bbc news. you can see more you can see more on you can see more on all of the stories today on the bbc news channelbye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. security has been ramped up outside the us consulate in the chinese city of chengdu as staff begin to leave. removal vans entered the building this morning and the area has been cordoned off by police. chinese officials have ordered the closure of the consulate within 72 hours in what's regarded as a tit for tat move in the escalating diplomatic row with the united states. federal officials in the us have repossessed the chinese consulate in houston, saying it was a hub for intellectual property theft. the bbc‘s north america correspondent david willis reports. at the houston consulate, chinese staff cleared the building of documents and other materials as anti—communist protesters gathered outside. us officials maintained the mission had become a leading hub of chinese espionage. the action to direct the closure of the consulate in houston was taken to protect american intellectual property and americans' private information. c

more on that in a special programme on the bbc news channel tomorrow at 7:30pm, called the lost summer's sport. before we go the government has made a u—turn on grassroots cricket which is going to be returning to england and wales next week the guidelines that set to be announced later in the week. that is all for is here on spot day although there is much more on the bbc website of course at bbc.co.ukforward on the bbc website of course at bbc.co.uk forward last sport i'll bring it more later on in the evening but for everyone watching now thanks for watching and good night. let's recap from that press conference, which was led by the prime minister boris johnson. he promised to publish a timetable next week for the reopening of businesses including indoor gyms, nail bars, swimming pools he reiterated the plan to move away from blanket national measures to local targeted lockdowns, with the possibility of temporarily shutting individual businesses. and he urged people to act safely and sensibly this weekend when pubs and restaurants reopen tomorrow in england. he warned that we are n

bbc news. and you can see the full documenatary about the "schoolgirl who helped to win a war" on the bbc news channelend — you can see the times on the screen there. time for a look at the weather, here's stav da naos. good evening. we ended the working week on a sunny note for many but there were some pretty heavy showers around, especially across eastern england and some rumbles of thunder. tonight, as high pressure continues to build, showers will fade and with a cooler air mass light wind and clearer skies will make it turn chilly. this was the pressure that brought the dull weather to england and wales a few days ago generating showers across the north and east. they will tend to fizzle out this evening and overnight many places will turn drier, but breeze still bringing showers to the north and west of scotland. temperatures falling pretty low for the time of year, 6—9dc widely so a chilly start as we head into the weekend but the good news is high pressure will be dominating so that weekend looks largely dry with plenty of sunshine around. it will feel warmer particularly on sunday. here build

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news on bbc one is at a:05pm. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel.e the latest sports news now, more on the cricket and more on the football, because it is fa cup action again this weekend. let's get more. the west indies have had a good morning at old trafford on day four of the second test against england, following yesterday's wash—out. they started the day on 32 for1 and have lost just one more wicket. alzarrijoseph for 32, caught by ollie pope off the bowling of dom bess. they've been chipping away and at lunch, they‘ re 118 for 2 after a3 overs. they trail england by 351. west indies lead the three match series 1—0. arsenal are into a record 21st fa cup final after they beat the holders manchester city 2—nil. pierre emerick—aubameyang scored both goals at wembley as mikel arteta got one over on his former club. it means arteta could still mark his first season in charge with some major silverware. well there are two games in the premier league today and arsenal will discover their opponents for next month's fa cup final. manchester united and c

we'll be bringing you news of the launch, live later on bbc news channel. do stay with us for that. c began, the number of new daily infections around the world has surpassed a quarter of a million. the biggest increases were in the us — where the total number of virus—related deaths has just passed 140,000. more than 78,000 people have died in brazil and cases have surpassed two million, and those numbers are still rising. and the death toll in india now stands at 26,816. but the united states remains the worst affected country. speaking on fox news president trump disputed the impact on the country and said that the us has the lowest mortality rate in the world. when you talk about mortality rates i think it is the opposite. i think we have one of the lowest mortality rates. that's not true, sir. we had 900 deaths in a single day this week. we will take a look. check it out. can you get me the mortality rates? kayley is right here. i heard we had one of the lowest, may be the lowest mortality rate in the world. do you have the numbers, please? because i heard we had the best mortal

