i‘m aaron safir. start and could have handled things differently. us federal officials repossess the chinese consulate in houston, after president trump orders its closure. in the escalating diplomatic row, where now for us—chinese relations? iraq creates a city in the desert to bury its coronavirus dead. we report on the scale of the outbreak there. black lives matter in brazil. we have a special report from the country where police killed nearly six times as many people as in the us last year.

welcome to bbc news, i'm aaron safir. our top stories...r's election but believes postal voting will cause problems. i don't want to delay, i want to have the election. but i also don't want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesn't mean anything. in parts of northern england — coronavirus restrictions are reimposed after a rise in cases. canadian prime minister justin trudeau denies a conflict of interest in awarding a government contract to a charity with links to his family. and nasa launches its mission to mars —

this is bbc news, i'm aaron safir.ak will be felt "for decades to come" — a warning from the head of the world health organization. cracks in the murdoch empire, as rupert murdoch's sonjames resigns from the board of news corporation, citing "disagreements over editorial content". three people, including a teenager, are charged in the united states in connection with the hacking of high profile twitter users. and one of britain's most acclaimed film directors, sir alan parker, has died at the age of 76.

i'm aaron safir. our top stories: britain's prime minister boris johnson tells the bbc his government didn't understand coronavirus at the start and could have handled things differently. us federal officials repossess the chinese consulate after donald trump ordered its closure. in the increasing row, where next for a diplomatic relations? iraq creates a city in the desert to bury its coronavirus dead. we report on the scale of the outbreak there. black lives matter in brazil. we have a special report from the country where police killed nearly six times as many people as in the us last year. hello and welcome. borisjohnson has conceded that the way the uk government responded to the coronavirus pandemic might have been different, if the nature of the virus had been better understood. in a bbc interview to mark the end of his first year in office, the british prime minister also admitted there were "very open questions" about the timing of the lockdown back in march. he was speaking exclusively to ou

i'm aaron safir with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world.. it follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain, and the return of restrictions in some regions including catalonia. india records nearly 100,000 new cases of covid—19 in two days — a chief minister is one of those testing positive. thousands protest poland's decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. and tributes are paid to the veteran american tv star

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ aaron safir.e week with overnight temperatures below average. quite chilly, first thing monday morning. temperatures will head up. afairamount of sunshine out there. high pressure settling things down to start the week. around that area of high pressure will be some showers, especially in scotland. these are the starting temperatures for monday morning. widely in single figures. these are towns and city centres, colder in the countryside. well into single figures in the more chilly spots. some cloud is going to build. for scotland a mixture of cloud and sunshine. most of the showers north of the central belt. northern ireland and northern england may pick up a shower later. the bulk of england and wales will stay dry with the lion's share of the sunshine for south wales and southern england with some spots creeping into the low 20s. as for the cricket at old trafford, looking like a not particularly warm monday for the final day, a mixture of cloud and sunshine with the chance of picking up a brie

welcome to bbc news, i'm aaron safir.antine for two weeks. it follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain and the return of restrictions in some regions, including catalonia. india records nearly 100,000 new cases of covid—i9 in two days. a chief minister is one of those testing positive. thousands protest at poland's decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. and tributes are paid to the veteran american tv star regis philbin, who has died at the age of 88.

welcome to bbc news, i'm aaron safir. our top stories...ion but believes postal voting will cause problems. i don't want to delay, i want to have the election. but i also don't want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesn't mean anything. in parts of northern england — coronavirus restrictions are reimposed after a rise in cases. canadian prime minister justin trudeau denies any conflict of interest in awarding a lucrative government contract to a charity with links to his family. and nasa launches its mission to mars — a rover to retreive rock samples from the red planet. hello and welcome. we start in the united states. president trump has said he doesn't want a delay to november's election just hours after a tweeting it might be a possibility. democrats and republicans united to say the date was enshrined in law and wasn't going to be moved. but speaking at a press conference later, mr trump said the vote might be crooked if postal ballots were used. he offered no evidenc

