to go. i think the big problem he that if— hancock had to go. i think the big problem he that if you _ hancock had to go. i think the big problem he that if you are - hancock had to go. i think the big problem he that if you are telling| problem he that if you are telling people, you are selling millions of people, you are selling millions of people, of people, 64 million people, of people, 64 million people, that they shouldn't hug, they shouldn't have any social contact with people outside their little bubble, outside their whole

household, these pictures and videos, theyjust look terrible, when you think about what everybody has been through, so national laughing stock. you know, philippa, even my kids this morning said, "have you seen all the memes about matt hancock, dad?" so, that tells you, when teenagers are taking an interest, you are in big trouble. perhaps, rob, if he had been seen to be felt less as a health secretary, he might have hung on, but he has faced a lot of pressure. i mean, it is an ugly combination. you have the slightest problem that the charge of hypocrisy, the humiliation and laughing stock. his time as health secretary has not been unblemished. 0ne thinks perhaps of the critique that has come from the prime minister's former senior adviser, the incredibly public scathing critique from dominic cummings, who has also been showing messages he has got from the prime minister describing matt hancock with an expletive in the middle, before it as hopeless.

absolutely, there has been this criticism, if you like, of his personal behaviour, but also of his professional handling of the pandemic. that said, of course, you will find people to come to matt hancock's defence and say, you know, he had one hell tricky spot being that britain's health secretary in the middle of a pandemic. there has also been criticism, of course, of his boss, of borisjohnson, for hanging on to him but loyalty did seem to matter to mrjohnson. yes. i mean, one of the things that is most striking about this, philippa, and people watching around the world will know this, is people were wondering what on earth do you have to do to either get sacked or resign from borisjohnson's government? because it is very much his style, never apologise, never explain, and incredibly sort of aggressive attitude towards any criticism, so he stood behind other ministers who have done extraordinary things, ministers who have been accused of bullying, accused of messing up people's

education results. but i guess in the case of matt hancock, this is just so out there and you just have so many people just laughing at him, poking fun of him, and given that they are all these tricky decisions still ahead on health matters, you could see that his position was untenable. but i think, if he were to ask, philippa, does one think that borisjohnson is going to change his style and that ministers are going to have to behave to a higher standard? i mean, i think that seems rather unlikely that mrjohnson will change his pugnacious approach to standards in public life. one more brief thought, rob, you refer to tricky decisions ahead, dr bharat pankhania of the university of exeter medical school says he was frightened over the developments over the last two days because the country so, i was reflecting and saying to myself, if i were matt hancock, who is going to listen

to me in the middle of a pandemic on monday? and that frightened me because my fear was if people stopped listening to the advice, to the precautions, to all the things that we want to do to protect the people, and people are frustrated with all the restrictions that have gone on, i felt i don't know how matt hancock is going to do this. so, in a way, that decision has been made for us, and we have got sajid javid now. and i hope that he has the confidence of the nhs staff. and one thing that i picked up, one thing that is really, really important is matt hancock said, we are nearly there. i disagree with him, and my reason i disagree with him is the world has not been immunised. so, we really want sajid javid of course to look up the united kingdom but to also to start looking after the rest of the world. it is really important, otherwise we will get variants. the emergence of different variants is a reflection on uncontrolled immense reproduction of the virus, and the virus makes mistakes,

and then a variant arises so we have got to suppress infections the world over and that is our next task, too. i have heard anecdotally a lot of people saying, catherine, we know there is a new health secretary, and i guess this had to be a political heavyweight. yes, and sajid javid does have passed with big roles in cabinet but also in february 2020, he was the shortest serving chancellor so this will be quite key for him, especially as he has had a rocky relationship with borisjohnson because this role needs that, this is a very key time for us to have health secretary.— health secretary. even the vaccination _ health secretary. even the vaccination programme - health secretary. even the vaccination programme is| health secretary. even the - vaccination programme is rolling on, we have got the rising number of cases, the worries about the delta variant, i mean, we're still in crisis, really.— variant, i mean, we're still in crisis, really. variant, i mean, we're still in crisis, reall . 'j~ :: :: :: , ., crisis, really. 98,000 people have

