now let's dive deep into the uk. we could not have put together a more fantastic group of colleagues to speak about russian influence activities in the united kingdom. let me first introduced dame karen pierce, british ambassador to the united kingdom and she arrived earlier in the spring and, of course, we went into lockdown but we welcome you to washington, ambassador pierce, formerly as ambassador to the united nations and former uk special representative to afghanistan. we also have with us luke harding who is senior international correspondent for the guardian and author of a new book entitled shadow state, murder, mayhem and russia's remaking of the west. it is now out and we thank luke for joining us from london. and then of course we have our very own rachel ellehuus, deputy director of the europe program at csis and senior fellow, and lead author for the support and no one is better at helping moderate this conversation. they say timing is everything and i and i believe this conversation couldn't be more wel

to develop and the uk wa nts to helped the uk to develop and the uk wants to have a prime minister boris johnson to have an ambitious plan to have a full coverage, 56 coverage by 2025 and huawei can deliver that, it can bea 2025 and huawei can deliver that, it can be a big help but it now seems to me the uk kicked them out. use your media word to purge them under the pressure of the united states. the us leaders claim credit because of this. that was the chinese ambassador to london. our business correspondent katie prescott has been listening to that interview. clearly furious as they are the chinese authorities are being kicked out, purge from the uk, of huawei. he said at the start he didn't think the economy should be politicised by all of this because of course it is difficult to see how it can be anything but. 0ne difficult to see how it can be anything but. one of the china experts have been speaking to this morning says this could have repercussions for uk companies based in china that over the last ten yea rs in china that over the last ten years china has had form in punishing

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. travellers returning to the uk from spain after midnight tonight will have to self isolate for two weeks as the country is removed from the travel corridors exemption list. it follows a spike in coronavirus cases in spain and the return of restrictions in some regions including catalonia. it's a heavy blow for thousands who had made holiday plans and for spain's tourism industry already hit by travel restrictions earlier in the year. protests in poland as the government says it is withdrawing from a treaty on violence against women. thousands of protesters line the streets of khabarovsk in the far east of russia in a challenge to president putin. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. our top story this evening is that all travellers arriving in the uk from anywhere in spain from midnight tonight will be required to self isolate for m days. the decision follows a significa

it's been a long wait — the longest in the uk. but at the stroke of midnight, the hair clippers got going in giffnock. so, what are we doing for you today, sir? ten hours later, tony is well into a fully booked 24—hour shift. i feel like it's good for mental health. like, when you have a haircut, if you like it, you feel really good about yourself. so i feel like me starting at 12 was quite important for some people. it feels good, it goes a wee bit crazy sometimes. i'm glad it's getting a wee bit of treatment now. nicola sturgeon admits she's nervous about what she describes as the biggest step so far in exiting lockdown. today's steps are, by some margin — and i mean that, by some margin — the highest—risk changes we have made since we began the process out of lockdown. the great unlocking will see pubs, hotels, museums, libraries, and cinemas all able to get back to business, if not exactly back to normal. religious worshippers can now gather for socially—distant services of up to 50 people. the first mass in months i

of the uk's new 56 network, earlier in the year, the uk had said huawei would be barred from elements of the network deemed sensitive for security reasons — but it had been cleared to contribute to 35% of it. the risk was described as "manageable" not any more. today's announcement says all huawei equipment must be gone from the network by 2027. for its part, huawei says says it's a "disappointing decision" and "bad certainly bad news for huawei. the statement goes on to say this.. well the news was announced earlier by the uk culture minister oliver dowden. the facts have changed, so has our approach. that's why we've taken this decision that there can be no new huawei equipment from the end of this year and set out a clear timetable to exclude huawei com pletely timetable to exclude huawei completely by 2027 within your reversible path implemented by the time of the next election. here's the analysis of tom newton dunn from times radio. "the biggest takeaway of today's decision? hard to get away from the cold fact that britain has become a victim of a colossal us/china fight. we'l

a coalition that the dominic raab says uk should be a pa rt dominic raab says uk should be a part of. the uk is really clear that we need to work with our american friends, as well as other partners together in the international system together in the international system to protect our freedoms and interests, and stand up for our values. we will have more impact when we were together. here's our political correspondent rob watson on why the uk seems to be so keen to shore up its relationship with the us. it's another feature of life, if you like, in post brexit britain, which is on the one side, the domestic divisions, but also the other is the necessary pivot away from brussels to get closer and closer to washington. because after all, the uk doesn't want to be alone ina all, the uk doesn't want to be alone in a world where it sees threats from russia and from china. now while mr pompeo praised the uk for siding with the us, beijing has once again slammed the uk for meddling in china's business and hong kong affairs. translation: china urges the uk to wa ke translation: china urges

