but as our correspondent martin patience reports from the northern lebanese city of boy has shocked thele country. martin: the boy loved going to the beach and playing in the waves. but earlier this month, his body washedre up on the sho the two-year-old the latest victim of lebanon's devastating economic crash. he was breast-feeding, but her. milk dried up. martin: mohammed couldn't find any work, so we paid for smugglers to take his family by but for days they drifted with no water or food. >> i filled up a bottle with seawater, and h kept thinking from it. but then he was ying. he was going crazy. i thought, what am i going to do? the is going to die. -- he is going to die. wrapped in a shrouody was he was buried at sea. days later, hiser parents rescued by a u.n. frigate. lebanon's economic collapse over the past year has been truly aggering. more than half the country are now living iner p, and nowhere has been harder hit then tripoli, lebanon's poorest city. the growing sense of desperation feltere means some families are prepared to risk everything. across t city, more and more c

martin patience, bbc news, beirut.dding of princess beatrice and italian count edoardo mapelli mozzi. the private ceremony took place in secret at windsor‘s royal chapel on friday. keith doyle has more. like thousands of couples, this was not the wedding they had planned this summer. beatrice's grandparents, the queen and duke of edinburgh, were among the guests, which numbered no more than 30, to stay within the government guidelines. prince andrew did walk his daughter down the aisle, but he does not appear in the official photographs released. he has taken a lot of flak over the past few months, ever since that newsnight interview in november last year. he has come under a lot of fire, a lot of pressure, a lot of criticism, and he probably felt that it was time to be expedient, let the focus be on his daughter, it is after all her day. and he would keep out of the photographs. for the ceremony, princess beatrice wore a modified vintage dress belonging to the queen. she also wore the diamond fringed tiara which the q

this is from martin patience again... me understand at the moment what restrictions are in place? at the moment the restrictions that are in place are not 100% confirmed yet. the government will be meeting in a cabinet session tomorrow to approve ofa number of cabinet session tomorrow to approve of a number of what they are calling severe preventive measures. today however at the interior minister did confirm that the country would be going into a sort of two—part lockdown from july 31 two august the 3rd and then august the 6th to august the 10th. and in that time he said that bars, nightclubs, will be close, religious gatherings will be banned which will impact muslims celebrating eib this weekend but nothing yet has been confirmed regarding the airport. is there anything the government can do to try do protect the lebanese economy what goes through this? that is a very tough question. right now it is a precarious balance between resuscitating the economy and making sure the oscar system is not overwhelmed which is why w

martin patience, bbc news, beirut.k businesses listed on the london stock exchange during the first half of this year were at record levels, a new study has found. a third of the 350 companies have said they don't expect to make as much money as expected, mainly because of the impact of covid—19. the research by the city analysts, e:y, found that most warnings were posted by companies in the travel, hospitality and retail sectors. taylor dewar is a senior partner in ey‘s turnaround and restructuring strategy practice. i suppose this research and these figures are not hugely surprising but they kind of underlined the crisis we are in. absolutely right. the second quarter is another exceptionally high quarter for the uk. the usual types of businesses that consumers would expect to see warning were warning but what we are now seeing is the ripple effects of covid, moving into supply chains, and businesses up and downs in hand, no matter what size they are, are not immune from the effects. are all these businesses now thin

martin patience, bbc news, beirut.wedding of princess beatrice and italian count edoardo mapelli—mozzi. the private ceremony, attended by the queen and the duke of edinburgh, took place in secret at windsor‘s royal chapel on friday. keith doyle has more. like thousands of couples, this was not the wedding they'd planned this summer. coronavirus meant princess beatrice's marriage to edoardo mapelli—mozzi was a scaled—down affair held in secret. these, the first official photographs, show it was still an elegant event with flowers completely covering the archway of the royal chapel of all saints in windsor. beatrice's grandparents, the queen and duke of edinburgh, were among the guests, which numbered no more than 30 to stay within the government guidelines. prince andrew did walk his daughter down the aisle, but he does not appear in the official photographs released. he's taken a lot of flak over the past few months ever since that newsnight interview in november last year. he's come under a lot of fire, a lot of press