and coming upjust after 9.30 here on the bbc news channel, we'll be answering your questions on the easingd, travel editor of which and personal finance expert, felicity hannah. that's in your questions answered. you can email your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. the government has announced the latest easing of lockdown restrictions in england, with some leisure facilities and beauty services allowed to reopen. from tomorrow, outdoor swimming pools can reopen, and performances can take place in outdoor theatres, while some sports, such as cricket, will also return. from monday, customers can return to beauticians, tattooists, spas and tanning salons — but they will be subject to some restrictions. and on the 25th ofjuly, indoor pools, gyms and other sports facilities will reopen. let's go to our political correspondent, leila nathoo, now, who joins us from westminster. a lot going on today and in the next few days in terms of this reopening so what is the government saying about this new phase and how it's going to measure whether this has any im

on the bbc news channel, we have all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbcease in the number of global coronavirus infections — with more than 230,000 new cases confirmed. the state of florida registered a record 15,300 new coronavirus cases in a single day — that's around a quarter of all daily infections in the us — our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. another surge in coronavirus cases and a new epicentre for the disease. florida is now seeing more new infections than most countries. across the us, more than 60,000 new cases are being reported every day and about a quarter of them are in the sunshine state, where the hospital system is under growing strain and some intensive care facilities are at full capacity. when the pandemic started, florida was slow to respond. the beaches and bars stayed open. they were eventually forced to close, but reopened early, only to be shut down again. this is a state dogged by the disease and confusion over how to deal with it. even as the numbers rose over the weekend, disney world opened again to the pu

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there we are layer on wednesday afternoon watching the bbc news channel and up popped a friend of thehey are getting the right data now so we don't have the problem again. what is your daughter called? scarlett. i think it looks better on the lower shelf. and it's a lovely unicorn! what's his name? to stop me if you need to crack on. christian. i'm just deciding where itiuiti christian. i'm just deciding where mum wants it to go. just on that sheu mum wants it to go. just on that shelf is great, i'm very sorry! and claire is here now! how of the last 24 hours been for your? been a bit weird thenjust 24 hours been for your? been a bit weird then just hearing that clip makes me feel sick thinking about it. it's always weird hearing your own voice, i am sure you guys know that but seeing what's happened and what's blown up in the last 24 hours, it's all a bit weird. talking of that, normally and have lots of questions about global health policy and the pandemic but we only want to talk to scarlett! where is she? she really wa nted talk to scarlett! where is she? she really wanted to come

thirty tomorrow morning with travel experts wendy haines and jill starley—grainger here on the bbc news channel re—visit today's edition of your questions answered, which looked at the recent government announcement on plans for schools in england. jane hill wasjoined by sian griffiths, the education editor of the sunday times, and francis green, professor of work and education economics at the ucl institute of education. let's take a look. with me today to answer as many of your questions as possible about getting back to school is sian griffiths from the sunday times and professor francis greene who is professor of work and education economics at the institute of education, which is part of university college of london. hello and welcome. perhaps no surprise there is an off a lot of questions about trying to get children back to school. let's start with one from nicola featherstone. who asks about children being interested in education. the fantasy of both... we will take a look first. you'll make some schools will be going back in late august. schools in leicester, they tend to go back in th

decided he wants to spend more time walking his dog, lexie, and so today is his last day on the bbc news channelince he announced the news on twitter earlier. my colleague, simon mccoy, tweeted. .. "this is just the worst news. "for viewers and listeners. "for the world of politics. "for the bbc. "for all those that work with you. "and especially for me. "you are simply the best. "and we shall miss you. "good luck norman #legend." the broadcaster simon mayo said... " fa rewell norman smith, a fabulous journalist "and brilliant political observer. "6:30am will never be the same". he was alluding to norman's daily early morning appearance on the today programme on radio a. and our colleague, victoria derbyshire, who has worked closely alongside norman over the years, said, "he is immense, wise, clever and funny. "i have loved working with you. "thank you for being a magnificent and kind colleague." my colleague, annita mcveigh, spoke to norman earlier about what he will be getting up to. i just came to the conclusion that i really can't spend the rest of my life prattling on about politics on this

well there we all were on wednesday afternoon watching the bbc news channel which is in informative as ever and out popped a friend of the podcast, clare weham, the global health policy expert from nse. ——lse and then well, you won't know what happened. so how can we make sure that they are getting the right data so we don't have problem again? what your daughter called? she's called scarlet. scarlet, i think it looks better on the lower shelf. and it's a lovely unicorn. do stop me if you need to. his name is christian. christian, i'm just deciding on where money wanted to go. where it mummy wanted to go? i think the first half is great, thank you. i'm so sorry. and she is here now. hi. how have the last 20 for i was there for you? a little bit weird just that clip makes me a little bit sick just thinking about it. i don't know, it's always weird hearing your own voice. i'm sure you guys know that more than anyone else. seeing what's happening what's blown up over the last 20 for hours it's a little bit weird. talking of that, normally have lots of questions about global health policy

