hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: borisjohnson and chancellor rishi sunak — who both got covid alerts after health secretary sajid javid contracted coronavirus — now say they will self—isolate. initially the government said the two men were exempt from some self—isolation because they part of pilot scheme — and labour denounced that as unfair. it really was one rule for them and another for the rest of us, and they have only u—turned because they have been caught out by this. there's lots of questions as to what this trial is, how you access it, and i hope a minister can come to the house of commons tomorrow and explain.

german chancellor angela merkel visits the region of western germany hit by unprecedented flooding. more than 180 people have died in germany and belgium. now on bbc news, we look back at the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament — the week the beautiful game revealed its ugly side. labour accused ministers of failing to stand up for footballers fighting racism. we can all see what's happened here — the government has been trying to stoke a culture war and they've realised they're on the wrong side. the prime minister promises action. if you are guilty, mr speaker,

of racist abuse online of footballers, then you will not be going to the match — no ifs, no buts, no exemptions and no excuses. also in this programme, a former pm accuses the government of breaking a promise to the world's poor. this motion means that promise may be broken for years to come. with deep regret, i will vote against the motion today. and have electronic scooters turned our pavements into...? a wild west of lawlessness, where riders are terrorising pedestrians — especially those with disabilities and visual impairment. but first, within hours of england's defeat in the euro 2020 final, three players who'd missed penalties during the shoot—out suffered racist abuse online. there was, as you'd expect, universal condemnation at westminster, but also an angry debate about how to tackle racism. some in the england squad think ministers should have done more to support their stand against prejudice.

the defender tyrone mings accused the home secretary priti patel of stoking the fire after she'd previously described taking the knee as "gesture politics". she told mps that those responsible for racist abuse should face "the full force of the law" and she had another target in mind, too. social media companies in particular have a clear responsibility for the content that they host on their platforms and they can no longer ignore some of the appalling, vile, racist, violent and hateful content that appear on their platforms. we've been clear, mr speaker, that if they do not stamp this out, we will take actions against them in the online safety bill. labour criticised priti patel for refusing to condemn those fans who booed england players for taking the knee. they took the knee to stand against racism. it was a brave stand that led to them being booed by some. that booing was unacceptable and should have been condemned by all.

and sadly, overnight, marcus rashford, jadon sancho and bukayo saka have been subject to the most appalling racist abuse. another labour mp said some of the abuse was still visible online the day after the game. i've spoken to instagram this afternoon to urge them to take much stronger action. can i ask has the home secretary done so, and will she do so, and now speak to the social media companies to urge them to take this action, and will she also take the opportunity to condemn those who stood up in our stadiums and booed our brave players for taking a stand against racism, and call on them to show solidarity instead? the right honourable lady's right to point to instagram but all social media platforms — it's notjust instagram. they are all culpable and they are all responsible and it is right that we all take action against them and we in the home office are absolutely, as i already said,

on top of these organisations. booing — there is no place for booing. individuals themselves have the right to express themselves. we live in a free country — and thank god we do — express themselves in whichever way when it comes to tackling hatred and violence and racism. at prime minister's questions, borisjohnson promised to act and to ban those guilty of sending racist abuse to footballers from attending matches — a promise the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said "rang hollow" after his previous refusal to condemn fans who booed players who took the knee. does the prime minister think that it was wrong to criticise the england team's decision to oppose racism by taking the knee as "gesture politics"? i repeat that i utterly condemn and abhor the racist outpourings that we saw on sunday night and so, what we are doing is today taking practical steps to ensure

that the football banning order regime is changed so that if you are guilty, mr speaker, of racist abuse online of footballers, then you will not be going to the match — no ifs, no buts, no exceptions, and no excuses. either the prime minister is with the england players in their stand against racism, or he could defend his own record, those of his ministers, and some of his mps. but he can't have it both ways. so can he tell the house does he now regret failing to condemn those who booed england players for standing up to racism, yes or no? mr speaker, we made it absolutely clear that no—one should boo the england team and mr speaker, what we're doing now is — following the racist abuse that our players sadly suffered on sunday night and thereafter — we're taking practical action. so, in addition to changing the football banning order regime,

