this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson and chancellor rishi sunak — who received covid alerts after health secretary sajid javid contracted coronavirus — both say they will self—isolate. the move comes as england prepares to ease restrictions further. a clean—up operation is under way in the areas of germany and belgium worst affected by unprecedented flooding. more than 180 people have died. england, scotland and wales say that from tomorrow fully—vaccinated travellers returning from france must self—isolate for ten days — unlike from other amber list countries. three athletes at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus — five days before the start of the games.

and 140,000 fans are expected at silverstone for the british grand prix — the nation's biggest sporting event since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. downing street has confirmed that the prime minister and the chancellor will self—isolate after coming into contact with the health secretary, sajid javid — who has tested positive for coronavirus. earlier it was suggested that both borisjohnson and rishi sunak could take part in a pilot scheme in which daily testing replaced self—isolation — which other ministers including michael gove had adopted in the past. the prime minister was notified while he was staying at chequers, and will remain there

for the duration of his isolation period. tomorrow most coronavirus restrictions across england will be eased. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley reports. downing street on friday. the health secretary outside number 10, where he held talks with the prime minister. last night, though, sajid javid confirmed he had coronavirus, after a second test. i was feeling a bit groggy last night, so i took a lateralflow test this morning and it's come out positive. so i'm now self—isolating at home with my family until i get the results of a pcr test. i'm grateful that i've had two jabs of the vaccine, and so far my symptoms are very mild. he'll now have to self—isolate and there are questions over whether others might be told to stay at home, too, including borisjohnson. it comes ahead of a crucial week in which almost all legal restrictions in england will be lifted. from tomorrow, social distancing will be officially scrapped. there will be no limits at events and legally you won't have to wear a face covering. although in some places,

they will still be recommended. but the number of cases is increasing. there were more than 5a,000 in the last 24—hour period. and some have warned about being too relaxed in the coming days and weeks. next week will be a significant moment in the sometimes slow road out of lockdown in england, but it won't be back to normality overnight. face coverings will still be recommended in some places, and there will still be an emphasis on caution. and the number of positive cases we're seeing, like the health secretary's, is a reminder that even if many restrictions are going, the virus hasn't disappeared. this is wales yesterday — people taking advantage of the weather after restrictions and gatherings outside were lifted. there are more freedoms coming for people across the uk, but that doesn't come without risk. nick eardley, bbc news. joining me now is our news correspondent steve holden. so what's the latest?

because things have been changing quite rapidly? it because things have been changing quite rapidly?— quite rapidly? it has been a roller-coaster _ quite rapidly? it has been a roller-coaster morning. - quite rapidly? it has been a | roller-coaster morning. the quite rapidly? it has been a - roller-coaster morning. the prime roller—coaster morning. the prime minister and the chancellor said they would not self—isolate because they would not self—isolate because they were taking part in this contact tracing pilot scheme. fair to say, bit of a backlash to that all using the phrase it is one rule for them and a rule for everybody else. in the last half an hour it has changed. borisjohnson will now self—isolate at chequers, the prime minister's country house. he will continue to do all his meetings with his ministers remotely at the chancellor, rishi sunak, will also self—isolate. rishi sunak has tweeted recently, whilst the test and trace pilot is fairly restrictive, allowing only essential government business, i recognise that a sense that the rules are not the same for everyone is wrong. to that end i will be self isolating as

normal and not taking part in the pilot. this morning, robertjenrick stated the rules for everyone with test and trace and self isolation are not changing and if you do get pinged by the app, you will need to self—isolate. we don't intend to change the policy, although we keep these things under review. we'll be guided by the expert opinion. the advice that we've received in the recent past is that it would be better to wait this period of six weeks to ensure that more people are double vaccinated. that gives them more protection for themselves. also, it decreases the amount of transmission that will happen as a result. so that is the plan, but of course we keep these things under review. it is fairto it is fair to say, there has been a lot of anger about the idea that these top two people in government were not going to self—isolate. i know twitter is not the best barometer, but the hashtag one rule

