this is bbc news. the headlines. police say at least 42 people have died — and dozens are missing — after flooding in western germany our community centre was just crushed and it stuck to the bridge over there. a a0 tonne truck must be stuck there as well. latest official figures show a8,553 new coronavirus infections in the uk and 63 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. that's the highest number of deaths reported in one day since march. tax sugar and salt to help support better diets — so says a review aimed at tackling britain's obesity crisis. but the prime minister says he isn't keen on imposing such taxes. borisjohnson has also been speaking about his plans for ending

inequalities in the uk. he says it won't make richer areas poorer england's bukayo saka has spoken out after receiving racist abuse for missing a penalty in the euro 2020 final. 0n twitter, he wrote that he won't let the negativity he's received break him and said social media platforms aren't doing enough to stop the hate. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least a2 people have died and many more are missing after severe floods in western germany. at least four people died when their houses were swept away in the village of schuld. the region has seen record—high rainfall over the past 2a hours. the worst—affected district has been ahrweiler, in the state of rhineland—palatinate, where 18 people have died. the netherlands have also been badly

affected and in belgium six people are known to have died with the city of liege urging all residents to leave. the germany chancellor angela merkel says she's had messages of solidarity from other countries — who have also offered help. and in the past few minutes — borisjohnson says his thoughts are with the families of the victims and those affected, and that the uk is ready to provide any support needed in the rescue and recovery effort. damian mcguinness reports. these are the worst floods to hit this part of western germany in living memory. translation: our community centre wasjust crushed and is stuck - to the bridge over there and a a0 tonne truck must be stuck there as well. a housejust standing over there tilted over entirely. you can imagine this sort of thing happening in asia, but not here.

buildings collapsed, whole villages almost destroyed and cars swept away, as streets were turned into raging rivers. dozens of people were trapped on the roofs of their houses, waiting for rescue and almost 150,000 homes lost electricity. the whole country is affected. parts of the rhine have now been closed to shipping and across large parts of germany, traffic and rail transport is heavily disrupted. over the past 2a hours, this densely—populated region saw record levels of rainfall. the heavy rain comes after an unusually stormy summer, causing rivers to burst their banks. the impact is being felt elsewhere in europe too. across the border in belgium, buildings were also destroyed as a river burst its banks. at least two people there have died. in western germany, the rain has eased off for now and local people are having to deal with the aftermath, but with so many missing, it's also still an emergency situation.

with more rain expected in southern germany later today and rivers also at dangerously high levels, other regions are preparing for the worst. after a summer of unusually heavy rains and unpredictable weather, many in germany are already linking these floods to climate change. 0ur weather presenter chris fawkesjoins me now. where was the severe rain most heavily concentrated? the heaviest rain come officially the radar picture, this is as the storm started to pour down. you can see the heaviest rain was across parts of west germany in the southwest, but looking in the firing line in belgium, the netherlands and northeastern areas of france. it was through southwest where we saw the largest rainfall totals. we think

thatis largest rainfall totals. we think that is around about three times as much rain as we would normally see in the whole ofjuly but this felt and 2a hours and some the thunderstorms are mixed in with this weather front brought some huge pieces of rain, that would bring some pretty big flooding problems and why the weather became so severe, that it stuck to the jet stream pattern these large waves in the stream had of low pressure locked in place across germany. but that did is it meant that the storm system couldn't move but as well as that, if it on huge temperature contrast that we had with some very hot eastern areas cooler freshen to the northwest, big contrasting humidity. mixed into the city of low pressure in the weather wins converged and that is where we got the heaviest falls of rain with this line of thunderstorms just locked in

place and we had storms for hour after hour. this is been extreme rainfall and the floods have been catastrophic as we have seen and how things are pretty bad out there. the showers are still around but they're not going to be anywhere near as torrential as they have been in the past few days. torrential as they have been in the past few dam-— torrential as they have been in the past few deve— torrential as they have been in the past few days. what was the rain so severe this — past few days. what was the rain so severe this time? _ why was the rain so severe this time? it's when all of these ingredients come together and locking in this area of low pressure. all come together and locking in this area of low pressure.— area of low pressure. all that humidity piling _ area of low pressure. all that humidity piling in, _ area of low pressure. all that humidity piling in, the - area of low pressure. all that humidity piling in, the winds | area of low pressure. all that . humidity piling in, the winds and all those ingredients coming together and the factors of climate change, we know that is the planet warms up, putting more moisture when these ingredients come together, which is not every day, it's still extreme but you have a rainfall that you would otherwise have done in a cold or planted, but were changing our claim and changing the atmosphere.

computers and electronic devices have been seized from two residential properties in the south of england as part of an investigation into the leaking of cctv images of the former health secretary matt hancock. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in westminster. do we know anything more about what has happened in this investigation? yes, this investigation relates to the image that you mentioned of the former health secretary embracing his colleague back in may at the time, the government guidance was we should not be hugging or having close physical contact with anyone outside of the household are supportable. the breaking of social distance and guidance with him resigning as health secretary and she stepped down from her role as department of health too. there was also some concern as has some of that happen inside a ministerial office had been caught on camera and

ended up on the front page of the sun. the commissions office is is is investigating an alleged data breeze. cctv being provided had contacted the ico in said images had been recorded in the department of health and social care system without consent and so, the ico is now investigating and is part of that investigation, it surged to residential properties in the southern england and sees computers and electronic devices. they said they are fully cooperating with the investigation as this the department of health and social care and they say they take the security of its data and customers very seriously in the department of health and social care says it takes the security of its personnel and systems extremely seriously. the director investigator there says that it's vital that all

