this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the united states is relaxing its rules on covid testing for air passengers. from sunday, there'll be no need to present a negative test 2a hours before you fly. donald trump is accused of trying to orchestrate a coup during the first day of the capitol riot hearings, and the committee is told that his daughter ivanka does not believe the election was stolen. shocking conditions in the russian—occupied city of mariupol. as officials warn of the risk of cholera, we'll talk to the world health organization's representative in ukraine. and in paris, an official report details a chain of failures by the authorities handling the champions league final last month.

hello, good to have you with us. the united states is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have a covid test within 2a hours of boarding their flights from this sunday. the need for testing will be re—evaluated every three months and could be reinstated if a new variant emerges. the move ends one of the last restrictions related to the pandemic in the us, where a more than a million people have died from covid. our new york business correspondent michelle fleury told me more about this latest announcement.

the timing of this cannot be better for americans getting ready for their summer holidays. it means if they want to leave the country and travel to europe, they don't have to worry about getting stranded abroad. that was certainly something that the airline industry had been lobbying the administration about, saying it was creating hesitancy amongst americans who were nervous that they would then be out of pocket if they got stuck overseas with a positive test. and the flip side of that is there was another report showing that passengers, travellers from countries like the uk, germany, india were also hesitant about booking travel to the united states because of these kind of restrictions. so the hope is at least for the airline industry that this it will kind of that and help them move forward in their recovery from the pandemic. for the american travel industry's response to today's announcement, i spoke with tori emerson barnes. she's the executive vice president of public affairs and policy at the us travel association. it's a wonderful day and a huge victory for the travel industry here in united states.

we're really thrilled to be able to welcome visitors from around the world regardless of if they've got a negative covid test. will it actually make much difference to the numbers of people travelling to the us? because this has now been part of our lives for so long, the testing, the mask—wearing on flights, that actually has it been putting people off? what does the data say? yeah, absolutely. according to a recent consult survey, over half of international travellers found the pre—departure testing requirement a deterrent from coming to the us, and with over 40 countries globally having lifted all covid restrictions, we definitely have been in a competitive disadvantage. and as the woman just before noted, we expected the lifting of the test to see 5.4 million additional visitors this year, totalling $9 million in additional visitors spending, which is absolutely critical as we seek to rebound from an industry standpoint and from

an overall economic standpoint. there will be some people who now feel happier about travelling without all the administration the testing and so on, but is they're not a risk some people who do not feel comfortable still with the fact the virus is still out there, still present, they don't feel comfortable boarding a plane knowing that not everyone on that plane has definitely tested negative. could it not potentially put some people off travelling? well, you know, folks have the ability wear a mask if they would like to, if they are more comfortable with that, but there's also a tonne of data out there that shows the air filtration systems in aeroplanes are much safer than going to a grocery store or going to a lot of other places where folks are going right now. so, we think that it

will enable the international visitors that want to come here to the united states to do so. we also think that importantly it will enable global meetings and business travel to resume more seamlessly and that folks that want to have big meetings and conventions here in united states that have a global footprint will be willing to do so. we had just last week, orjust this week, our big international travel trade show held in orlando, and it was wonderful to welcome folks from all around the globe. but there was a lot of concern and a lot of chatter around how much of a deterrent this really is long—term, so we are thrilled, we are very appreciative of the administration and particular secretary raimando of the commerce department, who's been instrumental in working to lift this pre—departure testing requirement and we're excited to welcome the world back to the united states. a congressional inquiry into last year's riot at the capitol building in washington has accused donald trump of mounting "an attempted coup" to stay in power. the committee says mr trump summoned the mob and "lit the flame" for the attack. it was the first in a series of primetime televised

hearings into the riots. preliminary figures suggest more than 19 million people tuned in for it. nomia iqbal reports from washington. they�* re marching eastbound. it's one of the most documented events in modern history. just want to advise, they're trying to breach and get into the capitol. and new footage shows just how close america came to losing its democracy on january the 6th. this was a highly—produced hearing made for primetime tv, in which the committee said it would reveal shocking details of what happened. and aware of the rioters' chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment. quote, "maybe our supporters have the right idea." "mike pence," quote, "deserves it." we heard from the attorney general at the time, william barr, once close to donald trump. i made it clear i did not agree -

with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out the stuff which i told the _ president, was bleep. and, for the first time, we saw mr trump's daughter agree. i respect attorney general barr. so, i accepted what he said, was saying. do you swear and affirm, under penalty of perjury... then came the live testimony, first from a police officer injured that day by the pro—trump mob. chanting: u-s-a, u-s-a, u-s-a! i was called a traitor to my country, my oath and my constitution. in actuality, i was none of those things. i was an american, standing face—to—face with other americans, asking myself how many times... ..many, many times, how we had gotten here. and then a british film—maker,