china respects uk sovereignty and has never interfered in the uk's internal affairs. prosecutors respond to a record low in convictions for rape cases in england and wales, saying they want the conviction rate to increase. a quarter of britain's native mammals, including red squirrels and hedgehogs, are now at risk of extinction with an urgent call for action to prevent their loss. and, a multi—billion—dollar, decade—long project to bring rock samples from mars to earth prepares to blast off in an attempt to answer whether there has ever been life on mars. the office for national statistics has released figures comparing death rates across europe during the coronavirus pandemic for the first time. it shows that england had the highest level of excess deaths — that's the number of deaths above those expected for the time of year — in europe for the weeks from 2a february to 1ajune. and the uk had the second highest peak of excess deaths after spain, but england had the most overall because it was spread out over a longer time. it comes as people with coronavi

the uk's 56 network. by the time of the next election, we will have implemented, in law, an irreversible path for the complete removal of huawei equipment from our 56 network. us judges have scheduled the trial of ghislaine maxwell — the former girlfriend ofjeffrey epstein — forjuly 2021. she's charged with trafficking minors. ghislaine trafficking minors. maxwell pleads not guilty as ghislaine maxwell pleads not guilty as prosecutors say she is an extreme flight as prosecutors say she is an extreme flight risk who shouldn't get bail. the court is about to hear from maxwell's accusers. hitting reverse: millions go back into coronavirus restrictions around the world — including california, which shuts indoor restaurants, bars and places of worship. fewer green shoots than expected for the uk's economy, as restrictions are eased — with warnings that it may not recover from the pandemic until 202a. and a new study finds that andean condors — the world's largest soaring birds — can fly for up to

coming up, we'll break down the latest uk pmi data as the uk continues to recover from the pandemic more after the break >>> welcome back to "street signs. i'm julianna tatelbaum these are your headlines european markets sink. chinese stock sink lower after an order to shut down the consulate in chengdu >> we opened our arms to the chinese citizens only to see they are trying to skploid our free and open society. they sent propaganda into our colleges, schools and even pta meetings >>> business rebounds in july rising to the highest level since 2018 thanks to a boost from pent up demand as german and pmis also beat estimates retail rebound retail surged past expectation as the lockdown lifts as england starts to enforce new rules on face coverings in stores european semiconductor stocks struggle after issuing disappointing earnings guidance and delays the launch of a key next generation product. we've got more data crossing the wires for you. this time, the uk flash. the composite pmi has come in at 57.1 up from the 47.7 it logged in june. the services sector has come in at 56.6 versus 4

they've also had financial support from the uk government. but that's not something they feel they have to be particularly grateful for. i mean, we gave them the money first, then they gave it back to us and then say we've to say thanks. i mean, if we didn't have the uk we'd be keeping the money and we would have it to fund our own furlough scheme. nicola sturgeon accused the prime minister of crowing. borisjohnson has every right to be on a campaign visit to scotland today. in his shoes it's not how i would be choosing to spend my time given what we're facing right now. people can make up their own minds about these things and can make up their own minds about where they think the decisions that we're having to take right now are best taken. but none of us should be crowing about this pandemic in a political sense, is my honest opinion. perth is a city that voted to stay in the uk in 2014, but where support for the snp rose at the last election. it is people in places like this the prime minister has to try to convince of the ongoing benefit

the uk had planned for a pandemic and rehearsed its response. this was the starting point for the government's response to coronavirus — the 2011 flu pandemic plan. it spells out in detail the likely stages of an outbreak and the measures to deal with it. it draws on lessons learned from previous pandemics, including one a hundred years ago. the spanish flu of 1918 killed 200,000 in the uk and millions worldwide. influenza is still considered one of the most serious peacetime threats to the uk. we've had sort of five documented pandemics of flu in the last 100 01’ so years. so, it was sort of reasonable to base most of the planning around flu. back then, efforts to stop the virus failed. it kept on coming. the second wave, deadlier than the first. it took two years for spanish ‘flu to burn itself out. a century later, the government's flu plan assumed future pandemics could follow a similar path. if you read the 2011 pandemic flu plan, they say, "don't cause social disruption, keep people calm. it's going to run through. it's inevitable. i

we understand the uk government viewed this as primarily aimed at discrediting the uk in the eyes of a domestic russian audience, but nevertheless, those messages post referendum were being put out there to discredit the results, so you're absolutely that was a warning light, there were subsequent ones, the 2016 dnc hack and leak, and it wasn't the case of the government weren't told they should be looking at this. on page 14, this is in a footnote but i'm sure you will avidly read it over the next few days, there dcms select committee called on the government to launch an independent investigation into foreign influence. this information funding, photomanipulation and the sharing of data in relation to the scottish independence referendum. so the government were told by a select committee of the house, another select committee, to undertake precisely the work that would have identified the scale and scope of this threats. you reported there are agents... kevan will reply first. all the evidence was there from the scottish referendum. short of having a large van outside downing stree