martin patience, bbc news, beirut. who have special educational needs and disabilities. the places will be in so—called "free schools", which are funded directly by the government as opposed to being run by local authorities. jon donnison reports. under the government plans, there will be 35 new schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities. enough for 3000 pupils across england. ministers say they wa nt to across england. ministers say they want to put the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children first. but campaigners, who have long criticised the lack of provision for children with special educational needs, say it is not enough. cautious is the word. there are more than 3000 children requiring special educational needs. the last figure was between four and 5000. no timeline as to when the programme will be completed. but the government says the new schools will start to open from september 2022. labour says the funding is welcome. it says cuts to school bus or budgets have put huge pressure

martin patience, bbc news, beirut. is preparing to lift off in just under an hour's time. the rocket will send the united arab emirates probe, named hope, into orbit to the red planet to learn more about its atmosphere and weather. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. mars is a mysterious planet. it has always fascinated people on earth. heading for the red planet, the united arab emirates about to make history. the spacecraft is called hope. until now, the uae‘s only launched satellites to earth orbit. getting to mars is a huge leap. feeling more nervous than anything else. we've tested and tested and tested the spacecraft to ensure that it can survive every single scenario, and now all of that rests on a launch pad on top of a rocket that is destined to a planet that is millions of kilometres away from us. our view of mars is about to be transformed. most spacecraft that have been there have orbited around the planet's poles and very close in, but this has meant a limited view. hope, though, is a missio

martin patience, bbc news, beirut.n the last few minutes that pubs and restaurants will now this week when there will be able to reopen. he said of the government is looking at the two metre rule and how any possible risk can be reduced. let's talk to helen catt. there has been so much pressure on the government to cut the two metres social distancing role down to a major. what is the latest? we know they have this under review. we know this review will report back this week. the chancellor confirmed that last —— yesterday. we heard again from matt hancock today. what we got from matt hancock today. what we got from matt hancock was what it might be changing too, which is what we don't know at the moment. this is the idea that has been floating around in some of the papers today of one metre plus, just to add some more jargon to the coronavirus thesaurus. this is the idea you can cut eight to one metre but you need to put some other methods in place to put some other methods in place to add some extra protection. matt

martin patience, bbc news, beirut. is taking place in government controlled areas to decide the make—up of parliament. no serious opposition has been allowed to parties loyal to president bashar al—assad, who has remained in office despite a devastating nine year war and the collapse of the economy. julie norman is a lecturer and researcher on middle east politics at university college london. thank you for being with us. given there is no challenge to president bashar al—assad what is the significance of these elections? well, that said, we know these elections will go the same way the previous parliamentary elections have gone throughout the war which is with the baath party dominating so this is an election for show. what has changed, though, is that the regime is in charge of much more of the country now than they were since the last election in 2016. at that election the government only controlled 20% of the country and they now control 70%, so it is away for bashar al—assad to show his own legitimacy within the c

martin patience reporting.can countries experienced the biggest locust invasion in decades. huge swarms have invaded about a dozen countries on both sides of the red sea — between africa and the arabian peninsula — threatening food security in the entire region. our senior africa correspondent, anne soy, reports. from a distance, it looks like northern kenya is burning, but these are swarms of desert locusts, spreading like wildfire across the horn of africa. just one swarm can have more than 200 million insects. these are tiny creatures flying above me. they look harmless, but if you consider that hundreds of millions of them are flying at the same time, the amount of destruction they can cause is unimaginable. this man tells me this is the second invasion of locusts he's witnessed in about 60 years. this time, he's lost nearly all his maize and bean crops. translation: it's painful. we had no rain for several years. when it did finally rain last year, we were so happy, but then these insects have come and des

martin patience, bbc news, beirut.ning street released this image of the prime minister and his fiancee carrie symonds with their 11—week—old son. they were speaking via a video conference call to midwives who helped to deliver wilfred at london‘s university college hospital. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. we can split sunday‘s weather quite cleanly into three areas. it has been rather cloudy, damp and dull so far in the south east corner, the best of the sunshine has been across england, wales and northern ireland, with a scattering of showers into the far northwest of scotland. and that is how we are going to close out the day, with temperatures peaking between 15 and 22 degrees, now, through this evening and overnight, skies will continue to clear. those showers, bit of a nuisance into the far north, but under those clear skies, temperatures are likely to fall away into single figures. quite unusualfor the middle part of july, so it is going to be a chilly start, but there wil

