And take your plastic beach toys home with you the message from clean up campaigners warning of possible harm to marine life. And arsenal celebrate becoming Community Shield winners, after Beating Premier League champions liverpool in a penalty shoot out. Hello and welcome, if youre watching in the uk, or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Britains largest Higher Education union has called for students to stay home for the autumn term, and study online, to prevent a second wave of coronavirus. Face to face learning is an issue universities are grappling with around the world because of covid 19. The universities and College Union say the prospect of more than a Million Students moving from their home towns to campuses across the country is a recipe for disaster. Universities insist theyve spent months planning for a safe start to the new term. Heres our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. Its been quiet on campuses since march, but within weeks, students are due to return more than a million across the uk. The University Lecturers union says that should be put on hold. They want students to stay home, study online, unless theyre doing a practical course, and warn full reopening could prompt a crisis. We are really worried that we could see universities becoming the care home of any second wave of covid 19 in the uk. The sheer amount of people that were asking to move across the country and then congregate together in large numbers, when we dont think there is sufficient Safety Measures in place. So, were looking at big residential bubbles, were looking at students potentially mixing outside of those, and, as we say, no real way to trace or to test. The National Union of students agrees, but universities say theyre making campuses safe. More cleaning, partitions, face coverings, most offering a mix of online and face to face learning, clear rules in student accommodation. Universities say they expect students to be responsible. Every student signs a contract with that university and, this year, those contracts have been amended to include particular rules around social distancing and following the guidance thats in place at that time. The vast majority of our students are very responsible young adults. Any small minority that dont obey the requirements of that contract, we have adjusted our Disciplinary Procedures and we will deal with them under those procedures. The government says its right for universities to reopen. Its going to update its advice in england. Many students cant wait to start, but student life this year wont be quite the same. Branwen jeffreys, bbc news. Many School Students are returning to the classroom. Our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, is here. An open letterfrom an open letter from the education secretary to parents of School Pupils in the uk. Yeah, and his message is pretty clear, he says i know many of you are worried about sending your children back to school, but i assure you schools are safe. The message goes further, there is no danger if you dont send your children back to school. How is Gavin Williamson trying to persuade pa rents Gavin Williamson trying to persuade parents it is safe . Two elements. The first, listen to the experts, the four chief medical officers of the four chief medical officers of the uk who all say it is safe for children to go back to school. Look at the scientific evidence. He says there is a vanishingly small risk to children from coronavirus, but he also says, look at the huge protection is being put in place by schools to protect staff and pupils. For example, Primary School children, being kept in specific groups, bubbles. Personal protective equipment when there are outbreaks. More hygiene, cleaning, extra money for the pupils who have to take public transport to get to school. All of that should reassure parents it is safe to go back to school this week. You also have to say reading this, not just parents week. You also have to say reading this, notjust parents are nervous, the government is nervous as well, desperate to get this right, especially given what has happened in recent weeks. The whole Coronavirus Crisis has of course cost the government in the uk a small fortune, as it has governments around the world. But there is a lot of speculation in the papers today about possible tax rises in britain to pay for this. What we have got is a budget coming up. In november. More than two months away. But already the speculation is starting about what might be in the budget, particularly any possible tax rises. Two of the leading sunday newspapers, sunday times, sunday telegraph his paper, they say the treasury, the government, is considering certain tax rises aimed at the wealthy and companies. The government is considering increasing corporation tax, tax on companies, Capital Gains tax is another one, might be brought in line with income tax. Possibly reducing pensions tax reliefs, all of these things it says are under consideration. The government says it is not going to comment on speculation, but it serves a purpose, the sort of speculation. Number one, it floats an idea to see how it goes down with the public and conservative mps as well. I think what the government is trying to do all sellers prepare people, taxpayers, all of us, for what might be pretty difficult times ahead trying to do for all of us is prepared people. The Un Refugee Agency says hundreds of migrants whove been rescued in the mediterranean must be granted a place of safety. Theyre still at sea having been rescued by three boats, including one which has been paid for by the street artist banksy. Simonjones reports. Brought to shore and to safety. 