for them is trending. it gives you an idea of what people are saying online. businesses have been struggling with people being pinged, a whole tube line in london was now because members of the team where self isolating. airport security has been affected at heathrow. the steel industry, and the meat industry, restaurants not being able to open, pubs not opening because so many staff are off self isolating. the test and trace app is doing what it is intended to do but it has affected a lot of lives. this morning, i am sure people of the top of government have heard what people have said. the of government have heard what people have said. ., , have said. the timing of this in some ways _ have said. the timing of this in some ways could _ have said. the timing of this in some ways could not _ have said. the timing of this in some ways could not have - have said. the timing of this in | some ways could not have been have said. the timing of this in - some ways could not have been worse, just a day before so—called freedom day when we see the biggest, single step in terms of easing restrictions in england? i step in terms of easing restrictions in england?— in england? i mean, i haven't had an intel in england? i mean, i haven't had any intel on _ in england? i mean, i haven't had any intel on what _ in england? i mean, i haven't had any intel on what the _ in england? i mean, i haven't had. any intel on what the conversations at the top of government have been. i think the plan would have been,

wouldn't boris johnson i think the plan would have been, wouldn't borisjohnson like to have beenin wouldn't borisjohnson like to have been in a busy place full of people and out and about, telling the country about what a momentous day it is. instead, he will be holed up in his country house, as he has set out the rules but mackie is basically doing what he has told people to do in self isolation, but he will be talking to the country on zoom remotely now. qm. he will be talking to the country on zoom remotely now.— he will be talking to the country on zoom remotely now. 0k, steve, thank ou ve zoom remotely now. 0k, steve, thank you very much- _ the search continues for hundreds of missing people in western europe after record rainfall caused devastating flooding. more than 170 people have been killed across germany and belgium. chancellor merkel is due to visit affected areas later today. 0ur europe correspondent jenny hill has more. mud sloshing. in ahrweiler, everything, everyone, is covered in a thick, sticky mud. there's no power, nowhere to buy

food, not much mobile reception. but they're doing what they can. willie told us they've never seen anything like it here, not even in his parents�* grandparents�* time. "the water rose two metres in 15 or 20 minutes," he told us. "people tried to save their things, went into their basements and, unfortunately, got trapped. i was lucky," he said, "i could get out the back of my basement." around 100 people have died in this district alone. many more are still missing. there was so little time to run, people tell us. look at the force of this flood. and the damage it left behind. the water's receding, but the number of dead is expected to continue to rise. search and rescue, it's feared, will soon be a recovery operation. so many people just want to help, donations piling up, overwhelming the volunteers at this

makeshift warehouse. translation: i can't imagine what it must be like to be affected. - that's why i'm here — to help people. in ahrweiler, across the region, lives turned upside down. this is amelie. "the water," she told us, "came from the playground to our house, but luckily just the ground floor. my gran and granddad were affected, though. they are staying with us now." as the waters slowly subside, they reveal the extent of the damage done. the task of rebuilding this region seems overwhelming. so much of its vital infrastructure — bridges, roads, railways — it's completely gone. hard to imagine the time, the money it'll take to get this region back on its feet. jenny hill, bbc news, ahrweiler.

0ur correspondent damian mcguiness is at a donations centre in nurburg, western germany. a short time ago he told me about the scale of the rescue operation. there is a search operation out right now. right beside this building there is a centre where all the emergency services are gathered. there are about three to 400 emergency service vehicles out there, so hundreds of ambulances from various different organisations, army vehicles as well. they are being deployed, constantly looking for people. i talked to some of those rescue workers last night and they were telling me that the difficulty is, the longer this goes on, the more rather than looking for people to rescue, they are looking for bodies. that is the tragic reality. so time is of the essence and the difficulty is, we have no idea how many people might still be out there. that's because a lot of the roads are impassable and you can't get through them, they have collapsed and a lot of the bridges have gone as well. so it's very difficult situation for those rescue workers as well, who are looking

for people out there. the flooding has stunned a continent, unfamiliar with such widespread weather—induced destruction. in the netherlands whole neighbourhoods have been ripped apart by the rain. anna holligan has been to meet people on one street in the dutch village of geulle, close to both the german and belgian borders. this street lies deep inside the dutch disaster zone. brigitte and her husband peter came home to this. others are still cautiously navigating their way back. this is cecile. cecile runs a fishing lake, which is just behind these trees, but you can see here the water is everywhere. everywhere, yes. where are the fish? all over the place. yeah, it's terrible. do you think you'll still have a business after this?