martin patience, bbc news, beirut.e pandemic. many have also been unable to pay their rent. in new york, where rental tenants make up two thirds of the population, some are getting organised and calling on the authorites to cancel rents. helene daouphars has the story. stuck at home with no job and no money, this is brennan's new reality since the beginning of the pandemic. he has been unable to do his job as an estate agent during the lockdown. he hasn't been able to pay rent. i found myself, reluctantly, in a position where there was nothing that i could do, there was nowhere i could turn. rent strike became the only mechanism to prevent us because we don't have a voice. many tenants have faced a similar situation in new york and started a rent strike movement in april. they have been demonstrating and getting organised on social media, like here in the brooklyn area. how has it been dealing with landlords? every single day i hear stories of landlords coming to people's apartments, forcing their way inside, harassing

this is from martin patience again...a cabinet session tomorrow to approve of a number of what they're calling severe preventive measures. today, however, at the interior minister did confirm that the country would be going into a sort of two—part lockdown from july 31st to august 3rd, and then from august 6th to august 10th. and in that time he said that bars, nightclubs, restaurantes will be closed, religious gatherings will also be banned which will definitely impact muslims celebrating eib this weekend but nothing has yet been confirmed regarding the airport. and is there anything the government can do to try do protect the lebanese economy while it goes through this? oh, wow. that's a very tough question. right now it is a precarious balance between resuscitating the economy and making sure the health care system is not overwhelmed which is why we have been seeing the surge we have been seeing in the last few weeks. i should have mentioned just before that cliff that was our generals in beirut. stay with us on oustid

martin patience has more from beirut.e current rate of hospital admissions is maintained, this country will run out of hospital bed to treat covid—19 patients by the middle of next month. that's because of a spike in reits and affections. relatively speaking, —— recent infections. lebanon has done well with the virus. since the start of the year, it had around 50 fatalities, but that now is all changing. beirut airport was reopened last month, and that has contributed to a rise in infections. with this country in a state of economic collapse, many officials are deeply concerned that lebanon could pass up on it early games. those early games could quickly unravel. in fact, the top official in the country who runs the hospital, the main hospital, dealing with the virus here, he has warned that lebanon may have won the battle but ultimately, it could end up losing the war against the coronavirus in the coming months. the president of the philippines has repeated his call for the return of the death penalty. he said he was co

martin patience, bbc news, tripoli.aricatures of spitting image pulled no punches as they took regular aim at celebrities and public figures likejohn major and the royal family. now after a 24 year absence it's back on british screens, with new puppets including the sussexes, borisjohnson and russian president vladimir putin. roger law, the co—creator of the show, explained that he believes the time is right for spitting image to make a return, as politics and public life have become more divisive. it's much bigger this time. there's about 100 puppets made already, and the show is global, it goes out all over the place, you know? it's rather difficult for an old guy like me to know some of the people i'm caricaturing. we've got a great lot of division out there, and people are really upset about a lot of things. and i think that's why, in a way, i've been allowed out of the box again, quite frankly. when i was much younger, i never could understand why people didn't see what i was seeing, you know? i mean, you won't rem

martin patience in baghdad.n 2017 was "wholly avoidable." "a denial ofjustice" — foreign secretary dominc raab criticises the us for failing to extradite anne sacoolas. the dunn family says they‘ll to fight. i‘m susannah streeter. in the business news... we‘ve had positive snapshot this morning about the health of the uk economy. the uk private sector returned to growth for the first time in five months injanuary as business confidence was boosted by borisjohnson‘s election win, new data has revealed. the early readings of the ihs markit/cips uk purchasing managers‘ index also showed a downturn in manufacturing eased. shares injust eat have sunk nearly 3% following the news that its proposed merger with takeaway.com will be investigated by the competition and markets authority. in an update this morning the dutch giant takeaway.com said it expected the deal which saw it offer 5.9 billion pounds forjust eat, would be delayed by about one week. chinese firm jingye, which came forward to rescue british steel, says

good to talk to you, martin patience in beirut.es in 2019. the growth rate dropped to 6.1% as china came under pressure from weakening demand and the trade war with the united states. let's talk to our china correspondent steve mcdonnell. why has the chinese economy lost momentum like this? that it's a very good question and certainly these numbers will turn heads. we will see big headlines in the newspaper. china of all countries posting its lowest g d p china of all countries posting its lowest gdp growth in three decades. you might expect lots of panic here, but there is not. it is interesting why that is, this slowdown has been caused by a contraction in domestic demand and also the us trade war really kicking in and impacting chinese exports. but some economists think that, funnily enough, the trade war has kind of help the chinese economy at least in the long run because policymakers here have been trying for years to step down peoples expectations in terms of what an appropriate growth level is for china. in years gone by, b