tested positive _ crisis, really. 98,000 people have tested positive in _ crisis, really. 98,000 people have tested positive in the _ crisis, really. 98,000 people have tested positive in the last - crisis, really. 98,000 people have tested positive in the last week. . tested positive in the last week. they are big numbers on what the government wanted to be thinking about week was the grab a jab campaign because it is really key to get those vaccines in arms so we can have the freedom they look at later in the year. they have set themselves a target cell in a very short term, there is a target of the july the 19th in getting an injection in all of 18—year—olds and two thirds of adults being doubled vaccinated but there is so much more to do. ,, ., to do. the nhs a south facing so many challenges _ to do. the nhs a south facing so many challenges right _ to do. the nhs a south facing so many challenges right now. - to do. the nhs a south facing so many challenges right now. as i to do. the nhs a south facing so many challenges right now. as a| many challenges right now. as a health correspondent, _ many challenges right now. as a health correspondent, i - many challenges right now. is e health correspondent, i would many challenges right now. is —s health correspondent, i would think this is a very difficultjob, it is a big job that touches everyone. a normal non—pandemic years, the kind of headlines ec, winter pressures, crowded a&e departments, staff retention, these are all big issues happening anyway, let's add onto that the knock—on impact of covid, la covid, mental health, but the

waiting list, there are 5 million people on the waiting lists. before the pandemic, there were about 1600 people waiting a year for surgery and at the time we thought there was and at the time we thought there was a big number, it is now 385,000. this list is huge, there are other things coming up. the boss of nhs england, nothing about to do this, is going to step down, so that will destabilise things. there will be a spending review where savage javid will have to fight for health and also social care, there is so much for him to be doing right now, his injury is overflowing. he for him to be doing right now, his injury is overflowing.— for him to be doing right now, his injury is overflowing. in'ury is overflowing. he has to be a injury is overflowing. he has to be a fiuhter, injury is overflowing. he has to be a fighter. a _ injury is overflowing. he has to be a fighter, a decision-maker, - injury is overflowing. he has to be a fighter, a decision-maker, so i injury is overflowing. he has to be . a fighter, a decision-maker, so many a fighter, a decision—maker, so many different decisions, and a good communicator who can get the trust of the public. communicator who can get the trust of the public— of the public. yes, and also of nhs staff because _ of the public. yes, and also of nhs staff because they _ of the public. yes, and also of nhs staff because they have _ of the public. yes, and also of nhs staff because they have worked - staff because they have worked through a pandemic. staff retention, workforce, this is a big issue facing the nhs at any time. right now, they are exhausted, they have done so much and they are asked to keep doing more. he really has got a

big job. keep doing more. he really has got a bi “ob. :, ~' keep doing more. he really has got a bi “ob. :, ~ ,, keep doing more. he really has got a bi “ob. :, ~ n keep doing more. he really has got a bi “ob. :, ~ . to florida, where it has emerged the apartment block near miami which collapsed on thursday had been flagged as having potential structual problems three years ago. a structural survey in 2018 pointed to a major error in the original design of champlain towers, which prevented water draining from the base of the building. in other developments, officials said a short while ago that continuing rescue efforts are being hampered by a fire in the ruins of the building. so far four people are confirmed to have died, but that number is expected to rise with a further 159 people still unaccounted for. locals have begun posting pictures of the missing on a fence near the scene of the collapse. the search for survivors continues, but the mayor of miami dade has warned that the fire in the rubble would need to be contained for rescue efforts to be completed. it is hampering our research efforts. we see that the smoke has spread, it has spread a, it is

difficult to isolate the source of the fire and therefore to stop it. at the county level, i am directing that our department of regular cherry and economic resources will immediately commence an audit of all of the buildings at the 40 year point and beyond, so we want to make sure that every building has a completed their recertification process and we want to do move swiftly to remediate any issues that may have been identified in a process so we are going to conduct this audit within the next 30 days. and we are beginning right now. the bbc�*s will grant is in miami — he gave us this update. it isa it is a very harrowing day. no survivors were found overnight and to add to the distress, it has emerged that there was a survey

carried out three years ago which set out some serious flaws in the integrity of the building structure. i have a few quotes. the report said that there was a major structural damage to a concrete platform beneath the swimming pool deck, that there was abundant cracking of columns, beams, and walls in the parking garage and perhaps worst of all, a major error in the original design itself which affected both drainage and waterproofing. together, that combines to create a very questionable picture of the state of the building itself. and, of course, that keeps the distress on the families who are waiting for positive updates. this only makes them more concerned, more upset, the engineer who carried out that report at the time said that timely repairs were needed, the building of mac owners say that those repairs were due to take place later this year

