here is at odds with the view in spain — the spanish prime minister insisting places like ibiza areake the canary islands, the balearics, the regions of valencia, andalusia, where there is, i emphasise, a lower prevalence of the virus than in the uk. the companies normally taking huge numbers of brits off to spain at this time of year have been left perplexed. one boss told me they got no warning about the announcement, as it dropped in the middle of a busy weekend. it's clear at easyjet that it would be good for us to sit down with the government and have more structured and coherent conversations as to how we can handle some of that communication with our customers going forward, because building confidence within our customers is really important. travel agents, like this one in belfast, had no customers for months, so trips to other destinations now even more vitalfor them. people are hesitant, but they are still going ahead with the travel. what we're noticing at the minute is there has been a decline in new bookings, but people who have booked are certainly keen enough still t

here is at odds with the view in spain — the spanish prime minister insisting places like ibiza are. translation: take the canary islands, the balearics, the regions of valencia, andalusia, where there is, i emphasise, a lower prevalence of the virus than in the uk. the companies normally taking huge numbers of brits off to spain at this time of year have been left perplexed. 0ne boss told me they got no warning about the announcement, as it dropped in the middle of a busy weekend. it's clear at easyjet that it would be good for us to sit down with the government and have more structured and coherent conversations as to how we can handle some of that communication with our customers going forward, because building confidence within our customers is really important. travel agents, like this one in belfast, had no customers for months, so trips to other destinations now even more vitalfor them. people are hesitant, but they are still going ahead with the travel. what we're noticing at the minute is there has been a decline in new bookings, but people who have booked are certainly kee

non—essential travel to spain and that now includes the canaries and balearic islands, like majorca and ibizaso anyone coming back from spain and its islands will have to quarantine and people whose trips have been cancelled are supposed to get a refund within two weeks. tour operator tui has cancelled all of its holidays to mainland spain until the 9th august, while some airlines, including british airways and easyjet, are continuing with their programme of flights to the country. "so what does this mean for my insurance?" travelling against foreign office advice will invalidate your policy. if you were already in spain when the government advice changed, then you should be covered until you get home. if in doubt, check with your insurers. if you're booking, or thinking of booking a european holiday, which many of us are, there's a lot of pent—up demand, if you're concerned about foreign office advice changing, which it always possible it could, book a package holiday because if you do that, if the advice and changes when you're due to be travelling, then the tour operator will let you go la

people can still travel to the canary islands and the balearic islands, such as majorca and ibiza, butto quarantine when they get back too. zita hill in majorca is one of those affected. i find it illogical that in a place where there were very few cases, and where we have been following social distancing, face masks and hand washing and all the safety regulations to the letter, i have to quarantine for 14 days when i get home, whereas people in the uk who haven't followed those guidelines would have no consequences at home. the tour operator tui has cancelled all holidays to mainland spain until after the 9th of august. it's resuming flights to the canary islands and the balearics tomorrow. these new rules aren'tjust affecting british holiday—makers. they will hit the spanish tourism industry hard, as around a quarter of all visitors are from the uk. and with last—minute changes like this one, there will be fears that people won't feel confident in booking holidays. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. labour have called the goverment‘s handling of the travel restrictions ‘shambolic‘. but t

despite the new restrictions, some in ibiza arejust happy to be on holiday. a good time and deal with it when we're back. like you say, it's one of them, we need probably two weeks... recovery. but for now, spain is paying a high price for the virus's continued spread. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. inafew in a few hours time the american consulate will close as retaliation for the chinese consulate closing. us—china relations have been deteriorating for some time. forced to close by china after the us forced china to close its consulate in houston on friday. the us accusing china of stealing intellectual property, another sign of the rock to relationship between the us and china over a number of issues including the coronavirus pandemic. it comes from china. china's new hong kong security law. a also signed an exec of order ending preferential treatment for hong kong. we convinced many countries, i did this myself for the most part, not to use huawei. and originally, trade, although the deal was done in january. together we are righting the wrongs of the pa