i'm aaron safir. the taj mahal stays locked down as india's coronavirus cases reach a record high. in australia, a partial lockdown returns to melbourne as a breach of hotel quarantines is blamed for a spike in infections. also coming up, how turkey is using its influence in libya to further its ambitions. we have a special report. ankara wants to be a key player in the future, whatever emerges from the chaos in libya, and it's flexing its muscles across the middle east. india has now overtaken russia to become the country with the world's third highest confirmed coronavirus infections. a sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total health ministry figure to nearly 700,000. more than 19,000 people have died in india so far. the bbc‘s alanna petroff reports. the taj mahal, a monument to love from the 17th century. a world—famous love from the 17th century. a world —famous attraction with millions of visitors each year. 0ne millions of visitors each year. one of the seven wonders of the modern world in the city of agra. it's been empty since mid—march. it was meant to r

i'm aaron safir. delay, i want to have the election. but i also don't want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesn't mean anything. in parts of northern england coronavirus restrictions are reimposed after a rise in cases. from the uk to indonesia — restrictions return to the capitaljakarta in a bid to curb the country's outbreak. and nasa launches its mission to mars — a rover to retreive rock samples from the red planet. president trump has said he doesn't want a delay to november's election, just hours after a tweeting it might be a possibility. democrats and republicans united to say the date was enshrined in law and wasn't going to be moved. but speaking at a press conference later, mr trump said the voted might be crooked if postal ballots were used. he offered no evidence for his claim. here's a little of what the president had to say. i don't want to see an election that... so many years i have been watching elections. and they

i'm aaron safir. our top stories: britain's prime minister borisjohnson tells the bbc his government didn't understand coronavirus at the start and could have handled things differently. when you look back at this crisis, everybody can see that this was something that was new, that we didn't understand in the way that we would've liked in the first few weeks and months. huge crowds attend friday prayers at hagia sophia iraq creates a city in the desert to bury its coronavirus dead. we report on the scale of the outbreak there. black lives matter in brazil. we have a special report from the country where police killed nearly six times as many people as in the us last year. and formula 1 cancelsraces blaming high first make rates in the americas. —— high covid—19 rates. hello and welcome. borisjohnson has conceded that the way the uk government responded to the coronavirus pandemic might have been different, if the nature of the virus had been better understood. in a bbc interview to mark the end of his

i'm aaron safir.spike in coronavirus cases in spain and the return of restrictions in some regions, including catalonia. india records nearly 100,000 new cases of covid—19 in two days. a chief minister is one of those testing positive. thousands protest at poland's decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. and tributes are paid to the veteran american tv host

i'm aaron safir. turn on china, warning of a new tyranny from beijing. researchers warn the amount of plastic ending up in the ocean could nearly triple in the next 20 years unless urgent action is taken. in the us, the department ofjustice says it will investigate the use of force by federal officers in portland, sent in as part of president trump's crackdown. from our series echos of empire, our correspondent in kenya confronts her country's colonial past. for decades, this was a detention camp. they were not allowed to interact with other communities. the

i'm aaron safir.publican convention, one of the party's biggest pre—election events. us secretary of state mike pompeo calls on the world to turn on china, warning of a new tyranny from beijing. researchers warn the amount of plastic ending up in the ocean could nearly triple in the next 20 years unless urgent action is taken. and they were postponed by the pandemic. the tokyo 0lympics were supposed to start today,

i'm aaron safir. cancelled because of coronavirus — president trump calls off the republican convention, one of the party's biggest pre—election events. us secretary of state mike pompeo calls on the world to turn on china, warning of a new tyranny from beijing. researchers warn the amount of plastic ending up in the ocean could nearly triple in the next 20 years unless urgent action is taken. and they were postponed by the pandemic. the tokyo olympics were supposed to start today, but should the games go ahead at all? president trump has announced that he is cancelling the main gathering of the republican national convention in florida in august following a spike in coronavirus cases there. speaking at a white house press briefing, mr trump said he would give a speech ahead of us elections as planned, but in a different form. have a listen. the timing for this event is not right. it's just not right, with what's happened recently, the flareup in florida, to have a big convention. it's not the right t