scoffs. after corona was all terrible, we look... difficult. it is difficult — more, more. more difficult. more difficult as corona, yeah. but you're here in your sandals — do you have people coming to help you? yes, but water must go down. yeah. chuckles. it's hard to know how to help. but while covid kept people apart, alone, this catastrophe has united communities. peter's neighbours were too afraid to set foot in the floodwater, so he waded in to film some footage so they could see the scale of the damage inside. the water came very quick, higher, so in the house until to my middle and we have saved our goats,

our chickens and our dog. this record rainfall has been an awakening for a low—lying nation that thought it had sufficient flood defences. at last, friends have arrived to help rescue cecile's livelihood. like so many, she was hoping, as the covid rules eased, this summer season would be a chance to catch a break. but once again, they are surrounded by uncertainty. anna holligan, bbc news, geleen. from monday the balearic islands of ibiza, majorca and menorca will move from the uk government's green travel watchlist to amber overnight. this means that british tourists who are not fully vaccinated,

will have to quarantine when travelling to and from the island. it could be a big blow to the local economy which relies heavily on tourists from the uk. 0ur reporter nick beake is in ibiza. the beaches here on the island have been filling up, but unfortunately lots of young brits have been packing up, ready to go home. they've had to cut their holiday short because they have to beat the new quarantine rules that come in at 4am tomorrow morning. in practical terms, it's meant that lots of people, while they've been on holiday, have had to change their flight, bring it earlier, and they've been talking to their tour operator in some cases to do that. they've had to take their pcr test to get home much earlier. so a lot of people have been really disappointed. the problem is that lots of young people we've been talking to have had one jab but not two jabs. that's the issue here. also, for people coming back from france, returning to the uk, even if they're double—jabbed, from tomorrow they'll have to self—isolate. that's because there are concerns over the rise of the beta variant in france. that, of course, was first seen in south africa.

meanwhile, back on this island, businesses are pretty concerned about what's going to happen because the brits are their best customers. just two weeks ago, they were rejoicing when the island went on the uk's green watch list. now they're not sure what's going to happen. having said all of that, there are more than 20 flights arriving from the uk today, but i think businesses here will be watching anxiously to see how many people get off the planes, how many people have decided that they are still going to come here on holiday despite the fact that they may have to quarantine when they get back to the uk. scotland is bringing in the same quarantine rules as england and wales for travellers returning from france. from tomorrow, fully vaccinated people returning from amber—list countries will no longer have to self—isolate for ten days — but the easing of restrictions will not apply to france. police investigating violence and disorder at last sunday's euro final between england and italy have released images of ten men they want to speak to.

officers have condemned what they call the disgraceful scenes witnessed at wembley stadium. london's hosting of the match saw ugly scenes, which included some ticketless fans storming the grounds in an attempt to watch the game. a man has been arrested for attempted kidnapping after a five—year—old boy was dragged into a car in broad daylight in new york city. he snatched the boy right in front of his mother and siblings as they were walking down the street in the queens district. a street camera filmed the moment the mother rescued her son by pulling him through the car window. two athletes at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronaviru, five days before the start of the games.

the bbc�*s lucy hockings is in tokyo. what more do we know about these cases? ., ., ., cases? you 'oy me from hotel quarantine _ cases? you joy me from hotel quarantine here _ cases? you joy me from hotel quarantine here in _ cases? you joy me from hotel quarantine here in tokyo - cases? you joy me from hotel. quarantine here in tokyo where cases? you joy me from hotel - quarantine here in tokyo where we have just had the confirmation from the south african football team, the under 23 squad they have won official and two young players who have tested positive for covid. the team arrived from south africa, travelled on tuesday and arrived in tokyo on wednesday. all the athletes were tested at the airport and the tests came back negative so the players were given permission to travel to the olympic village where the athletes are staying. but then one of the officials tested positive and then we had these two young players who came back with high temperatures and saliva tests on friday and saturday that showed they had covid and they were taken for testing and then it was confirmed. they were due to have their first

training session and they are all being put into quarantine in their hotel rooms. they have their food being delivered to their door and we are waiting to hear what will happen next. they are due to play at the opening match againstjapan injust five days' time. we need to find out next, of course, what will happen with those who were close contacts who have tested positive, what will happen with them even if it proves they have negative tests. but a real blow for that team. you they have negative tests. but a real blow for that team.— blow for that team. you mentioned our hotel blow for that team. you mentioned your hotel quarantine _ blow for that team. you mentioned your hotel quarantine and - blow for that team. you mentioned your hotel quarantine and similar. your hotel quarantine and similar for those arriving, delegations and so on. but there seems to be so many measures in place to stop cases from spreading, particularly where the athletes are staying? the protocol is rigorous. _ athletes are staying? the protocol is rigorous, there _ athletes are staying? the protocol is rigorous, there is _ athletes are staying? the protocol is rigorous, there is this _ athletes are staying? the protocol is rigorous, there is this testing i is rigorous, there is this testing system in place and i am seeing comments on social media he was saying this means the testing system is working. the athletes are in very

