yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.who's died at the age of 91. last year, covid restrictions wiped out the uk's summer festival season. this year, despite many events being delayed or cancelled, some are going ahead. download festival at donington park near derby is one of them. it's taking place this weekend as part of the uk government's live event pilot scheme. our correspondent luxmy gopal has joined the music fans. the closest return to normality yet, a 10,000 capacity crowd and no masks or social distancing. this weekend's download festival pilot is the latest in the government's testing of live events, and hosts the first legal mosh pit since the start of the pandemic. to be back here, it's incredible. i'll go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to do get back here like this. live festivals are basically what i want to do with my spare time, and live music, so it'sjust incredible to be here again and experience that. everyone attending the festival has had to get a negative result in

from mumbai, the bbc�*s india correspondent yogita limaye reports.rney rooted in his nation�*s tragedy — his family was killed in religious violence, during the partition of british india in 19117. he escaped on a train, hiding in the women�*s compartment. a refugee, an orphan and in 1958, at the commonwealth games in cardiff, a sprinter — seen here as he stunned record holders. commentator: and milkha singh! milkha singh of india! "i could feel the closest runner was right behind me, so i pushed as hard as i could. after that, the indian anthem played and 100,000 people in the uk stood up for it. i was told i had made india shine in the world," milkha singh said a few years ago. he narrowly lost out on an olympic medal. that he even reached the games was an unimaginable feat at the time. he�*s inspired generations of athletes. indian icon anju bobby george is one of them. like, a real legend, a real motivating factor. you know, if you could — if he could hear you right now, what would you say to milkha? milkha, thank you very much for giving us — sh

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. you are watching bbc news.ures into the mid 20s but sunday we will be lucky to get in the mid—teens. a legacy of cloud and developing easterly breeze. into the morning, not too chilly at this stage and across scotland and northern ireland not as chilly as it was saturday morning. northern ireland, a lot of cloud around and outbreaks of rain and drizzle. heavy bursts to the east of england in particular. that will fade away and light touches will develop in southern counties of england. we see cloud a showery rain in scotland and some of it will push southwards and eastwards. a developing easterly breeze across the eastern half of the country and that will limit the temperatures to 14 or 15 degrees. in sun sunny spells in the english channel, 20 or 21 and some of the same temperatures in parts of scotland and south—west england. their showers will push further southwards and at the same time another batch of rain it works its way out of france, across the channel islands on toward southern counties of england. t

yogita limaye, bbc news, pune.e very first time after a usjudge throughout a case accusing the firm of abusing its market dominance. 0ur norht america correspondent, peter bowes, has the details. it goes back to the acquisition of both of those apps. instagram and then whatsapp a couple of years later, and the argument, there were two lawsuits related, one was from the federal trade commission the other from a coalition of 45 states around the country, arguing that facebook was operating as a monopoly, that it was anti—competition, and in effect, operating against the law. facebook had said that these lawsuits were nonsensical and it seems the judge in this case agrees that there is no case. he did not say "nonsensical", but he said that as far as the federal trade commission was concerned, they simply had not provided the evidence that facebook, as a social media company, was dominating the social media landscape so much that it was a monopoly. and as far as the states claim that facebook and instagram and whatsap

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. brazil against the president's handling of the pandemic, as the country passes half a million covid deaths. the us says it will continue negotiating with iran to revive the international nuclear deal, following the election of the hardline cleric ebrahim raisi as the next iranian president. let's stay with that story. professor abbas milani is director of the iranian studies programme at stanford university. hopefully the line is a little better this time. let's start with that issue, the around clear deal, where do you think we are with that now? i clear deal, where do you think we are with that now?- we are with that now? i think is under way _ we are with that now? i think is under way for _ we are with that now? i think is under way for resolution, l we are with that now? i think is under way for resolution, i | is under way for resolution, i think the iranian regime clearly needs to make a deal, wants to make a deal. the economy is on the verge of collapse, then it will have ebra

yogita limaye, bbc news, pune.s and canada are experiencing a record heat wave. portland in oregon set a record of 44.5 degrees over the weekend. schools and vaccination centres were forced to close in some areas. the village of lytton in british columbia recorded temperatures of more than 46 celsius, the highest in ca nada's history. 0n the eve of their battle with germany in the knockout stages of euro 2020, the england football manager gareth southgate says he hopes his team can make history. it's 25 years since southgate missed a crucial penalty against germany at euro 96, ending the team's hopes of reaching the final. he's now keen to write a new chapter in the football rivalry between england and germany. 0ur sports editor dan roan is at wembley. for decades now england have been trying and failing to beat germany in the knockout stages of major tournaments. there is a real sense among theirfans tournaments. there is a real sense among their fans that these opponents have become something of a bogey team, tha