last night i met representatives of facebook, of twitter, of tiktok, of snapchat, of instagram and i made it absolutely clear to them that we will legislate to address this problem, mr speaker, in the online harms bill, and unless they get hate and racism off their platforms, they will face fines amounting to 10% of their global revenues — and we all know, mr speaker, that they have the technology to do it. we can all see what's happened here — the government has been trying to stoke a culture war and they've realised they're on the wrong side. and now, they hope that nobody�*s noticed. why else would a conservative mp boast that he's not watching his own team? why else would another conservative mp say that marcus rashford spends too much time "playing politics" when he's actually trying to feed children that the government won't? i don't want to engage in

a political culture war of any kind. i want to get on with delivering for the people of this country. he simply wants to get on with dithering. the snp's westminster leader linked some of borisjohnson�*s own words as a newspaper columnist with what the footballers suffered. after the shocking racism on show over the last week, does the prime minister still stand by his government's belief that systemic racism is not a problem that exists in the united kingdom? mr speaker, i do think that racism is a problem in the united kingdom, and i believe it needs to be tackled and it needs to be stamped out with some of the means that i've described this morning. but when he attacks our party — my party, mr speaker — i'm afraid he's got the wrong target. this is a party that has not only had the first ever muslim secretary of state for health now — our former chancellor of course — but has had two female prime ministers, the most diverse cabinet

in the history of this country, and the most diverse government in the history of this country. the prime minister. covid rules are being eased across the uk, but with varying degrees of caution. in england, almost all legal restrictions go from monday, although the prime minister warned people against becoming "de—mob happy". northern ireland is due to ease some covid measures a week later. in wales and scotland, people will have to wait until august for most rules to go, and they'll still be required to wear a face covering in some places. at westminster, the health secretary explained the plan for england. now, to those who say why take this step now? i say if not now, when? there will never be a perfect time to take this step because we simply cannot eradicate this virus. whether we like it or not,

coronavirus is not going away. but moving forward next week, supported by the arrival of summer and the school holidays, it gives us the best possible chance of a return to normal life. the secretary of state has taken a high—risk, indeed, fatalistic approach trying to game what might happen in the winter, deciding that infections are going up anyway, and instead of caution, he's pushing his foot down on the accelerator while throwing the seat belts off. several mps were concerned about clinically vulnerable people. the prospect of a so—called freedom day next week is actually anything but. they and many clinically vulnerable people, such as pregnant women, are living in fear of what living with covid means for them. some accused ministers of risky mixed messaging. the message around facemasks on public transport, for example, has been downgraded from being a clear legal requirement to being

an optional personal choice. as over 100 scientists and medics said last week in a letter to the lancet, this is reckless and risks driving up infections. not everyone agreed, though. will he please caution - the opposition on their undue reliance on masks? they're not the solution — vaccinations are. - in scotland, mandatory use of face coverings will remain in place for "some time". the first minister nicola sturgeon told a virtual meeting of holyrood that the planned easing of restrictions had to be modified, due to the spread of the delta variant. it's not a complete and wholesale lifting of all restrictions — it was never intended to be. however, it does restore yet more freedom to all of us. indeed, it is worth emphasising that we are no longer in lockdown — nothing like it. life is much more normal than at any time since the start of this pandemic. but the gradual approach we are taking means that sensible precautions will remain in place to limit transmission while we make

even more progress on vaccination. we have to make progress back to normality. the public have done what was expected of them, now it's time for this snp government to deliver and hold up their end of the bargain. so it's welcome that scotland will move to level zero next week with some minor modifications and that self—isolation rules for people travelling will be relaxed. labour said the scottish government should listen to the world health organization and speed up the administration of the second dose of the vaccine. many countries across the world are administering the second dose of the vaccine after four weeks. and we know from the data that the significant protection you get to the delta variant comes from the second dose of the vaccine. so will the government now move to a four—week gap between vaccines, as recommended by the who, as recommended by manufacturers, and has been led by other countries around the world? we take our advice in scotland on vaccination from thejoint committee