i do think it is really important that the uk government reflects on its owfi arms the uk government reflects on its own arms sales. if you look at the arms sales that have gone to saudi arabia and the campaign in yemen which is resulting in thousands of people dying. humanitarian crisis. the uk government has been supplying those arms for those human rights atrocities. it's an issue here at home, it's worth noting that last year, it said the uk government should not continue to sell arms to saudi arabia and that they were found to be, it was found to be unlawful, given what was happening in yemen, and there was a new story around two weeks ago in the garden that suggested that there was still soitie that suggested that there was still some forms of sales going on, some licenses continuing to operate, which allows for the export of fighterjet which allows for the export of fighter jet components and which allows for the export of fighterjet components and aircraft maintenance to saudi arabia. sol think when we are talking about this and hearing the foreign secretary talk about human

what are you generally seeing both with regard to influence activities in the uk as well as the uk's experience watching influence activities overseas? >> great. thank you very much, heather. thank you, rachel, and thank you for inviting me to join the study interesting discussion. i think the first thing to say is that uk and russian action of a very long history. we've had very good relations. one goes back over 300 years, and that was a state of the relationship, that for those times was very productive. very productive, we admire the russian people, and we recognize the enormous sacrifices that the russian people made in the second world war. and we appreciate the fact that that second world war was one with soviet assistance and the soviet union ally at that time. and we have always made it clear that we want to protected load bearing relationship with the russian government including the current russian government and when i went with boris johnson johnson when he was foreign secretary to moscow, to deliver that last message, which seemed at the time to be appreciated by our ru

can the uk live without that? can the uk live without that? can the uk live without that? what it willing to pay for that, if you like? and there is also concern about notjust chinese companies being involved in telecoms but what about all those other aspects? very sensitive areas such aspects? very sensitive areas such as nuclear power, the water industry. there are many conservatives who see this as a strategic move by the chinese, not just over the last couple of years but over decades, as they try and move more into countries like the uk. but the question, i suppose, is the retaliation and how far china will go in response. there are senior conservative figures who feel that in the end a choice needs to be made and actually like—minded countries, whether that's the so—called five eyes security, canada, australia, america, whether they all stick together and take action and there are many that feel those western liberal democracy sticking together and calling out to china could be quite powerful. message of normality, trying to resume in this country, with the news

that uk businesses want that, too. the uk tells us it needs certainty for its businesses. ok, but that cannot be at the price of long—term uncertainty and disadvantages for our business in the eu. michel barnier, the eu's chief negotiator speaking at lunchtime today. we will be talking about that later in the afternoon. a spokesman for the chinese foreign industry told a news conference in beijing that actions by the uk about passports for long, as no longer valid. the uk has rejected china's argument and has broken its promise and violated international law and basic norms. the uk has intervened in both hong kong and china's domestic affairs. the uk broke its promise first so china will consider not recognising bno as a valid travel document. china reserves the right to take further actions. well, thatis right to take further actions. well, that is part of china's announcement there. i china correspondent stephen mcdonell explained the significance is full of what is being suggested there. this latest shot across th

loads of five oi’ the north—west the uk. loads of five or six the north—west the uk. loads of five orsix in the north—west the uk. loads of five or six in some rural spot. a bit more cloud for scotland come the afternoon. pretty solid cloud coming into northern ireland towards the evening. high teens to the north of the uk, a little warm to the south, 23-24. the uk, a little warm to the south, 23—24. some evening, rain sweeps into northern ireland, western scotla nd into northern ireland, western scotland and into the small hours of monday, some of that rain will make its way further south. under the cloud, a much milder night. in the south, with the breeze picking up, temperatures generally in double figures. monday, dating, some uncertainty, they load to the north will perhaps come to dominate. feeding some showers further south into england and wales, perhaps never getting into central and eastern england. largely dry here, but with building cloud. look out for some sharp pictures coming into the north west of scotland through the north west of scotland through

is saying hang on a minute, the uk is saying we will not let people from your country into the uk lsu quarantine for two weeks on your arrival. but they are saying we are less coronavirus cases in the uk have so what is the point. the spectacle this evening at the prime ministera spectacle this evening at the prime minister a portable tweeting a pie chart showing the upper had a population in the al guard were a lot of people of britain would like to go on holiday we have three times as many coronavirus cases as here in the uk. -- as many coronavirus cases as here in the uk. —— prime minister of portugal. more on the coronavirus going to the japan times now. they are reporting some alarm as the virus appears to be affecting more youth. they are reporting in a week—long surge apparently been made worse by a growing number of infections, primarily among young people that officials are tracing to bars, cafes and other nightlife destinations. that is quite a worrying picture. yes. especially as we're just worrying picture. yes. especially as we'rejust coming at worrying picture. yes

