this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the german chancellor angela merkel says the world must urgently tackle global warming, as she visits the region of western germany hit by devastating floods. translation: i came here to get a real picture — translation: i came here to get a real picture and _ translation: i came here to get a real picture and i _ translation: i came here to get a real picture and i have _ translation: i came here to get a real picture and i have to _ translation: i came here to get a real picture and i have to say, - translation: i came here to get a real picture and i have to say, it - real picture and i have to say, it really surreal and eerie situation. it is terrifying. the uk prime minister and chancellor are self—isolating after being in contact with the health secretary sajid javid, who has coronavirus. but at first, the government said they were exempt from cell isolation because they were part of pilot

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warming. with scores of people already confirmed dead, the search continues for hundreds of missing people in western europe after record rainfall caused devastating flooding. chancellor merkel has been visiting the affected areas in germany this morning. more heavy rain has caused further flooding in southern germany and austria overnight. a dam near the german town of euskirchen remains at risk of breaching. angela merkel said she was shocked ljy angela merkel said she was shocked by what she had seen. translation: i by what she had seen. tuna/mom- by what she had seen. translation: u, ., ., translation: i came here to get a real picture — translation: i came here to get a real picture and _ translation: i came here to get a real picture and i _ translation: i came here to get a real picture and i have _ translation: i came here to get a real picture and i have to _ translation: i came here to get a real picture and i have to say, - translation: i came here to get a real picture and i have to say, it - real picture and i have to say, it is a really surreal and eerie situation. it is terrifying. there are no words in the german language for the devastation that has been reached, yet it is also incredibly comforting to see how people are sticking together, how they are helping each other, the solidarity thatis helping each other, the solidarity that is there.— helping each other, the solidarity that is there. angela merkel bear and this is what _ that is there. angela merkel bear and this is what she _ that is there. angela merkel bear and this is what she had - that is there. angela merkel bear and this is what she had to - that is there. angela merkel bear and this is what she had to say i and this is what she had to say about climate change. —— angela merkel. translation: �* ., , , translation: all of these events we are seeinr translation: all of these events we are seeing in — translation: all of these events we are seeing in germany _ translation: all of these events we are seeing in germany and _ translation: all of these events we are seeing in germany and the - translation: all of these events we are seeing in germany and the forced| are seeing in germany and the forced with which they are a caring

suggests it has something to do with climate change. we must hurry and get a move on in the fight against climate change. our europe correspondent jenny hill is there. i think the damage in this town speaks for itself. they have no power here, no mobile phone signal, no shops. they are relying on volunteers who are coming to help clear up, bring them food and drink. there are scenes like this going on all over western germany. the number of dead is now confirmed at more than 150 and people are still missing, and in one town alone they are looking for 59 people who are unaccounted for. angela merkel is visitng the region today and she has gone to a particularly badly hit village where a number of houses were simply swept away, completely destroyed. ostensibly, she is here to have a look at the situation for herself. water levels here are dropping. forecasters say the flood risk is diminishing but there is now flooding in other parts of germany and western europe too. experts here are starting to worry about structures like dams

and old mining tunnels. not too far from here is the dam you have mentioned. experts have had a look at it and say it is extremely unstable. they are currently trying to pump out water from the reservoir in order to try to reduce that risk. two south africa footballers have become the first competitors to test positive for coronavirus in the athletes�* village in tokyo — five days before the start of the olympic games. six athletes and two staff members from team gb's athletics team are also self—isolating after being identified as close contacts of an individual who tested positive on their flight to japan. another athlete from outside the village tested positive on sunday too. the united states and iran have traded accusations over the delay in

talks at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. ., talks at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. . , , , talks at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. . , , ., ., deal. iran says it is outraged the americans _ deal. iran says it is outraged the americans are _ deal. iran says it is outraged the americans are denying - deal. iran says it is outraged the americans are denying prisonerl deal. iran says it is outraged the - americans are denying prisoner swap deal has been breached. you are watching bbc news. the prime minister has urged the public to be cautious and said people must self—isolate when told to do. he was speaking in a video message on twitter, after he and the chancellor said they were isolating after coming into contact with the health secretary, who tested positive for covid—19. borisjohnson and rishi sunak previously said they would not isolate as they were part of a pilot scheme which made them exempt from quarantine. it all comes as covid—19 restrictions are lifted in england from tomorrow. hi, folks. like so many of hundreds of thousands of others across the country, i have been pinged and asked to self isolate by the test,