people, including employees and staff and visitors to public buildings have trust and confidence of the protection of the personal data captured by cctv. this is an ongoing investigation into criminal matters and they will be commenting any further until it is completed. let's take a look at the latest coronavirus figures for the uk. a further a8 thousand 553 new infections have been recorded. 63 people have died in the latest 2a—hour period. that's those who've died within 28 days of a positive covid test. on to vaccinations, just over a6 million people have received their first dose of a covid vaccine. and more than 35 million people have now received two doses 0ur health correspondent laura foster is with me now. laura, this is the highest number of deaths since march and a high number of new infections. put this in some

context for us, how worried should we be? ., , '!~ context for us, how worried should we be? . v's ., ,., context for us, how worried should webe? . v's ., ,.,, we be? nearly 18 months of being conditioned _ we be? nearly 18 months of being conditioned to _ we be? nearly 18 months of being conditioned to learn _ we be? nearly 18 months of being conditioned to learn that - we be? nearly 18 months of being conditioned to learn that more - conditioned to learn that more numbers, more problems, more restrictions in more trouble. and they're trying to get around that messaging because more higher numbers of cases doesn't necessarily mean more pressure on the nhs and it doesn't mean more people getting sick and dying of covid—19 and that is done to the vaccine. although the numbers are high around 50,000, the government actually said just last week that this numbers will be expected for the relaxing of the rules. and there is one slick and go as far as 100,000 over the next few weeks, but the important thing is if more people are getting the vaccine, the chances of them becoming seriously ill and even dying are falling away. since we should not be alarmed as we look at these numbers. and get the number of deaths are occurring, do we know it the proportion is between those who are

vaccinated and not vaccinated? hat vaccinated and not vaccinated? not at this vaccinated and not vaccinated? ijrrt at this stage, but 63 reported deaths in the last 2a hours and 2057 the last week and that brings the uk total of 228,000 593 deaths. and thatis total of 228,000 593 deaths. and that is the thing, vaccines are very good at what they do, but a lot of people will be worried still about these high numbers and that is what some people argue that this is too much too soon and that the government is insisting that the link between the vaccine and covid—19 and serious disease is being weakened and it will be broken and that this will continue to arrest but people should not be too alarmed and they should stay cautious and keep wearing masks with a think they should be should continue to socially distance if the field that they will be safer that way. field that they will be safer that wa , , ., ., field that they will be safer that wa. ., ,,, field that they will be safer that way. personal responsibility is the mantra.

sugar and salt should be taxed, and fruit and vegetables prescribed by the nhs in order to improve our diets, an independent review has said. the report, led by the businessman henry dimbleby, says the taxes raised could also be used to extend free school meals to more children. mr dimbleby said that poor eating habits cause �*horrific health harms.�* but the food industry says new taxes could increase the price of food — and when asked about the review, borisjohnson said that he is �*not in favour�* of raising taxes on food. here's our correspondent ellie price. maureen has got a number of physical and mental health issues. she knows she needs to eat more fresh food but it's something she can't afford without the help of a charity. if we had an ideal amount of fruit and veg in our diet, it would be easier to create stuff, i suppose, that was easy to eat. you need variety and it's the variety that costs. i could pay for it but it means

something else has to go and it means we go in the red instead of staying in the black, and i can't cope with the worry of being in the red. today's reports says a poor diet contributes to 6a,000 deaths every year in england alone and costs the economy an estimated £7a billion. there is an environmental impact too — globalfood production is the second biggest contributor to climate change. the report recommends a tax on sugary and salty foods. if producers don't change their recipes to use less, it could mean a price increase of 15 to 25% for desserts, biscuits and sweets. there have been 14 previous obesity plans in this country and almost all of them have been voluntary measures and you are not going to break this junk food cycle, this interaction between our appetite and the commercial incentive of companies unless you tackle it directly, and that is what we are recommending with the sugar and salt reformulation tax. it's not a tax to increase price, it's a tax to make companies reformulate, as they did

with the sugary drinks tax, they take the bad stuff out. but this morning, the prime minister appeared to oppose the idea. there are doubtless . some good ideas in it. we believe in tackling obesity, - trying to help people to lose weight with promoting exercise and tackling junk food advertising and so on. - lam not, i must say, _ attracted to the idea of extra taxes on hard—working people. many in the food industry agree. there have already been some quite big changes and that goes across from curry sauces through to breakfast cereals, so we are already seeing those changes, but the changes do take time and they are expensive to make, because you want to make it right so that people still buy the product and they still taste great. i think we already have those programmes and i don't think that taxing companies will help them move them along.

the report also recommends greater use of projects like this one. cathy runs the charity care merseyside, involved in what's called social prescribing. patients are referred by their local gp and then offered things like exercise support, cooking advice and even fresh food. from the point of referral, we assess a person's needs, we assess what it is they need support with and we offer them a various range of levels of support. what our aim to do is to reduce gp consultations, to reduce hospitalisations and to try and tackle, in a holistic way, how to help people improve their health and wellbeing. the national food strategy estimates its recommendations would cost around £1.a billion a year and bring in up to £3.a billion a year in tax revenue. for the report's author, the cost of doing nothing would be terrible damage the environment and to our bodies. ellie price, bbc news.