yogita limaye, bbc news, pune.us disease prevention at the mayo clinic in rochester, minnesota. she explained why the outbreak is taking hold in india. it's a truly horrifying consequence of the covid pandemic. during covid, hospitals were stretched, there were lots and lots of patients in the hospital, many of them doing steroids which were life—saving, but simultaneously both covid and the use of steroids was making these patients' blood sugars go very high. and that's what's leading now to the mucor epidemic in india. and just like we heard, mucor is this fungal infection. it is in the air, and when you breathe it in, you get infected. it often requires long hospital stays. covid affects the whole world, so why are we hearing about this particular illness from india above all? for a couple of reasons. one is the spores of mucor, the agent that causes this infection, is much more prevalent than other parts of the world. we see mucor in the united states, we see it in the uk, but it is very, very uncommon. it is m

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. discovered dumped in a road—side skip near ohrenbach in central germany. art experts say the framed pieces are originals. one is a portrait of a boy by the dutch artist samuel van hoogstraten, who studied under rembrandt in amsterdam. the second is a self portrait by the lesser—known italian painter pietro bellotti, who worked for important venetian families. no one has yet claimed the paintings. you are watching bbc news. nobody is claiming them... now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. good evening. across england and wales, the weather has certainly taken a turn for the wetter. more rain to come for many through tonight. that rain has been pushing up from the bay of biscay during recent hours. this clump of cloud here continuing to work its way northwards before it sort of pushes out in towards the north sea later in the night. but there could be some heavy bursts of rain around kent, essex, suffolk, norfolk. could be some torrential downpours, some rumbles of th

yogita limaye, bbc news, pune.t militias in iraq and syria in retaliation for attacks on us personnel and facilities in iraq. border guards are at least four militiamen were killed. in response us forces in syria were targeted by multiple rockets. no injuries were reported there, though. iran has long sought influence through political and military proxies. tensions with the us seem to be complicating attempts to revive the international nuclear deal. behnam ben taleblu is a senior fellow at the think tank foundation for defense of democracies, where he focuses on the middle east. thanks forjoining us. it's not that new for some attacks, at least, on american facilities and personnel. what do you think is going on here? it’s and personnel. what do you think is going on here? it's a pleasure _ think is going on here? it's a pleasure to _ think is going on here? it's a pleasure to be _ think is going on here? it's a pleasure to be with - think is going on here? it's a pleasure to be with you. - pleasure to be with yo

yogita limaye, bbc news, pune.ase prevention at the mayo clinic in rochester, minnesota, where she joins me from now. dr sampathkumar, thank you so much forjoining us. what are your observations on the spread of this fungus? observations on the spread of this funous? , ., , fungus? some truly horrifying consequent — fungus? some truly horrifying consequent as i fungus? some truly horrifying consequent as of— fungus? some truly horrifying consequent as of the i fungus? some truly horrifying consequent as of the covid i fungus? some truly horrifying i consequent as of the covid pandemic. during covid, there were lots and lots of patients in the hospital, many of them doing steroids which were life—saving, but simultaneously both covid and the use of steroids was making these patients blood sugars go very high, that is what is leading to the mucormycosis epidemic in india. it is a fungal infection, it is in the air, you breathe it in, and you get infected. it often requires long hospital stays.— long hospital stays. c

the bbc�*s india correspondent yogita limaye reports from mumbai.of the pandemic, the underreporting of covid deaths. we first heard it in testimony from doctors and otherfront line workers and we have seen evidence of it on the ground when we were reporting during the second wave of the pandemic, but the poor the limit reports that have appeared in the past few days really give a sense of how acute the scale of underreporting could be. she has looked at two dead states in india, andhra pradesh and madhya pradesh, and she has looked at in excess deaths in these states. when we say that what she means is the overall deaths that took place in a region over a period when the second wave was at its worst, minus the number of deaths that took place in the same region in a pre—pandemic year over the period. so these excess deaths she has found in the state of andhra pradesh where 3a times the reported covid death toll in that region, and in the state of madhya pradesh she has found that these excess deaths were 42 times the reported official covid death t

the bbc�*s india correspondent yogita limaye reports from mumbai. the underreporting of covid deaths. we first heard it in testimony from doctors and otherfront line workers and we have seen evidence of it on the ground when we were reporting during the second wave of the pandemic, but reports that have appeared in the past few days really give a sense of how acute the scale of underreporting could be. she has looked at two dead states in india, andhra pradesh and madhya pradesh, and she has looked at in excess deaths in these states. when we say that what she means is the overall deaths that took place in a region over a period when the second wave was at its worst, minus the number of deaths that took place in the same region in a pre—pandemic year over the period. so these excess deaths she has found in the state of andhra pradesh where 3a times the reported covid death toll in that region, and in the state of madhya pradesh she has found that these excess deaths were 42 times the reported official covid death toll in that state. of course, you k

