welcome to bbc news, i'm ben boulos. our top stories: in crisis, where it's hard to keep the lights on. celebrations in lebanon, as iran sends fuel to a country in crisis, where it's hard to keep the lights on. but the shipments violate us sanctions on iran selling oil. uk travel rules are set for a major overhaul with fewer covid tests and a simpler traffic—light system. china responds with fury to a new security deal the us capitol prepares for a rally in support of the rioters being jailed for their involvement. naomi campbell talks to the bbc about her experience of racism. sir clive sinclair, the home computing pioneer has died at

the age of 81. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the first convoy of trucks has arrived, and a move by hezbollah. crowds lined the streets in lebanon today to celebrate the arrival of tankers carrying supplies of fuel. hezbollah says it is trying to ease the energy crisis, but others say it is politically motivated. our correspondent reports. scenes ofjoy in a country that has little to celebrate. lebanon is gripped by one of the worst economic depressions in modern times. but away from the jubilation,

faces the reality. the evidence at yasmin bakery run for 15 hours a day onjust two generators. every afternoon means a scramble for diesel, calling in favours or scouring the black market. if we don't get enough fuel for today, we are closing today. we are not working. tomorrow there is no bread. you are loading the vehicles now, this one is packed with bread. yep. once the bread is baked, it needs to be delivered, but there is no fuel for the vans. if you can find an open petrol station, the wait is long. from yesterday, i am 25 years old, i don't have any money. no life here. now they are known as the cues of humiliation.

everything here is just disorganised. hezbollah, he is the only person who came and say "i will bring you the gas from iran". truck horns beep. this is a small quantity of fuel, given the country's huge shortages, only about three days right. hezbollah wants to make a political statement by bringing it here. the group as part of the administration that so many lebanese blame for their dire situation. this medical drip making company needs the fuel, but fears the consequences. accepting uranium supplies comes with the threat of international repercussions. a hospital cannot work without iv solution. people are sick, they need surgery, and we should not enter the political game. between having sanctions

and having people dying because you don't supply, i think i chose not to make them die. to save them. hospitals are being offered a priority share of the diesel. this one only ever has enough in stock for the next 48 hours. if it runs out, vital machinery will stop. not everyone would survive. the us designated hezbollah terrorist organisation nearly 25 years ago, and this is iranian diesel. it's oil industry is also sanctioned. the biden administration has stayed largely silent on the implications of this delivery. lebanon's desperation, could well be a factor in that. anna foster, bbc news. the uk government is expected to announce changes on friday to the rules for international travel. among them could be a simpler traffic light system for green, amber and red list countries and fewer tests.

with me now is bbc reporter mark lobel. and mark, what changes can we expect? well, the first potential change involves pcr tests — those tests you need to enter the uk. the travel industry says they're too expensive, and the government says they're needed to track new variants of concern. but some say, even with the current system, that's not being done properly. have a listen to this from the chair of the uk pa rliament�*s transport select committee. back in february, when fewer people travelled, about 50% of all pcr tests were sequenced. for the first three weeks ofjuly, half a million people came back to this country, took pcr tests — 7,000 people tested positive for covid of that half a million, and only 5% were sequenced for variants of concern.

one of the changes under consideration is those cheaper tests replaced by lateral flow tests for double—vaccinated passengers — that might lead to some concern amongst public health experts, but the travel industry says if these changes are not made, it could be a real problem for them. have a look at this statement from the trade body airlines uk. we knew where the variant had come _ we knew where the variant had come from, we know where it is going _ going. this is the going. — this is the statement from airlines uk.

the traffic light system has been criticised, could we see changes to that? that is a system telling you which countries you can and can't visit, and how long you have to quarantine for on return. that might be simplified. the speculation and uk newspapers is that the amber list category may go and they can reduce the amount of countries on the reckless, the countries on the reckless, the countries you aren't meant to travel to and would need to quarantine on return. ——0n the red list. there is pressure on the government to change these measures to encourage more people to be vaccinated, and to save thousands ofjobs at risk, potentially, when the fellow scheme ends at the end of the month. we understand these measures still need to be signed off, and an announcement will come, at the earliest, friday afternoon. thank you for the update.

