ishleen kaur reports. singing.udi arabia. the muslim festival commemorates prophet abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son on the command of god. translation: it is a glorious day. it is the day of eid—al—adha. we are so happy, yet it is sad because our families are not with us here. we miss celebrating with them. singing. muslims in other middle east countries too observed the annual prayers in the shadow of coronavirus. injordan, while the kingdom has largely controlled the virus, worshippers gathered but not without their masks. in iraq, egypt and syria, mosques were closed and streets were missing the usual eid crowds. translation: today is eid and there are no prayers. if anyone wants to sit with friends, they need to be sitting away from each other. if they want to greet each other, they cannot approach each other. coronavirus has separated us. as nearly 2.8 million british muslims prepare to celebrate the festival with loved ones, britain put the brakes on easing its lockdown. the decision was met with so

ishleen kaur, thank you so much.president trump's interview with axios. in it, he insists the united states is doing an incredible job during the coronavirus pandemic. there've been more than 4.7 million confirmed cases of covid—19 in america. at least 156,000 people have died. the president spoke to journalist jonathan swan for axios on hbo. take a look at some of these charts. i'd love to. we're going to look. let's look. and if you look at death... they start to go up again. here's one. well, right here, united states is lowest in numerous categories. we're lower than the world. lower than the world ? we're lower than europe. in what? take a look. right here, here's case death. 0h, death as proportion of cases. i'm talking about death as proportion of population. that's where the us is really bad. much worse than south korea, germany, etc. you can't do that. why can't i do that? you have to go by... look. here is the united states. you have to go by the cases. virgin atlantic has child for chapter 15 bankruptcy pr

ishleen kaur, bbc news.ck aubameyang scored both his team's goals. he then lifted the trophy in front of a stadium of 90,000 empty seats, because of coronavirus restrictions. victory secured arsenal's place in the europa league next season. the team's manager mikel arteta says that's a bonus. it is a double reward for us. it is really important for this club in every way to be in europe. we have gone into this competition, winning it as part of our history, 1a now, i contributed, we all did it, so i am so happy. two astronauts on board the space x capsule are hurtling back towards earth right now, after the dragon endeavour capsule successfully undocked from the international space station. it is due to splash down off the western coast of florida later on sunday. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. hello there. the heat and humidity ebbed away during the course of saturday and resulted in a much more comfortable night for sleeping. but again, as we know, on friday, with just shy of 38 celsius,

ishleen kaur reports.in jalalabad, the this is what remains of the jail injalalabad, the result ofa jail injalalabad, the result of a battle between afghan security forces and islamic state fighters. this jail has nearly thousand 700 prisoners, most of them is and taliban fighters. more than a thousand escape. most were recaptured but 300 remain on the run. translation: after the first explosion, many people were wounded here. isaw explosion, many people were wounded here. i saw people with blood and then several other explosions took place in the area then the afghan security forces arrived and took control of the area. translation: first the attack started then the militants started firing from all sides. after they destroyed the wall of the present by explosions, the prisoners were trying to escape through this way. the attack happened on the final day of a temporary ceasefire between the afghan government and the taliban but the islamic state troops were not part of that agreement. afghanistan has seen

ishleen kaur reports.ins of the jail in jalalabad, the result of a 20—hour gun battle between afghan security forces and islamic state fighters. this jail housed nearly 1,700 prisoners, most of them is and taliban fighters. more than 1,000 escaped. most were recaptured but 300 remain on the run. translation: after the first explosion, many people were wounded here. i saw people with blood. then several other explosions took place in the area. then the afghan security forces arrived and they took control of the area. translation: first the attack started the entrance gate of the prison. then the militants started firing from all sides of the prison. after they destroyed the wall of the prison by explosion. then the prisoners were trying to escape through this way. the attack happened on the final day of a temporary ceasefire between the afghan government and the taliban, but the islamic state group were not part of that agreement. afghanistan has seen a recent surge in violence, with most attacks claimed by

ishleen kaur, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. a new parliament, with safety measures in place to contain the spread of coronavirus. president gota baya rajapa ksa is hoping that his successful handling of the pandemic, together with the rise of sinhala nationalism and a divided oppositon, will win his party a dominant majority. hundreds of people have had to leave their homes near the french city of marseilles because of a forest fire. the fire has ravaged hundreds of hectares of vegetation. more than 1,000 firefighters are tackling the blazes and water bombing planes have also been deployed. there is intense speculation in the spanish media about the whereabouts of fomer king juan carlos, after his announcement on monday that he was leaving the country. some reports suggest he has gone to the dominican republic but officials there say they have no record of the former king having entered the country recently. satellite images have identified eleven previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in antarctica, thought to number

ishleen kaur takes a look. ancient greek history? check. scuba—diving? check. social distancing?public for the first time ever. located off the coast of the island of alonissos in greek, this bonanza of history was off limits for decades. translation: this is the first time, notjust in greece, but a pan—european level, that such a site, such a large shipwreck with so many objects is open to the public and divers. for almost 2,000 years, the 5th—century peristera shipwreck was lost to history, as access to underwater sites is typically restricted in greece. but with the marvels of modern—day technology, authorities can now monitor the site with underwater cameras. we have installed in specific locations the cameras in order to be able to recognise if anybody or anything like a robotic—operated vehicle has entered the protected area. what runs behind this live streaming is a special algorithm with artificial intelligence that is able to recognise in real time various classes of object. for non—swimmers, there is a virtual reality tour of the site. boasting warm crystal—clear waters