beijing accuses the uk of brutal meddling in its internal affairs. britain says it can't ignore what's going on in china. i'm not going to be sort of pushed into a position of becoming a knee—jerk sinophobe on every issue, somebody who is automatically anti—china. but we do have serious concerns. we'll be gauging the damage this could do to anglo—sino relations with our diplomatic editor. also this lunchtime... the race for a coronavirus vaccine — the government signs global deals to purchase millions of doses. more retail misery as high street stores marks & spencer and ted baker announce major job cuts. i was afraid he'd kill me — amber heard takes to the witness stand at her ex—husband johnny depp‘s libel case. 0h, close, close, gone! and vital early wickets as england press for victory in the second test at old trafford. and coming up on bbc news... nigel pearson says he's been overwhelmed by support following his shock sacking as watford manager, but admits he's disappointed he can't finish the job he started. good afternoon and we

i just want forgiveness, really, from the uk. everything i've been through, i didn't expect i would go through that. losing my children the way i lost them... she was in the al—hol camp for is women in north—east syria. to prevent her returning to britain, the then home secretary, sajid javid, took her british citizenship away, leaving her stranded. a decision she had been fighting from a second camp, al—roj, but the appeal court said today she should be allowed to come to the uk, meet her lawyers and fight her case in person. lord justice flaux said, "whilst she remains detained in the camp she can't give effective instructions or take any meaningful part in her appeal. the only way in which she can have a fair and effective appeal is to be permitted to come into the uk to pursue her appeal. fairness and justice must, on the facts of this case, outweigh the national security concerns." the home office immediately said it would ask for permission to appeal what it called a very disappointing decision. so for now, shamima be

contact with the uk authorities on this issue. it has also said that spain is a safe place to visit and any outbreaks of coronavirus in the country i very much localised and under control. it was very keen to underline that point. this comes as numbers of cases have been rising over the last few days, the last couple of weeks. we have seen, for example, in the north—eastern region of catalonia, the closure of all nightclubs there for the next two weeks. that's because the local authorities there are worried about the spread of the contagion among younger people. but clearly this is going to have a big impact on the tourism sector. british visitors tend to make up around a quarter of the total of foreign visitors to spain each year. the british market is the single biggest market for the spanish tourism industry. so this is a huge blow to the tourism industry and it comes when the industry was already reeling after the early part of the tourism season. it was basically com pletely tourism season. it was basically completely wiped

well, i think until this point, europe's been able to hide behind the uk, and the uk's assurances that the threat, the security threat, from having huawei systems in place could be controlled. but now that the uk has as you said reversed course, i think europe feels much more trapped between a rock and a hard place between displeasing its ally, the us, and losing out on at the economic benefits, especially after the pandemic offered by good relations with china. because it's notjust huawei. china is germany's biggest trading partner. and there has been, as you say, over the last year, mounting concern in europe over chinese human rights violations, in the uighurs and then hong kong. so i think there is a lot of debate and discussions going on in europe right now. and it's under pressure from both sides. celia, you pay close attention from the chinese perspective on this. one thing that struck me was on hong kong, a lot of european countries did not criticise the chinese national security legislation in hong kong. now, how do you think they're going to line up on huawei, the ones who si

the chinese ambassador to the uk. we can talk now to zubayra shamseden, chinese outreach coordinator at uyghur human rights project in washington dc. she is originally from east turkistan, or xinjaing province in northwest china. her brother has been detained there for 22 years. and to arfat erkin, who now lives in northern virginia in the us, both of his parents have been detained in camps in xinjiang province and he has lost contact with them. thank you so much for talking to us. zubayra, the footage that was being described that we saw of uyghurs blindfolded and lined up and lead onto trains, what do you say is happening there? um, it is enforced labour transfer. according to reports... and the witness testimonies and the uyghurs not only detained in the internment camps and detention camps, even now, the concentration camps, they are also forced to work in the factories in mainland china. according to reports... expatthose blindfolded or handcuffed people were people were transferred to mainland china to work in f

it's also brought a reaction from airlines uk which represents uk airlines. they say we need to have a regional corridor system rather than the whole country so it's just sections of the country where spikes might be happening that you then kind of removal from the exemptions list and they have also said now is the time to think about having testing at uk airports which would mean people could then avoid the need to quarantine. a lot of holiday—makers will be wondering what happens to things like travel insurance now. because the foreign office advice has changed, they are advising against nonessential travel to mainland spain. that means if you booked a holiday now, it's very unlikely, or if you travel to that country, it's very unlikely your travel insurance would be valid so there's a lot to think about now for people who are looking to book holidays and it is likely to really affect the confidence of people who we re affect the confidence of people who were now looking to get away abroad. we can go to furtive —— fuerteventura. how are you affected b

