welcome to bbc news. i'm ben boulos. our top stories: celebrations in lebanon as iran sends fuel to a country in crisis, but the shipment may violate us sanctions on tehran selling oil. uk travel rules are set for a major overhaul with fewer covid tests and a simpler system of restrictions. tensions and fencing return to 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. the supermodel naomi campbell talks exclusively to the bbc about her experience of racism.

and tributes for sir clive sinclair, the home computing pioneer who has died at the age of 81. hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. the first convoy of trucks carrying iranian fuel has entered lebanon from syria in a move organised by hezbollah. crowds lined the streets to celebrate the arrival as the country struggles to provide enough petrol and diesel, with regular blackouts as a consequence. hezbollah says it's trying to ease the country's deep energy crisis but opponents say it's politically motivated. our middle east correspondent anna foster reports. horns blare. cheering. 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, this is the reality. the ovens at yasmin bakery run for 15 hours a day onjust two generators. calling in favours or scouring the black market. with bread. 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 queues 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. horns blare. 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 in. the group is 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 that are sick, they need surgery, and we should not enter in 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. 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 a foreign terrorist organisation nearly 25 years ago, and this is iranian diesel — its 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. i've been speaking to our reporter mark lobel. one change involves pcr tests — those tests you need to enter the uk. the travel industry says they're too expensive but the government says they're needed to track new variants of concern. some people don't think the current system achieves that very well. 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 those that were positive. for the first three weeks ofjuly, 500,000 people came back to this country, took pcr tests. 7,000 people tested positive for covid of that 500,000, and yet only 5% were sequenced for— variants of concern. one of the changes

under consideration tests — cheaper 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 but a much more sensitive so they will detect if somebody but are not infectious themselves. the other change being talked about is the traffic light system — that's the system that determines which countries you can and cannot go to and how you have to quarantine on arrival.

it speculated in the uk newspapers that this might be simplified so the amber category may go, and that those on the red category may be halved, or decreased significantly. there is concern that the government needs to act quarantining a quara ntining a hotel quarantining a hotel on return so there's pressure on the to simplify the system, to change these measures in order to encourage more people who had not been vaccinated to be vaccinated and to save thousands ofjobs at risk potentially when that furlough scheme ends at the end of the month. we understand these measures need to be signed off and an announcement is going to come at the earliest on friday afternoon. come at the earliest on friday afternoon-—

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. because they've not been vaccinated against covid i9. because they've not been vaccinated against covid 19. a new rule which came into force on wednesday made vaccination mandatory for the country's 2.7 million. italy has become the first country in europe to make it compulsory for all workers to have a green pass showing they have had a covid vaccination from mid—october. 23 million will need to prove they have been vaccinated or have had a negative test or have had a negative test or have recovered from the virus. it is designed to persuade about 4 million workers who have not yet had the job to do so. the un secretary general has warned the level of greenhouse gases in the

atmosphere is rising relentlessly again after a brief dip during the pandemic. they said they were alarmed by how far the world was of course in tackling climate change. the security and intelligence deal announced on wednesday between the us, the uk and australia has been receiving very different reactions. the white house has been outlining the reactions to benefits but for china extension of power into what it sees as its sphere of influence is somewhat provocative and there has been collateral damage coming from france which is furious at the deal which replaces its sale of submarines. britain's making its mark in the pacific. the new aircraft carrier has 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 economic giant but a one, too. its armed forces are modernising and it now has the words largest navy. it has word's largest navy. it has staked its claim to oceans. 45 islands outside its own territorial waters. this new pact announcing a carefully choreographed appearance by the leaders is all about china even though they did not mention it by name. though they did not mention it b name. ., �* though they did not mention it b name. .,�* , by name. you'll recognise the imperative — by name. you'll recognise the imperative of _ by name. you'll recognise the imperative of ensuring - by name. you'll recognise the imperative of ensuring peace | imperative of ensuring peace and stability in the indo pacific over the long term. you need to be able to adjust both the current strategic environment in the region and how it may evolve. figs environment in the region and how it may evolve.— how it may evolve. as to what is the pact _ how it may evolve. as to what

is the pact it _ how it may evolve. as to what is the pact it starts _ how it may evolve. as to what is the pact it starts with - is the pact it starts with sharing the most sensitive of stealth technologies. britain and america will help australia build a fleet of new nuclear powered though not nuclear armed submarines.- powered though not nuclear armed submarines. theirs will understand — armed submarines. theirs will understand how _ armed submarines. theirs will understand how australia - armed submarines. theirs will| understand how australia boss but future possession of this capability will help to safeguard the peace and security of the indo pacific. so what is the reaction? this week london has been providing one of the words largest arms fairs with competition for lucrative defence contracts. the plan is to build this new fleet of submarines in australia but the government here hopes it will boost our 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, is called the deal a stab in the back. but china sees it has more of a

threat. cooperation between the united states, over nuclear submarines has seriously undermined regional peace and stability. intensified the arms race and undermined nonproliferation efforts. the us might have led to the exit from afghanistan by this agreement shows it is not turning its back on china's growing influence in the pacific. , ., , ., , pacific. tensions are rising in washington _ pacific. tensions are rising in washington over _ pacific. tensions are rising in washington over plans - pacific. tensions are rising in washington over plans for i pacific. tensions are rising in washington over plans for a l washington over plans for a rally around the us capitol in support of the rioters who were jailed for their parts in the invasion of congress onjanuary six. the adverse happened after a rally addressed by president donald trump. he urged his supporters not to accept the results of the election. fencing around the iconic building has been reinstalled and there are reports that multiple senate officers will shut. our correspondent in washington gave us this update.