let's get some of the day's other news. two men have been charged with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee, who was shot during rioting in londonderry in northern ireland in 2019. the men, aged 21 and 33, were arrested on thursday morning and also a number of other charges including firearms possession, rioting and arson. france has suspended about 3,000 health workers because they have not been vaccinated against covid—i9. a new rule, which came into force on wednesday, made vaccination mandatory for the country's 2.7 million health, care home and fire service staff. italy has become the first country in europe to make it compulsory for all workers to have a covid green pass. from mid—october, about 23 million people will need to prove they've been vaccinated or have had a negative test, or that they've recovered from the virus. it's designed to persuade about four million italian workers who've not yet had the jab to do so. the un secretary—general has warned that the level of greenhouse gases

in the atmosphere is rising relentlessly again, after a brief dip during the pandemic. launching a gloomy new assessment, antonio guterres said he was alarmed byjust how far the world was off course in tackling climate change. the security and intelligence deal announced just 2a hours ago between the us, the uk, and australia has been greeted in very different ways. the white house has been outlining the advantages of closer ties in the western pacific. but for china, the extension of us power into what it sees as its sphere of influence is somewhat provocative. and there's been some collateral damage coming from france, which is furious at the deal which replaces its sale of submarines to australia with ones made in america. here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. britain's making its mark in the pacific. the royal navy's new aircraft carrier's been flying the flag there, on exercise with the us and allies —

proof of the increasing importance of the region, and the focus for this new defence agreement. so what is the threat? china is the rising power in the region — notjust an economic giant, but a military one too. its armed forces are modernising. it now has the world's largest navy. it's staked its claim to oceans, fortifying islands well outside its own territorial waters. this new pact, announced in a carefully choreographed

for lucrative defence contracts. the plan is to build this new fleet of submarines in australia, but the government here hopes it will boost britain's defence industry and create jobs. but this wider defence pact has already angered both an ally in france and a powerful rival in the region. france, which had hoped to build the submarines, has called the deal "a stab in the back". but china sees it as more of a threat.

translation: cooperation between the united states, the uk and australia over nuclear submarines has seriously undermined regional peace and stability, intensified the arms race, and undermined international nuclear non—proliferation efforts. the us might have led the exit from afghanistan, but this agreement shows its not turning its back on china's growing influence in the pacific. jonathan beale, bbc news. tension is rising in washington over plans for a rally around the capitol in support of the rioters who were jailed for their parts in the invasion of congress on the sixth of january. that happened after a rally, addressed by then president donald trump, urging his supporters not to accept the result of the election. fencing has been re—installed, and there are reports that multiple senate offices will close on friday, with staffers told to work remotely. our correspondent in washington, antony zurcher gave us this update. the national guard is

going to be on standby in washington, dc. that's something that did not happen before january the sixth. that caused a delay, it took hours for the national guard to be deployed, to put down the riot that took place there. other things within the city the capital police security forces are doing are employing the entirety of the washington, dc police force. and, in addition to those barricades that they're setting up around the capitol, they're putting up surveillance devices, they assure the people here that the people who live and work in washington, dc that they are prepared for any eventuality, prepared to defend the capitol against any kind of attack — though i will note that there are only a few hundred protesters expected to show up for this. partially that's because there are some on the right, on right—wing social media who are saying that this whole thing is a setup by the fbi and by the government to lure them to dc in order to have them rounded up and arrested. in fact, donald trump, in an interview published earlier today, said the same

thing — that it was a setup, if no—one shows up, then they're going to say that there was insufficient support for donald trump, but if everyone shows up, and they are going to be harassed by counter—protesters. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: naomi news, still to come: campbell has been speaking naomi campbell has been speaking to the bbc about her new role for queen elizabeth. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. well, there is people alive and there is people not alive. we canjust help and give them whatever we've got. a state funeral has been held for princess grace of monacol at the church where she married prince rainier 26 years ago. - it looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and no where on earth

needs it more badly. the government's case is being forcefully presented by the monsieur badinter, justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one his clients being executed. elizabeth seton spent much of her time in this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businessmen regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: they have been celebrations in lebanon after a run sent a fuel convoy to the country in crisis. but, the shipment bay violate sanctions on tehran selling oil. uk travel all set for an overhaul with fewer