49 migrants who had initially been rescued by a ship belonging to banksy, the Louise Michel. They were taken to lampedusa by the italian coast guard. These are the lucky ones. The fate of hundreds more people still on the water remains unclear. The Louise Michel had picked up more than 200 people at sea. It became dangerously overcrowded and stranded off the coast of malta. Some of the migrants had to stay on life rafts, floating alongside the boat. The crew said nobody in the International Community was willing to help. Everyone that has been rescued is deeply traumatised. Well keep trying to contact the european authorities to be assigned a port of safety. One ship did come to help another rescue vessel, the sea watch 4. It was already carrying around 200 migrants. It has now taken on board those from the Louise Michel. They are being given medical assessments, with treatment for dehydration, hypothermia and fuel burns. The sea watch crew tweeted, we now have around 350 people on board who need to disembark in a safe port as soon as possible. The Louise Michel added, it is not over, we demand a place of safety for all survivors now. The Louise Michel had only recently gone into service as a rescue ship complete with its own banksy artwork. The artist has accused the eu authorities of ignoring distress calls from non europeans. The Un Refugee Agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative. Simon jones, bbc news. Gillian triggs is assistant high commissioner for protection at unhcr, the Un Refugee Agency. She joins us live from geneva. What do you think should happen to the migrants who have been taken on board the various vessels . Good morning. Yes, of course, the most important element is the rescue at sea, a important element is the rescue at sea , a rescue important element is the rescue at sea, a rescue of people seeking protection from typically conflict, persecution. Their lives must be saved. That is the absolute fundamental point. But having been saved, and they are now by commercial boats, boats by ngos, the next is the opportunity to disembark, it cannot be humane to leave them drifting on boats that of course are not designed at all for large numbers of human beings. It is a very mixed practice. Some countries are on an ad hoc basis allowing disembarkation for asylum. Others are not, we have credible evidence of refusal and effectively push backs. Who is not helping in that way . Which countries are not helping . Are these your are these eu countries . We are concerned any country that has advice that there are people at risk at sea has an obligation, that is fundamental maritime law, but we are concerned that one of the reasons commercial boats are now, we are grateful, taking people up along with various ngo groups, one of the reasons for this being so important is that you has not been able as a solidarity measure to agree on a mechanism for search and rescue. It does happen on a unilateral basis, as you mentioned, malta, greece, italy, spain, they have been taking ad hoc, on an ad hoc basis, boats, people in need of protection. The difficulty is we do not have an eu based mechanism, that is the sharing of responsibilities, for managing this humanitarian crisis. The trouble is, some people would argue that the more you have that kind of system, where these people are rescued and allowed to disembark in various countries, the more you encourage these people to make what is a very perilous journey in the first place. Well, that is not our information. In fact, of course, does this constitute a pull factor . If they know they will be rescued fairly quickly, able to disembark, make an application, is it a pull factor . The evidence we have is that is not the case. In fact, debates continue to come even in the time when we saw few ngo puma operating in the area the boats continue to come. The factors that are so critical are Smuggling Networks and the absolute desperation of the people we are concerned with. We have to speak more about the root causes, the poverty, discrimination, rising conflict in this sahel. These are much more powerful factors. Thank you for talking to us, assistant high commissionerfor the unhcr. Opposition groups in belarus are getting ready for another day of protests, three weeks after the disputed president ial election. Last sunday, more than 100,000 people gathered in the centre of the capital, minsk, as they campaign to force president Alexander Lukashenko to step down. The authorities have revoked the accreditations of 17 journalists, mostly working for western media, including two reporters from the bbcs russian language service. Steve rosenberg reports from minsk. In belarus, sunday has become the key day for protests against alexander lu kashenko. Key day for protests against Alexander Lukashenko. One week ago, more than 100,000 people gathered here in the centre of links to demand his resignation and we are expecting another big Anti Government rally here today. It will be interesting to see whether it is allowed to go ahead or if the police will try to stop it. Yesterday the authorities here launched a crackdown on independent voices. 17 journalists launched a crackdown on independent voices. 