i'm joined by carmen palmer, who is the headteacher of st richard's primary school in south west london. just wondering from your perspective, from what you see, what is the battle that parents have on their hands to feed the children? i think obviously, it's not a battle, i think the food crisis is quite significant and those of a limited budget, it is not easy in the day and age, that's for sure. there is getting the children to make healthy choices and getting children to understand why that's important and it is a difficultjob for parents. and a job for the school too. how much did they learn about healthy eating? indie much did they learn about healthy eatin: ? ~ ., ., much did they learn about healthy eatinu? . .,, ., , much did they learn about healthy eatina? ~ . . , ., , ., eating? we have a strategy here and there is a requirement _ eating? we have a strategy here and there is a requirement for _ eating? we have a strategy here and there is a requirement for us - eating? we have a strategy here and there is a requirement for us to - there is a requirement for us to learn about food and how to cook,

but we have a lot of charities and doing that and the kind of contents are very limited but here, we believe you have a wider responsibility and extracurricular projects that have enhanced that. are the children interested in it? they love anything to do with food and it's not surprising. it is a great way for us to get children enthusiastic about other learning as well by making these projects extracurricular. but we project that will help to bring organisation called school food matters which allows children to see a project be ingrained in our school gardens and to literally, start off by growing vegetables in her garden, revisit a farm and we pick festivals that he

vegeta bles vegetables and cook, we get them to preserve products in the design the labels and they so that. —— sell that, it's a fantastic project that involves so many children and actually really does encourage them and for them to see from the targets, it is not necessarily to do. he fed other projects —— we have had other projects, a0,000 families and schools which the instructions for a family here and we encourage the children to talk about how they went about doing such activities. and we

get them cooking and healthy eating and it's actually fun and exciting. is this something that is happened because the covid—19 lock down or did it exist prior to that question love no, the organisation began the idea during lockdown and it was being we idea during lockdown and it was bein: ., r' idea during lockdown and it was beina . ,~' ., idea during lockdown and it was beinua ., ., u, ., being we were asked and encouraged being we were asked and encouraged b families being we were asked and encouraged by families to — being we were asked and encouraged by families to do _ being we were asked and encouraged by families to do that _ being we were asked and encouraged by families to do that to _ being we were asked and encouraged by families to do that to get - being we were asked and encouraged by families to do that to get a - by families to do that to get a breadbox, but expanding into more av food and education project and may be a whole year, with them having the same experience, yes, it is certainly starting in lockdown and we became aware families that did not have enough food and we had our own unofficial food bank and we were

trying to support families locally with that. in the last hour — england footballer bukayo saka has released a statement — addressing the racist abuse he received on his social media accounts following his penalty miss in the euro 2020 final. it comes as instagram admitted a mistake in its technology meant racist comments and emojis were not removed. instagram boss adam mosseri said content had "mistakenly" been identified as within guidelines instead of being referred to human moderators. in his statement — saka wrote, "to the social media platforms instagram, twitter and facebook, i don't want any child or adult to have to receive the hateful

and we'll be getting more on this story in our sports bulletin and with our technology reporter — just after half past five. the prime minister has insisted that his "levelling up" plan is a "win win" for the whole of the uk and won't make "rich" areas poorer in order to benefit the most deprived. in a wideranging speech in coventry, borisjohnson said the project, which includes new transport infrastructure and the promise of 50 million pounds of investment in football pitches, was a "huge undertaking" — as iain watson reports. just after the last election, borisjohnson invaded what was once enemy territory, this part of north—east england was represented by a labour prime minister. i know people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us. the conservatives didn't just take tony blair's old constituency of sedgefield,

but a lot of seats in the north and midlands and promised that the government would level up the places that felt they were missing out on economic success. but polling suggests that people are not clear about what levelling up actually means. so today the prime minister sent himself to coventry to try to define it. everybody knows that talent and energy and enthusiasm and flare everybody knows that talent and energy and enthusiasm and flair are evenly spread across the uk. evenly spread. it is opportunity that is not. the loss of a seat in the south has made some of borisjohnson's mps nervous. they fear that a focus on northern england might mean traditional tory voters feel they're missing out and the prime minister said levelling up can be all things to all people. we don't think that you can make the poor parts of country richer by making the rich parts poorer. levels up is not a jam—spreading operation.

it is not robbing peter to pay paul, it is win—win for the whole united kingdom. to emphasise he was facing the future, boris johnson was speaking at a project developing batteries for electric cars and invited local authority leaders to help drive the agenda. labour accused him of making empty promises. he said jam spreading, it is always jam tomorrow in areas in my background, we have had severe cuts we have seen free school meals taken and even their own advisor, of what thee advisor said. he is not looking after our areas, he is _ he is not looking after our areas, he is making sound bites. there are potential huge political rewards for borisjohnson if he can

spread wealth more evenly, but turning around years of disadvantage is a long—term project and it may be difficult to judge success by the time of the next election. the prime minister said we would have to wait until the autumn for more detail of the plans and these could determine the territory on which the next election is fought. i'm joined now by henri murison, director of the nothern powerhouse partnership. i think everyone has their own definition of leveling up, haven't they? what is it to you? it definition of leveling up, haven't they? what is it to you?- definition of leveling up, haven't they? what is it to you? it has to be about reaching _ they? what is it to you? it has to be about reaching the _ they? what is it to you? it has to be about reaching the quality. i they? what is it to you? it has to i be about reaching the quality. when you compare it to eastern and western germany for the reunification inside germany spend a lot of money to do with those underlying problems and his many in the north observed many times, there been the same commitment from the uk government to do the same thing in the north of england and the regions of the uk. you cannot deal with these inequalities that make the

left chances of many young people worse if you cannot create jobs many of these communities and in truth we never recovered from our economic downturn. , ~ never recovered from our economic downturn. , . ., never recovered from our economic| downturn-_ that downturn. very much involved. that is transported _ downturn. very much involved. that is transported that _ downturn. very much involved. that is transported that we _ downturn. very much involved. that is transported that we have - downturn. very much involved. that is transported that we have not - downturn. very much involved. that| is transported that we have not seen the governments integrated real plan and over 50 business leaders wrote in saying that we need to see that plan for the north midlands that he detailed because the delays so that are causing a degree of uncertainty for investment from the private sector which we also need to see the investment of the and education but not allow detail in the de—evolution is probably the focus of today's speech in terms of policy detail and it's clear that by having more devolution, we want to see more across england on the north bank of