i'm aaron safir. president trump now says he doesn't want a delay to november's election but believes postal voting will cause problems. i don't want to delay, i want to have the election. but i also don't want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesn't mean anything. in parts of northern england coronavirus restrictions are reimposed after a rise in cases. from the uk to indonesia — restrictions return to the capitaljakarta in a bid to curb the country's outbreak. and nasa launches its mission to mars — a rover to retreive rock samples from the red planet. president trump has said he doesn't want a delay to november's election, just hours after a tweeting it might be a possibility. democrats and republicans united to say the date was enshrined in law and wasn't going to be moved. but speaking at a press conference later, mr trump said the voted might be crooked if postal ballots were used. he offered no evidence for his claim. here's a

i'm aaron safir with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. fears of more deaths. us federal officials repossess the chinese consulate ordered shut by president trump — as tensions between the us and china continue to escalate. mirroring minneapolis, black lives matter protests in brazil where there were almost six times as many police —related deaths as there were in the us last year. and formula one cancels this season's races in the us, canada, mexico and brazil, blaming high covid rates in the americas.

i'm aaron safir.dent trump calls off the republican convention, one of the party's biggest pre—election events. us secretary of state mike pompeo calls on the world to turn on china, warning of a "new tyranny" from beijing. researchers warn the amount of plastic ending up in the ocean could nearly triple in the next 20 years, unless urgent action's taken. and they were postponed by the pandemic — the tokyo olympics were supposed to start today. but should the games go ahead at all?

i'm aaron safir. travel chaos.he return of restrictions in some regions, including catalonia. heavy rain and flooding — hurricane hanna strikes coastal areas of texas which are already hotspots for the coronavirus pandemic. thousands protest at poland's decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. and tributes are paid to the veteran american tv host regis philbin, who's died at the age of 88.

i'm aaron safir.ur top stories: the taj mahal stays shut as india's coronavirus cases reach a record high. galicia in the north—west of spain becomes the second region to impose a local lockdown after a fresh outbreak. the australian state of victoria closes its border with neighbouring new south wales as a spike in cases forces further restrictions. also coming up, how turkey is using its influence in libya to further its ambitions. we have a special report. ankara wants to be a key player in the future, whatever emerges from the chaos in libya, and it's flexing its muscles across the middle east. india has now overtaken russia to become the country with the world's third highest confirmed coronavirus infections, after the united states, and brazil. but experts warn the true scale of the outbreak in india could be far higher. a sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total health ministry figure to nearly 700,000. more than 19,000 people have died in india so far. alanna petroff reports.

i'm aaron safir. bbc his government didn't understand coronavirus at the start and could have handled things differently. us federal officials repossess the chinese consulate after donald trump ordered its closure. in the increasing row, where next for a diplomatic relations? iraq creates a city in the desert to bury its coronavirus dead. we report on the scale of the outbreak there. black lives matter in brazil. we have a special report from the country where police

i'm aaron safir. the taj mahal stays locked down as india's coronavirus cases reach a record high.to melbourne as a breach of hotel quarantines is blamed for a spike in infections. also coming up, how turkey is using its influence in libya to further its ambitions. we have a special report. ankara wants to be a key player in the future, whatever emerges from the chaos in libya, and it's flexing its muscles across the middle east.

