ben wright, bbc news.health secretary's inbox includes the other pressures on the nhs in england — and the government's ambition for a social care plan. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. another day when those over 18 in england are being encouraged to grab a jab. a big england are being encouraged to grab ajab. a big push in england are being encouraged to grab a jab. a big push in vaccinations to try and get as many people as possible covered by the 19th of july. the vaccination programme has been a really significant success in the response to the pandemic and walk in vaccination centres like this in north manchester have been open all weekend, helping to ensure at least half of all those under the age of 30 in england have received at least their first dose by the end of today. but despite the progress on vaccinations, the new health secretary raises some significant challenges, most immediately how to manage the country �*s recovery from covid. the pandemic is farfrom done, infections a

ben wright. west — 10. ben, thank you for now.est minster. _ travel operators are reporting a surge in bookings to holiday destinations including the baleriac islands and malta, after yestserday�*s easing of some restrictions. but industry leaders say the changes still don't go far enough and that the government has created more confusion for holiday—makers. the transport secretary, grant shapps, insists that the best thing for the industry is to gradually reopen foreign travel. from wednesday, people returning from these destinations including malta, madeira and spain's balearic islands will no longer have to quarantine — although they're on the so—called �*green watchlist�*, meaning they could turn amber at short notice. there's already been a surge in flight bookings to the spanish islands. the amber and red lists still cover the majority of the world. most popular european tourist destinations are on the amber list, where holidays are not advised. but the government has said anyone who's been double vaccinated will be allowed

ben wright, bbc news.s: the former us president, donald trump, has addressed his first major campaign—style rally since leaving the white house in january. mr trump promised thousands of cheering supporters in wellington, ohio, that in 2022 the republicans would "take back the house, take back the senate, take back america". police in colombia say they've found two guns which were used to fire at a helicopter carrying the colombian president, iv n duque, along with his defence and interior ministers late on friday. the government's offered a reward of $800,000 for information that could lead to arrests. the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has launched his flagship istanbul canal project, at a construction site that the opposition says has nothing to do with the multi—billion dollar scheme. president erdogan said the canal would save the future of istanbul, where he was once mayor. opponents say banks are reluctant to fund the canal in view of its possible environmental impact. large numbers of peopl

ben wright, bbc news.seeing a severe heat wave — which forecasters say could mark the start of one of the most extreme and prolonged high temperatures ever recorded there. in the us all of washington state, oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california will see temperatures soar dramatically, possibly to over 45 degrees celsius, or around 115 degrees fahrenheit. and a heat wave stretching across western canada, from british columbia into southern saskatchewan and up through yukon and the northwest territories, is set to break records much earlier in the year than usual with temperatures of over 43 degrees celsius. earlier i spoke to clifford mass. he's an atmospheric scientist and meteorologist and gave us more details about the causes of the heatwave. we have this high—pressure area that is sinking, warming the air, this offshore flow, easterly flow which is descending down on mountains, we have the cascade mountains here. it is sort of like the santa anas they have in california, as air sinks down of

ben wright, bbc news.mperature records are tumbling as a life—threatening heat wave continues across large parts of the us pacific northwest and canada. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade centre, armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim to certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". i cheering and applause as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the death toll continues to climb in miami, family members of those who li

ben wright, bbc news.o our reporter mark lobel, who says the resignation of matt hancock is likely to ease the pressure that the government and the prime minister was under, over their handling of the situation. ido i do think this could be the end of what is best called a hypocritical affair because matt hancock has fallen on his side because he has broken the guidelines and there has been the realisation since the story broke on friday that it has had a political impact notjust of the conservative party but public support around the country. it was making ministers and conservative mps nervous that the party were not going to follow the guidelines and not be complied when we note the delta variant, which is of concern notjust in the uk but around the world, is now the dominant variant in the uk and how the uk is handling that is of international importance. matt hancock said it was a distraction to combating the delta variant strain. boris johnson said he was sorry to receive his resignation and that mat

