this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. british health secretary matt hancock resigned sunday after revelations over him kissing and embracing a colleague in breach of covid—19 guidance. he led the government response to the coronavirus pandemic from the very beginning. now i pictures of him with his colleague and he says he has let people down. i understand the enormous _ has let people down. i understand the enormous sacrifices _ has let people down. i understand the enormous sacrifices that - 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 that is why i've got to resign. stick by them and that is why i've got to resign-— stick by them and that is why i've got to resign. downing street has announced that _ got to resign. downing street has announced that britain _ got to resign. downing street has. announced that britain punishment got to resign. downing street has - announced that britain punishment my formerfinance minister announced that britain punishment my former finance minister chancellor sajid javid will take over as health

secretary. in other news, as rescue and research for survivors, warnings three years ago about the safety of the collapse of the florida apartment plot. in sydney come authorities extend the city locked down after shop increases in covid—i9 decreases describing at the scary phase of the pandemic so far. —— after a shock increase in covid—i9 cases, describing it as. welcome if you are watching in the uk are around the world. i'm sunday. we began in the uk would help secretary matt hancock resigned one day after admitting a brief social justice and guidelines by kissing a colleague in his office inside the department of health building. —— i am a shaun ley. because the step towns came from some hippies after the publication of images showing

him embracing his aid. —— from mps. matt hancock informed the prime minister he was resigning in a letter singular people down and made a public announcement on his social media feed. our political correspondent ben wright give us the full story earlier. a former lobbyist adviser to the health secretary a long—term friend. yesterday he came this image of them kissing and matt hancock's office, breaking as he admitted the governments own covid—i9 guidance in pledging his own career in the crisis. this evening, he quit. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make of these rules have got to stick by them and that is why i've got to resign. matt

got to stick by them and that is why i've got to resign.— i've got to resign. matt hancock ho -e to i've got to resign. matt hancock hepe to write — i've got to resign. matt hancock hope to write out _ i've got to resign. matt hancock hope to write out the _ i've got to resign. matt hancock hope to write out the storm - i've got to resign. matt hancock hope to write out the storm a i hope to write out the storm a cabinet minister with big ambition who at the backing of the prime minister. numberten who at the backing of the prime minister. number ten consider this matter closed and it was mr hancock who decided to step down. to be frank, it should _ who decided to step down. to be frank, it should have _ who decided to step down. to be frank, it should have come - who decided to step down. to be frank, it should have come to - who decided to step down. to be i frank, it should have come to this. borisjohnson should've frank, it should have come to this. boris johnson should've sold frank, it should have come to this. borisjohnson should've sold the guts, the spine, the awareness to have sacked him on friday. you cannot have a health secretary who designed to covid—i9 rules breaking the rules in a way that he did. neverfarfrom a podium, matt hancock wrote rules the rest of us were told to follow. for some tory mps, mr hancock credibility was shot. �* �* , , mps, mr hancock credibility was shot. �* �*, , . ., mps, mr hancock credibility was shot. . ., ., shot. but it's been clear over the last 24 hours _ shot. but it's been clear over the last 24 hours is _ shot. but it's been clear over the last 24 hours is for _ shot. but it's been clear over the last 24 hours is for a _ shot. but it's been clear over the last 24 hours is for a sizeable - last 24 hours is for a sizeable minority or even a majority of the public, they no longer have confidence in my hancock. it was in the affair, it was the apparent hypocrisy of being somebody who made the rules but then broke their own

rules. . , the rules but then broke their own rules. ., , ., ., , rules. there was another big problem- — rules. there was another big problem. last _ rules. there was another big problem. last september, i rules. there was another big i problem. last september, gina rules. there was another big - problem. last september, gina was appointed to the board that oversees the department of health on a taxpayer—funded salary. the government said the appointment rules were followed but labour demanded an investigation. tonight, she stepped down from her role. and it may hancock is been close to politics and power from the start of his career. she of staff to george osborne opposition and andrew parliament and 2010 hancock get ministerialjobs was the conservatives were in power. he became health secretary injuly 2018. and even stood for the leadership of his party. i 2018. and even stood for the leadership of his party. i want this com an leadership of his party. i want this company to _ leadership of his party. i want this company to be _ leadership of his party. i want this company to be about _ leadership of his party. i want this company to be about the - leadership of his party. i want this company to be about the future i company to be about the future operative. a marker, a signal of intent, but for now, his ministerial career is over. in intent, but for now, his ministerial career is over-— career is over. in his letter to matt hancock _ career is over. in his letter to matt hancock this _ career is over. in his letter to matt hancock this evening, i career is over. in his letter to - matt hancock this evening, boris johnson said...

