martin bashir, bbc news. now it's time for our world.mber last year, locusts started swimming across east africa. now hundreds of billions of these tiny creatures have invaded the region from somalia to uganda. well. i've never seen anything like this. they're eating virtually everything. it's a nightmare. it's the worst locust outbreak he has seen in 70 yea rs. locust outbreak he has seen in 70 years. threatening to destroy the livelihoods of millions. if nothing is done each generation of locusts multiplies by 20. so the race is on to stop them breathing again. —— breeding. the bbc‘s senior africa corresponded andi the bbc‘s senior africa corresponded and i have spent the past few months stuck in nairobi covering the impact of the covid—i9 pandemic. is that 0k? yes. thank you very much. today i'm leaving the city to find out about another crisis which has the potential to be even more destructive than covid—i9 for some areas of my country. nairobi is one of the hotspot areas for covid—i9 and so movement in and out of the metropolitan a

martin bashir, bbc news. hours after testing positive for coronavirus in the uk has risen by 186, bringing the total number who've died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community to 43,1114. borisjohnson has said spikes in cases of coronavirus overseas should act as a warning to people in the uk who flout social distancing rules. the prime minister refered to the huge crowds seen on bournemouth beach yesterday as a reminder of the dangers of "mingling too much". the firm intu, which owns some of the uk's biggest shopping centres has gone into administration. the company, which owns the trafford centre in greater manchester, the lakeside complex in essex, and braehead in glasgow, failed to agree a deal with creditors over its huge debts, which grew during the lockdown. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. the customers are coming back after lockdown, but now the company behind some of our biggest and most popular shopping centres has collapsed. at lakeside in essex today, it's busy and busine

martin bashir, bbc news.e he and the queen are isolating during the pandemic. the queen will celebrate her official birthday on sunday. in the top story, the funeral of george floyd took place. plenty of detail on the funeral, go to our website. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @samanthatvnews i will be back shortly with all the top stories. hello there. we'll take a look at the uk unsettled weather picture injust a moment, but first of all, one place that has seen some very high temperatures over the last 24 hours is the arctic circle, where temperatures reached 30 degree celsius on tuesday. amazing to think temperatures can get that high that far north, but they do from time to time. that, though, could be a newjune record for that particular area. looking at our weather picture, it is unsettled. we saw rain gathering across the north—west of the uk yesterday, and that was associated with an area of low pressure, and that low pressure is moving right over the h

our religion editor, martin bashir, reports.and some friends, celebrated her 46th birthday. by the morning, they could not be contacted. so, i then phoned the police. i said, we don't even know if there has been foul play here. we have no idea. we are now 36 hours on and they have not turned up. impatient with the police response, nicky's boyfriend, adam, went to the park. then adam said, "we have found a knife. i am going to need you to sit down. ifound them. i've found them, but they've gone, they have gone." so i understand this, yourfamily is effectively running a search? yes. your family has driven the investigation? yes. yourfamily has found your daughters? yes. police sealed off the area and recovered their bodies, but for the family their grief was about to be compounded when they met with a police commander and a member of the independent office for police conduct. they said, "i don't know how to tell you this, but police officers were taking selfies and posing for pictures with your dead daughters." in the deep south,

. ♪ >> steve: tonight join jimmy and his guests - martin short bashir salahuddin and diallo riddle, musicaluest randy newman and the legendary roots crew it's "the tonight show: at home edition. and now here's jimmy >> jimmy: welcome everybody to "the tonight show. thank you so much for watching what a show we have for you tonight. oh, also, i'm going to debut my new zoom camera. i have a new zoom camera it doesn't quite work. it's a little wide angled and it's weird but -- you got to -- you got to try you got to try new things and see what works and what doesn't work and all that i hope everyone is staying safe out there. i know it's tempting to just "enough's enough," but, yeah, you're doing the right thing wear masks, wear gloves, stay home when you can, social distance, do everything you can. let's get rid of this thing. what a show. i'll just run through it real quick. martin short, funniest human of all time love him so much he's just on fire, he's just the greatest i love him, love him, love him so much. also, speaking of funny, i met them as writers on "late night," and now they are

our religion editor martin bashir reports.w if there has been foul play here. we have no idea. we are now 36 hours on and they have not turned up. impatient with the police response, nicky's boyfriend, adam, went to the park. then adam said, we have found a knife. iam park. then adam said, we have found a knife. i am going to need you to sit down. i found them. a knife. i am going to need you to sit down. ifound them. i have found them but they have gone, they have gone. so i understand this, your family is effectively running a search? yes. your family has driven the investigation? yes. your family has found your daughters? yes. police sealed off the area and recovered their bodies but for the family their grief was about to be compounded when they met with a police commanded and a member of the independent office for police conduct. —— police commander. independent office for police conduct. -- police commander. they saidi conduct. -- police commander. they said i do not know how to tell you this but police officers were tak

communal gatherings, will have to wait until the 4th ofjuly at the earliest. 0ur religion editor martin bashir when a person comes into a church, even if they sit at the back and go to sleep, they know their life is in a bigger context. they know they are, as it were, in the presence of god. so opening church doors is crucially important for our depth of life, just as opening shops is important for our social life. westminster cathedral, the largest catholic church in england and wales, is being prepared to receive worshippers. but the government issued specific guidance only yesterday, and smaller churches have been scrambling to ready themselves. it has caused analogue confusion and chaos in the way in which it has translated information to these places of worship. —— caused a level of confusion. this does not allow enough time for places of worship to be able to reopen and organise themselves, and not all faith organisations will be able to do that anyway. the largest hindu temple in europe has also been preparing to reopen. in the sanctuary where devotees pay homage before several shrines,

today's episode comes from the bbc‘s religion editor martin bashir, let's take a look.e that mightjust every day and i hope it's someone that might just inspire every day and i hope it's someone that mightjust inspire you as well. ready for a history masterclass? takeit ready for a history masterclass? take it away, martin. my historical hero is doctor martin luther king jr.. even during his earliest years, he always worked hard at school. he went on to get very good grades and even earned a postgraduate degree which meant he was known as doc king. he became a christian minister and his firstjob was at a church in the town of montgomery in the state of alabama in the united states of america and although slavery had been abolished by the time he became a minister, martin luther king been abolished by the time he became a minister, martin luther kinng. couldn't understand why african—americans couldn't understand why african—america ns still couldn't understand why african—americans still didn't couldn't understand why african—america ns still didn't have the same civil