iain, thank you for sustaining us! the observer is where we are at now.ncern about us needing to maintain social distance and all the wearing face coverings, and all the wearing face coverings, and yet schools are due to reopen this month in scotland and next month in england? is that to me? i only got the last three words. the observer, schools reopening. yes. basically, it is the teachers union has said that both parents and teachers are now worried, with the rules constantly changing, that, really, september is too early for children to be returning to school, but of course, what we are being told is that it should be weighed up and that ultimately, it is better to close pubs open schools than the other way around. really... they can keep their staff and the peoples safe. while we have got you, and it is working with what we have got, just talk us through the sunday express , just talk us through the sunday express, virus fears put lives back on hold. people allowed out still not very confident to resume a more normal duties. what they are saying is th

we will spend more time with iain stealey. withding its losing streak a $5.1 billion loss in the second quarter. we will hear from the french lenders deputy director next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> economics, finance, and politics. this is "bloomberg: surveillance ." laura: hsbc is warning of $13 billion of loan losses as the lender missed expectations and profits fall 57% from a year earlier. it is facing political turmoil in hong kong. it raises pressure on the chief executive to accelerate the overhaul of the bank. job cuts are expected. >> there is substantial uncertainty at the moment, geopolitics, whether it be brexit, covid. the next three to six months will be important to see the impact of second and third wave of what impact that has on various economies around the world and what the patent is to a viable -- path is to a viable vaccine in 2021. laura: societe generale has extended its losing streak with a loss of 1.3 billion euros. a tough. bang for the bank saw revenue decline. the chief executive faces increasing pre

we will be getting more from iain as that reaches its conclusion. iain carter there at royal troon. captain harry maguire is said to be co—operating with authorities after being arrested last night following an altercation with police on the greek island of mykonos. 0lly foster is outside old trafford for us tonight. 0lly, what's the latest? harry mcguire, the club captain, we found out this morning through club channels that come as you say come he was fully cooperating with the greek authorities —— harry maguire. after an incident on mykonos, on a holiday, with a number of other manchester united stars. their season does not get going for an month now. they have been given extra time offer excursions in europe. harry maguire, the most expensive defender, joining less of her. greek police, they've issued this statement since the last couple of hours, claiming that they had to intervene in an altercation around midnight on the greek island also thatis midnight on the greek island also that is when the curfew is actually because of new covid restrictions, a fight between two groups o

joining me are iain anderson, executive chairman of the market research agency cicero, and the authorhyama perera. will get to the football in a minute. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the sunday telegraph, which says it has seen what it calls "radical" government plans in order to avert a second national lockdown. the observer has a warning from one of the country's biggest teaching unions — that parents and teachers need further reassuring that schools are safe to reopen next month. the sunday mirror says health experts are questioning the government's strategy to potentially close pubs so that schools can open while new restrictions are imposed for millions of people in the north of england. the sunday times says the defence secretary is being ordered to explain why evidence was witheld from a judge which showed sas troops had killed innocent afghan civilians in 2011. the mail on sunday reports that a conservative mp has been arrested on suspicion of raping and sexually assaulting a commons researcher — a conservative party spokesman has said they "take all allegations of thi

iain, thank you very much.ales with our correspondents chris page — who is in belfast and tomos morgan who is in cardiff. chris, action there is already being taken. yes. hugely significant decision, simon, most of all four gcse students but also their families and teachers as well. the education minister in the devolved government at stormont peter weir has announced that gcse results here in northern ireland on thursday will be determined by predicted grades given by teachers and by that alone, so really, a big change. he says he has made this decision in order to reassure pupils and their relatives and also to ease anxieties. last week when a—level and as—level results were given here, more than a third of the predicted grades given by teachers were lowered by the local exams body, so that lead to, of course, strong criticism by principals and also by teenagers who we re principals and also by teenagers who were going to have to sit the exams, we re were going to have to sit the exams, were it not for the co

iain and shyama, thank you for being with us, sorry about the issues.he film review hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in the home and in cinemas. during lockdown, while everyone was watching movies on streaming services, trailers for unhinged proudly boasted that the film would open in theatres injuly, with studio head mark gill calling it the canary in the coalmine for cinema reopenings. in america, where coronavirus continue to spike, unhinged has inevitably had its release delayed, along with potential blockbusters like tenet and mulan. but here in the uk, the russell crowe actioner is now testing the waters as a wide theatrical release, hoping to draw punters back to the spectacle of big screen cinema. man, go! crowe stars as an aggrieved, overweight and aggressive ball of anger whose path crosses with caren pistorius's rachel, a mother in the middle of a messy divorce who is late getting her son to school and herself to work. i'm pretty sure that truck is following me. he'