and you can see the full version of the "schoolgirl who helped to win a war" on the bbc news channelekend, time for a look at the weather. thanks very much, jane. what a difference a day makes, much brighter skies across england and wales than what we have had over the last few days, some blue skies with continuing sunny spell through the afternoon. the skies here are how it is looking across england and wales but the cloud attending to bubble up now over the course of a few hours, the cloud is really building across scotland, eastern england, some showers developing, a few thunderstorms particularly in north—east england and the wash. further south at the cloud feeling a little bit, but still more sunshine around across the south than we had this time yesterday in the day before. these showers continue gci’oss before. these showers continue across scotland in eastern england, brighter colours are indicating heavy showers, the odd shower further west but increasing shower —— sunshine is high—pressure present. still disappointing temperatures of the time of year, mid teens for the nor

it's on this saturday and sunday at 4.30pm in the uk on the bbc news channel. ly. it will stay that way for another few days to come. as we saw, a passing shower here and a lot of cloud by wednesday, shower is widespread across england wealth, lengthier outbreaks of rain in seven counties in northern ireland for central and southern areas of scotland as well. that rain was all due to weather fronts which continue to loiter across the united kingdom on into thursday as well. it will be a wet started the day, particularly in this way of parts across southern scotla nd this way of parts across southern scotland in northern england, north wales in the north midlands where we are most likely to see rain first thing thursday morning by through day, the weather rain will turn more showery and the charge more widespread. the weather will be heavy and particularly slow—moving. it will be a quality across the north of the uk. temperatures just 12 degrees in aberdeen. with a northerly when further south temperatures in the low path. notice the shower taking a while to —— t

you can find that on the bbc news website right now and the bbc news youtube channel. the u.k.nomy has shown signs of a modest recovery connected to the easing of lockdown restrictions, but this recovery was smaller than expected. it grew by 1.8% fm april. >> fuller rushing but not quite back in full bloom. like other garden centers, this one reopened in may but as yet to make up the moneyck lost durg wn. >> normally we would have a startup in march, steady progress, big april, big may. that didn't happen in april. may has been enomenal, the second half. june has also been phenomenal for the whole garden industry. we have made a quite a thankfully, but we are still behind for the year. >> all of this is about sowing the seeds of the recovery. in the weeks after lockdown, the output, wiping out 80 years of gains. as other secrs also reopened, manufacturing and construction, only a tiny bit of that was recovered in a calm disappointing hopes for a full it is not enough to open doors again. customers have to have the confidence and the money to return. and then there are businesse

that's all the sport for now, more from us on the bbc news channel at 12:15pm. onfused about the new quarantine rules for travellers returning to the uk from spain. with me to help answer your questions is independent travel expert wendy haines, who is in rolleston—on—dove, and consumer expert jane hawkes. thank you both very much. just before i put the question to you, a couple of relevant lines of breaking coming in from germany. germany is saying it is warning potentially against travel to some parts of spain over the virus, germany is warning against travel to parts of spain over the virus, that is just a one line at the moment, and also the ki health institute saying we do not know if we are seeing the beginning ofa know if we are seeing the beginning of a second coronavirus weighs in germany, it is possible, so obviously concerned. let's move on to the discussion on travel in the context of that. wendy, masculine company says i booked a flight, separate to barcelona, leaving on the 15th of august —— wendy, matthew says. the hotel has cancelled my booking th

you can find that on the bbc news website, and on the bbc news youtube channel.nected to the easing of the lockdown — but it was smaller than economists expected. the economy grew by 1.8% percent from april. dharshini david reports. flourishing, but not quite back in full bloom. like other garden centres, this one reopened in may, but it's yet to make up the money lost during lockdown. normally, we would have a start—up in march, steady progress in march, a big april and a big may. that didn't happen in april, it was really difficult. may has been phenomenal, the second half of it, and june has also been quite phenomenal. not just here, but for the whole garden industry. we've made up quite a bit, of course, thankfully, but we are still behind for the year. all of this is about sowing the seeds of a recovery. in the weeks after lockdown, the economy lost about a quarter of its output, wiping out 18 years of gains. as other sectors also reopened, manufacturing and construction, only a tiny bit of that was recovered in may, disappointing hopes of a full and rapid b

