the new york times also putting borisjohnson the new york times also putting boris johnson under attackbing this as liberty before lives, when it comes to these restrictions, these loosening of restrictions, these loosening of restrictions which are coming up on the 4th restrictions which are coming up on the lith ofjuly. quite strong words there from the new york times. yes, and what is important is that this is an opinion piece on the front page of the new york times. this is not a news piece, which is what you would expect on the front page of the paper. it is worth reading out, it says, brexit has propelled the nation to its current calamity. basically, it singles out the prime minister for basically, it singles out the prime ministerfor making basically, it singles out the prime minister for making claims basically, it singles out the prime ministerfor making claims going back to what happened, taking us out of europe, a decision that the new york times obviously disagreed with and the way, it is a critique of the way the boris johnson administration has what it feels mishandled an

the most effective countries in this, brazil and in england's case, remember boris johnson's promise? well, and in england's case, remember borisjohnson's promise? well, here is the new york timesm referred over 8000 people with covid—19, over 5000 of them handed over their contacts and around 30,000 of those contacts and around 30,000 of those contacts agreed to self—isolate. it's a start, but like in many countries with high case numbers, it's far from comprehensive. countries with high case numbers, it's farfrom comprehensive. contact tracing is the bridge between now and a vaccine for all the reasons discussed, we are still in the early stages of building it. ross atkins there. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @babitatv. stay with us. we will be back with plenty more with the headlines on the way. see you again soon. bye— bye. good evening. it's been a fine day for parts of scotland. plenty of sunshine. not too many showers through the day, at least in northern ireland. but for england and wales, it's been cool and cloudy and wet for many parts. and actually overnight into wednesday morning, over a months worth of rain fell in

doctors are also calling on borisjohnson to reopen schools — in an open letter signed by more than 1,600 paediatricians. that's on the front page of the times. the new yorkintroduction of new contact tracing apps — and the debate they spark about safeguarding privacy rights. the guardian leads on the news that 0riel college in oxford has announced that it wants to take down the controversial statue of cecil rhodes. in singapore, a senior minister has laid out steps to ensure social cohesion, in the face of the covid crisis. that's on the front page of the straits times. according to the i, the "triple lock" pledge on pensions in the uk is at risk, due to the large increase in spending during the pandemic. and the financial times reports that the us has upended global digital tax plans, after pulling out of talks with europe. so let's begin. some of the front pages that we have so some of the front pages that we have so far. let's start off with the new york times. in the story bubbling under that we have been reporting across the bbc. the tensions rising between china and india. they have now turned lethal. lance, just remind us as to what these tensions

the new york times reports on the uk emerging from lockdown — and says it comes after months of mismanagement, marked by reversals,climb—downs, and outright failures. (ani)according to the daily telegraph, borisjohnsonre to open air bridges to the whole of europe at once, as he prepares to announce that "dozens" of countries will be exempt from the 14—day quarantine rule. in france, le figaro reports that the world health organization is warning against the risk of a "resurgence" of the pandemic as the number of cases is on the rise in germany, portugal and the balkans. the metro's main story is the uk opposition leader — sir keir starmer — moving quickly to sack one of his frontbenchers rebecca long bailey after she was accused of encouraging anti—semitism. (ani)and the times carries a picture of liverpool fans and the times carries a picture of liverpool fans celebrating tonight — after they were confirmed premier league champions. their first league title for thirty years. indeed, ros, mihir, we are going to start with the times. let's start on that picture of those liverpool fans that picture of those liverpool fans that have been out celebrating and mihir, while it comes after a 30 year wait to