on vaccination and immunisation. in the entire lifetime of this parliament, no devolved government has gone against the recommendations of thejcvi on vaccination. thejcvi advice is that to maximise the effectiveness of the vaccine and the longevity of the protection of the vaccine, the dosage interval should be eight weeks between the first and the second dose. in wales, most, if not all, covid rules are set to be scrapped from the 7th of august. even then, facemasks will still be legally required in most indoor public places. in the senedd, the first minister, labour's mark drakeford, looked ahead to the changes next month. so life will have returned very substantially to how it was before the coronavirus pandemic began. but here in wales, we will not abandon all those measures which have done so much to keep us all safe. the welsh conservatives

conceded voters had endorsed the government's approach. and you are quite right to identify that we are still in the middle of many challenging periods of time that we are going to face with the covid—19 crisis at the moment, in particular around new variants. i personally would've liked to have seen greater speed and greater urgency in bringing some of these measures forward, but i appreciate the difficult decisions that the cabinet have had to take based on the scientific evidence that they've had before them. i'm glad that you weren't pushing for an immediate lifting of mandation for masks. some members of the conservative party have been calling on that in asking for it to be made a matter of public choice, which would be fine if masks only protected ourselves. but their primary purpose is to protect those around us. of course, we all have personal responsibility — that is very certainly the case. but it's more than that, isn't it? our responsibility is not just to ourselves — it is to other people. mark drakeford striking a different tone on face coverings

from ministers in westminster. now, it was the first time theresa may had voted against her party in 2a years as an mp. she was one of two dozen conservatives to rebel over cuts to overseas aid. ministers said the cut of almost four billion pounds a year is needed due to the pandemic. so the share of national income spent on official development assistance is being reduced from 0.7% to 0.5%. they've promised to restore the cut when public debt falls and borrowing is no longer needed for day to day spending. borisjohnson insisted britain would remain among the world's most generous donors. we all believe in the principle that aid can transform lives. and by voting for this motion, honourable members will provide certainty for our aid budget and an affordable path back to 0.7% while also allowing for investment in other priorities,

including the nhs, schools and the police. as soon as circumstances allow and the tests are met, we will return to the target that unites us, mrspeakerand i beg to move this motion. the labour leader said there'd been a cross party consensus behind a target for aid spending. and let's be clear what these cuts would mean, a million girls losing out on schooling, nearly three million women and children going without life—saving nutrition. 5.6 million children left unvaccinated, an estimated 100,000 deaths worldwide. mr speaker, he says "rubbish", that is the human toll of the choice this government is making, and it's not rubbish. among the tory rebels, borisjohnson's predecessor. this is not about vanity projects, it is about what cuts to funding mean. that fewer girls will be educated, more boys and girls will become slaves, more children go hungry

and more of the poorest people in the world will die. i have been in this house for nearly a quarter of the century. during that time, i have never voted against a three line wip from my party. as prime minister, i suffered at the hands of rebels and i know what it's like to see party colleagues vote against their government. we made a promise to the poorest people in the world. the government has broken that promise. this motion means that promise may be broken for years to come. with deep regret, i will vote against the motion today. the snp said the government had got its priorities wrong. the prime minister, who is no longer in his seat — and he should be embarrassed when i read this — believes that spending upwards of £200 million on a shiny brand—new royal yacht britannia 2.0 is more important than using life—saving aid to deliver a more just, peaceful and secure world. and tory critics said the government's conditions for restoring the cut dubbed

a treasury compromise had been met only once in 20 years. i tell the house this is no compromise at all. it is a fiscal trap for the unwary. it is quite possible that these conditions will never be met. but another conservative insisted circumstances allowed a manifesto promise to be broken. we have suffered the biggest recession in 300 years and that is not a situation that we could have predicted when i fought the election on our manifesto promises. and yet the international development act 2015 explicitly anticipated this sort of crisis where departure from targets is necessary. when it came to the vote the government won comfortably. the ayes to the right, 333. the noes to the left, 298. the ayes have it. unlock. a comfortable if reduced government majority of 35 votes. let's have a look at some other news from around westminster now.