leaving hisjob, leaving his job, matt leaving hisjob, matt hancock leaving his job, matt hancock think those who had worked with. i’m leaving his job, matt hancock think those who had worked with. i'm very roud of those who had worked with. i'm very proud of what _ those who had worked with. i'm very proud of what we _ those who had worked with. i'm very proud of what we have _ those who had worked with. i'm very proud of what we have done - those who had worked with. i'm very proud of what we have done to - proud of what we have done to protect the nhs at the peak, to deliver that vaccine roll—out, one of the fastest in the world. and i look forward to supporting the government and the prime minister from the backbenches. ii a from the backbenches. if a chancellor _ from the backbenches. if a chancellor sajid _ from the backbenches. if a chancellor sajid javid now returns to the cabinet as the new health secretary. taking over during a pandemic that is not yet over. and as recognition letter, matt hancock apologised to his family but putting them through all of this. that's in his recognition letter a spokesman declined to comment but it is understood tonight that mr hancock has also left his wife. with more unmet hancock and his recognition, deputy political editor vicki young. this was a personal decision by matt hancock. he was not sacked. there

are consequences notjust for his career but for his family to and you saw there and read in the statement and he said i need to be with his children that it is this time but there is no doubt the pressure was building behind—the—scenes yesterday and today. mps weren't exactly rushing to back and publicly, some were going privately to the prime minister and to were going privately to the prime ministerand to mr were going privately to the prime minister and to mr hancock himself, even his friend saying that his position just wasn't tenable and is that charge of hypocrisy that you simply cannot stand in front of the nation for a year telling them about rules and they have to follow them and be seen to break them yourself. the idea next week that he would turn up in parliament and the house of commons on monday and later on in the week making announcements about may be more restrictions or about the nhs from his authority had gone. there are questions to for the prime minister actually, speaking to mps and some ministers tonight, some saying this doesn't bring into question the prime minister judgment, why did he sacked matt hancock on friday. matt hancock was appointed

health secretary in 2018, leading the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. our health correspondent, cath burns looks back on his political career, and the enormous challenges he faced running the health department. this is what the government wanted us to be talking about this weekend. they are calling it "grab a jab", telling every adult in england they can turn up for a vaccine without booking. and the timing is serious — cases are going up. more than 98,000 people have tested positive in the last week. i don't think we need this bit on camera. but instead, the focus is now all on matt hancock, the most recent former health secretary. all done. his resignation letter admitted "we didn't get every decision right", but he also pointed out his achievements, including that the nhs wasn't overwhelmed during the pandemic. but we, like so many others, have been rocked by covid. we've seen previously unimaginable numbers of people dying

after being infected. there have been issues with how long it took to lock down, with difficulties getting adequate ppe and with the test and trace programme. recently, the criticism went to another level. the secretary of state for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things, including lying to everybody. the main charge was about how the health secretary protected care homes. the government rhetoric was that "we put a shield around care homes, blah blah". it was complete nonsense. and it didn't stop there, with messages published recently, apparently between dominic cummings and the prime minister, calling the health secretary "totally hopeless". are you hopeless, mr hancock? i don't think so. but he did get a chance to defend his record... that was a planning assumption for 820,000 deaths, and i was determined that that would not happen on my watch. ..but also point to this, a turning point in the pandemic. maggie keenan becoming the first person to be vaccinated

outside of clinical trials. now the uk has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. matt hancock says the nation is on the brink of a return to normality, but that is not the case for the nhs, with a record 5 million on waiting lists in england. before the pandemic, about 1,600 people were waiting for a yearfor surgery. that number has now rocketed to 385,000. and now sajid javid, the son of a bus driver, takes the wheel at the department of health. with long covid, a plan for social care and dealing with exhausted nhs staff, he has got quite the in—tray. catherine burns, bbc news. let's look now at what this means for the nhs with the uk still fighting to emerge from the covid—19 pandemic. dr bharat pankhania

of the university of exeter medical school told the bbc he was frightened over the developments over the past two days. 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. we are now finding from india that we have the delta plus, some kind of development of the delta variant which is causing them concern, they don't know how serious it is but we are worried about it. 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, talking to informally in work, out of work, in social situations, well, more that have been vaccinated, double vaccinated, fewer people are going to hospital, it is a matter of a few more people get the infection, does it?

