good afternoon. the new health secretary sajid javid says his immediate priority is to get the country through the pandemic so life can return to normal as soon as possible. speaking for the first time since taking on the role, he said he recognised the huge responsibility facing him. mrjavid returned to cabinet following the resignation of matt hancock last night, after pictures emerged showing him breaking social distancing rules by kissing an aide in his office. our political correspondent helen catt reports.

he's already done some of the top jobs in government but sajid javid is walking into a new department with challenges on a huge scale. we are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible. that will be my most immediate priority to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. as he is back in government, matt hancock is out. he resigned after being caught on camera breaking social distancing rules by kissing a colleague. those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that's why i've got to resign. he's left his ministerialjob and his marriage, but remains an mp. in newmarket in his constituency many agreed that the accusations of hypocrisy over the rules meant he had to stand down from government. i'm pleased he has resigned. ifeel like he had no choice but to resign. he is setting the rules, he setting the guidance, and he is expecting everybody

to follow those, but then he hasn't followed those himself. how can he tell us to do one thing and then he does- something else himself? it's not right, is it? he's a bit of a hypocrite, isn't he? the decision to go was matt hancock's although he was helped by private discussions with senior tories. not, though, by the prime minister, who backed him publicly. it shouldn't have come to this last night. borisjohnson should have had the guts, the spine, the awareness, the judgment to sack him on friday. one cabinet minister this morning said he was right not to. we are in the middle of a very surreal situation with the pandemic, something that he has got huge experience of dealing with, a phenomenal success with the vaccine roll—out we have seen with the team at the department of health. he and the prime minister wanted to deliver on that. the department of health will investigate how the image of matt hancock in his ministerial office was able to find its way onto the sun's front page. top of the in tray for the new health secretary, the government is due to give a statement to mps tomorrow about the potential lifting

of the final legal restrictions in england onjuly 19th. then he'll need to think further ahead. we have not seen flu or respiratory virus last winter so there will be increased susceptibility in the population. there is a risk this winter of covid and flu and rsv, which could put pressure on the nhs. for sajid javid, the challenges start immediately. the nhs says half of all adults in england under the age of 30 will have received at least one covid vaccine by the end of today. hundreds of walk—in vaccination sites have opened across the country this weekend to boost numbers. the latest figures show more than 60% of adults have received both vaccine doses. classified ministry of defence documents containing details about hms defender and the british military have been found

at a bus stop in kent. a member of the public passed the papers to the bbc. the government has admitted that it's a serious breach of security, and says an investigation has been launched. our correspondent paul adams is here. what do these documents show? it isa it is a broad range of documents covering the recent trip through the black sea by hms defender and a trip that generated an enormous amount of publicity because it led to something of a confrontation with the russian military. a range of papers to do with the british arms trade, britain's defence dialogue with the united states, and perhaps most sensitively, a paper that discusses proposals for the uk military presence in afghanistan after the end of the current nato operation winding down at the moment. that is something unlike the hms defender episode that is

happening in the future. it obviously involves all of our nato allies particularly the united states, so that is a document of extreme sensitivity. the mod has launched an investigation. has confirmed an official reported the papers missing. but the labour party is demanding an urgent investigation. john healey, the shadow defence spokesman is saying that he wants the defence secretary to report to parliament this week and in his words to reassure the public no military operations have been put at risk. thank you. thousands of people have been continuing to leave the bangladeshi capital, dhaka, ahead of a nationwide lockdown. crowds have flocked to dhaka's ferry terminals, to try to get home to towns and villages. from monday, people in bangladesh will only be allowed to leave their homes in an emergency. bangladesh has seen an increase in covid cases since mid—may,

many linked to the delta variantof the virus. officials in the miami county where an apartment block collapsed on thursday say the death toll from the disaster has risen to five. another body was found in the rubble, but 156 people are still missing. safety checks have been ordered by the authorities on all buildings of a similar age to the one that collapsed. ibiza, the party capital of the world, was forced to stop dancing and close down its entire club scene because of the pandemic. now, the mediterranean island is hoping a test event this weekend could prove the vital clubbing industry is capable of reopening without causing a spike in infections, just in time for the return of british tourists. anna holligan was there and sent this report. dance music plays. music is the pulse of this island.