bbc radio 1 extra, i was booked to play all over the world at festivals like wireless in the uk, and ibiza by 50%, but after the cases started building again we were ready to go with 90% readjustment of capacity. we discussed with officials the possibility for all of the visitors to get tested before entry. for many of us it has clearly been a wasted summer and while we cannot wait to get back into venues and perform we understand it has to be done in a safe way. some promoters are using empty car parks for live driving concerts. he is the idea. —— here. you stay in your car, listen to car radio and enjoy the gig from a safe distance. in germany 24 driving concerts and shows have been staged as well as three weddings. so, tell us how it works. you show the ticket through your window so you don't have any contact with people. you drive in and you watch a great music show, and you listen with your own car radio. and what is the atmosphere like? this is interesting. we were scared when we started but the atmosphere was incredible. and to the artists that are performing to cars, what do they t

insurance, it only applies to mainland spain, so there is more chance those travelling to places like ibiza travel insurance. as we also saw, devastating news for silly people who are going to go on holiday to spain, or who were planning to. what is the guidance given? which of people to if they are in spain now or if they are about to go? first of all, check the foreign 0ffice of all, check the foreign office website, check your travel operator, check... if you've booked a package, check the person you booked that package with. if not, check the flight package with. if not, check the flight provider. and also speak to your employer, because when you come back in her that a0 day quarantine, will you be up to work from home? —— come back with that ia day quarantine? will you have to take it off as unpaid leave? many people cannot afford to that, so many people having to stomach losing money so —— losing money. -- losing money. so many questions. paul hopkins, thank you very much indeed. —— paul hawkins. 0ur correspondent guy hedgecoe is in madrid and he explains how the government there is re

bbc radio 1extra, i was booked to play all over the world at festivals like wireless in the uk, and ibizace capacity by 50%, but after the cases started building again we were ready to go with 90% readjustment of capacity. we discussed with officials the possibility for all of the visitors to get tested before entry. for many of us it has clearly been a wasted summer and while we cannot wait to get back into venues and perform we understand it has to be done in a safe way. some promoters are using empty car parks for live drive in concerts. here is the idea. you stay in your car, listen to car radio and enjoy the gig from a safe distance. in germany 2a drive—in concerts and shows have been staged as well as three weddings. so, tell us how it works. you show the ticket through your window so you don't have any contact with people. you drive in and you watch a great music show, and you listen with your own car radio. and what is the atmosphere like? this is very interesting. we were very scared when we started this, but the atmosphere was incredible. and for the artists that are performing

bbc radio iextra, i was booked to play all over the world at festivals like wireless in the uk, and ibizay by 50%, but after the cases started building again, we were ready to go with 90% reducement of capacity. we discussed with officials the possibility for all of the visitors to get tested before entry. for many of us, it's clearly been a wasted summer, and while we cannot wait to get back into venues and perform, we understand it has to be done in a safe way. some promoters are using empty car parks for live drive—in concerts. here's the idea. you stay in your car, listen through your car radio and enjoy the gig from a safe distance. in germany, 2a drive—in concerts and shows have been staged as well as three weddings. so, tell us how it works. you show the ticket through your window so you don't have any contact with people. you drive in and you watch a great music show, and you listen with your own car radio. and what's the atmosphere like? this is interesting. we were scared when we started, but the atmosphere was incredible. and for the artists that are performing to cars, what do

despite the new restrictions, some in ibiza arejust happy to be on holiday. a good time and deal with it when we're back. like you say, it's one of them, we need probably two weeks... recovery. but for now, spain is paying a high price for the virus‘s continued spread. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. north korea state media has reported what it calls the country's first case of coronavirus. north korea's now infamous star newsreader on state television, announcing the latest line in her usual dramatic stale. that north korea's leader kim jong—unin north korea's leader kim jong—un ina north korea's leader kim jong—un in a meeting had declared an emergency, saying the coronavirus may have entered the state. describing it as the country's first suspected case of covid—19, the newsagency said the town near the south korean border had been locked down over fears a defector that had returned last week was infected. the border town is a symbolic area. and a liaison building to help with peace talks, but as relations soured, north korea blew up that building in june

despite the new restrictions, some in ibiza are happy to be on holiday. still going to ride it out.e and deal with it when we are back. like you say, it is one of them, we need probably two weeks recovery. but for now, spain is paying a high price for the virus's continued spread. how much do we know about the source of spain's new outbreaks and how does the world heath organisation compare spain's infection numbers with other countries? here's our science editor david shukman who's been looking at the figures and the differing approaches to border control. a lockdown, strictly enforced, seemed to work well in spain earlier this year, because numbers came down dramatically. but since then, the coronavirus situation has changed. what's happening now is that there are spikes in different parts of the country. in catalonia, for example, home to barcelona and costa brava, there have been more than 8,500 cases in the past fortnight. but other areas are doing much better. the balearic islands, including majorca, have had just 92 cases over the same period. so how does spain compare with i