north yorkshire in cheshire, cumbria and feasibly is the simplest are desperately waiting for this and delivering that zero, this isn't just about delivering for those but delivering projects and opportunities that will grow the british economy and deliver in the national interest. to british economy and deliver in the national interest.— national interest. to living for those communities, - national interest. to living for those communities, but - national interest. to living for - those communities, but delivering projects and opportunities that will grow the british economy and deliver in the national interest. today have enough power to make a difference they do vary but if you look at the gold standard devolution deal which is the greater manchester area that they worked closely with for two decades, even if you give those powers to decades, even if you give those owe - ., ., ,, powers to all those places in england. _ powers to all those places in england. we _ powers to all those places in england, we are _ powers to all those places in england, we are sure - powers to all those places in england, we are sure of- powers to all those places in| england, we are sure of what powers to all those places in - england, we are sure of what we need. the prime minister mentioned this but the decision making is that london, whitehall, but we need to see is that this government departments that are outgunned in central london, we need more powers to existing metro areas, that should be done by officials and can easily

be done by officials and can easily be done by metro mayors of the prime minister is serious about trusting local leaders like you said today, he knows that is right for local economies, we need to follow on that metric with reality. but the prime minister believing passionately what he was saying today, many parts of the government are not following through on his ambition. the reality of what is happening with the prime minister saying in these pictures, there will be concerns in northern communities that this may never actually turn into anything and across the country, there desperately waiting to improve our productivity in the north—south divide and there can tending the communities that need this. fist divide and there can tending the communities that need this. at the root of this — communities that need this. at the root of this inequality, _ communities that need this. at the root of this inequality, it _ communities that need this. at the root of this inequality, it is - communities that need this. at the root of this inequality, it is using . root of this inequality, it is using years of underinvestment, of austerity that is hit northern areas of england the hardest because they are most reliant on public service and have suffered the most. i

are most reliant on public service and have suffered the most. i think there's degree _ and have suffered the most. i think there's degree of _ and have suffered the most. i think there's degree of truth _ and have suffered the most. i think there's degree of truth in _ and have suffered the most. i think there's degree of truth in that, - and have suffered the most. i think there's degree of truth in that, if. there's degree of truth in that, if you cut investment from local government, makes it harder to transport the places and regeneration of counsel selected of rid of lots of the staff. but i challenges it is what you invested. we don't want to continue doing is have to on hand—outs and physical transports and some of these to pay for the higher welfare benefits bill. we want to invest in the measurements on the supply side on day—to—day spending and where challenges is that he isn't prepared for she powerhouse rail, and others from seeing right now to the west of the north of england, that's going to have an effect economically on our ability to pay back the deficit and if you want to pay the tax revenues and we need to pay back at this period of the pandemic, we need to the level of taxation in terms of revenue that we generate from taxpayers among the southeast. we cannot do that if you put her arm

behind her back and don't allow businesses the infrastructure they need to make the investments they want to make that would drive the higher skilled jobs that at the end, pay more taxes, that is with the chancellor of the exchequer. this is the deal that we are offering, future governments of all parties, do a deal with the north of england with our trade unions and leaders, invest in those things will increase productivity and share the benefits economically and what we would do for the economy. now, it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes hello there. pressure continues to rise here in the uk and the weather continues to get sunnier and sunnier. now, today, the best of the sunshine is across norther areas of the uk.

this is cumbria earlier in the day with lots of sunshine. here, we have some clout though across central and eastern england. it's pretty thin, just 300 metres thick and so, i'm pretty hopeful that should break up more especially late in the afternoon towards feeding times will. when sunshine comes out, it will feel warm wherever you are. temperatures pushing on into the mid—20s and the warm response was tonight, it stays dry a bit more cloud just starting to push back into northern ireland and western scotland, as well. it should be a pretty warm night and these are the lowest temperatures with 15 degrees in belfast and liverpool both the very end of the night. so, a warm start to the day on friday and another day of sunshine for most of us. across the four northwest we could see some slightly thicker cloud and perhaps the odd spot of rain, but most of us, dry, sunny and increasingly hot still into this weekend. hello this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti, the headlines. police say at least a2 people have died — and dozens are missing — after flooding in western germany. latest official figures show a8,553 new coronavirus infections in the uk

and 63 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. that's the highest number of deaths reported in one day since march. tax sugar and salt to help support better diets — so says a review aimed at tackling britain's obesity crisis. but the prime minister says he isn't keen on imposing such taxes. borisjohnson has also been speaking about his plans for ending inequalities in the uk. he says it won't make richer areas poorer. the negativity won't break me — england's bukayo saka speaks out after the racist abuse he received for missing a penalty in the euro 2020 final. he's also criticised social media companies. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre... good evening. we're starting with the golf and the oldest major — the open championship is back after a year off due to covid. the world's best players are at royal st george's in kent along with up to 32 thousand fans

watching — the first round — well our reporter ben croucher is on the course — and ben, can we start with rory mcilroy because he has started like a man who means business, could this be his year? what's going on? i think we can blame you _ what's going on? i think we can blame you for— what's going on? i think we can blame you for the _ what's going on? i think we can blame you for the start. - what's going on? i think we can blame you for the start. it's - what's going on? i think we can blame you for the start. it's notj blame you for the start. it's not gone quite too well for rory mcelroy. since his very first hole, he started so brilliantly. 20 past three he made a birdie at the very first hole, a wonderful approach shot to the 1st. nearly holding it he ended up with a birdie. it started to unraveljust after that though. he made bogey on the fifth, the par three sixth year and the seven poll. so he is really struggling as we speak. speak the former open winner spoke today saying you can't win a major on a thursday but you can definitely lose it. mcelroy has a trend in recent years of really struggling on his