and judging by what you are saying, this rise of infections in the uk should be worrying and we shouldn't simply dismiss it as a more people are getting vaccinated, we don't really have to worry any more. no, we mustn't dismiss it because we don't know what is around the corner. i mean, ten months ago, we were not talking about variants and here we are at delta variant stage already. my other concern is children and schools and colleges because that's where the infections start, and whilst the young people may not get severe disease at this point in time, there may be a variant that could arise and start causing severe disease in the younger age group. therefore, the protection that we have is the vaccines and i really would like us to follow the united states model where they are immunising 12 years and above, and if it is possible, and it is licensed, even younger ages. that will protect us. but we mustn't forget about the rest

of the world, that is really, really important, too. rescue teams searching for survivors after a block of flats collapsed in florida, say their efforts are being severely hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. four people are known to have died, another 159 are missing. as emergent warnings were given at least three years ago about the safety of the building. —— it has emerged warnings. will grant is near the site in surfside, north of miami and sent this report. this rescue effort is slow going, methodical, and deeply upsetting. since the 12—storey apartment block came down, only a handful of people have been found. dozens are thought to be somewhere under this rubble. the rescue is being hampered by a persistent fire, which firefighters are struggling to contain. if any resident is still trapped in air pockets in the debris, it makes their chances

of survival even slimmer. we're facing incredible difficulties with this fire. it's a very deep fire, it's extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire, and so they've been working around the clock. a small offering of solace to those still unaccounted for, but to add to their families' distress, it's been revealed that a survey on the block three years ago found a major error which affected drainage and waterproofing, and abundant cracking in the structure of the parking garage. as the days passed, the residents of surfside are beginning to accept that they may never see their missing neighbours again. if that wasn't harrowing enough, the fact that serious flaws with the building were flagged up as long as three years ago is enough to extinguish the final vestiges of hope that this community is clinging to. will grant, bbc news, surfside, florida. five people have died in a hot air balloon

accident in albuquerque, new mexico, in southwestern united states. the accident caused power outages in the area for several hours after the balloon came into contact with a power line. police said the wind had pushed the balloon into power lines where it then caught fire. here is one witness describing the crash. around seven, we were just getting in the car, we heard a loud bang. my reaction was to tell them to get down i do know somebody was shooting but i looked up when i saw the balloon and she is screaming and everybody is screaming about the balloon. it was by itself and i said where are the baskets. i immediately reacted and started running this way. i got to write here comes another gentleman and a few others and the thing was on fire. activists attempting to stage a banned gay pride march in the turkish city of istanbul have been forcibly dispersed by police. the march, which forms part of pride month has not been permitted in turkey since

2015, with the authorities citing security" and "religious sensitivities". additionally there are now covid restrictions. attempts to stage the rally in recent years have been met with strong police intervention. australia's biggest city has been ordered into a two week lockdown because of a growing number of covid—19 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. from sydney, phil mercer reports. 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 ta ke 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. one of the host cities in the euro 20 20 football tournament, st petersburg, has recorded its highest ever daily death toll from the coronavirus. the russian city reported 100 and eight deaths in the previous 24 hours. it's due to host the first quarterfinal on friday. like many tourist destinations across southeast asia the covid—19 pandemic has had a hugely detrimental impact on cambodia's tourism industry. but, for the temples of angkor, a respite from the steady footfall of up to three million tourists a year, has given unobstructed access to the temple's most hard to reach corners to a unique band of temple guardians. nick wood has more.

they're known as the ninja gardeners of angkor, and their mission, which they readily accept, takes place in a destination unlike any other — cambodian's famed angkorian—era temples. to the untrained eye, these vertiginous daredevils look like regular gardeners, but these guardians of the temples have a unique talent — and responsibility. translation: our team need to climb up into the hard-to-reach parts - of the temple to cut the tree roots and saplings, because otherwise they can quickly damage the temples by dislodging stones. for decades, the 30—member team of gardeners has daily gone into battle with the invasionary forces of nature, a surrounding jungle whose bird population regularly deposits droppings packed full of fruit seeds in gaps between temple stones and sculptures. with only a few hard hats, ladders and safety ropes,