martin patience, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.eath of kobe bryant, as basketball fans pay tribute to one of the game's greatest ever players. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift—off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word ‘revolution‘. the earthquake brought down buildings in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours passed. the new government is firmly in control of the entire republic of uganda. survivors of auschwitz have been commemorating the 40th anniversary of their liberation. they toured the crematoria, and the gas chambers and relived the horrifying experiences. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. the american basketball legend kobe bryant has been killed ina legend kobe bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in southern california. he was 41

to join today's march —close to the us embassy in the capital. 0ur middle east correspondent martin patience this street in iraq than you can rule the country. this was downtown baghdad today, supporters were out in force. this movement is the political and spiritual backbone of the country. and their message for the man in the white house was unmistakable. there isa white house was unmistakable. there is a carnival like atmosphere here that this is a serious political event. there is she a cleric as a man who can draw supporters out onto the street and with this march, he is showing his political hand, he wa nts all is showing his political hand, he wants all american voices to leave iraq. the us and the assassination of iran top military commander changed the dynamics here. iraq now finds itself centre stage, caught in the struggle between the us and iran. translation: , the the struggle between the us and iran. translation:, the americans killed many of us, all of the explosions here are because of them, both america and iran has no place here. they should both be expelled. translation: h

martin patience, bbc news. get some of the other news now.t no party has won a majority but support for popular forces led by the daughter of a disgraced former president has plummeted. it will give the president a chance to enact anticorruption president a chance to enact anticorru ption reforms. president a chance to enact anticorruption reforms. in italy, early results from the regional election suggest that the ce ntre—left election suggest that the centre—left democratic party has come fully defeated the right wing party. this reduces the chance of an early general election. 0n on monday, holocaust memorial day commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. around 6,000,000 jewish people were murdered by the nazis during the 2nd world war. in berlin, ajewish population of 160,000 was decimated with fewer than 1900 remaining at the end. some survived with the help of germans who are great personal risk hid them from the nazis. 0ur correspondent reports. although more than seven decades have passed since the nazis' defea

our middle east correspondent martin patience has tweeted: and he's included a tweet referencing the interesting about the middle eastis what is interesting about the middle east is that in some ways, we are seeing a muted response. yes, we have seen some french goods taken off this supermarket shelves and yes, we have seen some small scale protests a nd yes, we have seen some small scale protests and we saw the incident earlier today in saudi arabia when a french guard outside of the consulate in the coastal city was attacked, his injuries are not believed to be life—threatening and it still isn't clear what the motivation for that attack is. but there is anger in the middle east because they feel that the president has not respected islam by defending the french cartoon, defending the right to publish pictures of the prophet muhammad and many muslims, including moderate muslims find that insulting and his position as untenable. next let's hear from nabila ramdani — a french islamic affairs journalist in london. mocking islam into domestic policies, we have seen images portraying the

our correspondent martin patience joins us from the lebanese capital.stand the investigators are getting? according to canada's transport minister, two investigators, a team visited the crash site yesterday. we understand the iranian authorities allowed them to examine some wreckage from the plane crash. according to reports, canadian officials say the iranian authorities have told them they will have access to the flight recorders, the black boxes, of this flight. canada is clearly getting some access, however the canadians want to keep up the pressure. one canadian official said canada will get to the bottom of this. clearly canada believes that tehran, the iranian authorities, were not forthcoming in the initial days and they believe by maintaining pressure with support of other countries, they may get the exact truth of exactly what happened to that airlinera exactly what happened to that airliner a week ago. thank you. the head of nhs mental health services in england has demanded urgent action from the gambling industry to reduce the number of peo

but our correspondent martin patience — who was previously based in lagos — has tweeted. ..or of lagos. he says authorities are investigating one death, and that it's not clear if he was a protester. and he said this. i will do everything to ensure that every life matters. the protests have been going on for the past two weeks. they began over a notorious police unit — the special anti—robbery squad — also known as sars — which has been accused of human rights violations including torture and extra —judicial killings. president buhari dissolved the police unit last week, but demonstrations continued, calling for more changes in the security forces and wider reforms against corruption. lagos state governor now claims criminals have now hijacked the protest movement. on tuesday, he announced an indefinite curfew across lagos — which, bear in mind, is africa's largest city. these are some of the latest pictures from lagos today — shops have closed and streets are deserted. and look at these pictures — a major nigerian tv station linked to one of the ruling party's top politicia