the chancellor deliver his mini budget and some people are calling it at 12:30pm here on the bbc news channelup to the pmqs and the announcement. with me is simone roche, ceo and founder of northern power women. isa is a business woman, would this encourage you to take someone on? we absolutely welcome the stimulus to the economy, and we have spent our lockdown journey at northern power women talking to thousands of women, and we are really passionate that we wa nt and we are really passionate that we want rishi, we are asking for an entrepreneur led recovery, and we wa nt to entrepreneur led recovery, and we want to make sure that employability isa want to make sure that employability is a massive worry, unemployment is scaling, so as we say, we welcome this, we think it is great having newjob opportunities, this, we think it is great having new job opportunities, but this, we think it is great having newjob opportunities, but we have got to wrap more around it. we can't just have young people coming in for six months. we have spoken to hundreds of young people we have heard their worries an

more from us on the bbc news channel at 12:15.iday makers about the government's decision to impose a quarantine for people returning from spain and its islands. let's begin by recapping the current rules. anyone coming back to the uk from spain and its islands will have to provide an address and self—isolate there for 1h days. the foreign office is also advising against "all but essential travel" to the whole of spain. if you're already there, you can finish your holiday, but if you are due to head out in the next few days your insurance is unlikely to be valid. once you get to your self—isolation address, you can't go to work, kids can't go to childcare, and can't even go to the shops — unless you can't find someone to go for you. you could be fined hundreds of pounds if you don't comply. there has been lots of anger from travel companies who weren't given any warning about this. you should get a refund if you were due to go on a package holiday, but if you have flights booked, things are tricky because that won't be automatic.

more from us on the bbc news channel at 12:15pm. postpone their training placements and concentrate on theory work instead or sign up as a paid volunteer, helping the nhs through the covid—19 outbreak. more than 40,000 students answered that call, according to new figures seen by the bbc. we've been following the lives of four of those volunteers. this film by our reporterjim reed. it's here. monday the 1st ofjune, 5am, and it's my first day on placement. my nerves are through the roof. it's kind ofjust like an induction day to welcome us back in and brief us on how things have changed. so, this is liskeard community hospital. it is normally a rehabilitation community hospital. during covid—19, it is the allocated award the allocated ward for covid—19 positive patients. at the height of the pandemic, the ward was full, so bed capacity is 31. lots of students were not able to come out on placement because they needed to shield loved ones. so students very much had a choice to volunteer to come on placement. for me, the drive was very

that‘s all from us at the bbc sport centre for now, more on the bbc news channel at 1:30pm.ive weeks before lockdown and as a result of a complicated but i did not leave the house much before locked in. my boy has only seen health visitors once andi has only seen health visitors once and i am worried about how he will integrate into society. to add to the stress, my company will not survive the pandemic. i am one of two of 3 million forgotten businesses. this has all had a huge mental impact. i am not sleeping even when my little boy is. i am co nsta ntly even when my little boy is. i am constantly worried and i struggle with day to day tasks. let‘s see if we can get some advice for you now, katie. a leading uk charity says it has seen a dramatic rise in women requiring their services for postnatal depression during lockdown. the pandas foundation — which specialises in support for pre and postnatal mental illnesses — say 12 days after the uk lockdown was announced, there was a 75% increase in calls to their free helpline. they‘re now concerned for the mental health of new m

more on the bbc news channel at quarter past 12, but from me it is back to you, carrie.mitting to make mental health a key priority at all levels of the game. the mentally healthy football declaration — which is being led by the duke of cambridge — is supported by governing bodies, leagues and organisations from across uk football. it will recognise that the mental health of players — is just as important as their physical health. david beckham is one of a group of high—profile players who spoke to prince william on a video call. here he is speaking about after his sending off at the 1998 world cup. you know, i made a mistake in 98, andl you know, i made a mistake in 98, and i think the reaction at the time was pretty brutal. i was constantly verbally abused on the pitch, but times have changed. if social media was around when i was going through that time in 98 it would have been a whole different story. but i was lucky, i had a support system, within manchester united and the manager and obviously family, but didl manager and obviously family, but did i feel at the tim