why is the uk so concerned about this? it is notjust the uk. it is the us as well. we have had comments from air vice marshal harvey smith from air vice marshal harvey smith from the raf who is not head of the uk space directorate but that is a new entity, saying that russia last week launched a projectile with a characteristics of a weapon, he has called for a halt for such tests and the us space command said that there is evidence that russian efforts to develop space weapons so clearly what people in the uk feel that russia has crossed the line. yes there has been other technologies used to target satellites by countries such as america, russia, china, india as well. which is normally ground based systems to missiles essentially to target satellites in space that can obviously have the potential to cause huge damage. this is different. this is a test that was conducted and the americans and the british believed by the russians with one of their satellite sent into orbit last year and there‘s a project which looked like a refuse and they are worried that this wi

why the uk has been so hard hit. robert croft, head of statistics, thank you. —— robert cuff. ministers are closely monitoring infection rates across europe, as britons consider whether to travel to the continent on holiday. cases of the virus in luxembourg and belgium are among those causing concern. let's speak to our correspondent in brussels, nick beake. talk is through the situation as it stands now. we know this is a virus which doesn't respect borders in any way and what we've got now is lots of different countries in europe anxiously looking at their own coronavirus rates, but also that of their neighbours, both close and further afield, and in many cases they do not like what they see. if we have a look at the maps. here in belgium the number of people going to hospital with covid has doubled over the past week, in neighbouring luxembourg infection rate has gone up luxembourg infection rate has gone up and that's led to speculation that both of those countries could soon be put on the uk's quarantine lis

rob griggs is from airlines uk the association for the uk airline industry and joins me now from romford. this must be the worst possible news, especially after you had managed to secure those travel corridors, which would have given you some sort of optimism. indeed, it isa you some sort of optimism. indeed, it is a big blow. it is only relatively recently we had the first batch of travel corridors a few weeks ago, and we said consistently that having been grounded essentially for three months, it was the travel corridors and the lack of quarantine that was enabling us to restart out after so long, and after such a difficult year for the uk airlines. this is a big blow, spain is opposite a big market, and it will be another blow to consumer confidence, which is why things like testing and original approach to the reports, we have seen here outbreaks in certain areas in spain, can we be more targeted and do other things, make sure we do not have to go back and forth like this? just on that point, how confusing is it, do you think, for the british public? i think, for the british public?

ministers pulled the plug on chinese involvement in the uk's 56 mobile network. this is a car crash for our digital economy, but one which could've been visible from outer space. and could the house of lords really move north? peers wondered who gave ministers that idea. henry viii sought to placate his rebels with a parliament in york. but first, there will be an independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak — but not yet. borisjohnson said the middle of a pandemic was not the right time to hold one. but at prime minister's questions, there was a foretaste of some of the arguments that will be aired when the inquiry finally comes. the labour leader sir keir starmer asked about a report that warned "intense preparations" were needed now for a possible second wave of coronavirus with the potential to kill as many as 120,000 people this winter. one of the key recommendations in this report, commissioned by the overnment‘s 0ffice for science, is that testing —— by the government's 0ffice for science, is that testing and tracing capacity will need to be s

, in place for a good reason, notjust for the uk, vacations are a huge pa rt of for the uk, vacations are a huge part of the economy, generates a huge number of jobs, part of the economy, generates a huge numberofjobs, in part of the economy, generates a huge number ofjobs, in aerospace, trade, getting people flying back to normal is a huge part of the overall recovery be fully backed government in making sure not a moment was lost in doing that. as i say, from now, it's important to think of ways we can and as much confidence as possible going forward, but absolutely, our thoughts are with those affected this morning because very little notice last night, people having to adapt to that now. rob, good to talk to you. thank you. kat has the sport this morning. england going into the third day to day of the test match. they do, we dodged the rate yesterday, horrible forecast. none of that rain really affected the cricket at all. good news for england. england go into day three of the final test against the west indies in a strong position today, after reducing the visitors to 137—6 ay

china's ambassador to the uk tells the bbc the uk's decision to drop huawei from it's 56 networks is a bad move for the country. i think uk should have it own independent foreign policy, rather than to dance to the tune of americans. like what happened to huawei. more than a quarter of a million coronavirus cases in 2a hours, the largest single—day global rise in cases since the start of the pandemic. borisjohnson says that in the uk, he does not believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed — even if there's a second spike of coronavirus this winter. eu leaders meet for an unscheduled third day of talks on a post—coronavirus economic recovery plan. lebanon faces economic ruin as the country's currency loses 80% of its value against the dollar — resulting in soaring prices. and the first official photos of the wedding of princess beatrice and italian count edoardo mapelli—mozzi — from their private ceremony on friday — attended by the queen and the duke of edinburgh. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest

uk prime ministers boris johnson will tell people in scotland today that the uk treasury support has kept the wolves at bay for tens of thousands of scottish businesses. on his first visit to the country since last year ‘s general election. he will also say being part of the uk has saved nearly 900,000 jobs in scotla nd uk has saved nearly 900,000 jobs in scotland during the coronavirus pandemic. during the visit, the prime minister will set out details ofa prime minister will set out details of a £50 million funding package for orkney, shetland and the western isles, equalling a pledge for the same amount from the scottish government. that is investing in tourism, energy and skills on the scottish islands. the trip comes as recent opinion polls suggest increasing support for independence. earlier, scotland ‘s first minister retweeted this cartoon from the times newspaper, depicting how she sees the prime minister ‘s visit today. earlier i spoke to our scotla nd today. earlier i spoke to our scotland correspondent james shaw said the curtain emphasises the scottish national pa

in the uk and abroad. and having to make quick decisions about how you handle it. let's go on to the metro newspaper. same story for them. europe has a second wave. 0minous signs, boris johnson warned viruses bubbling up again. the metro looking a bit more detail about how this is happened. because a looking at the numbers, they are not hugely significant at they are not hugely significant at the moment but it does appear that britt's returning with the virus has prompted this. yes. i think the feeling coming through the article in the metro is there has been so much effort and focus on driving down infection rates within the borders of the uk that perhaps the only reason you can see such a rise so only reason you can see such a rise so quickly over the past week or the passport fortnight is because the pandemic and disease has arrived to the airport terminal. it is being imported from people returning from their holidays with covid—19 and tans. hence the requirement for a quarantine that 14 day quaranti

our daily update on coronavirus data here in the uk. there were 763 new confirmed cases of covid—19 in the latest 24—hour period. the seven—day rolling average is 726. you can see from the chart that cases have been rising slightly in the past week, but scientists don't yet know whether that's because of more and better testing or the beginnings of the resurgence seen elsewhere in europe. 83 deaths were also recorded in the uk in that same 24—hour period. that takes the total number of deaths in the uk to 45,961. on average in the past week, 66 people have died every day from coronavirus — that is marginally up on last week. live to westminster and our chief political correspondent, vicki young. lots of the focus again today has been on spain, because of that decision taken by ministers, but to what extent are they concerned about other countries? they really are concerned about other countries as well. there has been all this pressure from the airlines, from tory mps and others are saying we need to encourage people to go on

and it's a similar picture right across the uk. have you learnt anything new from being part of tiny happy people that perhaps you didn't know before? you don'tjust need all these toys. you canjust use something simple like a tree, or, you know, a bit of paper rolled up. so he is the same age, isn't he, as prince louis? i was just saying, louis doesn't understand social distancing. so he goes out, like wanting to cuddle everything, and particularly any babies younger than him. ryan, i'm really interested in what you said about that you noticed she has five different cries. there is a fake cry, like, "why are you not here? "show me attention! " some of the things that the parents today, like, you know, ryan at the beginning, saying his baby has got five different cries, he's learned a huge amount from tiny happy people and its information like that, i wish i had had as a first—time mum, but, so many parents, it's gold dust, really, for families to be given those tips and tools to be able to use, particularly in those first five ye

for the rest of the uk, could be more u nsettled the rest of the uk, could be more unsettled by the time we get to wednesday. goodbye. dragonbar this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the veteran american civil rights leader and long—serving congressman, john lewis, has died at the age of 80. an officer for london's metropolitan police has been suspended — and another placed on restricted duties — after a video appeared to show one of them kneeling on man's neck. local authorities in england can use new powers from today to deal with coronavirus outbreaks in their area — with the ability to shut down specific premises, close off outdoor areas and cancel events. eu leaders are meeting for the second day of their brussels summit — with only faint hope of reaching an agreement on a coronavirus economic recovery package. the indian film star, aishwarya rai bachchan,

we urge the uk to make no more steps down the wrong path so as to avoid further damage to china—uk relations. in the uk, the government's move has the support of the opposition labour party, but they've called on the government to go further in demonstrating their condemnation. here's the labour party leader, sir keir starmer, speaking earlier. there's been a long and deep relationship between the chinese people and united kingdom, but some of the actions of the government are deeply disturbing. we can't turn a blind eye. we shouldn't turn a blind eye. it looks like it will be a step in the right direction. we also go further, you can impose sanctions and you should hear in the united kingdom, so we say to the government, we are waiting on extradition but that's a step in the right direction but go further as well. but while tensions between london and beijing have clearly escalated in recent weeks, the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, says keeping a good relationship with china is crucial. there is a balance here. i'm not going to be sort of pushed into a position of becoming a knee jerk xe