nick quested, who filmed with the proud boys, a far—right militia group accused of sparking the riot. i documented the crowd turn from protesters to rioters to insurrectionists. i was surprised at the size of the group, the anger and profanity. and for anyone who didn't understand how violent that event was, i saw it, i documented it and i experienced it. inside the hearing, those who lost loved ones wept. the word "illegal" was used many times in the hearing. the panel is ultimately trying to set out this case to prove that donald trump's attempt to overturn the election result led directly to the deadly riot. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. former us president donald trump has responded to his daughter ivanka's comments in the hearing, saying she has "checked out". our correspondent barbara plett usher has been explaining about mr trump's reaction to the testimony given by his daughter. he has had a flurry of responses

on social media, some of them directed at the testimony that was given. so, about ivanka trump, he said, well, she had never looked at or studied the election results, that she had long since checked out and that he felt she was simply being respectful of attorney general william barr and his position. about mr barr, he was quite disrespectful. he said that his former attorney general had been weak and frightened and scared stiff of being impeached. he also responded to that claim by the committee that he had cheered on his supporters who were chanting "hang mike pence", that he had said perhaps they had the right idea and that mr pence deserved it. he said, no, he hadn't done that, he had never thought or said or even thought of saying "hang mike pence" and that this was just fake news. us presidentjoe biden says that it's important for americans to see the hearings and understand what happened. the insurrection on january 6th

is one of the darkest chapters in our nation's history. a brutal assault on our democracy, a brutal attack on law enforcement, some losing their lives, and we heard about it last night again. it's important that the american people understand what truly happened and to understand that the same forces that led january the 6th remain at work today. an update because in the last two minutes it has been reported that misconduct charges have been filed against donald trump's former attorney rudy giuliani over claims he made in court that the 20/20 election was stolen. the reuters news agency is reporting the charges come from the washington office that polices attorneys for ethical misconduct. that news breaking just in the last few minutes. ukrainian officials say humanitarian conditions in the city of mariupol

are getting worse under the current russian occupation and people there are at risk of diseases like cholera. the exiled deputy mayor of the southern port city says bodies are still being discovered in the ruins, there is a shortage of doctors, and food and water are in short supply. our correspondent nick beake, who's in kyiv, has been monitoring the situation in mariupol. well, it's really desperate, if you listen to some of the people we've been speaking to today. there was one woman who we managed to make contact with, and she explained that her mother left the city about a week ago and she left behind a city of corpses. she said that she had friends who had died there and they simply weren't being buried. this is a place where medicine is in very short supply. a lot of doctors and nurses are not able to treat people. and also linked to this warning we hear today about a possible widespread cholera outbreak. getting running water is really difficult. and that is said to be because a lot

of the pipes have been hit by the intense russian shelling. so, it's a really bleak picture that's painted of life in the city. about 100,000 people are said to remain there. and, of course, the accusation levelled at the russians is that they've come in and they now cannot provide just the most basic of services to the ukrainian people. and, of course, these are people the russians claim they've come in to liberate and make their lives better. drjarno habicht is the world health organization's representative in ukraine. he says the who has been on alert for cholera in mariupol, but hasn't detected it yet. what we know in mariupol that the situation is difficult for many, also due to the drinking water, the sewage system, as well the availability of the health services. so, that's why we also advocate

for humanitarian corridors and to ensure that the medicines and other materials can reach to civilians. in the current situation, the who has assessed the risk for cholera already very high at the end of april. as of today, we don't have any signals for cholera, but we need to do everything to be prepared. we have prepared also public health service and helped to manage a surveillance, so we are doing all to be prepared. but as of today, we don't have yet any signal. one of the matters that makes us worried is access to medicines, especially in those parts where the fighting goes on. we see that every second person is saying they have difficulties with access to medicines. need for heart diseases, hypertension, as well the painkillers, as well the antibiotics. the situation is better in other parts of the country, where every third person has difficulty on access to medicine, but we see that the health system

is really under stress. while at the same time there are places where covid vaccinations is scaled up, regular vaccination programmes are scaled up. tomorrow, i'm going to kyiv oblast to see if programmes of primary care which are ensuring access to medicines, so while one part of the country where the fighting goes on, civilians are in difficult situation, in other parts of the country, the health services are aiming to catch up. what is important is that we ensure proper burial, we ensure that all the dead bodies are found because there are risks for infectious diseases and others, so this is a particularly important area where more needs to be done as well for the public health reasons. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come, the french government has published its first report into the chaos at last month's champions league final. it's recommending banning paper tickets as a way of reducing fraud.