bbc sport website. we'll have more throughout the evening for you on the news channel too. or now, goodnight. you are watching bbc news. one of the consequences of lockdown has been that many children are spending a lot more time online. that's led to fears that they are becoming mmore vulnerable to abuse. according to the internet watch foundation, reports of child abuse images online in the uk increased by almost 50 percent compared to last year. our education editor branwen jeffreys has this report. during lockdown, screen time went up, leaving parents trying to find a balance. kelly spends time with her kids online, a parenting app tracks their activity and prompts chats about how to stay safe. if there's anybody at all that tries to access them by talking to them, that they don't know, they let me or their dad, or if they're with grandparents at the time, they let them know straight away so we can help them deal with it. but they do know how to report people, they do know how to block people on these things. they do know how to change their privacy settings. it's all ab

and a quick reminder that you can see clips from outside source on the bbc news youtube channel whichl to give tottenham the lead. there‘s now 85 minutes gone and it‘s still 1—0 in north london. tottenham are 10th in the table, everton just below them in 11th. two matches in la liga to tell you about. it finished 1—1 between leva nte and real sociedad. both goals coming in the first 16 minutes. just coming up to half time in the other match between sevilla and eibar — no goals yet, still 0—0. and in the bundesliga, a goal in extra time secured werder bremen another season in the top flight. they drew 2—2 in their second leg play off match against fc heidenheim and win on the away goals rule, narrowly escaping relegation. the test series between england and the west indies starts on wednesday. and on monday, it was also confirmed that england will face ireland in three one day internationals starting at the end of the month. they‘ll take place at the ageas bowl in southampton where england are currently preparing to face the windies. that will be followed by three tests against pakista

and coming up for uk viewers at 2:30 here on the bbc news channel, we'll be answering your questionss answered. you can email your questions to yourque5tion5@bbc.co.uk and use the ha5htag bbcyourquestions i beg your pardon, we are ahead of our5elve5 there. i beg your pardon, we are ahead of ourselves there. transcripts from police body cam footage have revealed more harrowing details about the death of george floyd in minneapolis. court documents show the officer accused of killing mr floyd ignored his desperate pleas that he couldn't breathe — more than 20 times. in the transcripts george floyd says "i'm claustrophobic. everything hurt5. please? can't breathe officer." but officer derek chauvin, who is kneeling on mr floyd's neck, replies ‘then stop talking, stop yelling'. george floyd pleads with officer saying ‘you're going to kill me, man'. again mr chauvin ignores the pleas. he repeat5 ‘then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes heck of a lot of oxygen to talk‘. laura podesta from cbs news in new york has more on the transcripts reading through the transcript and seeing these det

that is airing quite a few times this weekend, here on the bbc news channel. of england and wales over the last few days. quite a lot of rain too. more sunshine around, bara days. quite a lot of rain too. more sunshine around, bar a few heavy showers across north and east areas, are skies over bromley, pretty typical in fact of a lot of skies across england and wales on the whole. high—pressure starting to build in from the west, continues to cool off the shower is not low— pressure cool off the shower is not low—pressure to the east, still generating further showers and downpours, heavy ones as we move into the evening but eventually they will clear the way. most places turning overnight with lengthy clear skies, just a few showers pushing into the north—west of scotland. with those light winds, clear skies, quite a chilly night for the time of year, temperatures into single figures for most places. high pressures dominating the weekend, a dry one for most and we should see plenty of sunshine. a bit warmer too. high pressure building in from the south—west, y

that's all to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one.ameyang puts arsenal through to the fa cup final as manager mikel arteta outmanouevres his old mentor pep guardiola. good morning. there is some sunday sunshine on the way for many parts of the uk. a few showers around in the north and some cloud and rain and rain dragging its heels towards the south—east. i'll have all the details coming up here on breakfast. it's sunday, 19thjuly. our top story. borisjohnson has said he doesn't believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed if there's a second spike of coronavirus this winter. the prime minister told the sunday telegraph that he believes any future outbreaks can be dealt with at a local or regional level. 0ur political correspondentjessica parker is in our london newsroom. jessica, borisjohnson is sounding more positive than his chief scientific adviser did on friday. yes, not for the first time there appears to be some kind of contrast between what the prime minister is saying or what scientists are saying. people are increasing