it was the first airport in spain to close and, on the balearic islands, including menorca and ibiza,are told that many businesses that only opened a week ago have now closed again because of the quarantine rule and the advice not to travel here. in the side streets of the capital, palma, the tourism minister for the balearic islands says money from british holiday—makers has provided the backbone to the economy for decades. translation: no one in the uk seems to understand quite how much economic damage these quarantine measures are causing. in terms of the health risk, someone coming here will be far safer than in the uk. 0ne tourist returning home from spain today, transport secretary grant shapps. he said the government had considered allowing quarantine—free travel to the islands. we did have a look at whether certain islands could be included and not others. chris whitty, the chief medical officer, was very clear with us that he was concerned about the data. across spain, covid cases are still rising, the majority in the north—east of the country. but the wish—you—were—here appe

despite the new restrictions, some in ibiza arejust happy to be on holiday.ve a good time and deal with it when we're back. like you say, it's one of them, we need probably two weeks... recovery. but for now, spain is paying a high price for the virus's continued spread. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we speak to the scientist who diagnosed early coronavirus cases in china who now believes that there was a cover—up. cheering the us space agency nasa has ordered investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last patrol, once in everyday part of the soldier's danger, now no more after four decades. if one is oi'i after four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any hunt you anyone, all these people saying you're doing something wrong. six rare white line cubs on the prowl at worcestershire park, met with a roar of approval from visitors. lovely and sweet. yeah, they were cute. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: coronavirus spreads into rural indi

you will be able to claim your travel insurance if you're coming back from places such as parma and ibizainsurance provider, check with your travel operator and, most importantly of all, check with your employer? because if are you going to be able to take ia days off quarantine? lots of questions for lots of people. just when we are getting used to things, they change. paul hawkins, thanks very much. let's stay with the story and hear from our correspondent guy hedgecoe in madrid on how the government there is reacting. the spanish foreign ministry has said that it respects this decision by the uk government, but it has also said that spain remains a safe place to visit and that these outbreaks of coronavirus that we're seeing at the moment are localised and are under control. now, this decision comes at a time when spain has been introducing, or reintroducing, restrictions in certain parts of the country because of a spike in infections. this weekend, for example, up in the northeastern region of catalonia, the local government there has closed down nightclubs because it wants to stem t

it was the first airport in spain to close and, on the balearic islands, including menorca and ibiza,t 2,000 cases in five months. we are told that many businesses that only opened a week ago have now closed again because of the quarantine rule and the advice not to travel here. in the side streets of the capital, palma, the tourism minister for the balearic islands says money from british holiday—makers has provided the backbone to the economy for decades. translation: no one in the uk seems to understand quite how much economic damage these quarantine measures are causing. in terms of the health risk, someone coming here will be far safer than in the uk. 0ne tourist returning home from spain today, transport secretary grant shapps. he said the government had considered allowing quara ntine—free travel to the islands. we did have a look at whether certain islands could be included and not others. chris whitty, the chief medical officer, was very clear with us that he was concerned about the data. across spain, covid cases are still rising, the majority in the north—east of the countr

it was the first airport in spain to close and, on the balearic islands, including menorca and ibiza,ths. we are told that many businesses that only opened a week ago have now closed again because of the quarantine rule and the advice not to travel here. in the side streets of the capital, palma, the tourism minister for the balearic islands says money from british holiday—makers has provided the backbone to the economy for decades. translation: no one in the uk seems to understand quite how much economic damage these quarantine measures are causing. in terms of the health risk, someone coming here will be far safer than in the uk. 0ne tourist returning home from spain today, transport secretary grant shapps. he said the government had considered allowing quara ntine—free travel to the islands. we did have a look at whether certain islands could be included and not others. chris whitty, the chief medical officer, was very clear with us that he was concerned about the data. across spain, covid cases are still rising, the majority in the north—east of the country. but the wish—you—were—