our middle east correspondent martin patience sent us this update.n called by one of the country ‘s most influential clerics. he can deliver a crowd. a mercurial politician but with this march is showing his strength on the streets and he is signalling very clearly that he once american troops out of this country. the dynamics in iraq have of course changed everything, the top commander was killed here, qasem soleimani, and file everything is peaceful at the moment, the danger always is in iraq that potentially a march could trigger a fresh round of violence. the iraqi government is incredibly weak at the moment. it's problem is discord between iran which controls many of the politicians in the iraqi parliament and america on the other hand. it finds itself in a very difficult position. there is strong because for american troops to leave the country. but there are pressures against that. partly from the different communities in iraq, they see american forces and there are also others that will say, if american troops leave this country, not only wil

but as our correspondent — martin patience — now reports from tripoli — the death of one young boy hasbeach and playing in the waves. but earlier this month, his body washed up earlier this month, his body washed up on the shore. the two—year—old, the latest victim of lebanon's devastating economic bash. translation: he started to ask me for water. he was breast—feeding but since his mum wasn't eating, her milk dried up. mohammed couldn't find any work, so he paid the smugglers to take his family by boat to cyprus. but the days, they drifted with no water or food.|j filled up a bottle with sea water and he kept drinking from it but then he was crying, he was going crazy. i thought, what am i going to do? he is going to die. his tiny body was wrapped in a shroud. he was buried at sea. days later, his pa rents were rescued buried at sea. days later, his parents were rescued by a un frigate. lebanon's economic collapse over the past year has been truly staggering. more than half the country are now living in poverty, and nowhere has been harder hit than tripoli, lebanon's for city. the gr

martin patience is in beirut for us.n out of iran. we know there has been protest for three days, how big they are is very difficult to know because we are not in the country. clearly there is a lot of anger against the government. a week ago, there was huge scenes of people moaning, hundreds of thousands on the street after the americans carried out the assassination of... economic sanctions have been really biting, we saw protest late last year which the authorities crack down on very hard, killing hundreds of people. that sentiment and anger against the authorities that again has reared its head in recent days with many people deeply angry that the authorities lie to them about the reason as to why this aeroplane was shot down. initially the iranian authorities said they did not know why and then they said it was actually a mistake on the health of their armed forces, who shot down this ukrainian jet. what about the diplomatic incident? the uk ambassador to iran being arrested. a p pa re ntly ambassador to iran being

martin patience reports from baghdad.upation. all the iraqi people under the leadership of muqtada al—sadr are condemning the ominous american presence in iraq. we are asking america to leave peacefully through the parliamentary and political efforts. but the last option will be military resistance. if it is not done in agreement, america will be out with force. there is a carnival—like atmosphere here but this is a serious political event. the shia cleric muqtada al—sadr is a man who can draw his supporters out onto the street and with this march he is showing his political hand. he wants all american forces to leave iraq. this protest was peaceful but those loyal to muqtada al—sadr have fought american forces in the past. the tensions are building in iraq and that almost always ends in violence. despite the carnival—like atmosphere, this remains not only a dangerous moment for the country but for the region as well. time for a look at the weather... we are looking back 30 years to the burns night storm. it actually stru

in both electoral and popular votes ask the american people for patience and faith in their electoral systems based. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us facing growing likelihood of defeat in the u.s. presidential election donald trump has again claimed without evidence that he won and that democrats are trying to steal the election in fact trump is losing ground as counting continues in 4 swing states that remain undecided let's take a look at the latest figures show biden with 264 and president trump with 214 electoral college votes in georgia where 16 electoral votes are up for grabs it's an extremely tight race biden and trump are still neck and neck there with 99 percent of votes counted the latest count has shown the former vice president less than 2000 votes behind the president and catching up fasts pennsylvania is the biggest yet to be decided the biggest state with 20 electoral votes donald trump currently holds a narrow lead there. but that gap is narrowing and the remaining mail in ballots are expected to favor joe biden. so arizona their votes are still being counted to the a.p. news agency which