we're on the bbc news channel until 9:00 this morning. do stay with us there. tourists from a list of designated countries. but assuming you do get to soak up that mediterranean sun, just what kind of holiday can you expect? recently, the balearic islands run a pilot project to test spain's new coronavirus protection measures for tourists and we went along to see how it went. it was one of the hardest hit countries of the pandemic and, in turn, it had one of the strictest lockdowns. children stayed at home and the army patrolled the streets. in march, spain its entire tourist industry. a move greeted with sadness on the spanish balearic of mallorca. getting travellers back again was vital to spain's way to recovery. but that meant that the way it welcomed tourists back was vital too. they wanted the world to know that they were taking this seriously. to test their covid—19 countermeasures, spain invited 11,000 germans over two weeks to fly to the balearic islands. the first flights arriving in mid—june. the aim — to show how spain could keep tourists safe. hell

decided he wants to spend more time walking his dog lexie, and so today is his last day on the bbc news channelisteners. he was alluding to norman's daily appearance on the today programme on radio four. and another from victoria derbyshire. and hejoins us now. iamjust i am just going to echo all of those coming tos and then some. i don't know what you want to go and spend more time walking your dog. there's so more time walking your dog. there's so much politics. maybe you've had your fill of so much politics. maybe you've had yourfill of it? so much politics. maybe you've had your fill of it? i really can't spend the rest of my life prattling on about politics on this balcony. it's time i went out there and had a look at the big wide world out there. it does involve going on some decent walks with the hand. first off, iam decent walks with the hand. first off, i am going to be walking saint cuthbert‘s way, a five—day war between the border town of melrose and the holy islands. me and the hand will be spending some time tramping along there. but i've had an amazing glass. it's been great. it's

we are just welcoming viewers on bbc world rejoining us along with viewers, of course, on the bbc news channel is that going to be to give the sort of transparency that you have been talking about that you are calling for? right now it would be really easy because organisations like eyes global witness have been exposing this for a long time. there are a number of bills that are really ready to go, so the property register, the registry of overseas entities is totally ready. itjust needs to be introduced in parliament. so it was in the queen's speech last year and that would really start the property market in the uk -- really start the property market in the uk —— stop the uk property market been used as a piggy bank. we know that five times more money is coming from russia to the uk's tax havens than to the uk itself. so thatis havens than to the uk itself. so that is really the way that this money is moving. it is going to places like the british virgin islands in particular. theyjust need to move on and we need to see will basically. everything is there, the scrutiny has been done itjust n

the uk's changing extradition arrangements with hong kong — we'll bring you that live on the bbc news channeluy 90 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from abroad. if they work — they could be here by the end of the year. it's on top of an agreement to buy 100 million doses of the oxford university vaccine — if that one works. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. there are now an astonishing 23 coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials around the world, including two in the uk, developed by oxford university and imperial college london. today, the government announced deals with two overseas vaccine producers. biontech—pfizer is one of the frontrunners. a german—us partnership, its coronavirus vaccine produced a strong immune response in early trials. if its successful, the first of 30 million doses could arrive by the end of the year. the other deal is with the french firm valneva who won't begin trials of theirjab till the autumn. that agreement is for 60 million doses. its vaccine will contain an inactivated virus. this is a more tried and tested method for creating a vaccine, so

we're here on the bbc news channel until 9:00 this morning, and there's plenty more still to come onancing? no thanks. masks? preferably not. bolsonaro has never cared for guidelines, dismissing them each step of the way. but when it comes to drugs against coronavirus, it's the only horse he has backed. 0n the day he got covid—19,jair bolsonaro has backed. 0n the day he got covid—19, jair bolsonaro took this picture of him taking hydroxychloroquine. he said he was feeling better, so it must be working. like his friend up north, jair bolsonaro doesn't care if the drug isn't recommended for covid—19, nor that there could be serious health risks for those that take it when they don't need it. it works for him, he says, so he promotes it. and pharmacies here have felt the impact. ever since pharmacies touted the drugs to poz benefits, medications more often used to fight malaria in the amazon or skin conditions like lupus, demand has soared. authorities had to introduce a prescription for the drugs to try and control them. translation: we had lots of people looking for it. many wanted to

for the rest of the day on the bbc news channel there will be reaction to that sad news. stricter" approach was needed in england. bo5nia i5 marking the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre, in which 8,000 bosnian muslim men and boys were murdered. hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world. stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. but first, the england football legend jack charlton has died at the age of 85.