the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops have begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved toward horse guards parade for the start of tropping the colour. the queen looks worried, but recovers quickly. as long as they'll pay i to go see me, i'll go out there and take them down the hills. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines — the united states says it's relaxing its rules on covid testing for air passengers. from sunday, there'll be no need to present a negative test 2a hours before you fly. the first day of the capitol riot hearings accuses donald trump of trying to orchestrate a coup and hears that his daughter ivanka does not believe the election was stolen. police in brazil say they've found traces of blood in a boat used by a suspect who was arrested shortly after the disappearance of a britishjournalist and an indigenous expert in the far western part of the amazon rainforest. dom phillips and bruno pereira went missing on sunday in the remote javari valley, one of the largest indigenous territories in brazil.

our south america correspondent katy watson sent this update from manaus. manaus is the capital of amazonas state. it's the largest city here in the amazon, but we're still more than 1000 kilometres away from the javari valley where the two men disappeared. but it's here in manaus where the federal police have to do the analysis on the investigation. so, for example, the boat that was found from one of the suspects with traces of blood in it, it's been flown here to manaus and it's being analysed to find out whether the blood is from humans or from animals. and every day here, there's a press conference at the federal police halls to give out more information. but at the moment, it's, what, five days on from their disappearance and there's still very little information out there. jair bolsonaro, the president, has been hardly very supportive in the effort to try and find the two men. he has twice said that they were on an ill—advised adventure, which speaks volumes, really, about what he thinks about the press, especially in this region, a region where there's been a growth in deforestation in the last few years, there are more and more illegal

miners and poachers and fishermen. so, there's a real conflict, and there's increasing violence in the amazon. it's why there has been a real pushes from both families of bruno pereira and dom phillips for the authorities to do more. and it's garnered worldwide attention. we've seen celebrities such as the actor mark ruffalo, the footballer pele as well as politicians really asking authorities to do more. but you've got to remember this is also a very difficult area. the javari valley is on the border with peru. it's an area the size of austria. it's very remote, full of rivers, rainforests and it will be a very difficult situation on the ground for search and rescue efforts. certainly there's real concern now about finding the two men. time to get all the support. karthi has all the sport.

good evening. we start with cricket, where an impressive fightback from new zealand has given them the early advantage after day one of the second test against england. the tourists started the day well at trent bridge. will young and tom latham, who was captain for the test with kane williamson ruled out with covid, put on an opening stand of 8a. but england removed them both in two balls, and two further wickets fell to leave new zealand on 169—4. but a fifth wicket partnership of 149 between daryl mitchell and tom blundell has put new zealand in a commanding position, closing the day on 318—4. i thought that was a really good bowling periods out there today. i thought we really took again the impressive action all the time and try the ball the opposition out as often as we could in the guys are really courageous in the link that tried to bowl after launch in particular. and i thought there was some really good work out there today.

bryson dechambeau has become the latest major—winner to turn his back on golf�*s pga tour and join the new saudi—funded liv golf invitational series. the 28—year—old american won the 2020 us open and is in the prime of his career, rather than the start or end of it like many of the others. confirmation of dechambeau's involvement in the new tour comes the day after the pga tour said it was suspending any members who joined the rival circuit. his first appearance will be in the second event of the £200 million series. formula one, and ferrari's charl lecler clocked the quickest time in second practice for this weekend's azerbaijan grand prix. despite topping the standings, leclerc was far from happy with the car and was heard questioning the team about a sudden loss of power. sergio perez finished fastest in first practice, while lewis hamilton struggled back in 12th. now to tennis, and andy murray has sealed arguably his biggest win since undergoing two hip surgeries. the three—time grand slam champion produced an excellent performance

to beat world numberfive stefanos tsitsipas and reach the semifinals of the stuttgart open. murray hasn't beaten a top—five ranked player since 2016 when he beat djokovic at the atp finals. but his impressive start to the grass court season continues with a straight sets win over tsitsipas. he'll face australia's nick kygrios in the semifinals on saturday. he plays well on all surfaces, but this surface for meat works really nicely with my game and i'm able to use my strengths well on this court and i don't want to say that i was the smarter player but i felt like my game on this surface matches up better. and the british number two dan evans also won on friday with a 6—4, 6—4 win over marc andrea huesler in the quarterfinals at nottingham. evans will face former world number eightjack sock of america for a place in sunday's final.

