lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the fight against coronavirus. the virtual event, attended by world leaders, sport stars, actors and musicians, is part of a campaign to produce a cheap and widely available vaccine for the illness. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, urged rich countries to help less wealthy ones in this effort. to think that you can beat this virus by vaccinating only your own people while neglecting the others is just people while neglecting the others isjust plain wrong. people while neglecting the others is just plain wrong. i people while neglecting the others isjust plain wrong. i mean, we live ina very isjust plain wrong. i mean, we live in a very connected world. no country will be able to go back to normal while others are still fighting the virus. so, first, we need a vaccine. then we need to make this vaccine affordable. and for that, i'm trying to convince high income countries to reserve vaccines not only for themselves, but also for low and middle income coun

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.ealth claims being shared online, and we've looked at many of them over the past few months. but some claims have proved more persistent than others. bbc reality check‘s shruti menon considers why. the world is desperate for a treatment or cure for covid—19. and while scientists seek new judge —— in drugs and approaches many look to them remedies they believe had kept them healthy in the past to ward off this new threat. herbal and homemade remedies. we have seen a wide range of natural or herbal remedy shared online across many parts of the world. some suggest eating garlic or ginger. gargling with salt water and vinegar or drinking herbal teas. 0thers encourage drinking lemon juice 01’ encourage drinking lemon juice or inhaling steam. to be clear, there is no evidence any of these have any effect on the virus. so why do they keep resurfacing? for hundreds and perhaps even thousands of yea rs, perhaps even thousands of years, and the absence of modern medicine these remedies have been

lucy williamson, bbc news, praia da luz.f the grenfell tower fire, on the third anniversary of the disaster. the grenfell united campaign group says the fight for safe homes and justice continues, as nothing has changed, since the fire. sima kotecha reports. church bells told in unison across london this evening. 72 times to remember each victim who died on that day. and then came their names. due to coronavirus, services were online, song and press. we are still going through the grieving process and the rest of the country right now is grieving because of covid and people have lost families and friends ahead of their time. and we're grieving with them and, you know, covid brought a lot of bad emotions for us, especially for how things were after the fire because there are a lot of similarities, you know, glued to the tv, listening to the numbers of deaths rising every day. the blaze spread through the 24—storey block after a fridge—freezer caught fire. cladding on the tower block was blamed for the fire spreading rapidly.

lucy williamson, bbc news, praia da luz.es or scattered fair weather clouds. there is a chance of thunderstorms. showers have been brewing and will continue to brew

lucy williamson, bbc news, praia da luz.d the bbc that an american man accused of spying is the subject of a gross injustice and that his case is a serious problem when it comes to trying to improve the dire state of bilateral relations. paul whelan was arrested one and a half years ago, and charged with receiving russian state secrets — an accusation he's always denied. sarah rainsford reports from moscow. russia calls this man a spy. america calls this trial a mockery of justice. the case of paul whelan is putting even more strain on russia's relations with the west, and now it's reaching a verdict. russia says it caught james bond on a spy mission. in reality, they abducted mr bean on holiday. mr whelan describes himself as a political hostage. in december 2018, he was staying at this moscow hotel, a guest at a wedding, when the fsb security service burst into his room. its officers say they caught him red—handed, in here, with state secrets. exactly what has never been revealed. the thought of him spending 18 years in a

lucy williamson, bbc news, praia da luz. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. a fine day for most of us with clear blue skies or scattered fair weather clouds. there is a chance of thunderstorms. showers have been brewing and will continue to brew through the afternoon and into the evening. the risk of getting a downpour with thunder, lightning and hail. with thunder, lightning and hail for any one location is low, many of us will miss the storms. the temperatures today will nudge up to around about the mid 20s and still be hovering in the low 20s and early evening across many parts of the uk. cooler on the north sea coasts. it has been cloudy, gloomy and misty and quite foggy. the forecast for monday, again, a lot of sunshine around. we are expecting further showers to develop across more northern parts of the country, so yorkshire, lancashire, the north—west of england likely to catch some showers and thunderstorms. to the south it should be mostly sunny and warm. hello this is bbc news. the he

lucy williamson, bbc news, praia da luz.ownpours of hail and gusty winds as well, but the chance of actually any one storm hitting your region is very low, and most of us will not be getting thunderstorms. there is a weather system circling the uk at the moment, that is helping to generate some of the clouds and thunderstorms. it is with us for the next few days, so we could have similar weather generally across the uk for a few more days, that risk of showers and thunderstorms. by the end of the afternoon, storms developing across parts of the midlands, and in the south it is probably going to be shower and storm free, so warm sunny weather here, but from the east midlands into northern parts of wales and eastern areas of northern ireland, we could see heavy downpours through the course of late afternoon and into the evening hours as well. eastern scotland, in fact the entire, or most of the north sea coast, completely different story, it has been overcast, misty in places, see fright will continue through this evening and

were contacted by police about christian b in the past couple of years. 0ur europe correspondent lucy williamson to spot from the cliffs above praia da luz stopping the view from he has barely changed since madeleine mccann disappeared. this patch of 513 7 ’ ff 1 clues. g.-. 71—7 ,, , 513 7 7 ff 1 clues. g.-. 71—7 ,, , ‘ know that just a few ‘ know thatjust a few hundred metres— —— ~ — —— metres away,— .. . ., metres away, over - metres away, over this i metres away, over this small ridge was the house where christian be lived in the years before she vanished. coincidence, or a lived in the years before she vanished. coincidence, ora missed opportunity? today a senior portuguese police force who has seen the german evidence that it was very important and significant in the portuguese were keen to co—operate. when police were searching here six yea rs when police were searching here six years ago they had already been given christian's name among hundreds of potential suspect but we re hundreds of potential suspect but were they aware that this man with previous convictions for child sexual offen

lucy williamson, bbc news, praia da luz. there. good morning, let's get a round—up of sport, what sport there is and say good morning to jade. don't worry, there is sport. we start with golf. england's justin rose and northern ireland's rory mcilroy are in contention as they go into the final day of the charles schwab challenge in texas. they're both three shots behind the leader american xander schauffele, as the pga tour gets back under way. however, rose could have been in a far better position. he had a double bogey at the fifth and then two bogeys on his back nine. both he and mcilroy are on 10—under. after a three month wait, rory says it good but strange to be back. it's funny. i feel for a it's funny. ifeel for a saturday afternoon, being in contention, pga tour, fl sort of weird out there. the first couple of days it was fine but definitely today, it's feeling strange and i'm sure tomorrow will feel pretty strange, especially with so many guys in and around the lead. norwich city have confirmed one of their players

lucy williamson has been speaking to people who remember him from his time in the resort.re hard to spot from the cliffs above here. the view has barely changed from when madeleine mccann disappeared. this patch of scrub land dotted with crumbling ruins is where the british police searched six years ago for clues. we now know thatjust a few hundred metres away over this small ridge was the house where christian be lived in the years before she vanished. coincidence or a missed opportunity? today, a senior portuguese police source who has seen the german evidence told me it was very important and significant, and that the portuguese were keen to co—operate. when police were searching here six years ago, they had already been given christian searching here six years ago, they had aaemcggeenfgiven christian t ' searching here six years ago, they had aamcsg hundreds christian t ' searching here six years ago, they had aamcsg hundreds of ristian t ' name among hundreds of potential suspects, but where they are aware that this man with previous convictions for child sexual offen