bbc news. let's speak to barkha dutt, an indian tvjournalist and owner of the youtube news channel mojo.r is being treated for the virus, what kind of impact is that having in india? thank you, ben. to put it into context for your audience, amitabh bachchan is as big as it gets. he is the single biggest film star in india with a cult following. there is no one in india who doesn't know hotel one is. he has tested positive and has taken to social media. i think it means the country will turn its attention back to the pandemic. perhaps it will move on “— to the pandemic. perhaps it will move on —— what has happened here is that while the infection rate has been spiking there has been a fatigue with lockdown and much of the country has been slowly reopening. because fatalities have remained quite low as a percentage of the population compared to other parts of the world there was this sense of complacency setting in but when someone as high—profile as amitabh bachchan test positive it brings the national attention back on the pandemic which i think we we re on the pandemic which i think we

more details on that the news channel later. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh.the government's to unveil details later for more than eight million pupils in england. in leicester, a local lockdown to deal with a surge in coronavirus cases will see schools close today to all but children of key workers. china demands that britain "immediately stop interfering" in the affairs of hong kong, after the uk denounced beijing's new security law in the territory which led to mass protests. could we see an extension of the countries we can travel to? dozens more could be exempt from the government's quarantine rules to allow people to go on a foreign holiday. a star studded list, featuring the likes of ed sheeran, sir paul mccartney and annie lennox call on the government to do more to protect the uk's live music venues. as lockdown restrictions ease, people who have been shielding our spending more time outside the home but as exposure to the outside world increases, so can anxiety. one family who has been shielding is calling on the government to officially recognise a

bbc news. later on the news channel we will speak to our health correspondence dominic hughes and answer questionsthe chief scientific advisor says action must be taken now, while the infection rate is low, to minimise the risk of a second peak over the winter months. its recommendations include early flu vaccinations for health and social care workers, a public information campaign and a rapid monitoring system to stop local outbreaks. the uk economy has grown more slowly than expected in may according to new figures, rebounding byjust1.8% from the previous month after shrinking by more than 19% in the three months up to me. the office for national statistics says despite signs of recovering in manufacturing and house—building, most of the economy was in the doldrums. 0ur business presenter ben thompson said the figures showed economic recovery would take a lot longer than previously expected. what the figures tell us is the economy will not bounce back overnight despite some predictions, woefully optimistic looking now, that this would just be a temporary blip and i think today's figures tell us

channel islands. further north, drier and brighter, with highs of 21. this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire.the arts sector. look, arts are at the absolute heart of our national life, whether it is your local theatre where you go to see the panto, or a part of the history of our nation. and if you work for a music venue, club, theatre, circus, museum or gallery — is this new package enough to save yourjob? message me on twitter @vicderbyshire or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. lockdown restrictions continue to be eased around the uk — beer gardens reopen in scotland, in wales the five—mile travel restriction is lifted, and in northern ireland nail bars and tattoo parlours can reopen. in india, the level of virus cases reaches a new high.

bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we'll bring you the story of the lost sons of darfur — how cousins who escaped genocide for a better life — are now separated by the english channelsed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust, in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone, has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the "great white way" by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoined the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc news. th

news today something that unites us or divides us? caller: it depends. i have directv. there is channel 200. you can get a news mix. it is a four channels. msnbc, cnbc, bbc, and fox. you can flip from one to the other in a foursquare and watch what they are doing, what fox covers at that moment, what msnbc covers at that moment. i am a flipper. host: what do you get by doing that? caller: you can see what they are showing you, covering at that moment. clearly, if you watch a lot of fox news, it is all rosy trump. all of the sidebars are the 2000 additional cases that they have today in the coronavirus debacle. those are the little sidebars but otherwise it is trump, trump, trump. he is a good guy and all these people are on his side. i'm not against the guy. i did not need to know as much as i know about him. i gave him a chance, i did not vote for him. after the first year, i said, this does not seem to be right. this does not seem to be going in a direction that is good for everybody. my neighbors, my plumber and my electrician, are angry! host: do you think you are going to vote for joe biden? caller: no. i do not think so. i do not know what they are

