Lukashenkos disputed election victory. The election victory. Opposition movement here in belarus the Opposition Movement here in belarus is hoping for a massive turnout here in the next few hours to really ramp up the pressure on the man who has been president of this country for the last 26 years. President trump declares californias wildfires a major disaster releasing federal funds to victims whove lost their homes. The final voyage of the last surviving d day Landing Craft following a six year multi Million Pound renovation project. And coming up in sport. A record breaking day for englands cricketers leave them eyeing victory in the third and final test with pakistan. Hello. Stay with us for the latest analysis from here and across the globe. Children are more likely to be harmed by not returning School Next Month than if they catch coronavirus according to englands chief medical officer. Professor chris whitty said the chance of children dying from covid 19 are incredibly small but missing lessons damages children in the long run. He warned its unlikely therell be a vaccine before the end of the year. It comes as holiday makers returning to the uk from croatia, austria and Trinidad And Tobago now have to quarantine for m days. In india the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus passes three million with the worlds highest rate of new infections. And the World Health Organization recommends that children over the age of 12 should wear face masks. Our Health Correspondent laura foster reports. This is how many schools have looked for months. But with the Summer Holidays nearly over in wales, Northern Ireland and england, many are busy changing things to keep pupils, staff and the Wider Community safe. Scientific evidence shows children are unlikely to become severely ill from coronavirus, and some even suggest they spread the virus less than adults. Of course the floor markers. At this Primary School in east london, they are looking forward to having the children back. I worry about the lack of social interaction those children have had. I worry about the lack of development. I look at things like theirfine motor skills the way they would hold a pencil, the way they would form their words, so their speech and language. Some of those children wont have had those experiences over this time. Any area that would normally see gatherings in groups has been closed the staff room, the library, the lunch hall. Start times will be staggered to stop parents crowding at the school gates. Playtime is going to look very different. In order to keep children within their year group bubbles, here theyve marked out different sections of the playground for them using these coloured barriers. Thats to stop them mingling. The rest of the playground is going be used for pe, something thats still very important during these coronavirus times. The chief medical officer for england says a vaccine is unlikely to be ready before winter next year, so businesses such as shops and restaurants may be forced to close to keep children learning. We are walking an incredibly narrow path between relaxing enough as individuals and as a society that actually transmission takes off or overdoing it and doing damage socially and economically, which we didnt need to. Its an incredibly narrow path we are walking. Theres not much room for manoeuvre. It means measures in schools like this one will be in place for several months yet. Our political correspondent, leila nathoo, joins me now. This is a big push, isnt it, by the government, to reassure parents and teachers ahead of the return to school . I think it will be helped this intervention by professor chris whitty hoped that this will persuade parents and teachers this assay. Primary School Pupils were supposed to go back before the summer supposed to go back before the Summer Holidays, that was abandoned, a patchy picture across the country. This is clearly a big priority for the government, Boris Johnson this is clearly a big priority for the government, borisjohnson saying it was a moral duty. And the Economic Impact of helping parents get back to work if their children are back at school. This is top of the worst in the weeks to come, i think. Labour are saying they support reopening but are saying the government has wasted two weeks of potential planning time coping with the fallout of the exam result scales and say there should have been better planning in place with them i think it shows there is significant political pressure on the government, on boris on gavin williamson, education secretary, to get this right to make sure schools openin get this right to make sure schools open in full and safely. Well, we can speak now to martin mckee, whos professor of European Public health at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine, and a member of independent group, sage. He joins us live from his home in north london. The Government Group part of the independent group that shadows that. We are hearing from the chief medical officer of this message of reassurance that children are more likely to be more harmed by not coming back to School Next Month and if they catch coronavirus, do you agree . Absolutely, the chief medical officer is quite right but you have to look at everything he said and as we heard in the interview, he said we heard in the interview, he said we are treading a very narrow path. In our report for independence vanish by independent sage which echoes the chief medical officer, there is a onus on the government to put in all the systems needed to make this happen. There was a report we we re make this happen. There was a report we were not involved in saying the risk is extremely low if the level of infection in the population is low. There are