covid tests and a simpler traffic light system. an indonesian court has ordered presidentjoko widodo and other senior government officials to improve the hazardous air quality of the capitaljakarta. frustrated residents concerned about the impact of the air pollution on their health launched the legal action back in 2019. bbc�*s asia editor rebecca henschke has the details. jakarta residents are forced to breathe some of the world's most toxic air. the mega—city amongst the top 10 most polluted cities in the world. and, a group of frustrated residents say it is taking a serious toll on theirfamilies. translation: my youngest child, eight years old, it has _ affected her health. we have been to several paediatricians, one says she suffers inflamation in the nose. every morning her eyes are watering and she sneezes intensely.

wanting her daughter to be able to breathe clean air, veronica joined a civil lawsuit against presidentjoko widodo and other senior officials. after a two—year legal battle, the court ruled in their favour. the panel ofjudges ordering the indonesian government to control the sources of air pollution, ordering they carry things like regular emission tests on older vehicles, and enforcing the ban of burning rubbish. the lawyer of the group has hailed it as a landmark decision. translation: this is . an historic decision for us regarding our quality or air pollution prevention. but, others are more cautious. one of the key sources of the air pollution is just outside the city from coal power plants. activists are warning that cleaning up the air of the mega—city

is an enormous task. the british supermodel naomi campbell has been given a new prominent role for the platinumjubilee celebrations for queen elizabeth. she's been appointed as an ambassadorfor the queen's commonwealth trust. speaking to zeinab badawi from our hardtalk programme, she was asked about the claim made by prince harry and meghan markle, that there were concerns in the royal family about the colour of their baby's skin. more than likely. you've got a household of, ..all ages, different levels of aristocracy or aristocrat. do i think it was said? probably, absolutely it was said, i'm sure. buckingham palace said "recollections may vary", but anyway, yeah.

how was it said? don't know, wasn't there. i can't comment for something i don't know, i wasn't there. i need to hear for myself. have i had it said to me, is what i can talk about, my own experience. yes, many times. and you can see the full hardtalk interview with naomi campbell on our network starting on friday, do try to catch it. sir clive sinclair, the british inventor who created one of the first pocket calculators and brought home computers to the masses, has died at the age of 81. he launched the first affordable consumer computer in 1980, costing less than £100. his ventures into new forms of transport, including the ill—fated sinclair c5 electric tricycle, were less successful. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. his drive and enthusiasm made him one of the best—known inventors.

the whole business of invention is nonmaterial. his fascination with gadgets started at school and, by his late teens, he was selling his own electronic kits by mail order and writing technical manuals. he then put a magnifying bubble over each digit to make it visible. this saw him launch his first pocket calculator in 1972. soon, competition from cheaper japanese versions forced him to slash prices. the failure of his next innovation — a digital watch — brought his company to its knees. undaunted, he set up sinclair research, and in 1980 launched a personal computer the zx80 - that was groundbreaking. it sold for under £100. it was its colour display that was its biggest success, credited with launching

the uk's computer and video industries, by some. more money had been poured into his obsession with a new form of urban transport. this sinclair c5, launched in the winter of 1985 became something of a nationaljoke. many critics complained it was unsafe on busy urban roads. you try sometimes they succeed, others don't. i don't look back on it and say to myself, that was a wild idea that failed, i don't think that is true. i don't think it was good enough to succeed, simple as that. having run out of money, he was forced to sell the computer business to a budding entrepreneur. undeterred, he continued his quest for a new kind of personal transport. an electric bicycle proved no more popular than the c5.