says michael gove, mentioned as part of the decision—making process, he was joking he on his way to ibizafought foran and he should have possibly fought for an exemption for the spanish islands but he decided not to fight for that. i think the fact grant shapps is actually in spain, may give some reassurance to people who feel government could have told them earlier, could have had better information, this happened very quickly. i agree. information, this happened very quickly. iagree. it information, this happened very quickly. i agree. it happened so fast, people will feel very upset about this. i think there needs to bea about this. i think there needs to be a balance about whether or not we ta ke be a balance about whether or not we take these decisions very quickly, to stop the virus spreading or whether we make sure the public are fully aware they do go abroad there is the chance based on the virus right, the changing nature of the news in that country, they may actually be quarantined. they don't particularly think the joke from michael gove will go down well for many people, espec

that's places like ibiza and majorca.ng their travellers there. you should be paid the money within two weeks if you are entitled to it. the other allied question is, if it is flight only, if you have just booked a flight, and there as long as the carrier maintains services, which a number of them are, then they don't have to offer you a refund. will i have to ta ke offer you a refund. will i have to take leave for quarantine when returning from spain or will my employer cover the cost? some people might be in the position where they have to consider that. the reason is, if you are quarantining yourself, it is not like self isolating because you or a family member has been showing symptoms of the virus. and you are not entitled to statutory sick pay and your employer is not entitled to claim back what would have been statutory sick pay, so many employers will say, if you are not able to come into work and i need you at work and can't have you working from home, then i might dock your pay. this is a yes or no. what happens

, and spain says it's actually trying to broker some kind of expense for the holiday islands where ibiza and -- wanting to visit spain without fear of being quarantined when they go back. >> we'll see how that quarantine works at the other end. atika shubert joining us from valencia airport with reaction. many thanks. >>> well, coronavirus cases in south africa are increasing rapidly with over 11,000 reported sunday. south africa has the highest number of reported cases in africa, and the fifth highest worldwide. cnn's david mckenzie joins me now from johannesburg. so, david, how south africa's medical system coping with this increase in cases? >> reporter: well, certainly they are taking strain, rosemary. i've been speaking to doctors and physicians over the last few days, and here in the province, at least, they say they're managing to cope with the surge of parents, but that's it is a difficult prospect. there are also cases surging now in an adjacent province. so large parts of the country are now seeing the surge since they started to ease the lockdown in the beginning of june. toda

police in majorca, ibiza and menorca will start dishing out on—the—spot fines of 100 euros from julyts from the uk to greece resume today, which will provide a timely boost for the greek economy. tourism is one of the country's main sectors. last year, alone the country welcomed 33 million visitors. however, a recent spike of infections has left the country's government considering a second lockdown. joining us now from santorini is dimitris tryfonopoulos who's the current chief executive of desiterra sa ntorini and former general secretary of greek national tourism 0rganisation. it certainly looks gorgeous where you are, i am sure many brits will want to get on a plane. the question is, though, will they? how are you luring them to greece? we're happy. first of all, good morning from santorini. what are the risks? we are very happy once again we can welcome our british visitors for one more year. it's very important for us. actually, the connection between these two countries is not just tourism. it between these two countries is notjust tourism. it is actually the connection made o

so if you are travelling to the spanish islands such as majorca, ibiza, the advice has not changed androm. two very separate things that we need to make clear. do we have an idea of how many british people are in spain right now? it is very difficult for us to tell, because look, this has not been a situation we have been through before. have you got an idea of how many are there right now?m is difficult to say. obviously normally speaking in july, is difficult to say. obviously normally speaking injuly, there would be millions of british holidaymakers there. but because of everything that has happened, numbers would be considerably lower. and not everybody, even though the restrictions were lifted to spain, not everybody would want to get on a plane and travel. the people we were hearing from a very keen on going, but the numbers will be very low, in the thousands, as i said, but not anywhere near as many as what we would normally see. it is disappointing, the spanish have done a very good job of controlling the coronavirus and as we have heard from one of your viewers there, they hav

the guidance had initially excluded any restrictions on travel to islands such as majorca, ibiza andeas in spain, the decision to have them isolate for two weeks upon return, changing the advice to you should avoid all but essential travel, that is clearly designed to minimise the disruption people face by going there. nothing changed, youjust looked at it again? what happened? we obviously take advice from all of our decisions on thejcb and we take decisions based on the disruption people are going to face. clearly you‘re going to have to self—isolate for two weeks upon your return, that isa for two weeks upon your return, that is a significant disruption to people‘s lives, so we change the guidance to reflect the fact it is therefore inadvisable to travel to spanish islands and with your journey is essential. do except you probably have caused more disruption for some people, thinking well, maybe i won‘t go to mainland spain, because the government is avoiding dark, old instead go to one of the islands? no, i don't accept that, i afraid. i think a lot of people have to a cce pt afr