trace and isolate system after i had been contact with somebody who has covid, in this case, of course, the health secretary sajid javid. we did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the pilot scheme which allows people to test daily, but i think it is far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules, and that is why i am going to be self isolating until the 26th ofjuly, monday the 26th ofjuly. and i know how frustrating it all is, but i urge everybody to stick with the programme and take the appropriate course of action when asked to do so by nhs test and trace. the reason for that is we are going tomorrow into step four and doing a big opening up, and that is quite right — if we don't do it now, we will be opening up in the autumn or winter months when the virus has the advantage of the cold weather.

we lose the precious fire break that we get with the school holidays. if we do not do it now, we will have to ask ourselves when we will do it. this is the right moment, but we must do it cautiously and remember that this virus is sadly still out there, cases are rising and you can see the extreme contagiousness of the delta variant, but we have this immense consolation and satisfaction that there is no doubt at all that the vaccine programme, the massive vaccination programme, has very severely weakened the link between infection and hospitalisation and between infection and serious illness and death. that is the vital thing. so please be cautious, go forward tomorrow into the next step with all the right prudence and respect for other people and the risks that the disease continues to present and, above all, please,

when you are asked to get that second jab, to get yourjab, please come forward and do it. thank you all very much. that is the prime minister, who is currently self isolating at chequers. but as bring you the latest figures on coronavirus ahead of the easing of restrictions in england. they show that the uk has recorded another 48,161 new cases of covid. that compares to 54,674 the day before, so slightly down. and the number of new deaths within 28 days of a positive covid test, 25 on saturday —— 41 on saturday. and vaccinations, first dose another 67,000, so 46 pin 3 million have had theirfirst dose and

67,000, so 46 pin 3 million have had their first dose and 36 million 67,000, so 46 pin 3 million have had theirfirst dose and 36 million —— 46.3 million. in 36 million have had a second as well. and more have had their second doses. it's a big push on this weekend i of the lifting of restrictions in england to get as many people as possible vaccinated. —— ahead of the lifting of restrictions. —— ahead of the lifting of restrictions. 0ur correpsondent nick eardley explained what led up to this decision from the government. it led to a political outcry with labour party saying it was chaos. 8am this morning, we got a statement saying that the prime minister and chancellor had been in contact with the health secretary before he got his positive test, but they would be exempt. 157 minutes later, 2.5 hours

later, we got a completely different statement saying that they would now self isolate and prime minister would be at chequers, the chancellor in his flat in downing street. i think it is pretty clear that this has happened because there was pretty unanimous, pretty speedy outrage at the fact that two senior ministers were not going to have to self isolate because of the scheme we have seen before, michael gove usedit we have seen before, michael gove used it last month. but the outcry was such that there was a feeling in government that they simply had to change their mind and we got flavour of how some of that had hit home in a tweet from the chancellor, who said it has to be clear that there is not one rule for us and one for everybody else. find is not one rule for us and one for everybody else-— everybody else. and it is about symbolism. — everybody else. and it is about symbolism, and _ everybody else. and it is about symbolism, and the _ everybody else. and it is about| symbolism, and the symbolism everybody else. and it is about. symbolism, and the symbolism of tomorrow, supposedly freedom day in england with the lifting of restrictions, is that the prime

minister will be self isolating on freedom day at chequers. there will be this extraordinary _ freedom day at chequers. there will be this extraordinary situation - be this extraordinary situation where it on the day and week when the government is trying to sell a new message that all restrictions are almost completely gone, but you must still be cautious, three of the key ministers in the government's response to covid will be spending time at home. the symbolism of that is huge, some have dubbed this a day where freedom returns it will not for these three ministers because they will be self isolating. it is also worth pondering on the fact that tomorrow in england, all legal restrictions are lifted apart from one, which is the legal requirements to stay—at—home if you are contacted by test entries. == to stay-at-home if you are contacted by test entries-—

from tomorrow, the balearic islands of ibiza, majorca and menorca will all move from the uk government's green travel watchlist to the amber list. 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. afghan peace talks continue for a second day today in the gulf state of qatar as the violence intensifies across afghanistan. the country's minister for peace told the bbc they hoped both sides would clarify their ideas on key issues to help chart set a road map to end the conflict. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in doha.