iain, the field has had slightly easier conditions today.eaking about the weather? a little bit of respite has been available to the players today, they went is not as strong as they we re they went is not as strong as they were in the first two days and that was very strong. tell a testing breeze, sweeping across the course, a lot of crosswinds for the place to negotiate. we saw some several improvement in the schools today. sophia popov is the leader, ranked 304 in sophia popov is the leader, ranked 30a in the world, round in 67, the first round of the championship with no bogeys on it at all and at four under par she leads. you mention sophia popov, what kind of achievement would it be, women outside of the rankings but also to never win a professional tournament before, was the one it would be to win. she has not won on the tour but she is on the lesser toes. she has enjoyed a victory. i wonder if it is an omen. she has played a fair amount of links golf growing up into the game. she was perhaps coming into this was something of a dark h

sporting tournament taking place in the uk this year, and i'm delighted to say our golf correspondent iainfor a very tight leaderboard. it's it makes for a very tight leaderboa rd. it's probably it makes for a very tight leaderboard. it's probably change since i last looked at it. it has, in fact. we've had some serious showers to add to the heavy winds at royal troon. amy olson has managed to come through as the worst of the weather, i naturally brilliant round she has completed. she's three shots clear in an absolutely superb performance from her. a notable performance, marina alex, sophia popoff. i think the stand out performance has been katrina matthew. at the age of 50, a champion at this event back in 2009, she managed to put together a 71 today level power. she was absolutely delighted with that. she said she's had a very, very long time. georgia hall was impressive with her to overpour. —— over par. briefly, we know there are couple of absentees there. high—profile one. has that detracted from this women's major? not in the slightest. i think we have enough of the world's best pla

germany's sophia popov is three clear of the field at royal troon, and as our golf correspondent iainy some conditions that weren't dominated by storm ellen. a little bit of respite has been available to the players today, the winds not as strong as they were in the first two days and that was very strong. still a testing breeze, sweeping across the course, a lot of crosswinds for the player to negotiate. we saw some several improvement in the scores today. sophia popov is the leader, ranked 30a in the world, round in 67, the first round of the championship with no bogeys in it at all and at four under par she leads by one. you mention sophia popov, what kind of achievement would it be, should a woman outside of the rankings but also to never win a professional tournament before, what a one it would be to win. she has not won on the lpga tour but she is on the lesser tours. she has enjoyed a victory at a course called troon north. i wonder if it is an omen. she has played a fair amount of links golf growing up into the game. she was perhaps coming into this as something of a dark hors

. >> you really are hopeful as you look toward the future for a better tomorrow here iain califo >> i really am. even though climate change is changing systems we have the people better prepared and get homes better prepared. we can get our ecosystem better prepared into all of that so i am verhelp full. so many people right now are hurting and have lost so much do more preparation and get people better prepared i can't imagine how this will ever change. >> professor scott stevens thank you for your time and insight we appreciate it. >> happy to be here. >> the republican national convention took place this week. president donald trump broke with tradition by making an appearance every night rather than only on the final evening. the presidents children's but tl prominthroughout the event along with other national leaders. it another break with tradition the current secretary of state mike pompeo became the first person in his position to address such a convention in 75 years. he praised the america first policies speaking from the new embassy in jerusalem. in hisconvention speech st

majority cut to just 24. 38 tory mps rebelled, including, as we saw there, the ex—tory leader sir iainwould be stripping out huawei, but at a price. today's decision to ban the procurement of new huawei 5g equipment from the end of this you will delay rollout by a further year and will add up to half a billion pounds to costs. requiring operators, in addition, to remove huawei equipment from the 5g networks by 2027 will add hundreds of millions of pounds further to the cost and further delay rollout. 0liver dowden. and china wasn't the only nation rocking the government's boat. the long—awaited report by pa rliament‘s intelligence and security committee on alleged russian interference in uk democracy was controversial long before it was even published. there had been anger that it hadn't been made public before december‘s collection and then a row about how long it was taking to reform the isc afterwards. when it did finally meet, its members rejected the government's candidate for chairman, chris grayling, for fellow tory julian lewis, who was properly booted out of the conservative p