dangers, as israel and the united states, if it is not. There is a real obligation to get the right down as low as possible and that means looking at whether we can open up other parts of the economy, means we should look at where people congregate in indoor, probably ventilated spaces. And we need a much betterfine, test, isolate and trace system, there was progress but more needs to be done. We need clearer guidance for schools, we have read through the department for education guidance, it is full of where necessary, according to circumstances. We need to sit down with teachers to work through scenarios and need a system where no child is left behind, because this is all about educating children, helping their social development, notjust putting them somewhere to allow people to get back to work. We need the interests of the child at the top but i agree with the chief medical officers. The governments is in quarantine, we are seeing that kicking in from travellers coming back from places like croatia. Have they got that right . The decision about quarantine is right, it is the implementation, as so often with the english government, where there are problems. We do need to balance safety with opening up the economy. For example, people are having to quarantine because they missed the deadline by a few hours. It would be possible to bring forward the Decision Making process which happens on a weekly basis in the uk just to allow people may be another 18 or 2a of us. We need to look at testing on entry and then at seven days, modelling work by colleagues of mine at the wanton school have suggested that could shorten the period of quarantine considerably. We need to look at regional analyses. In the us and australia, quarantine restrictions between states. Other countries when they introduce quarantine for spain, they did so for the moment but not the canaries and the balearics. When it to look at a border area, so if there was an outbreak in geneva, looking at bits of switzerland and france. The same way the Irish Government has had restrictions for mainland Great Britain but not for Northern Ireland. Boarders are artificial lines, within europe they essentially dont exist we need more nuanced and sophisticated measures. In croatia, it is on vanish back in zagreb, not only coast. It is not banished back in zagreb, large numbers of demonstrators are expected to gather again in the belarus capital, minsk, to protest against president Alexander Lukashenko and the election they say he rigged a fortnight ago. Lithuania and poland have both denied claims that nato is building up its forces along their borders with belarus. It comes after president lukashenko accused what he described as foreign powers of orchestrating the protests. He made his remarks on a visit to a military facility in the west of the country and ordered the army to stand ready to defend the nation. Lets speak now to our correspondent in minsk, jonah fisher. More big demonstrations expected today. How much danger do you think president lukashenko is in now and how much are the protests. Today we are expecting the opposition to try and put on a very large demonstration, something similar to what happened last sunday when the entire centre of minsk was taken over by demonstrators, several thousand people on the streets. The problem for the opposition, the man in charge for the last 26 years, president lukashenko, he has built the Security Apparatus and for now that appears loyal to him. The military here has been loyal to him. The question is the demonstrators face and that they are at the moment facing increasing pressure from the riot police and security, how do they handle the progress towards removing president lukashenko from office. People power will not be enough to push him out . How is he likely to be removed . It seems there would have to be a move against him from within the Security Apparatus, the closed group to him, someone might tap him on the shoulder and say it is time to go. In moscow, Vladimir Putin might say they might prefer a managed transfer of power rather than the chaos of a peoples revelation. They might also decide there should be pressure on him to leave in a managed transition toward someone they feel they could work with. That has appeared to recede somewhat as a possibility as president lukashenko has ramped up the rhetoric about this not being about a rigged election, human rights abuses here on the ground, but a bigger geopolitical question that belarus is under threat from the west, nato, and people need to rally to defend belarus and belarussian identity. Joining me now is dr nigel gould davies, former British Ambassador to belarus and a senior fellow for russia eurasia at International Institute for strategic studies. Do you think people power could topple president lukashenko or will the Security Forces and the levers of power he has will remain loyal . There are different considerations to bear in mind. On one hand, the recent history of eastern and South Eastern Europe suggests that when people power on the scale we are seeing in belarus mobilises for long enough then it is impossible for the existing regime to sustain itself. Sooner or later, it is that the people against a dwindling circle of those with the big sticks and eventually some sort of tap on the shoulder of the kind jonah described. On the other hand, we face some unique circumstances in belarus. President lukashenko has been there a very long time. It is really just about him, been there a very long time. It is reallyjust about him, there are no other centres of power around him. Russia is in the wings waiting to. The key to this is the military and other structures of that kind that ta ke other structures of that kind that take the review