i asked one official if they would finish today and they said they would have to finish today, because there is huge pressure on all sides today, including the mediation team, today, including the mediation team, to come up with something from these high—level talks. they are aiming for a change declaration on the way forward on three issues, constitution, power—sharing and confidence the taliban have reservations about this and their main priority is the establishment of an islamic system within afghanistan, so they are reluctant to discuss a political road map with a government that wants to protect a different system that has an elected

parliament, elected president and is now existing in afghanistan. sir keir starmer has said the prime minister's behaviour shows contempt for the british public, this is after the prime minister and chancellor went into south isolation because they had come into contact with the health secretary said, but initially they had decided not to self isolate because they were taking part in a pilot scheme it meaning they did not have to. that decision was changed within a couple of hours this morning, but labour have accused the government of chaos and a u—turn. let's now hearfrom sir keir starmer. yet and a u-turn. let's now hear from sir keir starmer.— sir keir starmer. yet again it is double standards _ sir keir starmer. yet again it is double standards from - sir keir starmer. yet again it is double standards from the - double standards from the government. the prime minister is causing other chaos with his reckless decisions and that means infection rates are going through the roof, hundreds of thousands are

having to self isolate and doing the right thing. what happens when the rule is applied to the prime minister? he tries to wriggle out of it and pretend he is some pilot scheme, so yet again, we see it as one rule for them and another rule for everybody else. it is one rule for them and another rule for everybody else.— for everybody else. it is the prime minister and _ for everybody else. it is the prime minister and chancellor, - for everybody else. it is the prime minister and chancellor, so - for everybody else. it is the prime minister and chancellor, so if - for everybody else. it is the prime minister and chancellor, so if they have access to some test and release scheme, why should they do it if it means they can go to work with mac hundreds of thousands are having to self isolate because of the prime minister's reckless decisions. he expects them to follow the rules, but when the rules must apply to him, he tries to wriggle out. the only reason he hasn't u—turn on it is because he has been busted. it is bagley mac —like bank robbers getting caught and offering the money back. —— it is like bank robbers getting caught. home

money back. -- it is like bank robbers getting caught. now to catch u . robbers getting caught. now to catch u- of all of robbers getting caught. now to catch up of all of the _ robbers getting caught. now to catch up of all of the sports _ robbers getting caught. now to catch up of all of the sports news. - robbers getting caught. now to catch up of all of the sports news. high - up of all of the sports news. high drama at the british grand prix today! the british grand prix is back under way at silverstone after an extraordinary opening lap which saw the championship leader max verstappen crash out of the race after contact with lewis hamilton's mercedez. the race was red flagged. hamilton's since been given a ten—second penalty for causing a collission. drama there — and seemingly at royal st george's too. it's the final round of the open, it's changed at the top of the leaderboard. ben croucher is there for us. what's happened ? we wa nted we wanted a drama and boy have we had it in the last half an hour. we have a new leader in the shape of

colin morika. they are at the tenth hole at the moment and all of the drama has happened at the seventh hole. he is at —12, colin morikawa, and that is a two shot lead because the overnight leader louis oosthuizen has been struggling today, making two bogeys on his round on the fourth and seventh, which everybody else has been getting birdies on and he has slipped back to —10. what ofjordan speith? is started sluggishly with two bogeys in his first five, but picked up a fine eagle on the seventh hole to hole themselves back into contention, along put and he is only three shots off the pace, just like at the start of the day. the best of the british contingent is robert mcintyre, who finished tied for sixth at his only open

appearance couple of years ago, but he is flying along nicely, probably does not have enough holes to get himself into double figures, but looking at the current leaderboard, it is colin morikawa with a two shot lead after seven holes ahead of louis oosthuizen and jordan speith. connors is also in with a shout, and the spaniard is also there on the leaderboard. shane lowry, defending champion, probably not his weekend. rory mcilroy a little earlier closing for a disappointing 71 today, taking him to even parfor the championship. we have a couple of hours to go here. you wanted drama, we have it. you can follow it on the bbc sport website and on bbc radio too. ., ., on the bbc sport website and on bbc radio too. ., ,, , ., the british olympic association has