first round. he's got some catching up first round. he's got some catching up to do as well behind the leader at the moment, the applicant, 2010 open champion, a fine opening, six under par round. that 60 for today. that's one—shot clear of harm and and speak as we said with mackenzie fratelli and other former winners just behind put up a strong english continue sitting on the three under par including the likes of rose and willard scoring today as been a little bit lower than we were expecting. but the afternoon starters, the likes of rory mcelroy and tommy fleetwood and phil mickelson are finding it a little bit tough. mickelson are finding it a little bit tou~h. ., mickelson are finding it a little bit tou~h. . ., bit tough. looking at that leaderboard _ bit tough. looking at that leaderboard you - bit tough. looking at that leaderboard you can - bit tough. looking at that leaderboard you can see. bit tough. looking at that . leaderboard you can see that bit tough. looking at that - leaderboard you can see that the good scores of all, much earlier in the day. what's going on with the weather because obviously with links that so key to the scoring. it weather because obviously with links that so key to the scoring.— that so key to the scoring. it makes a massive difference. _ that so key to the scoring. it makes a massive difference. the _ that so key to the scoring. it makes a massive difference. the two - that so key to the scoring. it makes| a massive difference. the two things that we can't really pinpoint are the wonderful, glorious weather

we've had was that whilst the fans around 32,000 of them have been enjoying it today. it makes the goal post a little bit harder because it dries up the fairways and the greens. that makes it harderfor dries up the fairways and the greens. that makes it harder for the players to control the ball. they wanted without this afternoon, the wind is picked up a little bit. swirling in off the channel and it is certainly gone up in the last couple of hours or so making it a lot harderfor couple of hours or so making it a lot harder for the golfers as well. the likes of rory mcelroy definitely struggling with that and there's going to be a battle for that to get them back into contention in the next couple of hours. bukayo saka has released a statement on social media in response to the racist abuse he and the other england players who missed penalties in the euro 2020 final received. this is a snapshot of what saka wrote... to the social media platforms... i don t want any child or adult to have to receive the hateful and hurtful messages that me marcus and jadon did this week. it's a sad reality that your powerful platforms are not doing enough to stop these messages. there is no place for racism and hate of any kind in football

or in any area of society. love always wins. it's nowjust six days until team gb�*s women's football squad get their 0lympics campaign underway against chile. and head coach hege riise has named three captains with england's steph houghton, wales' sophie ingle and scotland's kim little chosen to lead out the side on a rotational basis. it's also been confirmed that the side will take the knee before all their games in tokyo. the court and ask god to they are all united to make the gesture. they are all united to make the gesture. it was a group consensus. there wasn't anyone specific, but i think we all feel strongly as individuals and as a team, and i think we all understand what has been going on about racism, the discrimination, and we know we have a big part

to play and i think it is important we use our platforms to help in anyway we can. the people that do not have the voice, they are who we are standing up for. in the last few minutes, tadej pogacar has won stage 18 at the tour de france to tighten his grip on the yellow jersey with three stages to go. today was the last mountainous stage in the pyrenees, and it came down to a race to the line between the top three in the overall standings. just like yesterday, pogacar beatjonas vingegaard and richard carapaz — who remain second and third. the defending champion has extended his lead to 5 minutes and a5 seconds. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. let's get more now on that statement from bukayo saka — he endured a torrent of racist abuse after the england football team were beaten in the final of the euro 2020 tournament. i can now speak to our technology reporter cristina criddle. instagram has admitted a fault in its technology that allows some of this abuse to get through. tell its technology that allows some of this abuse to get through.- this abuse to get through. tell us more about _

this abuse to get through. tell us more about it. _ this abuse to get through. tell us more about it. i— this abuse to get through. tell us more about it. i actually - this abuse to get through. tell usj more about it. i actually recorded some comments on bukayo saka instagram on monday. they were, orangutan i recorded them and received an instant notification saying the technology is found that these comments probably didn't ball it did not violate guidelines which ifound very strange. it did not violate guidelines which i found very strange. so it did not violate guidelines which ifound very strange. so i it did not violate guidelines which i found very strange. so i then went to the head of instagram and i said, look at these comments, why are they being found to not violate guidelines? probably not found to violate guidelines and he said that was a mistake with its technology, that the technology was marking these comments as benign. which meant that they were being followed up meant that they were being followed up for a human review and they weren't being taken down. he said that this technology is now being fixed and the instagram was taking all of these reports very seriously and that they would be following them up properly. it and that they would be following them up properly-— and that they would be following them up properly. it really throws into hue them up properly. it really throws into huge doubt _ them up properly. it really throws into huge doubt the _ them up properly. it really throws into huge doubt the company - into huge doubt the company certainly in this case, instagram is insistence that it works as hard as

it can to take races abuse. i insistence that it works as hard as it can to take races abuse.- it can to take races abuse. i think that we know _ it can to take races abuse. i think that we know that _ it can to take races abuse. i think that we know that this _ it can to take races abuse. i think that we know that this has - it can to take races abuse. i think that we know that this has been i it can to take races abuse. i think. that we know that this has been an issue for a while. gracious but not racist abuse on social media is nothing new. 0ver racist abuse on social media is nothing new. over the years some liverpool players were complaining that they were receiving monkey emoji is on the instagram post was that we have to remember that instagram has more than1 billion users and the sheer amount of content on there is huge. that's a very hard thing to moderate. you can't do it with human moderators alone and they'll try to find a technological fix for this but they haven't found a true solution yet that can catch it all. has haven't found a true solution yet that can catch it all.— that can catch it all. has there been any _ that can catch it all. has there been any response _ that can catch it all. has there been any response from - that can catch it all. has there been any response from any l that can catch it all. has there - been any response from any more social media companies that bukayo saka named? twitter and facebook? facebook obviously owns instagram. i've not spoken to any of those companies sense bukayo saka has made his comments. i have gone back to

