morning, annita.s from borisjohnson in recent weeks, saying, go back to work if you can. at the start of the month, the official guidance work from home actually changed to give employers a bit more discretion over their own workplaces. so, over these months, employers will have been putting in various protective measures, making adjustments to try to make their workplace covid—secure. and to make their workplace covid—secu re. and i to make their workplace covid—secure. and i think what we're hearing from the government now is a bit more of a renewed push, we have got a different context, schools are going back across the country, so it might help parents with childcare. it is worth pointing out that of course, certain workplaces, people have gone back to work already, many people have been going in throughout, so this is clearly aimed at officers. what we are hearing this morning from the transport secretary, grant shapps, is that it is safe for people to go back to work, offices are ready with prot

hello this is bbc news with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines...land — it's the longest sentence in the country's history. hurricane laura makes landfall along the coast of louisiana. hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes. £13 per day — the government trials payments for those on low incomes who have to self—isolate in parts of england. a warning that complacency over getting the flu jab could lead to the nhs being overwhelmed. and top tier basketball and baseball teams in the us boycott their matches amid anger over the shooting of jacob blake by police in wisconsin. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. i know you are looking more now that the impact of this sporting boycott. of this sporting boycott. we start with huge developments from across america as various athletes and teams united in protest at the shooting ofjacob blake, a black man in wisconsin on sunday. in basketball all of the nba matches were cancelled. it's after milwaukee bucks, who are from wisconsin, decid

i am annita mcveigh.riving into the uk from belgium, the bahamas and andorra will have to quarantine for m days. transport secretary grant shapps said the changes start at 4 o'clock in the morning on saturday except in wales, where restrictions started midnight on thursday. the countries are the latest to have a change in rules, after quara ntines were reimposed for spain and luxembourg. up to 1.8 million british nationals visit belgium every year, while 150,000 visit andorra. the bahamas, meanwhile, saw more than 36,000 visits from the uk in 2018. people who do not self—isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in england, wales, and northern ireland and those returning to scotland could be fined £480, with fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders. and coronavirus cases in france are being "closely monitored" by the british government, amid reports that the country is in danger of being added to the uk's quarantine list. new infections in france put the nation at levels not seen since late may —

i'm annita mcveigh.us pandemic has now officially pushed the uk into recession for the first time in more than a decade. figures published by the office for national statistics this morning show that economic output as measured by gross domestic product plunged by a record 20.4% between april and june. the ons says the economy bounced back injune as government restrictions on movement started to ease. but the data indicates the slump is one of the biggest among advanced economies, according to preliminary estimates. shadow chancellor, anneliese dodds, described the figures as a tragedy — the chancellor, rishi sunak, said the figures confirmed that hard hard times were here. what we are grappling with something thatis what we are grappling with something that is unprecedented. we don't have a playbook for how to deal with it. that's why i think we should have some humility about our ability to precisely predict the economy, or know exactly what the right policy responses. which is why i've been prepared t

it is a good point, annita, you hit a couple of topics. and he has very vocal —— he has been very vocal about that and offered federal help in all of those, by the way, democratically managed cities, he has offered help and in some cases he has provided it. it is a federal system so you have to look at the states and the federal governments and local government is to handle the disruption. so, on a number of measures, he is defining himself as the law and order president and i think you have to look back at the dnc last week and there was no mention of the violence, no mention of the riots. so, the democrats during this last three months have either ignored it or condoned it. either way i think it is a good case for the president to define himself and the party as law and order politicians, law and order leaders of. i am guessing the democrats would absolutely refute that they have condoned any of the violence. but let's talk about who this speech will have appealed to, was that enough for his core supporters, presumably yes? will it do an

do get in touch at annita—mcveigh on twitter or use #bbcyourquestions.other news — investigators are working to identify what caused a train derailment in aberdeenshire in which three people died. coronavirus cases surge gci’oss much of europe, with germany, france and spain all registering a record number of infections. a major study suggests that almost 3.5 million people in england may have already had covid—19 — far more than the 270,000 confirmed cases. warnings of severe thunderstorms are in place across much of the uk — after record—setting high temperatures. good morning. a—level and vocational results in england, wales and northern ireland are being released this morning, amid continuing controversy about how they are being calculated. almost 300,000 teenagers will get their a—level results. grades have been estimated then standardised, after the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of exams. a 2% rise in a* and a grades this year at a—level has been announced by the exam watchdog. that's close to record levels. about 40% of results will

hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines.d by the coronavirus pandemic is thought to be one of the worst among major economies. students in england may be able to use their mock exam scores if they're unhappy with their a—level grades, ahead of results being released tomorrow. senator kamala harris makes history after she's named asjoe biden's presidential running mate — the first black woman to be a candidate for vice president. as new zealand's largest city is put back into lockdown, experts investigate whether coronavirus could have re—entered the country through freight shipments. let's get more now on our top story — the uk officially moving into recession after figures published by the office for national statistics showed that economic output plunged by a record 20.4% between april and june. our economics editor, faisal islam, has been speaking to the chancellor, rishi sunak. when we were talking a few months ago i said that hard times were coming and what these numbers show is that hard times are here. hundreds of tho

share your thoughts on this or any of our other stories with me — you can contact me on twitter at annita—mcveighe hashtag bbc your questions. hurricane laura makes landfall along the coast of louisiana — hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes. a warning that complacency over getting the flu jab in the uk, could lead to the nhs being overwhelmed. and top tier basketball and baseball teams in the us boycott their matches — amid anger over the shooting of jacob blake by police in wisconsin. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the man who opened fire on two mosques in new zealand last year, and killed 51 people, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. it's the first time the sentence has ever been handed down in the country. 29—year—old australian brenton tarrant pleaded guilty to charges of murder and terrorism. the judge described his actions as "inhuman‘ and said tarrant our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. for three emotionally—charge

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you can get in touch with me about any of this morning's stories at annita—mcveigh. 75 years on fromevastation — the people of hiroshima mark the use of the first nuclear bomb with silent prayers. and coming up this hour... beavers are given the right to remain in england — 15 family groups are given permisssion to stay, 400 years after the animals were hunted to extinction in the country. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. aid from around the world has started to arrive in lebanon after the devastating chemical explosion in the port area of beirut on tuesday. the death toll now stands at 137 people, but is expected to rise. more than 5000 people were injured in the explosion. the country is begining three days of national mourning as a two week state of emergency is declared in the region. and as leaders from around the world pledge their support for the relief effort, the french president emmanuel macron is due to meet his lebanese counterpart this morning. sean dill

do get in touch at annita—mcveigh on twitter or use #bbcyourquestions.re: more bad news for the travel industry as tui — the world's biggest travel company — says it's lost over a billion dollars from march tojune. coronavirus cases surge across much of europe — with germany, france and spain all registering a record number of infections. a major study suggests that almost 3.5 million people in england may have already had covid—19 — far more than the 270,000 confirmed cases. investigators are working to identify what caused a train derailment in aberdeenshire in scotland — in which three people died. and coming up this hour — warnings of severe thunderstorms are in place across much of the uk — after record—setting high temperatures. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. a—level and vocational results in england, wales and northern ireland are being released, amid continuing controversy about how they are being calculated. almost 300,000 teen