confirmed that six athletes and two staff members from the athletics team have come into close contact with an individual who has tested positive for coronavirus. they have all tested negative so far, and have entered into a period of self—isolation in their rooms within the olympic village. earlier today, the south african olympic football team confirmed that three of their party — including two players— tested positive just days before their first match against japan on thursday. after losing the opener, england's cricketers are looking to level their t20 series against pakistan at headingly this afternoon. jos buttler�*s back from a calf injury and captaining the side with eoin morgan rested. put into bat, england lost a couple of early wickets before some big hitting from moeen ali and jos buttler steadied the ship. after his century on friday, liam livingstone picked up where he left off — this huge six going out of the ground! england have posted a target of 201. you can watch live coverage

of the chase on bbc one now. that's all your sport for now. you can follow the british grand prix on the bbc sport website, and the open golf, and the final day of the tour de france, with mark cavendish aiming to break the tour stage win record on the champs—elysees. i'll round everything up on sportsday at 7:45 tonight. back to you, ben. thank you very much indeed. landslides caused by heavy rains in the indian city of mumbai have killed at least 20 people. twelve 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. emergency operations continue in both areas, as more people may be trapped in the rubble. many metropolitan train services are suspended because of waterlogged tracks.

tens of thousands of pilgrims have arrived in the saudi arabian city of mecca for a downsized hajj. as sophia tran—thomson reports, restrictions are tight, as the kingdom is hoping to repeat last yea r�*s success — which saw no coronavirus outbreaks during the five—day muslim ritual. the annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of islam. all muslims are expected to retrace the prophet muhammad's final pilgrimage at least once in their lives if they have the means to do so. the event is usually one of the world's largest annual gatherings and would normally see 2.5 million muslims from around the world converge on mecca. this year, just 60,000 healthy and vaccinated saudi residents, chosen through a lottery from almost 600,000 applicants, will take part. strict social distancing measures

are in place and a hajj smart pass is being used to allow contact—free access and transportation to the various religious sites and accommodation. technology will also play a part, with the deployment of robots to dispense bottles of sacred water from the grand mosque and others to dispense disinfectant. while a large proportion of security will take place remotely, and most of the marshals who would normally be on site will be in a call centre instead. translation: we help them| if they are lost or need urgent medical help or can't find a toll operator. it's taken complicated and costly planning, but hosting the hajj is a matter of prestige for saudi rulers. barring overseas pilgrims will cost the kingdom around $12 billion this year and impact hundreds of thousands of jobs in the holy city.

but the hajj is a gathering which could easily become a coronavirus super spreader event and with around 14 out of 34 million saudis still unvaccinated, it's a risk the kingdom isn't willing to take. sophia tran—thompson, bbc news. the presenter and comedian tom o'connor has died in hospital at the age of 81. we were poor but we were happy, weren't we? the days when you could go to somebody�*s house and they would say, come in, help yourself, and they had nothing. the liverpudlian found fame on the �*70s talent show opportunity knocks, and went on to star in the comedians, name that tune and crosswits. he'd had parkinson's disease for more than a decade. iam i am pleased to say we can now talk to his daughter now, the olympic

gold medallist denise lewis. —— daughter—in—law now. many condolences. he was such a special comedian. what do you think made himself unique? he was a very family friendly comedian, wasn't he? bier? friendly comedian, wasn't he? very much so. friendly comedian, wasn't he? very much so- i— friendly comedian, wasn't he? very much so- iwas— friendly comedian, wasn't he? very much so. i was a _ friendly comedian, wasn't he? very much so. i was a young _ friendly comedian, wasn't he? - much so. i was a young child when i first saw him and so to segue into the family and get to know him as i have done over the last 15 or 16 years has been a blessing. the man you saw on television, the warm, kind—hearted, generous and incredibly funny man, was the same screen. it is a very sad day for the family. his wife was by his side for 59 years and she can't speak but i will speak on her behalf, she loved him. he was a recent grandfather and just incredibly funny. if i could just incredibly funny. if i could