ben wright, bbc news.you heard there, as well as the pandemic, the new health secretary's inbox includes other pressures on the nhs in england and the government's ambition for a social care plan. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. another day when those over 18 in england are being encouraged to grab a jab. a big push in vaccinations to try and get as many people as possible covered by the 19th ofjuly. the vaccination programme has been a really significant success in the response to the pandemic and walk—in vaccination centres like this in north manchester have been open all weekend, helping to ensure at least half of all those under the age of 30 in england have received at least their first dose by the end of today. but progress on vaccinations cannot hide some significant problems, most pressing the country's recovery from covid. amd experts warned there could still be some difficult months ahead. we see the alpha variant and now the delta variant and how many letters there are in the al

ben wright, bbc news.ke to the political commentator tim montgomerie — he suggested matt hancock was allowed to resign because the prime minister was reluctant to push him out of office. yes, i think that is a fair reading, rich. unfortunately, the prime minister hesitated, when i think it was obvious to most members of the public i have been speaking to in recent days. certainly, there was an ominous silence from conservative mps who didn't call for him to go publically, but certainly weren't supporting him on social media. and i think there was an awareness, certainly outside of 10 downing st, that in the middle of a pandemic, you can't be a coauthor of the restrictions to protect britain from the covid epidemic, and then break those rules. and i think number 10 should have been faster to recognise that public mood and i think probably best to focus, now, on the fact that the health secretary has resigned, which was the right thing to do. otherwise it would have been impossible, i think, for the health s

ben wright, bbc news.to the london evening standard columnist and radio presenter ayesha hazarika. .. lovely hazarika... to lovely hazarika. .. to see lovely hazarika... to see you. boris johnson lovely to see you. boris johnson was a very clear, case closed, private matter, let's move on. what change? i think the chief whip _ move on. what change? i think the chief whip got _ move on. what change? i think the chief whip got contacted i move on. what change? i think| the chief whip got contacted by a lot of conservative backbench mps because this was not the case closed and this was not just a westminster village gossipy sort of tittle tattle. this was starting to really get under the skin of constituents, starting to break through, there is a very big by election happening in the country, i heard from mps that this was starting to come up on the doorstep. i think it reminded a lot of people of the very controversial affair last year involving dominic cummings and his trip to the barnard castle and i think

ben wright, bbc news.e us, rescue teams searching for survivors after an apartment building collapsed in florida on thursday, say their efforts are being severely hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. the local mayor has ordered an immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age. five people are known to have died, more than 150 are missing. will grant reports from miami. this rescue effort is slow—going, methodical, and deeply upsetting. since the i2—storey apartment block came down, only a handful of people have been found. dozens are thought to be somewhere under this rubble. the rescue is being hampered by a persistent fire, which firefighters are struggling to contain. if any resident is still trapped in air pockets in the debris, it makes their chances of survival even slimmer. we're facing incredible difficulties with this fire. it's a very deep fire, it's extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire, and so they've been working around the clock. a small offering of solace

let's speak to our political correspondent ben wright. unt of money, 1.4 billion. his critics says this is catch—up teaching on the cheap. that's right, ben. the government talks about levelling up, closing the economic gap between wealthy and disadvantaged parts of the country, but the pandemic has clearly widened the learning gap between children who have had lots of help with studies at home, you have the resources, and other children that don't. in march borisjohnson said tackling this would be his biggest priority, and now we are getting to measure that rhetoric against action. we have got £1.11 billion of extra money announced today. that is not a small amount of money. but as we have just heard, not a small amount of money. but as we havejust heard, labour, teaching unions, education policy experts, say that it is just not enough, doesn't begin to cover the scale of the problem and the interventions that are now needed. i think there has been a discussion in the last few days between government departments, specifically the departme