but of course, the building has now collapsed and the governor of florida has of course calls for a full investigation. activists in istanbul have tried to demonstrate. there are covid restrictions. attempts to stage the pride rally have met with strong police intervention. australia s biggest city has been ordered into a two—week lockdown because of a growing number of covid—i9 case. health authorities in sydney are fighting to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious delta variant.? stay—at—home orders will also apply to other areas in new south wales, australia s most populous state. ? and in the last few hours, new zealand has suspended all travel with australia for three days.

parts of sydney entered a lockdown on friday, but officials now believe even tougher measures are needed to contain the latest outbreak. they say the highly contagious delta variant is spreading quickly. if we're going to do this, we need to do it properly. there's no point doing a three—day lockdown and then having the virus continue to bubble away in the community. a few days ago, i said this was the scariest time that i felt since the pandemic started, and that's proven to be the case. millions of australians in sydney and beyond must now stay home, although they can leave to go to work, buy essential supplies, or exercise. to be honest, i probably think that it should have happened a couple of days ago, because there's been a pretty decent spread for the last few days. it's hard to imagine - how they can go further without completely stifling everything. | they've taken the view _ that they want to control the virus above everything else and they've been successful in that. _

australia has consistently maintained very low rates of coronavirus transmission. it has become a fortress in an attempt to keep the virus out. most foreign nationals have been banned since march of last year, but the lockdown has again exposed flaws in its defences at the border that have allowed infections to escape into the community. this latest outbreak is linked to a limousine driver working with international aircrew at sydney airport. the vaccination roll—out here has also been slow. there are complaints that the government's planning has been confused, and there's been complacency as well. fewer than 5% of the population are fully vaccinated. the lockdown in australia's biggest city is a jolting reminder that the pandemic is far from over. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. large numbers of people have been leaving the bangladeshi capital, dhaka, ahead of a nationwide covid lockdown. from monday, people in bangladesh will be allowed to leave their homes only in an emergency. bangladesh has seen an alarming increase in cases since mid—may, many attributed to the delta variant. in iraq the authorities authorities say a third wave of covid infections has started, as the country's case numbers surge. a health ministry spokesman said this latest spike was much worse and more dangerous than the previous two.

were going to start in amsterdam at the euros because denmark have beaten wales in the opening match of the knockout stages of the tournament so they are through to the quarterfinals. in amsterdam, denmark were everywhere, covid restrictions made it all but impossible for wales fans to travel but the few that made it were doing their best to make up for eight but denmark also bring their own emotion, christian eriksen remains in their thoughts as he continues his recovery. 0utnumbered off the field, wayin started stronger, gareth bale going close but into the game, casper dolberg's that was brilliant. things could

have got worse for wales before half—time, clinging on the break. that would save them for long. who are defending and dolberg had his and denmark's second. for denmark, their incredible journey continues, thatthird is no more than they deserve. the kind of celebration that not so long ago they, as a footballing nation, might have thought impossible. a knockout blow for wales, thought impossible. a knockout blow forwales, harry thought impossible. a knockout blow for wales, harry wilson's red card not quite the final insult, that came from martin braithwaite, 4—0 the final score. then my�*s extraordinary tournament goes on, for wales, extraordinary tournament goes on, forwales, nothing extraordinary tournament goes on, for wales, nothing but desperate disappointment. the second last 16 match between italy and austria is in the second half now. the winners will play belgium or portugal in the quarterfinals. i can tell you that is it is currently austria leading

by one goal. it is going to check so it could be ruled out for offside, the referee is still on the pitch checking. i will update you by the end of this bulletin. the tour de france is marked by two bad crashes in the closing stages but most of the favourites managed to avoid them while the world champion rode away from a variant depleted pellet in two complete the victory. i can tell you that goal has been ruled out so it is still goalless between italy and austria at the euros. lewis hamilton will be trying to catch max verstappen at the grand prix. the championship leader was almost a quarter of a second quicker