let's get the latest now from our poltical correspondent iain watson in westminster. iain.nice to speak to you as ever. it seems the government are remaining firm at the moment? it appears to be the case, they said there will be no u—turn, it is the fairest system possible. they are saying that hundreds of thousands of pupils of god the results they need to go to higher and further education. more than nine out of ten have had grades below. nonetheless, there is growing pressure on ministers to do a u—turn and the not exactly rushing to the tv studios to defend their position this morning. we've heard the criticism from labour calling for borisjohnson to step in but i think much more worrying for the government is criticism from their own conservative backbenchers, one of whom said borisjohnson should run the country not an algorithm. one talked about incompetence, and i think that can only is the conservative backbenches and there will be increased by the intervention thereby the heads of the grammar schools who were saying in terms of usually by opposition politicians the

dan johnson, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. the education secretary still has his job. that is very interesting. career prospects of many school students are of great concern but people scratching their heads at westminster. why the career prospects of gavin williamson are so good and so positive. gavin williamson has this human shield of of coal, the exams regulator. concerns were raised about how they would deal with people is by a cross— party would deal with people is by a cross—party group of mps in the education select committee. they worried about the effect of disadvantaged pupils, those from ethnic minority backgrounds. all these concerns were raised with 0fqual at a meeting onjuly the 16th. concerns were raised that he could not devise an algorithm himself and he is saying he did everything he could to try and put fairness into the system and make the appeals process more robust. any mess up if you like is that of 0fqual and not his. mess up if you like is that of quual and not his. does that put an end to the pressur

our political correspondent, iain watson, is at westminster.n has come relatively late in the day. that's right, sean. on sunday, the evictions were due to come to an end. the government was under huge pressure to try to extend that man. especially since it doesn't seem to be a plan in place for —— that band. situation is slightly different across the uk. there's a ban on evictions until next march in scotland and northern ireland, and an extended notice period for evictions and whales as well. what the government is doing in addition to this one month extension is saying if any landlord wa nt to extension is saying if any landlord want to evict a tenant before the 3ist want to evict a tenant before the 31st of march next year, they will have to get six months notice for doing so —— and wales as well. some of those housing charities like shelter want to see specific legislation to prevent evictions in september, solely because of the covid prices. the crisis charity said the one month extension to the extension ban is unsatisfactory, and quite

let‘s speak now to our political correspondent iain watson, who joins us from westminster.ucation secretary this morning. there is a lot of pressure on him, isn‘t there? there is a lot of pressure on him, isn't there? there is. you would expect opposition mps to be calling for his resignation. privately, many conservatives as well are very unhappy about the way it has been handled. also the u—turn. why didn‘t gavin williamson do this earlier when he saw what the situation was like in scotland? one senior conservative said, he now has to go. another suggested he will be reshuffled in the autumn. this is not a government that does resignations. there is a huge clamour among conservative mps for dominic cummings to go when he had that controversial trip to durham during lockdown. he is still in place, for example. there are real challenges gavin williamson has yet to face, including primarily getting children safely back to school in a few weeks‘ time. let‘s see how he copes with these challenges ahead but for now, he thinks both an apology and also frankly blaming the exams r

i‘m joined by iain achson from the national pa rent by iain achson from the national parent forum.erned at all. we have been fortunate here, the parent body had the chance to talk to the council and great dialogue with them. we had and great dialogue with them. we had a zoom call and the questions were a nswered a zoom call and the questions were answered and i‘m confident all measures that can be taken have been taken. 600 kids now in that building, what kind of preparations have taken place to make it safe? huge teams from the council have been involved and facilities and cleaning the cater, a huge amount of ca re cleaning the cater, a huge amount of care and preparation. speaking to the head teacher and parents i think are confident that what can be done has been done. if i can turn to you, you‘re the parent chair here. you have a 1a—year—old daughter at the school, what was it like getting her ready for school today? it was exciting, it was nervous. she was quite anxious. it is a big step going back to school, especially the students who have had no contact with anyone other th