nonessential travel to spain, and that now includes the canaries and balearic islands like majorca and ibizaontinuing with their programme of flights to the country. so, what does this mean for my insurance? travelling against foreign office advice will invalidate your policy. if you're already in spain when the government advice changed you should be covered and until you got home. if in doubt, check with your insurers. if you are booking booking a european holiday, which obviously many of us are, and there's a lot of pent—up demand, if you're concerned about foreign office advice changing, which it's always possible that it could, book a package holiday. because if you do that, if the advice changes when you're due to be travelling, then the tour operator will let you go later in the year when the situation improves, go to another country, or have your money back, that's the best way to protect yourself. will i get paid if i have to quarantine? it will depend on individual employers. if you can work from home, then you can get paid as normal. but if you can't, then you're not automatically

officials from the islands, which include popular tourist destinations majorca and ibiza, say the coronavirus over 11, using public transport in wales from today, bringing it into line with other parts of the uk. museums, cinemas, and beauty salons are also re—opening, but pubs, cafes, and restaurants will have to stay closed for at least another week. "buy one get one free" deals and tv adverts for unhealthy food will be banned as part of the government's bid to tackle obesity in england. the prime minister will unveil the strategy later which will also include new rules for displaying calories on menus. the plans come amid growing evidence of a link between an increase risk from coronavirus and obesity. you are up—to—date with the latest news. the changes to quarantine rules for those returning from spain, have left many holidaymakers unsure about whether to stay or go. simon browning has been speaking to some of those left in limbo, and some whose plans have been completely ruined. it is the tweet that has ruined the summer holidays of thousands. late on saturday afternoon, before the gove

there's been flights so far to palomar, ibiza, malaga in spain, another one, 920 sam going to florence, it's even selling scratchcards, can you believe! aer lingus, easyjet, simply giving you a glass of water if you ask for one, not serving food and drink, british airways giving you a bag with crisps, biscuits, bottle of water, which you have to remove your mask for but anyone who thinks there is anything remotely compatible between social distancing and passenger aviation is, i'm afraid, completely mistaken! if you do not like the idea of being in close proximity to other people, you don't know, simply do not go flying anywhere yet! it is not a socially distancing experience, particularly in my experience, particularly in my experience, when you get to an airport, you are put on a bus so you are standing like that for 20 minutes when you travel around to the terminal. it's not for the faint—hearted. the terminal. it's not for the faint-hearted. really interesting, we‘ve been talking about so many things today. it‘s going to come down to personal preference and how safe they feel. a co

despite the new restrictions, some in ibiza are happy to be on holiday. still going to ride it out.going to have a good time and deal with it when we are back. like you say, it is one of them, we need probably two weeks recovery. but for now, spain is paying a high price for the virus‘s continued spread. the body of the late congressmanjohn lewis has made a final journey across the famous bridge in selma, alabama, where he helped lead a march for voting rights in 1965 when he was just 25. he and other marchers attempted to cross the edmund pettus bridge. the activists were met by state troopers who attacked them with clubs, fracturing mr lewis's skull. the ceremonies in alabama are part of six days of memorial events to celebrate the congressman‘s life. our north america correspondent peter bowes has been reflecting on the man, and the moment in history. very very significant can't for so many people, a lot of people remembering him back some perhaps weren't born at the time. 1965 when john lewis and hundreds of others attempted to start that journey across that bridge, from selma t

arriving back from ibiza this afternoon and off the plane from majorca. of quarantine for those flying in from spain is causing headaches. the rules are changing all the time, which is very difficult for people like ourselves. we were on a 65th birthday celebration when this broke, and it kind of shattered the day in a way because everyone then had problems with travel. so, to me, it feels like i was in a safer place where there was less cases, and now i've come back here and now i'm kind of the one that's being quarantined on my own while everyone else is out and about. i think it's a selfish reaction, but we need to remember people who died from covid and that's as much as we feel gutted, i think it's very badly managed. we willjust get on with it. the britton family, heading in the opposite direction. we spent most of saturday night when the announcement came through talking it through about the best thing to do, whether to go or not. angry their destination, majorca, is not exempt. when we looked at the other day, there were 20 cases in majorca and we