the job of protecting these magnificent temples is not for the faint of heart. it requires a firm grip, a head for heights, and the sure—footedness of a mountain goat. translation: we can't use climbing l equipment or shoes and rarely use | ropes, because the carvings in the stones are very delicate and are easily damaged by ropes rubbing against them. chanting. prior to the global covid—19 pandemic, the angkor park had been one of the top tourism destinations in the world, but visitor numbers have fallen dramatically, allowing the gardeners a relatively unhindered opportunity to care for the centuries—old temples. following the ousting of the genocidal khmer rouge in 1979, preservation works slowly restarted, but archaeologists quickly realised that many of the temples had been almost entirely reclaimed by the jungle. the modern day custodians of the temples are a mixture of young and old, but they share a passion passion for protecting the country's rich cultural heritage

for future generations. translation: i'm still young, - but many of the team are older now and in the future they won't be able to keep doing this, so it's important our generation learn to do this work to help preserve the temples. conservation officials are searching for liquid agents to help eliminate tree roots and minimise the perilous nature at the ninja gardeners�* work. but, for now, their essential duties continue as they have for decades, perhaps even centuries. nick wood, bbc news, cambodia. really remarkable pictures there. time now for a story about british visitors to france being ordered to quarantine on arrival but this one has nothing to do with the pandemic. the visitors in question are racing pigeons and their owners say they're being caught up in red tape created ijy brexit. liz roberts has more. this is the main racing lock. nick has been keeping _ this is the main racing lock. nick has been keeping racing pigeon since he was 12 years old. and they get

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dealership for these birds l because a brexit? until the i dealership for these birds like because a brexit? until the - dealership for these birds like the rest of us, the chance of a foreign get away as a flight of fancy. they will have to get used of a state creation. us intelligence agencies had released a long report about ufos. the report contains over 140 reported sightings of ufos passing through restrictive military airspace across several decades. investigator said there was no evidence that a ufo were extraterrestrial. but they are reporting on the many of the unclean events involved physical objects whose presence was confirmed by data from multiple senses. who knows, maybe there is something out there. to football now and denmark and italy have become the first two teams to qualify for the quarter finals of the euro 2020 football championship knocking out wales and austria in the process. in the first round of 16 game denmark dominated against a tired looking wales team in amsterdam, easily winning 4—0.

and in the other game italy one of the tournament favourites has had to do it the hard way needing extra time to beat a courageous austria side two one. you're watching bbc news. after the weather we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the conservative commentator tim montgomerie and former labour political adviser ayesha hazarika. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello there. the first half of the weekend brought us plenty of dry weather. for many places the second half of the weekend promises more of the same. but in southern areas, there's quite a big change of the way, blue skies and this wattage on saturday afternoon, sunday afternoon will bring gray skies and some outbreaks of rain in the south. courtesy of a very slow moving weather system. you can see this curl of cloud in an area of low pressure that has become marooned

just to the northwest of france. it will be throwing this ban of rain northwards across the channel islands of the southern counties of england through sunday morning, the odd shower running ahead of that into east anglia in the midlands imparts parts of wealth from a more persistent rain to the south midlands a farce south the wales later in all the while northern england and ireland much of scotland will be dry with sunny spells all that they could bring the odd spot of rain in the far northwest of scotland. 50 degrees, 22 the high in london. —— 15 and 22. some of this rain could turn pretty heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. it will move north overnight at the parts of east anglia. maybe even clipping into parts of northern england. northern ireland in scotland stay dry will clear spells and temperatures staying in double digits for most of us without our slow moving weather system will still be with us into my day. that means further outbreaks of rain at times across the south with high—pressure building and further north from that is where we will see

the driest of the weather. why did what start across parts of wales in the southwest of england. a few more showers developing for southeast seeking the in the midlands and east anglia to the day, maybe one or two into northern england, northern ireland and scotland should be dry with spells of sunshine, i think we see the high temperatures across western scotland, 23, maybe 24 degrees. though showers in the south not great news for the start of wimbledon. there could be interruption to the play on monday. and indeed, heading into tuesday. because our slow moving weather system will still be with us, further pulses of rain across the south of the uk where further north our area of high pressure will keep things drier, sunnier and warmer. we could see temperatures in glasgow on tuesday getting up to 25 degrees but always the chance for outbreaks of rain further south.

hello, you're watching bbc news and i'm shaun ley. first, the headlines. matt hancock quits after revelations of him kissing and embracing a colleague in breach of covert guidelines. he led the government's response to the start. he says he has let people down. the former chancellor was appointed as his successor. rescuers are teaching for survivors, it's a merge... and wales's euro 2023 ended when they were beaded 4—0 by denmark.