he was a brilliant inventor who gave millions an introduction to computers — that is how he will be remembered. the computer pioneer sir clive sinclair has died at the age of 81. joining me now to talk more about the impact sir clive sinclaire's inventions is video game deisgner graham devine. i owe my career to him, i think many people in the industry do. a lot of game genres started up here, and that was the beginning of the game industry, so i think he is responsible for a lot of the foundations of the computer game industry. in terms of the sinclair spectrum, what is your experience was two what are your memories of using it? my your memories of using it? my very first games were on the

sinclair spectrum. you could buy a computer for £125 and it had the worst keyboard in the world, i remember, but you could buy that computer and learn the basics, you could but they came onto a cassette tape, because we used to set tapes back then, and you could sell it. there was no internet back then, there was no way to get then, there was no way to get the game out onto the internet, so we had to sell it on cassette tapes, but we started a game industry out of that. it was small but from that we started a larger industry, and quite a lot of us are still in that industry today. what sort of hallmarks of sir clive sinclair's worked we see in modern computers today, if

any? if you speak to gamers back then, they respected small amounts of memory. they could programme a lot into just a little bits, and that meant a lot to do them. it also meant a lot to do them. it also meant a lot of computer games started that spectrum, — the sinclair spectrum. that influenced a lot of games, they started on the spectrum. they are still payable today and reflect a lot of games on modern consoles. he had many successes. perhaps one of the less successful was the c5, which we can see a demonstration of on—screen now. i have actually been to a computer museum when i was reporting and tried out one of these models. they aren't the

easiest to get around in. this was perhaps not his finest hour? . , ., ._ , was perhaps not his finest hour? ., ., hour? he was always an inventor though. he _ hour? he was always an inventor though, he loved _ hour? he was always an inventor though, he loved to _ hour? he was always an inventor though, he loved to invent - though, he loved to invent hardware. he started with calculators, moved onto computers, two electric cars — maybe too early. and then electric bikes to early as well but he was always an inventor, and growing up, that was a great thing in my mind, he was always the british inventor that was inventing something and that was very inspiring. i have started companies because of people like sir clive sinclair, thinking, i could start a company. yes, there was the c5, but he was a great inventor and all inventors have great failures and successes. absolutely, can't have one without the other. thank you very much for talking to us about the legacy of sir clive sinclair.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @benmboulos. hello. well, most of us had some pretty decent weather on thursday, some warm spells of sunshine. friday's not looking bad — for most of us, but not for everybody. we are expecting some rain across western parts of the uk. and on the satellite picture, you can see the reason — a weather front is approaching. in fact, it's already been cloudy and damp across northern ireland and parts of western scotland. and this weather front, as it approaches the british isles, is slowing down and, in fact, it's going to stall across western parts of the uk over the next 2—3 days. so here it is through the early hours of the morning, approaching western parts of the uk — as i said, it's already damp in the northwest — but very mild, these warm southerlies ahead of it mean that temperatures in some spots in the north—west won't be any lower than 15 celsius first thing

in the morning. so warm and damp, and wet at times in northern ireland and western scotland through the morning and into lunchtime. but around the irish sea, wales, the southwest is cloudy with rain at times. further towards the east, especially across england, it's looking absolutely fine, warm spells of sunshine with temperatures up to 21 celsius. it's going to be a fine day across many parts of england. here's a look at saturday — and the weather front is still over us. there's actually not an awful lot of rain on saturday, just bits and pieces here and there out towards the west — again, the best of the weather will be across central and eastern areas. the winds are still very light, so nothing's really moving around across the uk, so where the cloud is in the rain, it's still out towards the west. here are the temperatures — 17 celsius in glasgow, around about 22 in england. now the forecast for sunday shows that that weather front�*s still there — if anything, it re—invigorates itself. that's sometimes what happens, so there'll be more rain around

on sunday, i think a greater chance of catching some rain almost anywhere in the uk. so, out of the two days, saturday is definitely going to be the sunnier day for most of us. you can see that rain reaching some central and eastern areas end of the weekend. how about into next week? a quick look at the weather for monday and tuesday — here are the temperatures, and the weather looks a little variable. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. there have been celebrations in lebanon — after he first convoy of trucks carrying iranian fuel entered through syria. the move was organised by hezbollah. as the lebanese government is struggling to supply petrol and diesel. it's not certain if the shipment violates us sanctions on tehran selling oil. the uk government is expected to announce changes to the rules for international travel. the new regulations will see the green and amber lists merged into one category — while british holiday—makers returuning from turkey will no longer need to quarantine.. tensions levels are rising in washington — as the us capital prepares for a rally in support of the rioters who were jailed for their parts in the invasion of congress, on the 6th of january. fencing has been re—installed and there are reports that multiple senate offices will close early. now on bbc news: click.