instagram as i had some users reporting to be that they were still finding this automated message coming back to them. i'm still waiting for a response from instagram on that. we waiting for a response from instagram on that.- waiting for a response from instagram on that. waiting for a response from instaaram on that. ~ ., , ., instagram on that. we will have you back as soon _ instagram on that. we will have you back as soon as _ instagram on that. we will have you back as soon as you _ instagram on that. we will have you back as soon as you get _ instagram on that. we will have you back as soon as you get a _ instagram on that. we will have you j back as soon as you get a response. let's return now to the prime minister's "levelling up" plan which he has laid out in a speech today. he says the plan is a "win win" for the whole of the uk and won't make "rich" areas poorer in order to benefit the most deprived. let's speak to the conservative mayor of the tees valley — ben houchen. good afternoon to you. you are often held up as a prime example of devolution working in helping the leveling up an agenda. how do you make it work in your area, why does it work? i make it work in your area, why does it work? ~ �* , ., ,., , it work? i think it's the reason why the government _ it work? i think it's the reason why the government and _ it work? i think it's the reason why the government and our— it work? i think it's the reason why . the government and our recommitting to further devolution deals across the country because where you provide a set of powers in a level of autonomy of funding, we've got a

funding settlement with government that last of the next 30 years. that you are allowed to take local school decisions using local powers to me that money to be able to affect those decisions or you don't have to go back to ask for money and bid with other people. and you're able to effect change that you know is beneficial to your local area. that can only be a good thing. there is a whole discussion and argument whether we need more powers and more money. 0ther whether we need more powers and more money. other areas that have combined authorities compared to those that don't then you are now starting to see over the last four years that we've existed there's a gap starting to open up with more money and more powers in more autonomy to areas that have them compared to areas that don't. would ou like compared to areas that don't. would you like more _ compared to areas that don't. would you like more responsibility? - compared to areas that don't. would you like more responsibility? you i you like more responsibility? you don't have power over health services, for example, social care or housebuilding. would you be able to use those powers?— to use those powers? there are really interesting _ to use those powers? there are really interesting conversations| really interesting conversations about where it should that power alive. local authorities as i imagine i have not been particularly pleased with us taking the planning

powers and housing powers away from them. at the same time there is a conversation about how powers to the combined authority or metro mayor levels was up at the same time if you were to ask me tomorrow for you to me out powers, i'd probably say no to them on the basis that we are only four years old and we don't have the infrastructure to be able to take control over what is an extremely essential service that impacts people on a daily basis. this is about the journey. devolution today in gees valley would be very different to what it is an getti or sign. you only have to look at what happened in london which is a slightly different model but his analogy is. you could say london where it using his powers was that they are very different but they were and they want. there is this idea that you develop powers, it develop a sense that you are able to deliver and then hope you get more powers and money you can affected even greater change in your local community.— local community. sceptics say that ou have local community. sceptics say that you have done _ local community. sceptics say that you have done well _ local community. sceptics say that you have done well because - local community. sceptics say that you have done well because you i local community. sceptics say that. you have done well because you are a conservative mayor and we've got a conservative mayor and we've got a conservative government in power. he was speaking earlier in the day to a

member of the british chamber of commerce in the southwest who said that leveling up meant nothing to them there, they haven't seen any sort of help. i them there, they haven't seen any sort of help-— sort of help. i think i would encourage _ sort of help. i think i would encourage my _ sort of help. i think i would encourage my colleagues l sort of help. i think i would| encourage my colleagues in sort of help. i think i would - encourage my colleagues in the southwest and indeed everybody across the country to come forward and take up the government offered today of having a discussion around more devolution deals. the more areas of england that are covered by devolution the more money and more autonomy to get the better they can affect change. i actually think the reason that the government is moving towards the language of leveling up, which obviously won a huge majority in 2019 is a slightly different language that was used under the previous government and under david cameron never tresa may armed her powerhouse. while the north has got a big gdp gap in a big gap when it comes to life expectancy is well as a rich wage and opportunities of high—level, good qualityjob there is a gap between the north and south. boris is right to say today that the relative gap in gdp to the north and the salt is similar in

context to that which is between east and west germany and the neck when the berlin wall fell. actually the like more nuance to it and actually i think it's more about cities and very dense urban areas like manchester, birmingham, liverpool and others to everyone else. they're very picks similarities like tees side which doesn't have... our similarities like tees side which doesn't have... 0urfriends in the southwest. i actually think there's a more nuanced discussion between towns and cities in the disparity between the two. the south african government is increasing the number of troops on the streets to 25—thousand — in response to widespread looting and violence sparked by the jailing of the former president, jacob zuma. at least 72 people have died and more than seventeen—hundred people have been arrested since the violence erupted. earlier i spoke to our correspondent vumani mkhize — who's in the coastal city of durban — about the current situation...

thankfully here in durban and in area things have largely quietened down. that is a relief for security forces and the public. over the past few days we have seen numerous shopping centres and businesses being ransacked and looted. today it has been quiet. i spent most of the afternoon at a shopping centre, where residents were queueing for food and for basic essentials, because that is what we are seeing in some parts of durban. many shops have been looted and they have no food and so therefore people are having to line up for the basic necessities. we have seen fuel as well running short. so it is quite a desperate situation at the moment up until food and fuel can be restored to some form of normality.