the uk has been pretty robust in its response so far. it's formally declared that the new security laws in hong kong are a legal breach of the joint declaration, the deal done between china and the uk before the handover. they have formally opened the doors of the british state to potentially up to 3 million hong kong residents. all of which is pretty consequential. i think the motivation for that is a mixture of factors. apart from people saying it is the right thing to do, there is a sort of residual, sort of, not quite guilt, but responsibility within the conservative party, who think, actually, this is unfinished business, they should have offered some of these rights before. there's also, i think, on the tory benches — not just tory benches but other benches — a growing political consensus here in the uk to be more sceptical, to push back against china more effectively. as ever, there will be economic constraints on the british behaviour, ultimately. and, steve, the point thatjames was just making about the potential offer to 3

flights home to the uk will operate today. it says it has taken the decision because of the government's updated advice. keith doyle, bbc news. and keith doyle has been at gatwick for us this morning and he sent this update on what's happening with the airlines now that the government is standing by those quarantine rules. this is normally peek spanish holiday time. 18 million britons took a spanish holiday last year, but of course these are not normal times, but for those who have chosen this year to take a holiday, the new government guidelines and advise against all but essential travel to spain means that many of those holidays are cancelled or curtailed. jet 2 the airline has already cancelled all its flights to spain and has warned passengers not to turn up at the airport this morning because those flights will not take off. for anyone in spain due to fly back to the uk today those flights will operate. the airline says it will operate. the airline says it will give more information to passengers today and over the next

the uk has said there are three phases to this. the first phase was, if you like, if you remember the old nuclear protect and survive stage of it, the second stage we saw last week was that let's have a look at how we can start creating jobs of the future and there will be more to come in the autumn. i think there will be a couple of sectors that will never be the same and the virus has accelerated this trend. retail will never be the same. retail is not going to be the same and our city centres will never be designed the same. there are a lot of chief executives of investment banks walking around midtown manhattan or wall street or canary wharf in london saying, "do i really need a building with 10,000 people in it?" so i think all of those things are going to change. but what the jobs of the future will be, i think going back to what we said about the green revolution, the uk has been an absolute leader in offshore and onshore wind and so there is plenty of mileage in developing those skills, but those things do not happen overni

but what this shows also is the uk government is not outright. it took a step very quickly but it is good to see the other countries between the five ice security countries and the eu are also joining security countries and the eu are alsojoining in security countries and the eu are also joining in and security countries and the eu are alsojoining in and seeing what they can do. there will always be tension between china being the second largest economy and needing china to be able to take on issues like tackling climate change were simple but i think thisjust shows tackling climate change were simple but i think this just shows that when it comes to human rights abuses, countries like the uk are notjust going to abuses, countries like the uk are not just going to roll over abuses, countries like the uk are notjust going to roll over and not do anything about it. let's move to your paper, and the main headline or the picture is incredibly visual. explain to us the headline and i will not imprint ten my german is good enough to talk us through it

are manifested here in the uk. this has not been an easy decision but it is the right one. for the uk's telecoms that were, for our national security and our economy in the long run. we also need to look at other networks. although these are fundamentally different to 5g, as many members have pointed out in the past, they need to be a secure and resilient as our new mobile technology. reflecting the advice of the national cyber security centre, we will need to take a different approach to full fibre, one that recognises that the identity 5g in terms of their technology, their security and the supporting them. given there is only one other appropriate skill vendor for full fibre equipments, but are going to embark ona fibre equipments, but are going to embark on a short technical consultation with operators to supply the dash to understand the supply the dash to understand the supply chain alternatives so we can avoid unnecessary delays. that technical consultation will determine the nature of our rigorous approach

we know that the uk government is reviewing whether facemasks should be the uk government is reviewing whetherfacemasks should be made compulsory in shops in england. but michael gove, the cabinet office minister, this morning said he didn't think they should be made compulsory, and actually we should rely on people following the guidance and using their good manners. so there is some confusion about what is going on in england. they are already compulsory in scotland, so anybody going to one of the recently reopened shops in scotla nd the recently reopened shops in scotland has to wear a face mask. not so clear if that is going to happen in england. interesting. watch this space. thank you very much, nick eardley, our political correspondent. you are watching bbc news. now lets have a look at the latest weather prospects for you. darren bett has the forecast for us. hello there. there's more sunshine to come through the rest of the day, and it's probably going to be a warmer day than it was yesterday. for much of the country, we've got high pressure still in charge, keeping it fine an

coming up in the next half hour, borisjohnson promises to "build, build, build" to boost the uk's economy after coronavirus. but the labour leader reckons the plans are nothing new and the government's got one more opportunity to stop mass redundancies. next week's financial statement could be the last chance to save millions ofjobs. but the prime minister remains positive. we are the builders, they're the blockers. we're the doers, they're the ditherers. we're going to get on with it and take this country forward. also on this programme, the governnment announces that up to 3 million hong kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the uk. the education secretary announces plans to get all of england's children back to school in september. and one mp reflects on how her life might have been different. my mum, who has regularly said, "katherine, i've been saying since you were two you'll either be a stripper, a social worker or a scientist!" but first, boris johnson was in bullish form as he set out what he called an "ambitious" post—coronavirus recovery plan. in a speech i