ibiza's economy revolves around its nightclubs. now, ibiza's been green—listed by the uk, this island is gearing up for the return of mass tourism, and this experiment could represent its revival. the guinea pigs are all key workers, like these nursing assistants. lucia told me, "i really want to dance. it's been so long since we've able to party around here." her friend said, "it's true. after such a long time, you do really want to go for it." most other bars are serving again, but, beyond this event, dancing is still banned. there are signs ibiza is emerging from the crisis — there are no restrictions on people travelling to these shores from the uk. but the balearic politicians want to tighten the entry rules. we think that with the increase in the number of cases in the uk, now is the right moment, you know, to put in place some controls to make sure everyone that

comes here is in the right condition, is safe and can have a safe holiday. balearic beats were born here and the ibiza experience can draw people in for life. you know, kids come here at 17, 18, 19 years old, fall in love with the place, and they keep coming back, yearafteryear, until, you know, even in their 50s — they're bringing their kids here and they're renting villas. so, the clubs play a really important part of being that gateway to discover the island. djs worry that if the tune doesn't change soon, the clubbers will simply go elsewhere. there is something - magical about the island. ibiza is about the clubbing. and it would be foolish — you cannot stop clubbing, simple as. there needs to be a place for iti somewhere and if it's not here, it's going to be somewhere else. there is a lot riding on a sensitive experiment. media access was tightly controlled. and soon, the moves that were meant

to be restricted to the dance floor were breaking out elsewhere. ibiza's iconic venues should reopen within weeks, if the results from this event prove clubbing can happen without ruining efforts to beat the pandemic. anna holligan, bbc news, ibiza. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6.35. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. more now on the appointment of the new health secretary, sajid javid. the former chancellor said the new role was a huge responsibility, and that his main priority was to ensure that people's lives will return to normal

"as soon as possible". speaking outside his new department, mrjavid told reporters he had a lot of work to do. i want to start by saying i think matt hancock worked incredibly hard. he achieved a lot. i'm sure he will have more to offer in public life. i was honoured to take up this position. i also know that it comes with huge responsibility, and i will do everything i can to make sure that i deliver for the people of this great country. we are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible, and that will be my most immediate priority, to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. now, i've got a lot of work to do, i'm sure you appreciate that, and if you can excuse me, i would like to get on with it. thank you very much. thank you very much indeed for coming.

that indeed for coming. was sajid javid speaking there earlier. on friday, the prime minister ignored calls to sack the then health secretary, matt hancock, saying he considered the matter closed. the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis has defended mrjohnson�*s handling of the controversy on the andrew marr show. i think most people will see the logic of matt, accepted he'd done wrong, as you say, and he did do wrong, there's no question about that, and he accepted that, he acknowledged that and that's why he apologised fundamentally. but we are in the middle of a very surreal situation with a pandemic, something he has got huge experience in dealing with, phenomenal success with the vaccine roll—out, we have seen with the team at the department of health. he and the prime minister wanted to deliver on that. that doesn't change the fact that it's quite understandable, and i think with hindsight, that matt, after 2a hours, took the view that his position was distracting from that very work he wants the country focused on. after 2a hours of bad headlines and more bad headlines to come. straightforward question, who has more control over the cabinet? the prime minister or the sun? we all serve at the pleasure of the prime minister, we all focus on working with the prime minister,

we work as a team, and the reality is matt's position, he took the view that his position was distracting from that important work. he obviously wants to put his children's thoughts in his mind as well, as he rightly should, but also thinking about the wider country and being able to deal with the pandemic. we are blessed in our party to have talent, such as people like sajid javid, who can come in with such vast experience and be able to work with a really good team of ministers at the department of health now to take that work forward. brandon lewis. the chair of the commons' health and social care committee jeremy hunt said the new health secretary sajid javid has "six months" to tackle the social care crisis. my own view is, looking at the entirety of what happened in the last year, there were some of the worst failures of the state in our lifetime and also some of the biggest successes of the state in our lifetime and any dispassionatejudgment is going to have to put those two very contradictory things side by side. i'm quite sure you would say the vaccine roll—out was one of the great successes, but what happened in care homes,