ben wright, bbc news.ish ministry of defence documents including details about the warship hms defender have been found at a bus stop in south east england by a member of the public. after the papers were passed to the bbc, the government acknowledged a serious breach of security and an investigation has been launched. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. when hms defender left the ukrainian port of odessa last week, at the start of a journey likely to draw hostile attention from russia, secret documents about its mission were lying in a soggy heap behind a bus stop in kent. the documents show that officials were keenly aware that sailing close to the coast of crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, could cause an incident. "what do we understand about the possible welcome party?", one of them asked. this map shows two possible routes. the one marked in green would challenge russia's claims of sovereignty. possible russian responses could range from "safe and professional" to "neither safe nor pr

our political correspondent ben wright has the story.f the most familiar faces of the pandemic, the health secretary at the heart of decision—making as the country battled covid, and often seen at his side was this woman, gina coladangelo, a former lobbyist, adviser to the health secretary and long—term friend. but yesterday came this image of them kissing in matt hancock's office, breaking, as he admitted, the government's own covid guidelines and plunging his career into crisis. this evening, he quit. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that is why i've got to resign. matt hancock had hoped to ride out the storm, a cabinet minister with big ambition who had the backing of the prime minister. number 10 considered this matter closed and it was mr hancock who decided to step down. to be frank, it shouldn't have come to this. borisjohnson should have shown the guts, the spine, the awareness to have sacked him on

our political correspondent ben wright reports.he cabinet, sajid javid is back, an old hand in a newjob. the former chancellor and home secretary arrived at the department of health this morning and the cameras outside were ready. we are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible and that will be my most immediate priority, to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. mrjavid was appointed quickly following matt hancock's resignation last night. on friday, images were published of him kissing a colleague in his office. by breaking the government's own covid rules, mr hancock's political credibility was damaged and his personal authority was tarnished because of the way his affair was exposed. at first, matt hancock hoped an apology would be enough to cling on. and number ten stuck by him, repeatedly saying that it considered the matter closed. but privately, senior tories were telling downing street and mr hancock that his position was untenable. labour said borisjohnson

ben wright, bbc news.secretary brandon lewis defended borisjohnson�*s handling of the situation. i think most people will see the logic of matt, who has said he did wrong, and he did do wrong, no question, he accepted that and acknowledged it and that's why he apologised. we are in the middle of apologised. we are in the middle of a pandemic, something he has huge experience in dealing with, phenomenal success with the vaccine role that and he and the prime minister wanted to deliver on that. that doesn't change the fact that it's quite understandable, and i think after 2a hours matt took the decision that his position distracted from the position he was focusing on. distracted from the position he was focusing on-— focusing on. after headlines and more bad headlines _ focusing on. after headlines and more bad headlines to _ focusing on. after headlines and more bad headlines to come. i more bad headlines to come. straightforward question, who has more control over the cabinet? the prime minister or the su

ben wright, bbc news.rted his first day in his new role as health secretary — here's what he had to say this morning. i want to start by saying i think matt hancock worked incredibly hard. he achieved a lot. i'm sure he will have more to offer in public life. i was honoured to take up this position. i also know that it comes with huge responsibility, and i will do everything i can to make sure that i deliver for the people of this great country. we are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible, and that will be my most immediate priority, to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. now, i've got a lot of work to do, i'm sure you appreciate that, and if you can excuse me, i would like to get on with it. thank you very much. thank you very much indeed for coming. that was the new health secretary speaking that, sajid javid. jeremy hunt said that the new health secretary has six months to tackle the social care crisis. my secretary has six months

ben wright, bbc news. to come: temperature records are tumbling as a life—threatening heatwave continues across large parts of the us pacific northwest and canada. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade centre, armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim to certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". cheering and applause as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: as the death toll climbs in miami, family members of those who li