just read mac has been such an outpouring of affection for time and if i could just read one of most wonderful messages as pat has received. it was from the comedian lee evans and hejust received. it was from the comedian lee evans and he just describes everything that tom was. he was without doubt the most kind and generous man who lived a great life, way ahead of his time, the very first of the new wave alternative comedians and performing to the sharpest and most incredibly funny way in comedy before anyone else was. he was cutting—edge, he was an author, but most of all, he was a good man. he author, but most of all, he was a good man-— author, but most of all, he was a aood man. ., , ., . ., good man. he was also prolific, and so many shows- _ good man. he was also prolific, and so many shows. yes, _ good man. he was also prolific, and so many shows. yes, he _ good man. he was also prolific, and so many shows. yes, he was. - good man. he was also prolific, and so many shows. yes, he was. you l so many shows. yes, he was. you mention some _ so many shows. yes, he was. you mention some of _ so many shows. yes, he was. you mention some of them. _ so many shows. yes, he was. you mention some of them. he - so many shows. yes, he was. you mention some of them. he was i so many shows. yes, he was. you mention some of them. he was a | mention some of them. he was a regular on the corner of countdown as well. he loved music, sport, he

played his guitar, often for the grandchildren, with funny anecdotes from his many tours and travels around the uk and abroad. those who like to go on the cruises he was familiar face like to go on the cruises he was familiarface on the like to go on the cruises he was familiar face on the cruises and his whole mantra was about making people laugh. if you met him, that is all he wanted to do, make you feel good about yourself, which is a cherished quality which we don't see often today. e quality which we don't see often toda . ., quality which we don't see often toda . . ,., ., , quality which we don't see often toda. . ., , , ., today. e made so many people laugh and had a wonderful— today. e made so many people laugh and had a wonderful career. - today. e made so many people laugh and had a wonderful career. sadly i and had a wonderful career. sadly and had a wonderful career. sadly and he was suffering quite severely from parkinson's disease. yes. and he was suffering quite severely from parkinson's disease.— from parkinson's disease. yes, he lived with it _ from parkinson's disease. yes, he lived with it for _ from parkinson's disease. yes, he lived with it for about _ from parkinson's disease. yes, he lived with it for about 14 _ from parkinson's disease. yes, he lived with it for about 14 years. i from parkinson's disease. yes, he| lived with it for about 14 years. we saw him coping very well in the latter couple of years but it really started to take hold. it is tragic. without a doubt, tom always tried to make light of it, and even at the

end, where he lost his battle with the disease, you could see that spark in his eyes, the humour still coming through the eyes of his right until the end. 50 coming through the eyes of his right until the end-— until the end. so kind of you to come on _ until the end. so kind of you to come on very _ until the end. so kind of you to come on very difficult - until the end. so kind of you to come on very difficult day i until the end. so kind of you to come on very difficult day to i until the end. so kind of you to l come on very difficult day to pay tributes to tom o'connor. thank you very much for your time. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan. hello. the weekend has brought a lot of sunshine and a lot of warmth to the uk. and the week ahead will continue to do so. at least until the very end of the week. we have seen a bit more cloud pushing in to the northern half of the uk, particularly into scotland and northern ireland through sunday and some cooler air working in here too. that will mean perhaps a more comfortable night, though, with temperatures in the low teens. for englnad and wales, it stays very muggy and humid. 18, 19 the lows as we move into the small hours of monday. monday daytime, a little more cloud down the north sea coast, should burn off through the day.

the cloud tending to thin out across scotland and northern ireland and temperatures here pushing up a couple of degrees on sunday as maximums, whereas i think it willjust be a touch cooler but far from chilly, as you can see, with temperatures in the high 20s across england and wales. but here's our week ahead. we carry on with high pressure until we get to thursday, but looking changeable friday onwards.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the german chancellor angela visits in germany hit by devastating floods. she says the world must hurry in its fight against global warming and promises aid to rebuilding the area quickly. the prime minister and chancellor have been accused of a u—turn. they are self isolating after coming into contact with the health secretary who has tested positive for the virus, but at first the government said they were exempt from isolation because they were part of an isolation scheme. i because they were part of an isolation scheme.— because they were part of an isolation scheme. i urge everybody to stick with _ isolation scheme. i urge everybody to stick with the _ isolation scheme. i urge everybody to stick with the programme i isolation scheme. i urge everybody to stick with the programme and i isolation scheme. i urge everybody i to stick with the programme and take the appropriate course of action when you are asked to do so by nhs test and trace. two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested