to do to allow the scientists to have full control or did the prime minister did you as minister for public health have also some responsibility in keeping the reins very tight on the way the government were going to control the public at large i don't think that's a right description really because. we have a natural agency called the public health agency it's sweden and all that time only $365.00 days a year they are responsible for disease prevention and control and i think it will be very strange if they are responsible all the time but not but we have a pandemic with a new virus which has been applied for all captives but of course it legal responsibility to them they are the experts and of course they are very important advice they also the one having all the contacts with that w.h.o. with other countries with their national health agencies in the nordic countries not least but also in other countries in the european union so we have had lots of dialogue very close dialogue with the agency and of course the government making decisions on their changing law or having recommendations. will com

for mistakes made early on in the coronavirus crisis. most people working in public health in the uk believe very strongly that what is happening to public health england is scapegoating by ministersrs for mistakes which probably were not the responsibility of public health england but of government itself. and i think one of the things we should be really concerned about is if this leads to more central government control over our public health institutions, this will only harm british public health. there are also real concerns about the timing of the government's decision to shake up the system, this taking place in the midst of the pandemic. some experts say it is vital the inquiry promised by the government go—ahead —— goes ahead. inquiry promised by the government go-ahead -- goes ahead. we cannot learn the lessons of what went wrong across multiple organisations and put the blame on one organisation are not learned the lessons across the whole system. it will leave us less prepared when you go into any subsequent ways of the pandemic. the government insists changes needed saying the merger of different health agencies will give a stronger, morejoined health agencies will gi

for mistakes made early on in the coronavirus crisis. most people working in public health in the uk believe very strongly that what is happening to public health england is scapegoating by ministersgland but of government itself. and i think one of the things we should be really concerned about is if this leads to more central government control over our public health institutions, this will only harm british public health. there are also real concerns about the timing of the government's decision to shake up the system, this taking place in the midst of the pandemic. some experts say it is vital the inquiry promised by the government goes ahead. without that inquiry we cannot learn the lessons of what went wrong across multiple organisations and just pinning the blame on one across multiple organisationsand just pinning the blame on one organisation and not learning the lessons across the whole system will leave us less prepared as we go into any subsequent wave of the pandemic. but the government insists change is needed, saying the merger of different health agencies will enable a stronger, morejoined up response to protect people and their communities. the number of adults in

public health england. matt hancock said the new national institute for health protection will report directly to ministers.orts to ministers. in the case of this new body, it will bring together many aspects that are currently fragmented across various bodies of communities such as sage, phd, various other community. it will bring them together i think and create better accountability and allow better planning as we move forward and try to control this pandemic that we face. does it matter that the person leading this new institution does not have a background in health? baroness harding, ithink background in health? baroness harding, i think supermarkets also talk where she was in charge when there was an £80 million pack or cyber attack and a champion national hunt jockey. yes. a good question. in the long term the body needs to be led by an experienced public health specialist with expertise in controlling epidemics. in the short term, we could have somebody like baroness harding in charge. but in longer—term, it does need somebody with a very strong background in outbreak control and epidemic control.

fears that more people making trips are spreading the virus the country's health minister says the tests are essential for public safety. from saturday onwards travel is returning from high risk areas to germany will have to have a valid corona test in our pockets or accept being tested on the ground for free. mr have a voice. i am very aware of that this infringes on the freedom of the individual but i believe it is a reasonable infringement this is about more than just an obligation for individuals who return from holiday. in my view this follows from our duty as a society to look after one another and protect each other. the list of high risk areas is updated regularly most countries around the world are on the list in the e.u. the spanish region of catalonia and its beaches as well as luxembourg are considered high risk by germany. but the belgian region of antwerp was recently also put on the list because of rising infections that. german authorities are worried about the virus being brought back to germany but there's also a real risk of people becoming negligent and spreading the virus at home according t