was that one of the great failures? i think it was and i think there was a blind spot there about the social care system, which is another reason why absolutely top of sajid javid's list will be to get a ten—year plan for the social care system to really set it up for the future, in the way that the ten—year plan did for the nhs back in 2018. that was jeremy hunt and that wasjeremy hunt and speaking to andrew marr earlier today. parts of the us and canada are seeing a severe heat wave, which forecasters say could mark the start of one of the most extreme and prolonged high temperatures ever recorded there. in the us, one large region, including all of washington state and oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california, will see temperatures soar dramatically throughout the region well into next week. and a heat wave stretching across western canada,

from british columbia into southern saskatchewan and up through yukon and the northwest territories, is set to break daily and all—time temperature records much earlier in the year than usual. mark lobel reports. help on its way in portland, oregon, to give homeless people hydrated during the heatwave. good morning, good morning. outreach team. anybody home? mm, sleeping. we are right now passing out cold water on tuesdays and also every single thursday and we have about ten volunteers plus our staff who go out. we try and hand out anywhere between 400—500 bottles of water. it's a foreboding forecast for the north—west in coming days. we are referring to this as life—threatening - heat for this region. and our overnight lows are going to be about the same as our- usual seasonal highs. what's remarkable about this one is notjust that the records are going to be broke, and sometimes by comfortable

margins, but that the heat is sticking around so long. 100 degrees is a magic number and in seattle that's happened twice. and it's now almost a sure thing we are going to get three days in a row. an atmospheric heat dome is causing a splash. witness these historic low water levels at the hoover dam. we are in the second year of a multi—year drought. especially the fact that this is happening so early in our summer season. we still have a couple of months to go and there is no real prospect that we will get the kind of precipitation that we will need to, you know, make the fuels in the forests less flammable. a few days ago, evacuation warnings hit southern california's san diego county. fire crews fought a brush fire that

broke out near a hillside casino. essentials are distributed from this cooling centre. we have been very aggressive about getting the word out that this is notjust uncomfortable heat, but this is dangerous for outdoor workers, people living on our streets and frail elderly who live alone who will need people checking on them to make sure they stay cool. with the heat rising, clear warnings it is a taste of things to come. mark lobel, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the new health secretary, sajid javid, says he recognises the "huge responsibility" facing him after matt hancock's resignation. classified ministry of defence documents containing details about hms defender and the british military have been found at a bus stop in kent. the death toll from

collapsed apartment blocks in miami rises to five as rescue teams continue to try to search for survivors. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katie. good afternoon. we start with some breaking news. serena williams says she'll not be in the us team for the tokyo olympics next month. wimbledon starts tomorrow and the 23—time grand slam singles champion has told reporters she's "not on the olympics list". the four—time gold medallist made her debut at the sydney games back in 2000, and has previously said she was reluctant to go because she wouldn't be able to take three—year—old daughter olympia with her. shejoins rafa nadal and dominic thiem in deciding not to compete at tokyo. wales are on their way home from the euros today after being thrashed 4—0 in the round of 16 by denmark. well, their fairy tale journey

continues after an emotional start to the tournament with christian eriksen suffering a cardiac arrest in their opening game. hywel griffiths reports from amsterdam. i think inevitably a lot of disappointment last night. it was a terrible end to what has been a pretty happyjourney terrible end to what has been a pretty happy journey for wales. terrible end to what has been a pretty happyjourney for wales. lots of people, fans, complaining about the fact that wales had to go from baku, to rome, to amsterdam whereas other teams like england have had games on home soil. also gripes about the referee feeling key decisions went against them, but ultimately this is a moment wales have time. it is a bitter pill to swallow, but you can learn from games like that. denmark showed how a switch of tactics can suddenly put things in their favour. a switch of tactics can suddenly put things in theirfavour. and a switch of tactics can suddenly put things in their favour. and there are a lot of players in that wales squad he will now be thinking about the next tournament. wales have not