than hamilton, who will start from second, ahead of fellow briton who third. i second, ahead of fellow briton who third. �* ., second, ahead of fellow briton who third. �* s, ., third. i didn't have a good qualifying _ third. i didn't have a good qualifying session. - third. i didn't have a good qualifying session. i'm - third. i didn't have a good l qualifying session. i'm kind third. i didn't have a good - qualifying session. i'm kind of baffled by the car feeling different. not the perfect lap at the end but it was making no difference, i was still down. ijust hope that tomorrow is a better day. the british and irish lions have beaten japan the british and irish lions have beatenjapan in their warm up match in their tour beatenjapan in their warm up match in theirtourto beatenjapan in their warm up match in their tour to south africa but they will now be without their captain who dislocated his shoulder during the game. he suffered the injury in the first half, forcing him out of the game. the lions ran in four tries him out of the game. the lions ran infourtries in him out of the game. the lions ran in four tries in the 28 points to ten victory. that is all this but for now, stay up—to—date on all the latest from the euros for the last

16 tie between italy and austria, 68 i6 tie between italy and austria, 68 minutes gone at wembley and it is still goalless. more on the bbc website on sport and politics and all our developing stories. now, it is time for a look at the weather. the first half of the weekend has brought decent weather for many and decent spells of sunshine, too. i suspect here tomorrow, it will look a bit cloudy and it will be whetted to. some rain in the south with dry and sunny conditions further north. this is the earlier satellite picture and you can see the skirl of cloud, a slow—moving area of low pressure that will start to throw ray northwards across the channel islands and into southern counties of england as we had through this evening and time. the further north you are, it stays dry, large amounts

of cloud with clear spells, too, temperatures five or 6 degrees in the north of scotland. into tomorrow, we'll see outbreaks of showery rain across the channel islands, getting into the southern counties of england, perhaps the odd heavy thundery burst in the afternoon. the odd shower in wales but further north it will be dry with spells of sunshine but with thicker cloud and the odd spot of rain in the far north west of scotland. temperatures, 20 degrees for glasgow, 23 in london, and as we head into the evening, we see heavy rain drifting northwards across the midlands, wales, may be into northern england for a time as our slow—moving area of low pressure continue to spin around. 0n slow—moving area of low pressure continue to spin around. on monday, expect further outbreaks of rain, especially across parts of rain and south—west england, showers breaking out across southern parts of

england, may be up to northern parts of england but the further north you are, sadly for northern ireland and scotland, fine and and shiny. up to 23 degrees in western scotland. wimbledon kicks off on monday. we could see interruptions with further outbreaks of rain at times, as our area of low pressure continues to churn around. the frontal systems drifting northwards from time to time. higher pressure further north, though, and that is where we will see the best of the dry, sunny, and indeed warm weather. 25 degrees in western scotland, always with the chance of rain further south.

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in the last hour, the former chancellor, sajid javid has been appointed as the new health secretary. he replaces matt hancock who resigned after pictures emerged of him kissing an aide in his office — in breach of covid guidelines. in his resignation letter to the prime minister — matt hancock says he �*owes it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down" i understand the enormous sacrifices that everyone in this country is made, that you have made, and those of those who make these rules of got to stick by them and that is why i have got to resign. you to stick by them and that is why i have got to resign.— to stick by them and that is why i have got to resign. you should have one have got to resign. you should have gone yesterday. _ have got to resign. you should have gone yesterday, that _ have got to resign. you should have gone yesterday, that would - have got to resign. you should have gone yesterday, that would have . have got to resign. you should have i gone yesterday, that would have been far beiteh _ gone yesterday, that would have been far better. instead downing street said they— far better. instead downing street said they are drawing a line under it, said they are drawing a line under it. and— said they are drawing a line under it, and tonight they are saying matt hancock _ it, and tonight they are saying matt hancock chose to resign, boris johnson — hancock chose to resign, boris johnson didn't sacking. boris johnson, _ johnson didn't sacking. boris johnson, i think, johnson didn't sacking. boris johnson, ithink, is now johnson didn't sacking. boris johnson, i think, is now exposed a failing _ johnson, i think, is now exposed a failing the — johnson, i think, is now exposed a failing the test of leadership in demonstrating the most appalling judgment. gina coladangelo —

the aide who was caught on camera with mr hancock has left her role at the department of health.