for dealing with the corona crisis but now health minister says an ongoing rise in new corona virus infections is worrying and has urged germans to be very alert warning comes as the institute for public health reported the highest number of new cases in more than 3 months temperatures aren't the only thing rising jaring germany's heat wave the robot cock institute for public health reported 1445 new cases on thursday the highest number since may 1st. i want to say on behalf of the government the development of these numbers is worrying and they should laureus we don't have a single big outbreak but many small and medium sized outbreaks across the country . many cases have been traced back to holiday makers returning from vacation as well as family gatherings and parties at 34 the average age among positive cases is also younger than in previous months. that means that infections are prevalent above all among younger people but thank goodness that means fewer serious cases that said there's still a risk because at some point you visit your parents your grandparents maybe there are people among your friends with chronic illnesses underlying in a sister congo there are people that work

had called for there to be flexibility in those rules not something -- currently been consulted on by france's public health committee. they are due to report by friday. the prime ministeraid for the moment, the rule will remain -- everyone at work and in places shared with people will have to wear masks. only those that will get individual offices will have an exception to the rule. the health committee comes up with suggestions on how to make a rule more flexible, they will take that into account. maintain the rule around masks. think about mechanics and people working in industrial areas -- .here could be difficulties the focus is what the -- what france will do for the economy. you are there at the conference, the french business and theeeting, and french finance minister spoke not long after the prime minister get his comments. what did he have to say? on the: h he was focused aftetermath of the crisis and me a pledge that france's economy should recover, ererase the effects ofof the crisis in two years. that is whahat he was here to tl entrepreneurs gathered. that is being helped by parts of this economic recovery plan. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >

for a demonstration about their pay. socially distanced protests are taking place after health care workers were excluded from pay increases that apply to more than a million other public sector workers. ministersg with trade unions to offer the best possible pay package for all health workers. the headlines on bbc news: the ministry of defence says it's had a formal request to help the home office as it steps up efforts to reduce the number of migrants crossing the english channel. a big anti—government protest is underway in beirut as the death toll from tuesday's massive explosion rises to 158. marchers are making their way from the devastated harbour area to martyrs' square in the centre of the city. the use of face masks in england and scotland is expanded with coverings now compulsory in cinemas, museums and places of worship. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjuan. england have lost three wickets after lunch, at old trafford, as the momentum tips towards pakistan on day four of the first test. they're chasing 277 to win, with opener rory burns falling first in their second innings. out lbw, with a few words exchanged with the visiting side. englan

public's health. the prime minister who was praised for the quick response to the pandemic in the early days a responseation declared itself covid-19 tree for 102 days up until the new cluster detected in new zealand's largest city of auckland. spread to now dozens of cases but again still fewer than 100 cases, 9 new cases reported on monday. in new zealand they're extending the lockdown in auckland with police check points, schools closed and they're testing tens of thousands of people to isolate all of the cases that exist in the country, get them out of the general population and until those numbers get back to that magic number of zero the government feels it woerntd be safe to hold a general election and this is not about politics or the economy. it's about public health the prime minister says. the party was expected to do well in the upcoming elections, specifically because of its effective response to the pandemic. >>> thanks for joining us today. i'll be here tonight, join us cnn special coverage out traitic national convention at 8:00 p.m. eastern here. anderson cooper picks up the coverage r

public health england played on the covert banking crisis during lockdown. there is no confirmation that the national institute for health protection will be replacing public health england. the health ministerithoutjustification as he drove home from work in south london. he says he was accused of offences that could have ended his 22—year met police career. the force says it has found no evidence of misconduct. a boy who suffered life—changing injuries when he was thrown from the balcony of the tate modern last year, has been able to go home for the first time. the six—year—old was visiting london from france with his family when he fell 100—feet. 18—year—old jonty bravery was convicted of attempted murder and was jailed in june. three top producers of the ellen degeneres show in the us have been fired amid allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment. the chat show host announced the overhaul in a video meeting with staff. the departures of the three male producers was expected, following investigations byjournalists into claims of racism and intimidation. previously, the men have denied the allegations. the show‘s production company, warner media, also carried out an investigation. fe

germany's health minister has called a jump a new coronavirus infections worry and says germans need to be very alert robert hawkins a 2 for public health reported 1445 new cases thursday that's the highest number since early may. resurgence is adding to the pressure already on drugs schools which are now beginning to open again as part of the new safety measures the state of was failure requires all students to wear masks and both school hallways and in the classroom did have you visited a school in bonn to see how the mask requirements are working out there. it's a sight you have to get used to teach us that funky water looks out at his classroom to see a monster. this is class 68 pounds 53 he bought high school after months of homeschooling the new rules are meant to allow students to start the new school year safely. this is very easy. for me it's actually kind of funny to see the students after the long summer vacation in their different mosques and. it is on my feet that sometimes it takes a moment to recognize them with a new has styles and i'm like part imo right that's him or her that the. students have to wear their mos

for a demonstration about their pay. socially distanced protests took place after health care workers were excluded from pay increases that apply to more than a million other public sector workers. ministersle' pay package for all health workers. as we've been hearing, the bbc radio 1xtra presenter, david whitely, known as sideman, has resigned. the dj said it follows the failure of the bbc‘s senior management to apologise for allowing the use of the n—word, in a news report about a racially aggravated assault. he explained his decision on instagram. this is an error injudgement where i can notjust smile with you through the process and act like everything is ok. i am happy working with organisations until we all get it right but this feels like more than getting it wrong. the action and the defence of the action feels like a slap in the face of our community. that is why effective immediately i am leaving myjob as a radio broadcaster for bbc 1xtra. with no apology, ijust do not feel comfortable being in line with the organisation. i have loved my time there and i got to work with some amazing people and made some lifelong friends and had great opportunities. but money and opportunity doe

minister. the country back in june and he promised extra doctors for the island the public hospital on santa really has 5 new health workers and several intensive care beds luckily they haven't been needed so far the live. we have been tasting here since last month doing molecular analysis you get the results back in an hour. the mood is mixed among hoteliers. an explosive hotel which our family has owned for 30 years none of our regular guests have come yet she also sees the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity a chance to rethink. tourism want it back for a couple of years for sure at the levels that they where so they should maybe concentrate on their farming. on something else to make their economy more sustainability especially. sustainability is the big theme right now in santa rini the popular island wants to limit match to resume including cruises. has just launched a new program. we hope in a couple of years we're going to be. free plastic free. completely free from plastic. we're going we're going to use anything that is plastic. and even if we use it we're going to get people on sun to really want to s

for a demonstration about their pay. social distanced protests are taking place after health care workers were excluded from pay increases that apply to more than a million other public sector workers. ministers the ‘best possible' pay package for all health workers. the black box and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from an indian passenger aircraft that crashed in kerala, killing more than 20 people, including both pilots. 200 people were on board when the plane skidded off the runway and broke in two. more than 120 people are in hospital. the boeing 737 passengerjet came from dubai and was repatriating passengers who'd been stranded overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic. alanna petroff has the latest. the mangled plane, split in two, sits behind closed gates. authorities have sealed it off after a panicked rescue effort. last night in the rain, the plane skidded along the runway and crashed into the valley at the end, splitting apart. this airport is known as a difficult spot to land in rainy weather. it's not unusual for pilots to fail on their first approach and circle around to try again. the aviation minister says the pilot aborted his first attempt. translation: the weath

infections the health minister calls this worry and is urging people to be alert temperatures on the only thing rising jaring gemini's heat wave they're all but coke institute for public health reported 1445 new cases on thursday the highest number since may fast. i want to say on behalf of the government the development of these numbers is worrying and they should laureus we don't have a single big outbreak but many small and medium sized outbreaks across the country . many cases have been traced back to holiday makers returning from vacation as well as family gatherings and parties at 34 the average age among positive cases is also younger than in previous months. that means that infections are prevalent above all among younger people thank goodness that means you a serious cases that said there's still a risk because at some point you visit your parents your grandparents maybe there are people among your friends with chronic illnesses underlying in asis or congo perhaps there are people that work in health care in hospitals and other areas. testing meanwhile is on the up but the process isn't always going to plan the southern state of bavaria announced wednesday th