17journalists had press accreditation is revoked. Most of them were from belarus, belarus citizens working for foreign media. Clearly a n attem pt citizens working for foreign media. Clearly an attempt to interfere in coverage of events to make it harder for International News organisations to report on what is happening in belarus. It is three weeks since the president ial election which alexander lu kashenko claims president ial election which Alexander Lukashenko claims to have won by a landslide but which is widely believed to have been rigged in his favour. That vote was followed by a Brutal Police crackdown on the streets against his opponents, which sparked shock across the country and anger with the man who has been running this country for 26 years. Steve rosenberg reporting from minsk. In the western us city of portland, a white man is reported to have died after a shooting on saturday night. It followed skirmishes between pro trump and black lives matter protesters. It isnt clear if the shooting arose from the clashes in the city centre. Local media said the dead man was wearing a hat bearing the insignia of a right wing group. There have been nightly protests in portland since may, sometimes violent, following the death of george floyd, in minneapolis when a Police Officer knelt on his neck. President trump will visit kenosha in wisconsin on tuesday, the city which has been at the centre of protests since a black man was shot in the back by a Police Officer last weekend. The white house said mr trump would meet police and see for himself damage from recent riots. The shooting left jacob blake paralysed from the waist down. New Research Shows that care homes in england had the largest increase in excess deaths at the height of the pandemic, compared to the rest of the uk. The study, which was led by the university of stirling, also shows that care home residents have accounted for 40 of all coronavirus deaths in the uk. Professor david bell led the research. He says more information needs to be collected to avoid the impact of a potential second wave on the care sector. There are, for example, many more ca re there are, for example, many more care homes than there are hospitals and there is a lot that goes on around care at home that we dont really know about. But i think the past few months have been a wake up call, that some more effort has to be put into this area because without the data and evidence, we cannot know whether the policies we are putting in place are working. The headlines on bbc news. Calls for students in the uk not to go back to university in case it sparks a second wave of coronavirus. European countries are urged to offer a place of safety to hundreds of migrants rescued by ships in the mediterranean including one paid for by the street artist banksy. More opposition protests expected today in belarus, as the government there is accused of cracking down on foreignjournalists. For the tenth consecutive week, there have been demonstrations across israel demanding the resignation of Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The biggest protest was outside his official residence in jerusalem. Protesters want him to stand down because of his indictment on corruption charges, which he denies. They are also angry about the governments handling of the pandemic. Japans chief cabinet secretary, yoshida suga, has announced he intends to run in the Ruling Party Leadership race to succeed Prime Minister shinzo abe. Mr abe, whos japans longest serving premier, said on friday he was stepping down due to a worsening of a chronic illness, setting the stage for a leadership election within his liberal democratic party. Lets return to the news that universities in the uk are being urged to scrap plans for face to face teaching until christmas in order to prevent a second wave of coronavirus. We can talk now tojo grady, head of the university and College Union. Thank you for being with us. You are saying universities could become like the care home sector in terms of the deadly spread of coronavirus. That is pretty extreme language, pretty extreme comparison. Young students, we know they are far less susceptible to serious symptoms from coronavirus. It is a Fairly Extreme example, but we think at the moment encouraging a Million People to must migrate around the uk to set up new homes with other young people is irresponsible. We also think that if you take into account that young people can often be asymptomatic, they are notjust moving into the halls of residence, they are moving into a new city, for instance, manchester will be welcoming 100,000 students, no track and trace, knowing uk mandatory testing for when students arrive, i think the potential here for a Public Health disaster is huge no uk mandatory testing. Do you not think students have been enough without having to stay at home for the next. We have had the exam chaos around a levels, we have had strikes by your own union which left hundreds of thousands of students without tuition for a long period of time. Then covid crisis. The £9,000 a year, whatever it is, they have to pay for tuition fees, they are not getting a lot for their money. Everybody has been through a lot this year and students in particular are looking forward to starting a new university town. But we really think the potential cost here of precipitately rushing back to campus is huge university term. In march, we were looking at italy to learn lessons to prevent our coronavirus outbreak being as bad as it wasnt we did not learn them. We need to look to the us, where campuses opened a few weeks ago, and they are already going into lockdown. But online learning, it is not the same as face to face tuition. We have heard from the government urging School Pupils to go back to school because otherwise