the status quo is that take the view the status quo is unsustainable for the country and their interest lies with the people. He appeared before factory workers the other day, theyjeered him and heckled him. Reminiscent of romania. But you dont think that will be enough to push him out of power . The country is pretty much on a knife edge now. The initial response for lukashenko, was to crush and repress the protests against the falsified results. That did not have the intended effect of frightening people into silence. On the contrary, it has brought new and wider groups into the support of change. The workers in the state owned enterprises, the crownjewels of lukashenkos owned enterprises, the crownjewels of lu kashenkos economy, owned enterprises, the crownjewels of lukashenkos economy, they have sided with the opposition. A combination of forces, really, overwhelming in the country, from border to border, a raid against the authorities now. It is a situation lukashenko does authorities now. It is a situation lu kashenko does not authorities now. It is a situation lukashenko does not know quite how to deal with it, which is why she is now throwing more sand in everys eyes by claiming a external threat, which is manifestly untrue. Thank you, nigel, former British Ambassador to belarus. The headlines on bbc news. Schools are safe englands chief medical officers seek to reassure parents as millions of children prepare to return to the classroom. Opposition protesters in belarus plan another big demonstration in minsk two weeks after president lukashenkos disputed election victory. President trump declares californias wildfires a major disaster releasing federal funds to victims whove lost their homes. Staying with those California Wildfires now and President Trump has approved the states request to declare the blazes a major disaster. It means federal funds will be available to help victims of the fires. At least six people have been killed and tens of thousands have fled as over 500 separate fires burned more than 4000 Square Kilometres of land in a week. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports from los angeles. Some of the biggest wildfires california have ever seen. The north of the state is the worst affected. There are multiple blazes burning in the mountains around palo alto, in the San Francisco bay area, and another complex of fires is wreaking havoc in wine country, south of sacramento. In all, almost 600 separate fires, many of them started by a series of rare, dry lightning storms. A blanket of smoke hangs over much of the state. 175,000 people have been told to leave their homes. Some are nervous about taking shelter in crowded evacuation centres because of the coronavirus. There are more cases in california than any other us state. Several friends have lost their homes and many others who are evacuated. So this is a really difficult time, but it is great to see the community pull together to do what we can to support each other. With local firefighters growing weary from the unrelenting battle, back up crews have been drafted in from neighbouring states and further afield. It is hoped teams will fly in from canada and australia to help tackle the growing inferno. Officials are warning that there may be worse to come with more lightning forecast and blistering heat that could go on for another week. California is used to the annual threat from wildfires, but they are getting worse. Record temperatures, the lightning, tinder dry brush a perfect storm for a long, hot summer of destruction. Peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. Lets stay with this story, heres an account from professor mark massoud, who has had to flee his home in santa cruz. To evacuate in this kind of way, i was lucky they provided us a few hours you can call it lucky to gather things. The question becomes, what do you gather when you only have a few hours to kind of fit everything you can into a car and go . But i do feel lucky for that time. And i am up in sanjose, about a0 miles from santa cruz. They have constructed or bulldozed two fire breaks running from the pacific ocean, maybe tens of miles, up to the ridge of the mountains to stop the fires from coming into the university of california santa cruz. And further on into the actual city of santa cruz, where tens of thousands of people live. The university of california is on the north west corner of the city and the fires are just north west of that. So i am hopeful that, with those fire breaks, the city of santa cruz and the university will be saved. The last surviving d day Landing Craft from the Second World War has been forced to postpone its final voyage after a six year renovation project costing around 6 million. Due to choppy waters and gusty wind, the craft was unable to make its final landing at portsmouth here in the uk, where it will be put on display. Our defence correspondentjonathan beale has been keeping track of its journey so far. Imposing strings music. Archive the dawn ofjune the sixth comes up like thunder over the invasion coast. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. D day, 19114, bringing an entire allied army to france to defeat the nazis. And it would never have happened without these. Hundreds of Landing Craft, the workhorse of the invasion. Quickly built and just as swiftly discarded after the war. This was britains last known surviving Landing Craft designed to carry tanks into battle. Lct 707a was eventually turned into a liverpool nightclub. And then left to sink in the mud and mire of the mersey. Just six years ago, the painstaking restoration began. Its an absolute miracle, and its just its so amazing. Every step weve taken in this project, i feel like weve given her a little bit of her dignity back. When i first met this ship, she was a funnel sticking up out of the water in birkenhead, covered in rust and barnacles. So, weve had six years, really, from recovering herfrom there, cleaning her, pumping out 80 tonnes of gunk from the inside of her double bottom. Shes staggeringly important. These Landing Craft are what makes d day work. And until you see one and you stand on this one, and then you realise there were 800 just like this, only then can you really understand the scale of d day. In 19114, it took three months to build her and at a cost then of £28,000. Restoring her has taken much longer and cost nearly £5 million. All restored to her former glory. Tell us what you think. Gosh, look at that but for this d day veteran, it is now a wonder to behold. Mickjennings was 18 years old on d day, one of the crew of the same type of Landing Craft that stormed the normandy beaches. Ill be honest i was a little bit scared. Its only until something goes bang and you realise Something Like a shell has dropped on the sand, that, you know, they werent doing it for fun. Mick didnt know whether hed survive that day. And now, nearly 95 years old, he didnt think he would be reminded of it in such a powerful way. I thought, i dont think im going to live long enough to see it, which is another amazing thing, you know . And shell be there to remind generations to come. In the early hours of this morning, the ghostly image of lct 707a made what was meant to be her final move by barge from Portsmouth Naval base to her new home at southsea. But with strong winds, her planned landing has had to be postponed until later this week. Like d day itself, its the weather which has the final say. Jonathan beale, bbc news, southsea. Australians in several South Eastern States are experiencing surprising and unseasonal weather triggered by antarctic air. Many people have been out enjoying the rare event despite strong winds and heavy snow yes, snow. Phil mercer sent this report. A rare antarctic blast has turned parts of south eastern australia white. Blizzards have brought chaos to some roads, and the icy cold front has sent temperatures plummeting way below average. Towns to the west of sydney in the Blue Mountains have been blanketed by late winter snowfall. A few months ago the region was battling bushfires, but this has been a treat for locals and visitors. Its brilliant, especially for the kids and other people that cant get to the snow or those that dont quite have the funds or the finance for the snow this is absolutely brilliant for them. Up to a metre of snow has fallen elsewhere in the state of new south wales. The wintry blast has hit victoria and wildlife has had to contend with the icy conditions. But there are fears that trees and power lines could collapse under the weight. Forecasters have said this is a one in 15 year weather event. Australia is a land of extremes. Snow falls on its mountains every year, but the amount varies. Want to have a taste . No. The complex low pressure system that brought this spectacle is expected to ease. A world away in the tropics, the temperature in the city of darwin on sunday will reach 3a celsius. You are watching bbc news. We will ta ke you are watching bbc news. We will take a closer look at the newspapers with our reviewers very shortly. Sunday times journalist Katherine Forster and political commentatorjames millar thats coming up after the latest headlines and a full sport update. Now its time for a look at the weather with louise lear. The second half of the weekend looks lighter than the first. Lighter winds, sunny spells, fewer showers hopefully. The satellite pictures, where is the card . Further north and west, best of the brakes east of the pennines down into the london area. In line of sharper showers developing, already they are through Northern Ireland, west of scotland, northern england, drifting eastwards. North and south of the showers, some isolated showers dotted around. The wind strength, nowhere near as strong as just recently, gusts of 25 30 mph as a maximum. Like the wind but northerly, in scotland feeling cooler particularly on the exposed north coast, top temperatures around 1617, 22 the high north coast, top temperatures around 16 17, 22 the high elsewhere. Sunshine and showers for monday, heavy rain, wind from tuesday onwards. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines schools are safe englands chief medical officers seek to reassure parents as millions of children prepare to return to the classroom. Many more are likely to be harmed by not going than harmed by going, even during this pandemic. Opposition protesters in belarus plan another big demonstration in minsk two weeks after president lukashenkos disputed election victory. President trump declares californias wildfires a major disaster releasing federal funds to victims whove lost their homes. The final voyage of the last surviving d day Landing Craft following a six year multi Million Pound renovation project. Before the papers, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heresjohn watson. Good morning. Not long to go until day three of the third test between england and pakistan, a day which should see england wrap up victory after declaring on 583 for 8. Jimmy anderson then blew the top order away taking three wickets as pakistan closed on 24 3. To look ahead to day three, im joined by our Sports Reporter henry moeran live from the bio bubble in southampton. We saw the records fall yesterday as zak crawley and jos buttler dominated with the bat how impressive have they been . Well it was an outstanding batting performance and a partnership that will live long in the memory. 350 ru ns will live long in the memory. 350 runs and a record partnership and records