for a demonstration about their pay. socially distanced protests took place after health care workers were excluded from pay increases that apply to more than a million other public sector workers. ministersall health workers. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello, another warm if not hot day for england and wales, a bit cool across northern ireland, scotland on the north of england. sunshine around for most of the rest of the day, but there will be more cloud feeding in to eastern and north—eastern coasts of england, parts of cornwall as well hanging on to more cloud. highest temperatures across central and southern england, up to 35 or 34 celsius across south—east england, the high teens or low 20s further north. this area of low cloud in the north sea starts to push its way westwards, some misty and murky conditions, perhaps some showers late in the night, another very muggy night for many, away from scotland and northern ireland, temperatures across southern england may not drop much below 20 celsius. for many of us tomorrow, we may start with a lot of cloud, misty and murky conditions, a few showers cropping up through parts of the midlands and northern en

coronavirus as easily as adults, with scientists at public health england saying tougher rules might be needed for older children. the guardian reports ministersense pressure over the handling of english a—level results after scotland announced a dramatic u—turn and research showed high—achieving pupils from poorer backgrounds are likely to be the hardest hit. the paper also has an image of clashes in lebanon as the entire government resigned following last week's explosion in beirut. and the metro features a story about a mob of anti—mask activists who told shoppers in a london supermarket to remove their face coverings and to resist what they called "a new world order". right. let's have a look. sam and sienna, welcome back. the first one will go for is the times. older peoples providers adults. this is not what people have been putting the spin on —— order pupils spread virus like adults. talk us through it. essentially, the times has a story, they've been speaking to sources involved in a study about the transmission in schools, and yesterday we had a statement from the education secretary, gavin williamson, saying they would release the s

for a 2nd day in beirut just 2 ministers have resigned as well public anger grows up to choose days blast in pakistan is easing coronavirus restrictions for a 2nd time in months despite warnings from health weapons over the pandemic. so protesters have been out on the streets across bellary soul nights after the latest election results showed president alexander looking with 81 percent of the vote that would mean look at shanghai could extend his quarter century and power the opposition say the ballot was a fraud lower birdman the reports. are pushing with the shouting the police to go away and then scenes of violence reflected across spend who says kept . dancing a few hours after polls have closed and continuing into the night opposition supporters came out in the thousands to contest the initial election results. right police blocked the entrance to a large square and fight stun grenades into the crowd and police trucks drive into protesters the 2 i mean insists rushed to take the injured into hospital. protesters a push up barricades on to the main roads to prevent police cars from guessing that was. earlier in the day that candidate set learned ticking off scott has come out of hidi

but before we do that, i will hand over to our director of public health for an update on our case numbers for today. thank you, prime ministernew cases of covid—19 to report in new zealand today. both are cases in the community and both have epidemiological links to the auckland cluster. one new case is a household contact of a previously confirmed case associated with the finance workplace. the other new case is associated with an existing soccei’ is associated with an existing soccet lowercase. is associated with an existing soccer lowercase. ‘ ‘ is associated with an existing soccer lowercase. — — tokoroa. they are a medical worker in to koroa. they are a medical worker in tokoroa. it is believed they came into contact with the existing case on august 2010. as per usual protocols, test was carried out following exposure , was carried out following exposure, which returned a negative result. the positive result was picked up on a second test when the second person became unwell. the medical centre they work is closed, pending further contact tracing and is undergoing a deep clean. the centre had been operating under level