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ask for patience the election now comes down to the final vote counting in a handful of states. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the phrase too close to call is ringing in the ears of americans as they awaken on this day after the presidential election there's still no certainty as to whether challenger joe biden has been able to defeat the incumbent president donald trump well they're going to will we'll continue in a handful of states in the last vote as the last votes are counted still the president suggested to supporters that he had already won an alleged fraud once again without presenting evidence. to stage. the u.s. presidential election results. counting the votes is still underway but the president has already claimed to be terry. we were getting ready to win this election frank. really we did win this election. this is a major fraud or a nation we want the lord to be used in a proper manner so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court trump was referring to mailing votes that will be accepted after election day in several states his reaction comes after biden arched notice to

martin johnson. and the selection of songs like that don't go away they stay with us for all time to find. some freedom. starts feb 7th w. . try try and try again and have some patience that's what one of my 1st bosses said to me i was always overly ambitious to we get to climb the career ladder before even knowing what i was getting into experience is the key and i'm still an eager beaver but i've learned that the 2nd time around can be so much better.

people who rejected patience and slow progress and who in the wake of violence that reached back the hulls of slave ships and forged the assassination of martin luther king who were willing to begin seeking freedom by any means necessary. and the army did not and could not stand fully apart from the society it served. it had been increasingly impossible by this point in the war to construct and to enforce boundaries between civilian and military because the war in vietnam demanded men. u.s. army strength -- how did that happen? yes, okay. u.s. army strength increased by more than 700,000 men and women between 1961 and 1968. and obviously not all those troops were in vietnam. there were 25 nations that had more than 1,000 u.s. military personnel during that era. but the wartime demand for men changed the shape and to some extent the character of the army because it was young men who were raised in the turmoil of the '60s revolt that were going to swell the army's ranks. whether draftees or volunteers, many of them drafted and motivated, it great majority of them didn't plan an army career and their lung-term allegiance was not to the ipsitutin

patience that they have been exercising. but i assume that in israel, they are on high alert and i wanted to ask you whether you think there are dangers of a retaliation, for example, martinld me before the show began that israelis are planning to go to dubai for the winter break. they think about 50,000 israelis will be in dubai. dubai is a place where there's a large iranian presence. is that a potential area where there's a real vulnerability? >> yes, indeed, fareed. it's going to be less than 50,000 because many of those people, hearing the alerts from the national security council saying there's threat in dubai have canceled their future plans for holy day. the uae is designated as a green state. no need to go to isolation when coming back to israel. people are planning that and canceling it. the israeli authorities have warned former nuclear scientists to be aware and limit their travel if at all during covid because of the iranian retaliation. but in general, israel doesn't -- israeli intelligence doesn't assess that the iranians are going to retaliate. they think they want to past the next months, a little bit more than a month, in basically maintaining low profil

strategic patience that they have been exercising, but i assume that in israel they are on high alert. i wanted to ask you whether you think there are dangers of retaliation. for example, martin told me before the show began that israelis are planning to go to dubrovnik for the winter break. they think about 50,000 israelis will be in dubai. dubai is a place are where there is a very large iranian presence. is that a potential area where there is a real vulnerability? >> yes. indeed, fareed, it's going to be less than 50,000 because many of those people hearing the alerts from the national security council, the israeli ones saying there is threat no dubai and abu dhabi, the u.a.e. is designated as a green state. so no need to go to isolation when coming back to israel. people are planning it and canceled then. the israeli authorities have warned former nuclear scientists to be aware and limit their travel during covid because of the possible iranian retaliation. in general, israel doesn't assess that the iranians are going to retaliate. they want to pass the next months and a little bit more than a month here in basically doing, maintaining low profile, including having their

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martin patience, bbc news, beirut.he uk's health secretary, matt hancock, has confirmed in the past hour that pubs and restaurants will know this week when they will be able to reopen. he said the government is looking at the two—metre rule and how any possible risk from relaxing it can be be reduced. our political correspondent helen catt explained how the government plans to further ease lockdown a little earlier they've got this under review and we know this review is going to report back this week. the chancellor, rishi sunak, confirmed that yesterday. we heard it again from matt hancock today. but i think what we got in a sense from matt hancock was what it might be changing too, which is what we don't know at the moment. there's this idea that has been floating around in some of the papers today of one metre plus, just to add a bit more jargon to the coronavirus thesaurus. and there's this idea that, yes, you can cut it to one metre, but you need to put some other methods in place as well to add some extra protec