john mcmanus reports.ongest storm to hit this part of the us in more than 150 years. it's not just historic. at category four, hurricane laura has the potential to be deadly. this has been categorised repeatedly as an unsurvivable storm surge, where it will be hitting. bringing winds of 150mph, laura is pushing the sea waters from the gulf of mexico inland. a storm surge that could reach 20ft in height and travel as far as a0 miles from the coast. the often marshy terrain of the gulf coast is particularly vulnerable, and the evacuation of half a million people is already well underway. many have headed for shelters further inland. but not everybody is leaving. basically stand back, riding it out, i've already got the house stockpiled with what i might need, just got to make sure you fill the sinks in and the bathtub, run the toilets, if we lose water and power. others have weighed up the risks and decided it's time to move. it's going to be real bad. so, we are leaving. we don't want to go, i don't want to

john mcmanus reports.en some weeks now since england's streets and cities looked quite like this — eerily deserted. when the strict lockdown ended, though, many restrictions remained, but were due to be lifted today. now, that further easing has been cancelled. cases in england are increasing for the first time since may. official data suggests there are now around 4,200 new infections a day compared with 3,200 a week ago. stemming any further rise means putting on hold many of the activities that were due to return. casinos, skating rinks, bowling alleys will all remain closed until at least august the 15th. indoor performances remain banned, while fans hoping to take part in pilots at sports events like here at the oval last weekend will also be disappointed. beauty salons have been open for some time, but they still won't be able to carry out any treatment that involves close contact with a customer's face. and wedding receptions will remain small affairs. there won't be up to 30 guests, for now at leas

john mcmanus reports. this was a midnight swim with a difference.o start her fourth crossing of the channel in 16 days. it took her ten hours and 40 minutes, swimming through the dark and the busiest shipping lane in the world. her safe arrival at calais just before seven this morning means miss mccardel moves to second on the list of those who have achieved the most channel swims but she's surpassed the male record holder, leaving her one place behind briton alison streeter. the australian's already been renowned for endurance swimming but this triumph was also a different kind of challenge for her. as a survivor of domestic abuse, mccardel wanted to raise awareness of those who may have suffered under lockdown. now, back on british soil, she says she's been reassured that, unlike other arrivals from across the channel, she won't have to quarantine for two weeks. john mcmanus, bbc news. popstar, taylor swift has been on 5 sell—out world tours. but it seems of all the places she's visited , she was particularly taken by one of britain's tourist hots

john mcmanus has more. up to 1.8 million britons visit to belgium every year.illion britons visit belgium every year. but from 4am on saturday, anybody arriving from one nearest anybody arriving from one of our nearest neighbours will have to enter quarantine for a fortnight. the measure has already been introduced by the welsh government today. the reason? covid—19 transmission is increasing in belgium and the government is worried about the infection rate here following suit. belgium currently has a rate of 49.2 cases per 100,000 people, way above the uk's latest rate of 14.3 and not far off the spanish figure. officials are also keeping an eye on the increasing transmission in france, though that remains off the quarantine list. the self—isolation order will also apply to people who are transiting through belgium from somewhere else such as germany or the netherlands, unless they haven't mixed with new passengers or other people, for example, in motorway service stations. that means some travellers are now racing to change their plans, or, as in the case of

john mcmanus of bbc news.sterday from england's chief medical officer chris whitty in that package, saying the easing of lockdown restrictions has "probably reached near the limit of what we can do". so what are we to take from his comments? we can speak now to our political correspondent tony bonsignore. good to have you with us this morning. it is interesting, isn't it, because on the one hand, there has been a real push to try to get to some sense of normality, but we cannot ignore, and the government certainly cannot ignore, the rising number of cases. good morning. no, absolutely. remember, it isjust two weeks ago that borisjohnson was talking about a return to some sort of normality by christmas. this feels a long way from that. and those comments from chris whitty, i think they really have potentially big implications. the first one is the general picture, because what chris whitty was essentially saying is, look, we can't go much further, if at all, with the easing of the lockdown. therefore, get used