presidency has also acknowledged that that province its health facilities public hospitals have been overwhelmed. calls for the israeli prime minister to step down are growing louder for a 3rd week in a row thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside benyamin netanyahu is official residents demanding his resignation it's the largest protest in israel for a decade and the people are frustrated by the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak they're also upset netanyahu is still in power while facing corruption charges police forced out the protestors early on sunday her forces reports from west jerusalem. it's becoming a saturday night ritual in the square close to benjamin netanyahu official residence early evening and the police man increasingly robust barricades by the protesters renew their demand that netanyahu leave office the so-called black flag movement has long insisted that a prime minister on trial for alleged corruption a step down they say the pandemic has brought new supporters to their cause and hold it just like gave us all flap in the face and made us wake up to the reality that. nothing is changing an

presidency has also acknowledged that that province its health facilities public hospitals have been overwhelmed calls for the israeli prime minister to step down a growing louder for a 3rd week in a row thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside benjamin netanyahu is official residents demanding his resignation many people are frustrated by the government's handling of the corona virus outbreak they're also upset netanyahu is still in power facing corruption charges police forced out the protesters early on sunday. they starting people have been killed by suspected boko haram fighters in kemah road grenades will also the camp for displaced people in missouri go in the country's north 8 more were injured attacks by the armed group have killed in the space tens of thousands of the past decade in cameroon nigeria and neighboring countries because the headlines do stay with us the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world the doormen of egypt. so much that i feel that we put in the biggest 2nd. and minimal amount to get them shot. well i certainly was. among those some some of them i have to tell. you that have be

he is a world-famous public health expert, dean of the college of public health at harvard, and minister of health forand he's opening his universities. so we're confident that we can get the students to follow the rules. if they don't, if things go out of control, then we'll have to ratchet things back and go all digitally. pete: robert, lawrence, and diana, i wish we had more time. and we'd like to have you back at some point as this unfolds and maybe we can do a little bit about curriculum as well. thank you all so much. good luck. >> thank you. thank you. pete: going to toss it over to rick who's tracking isaias. now it just rolls off the tongue tongue. i didn't even get it right, did i? it's "isaias," and i just said it rolls off the tongue. i'm done. take it. >> and then it didn't. hey, i'm glad that you had the university of arizona guy instead of a.s.u. where i went because we would not be nearly as obedient at a.s.u. this is tropical storm isaias, just off the shore of florida, most of the action is to the east side. we kind of thought this would happen yesterday, and it's been the case. very

achieve africa's other public health goals and improve health care for africans sudan says it's in no position to normalize relations with israel during talks in khartoum prime minister of the one dog told us secretary of state might pompei or that the transitional government isn't mandated to make such decisions for us at home to reimpose sanctions on iran is facing major push back at the united nations security council president says 13 members are against the move and it will take no further action cooler temperatures higher humidity and less wind is helping firefighters battle against wildfires in the u.s. state of california but hundreds of blazes are still burning the fires have killed at least 7 people and destroyed more than a 1000 homes those are the headlines more news in half an hour do stay with us. a clap of thunder and latin america. extreme right wing politics are back in brazil the les golden years are fading fast from the caribbean to. defeat has followed defeat almost everywhere the right is gaining ground in argentina the conservatives won the 2015 election. chile has changed direction. of venezuela is caught in a period of uncertainty and protests

minister lady blackwood tried to reassure. >> we are monitoring closely the developments of this virus. advice from public health england and the chief is the risks for.k. is currently low. the u.k. is well prepared for the emergence of novel viruses. >> the following day, the health secretary came to a sparsely attended commons before social distancing restricted numbers, to tell mps that england chief medical officer had revised the risk to the u.k. population from very low to low. >> while there is an increased likelihood that cases may rise in this country, we are well prepared and well-equipped to deal with them. the u.k. is one of the first countries to have developed a world leading test for the new coronavirus. >> the world health organization has warned that countries are not ready for a pandemic. there has been a significant spread of the virus. across the european continent, italy in particular. other cases have been identified and austria, croatia and switzerland. this is clearly now very, very serious. updates became's a regular feature of commons life as the virus spread. the prime minister with his own public health message. >> two ver