i'm aaron safir with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. france consider shutting its border with spain after a huge spike in coronavirus cases sparks fears of more deaths. us federal officials repossess the chinese consulate ordered shut by president trump — as tensions between the us and china continue to escalate. mirroring minneapolis, black lives matter protests in brazil where there were almost six times as many police —related deaths as there were in the us last year. and formula one cancels this season's races in the us, canada, mexico and brazil, blaming high covid rates in the americas. france has advised its citizens not to travel over the border to spain's north—western region of catalonia because of a rise in coronavirus cases there. nearly half of all new cases over the past two weeks have been in the region and all nightclubs have been ordered to close. paul hawkins reports. on friday, spain's health ministry reported more cases of the virus. paul hawkins reports. the beach in barcelona, the capital of catalonia, working out

i'm aaron safir.quarantine for two weeks as fears grow a second wave of coronavirus in spain. it follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain and the return of restrictions in some regions, including catalonia. thousands protest poland's decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. india records nearly 100,000 new cases of covid—19 in two days. a chief minister is one of those testing positive. a memorial service is held in alabama for the congressman and civil rights leader john lewis.

i'm aaron safir. the taj mahal stays shut as india's coronavirus cases reach a record high.l lockdown after a fresh outbreak. in australia, restrictions return to melbourne as a breach of hotel quarantines is blamed for a spike in cases. and the show must go on — republicans say they will hold their annual convention in florida despite its infection rate.

i'm aaron safir. our top stories: anyone arriving in the uk from spain will now have to quarantine for two weeks as fears grow a second wave of coronavirus in spain. it follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain and the return of restrictions in some regions, including catalonia. thousands protest poland's decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. india records nearly 100,000 new cases of covid—19 in two days. a chief minister is one of those testing positive. a memorial service is held in alabama for the congressman and civil rights leader john lewis. hello and welcome to bbc news. people arriving anywhere in the uk from spain from now on will have to quarantine for two weeks. it follows concerns over a sharp increase in spanish coronavirus infections, nearly 1,000 new cases in the last two days. the spanish foreign ministry says the country is safe — and that outbreaks are localised and isolated — but now the warning is that many people's travel plans could be

i'm aaron safir. travel chaos. the uk brings in a two—week quarantine for anyone arriving from spain. it follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain and the return of restrictions in some regions, including catalonia. heavy rain and flooding — hurricane hanna strikes coastal areas of texas which are already hotspots for the coronavirus pandemic. thousands protest at poland's decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. and tributes are paid to the veteran american tv host regis philbin, who's died at the age of 88. hello and welcome. the spanish government has insisted the country is safe for tourists. it follows the uk's decision to ask anyone returning from spain to quarantine for two weeks. there's been a sharp increase in spanish coronavirus infections, with nearly 1,000 new cases in the last two days. the new ruling means the travel plans of thousands could be thrown into chaos. paul hawkins reports. preparing to board the last flight of the day from gran canaria to the uk,

i'm aaron safir with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. anyone arriving in the uk from spain will now have to quarantine for two weeks. it follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain, and the return of restrictions in some regions including catalonia. india records nearly 100,000 new cases of covid—19 in two days — a chief minister is one of those testing positive. thousands protest poland's decision to withdraw from a european treaty combatting violence against women. and tributes are paid to the veteran american tv star regis philbin, who's died at the age of 88. hello and welcome to bbc news. the spanish government has insisted the country is safe for tourists. it follows the uk's decision to ask anyone returning from spain to quarantine for two weeks. there's been a sharp increase in spanish coronavirus infections, with nearly a thousand new cases in the last two days. the new ruling means the travel plans of thousands could be thrown into chaos. paul hawkins reports. for the british holiday—makers amongst the crowds in catalonia thi

i'm aaron safir. record high. galicia in the north—west of spain becomes the second region to impose a local lockdown after a fresh outbreak. the australian state of victoria closes its border with neighbouring new south wales as a spike in cases forces further restrictions. and the show must go on — republicans say they will hold their annual convention in florida despite its infection rate.