a specialist in state crimes mcmanus quickly became convinced that an act of genocide was imminent. this is part of a stigmatize ations stage of genocide you problematize another group they're still accepted to the still part of society but you point to them and you say look what they do there's something wrong with them and that is the 1st stage in genocide. the patriots who turned from words into actions. led by radical monks and accompanied by the police the buddhists attacked muslim villages. it was the 1st act of a tragedy that would last 5 years. in june 2012120000 broken just muslims were driven from their villages and forced into camps. southern rakhine had been cleansed. little by little the ropin just lost the remaining rights. they could no longer study seek healthcare or even leave the camps. or any. of. those not in prison camps but confined to their villages in a rest day like. we're . all hope. well not. really well. on either gone. but after years of persecution in our movement was born in regard to rock n roll in just salvation army. only going to jews of this myste

he beat alan mcmanus 10—5, and said he'd decided now that he's not going to retire.took place last night, not at the 02 arena, but in a back garden. promoter eddie hearn has transformed his matchroom headquarters in essex to host fights over the the next month. it's part of a bio—bubble created to allow four ‘fight camp‘ garden events. among last night's contests, super lightweight dalton smith extended his undefeated run as a professional to six, with a fifth—round knockout of nathan bennett. we also have the resumption of the super league season today, as well as the final day of the battle of the brits team tennis competition, which you can watch on the bbc sport webiste. that's all from me — now on bbc news, here's ben with the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us. with me are katy balls, deputy political editor of the spectator and business journalist, john crowley. the sunday telegraph reports radical government plans are being drawn up to avert a second national lockdown, including enhanced shielding, tighter l

susan mcmanus joining us from tampa.story in a few minutes but if you want to look at the detail with regards to the virtual convention, do go to our website where you will find analysis of current opinion polls and a feature on the republican governor who is going to give a speech against president trump. 0r download the bbc app, of course. 0pposition protesters in belarus have been on the streets again calling on the president, alexander lukashenko, to go. they've dismissed his offer of a constitutional referendum, followed by a possible fresh election, as a ploy. earlier in the day, mr lukashenko addressed a group of workers in the capital minsk, from where our correspondent, jonah fisher reports. car horns toot this was the day the workers turned on alexander lukashenko. thousands downing tools and marching to a tractor factory. chanting while the strikers rallied outside, belarus's beleaguered president arrived by helicopter to address those who'd stayed at work. he was no doubt hoping for a friendly crowd. what he

i'm here with jeanne mcmanus and david aldrich and we're speaking with wil haygood who i'mhonored to meet . we will talk about a lot of things tonight we will talk about tiger land which is a remarkable book about some incredible young men at a difficult time. a couple other things on tap, random thoughts and jeanniei know you've got a few . >> i'm obsessed with looking at bestseller lists which you hate so i took a bullet for the team but i'm always interested in something that pops up unexpectedly and i talked a couple of weeks ago about these books that were decades old popping up. to kill a mockingbird was a prime example. and we know why and we know why the handmaid's tale was there this week on the washington post bestseller paperback, up pops blue highways by william least heat moon. this was a book written, published i think in the early 80s, written in 1978 by william least heat moon and this was a guy, an english professor who had lost his job and was separated from his wife and he got in on ford econoline van in 1975 van and rode what he called the blue highway. this was b

let's go tojohn mcmanus outside the court now.out the charge of murder concerning dylan freeman, then she was told she would be remanded in custody and the case be sent to the old bailey. 0lga freeman is expected to answer the charge of murder sometime wednesday morning. thank you very much. we are keeping an eye on the situation with the a—levels in england, which is the only nation not to have announced a change. mps expecting some sort of change. mps expecting some sort of change to be announced perhaps as early as today. we will keep in touch with that. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan. we continue with the threat of intense but localised thunderstorms over the next 2a hours, producing scenes like these with clouds on the horizon and this beautiful rainbow. the thundery showers will migrate northward late afternoon into the evening before petering out, then we will see this area of more persistent rain pulling away from northern ireland swirling in the irish sea to end the night. pretty muqqy irish sea to end

john mcmanus, bbc news. well done her. in the next hour we'll be speaking to a man who has previously held that record. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. downpours and some others again today. bound to be some thunder and lightning too. for other parts of the country it is cloudy, murky, drizzly day like in the last couple of days. you can see how much cloud there is across the uk and also not cloudy in the north—west of the country compared to what we had yesterday. western scotland is not doing so bad, sunshine there in the western hours or aisles. very cool on the north sea coast. the storm is moving into the south in the north through the course of the night. it was not going to be another muggy night. 16 degrees, we have had some very warm nights in the last week or so 01’ more very warm nights in the last week or so or more and that is not going to change and here is tomorrow's weather forecast and i think the showers will become more widespread also across northern parts of the uk but