ben wright, bbc news.demic, the new health secretary's inbox includes other pressures on the nhs in england — and the government's ambition for a social care plan. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes as we had heard sajid javid is a man with a lot of white whole experience and he plunges into big responsibilities particularly with regards to what to do next in terms of the lifting of health restrictions in england. of the lifting of health restrictions in encland. restrictions in england. there will be a statement _ restrictions in england. there will be a statement showing - restrictions in england. there will be a statement showing whetherl restrictions in england. there will i be a statement showing whether or not restrictions can be lifted a bit early in july the not restrictions can be lifted a bit early injuly the 5th. nobody expects that to happen. july the 19th is still a moment covered restrictions are expected to be lifted entirely in england so he is at the heart of things and that i

ben wright, bbc news.g through the past 48 hours and how the next few days are likely to play out. an extraordinary weekend. do they think things are coming down? i think things are coming down? i think they probably do and certainly hope that the public memory of this saga, which we have only been following since friday, it feels much longer, will quickly be forgotten and everybody will also forget the front page of the sun newspaper. it has been wretched for the government, dreadfulfor newspaper. it has been wretched for the government, dreadful for matt hancock and his family, but the thing by quickly appointing sajid javid, a very experienced former cabinet minister, now back of course any ministerialjob, somebody who is any ministerialjob, somebody who is a safe pair of hands, notice we are in whitehall, that he will steady the ship and might even be at the dispatch projects because the government has to make an announcement about the next leg of covid resections —— dispatch box. there was meant to be

ben wright, bbc news.ring the pandemic. our health correspondent cath burns looks back at his political career and the enormous challenges he faced running the health department. this is what the government wanted us to be talking about this weekend. they're calling it "grab a jab", telling every adult in england they can turn up for a vaccine without booking. and the timing is serious — cases are going up. more than 98,000 people have tested positive in the last week. i don't think we need this bit on camera. but instead, the focus is now all on matt hancock, the most recent former health secretary. all done. his resignation letter admitted "we didn't get every decision right", but he also pointed out his achievements, including that the nhs wasn't overwhelmed during the pandemic. but we, like so many others, have been rocked by covid. we've seen previously unimaginable numbers of people dying after being infected. there have been issues with how long it took to lock down, with difficulties getting adequa

jaden sancho going to man united from borussia dortmund for the ben wright arsenal.land players during a major tournament. it is country first but rest assured their agents and clubs will be beavering away whilst are here, the busy they are, so all that transfer work will be going on because once the dust settles on the euro scope of the new season will be upon us before we know it. yes. euro scope of the new season will be upon us before we know it.— upon us before we know it. yes. we took speculation _ upon us before we know it. yes. we took speculation had _ upon us before we know it. yes. we took speculation had no _ upon us before we know it. yes. we took speculation had no doubt. - upon us before we know it. yes. we i took speculation had no doubt. thank you. —— weeks of speculation ahead. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. england's charley hull is two shots off the lead on the second day of the women's pga championship in the united states. he finished five under par. —— she finished five under par. jos buttler will miss the rest of england's

our political correspondent ben wright reports.et, sajid javid is back, an old hand in a newjob. the former chancellor and home secretary arrived at the department of health this morning and the cameras outside were ready. and the cameras outside were ready. we are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible and that will be my most immediate priority, to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. mrjavid was appointed quickly following matt hancock's resignation last night. on friday, images were published of him kissing a colleague in his office. by breaking the government's own covid rules, mr hancock's political credibility was damaged and his personal authority was tarnished because of the way his affair was exposed. at first, matt hancock hoped an apology would be enough to cling on. and number ten stuck by him, repeatedly saying that it considered the matter closed. but privately, senior tories were telling downing street and mr hancock that his position was untenab

our political correspondent ben wright reports.ne of the most familiar faces of the pandemic, the health secretary at the heart of decision—making as the country battled covid. and often seen at his side was this woman, gina coladangelo — a former lobbyist, adviser to the health secretary and long—term friend. but on friday came this image of them kissing in matt hancock's office. breaking, as he admitted, the government's own covid guidelines and plunging his own career into crisis. last night, he quit. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that's why i've got to resign. matt hancock hoped to ride out this storm — a cabinet minister with big ambition, who had the backing of the prime minister. number 10 considered this matter closed and it was mr hancock who decided to step down. what has been clear over the last 2a hours is that for a sizeable minority or even majority of the public, they no longer had c