but the report also says the uk has been slow to respond. it is tough on britain's spies, saying they treated the task of defending the democratic system like a hot potato, with no—one wanting to take charge amid competing demands like stopping terrorist attacks. but the real criticism is for the government forfailing to give the spies clear direction. and as well as not investigating recent events like the brexit referendum, the report also says there was a longer term problem of not seeing the challenge from moscow. the killing of alexander litvinenko in london using radioactive polonium 14 years ago was a clear indication of the danger, the committee said, but it was a warning that went unheeded, his widow told me. do you feel that britain failed to learn the lesson of what happened to your husband in 2006? unfortunately, i would like to say yes. and because there was no strong reaction after that, we received salisbury. now we are discussing about hacking attacks to try to get a vaccine from british scientists. why has there not been a

we haven't arrived at a uk wide system for quarantine, people travelling in and out of the uk. so what you say to a family in scotland who say we will drive over the border into england, fly out of england, back into england and get round any quarantine difficulties in scotland, would they have your blessing, would you say it was perfectly fine? and for the chief scientific adviser and the chief medical officer, was there ever a medical, scientificjustification for the blanket quarantine we imposed back on june for the blanket quarantine we imposed back onjune the 8th? for the blanket quarantine we imposed back on june the 8th? first of all, i go back to what i said earlier, i know the devolved administrations in scotland and also in wales have a different take on this, but my observation through the long weeks and months of cooperation on this, the convoy is going in very much the same direction, maybe at slightly different speeds. i am sure we will get there together and that common sense will apply. on the second one, our advice has been clear that quarantine makes most sens

tonight, panorama investigates the uk's plans to fight coronavirus. it was just this fatalism that we're all going to get it and we might as well just get it over with. we speak to scientists at the heart of the government's response. we mustn't be catastrophists. we could do a lot of damage by raising false alarms. the world health organization was calling for urgent action. we have rung the alarm bell loud and clear. the only way you really deal with this virus is by actually stopping transmission. we reveal the early warning that hundreds of thousands could die. with the benefit of hindsight, clearly, it would have been beneficial to lock down earlier. how many lives could have been saved if the government had acted sooner? it was a gamble that we had no right to take with the british public. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. the start of lockdown — four months ago. it wasn't how the government saw this crisis unfolding. the uk had planned for a pandemic and rehearsed its respon

he said, in epidemiological terms, now than the uk. he said, in epidemiologicalterms, it would now than the uk. he said, in epidemiological terms, it would be safer to be in those destinations than the uk. this is one of the biggest tourist hotspots in madrid, but right now it is virtually empty. that is because of the covid—19 crisis. the fear is in the wake of the uk government's quarantine decision, it will be even more difficult for the tourism sector to recover over the coming weeks. barry cooper is temporarily living in madrid. he knows plenty of british people affected by the quarantine measure. friends and former collea g u es measure. friends and former colleagues coming through spain and into spain, family who would see us while we were here, it has thrown battle completely out of whack. for us, it is incredibly disappointing. but as we have seen over the last few months, things may change in an insta nt few months, things may change in an instant with the british government. new figures released today show the 1 million ne

uk/actionline. nasa has launched a new mission to mars to try to answer that perennial question — has there ever been life on the planet? its rover, called perserverance, took off from cape canaveral earlier, but it won't land on mars until february. the mission will also collect rock samples for analysis by scientists in laboratories back on earth, as rebecca morelle reports. one, zero. . .and liftoff. heading to the red planet, the start of a seven—month journey for nasa's most advanced of a mission to mars. the rover, called perseverance, will be collecting samples of martian rocks from an area that was once a river bed, and the hope is it will answer the key question — was the ever life on mars? we now know mars had an enormous amount of water in its past. if ancient life was on mars, you know, we have a good bet that we might be able to find it in these sediments. so this is really a life—detection mission. the rock samples will be stored and brought back to earth on a future mission. b

the uk will phase in its new system over six months. but eu countries will begin checks on our exports from january the 1st. getting ready for life outside the eu customs union doesn't come cheap. the government will spend £470 million on new customs facilities such as border control posts, and a further 235 million on it and staffing, including the recruitment of 500 more border force staff. but government ministers haven't said exactly when the new facilities will be ready. in a leaked letter, the international trade secretary, liz truss, has expressed concerns about a lack of necessary infrastructure at uk ports, and she wants assurances from government colleagues that a new customs system here in the uk won't be delayed any further than july next year. labour is accusing ministers of being complacent in their post—brexit preparations, and the party claims there's a growing sense of chaos in government. but government ministers argue they are making an unprecedented investment to keep our border secure. iain watson, bbc news. our