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll bring you the story of the lost sons of darfur — how cousins who escaped genocide for a better life are now separated by the english channele going bust, in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone, has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the "great white way" by americans, but tonight it is completely blacked out. it is a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoined the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: a day after disney world reopens in orlando, florida posts the biggest surge

bbc channels, itv, channel 4 and channel 5. that's all from us for today. breakfast is back tomorrow from 6am. enjoy the cricket, fingers crossed that the weather! hello, good morning. welcome to bbc news

channel islands. as we move further north, we are looking at something drier and brighter, with highs of 13—21. this is bbc news billion pounds — after being devastated by the coronavirus lockdown. this is all—new money for the arts sector. look, arts are at the absolute heart of our national life, whether it is your local theatre where you go to see the panto, ora part of the history of our nation. australia is to close the border between new south wales and victoria — after a spike in coronavirus infections in melbourne. lockdown restrictions continue to be eased around the uk — beer gardens reopen in scotland, in wales the five mile travel restriction is lifted — and in northern ireland nail bars and tattoo parlours can reopen. in india, the level of virus cases reaches a new high, the country overtakes russia with the third highest number of infections. delays in cancer diagnosis or treatment because of the coronavirus pandemic could lead to tens of thousands deaths in the uk — according to research seen by bbc panorama. music: the good, the bad and the ugly theme by ennio morricone. and ennio morricone, on

channelling. there have been absolute scenes in the last few weeks, kate, what has happened? the phone has gone saying we are on bbc newsd asked for an appointment, haven't they? also people have rung up haven't they? also people have rung up and they have an appointment and they are concerned, aren't they? they want to be reassured we have put in the right safety measures and they can call and have a haircut and feel safe. we have spent the last couple of days trying to make people feel that we have done everything that we can. you are under a special pressure because your brother works in? health and safety. and your auntie is? a nurse at the royal. phone rings... swing around. your auntie is a covid nurse, so you are taking safely very seriously, talk us through some of the changes? you have got a perspex screen, so when clients come in they can be greeted by kate and kate is also safe. clients will be offered a facemask if they haven't brought their own. phone rings... that is going to happen all morning, isn't it? you have brought in the perspex screens at great expense, haven't you? they are around £300 but they a

bbc news. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. ow. it means that we can control our own you're watching the bbc news channel. it'si:iopm. let's get more reaction now to yesterday's announcement that people returning to the uk from spain will have to quarantine for 14 days. dan chadderton travelled to spain yesterday — before the restriction was announced. speaking to me earlier from near alicante, he said he wasn't going to let the new rules ruin his holiday. the restrictions aren't a problem, very much the same as at home in manchester. the worry is the quarantine on return, my 16—year—old daughter is very upset about it. fortunately my boss has been very understanding, i've spoken to him and it doesn't seem to be a problem, but i must admit the government hopefully will set up some sort of system where you can get tested shortly after you return to avoid having to spend 14 days at home. did you have any inkling there might be these quarantine measures or was it a complete surprise? we didn't think when we get on the plane this mi

you're watching the bbc news channel. it's time for your questions answered. 0ver over the last few hours, you've been sending in your questions on the uk chancellor's economic statements today, and in particular on the housing market. rishi sunak announceded a temporary stamp duty holiday, costing £3.8 billion, to stimulate the property market. this will exempt the first £500,000 of all property sales from the tax, from midnight. also, vouchers of up to £5,000 will be available for energy—saving home improvements as part of a wider £3 billion plan to cut emissions. i am joined by property expert and buying agent henry pryor and also by founder of bien media and property and finance author, melanie bien. thank you very much to both you for joining us stop appreciate your time. let's start with two related questions, one from simon, one from wendy. simon says, if we have signed the contract, paid the deposit before march and waiting completion of our home, with this stamp duty holiday be applicable in those circumstances?

bbc news. the home office says a record number of migrants have reached the uk by boat in a single day. 180 people crossing the channelrce yesterday and another 200 were intercepted by the french authorities and prevented from reaching the uk. more arrivals have been reported in dover today. manchester city have managed to overturn a two year ban on taking part in european football — meaning they can compete in next season's champions league. uefa issued the ban earlier this year after ruling the club had broken financial fair play rules by disguising the source of some of their income. but the court of arbitration for sport has cleared the club of that allegation. our sports editor dan roan reports. they've become accustomed to winning but this is among manchester city's biggest victories yet. the club had been facing an unprecedented two—year ban from the prestigious champions league for a serious breach of financial rules but today the punishment was lifted by the court of arbitration for sport. they always pleaded innocent from day one, and it's good to see it's actually finally come to a conclusion, because to ha