qualified for world cup since but there are games that in september if they win, it gives them a good chance of going to qatar next year and they could turn this to yet another incredible journey. england are continuing their preparations at st george's park ahead of their round of 16 match against germany. mason mount and ben chilwell are both in training. but they have to be on a separate pitch to the rest of the squad as they continue to self—isolate. england head coach gareth southgate has said previously that the pair will probably not feature against germany on tuesday. there are two games at the euros today. first up, the netherlands take on czech republic in budapest. and then the world number one, belgium, take on the reigning champions portugal in the day's evening game. you can follow both those games via the bbc sport website and app. there'll also be live commentary on bbc radio 5 live. ireland scrum—half conor murray says he was surprised to get the call from head coach warren gatland asking him to replace

alun wynjones as the british and irish lions captain. the wales skipper won't travel with the team to south africa after dislocating his shoulder. the injury overshadowed the lions 28—10 win overjapan yesterday. the lions fly out to south africa today. but the springboks are having their own challenges. the whole squad has been forced to self—isolate after three positive covid tests in the camp. elsewhere, the england a v scotland a international has been called off today. that's also due to positive covid tests in the scotland squad. england's women are taking on india in the first of three one day internationals at bristol's county ground. england won the toss and put the vistors into bat and it hasn't been easy scoring. india are currently 119—4 after 35 overs. you can follow the coverage with the test match special team on the bbc sounds app and on 5live sports extra. there is also highlights tonight

on the red button at 7.30pm. chris froome says he will "try and get through" the second stage of the tour de france on sunday after being injured in a major crash on the opening day. the four—time tour de france champion was among the worst affected when more than 50 riders crashed 8km from the end of stage one. scans showed he avoided any fractures. but froome says he is "pretty sore this morning" and suffering from "a lot of swelling and bruising". stage two is under way. world championjulian alaphilippe is in the yellowjersey after victory yesterday. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. look forward to it, thank you. a man in his 20s has died after armed police fired shots inside a property in milton keynes. officers were called yesterday morning to the address in two mile ash over reports of a serious disturbance, where they made a forced entry. police discovered a man

in his 30s who was dead, and a seriously injured young child, before coming across the second man. police say a taser was deployed before shots were fired. france is holding the second round of its regional elections, which some believe may be an indicator of what might happen in next year's presidential vote. in the first round last sunday, voters gave the traditional centre—right party, the republicans, a surprise boost while the far—right national rally party of marine le pen has been left trailing far behind in second place. with president macron�*s centralist en marche party in third. in the last hour, emmanuel macron has cast his ballot alongside his in the le touquet region. our correspondent hugh schofield reports from paris. the big takeaway, as they say, from round one was the very high abstention rate in the election. only one in three of the voters

turned out, which raises all sorts of questions about french democracy, of course. but the interesting thing was that it affected all the parties, including the hard right national rally party of marine le pen. her core voters, the youngsters, the white working class, who normally turn out for her, didn't last sunday. and the key question in this second round is whether she can regalvanise them, get them to turn out, and if she can, then all is not lost for her because she did disappointingly badly in round one. the key question, all eyes will be on this region of provence—alpes—cote d'azur in the south where her candidate thierry mariani is in a strong position, he could take it, and if he does take it then it will be a first for the hard right and a big boost for them ahead of the presidential elections. for the rest, the macron party, this is their candidate in the ile—de—france region, no—hopers. they're not going to win anything. in fact, in many regions their candidate hasn't even qualified because they did so badly in round one.