30 conservative mps voted against making coronavirus vaccinations compulsory for people who work at care homes in england. the care minister said most people who worked in care homes had already taken up the vaccine. i know that from speaking directly to people who received care and also those who have relative living and care homes that while they might not be sure about requiring the care workers to be vaccinated, they are sure that they individually want to be cared for by someone who is fully vaccinated. but many mps wanted to see an impact assessment before the changes are introduced in november. it isn't good enough to expect us to vote on something that is difficult and controversial and complicated and not share the information with the house that the minister has at her disposal. it is an abuse. it is not good enough. they're increasingly popular,

the house of lords has heard that e—scooters have left the pavements a "wild west of lawlessness" and a "nightmare" for pedestrians. it's illegal to use privately owned scooters on public roads, cycle lanes and pavements. peers said people wanted government action now, instead of waiting for trials of e scooter rental schemes to finish next year. my lords, this governments claim to represent the party of law and order certainly often talks about crackdowns. but when it comes to e—scooters, it has allowed, even encouraged, de facto legalisation without the use of necessary legislation to protect riders and the public. this has caused problems to escalate out of control and a wild west of lawlessness where riders are terrorising pedestrians, especially those with disabilities visual impairment. as a cyclist myself, as i said last time in this question on the same subject, it is quite terrifying for these things to come up behind you. you cannot hear them, cannot see them until they are upon

you and they really go quite fast. so, at the end of the pilot, at the end of the trial, i'm sure those things will be taken into consideration. mps have given their initial approval to a proposed new law that will mean universities in england could face fines if they fail to protect free speech on campus. visiting speakers, academics or students could seek compensation if they suffer loss from a breach of a university's free speech obligations. staff and students should be free to discuss, debate and debunk views of others. fear of censure, i'm afraid, is deeply saddening and has a chilling effect and spread upon campuses. but his labour counterpart thought the bill opened up some dangerous paths. what about those seeking to spread conspiracy theories? 0r sow division in our communities? does he really believe that this kind of harmful hateful divisive speech should notjust be legally protected on campus,

but those who seek to pedal it can take a university to court? the house of lords has a new member after the by election that never was. when one of the 92 hereditary peers dies, those left in their party group choose a successor. but the death of labour's lord rea left only three hereditary peers in the electorate to choose his replacement. the clerk of the parliaments updated the house of lords what happened next. only one candidate submitted a candidacy form. there was therefore no requirement for a ballot to take place and accordingly, i have certified that viscount stansgate was the successful candidate. and notice detailing the results is in the printed paper office and online. and if that name sounds familiar it's because viscount stansgate is the eldest son of the late labour minister tony benn. you may remember tony benn secured a change in the law to renounce his peerage when his own father died so he could continue as an mp. stephen benn reclaimed the peerage

after tony benn's death and as viscount stansgate will now take his seat in the lords. finally, how to win friends and influence people. social media influencers produce blogs, photos and videos about their lifestyles and personal experiences for websites such as youtube, instagram and tiktok. popular influencers can earn a good living promoting products as well. but there's concern about their capacity to spread misleading information. the culture committee, which is investigating the industry, heard about the costs and benefits of the job from em sheldon. i am a normal girl from yorkshire and people have been asking, grassroots level, the university journey, they see my break—ups, my heart breaks, they've watched me move house, they've seen me move to london, i guess it's that reality, not reality but the reality of my life that people like. but she told mps there was a dark side to the industry. i am very concerned that there will be more suicides and more

depressions because in which other industry are you allowed to be constantly relentlessly attacked every single day just for existing? people hate influencers. they are so angry at this making money, it could be something crazy like me walking my dog and people arejust so angry. the mps wondered what made people so angry. is it sexism and misogyny? is it jealousy, that they don't like the fact that you're making money from this? or is it just simply the fact that they're just individuals who actually wish to be abusive? we do come across the same phenomenon in politics, to be honest with you. yes, unfortunately it is the money, they all say the same thing. "i liked her but, they don't like that people are making money" there's a whole dark space of the internet where people sit