tight—knit bubbles, their movements are incredibly restricted, which means the opportunity for covid to pass between people, athletes and teams, it is near impossible, say the ioc. they have to have daily covid tests as well and many of them went through strict testing before leaving their home countries and arriving here. there really are many protocols in place to keep people safe. what the ioc are saying is, they want full transparency. with thousands of athletes due to arrive, this is going to cause real anxiety and they hope that transparency will help that. the other thing, of course, the athletes are arriving only five days before their event and then they have to leave two days afterwards so it minimises their time injapan. to give you an example, for the media as well, we had to have three negative tests before leaving and it has been very rigorous. we are in bubbles and

movements are restricted and i have had a covid test every day since i have been here. they are trying to control things very tightly and with a high degree of transparency. 0ne a high degree of transparency. one other thing to note, it is notjust when you arrive injapan. an example of how things can go wrong is the australian athletics team, they were delayed on their arrival because they had an unconfirmed test in their squad. they had an unconfirmed test in theirsquad. it they had an unconfirmed test in their squad. it meant they had to stay in quarantine in australia until the person was tested negative and then they were able to travel. it gives you an idea of the complexity of all of this and how difficult it could prove to be. qm. difficult it could prove to be. ok, lu , it difficult it could prove to be. ok, lucy. it is _ difficult it could prove to be. ok, lucy. it is an _ difficult it could prove to be. ok, lucy, it is an olympics like no other and so it seems to be so. thank you very much, lucy in tokyo. afghan peace talks continue for a second day today in the gulf state of qatar as the violence intensifies across afghanistan. the afghan state minister for peace, sayed sadat mansour naderi,

told the bbc they hoped both sides would clarify their ideas on key issues to help chart set a roadmap to a political solution to end the war. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from doha. this is day two and expected to be the last day of these high political talks in doha half. there is pressure on both sides, from afghans most of all, from afghanistan's neighbours and allies, both sides have to show they are committed to a negotiated way out of this war that continues to intensify on the ground. these talks will focus on coming up with some kind of a joint statement, they will agree to focus on three key areas going forward. one is building trust, another is to discuss a road map to afghanistan's political future. discuss a road map to afghanistan's politicalfuture. also, an islamic constitution. the taliban insists there has to be changes to the existing afghan constitution. on top

of that, there has to be a sense that this process will not suddenly stop and there be another long pause. there has to be a continuous process. both sides say the vibes are positive here, but at this stage of the war, it is also understood that good vibes are not enough, there has to be a sense that if they can close at what are now wide gaps between their ideas on how afghanistan should move forward politically, to achieve what they all say they want to achieve, which is a durable political solution. all the while the worry grows in afghanistan that if this process fails, this devastating war is going to get much worse. landslides caused by heavy rains in the indian city of mumbai have killed at least 20 people. 12 of the victims died when a compound wall collapsed on their homes in the chembur district.

there were other fatalities in the suburb of vikhroli. 15 other people were rescued in a different neighbourhood of the city. rescue operations continue in both areas, as more people may be trapped in the rubble. many metropolitan train services are suspended because of waterlogged tracks. i'm joined now by our reporter in delhi salman ravi. what is the situation as things stand now?— what is the situation as things stand now? ,. ., , ., ., , ., stand now? the rescue operations are still in and their— stand now? the rescue operations are still in and their predictions _ stand now? the rescue operations are still in and their predictions that - still in and their predictions that heavy rainfall will continue across the next two days. but this phenomena was unusual, the pattern was very unusual for the last couple of days. it started on friday and on saturday. it is a surprise that a build—up of heavy thunderstorms, as the experts are saying, the thunderstorm was 16,000 feet above the atmosphere, twice the height of the atmosphere, twice the height of the highest peak of mount everest. that build—up actually caused