harriet dart�*s strong run at the nottingham open is over after she lost to america's alison riske. dart was playing in a quarterfinal of a wta tour event for the first time in her career, but riske, who is ranked 7a places higher than dart, won the match 4—6, 6—2, 6—1 to reach the semifinal. russian olympic highjump champion mariya lasitskene has called on the international olympic committee to end sanctions against russian athletes. the ioc recommended a ban on russian and belarusian athletes following russia's invasion of ukraine. writing in an open letter posted to instagram, lasitskene says, "your decision did not stop the war, but gave birth to a new one. you say you made this decision for our safety, but it's not true." that's all the sport for now. we will have more for you later. a report from the french government has blamed a chain of "failures"

for last month's chaotic scenes at the champions league final in paris. it said the events at the stade de france, which included police firing tear gas at some liverpool fans, had damaged the country's image and raised questions about its ability to host major sporting events. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more details. ten days on from the chaos at the champions league final, the first assessment of the french government on events at the stade de france. it says police asked that signs directing people to an alternative entrance to the stadium be taken down days before the match and that it would've been desirable to reinstall the signs once a train strike was announced. it also says an unprecedented influx of people without valid tickets rapidly overwhelmed security controls and that this was the key problem on the night. the report makes five recommendations, including a requirement that fans use electronic tickets in future to reduce the risk of fraud. the report broadly sticks

to the government's line that the problems here began with large numbers of fake tickets among liverpool fans. what it doesn't address are claims that some valid electronic tickets also didn't work because of problems with internet access around the stadium. the paris police chief is facing questions from several different inquiries. in the french parliament yesterday, he defended police actions on the night. translation: the use of tear gas worked. - i'm well aware that by doing this, people of good faith were gassed. there were people who were caught up in this crowd, and sometimes even families. on behalf of the police headquarters, i'm very sorry about that. but i'll say it again, unfortunately, there was no other way. i've never seen anything like it. it was so bizarre. tonight, liverpool fans reacted to the french explanations. normally, what happens is, naturally, you're going to get some people with fake tickets. that's normal, but it's not an excuse to then delay the whole

thing and then tear gas everyone. and i'lljust say, it wasn'tjust small amounts of tear gas, it was relentless. like, you would be running, then you would run into more tear gas. and this went on. by the time people got into the stadium, everyone had sore throats. the chaos outside the stade de france was filmed by fans on mobile phones, but footage from surveillance cameras inside the stadium was found to have been automatically deleted a week after the final in the absence of any order to preserve it. the search for a clear picture of events is only leading to more questions. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. as always much more on the stories we have covered on the bbc news website or if you are on the go find it on the bbc news app as well. you can reach us in social media and he

will find me on twitter. thank you for your watching and i will see you very soon. bye—bye. the weather this weekend is looking very decent for many of us. it will be on the breezy side, though, particularly across northern parts of the uk, and there are a few showers in the forecast, as well. but if you don't mind a fleeting brief shower, you should be absolutely fine. now, low pressure is brushing us right now. it's actually an old tropical storm, the remnants of, that is. and you can see quite strong winds blowing around this low, so that does mean a blustery day on the way on saturday. and here's the satellite picture from earlier on. this is where the gales are coming from. they are mostly missing us, but they will be glancing the north west of the uk here, so coastal areas, i think, up to around 50 mph in gusts.

now, these are the evening temperatures, so you can see what a pleasant evening it is across many parts of england and wales, high teens, 20 degrees. and this is where it's going to stay clear through the course of the night across england and wales. but in western parts of scotland, i think persistent showers and those strong winds, those gales out to sea, as well, linked to that low pressure. morning temperatures on saturday — 12 in the south, about 12 in the north, so more or less the same wherever you are. now, on saturday, the low pressure's closest approach, that is, to northern parts of scotland, so some very windy weather in the north of scotland with frequent showers, as well. the showers will also be frequent in the western isles, central parts of scotland. not too many of them further south, though could be one or two across northern england, maybe further south, but primarily sunny spells and fast—moving, fairweather clouds carried on that breeze. now, the temperatures on saturday — 22 in london, 19 in aberdeen, but fresher, obviously, in the western isles and also in northern ireland. that was saturday, this is sunday, and the winds will be lighter

because that low pressure is moving away. it's actually closer to norway and the norwegian sea. we've got a few showers in its wake, i think, across western scotland. but generally speaking, it's a dry day with sunny spells, if not clear blue skies in some areas and temperatures high teens, low 20s. now, later next week, so actually, this is the end of next week, we are going to see, potentially at least, a dose of some warmth. it looks as though more southern parts of the uk will get that heat. you can see that steady rise in the temperature across the south, but maintaining the high teens in the north. have a great weekend.

this is bbc world news, the headlines. the united states is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have the covid test within 2a hours of boarding their flight. the current rule will expire on sunday but it could be reinstated if a troubling new variant haemorrhages. the congressional panel investigating the 2021 attack on the us capitol has blamed donald trump for what it calls an attempted coup. it also hurt his daughter eve anke did not believe the election was stolen from him. officials in ukraine a warning of the risks of an epidemic in the russian occupied port of mario ball. the cities deputy mala who's no longer there said water sanitation wasn't working

and bodies were