our political correspondent ben wright. so i'm going to let you talk to all those people and perhaps some who have been more reticent over the last 24 hours will now have a chat with you and we are joined here on bbc news by tim montgomery the political blogger and activist, well known as the founder of the conservative home website among many other things. tim, fascinating to talk to you again because i think it is probably exactly 24—hour since you and i were discussing very matter so your thoughts now that matt hancock has indeed decided to resign as health secretary. indeed decided to resign as health secreta . . . . indeed decided to resign as health secreta . , ., , ., , secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours _ secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours ago _ secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours ago i _ secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours ago i was _ secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours ago i was reluctantly| and 24 hours ago i was reluctantly calling for him to do what he ha

our political correspondent ben wright give us the full story earlier.dviser to the health secretary a long—term friend. yesterday he came this image of them kissing and matt hancock's office, breaking as he admitted the governments own covid—i9 guidance in pledging his own career in the crisis. this evening, he quit. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make of these rules have got to stick by them and that is why i've got to resign. matt got to stick by them and that is why i've got to resign.— i've got to resign. matt hancock ho -e to i've got to resign. matt hancock hepe to write — i've got to resign. matt hancock hope to write out _ i've got to resign. matt hancock hope to write out the _ i've got to resign. matt hancock hope to write out the storm - i've got to resign. matt hancock hope to write out the storm a i hope to write out the storm a cabinet minister with big ambition who at the backing of the prime minister. numberten who at the backing of the prime minister.

let's get more now from our political correspondent, ben wright.morning. there are going to be lots of critical reactions to this, the travel update, and the introduction of the green watchlist which gives the government some leeway to potentially change return plans. leeway to potentially change return lans. �* ., , �* . plans. and it doesn't give much clari to plans. and it doesn't give much clarity to potential _ plans. and it doesn't give much clarity to potential flight - plans. and it doesn't give much l clarity to potential flight workers who want some certainty that they are going to have to be able to return and not self—isolate when they come back to england. if countries are on the green watchlist, that guarantee isn't there. 0nly malta gets the exemption at the moment. labour said it welcomed a limited expansion of the green list if the evidence is there to back it up but said that the amber list, the middle one, should be scrapped because it is causing so much confusion. i'm sure we will get more political reaction as the morning unfol

our political correspondent ben wright is with us.done a lot of this verbally at some point today. yes. and in his letter _ verbally at some point today. yes. and in his letter the _ verbally at some point today. yes. and in his letter the prime - verbally at some point today. 133 and in his letter the prime minister said sorry to receive your letter. immensely proud. you should be immensely proud of your service. he goes through some of the work that he praises him for during the pandemic. get a strong sense that this definitely was matt hancock's decision to quit. it was not pushed into it by number ten. no check on the number ten today they repeated the number ten today they repeated the library yesterday that they considered this matter closed. they wanted this to pass and for matt hancock to stay in a job. the pressure was not coming from them. this feels to me like a decision taken within the context of his family. and that is what he said letter to the prime minister. the last thing i would want is for my private life to distra

well, our political correspondent ben wright joins me now.hould get a response from number ten and bring us some clarity. i think matt hancock knew he was not in political difficulty because he was in a picture embracing someone who wasn't his woman. the days are long gone when that could end the career of a cabinet minister. the problem was the question around social distancing and whether he had breached the rules that were in place at the time this image was captured at the beginning of may. he has accepted that he did breached the rules, rules that he was an instrumental in writing and preaching to everybody else. the second front he was in difficulty on was the question of the appointment of this woman. she is the aide in question. a good long—term friend of his, she was appointed to be a nonexecutive director on the board of health last year. the labour party are asking whether the circumstances of that were problematic, whether with there was a conflict of interest. the department had already said there was not a conflict of interest,