serious rain. it didn't come in raindrops, it was as if somebody was pouring water from buckets and local people i was speaking to, they said it was so heavy. to understand this, very heavy rainfall is classified only after a place registered 200 millimetres of rain in 24—hour is. but mumbai experienced to 253 millimetres of rainfall in 2a hours and more than 115 millimetres being reported just in the span of six hours. that is the time when people said, being early hours, casualties are restricted to 20 people right now. had it been in the daytime when india bustles with activity, it could have been even serious. people have been rescued from sensitive areas and a monsoon has swept across india, right from the north of the

country, the himalayas to down south. heavy rains are predicted for the next couple of days of the situation in mumbai is critical. because this stage in the year is crucial for mumbai. because this stage in the year is crucialfor mumbai. from because this stage in the year is crucial for mumbai. from 2019, because this stage in the year is crucialfor mumbai. from 2019, heavy rains, more than 350 millimetres were recorded in the month ofjuly itself. so it is very crucial for the people of mumbai, because of the changing pattern of whether, unusually, during this part of the year. unusually, during this part of the ear. �* , unusually, during this part of the ear. �* y ., , ., unusually, during this part of the ear. ,~~ ., ., year. briefly, no sign of any more extreme weather _ year. briefly, no sign of any more extreme weather so _ year. briefly, no sign of any more extreme weather so far _ year. briefly, no sign of any more extreme weather so far at - year. briefly, no sign of any more extreme weather so far at the - year. briefly, no sign of any more - extreme weather so far at the moment and the forecast is there? thea;a extreme weather so far at the moment and the forecast is there?— and the forecast is there? they have redicted and the forecast is there? they have predicted extreme _ and the forecast is there? they have predicted extreme weather - and the forecast is there? they have predicted extreme weather will - and the forecast is there? they have predicted extreme weather will be . predicted extreme weather will be coming for two, three days and they have evacuated people from low—lying areas and the areas which are supposed to receive very heavy rainfall. so the orange alert has been changed to a red alert and people have been asked to exert

caution. ., ., people have been asked to exert caution. ., ~ , ., you are watching bbc news. northern ireland's leading supermarkets have called for urgent action to prevent disruption to trade under the terms of the brexit protocol. six retailers are asking for changes before october, when an extended grace period ends, which currently allows for lighter touch controls on some goods. our reporter sara girvin has more. the six retailers named in this letter make up three—quarters of northern ireland's grocery market. they say that unless something is done, come october 1st, when the grace period is due to end, they'll be hit by more checks on goods and more costs. that's because of the northern ireland protocol, it's part of the brexit deal, and is aimed at avoiding a hard border on the island of ireland, by effectively keeping

northern ireland in the eu's single market for goods. the supermarkets gave a similar warning back injanuary when there were issues in getting some items to shelves the northern ireland. they say that since then, not enough has changed. i think that's what the frustration and concern of the supermarkets is, that we haven't seen that movement to get a new way of trading between britain and northern ireland, under the protocol, that removes friction. as well as northern ireland consumers being impacted in terms of choice and cost, the retailers warn that red tape and falling profit margins could force them to move supply chains from britain to the eu. the government is expected to set out its preferred way forward in the protocol on wednesday. sara girvin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. hello, shorts and t—shirts weather once again today — pretty much across the board — as those temperatures sky—rocket. the sun is strong, and here's another reminder ofjust how strong it is.

very high uv levels across many parts of england and wales. not quite so high in scotland — a bit more cloud here. actually, temperatures across the northern half of the uk will be a somewhat lower today. that's because we have slightly cooler air coming off the atlantic. so 20 in glasgow, for example. in london and the south—east, we'll probably hit around 30—31 celsius. balmy evening, balmy night on the way. across the northern half of the uk, we keep the cloud — it'll also remain fresher — around 11—12 celsius. but the south, look how warm it is! 17 in cardiff, 17 in london. mid—teens in liverpool. tomorrow, another hot day. not quite as hot, but i'm sure you'll agree, hot enough.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... borisjohnson and chancellor rishi sunak — who received covid alerts after health secretary sajid javid contracted coronavirus — both say they will self—isolate. the move comes as england prepares to ease restrictions further there were initial suggestions that they could take part in a pilot scheme in which daily testing replaced self—isolation. a clean—up operation is under way in the areas of germany and belgium worst affected by unprecedented flooding. more than 180 people have died. england, scotland and wales say that from tomorrow fully—vaccinated travellers returning from france must self—isolate for ten days — unlike with other amber list countries. three people at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus — five days before the start of the games