the headlines on bbc news... police say at least a2 people have died and dozens are missing after flooding in western germany latest official figures show a8,553 new coronavirus infections in the uk and 63 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. that's the highest number of deaths reported in one day since march. tax sugar and salt to help support better diets — so says a review aimed at tackling britain's obesity crisis. but the prime minister says he isn't keen on imposing such taxes. earlier this year the discovery of the remains of 215 indigenous children — students of canada's largest residential school prompted national outrage and calls for further searches for unmarked graves. since then, two more gravesites have been found. it's triggered a national reckoning over canada's legacy

of residential schools, which were part of policy to attempt to assimilate indigenous children and destroy indigenous cultures and languages. barbara plett usher has visited the province of saskatchewan to find out more. for decades, the site of the school filled children with fear and dread. todayis today is a hunting reminder in a dark period in canadian history. six years old, i was imprisoned here. he and three of his brothers were students in the late 1970s. he remember strict rules and harsh punishments. around 150,000 indigenous children were sent to such schools, cutting them off for their families, traditions and language. it was a government programme but often run by the church. cultural genocide is what an official commission call it in 2015. what happens when you spoke your language here?

i got hit, like everybody else that spoke the language. we got beaten. we got called names, you know, bad names. dirty little savages. a number of unmarked graves were found here before the recent discoveries. stories of such graves were common among the students. the son of a survivor, and he told me that his dad buried a kid over there, just over those hills. a child from the school? he buried a child from the school over there. the findings from searches at residential schools have renewed calls forjustice, and opened old wounds. in the northern city of prince albert, survivors are reliving the trauma, talking about it openly like never before. at least we know now what happened to the students that did not return to school.

the ones who did not return home. we never talked about it, though. you never talked about it? we never talked about it, no. we just kept silent. because we were afraid. indigenous leaders have finally begun to get government support for further grave searches, but they are also demanding accountability, access to archives, an apology from the pope, even an international investigation. it was a crime against humanity, a crime against children that no one should everface. there was torture, abuse and death in those institutions. and someone, somewhere, must face the consequences. some catholic bishops in saskatchewan also want the vatican to act, but stressed that apologies are not enough.

a big step towards reconciliation is a new understanding of our history in this country. we are talking about the deepest historical wound in this country, and if it is complicated and messy to address it today, it is because that wound is deep and profound and has never been dealt with well. at another residential school site in the province, that history is now painfully visible, marked out grave by grave. momentum is gathering to search for the truth across canada. barbara plett usher, bbc news, saskatchewan. cindy blackstock, is the executive director of first nations child & family society of canada for mcgill school of social work. good afternoon to you. deeply, deeply disturbing, these discoveries. can you tell us why were children take into these

residential schools? the canadian government _ residential schools? the canadian government began _ residential schools? the canadian government began operating - residential schools? the canadian i government began operating them. residential schools? the canadian - government began operating them. in the 1870s government began operating them. in the 18705 it government began operating them. in the 1870s it continued until 1996 they were more akin to re—education than they werejust they were more akin to re—education than they were just schools. and they were attended to assimilate first nation children into society so that the government could free up the land for settlement. they were run by the catholic churches and other christian denominations and they were funded by the federal government and overseen by the federal government. it was federal laws that force the children into the schools. laws that force the children into the schools-— laws that force the children into the schools. ~ . , , , the schools. what is so shocking is that this went _ the schools. what is so shocking is that this went on _ the schools. what is so shocking is that this went on into _ the schools. what is so shocking is that this went on into the - the schools. what is so shocking is that this went on into the mid-19 l that this went on into the mid—19 90s. that this went on into the mid-19 90s. ., �* , �* that this went on into the mid-19 905. . �* , �* ., ., 90s. that's right. and throughout the eriod 90s. that's right. and throughout the period of— 90s. that's right. and throughout the period of residential - 90s. that's right. and throughout the period of residential schools | the period of residential schools what we know is that the children themselves of course knew about the maltreatment and the deaths of other children because some of them had to bury them. but there were other groups that new, the government of canada newest early as 1907 that its unequal provision in funding in poor health practices were contributing to preventable deaths at the schools

is as much of 25% of the schools per year were dying. these reports continued all through the decades in the canadian government response was the canadian government response was the same which is to really ignore it or to cover up the report. thing it or to cover up the report. any church as _ it or to cover up the report. any church as new— it or to cover up the report. any church as new as _ it or to cover up the report. any church as new as well. what is the governments attitude now? the government _ governments attitude now? tue: government did governments attitude now? tte: government did not governments attitude now? tt2 government did not government has apologised and said that it is going to be implementing what i call the truth and reconciliation commission. at the action on those items is really lacking. in the government itself is still litigating against residential school survivors and first nations generals in. this generation of kids in court. that needs to stop. the governments rhetoric needs to match its actions. what would you like to see in terms of going some way to making reparations for those who have been affected? t reparations for those who have been affected? ~ ., reparations for those who have been affected? ~' ., . reparations for those who have been affected? ~ ., . ,

affected? i think with a chief is doinu in affected? i think with a chief is doing in first — affected? i think with a chief is doing in first nation _ affected? i think with a chief is doing in first nation is - affected? i think with a chief is doing in first nation is a - affected? i think with a chief is doing in first nation is a great. doing in first nation is a great example of the generosity of first nations people and inviting people and to share and learn from this history. they need to be supported in the work of identifying the children, connecting them with families and also properly honouring them. also supporting the survivors and their descendents who are now coping with this news of trying to discover their children that are buried. also to try and deal with being not believed by canadians and others for so long. itrier? being not believed by canadians and others for so long.— others for so long. very good to talk to you- _ others for so long. very good to talk to you. thank _ others for so long. very good to talk to you. thank you - others for so long. very good to talk to you. thank you so - others for so long. very good to talk to you. thank you so much. the government has supported to put the three weeks after the move from green. from monday morning holiday—makers returning to the uk from the spanish islands will have to isolate for ten days unless they are fully vaccinated. do you like it