brighton defender ben wright gets the last spot in gareth southgate�*s england squad for the euros.fta goes to michaela coel. and michaela coel is the big winner at the tv baftas, winning two awards for her drama i may destroy you, which is based on her own experience of being sexually assaulted. good morning. just days before he hosts the g7 summit of world leaders in cornwall, the prime minister is facing a rebellion in the commons — over the government's cut to the overseas aid budget. mps say the decision to reduce the funding by almost £4 billion a year could results in tens of thousands of preventable deaths. ministers say the move is temporary, but necessary for now. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin reports now on the potential impact of the cuts. inside you will see people receiving service. so this is the sexual reproductive health side. erune estavera, an aid worker with the international planned parenthood federation shows us around a clinic here in mozambique. dealing mainly with reproductive health issues for women. it's busy, many women having travelled a

let's get more from our political correspondent ben wright.ing her? the government sa s not, in the hiring her? the government says not. a — in the hiring her? the government says not, a spokesman _ in the hiring her? the government says not, a spokesman for- in the hiring her? the government says not, a spokesman for the - says not, a spokesman for the department says all the right processes were followed. what we are talking about is a woman called gina coladangelo is an old friend of matt hancock, they have known each other for many years, right back to university. she is the director of a lobbying firm in london and last year the sunday times reported was appointed as an unpaid adviser to the health secretary in march. and then in september last year became a nonexecutive director of the board that oversees and scrutinises the work of the department of health. now, the sun newspaper has published pictures of the aid and matt hancock which seems to show them embracing in a corridorfrom may which seems to show them embracing in a corridor fr

let's get more from our political correspondent, ben wright. despite what the prime minister says, this isn't really closed, is it? no, and labour will keep up the pressure, they feel there are more questions to answer, not least over at how the aide, who matt hancock is photographed basing on the front page of the son in his department backin page of the son in his department back in may, how she was appointed in the first place as an unpaid adviser and then appointed to the board that oversees the work of the department is an executive director. the two are old friends, go back more than 20 years, known each other very well. labour think they could beissues very well. labour think they could be issues here about conflict of interest and transparency that the government still need to answer. and we have seen the pictures today in the sun, there could be more. i think the feeling is that matt hancock and number ten want to treat this as a personal issue which needs to be dealt with privately between him and his family and that is where it ends,

ben crump, held a conference outside of minneapolis. this is about 40 minutes. >> as we prepare to bring family of jacob blake who is with us, and the family of daunte wright is with us, this verdict and this sentencing is the longest sentence we have seen, but it is not justice or george floyd. chauvin will be in jail. but it does not feel like we are here to celebrate, because justice would have been george floyd never having been killed. justice would have been the maximum. we have been disappointed so many times before. 22 and a half years is longer we've ever gotten, but shorter than what we should have gotten. let us remember, a man lost his life, this is not a prayer of celebration, it is a prayer to thank god for giving the strength of this family and those activists that stayed in the streets to make sure this court had to do what was right. let me repeat for those in the back, because those are the ones that marched. this is the longest sentence they have ever given, but it is not justice. justice is george floyd would be alive. justice is that they would have -- have they done sentences like this before, maybe show that would not have thought he wo

ben crump, held a conference outside of minneapolis. this is about 40 minutes. >> as we prepare to bring family of jacob blake who is with us, and the family of daunte wright is with us, this verdict and this sentencing is the longest sentence we have seen, but it is not justice or george floyd. chauvin will be in jail. but it does not feel like we are here to celebrate, because justice would have been george floyd never having been killed. justice would have been the maximum. we have been disappointed so many times before. 22 and a half years is longer we've ever gotten, but shorter than what we should have gotten. let us remember, a man lost his life, this is not a prayer of celebration, it is a prayer to thank god for giving the strength of this family and those