all day every day literally writing about us. it's crazy because these are grown women with children and these aren't 15—year—old girls and i don't mind of someone was to call me fat or if someone wants to call me ugly, it's the right, i'm going to run this persons life, i'm going to destroy their business. 0ne mp wondered if social influencers tended to conform to stereotypes. perhaps one of the problem simply is that having attractive people on camera makes a lot of people feel inadequate. i'd like to think that me with my frizzy hair and bad body days, my bad mental health days and talking about that makes people feel that actually, this is more real. yes, i might look ok on this photograph but actually, here's some 100 takes that didn't make it and so it's about being more real about that. that's how the members of the committee feel ourselves. look around, there's a few bad hair day is going on here amongst the members.

i think you all look great. but it's on the things i feel like i am privileged and that everyone in my bubble is very diverse and they're really talking about, i follow so many amazing plus sized women who look phenomenal and they really are saying to women that oh, body confidence, it's not about, you have a body so you can be confident on a beach. and they're really hyping people up, whether it's gay men, or, you know, women who may not have the body confidence. i hope that answers your question. thank you very much indeed, back to you. i have images there of a makeover there for the committee, - if you've got a spare year... too late. julian knight. i'm off for my makeover too — i may be some time. but i do hope you canjoin me on bbc parliament at 11 o'clock on monday evening with the latest from the commons and the lords. until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now.

hello. this weekend has brought lots of sunshine and lots of warmth to the uk. and there's more to come on into the week ahead as well, as high pressure keeps our weather largely settled. saturday saw a new record high temperature in northern ireland. there was more cloud around here though on sunday, and that is because despite having high pressure, we have still managed to work the remnants of a weak cold front into the north of the uk, through sunday, hence a cooler day for scotland and northern ireland and some more cloud around here. a little bit of that cloud will trickle down the north sea coast overnight as well. a pleasant enough night for going to sleep though for scotland and northern ireland, unlike the rather sticky, humid conditions which will persist

across england and wales. monday, a lot of fine weather to come, a lot of sunshine, some cloud will bother the north sea coast through the day but it should look brighter, particularly for the northern scotland and northern ireland and it will become warm up once again, temperatures two or three degrees up on sunday. england and wales perhaps two or three degrees down but still very warm with temperatures in the high 20s. as high—pressure sticks around, very little difference in our scenario for tuesday, still plenty of fair weather to come, the slim chance of a shower across eastern england. it could produce quite a bit of rain if we do see a shower but it is a very small risk. we have got temperatures widely in the mid to high 20s. wednesday, high—pressure sitting firmly in place, a little bit of north sea cloud, perhaps a bit of fair weather cloud inland but a lot of sunshine and a lot of warmth and that is building for glasgow and belfast through the middle of the week. temperatures 26, 27 degrees here.

thursday it is looking very similar yet again. sunshine dominating the picture, a little bit of fair weather cloud here or there and in that sunshine, temperatures mid to high 20s. the end of the week though does pose a question mark in terms of our forecast. big areas of high pressure, always slightly unpredictable to break down how quickly they will clear away, maybe friday but certainly on into next weekend, it looks like the picture will become dramatically different as low pressure sweeps into the uk, ushers in cooler air and i think we will see some pretty big thunderstorms for a time as well.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines... the prime minister and chancellor accused of a u—turn after deciding to self—isolate after coming into contact with the health secretary sajid javid. initially the government said both men were exempt because they were part of a pilot scheme — labour call it chaos. it really was one rule for them and another for the rest of us, and they have only u—turned because they have been caught out by this. there's lots of questions as to what this trial is, how you access it and i hope a minister will come to the house of commons tomorrow and explain. german chancellor angela merkel visits the region of western germany hit by unprecedented flooding after heavy rains. more than 180 people have died in flooding in germany and belgium. england, scotland and wales say that

from tomorrow fully—vaccinated travellers returning from france must self—isolate for ten days —