reports. it'sjust over are fully vaccinated. do you like it reports. it's just over two weeks since the government gave the go—ahead for travel to the sun, sea and sand of the balearic islands. but now a change the rules means that some two summer getaway to a beta or mail your car has become more difficult for some. the government has a traffic light system, trip countries with low levels of covid infections go into a green list. you can travel there without having to quarantine on your return. four countries will be added to the list on monday including croatia and hong kong. but the balearic school be removed. a rising infections mean they've been placed on the amber list as of monday whether you have to quarantine or not will depend on your vaccination status. then there is the red letters. travellers from these regions have to quarantine in designated hotels. four more countries including but not cuba have justjoined that list. the problem is the rules are not quite the same for everybody. while most older people are fully vaccinated and can go on holiday to enable his

country without having to isolate on their return many young people haven't had their second dose of vaccine yet. which means they would have to go into isolation. t’ee vaccine yet. which means they would have to go into isolation.— have to go into isolation. i've had one vaccine _ have to go into isolation. i've had one vaccine three _ have to go into isolation. i've had one vaccine three weeks - have to go into isolation. i've had one vaccine three weeks ago - have to go into isolation. i've had one vaccine three weeks ago and | have to go into isolation. i've had| one vaccine three weeks ago and i know from monday people fully vaccinated do not need to quarantine from amber list countries. however i will need to quarantine and obviously that is not great for my mental health but am very lucky... airlines and travel companies have also expressed frustration at the frequent changes with they claim are deterring people from making bookings. but some within the industry say the restrictions you have public support.— industry say the restrictions you have public support. these decisions are chopping — have public support. these decisions are chopping and _ have public support. these decisions are chopping and changing. - have public support. these decisions are chopping and changing. i - have public support. these decisions are chopping and changing. i think . are chopping and changing. i think from _ are chopping and changing. i think from the _ are chopping and changing. i think from the governments point of view, ithink— from the governments point of view, i think they— from the governments point of view, i think they can be very confident that these — i think they can be very confident that these are populist measures in the population as a whole. even though— the population as a whole. even though it's _ the population as a whole. even though it's catastrophic if you are that part — though it's catastrophic if you are that part of the population who

wishes — that part of the population who wishes to— that part of the population who wishes to go to the mediterranean on holiday _ wishes to go to the mediterranean on holiday. the wishes to go to the mediterranean on holida . ., ,., ., ., , holiday. the government so far has been unrepentant. _ holiday. the government so far has been unrepentant. ministers- holiday. the government so far has been unrepentant. ministers of- holiday. the government so far has been unrepentant. ministers of alll been unrepentant. ministers of all ready warned that travel this summer will be far from normal and they say holiday—makers should be ready to cancel their plans at any moment. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. full uk forecast for the rest of this week and the weekend in just a moment, but first of all i thought we would take a look at the extreme rainfall that has been affecting parts of europe, particularly some western areas of germany, torrential downpours yesterday showing up on the radar picture just to the south—west of bonn. how much rain fell? well, we had up to 158 millimetres of rain. this looks to be about three times as much rainfall we'd expect in the whole of the month ofjuly. and that fell in the space ofjust one day. those storms were kicked off by this upper area of low pressure that was stuck overhead in germany. whereas here in the uk the jet stream passing is ridged and what that does

is it builds pressure. so this area of high pressure that's building across the uk is going to be with us through the rest of this week, the weekend and even influences the weather into next week as well. it means we will have more scenes like this, it really has been a glorious day so far in parts of cumbria. whereas across central and eastern england we do have some patches of cloud around. the cloud, though, is very thin, it's only about 300 metres thick so there is a chance i think, particularly later this afternoon, towards the evening time it will break up and we will see some sunshine coming through. but the best of the sunshine today, wales, south—west england, northern england, scotland and eastern counties of northern ireland. 0vernight tonight, a bit more cloud pushes back into the north—west otherwise it's dry with clear spells around. temperatures, 11 to 15 degrees or so. they are the minimum temperatures by the end of the night. friday, another dry day coming up is that the area of high pressure continues to flex its muscles. we could see an odd patch of rain though across the western isles perhaps, with some thicker cloud here.

but otherwise sunshine and in the sunshine it's getting warmer — 2a in aberdeen, 26 the top temperature for birmingham, cardiff and for london. and that weekend continues with a similar story. then there could be a few patches of rain across the very far north—west of scotland where it's going to be a little bit cloudier. but away from that north—west corner, it's hot and it is sunny. temperatures 22 in belfast, warm in thejuly sunshine here. 27 for birmingham, 28 for both cardiff and for london. and if anything, it gets even hotter again as we head into sunday. in fact, as we go through sunday afternoon the highest temperatures could hit the 30 celsius mark, so some very hot weather indeed. but of course, all this heat means we've got some very warm nights to come as well.

at six — at least a2 people have died in germany and dozens are missing after record rainfall across parts of western europe. homes collapsed, buildings and cars were swept away as rivers burst their banks — the the worst floods in germany in living memory. in belgium people have to be rescued from rooftops — the netherlands and france have also been hit with thousands forced to leave their homes. the german chancellor has called the flooding a catastrophe — some senior politicians are blaming climate change. also tonight: a long—awaited report calls for a tax on sugar and salt to try to encourage healthy eating — but how affordable is that? i could pay for it but it means something else has to go. and it means we go in the red instead of staying in the black.

more than half a million people were told to self—isolate last week,