our political correspondent iain watson reports.weekend highlighted the anger and disappointment of school students who didn't get the a—level grades they expected. legal challenges are also likely. using an algorithm, quual, the exams regulator in england, downgraded 280,000 a—level results from teachers' assessments — almost 40% of the total. i received b, c, d in my a levels, lower than my centre—assessed grade and mock results. this meant i didn't get my firm and insurance universities. the grades my teachers submitted this year for me were a—star, a, a, and had i got bs i would have met my offer and got into cambridge, however, after standardisation i got a, a, b meant i was rejected. guidance on how to appeal against lower—than—expected grades was withdrawn at the weekend and revised advice is expected soon, but it's notjust the students growing restless. so too are a growing number of conservative mps. people knew this day of a level results and they knew the day of gcse results months ago, and to find ourselves now where her

iain says if students can appeal based on their mock exams, what happens when those boundaries are notels raises a point about international baccalaureate exams, those students have been forgotten in this fiasco, she says, and are now at a shocking disadvantage. she says her daughter has lost her university offers. thank you for getting in touch. we can talk now to the chair of the education select committee, robert halford. good morning to you. thank you for your time today. am i being incredibly cynical to suggest if scotla nd incredibly cynical to suggest if scotland had not changed the way that exams were being assessed there, then the westminster go on and wouldn't have either? well, in mid—july, our select committee published a report on the exam system, and we are urged a much fairer appeal system. we also asked for quual to publish their standardisation model. because we thought that it should be subject to scrutiny. that won't happen until after the results. but we need an appeal system that is second to none. i don't have a problem with the changes made by the government. per

let's go to our political correspondent, iain watson.been a resignation issue foran would have been a resignation issue for an education secretary, maybe even ten yea rs for an education secretary, maybe even ten years ago. but not now, it seems? maybe even several months ago. borisjohnson's seems? maybe even several months ago. boris johnson's administration doesn't do resignations. we can —— remember dominic cummings and the trip to northumberland during lockdown. he is still there. trip to northumberland during lockdown. he is stillthere. calls for the resignation of robert jenrick. that followed the planning application relating to richard desmond. he is still in place. certainly people useful to loyal johnson —— what might borisjohnson tend to keep theirjobs. there are other reasons why gavin williamson is still in place today. downing street say they have got full confidence in him and he has got a case for his defence, if you like. he is certainly using 0fqual as something of a human shield, saying that he had raised concerns dire

with me now is our political correspondent iain watson.eekend the abandonment of the guidance by the exam regulator 0fqual on how to appeal against a decision which pupils may wish to challenge. i am told it is likely we will see the updated guidance today. there has been some debate over the amount of credibility people sitting mock exams would have if they are using that as the basis of appeal so there will be adjustments. i am getting no sense at all that the education department and education secretary gavin williamson is about to do a major u—turn and adopt the scottish government system, which was to allow teacher assessments to form the basis of the exam results. in northern ireland, for gcses, the results were meant to be out on thursday but they have said teacher assessments will be used which will put further pressure on gavin williamson to try to make a similar decision in england. there haven't been a massive number of government backbenchers, conservative backbenchers, conservative backbenchers speaking out. if you have become

iain gray. this one is very, very welcome.ake this injustice lying down. but it begs so many questions about how on earth it came to this. well the education secretary explain why he did not listen to warnings in april, may, june, injuly that the six exactly what was going to happen? and when it did happen, why did he not act immediately? why did he defend the results of the moderation for five days? why was there no contrition, no apology, no u—turn until now why did he live stacey and people twisting in the wind for a week, hopes and aspirations in shreds? why did he leave these young people. i commend him for taking responsibility now and trying to fix this but i ask him, will he take full responsibility for it happening in the first place and resign? presiding officer, i take responsibility for my actions and i have come here to do what i think in people in scotland would want me to do, and that is to fix it, and i have done that right away at the earliest possible opportunity, and i have explained this department. —— i ha

the other thing i want to note is president trump is already weighing iain reltime, just a few minutes ago he tweeted and i want to read part of that. it says 80 million unsolicited balance odd-- ballots e impossible for election center to stab late accurately. the fraud and abuse will an embarrassment to our country. hopefully the courts wilisl stop so that is president trump again coming after, going after mail-in voting, democrats have said this is really the president trying to suppress the vote. there is no evidence that mail-in voting is the problem the president says, this is early, the president has already taken to twitter. he did that fro also the action is at the white house where i am standing so iu will tell l about what officials are saying throughout the night. >> that is one of his favorite topics as you pipt out to talk about mail-in voting. the integrity of the election system in this country, and you're right, he is not a president to turn the convention over to others.r he will beont and center througho the rest of this week. yamiche al sippedder, we will be coming