games and finishing fourth in the 400 metres at the 1960 rome 0lympics. 0ur india correspondent yogita limayebigger. his ownjourney, rooted in his nation's tragedy. his family was killed in religious violence during the partition of british india in 1947. he escaped on a train, hiding in the women's compartment. a refugee, an orphan. and in 1958, at the commonwealth games in cardiff, a sprinter — seen here as he stunned record holders. commentator: and milkha singh, milkha singh of india. _ translation: | could feell the closest runner was right behind me so i pushed as hard as i could. after that, the indian anthem played and 100,000 people in the uk stood up for it. "i was told i had made india shine in the world," milkha singh said a few years ago. he's inspired generations of athletes. indian icon anju bobby george is one of them. milkha ji, thank you very much for giving us, showing us the path to success. milkha singh was given state honours. india has lost so many to covid. today, a national hero. milkha singh, who has died at the age of 91. you can see more on all of today's stories o

yogita limaye, bbc news.t least 13 thousand sex offences by under 18 year olds were reported to police in england and wales every year from 2018 to 2020. around a thousand of them took place on school premises. it comes as the school's watchdog ofsted found that nine in ten girls experience some form of sexual harrassment from their peers — with students often not reporting the abuse. our education editor branwenjeffreys reports. every day in every place, girls are facing sexual pressure — being touched, asked to share nude photos, their bodies rated and shared on social media. we are pressured to send nude pictures or we are pressured to just accept this sexual harassment that we deal with. it's become so normalised that we don't. . .we just disregard it and we don't speak up about it. at a sixth form today, girls told me about the impact on their lives. every day, women are harassed, if it's on social media, if it's in school, sometimes even on the way back from school. we're just followed by it every day,

official death toll differed from the actual number of people who died. 0ur india correspondent yogita limayem the start of the pandemic, the underreporting of covid deaths. we first heard it in testimony from doctors and otherfront line workers and we have seen evidence of it on the ground when we were reporting during the second wave of the pandemic, but the poor the limit reports that have appeared in the past few days really give a sense of how acute the scale of underreporting could be. she has looked at two dead states in india, andhra pradesh and madhya pradesh, and she has looked at in excess deaths in these states. when we say that what she means is the overall deaths that took place in a region over a period when the second wave was at its worst, minus the number of deaths that took place in the same region in a pre—pandemic year over the period. so these excess deaths she has found in the state of andhra pradesh where 3a times the reported covid death toll in that region, and in the state of madhya pradesh she has found that these excess deaths were 42 times the reported official c

yogita limaye, mumbai.o, in terms of warm it is just starting to warm up here in cornwall. it was quite cloudy and rainy the weather before, and i am sure the uk government's hoping that the weather will get much brighter as all the leaders come here, we are expecting them to be here by the end of tomorrow. now, in terms of those conversation, joe biden's motorcade pulled into the knou biden's motorcade pulled into the knoll not so far behind me a few moments ago, he has met with boris johnson. this is the first time both men have met in person since becoming world leaders and in the past, president biden has said that borisjohnson is a clone of donald trump, i don't think he meant it as a compliment and borisjohnson has as we know this morning written an editorial about this special relationship, we hear that phrase a lot, he sees it as something that is weak and needily. top of the talk also be brexit. borisjohnson wants that brexit deal from the us, joe biden hasn't made any indication of what to expect

medals at the asian games, and finished fourth at the 1960 rome 0lympics. 0ur india correspondent, yogita limayeed a newborn india to dream bigger. his own journey rooted in his nation's tragedy — his family was killed in religious violence, during the partition of british india in 1947. he escaped on a train, hiding in the women's compartment. a refugee, an orphan. and in 1958, at the commonwealth games in cardiff, a sprinter — seen here as he stunned record holders. commentator: and milkha singh! milkha singh of india! "i could feel the closest runner was right behind me, so i pushed as hard as i could. after that, the indian anthem played and 100,000 people in the uk stood up for it. i was told i had made india shine in the world," milkha singh said a few years ago. he's inspired generations of athletes. indian icon anju bobby george is one of them. milkha, thank you very much for giving us — showing us the path to success. last post played on trumpets. milkha singh was given state honours. india has lost so many to covid. today, a national hero. milkha singh, who has died at the age of 91 fr