i'm aaron safir. us secretary of state mike pompeo calls on the world to turn on china, warning of a new tyranny from beijing. researchers warn the amount of plastic ending up in the ocean could nearly triple in the next 20 years unless urgent action is taken. in the us, the department ofjustice says it will investigate the use of force by federal officers in portland, sent in as part of president trump's crackdown. from our series echos of empire, our correspondent in kenya confronts her country's colonial past. for decades, this was a detention camp. they were not allowed to interact with other communities. the colonial government termed them in evil clan. —— and —— an evil clan. the american secretary of state, mike pompeo, called on free nations to triumph over the threat of what he said was a new tyranny from china. in a speech attended by several prominent chinese dissidents, mr pompeo accused beijing of biting the international hands that were feeding it and of exploiting the freedom and openne

i'm aaron safir.west of spain becomes the second region to impose a local lockdown after a fresh outbreak. the australian state of victoria closes its border with neighbouring new south wales as a spike in cases forces further restrictions. also coming up, how turkey is using its

i'm aaron safir.rstand coronavirus at the start and could have handled things differently. when you look back at this crisis, everybody can see that this was something that was new, that we didn't understand in the way that we would've liked in the first few weeks and months. huge crowds attend friday prayers at hagia sophia iraq creates a city in the desert to bury its coronavirus dead. we report on the scale of the outbreak there. black lives matter in brazil. we have a special report from the country where police killed nearly six times as many people as in the us last year. and formula

i'm aaron safir. the taj mahal stays shut as india's coronavirus cases reach a record high. galicia in the north—west of spain becomes the second region to impose a local lockdown after a fresh outbreak. in australia, restrictions return to melbourne as a breach of hotel quarantines is blamed for a spike in cases. and the show must go on — republicans say they will hold their annual convention in florida despite its infection rate. india has now overtaken russia to become the country with the world's third highest confirmed coronavirus infections, after the united states, and brazil. but experts warn the true scale of the outbreak in india could be far higher. a sharp rise in new cases in recent days has taken the total health ministry figure to nearly 700,000. more than 19,000 people have died in india so far. alanna petroff reports. the taj mahal, a monument to love from the 17th century. a world—famous attraction with millions of visitors each year. one of the seven wonders of the modern world in the city of agra. it's been empty since mid—march. it was meant to reopen on

i'm aaron safir.election but believes postal voting will cause problems. i don't want to delay. i want to have the election. but i also don't want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the bellows are all missing in the election doesn't mean anything. in parts of northern england — coronavirus restrictions are reimposed after a rise in cases. from the uk to indonesia — restrictions return tojakarta in a bid to curb the country's outbreak. nasa launches its mission to mars — a rover to retreive rock samples from the red planet. president trump has said he doesn't want a delay to november's election — just hours after a tweeting it might be a possibility. democrats and republicans united to say the date was enshrined in law — and wasn't going to be moved. but speaking at a press conference later, mr trump said the voted might be crooked if postal ballots were used. he offered no evidence for his claim. here's a little of what the president had to say. i don't want to see an election th

welcome to bbc news — i'm aaron safir.government didn't understand coronavirus at the start and could have handled things differently. us federal officials repossess the chinese consulate in houston after president trump ordered its closure in the escalating diplomatic row. we will consider what next for us— china relations. iraq creates a city in the desert to bury its coronavirus dead. we report on the scale of the outbreak there. black lives matter in brazil. we have a special report from the country where police killed nearly six times as many people as in the us last year.

i'm aaron safir. president trump now says he doesn't want a delay to november's election but believes postal voting will cause problems. i don't want to delay. i want to have the election. but i also don't want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the bellows are all missing in the election doesn't mean anything. in parts of northern england — coronavirus restrictions are reimposed after a rise in cases. from the uk to indonesia — restrictions return tojakarta in a bid to curb the country's outbreak. nasa launches its mission to mars — a rover to retreive rock samples from the red planet. president trump has said he doesn't want a delay to november's election — just hours after a tweeting it might be a possibility. democrats and republicans united to say the date was enshrined in law — and wasn't going to be moved. but speaking at a press conference later, mr trump said the voted might be crooked if postal ballots were used. he offered no evidence for his claim. here's a little of w