the national guard is going to be on standby in washington, dc and that is something which did not happen before january six and that caused a delay and it took hours for the national guard to be deployed to put down the right which took place on capitol hill. other things which the security forces are doing are deploying the entirety of the washington, dc police force and in addition to those barricades surveillance devices. they are sure the people here who live in washington, dc that they are prepared for any eventuality and prepared to defend the capital against any kind of attack though i will note that there are only a few hundred protesters expected to show up for this partially because there is some right—wing social media saying this whole thing is set up by the fbi and the government to lower them to dc in order to have them arrested.

donald trump in a listen to the mike interview said it was a setup and they would say there is insufficient support for donald trump but if everyone shows up they will be harassed by counter protesters. to shows up they will be harassed by counter protesters.- by counter protesters. to stay with us. still— by counter protesters. to stay with us. still to _ by counter protesters. to stay with us. still to come. - by counter protesters. to stay with us. still to come. we'll. with us. still to come. we'll hear from with us. still to come. we'll hearfrom naomi who has been speaking exclusively 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 nowhere on earth needs it more badly.

the government's case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, thejustice 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: there have been celebrations in lebanon, after iran sent a fuel convey to a country in crisis, but the shipment may violate us sanctions on tehran selling oil. uk travel rules are set for a major 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. our 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 ten most polluted cities in the world. and a group of frustrated residents say it's taking a serious toll on their families' health. translation: my youngest child, she's eight years old, _ and it affects her health quite significantly. we've been to several paediatricians, and one says she suffers inflammation in the nose. every morning, her eyes are watery and she sneezes pretty intensely. wanting her daughter to be able to breathe clean air, veronica joined a civil lawsuit against presidentjoko widodo and other senior officials

forfailing to tackle chronic air pollution. and, after a two—year legal battle, the court ruled in the group's favour. the panel ofjudges ordering the indonesian government to control the sources of air pollution, demanding they carry out things like regular emission tests on older vehicles, and enforcing a ban on the burning of rubbish. the group's lawyer hailing it as a landmark decision. translation: this is a historic decision for us, regarding air i quality or air pollution prevention. but others are more cautious. one of the key sources of jakarta's air pollution comes from just outside the city — from coal power plants. and activists warn that cleaning up this mega—city's air remains an enormous task. rebecca henschke, bbc news.

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. do i think it was said? public, absolutely it was said, i'm sure.— said, i'm sure. buckingham palace said _

said, i'm sure. buckingham palace said recollections i said, i'm sure. buckingham i palace said recollections may vary. palace said recollections may va . ., palace said recollections may va , ., ., , palace said recollections may va . ., palace said recollections may vary. how was it said? don't know, wasn't _ vary. how was it said? don't know, wasn't swr _ vary. how was it said? don't know, wasn't swr can't - vary. how was it said? don't - know, wasn't swr can't comment on something they don't know it wasn't there, i would need to hear it for myself. have i had it said to me is what they 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. the tesla boss elon musk and entrepreneur lord sugar have paid tribute to the inventor sir clive sinclair, who's died at the age of 81. the british inventor�*s credited with creating one of the first pocket calculators and brought home computers to the masses. he launched the first affordable consumer computer in 1980, costing less than £100. but not all ventures were successful, as our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. his drive and enthusiasm made him one of britain's best known inventors. the whole business of invention is a non—material thing.

it's very hard to know why it gives such pleasure. clive sinclair's 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. an obsession with miniaturisation saw him launch the words fist slimline pocket calculator in 1972 — soon, though, competition from cheaperjapanese versions forced sinclair to slash his prices. then 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 ground—breaking personal computer, the zx80. it sold for under £100. it was the zx spectrum with its colour display that was his biggest success, credited by some with launching the uk's computer and video games industries.

more money had been poured into his obsession with a new form of urban transport. the sinclair c5, launched in the freezing winter of 1985, became something of a national joke and many critics complained it was unsafe on busy urban roads. you try some things sometimes they succeed and sometimes they don't. and i don't look back on it and say to myself the c5 was a wildest idea which failed because peoplejumped on it, i don't think that's true. i think it was not good enough to succeed, simple as that. having run out of money, sinclair was forced to sell his computer business to a budding entrepreneur called alan sugar. undeterred, he continued his quest for a new kind of personal transport. but an electric bicycle, the zike, proved no more popular than the c5. it is as a brilliant inventor who gave millions their first introduction to computers that he will be remembered. sir clive sinclair, who's died at the age of 81.

earlier, i spoke to video game designer graham devine. he told me more about sir clive sinclair's legacy. 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 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 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 of computer games started on a zx 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 sinclair 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? he was always an inventor 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. graeme devine. and now, a rather unique sheep, in iceland. this is helmingur, a name which translates into english as half, and as you can see, he's a bit different to most sheep, because of his half—black, half—white colouring. yes, you heard that correctly. the farmer has assured reporters it's not the product of some careful dye—work, but entirely natural. the plan is now for helmingur to be studied, to find out

exactly why his life has become such a black and white issue. only time will tell. thanks for watching. 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 northwest 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 south—west 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 the 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. new regulations will see the green and amber lists merged into one category but the red list would remain in place for high risk countries. holiday—makers returning from turkey would 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. fencing has been re—installed and there are reports that

multiple senate offices will close early. now on bbc news: panorama. tonight on panorama, how one of britain's biggest companies broke the law to sell cigarettes. they said that we must tap their telephones, and follow them all over. they were definitely breaking the law. through me. we reveal how british american tobacco paid bribes to sabotage its rivals... yeah, it's shocking. um, do you mind if i ask- you over what period was that? we're talking years. 0h... ..and secured access to police files and security cameras. so there were no rules?

there were no rules, you are right. the rules were there to be bent.