so the attention this sunday is most likely going to be on the centre—right, mainstream right, the old gaullists, the party of sarkozy and chirac, the republican party, as they call themselves now. if they can build on their successful showing in round one, if they can hold on to the regions they already have with a bigger score, that will be a big boost for them ahead of the presidentials next year because they will be able to show, or they will be able to say, that they and not the hard right, not the national rally party and marine le pen, they are the true alternative to emmanuel macron. and who is the person who is going to be chosen to lead them into those presidential elections? well, probably it will be one of the characters who have come to the fore in these regional elections like valerie pecresse in the ile—de—france region here, like xavier bertrand in the north, like laurent wauquiez in the lyon region. these are the names to remember.

more than 40% of lgbt people don't know where to seek support in older age, according to the lgbt foundation. many say they've experienced homophobia in care settings or social housing, but new schemes are now springing up to support older people. jessica parker reports. this is rita's story. "i'm living in sheltered accommodation and a majority of older residents i know still would not accept me. rita wrote this testimony before she passed away in 2019. at times it makes me feel unacceptable and isolated. thank goodness i have friends here who accept me for what i am and not what others want me to be. rita had been at the heart of this lgbt group for older people. based in greater manchester, maggie is the group's community manager.

she'd lived quite a nice teenage life and a young adult life. but as she became older, she had to go back in the closet and for one reason only. rita moved into sheltered accommodation. she used to listen to homophobic conversations. coming to our group, we then became her extended family. the group provides a space for companionship and support. i've gotten a lot of homophobic hate. i got liquid thrown on me from a passing car, and ijust froze, i thought it was acid. it scared the living daylights out of me. you know, there's not that many things out there yet for older people. this group now, it's done wonders for me, anyway, and ijust wish there was more of it. i'm not very confident - with other people, about me being gay, i must admit. i wouldn't advertise the fact, i if i wasn't in a gay environment. other lgbt people are more

understanding, for a start, and as we've said here, it's like a family unit. research suggests many lgbt people, over a0%, don't know where to get support in older age, but schemes aimed at tackling these issues look to be on the rise. this old hospital site in manchester is set to be transformed into one of the uk's first lgbt older person's housing schemes. councillor bev craig is one of those behind it. lgbt people tell me that actually, everywhere else you can live in communities of choice, and actually maybe we need to think about that. as people age, you know, being 55, 60, 70, you're still in the prime of your life, you should be able to enjoy your life. maggie says she doesn't want people to suffer in the way rita did. i don't want any other older person to not be accepted, to hide who they are and to go back in the closet. jessica parker, bbc news.

portland stone has been used to build some of the most iconic structures in britain, including st paul's cathedral, the british museum and the bank of england. the gleaming white limestone is mined on a tiny island off the coast of dorset, which could soon be made into a tourist attraction, as ollie peart reports. this hole may not look like much, but inside is a physical archive of the history of earth. this is mark. he's lived on portland his whole life, and he's worked here for almost a0 years. he designed this mine, and it's true to say he loves this place. i started as a trainee quarryman back in the very early 1980s, and i've been here ever since, really. i heard that geologists lick rocks. some of us do. why? sometimes you can you can pick up diagnostic things about rocks from licking them.

portland stone is exactly that, it's stone from portland, and these rocks have literally built every building you've ever seen. well, not every building, but some pretty iconic ones. buildings such as st paul's cathedral, the british museum and the un building in new york. and what's left behind is this astonishing cathedral—like space. and there's a team that are working hard so that you can come and see it. so what we want to do is to tell the unfolding story of life. it's a story that's four billion years old and unfolding still. how are we going to do it? we've got the most amazing stage set imaginable. it's going to be astonishing. this idea has been around in various guises for some time, and it's hoped backing from cornwall�*s eden project will help make this £30 million plan a reality. i know that we can create -

for portland a hugely successful, world class destination that is both a visitor destination, _ as in tourism, as well as a scientific institution. . if we don't get the support we need, i'm afraid we're just— going to have to go. and if you can't get the funding, what's the alternative? well, under planning, we will have to backfill the mine to the roof. so it will be completely backfilled and lost. surely, we can be more imaginative than that. this place really is magnificent. i mean, there's 150 million years worth of history down here, and i feel really lucky and privileged to be able to see it as well. the idea that you might not be able to see it, i find that pretty upsetting. ollie peart, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller.

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