there will be a lost generation in terms of education. The same with universities. Time for students to get back to learning properly. University students are not like school children. They are adults. The idea that they are a lost generation because they might learn online for a few more months until christmas which is what they have been doing since march, i think it isa been doing since march, i think it is a price worth paying. In order to keep everybody safe. There has been lots of time, months, for universities to get ready for the return, including your members in the universities. Surely they have had enough time in the universities to make things safe, to prepare for this. The government have not even issued any advice what a safe return to university will look like. Universities, including my members, have been working really hard, but what we are saying is, when facts change, your plans need to change. We dont have an infection rate we are on top of, we dont have functioning track and trace, uk wide mandatory testing, yet we will encourage a Million People to move around the country, it does not make any sense. Returning to what you have said, return to university could lead to a second wave of covid. Again, it is very alarmist language, isnt it . This is a really alarming situation. This is a Million People, we dont know where they are coming from, could be asymptomatic, could be spreading coronavirus around cities they are moving into. We are seeing exactly this in america. In march, we regretted that charlton went ahead, that Football Games went ahead. We look back and wonder what could have happened if we prevented those things cheltenham went ahead. What we do the next few weeks now and the uk could prevent an outbreak in ourfuture. And the uk could prevent an outbreak in our future. Jo grady, head of university and College Union, thank you. Campaigners are reminding people visiting beaches in the uk to take their belongings and rubbish home. Keep britain tidy says more than 130 plastic toys have been collected from one shoreline near blackpool injust three months. As well as looking untidy, there are concerns that if the toys are just left on beaches, they will be swept into the sea and cause harm to marine life. Our reporter luxmy gopal is on st annes beach in lancashire. It looks like a rather lovely day. It looks like a rather lovely day. It isa it looks like a rather lovely day. It is a beautiful day. Beautiful looking beach. Like many beaches across our country, blighted by the sight of letter. We have a team of volu nteers sight of letter. We have a team of volunteers here. They have been hard at work since this morning gathering itself litter. Part of a keep britain tidy campaign. They are trying to raise awareness of when we go to the beach, we take all of this plastic beach toys, buckets and spades, but the issue is too many of us arejust spades, but the issue is too many of us are just leaving them there and adds to piles and piles of rubbish causing harm to see life and makes the seaside look a bit messy. To give you an idea, context, the plastic there takes a50 years to decompose. If that was around at the time of william shakespeare, that still would not be fully decomposed. Quite a stark thought. Emily is from the Charity Keep Britain tidy. How big an issue is this . A huge issue. Litter on the beach itself is one problem, but i being left behind which should not be here because they have plenty of life left in them, another huge problem we are dealing with. You are trying to tell people notjust to dealing with. You are trying to tell people not just to take it away but also knotted it because it because it has more use. Exactly. The items, plastic buckets, spades, sand moulds, they dont have tojust be used once, they can come to the beach with a family in the morning, ta ke beach with a family in the morning, take them home, save them, use them again next week, next summer even. Not a single use items. They should not be treated as a throwaway disposable. Speak to one of the volunteers, ruth. You have been taking taking litter morning. You have got a nickname because of this. Rubbish ruthy, yes. Do such a beautiful area. We want the wildlife to choke. It isjust a nice thing to do. Absolutely. I will let you carry on. You have bits of face masks as well. Another issue left lying on the beach. Lets go to richard, deputy chief executive of keep britain tidy because as well as taking letter, you have a campaign coming up this week taking litter. We had to cancel the spring clean because of covid. Such a shame. We had nearly 700,000 volunteers registered to clean up the country. We are running in september, chance for everyone, go on website, get involved, help this country. Thank you very much. That is the message. You do your bit to help tidy up. If you are coming to the beach, make sure you take your rubbish and only leave behind footprints. Thank you very much indeed, luxmy. Very good advice. You are watching bbc news. Whats the best thing you achieved during lockdown . There is a question learning how to bake . Dusting off your Running Shoes perhaps . There cant be many whove mastered a musical instrument. 1a year old hamish from jersey turned to music when his mother died in 2018. He started piano lessons at the end of last year, but then coronavirus came along. He spent lockdown learning online and has just achieved the highest piano grade possible. He did it, in part, with a piece of music he composed in memory of his mum. It was 2018 when i lost my mum. That was at sort of the same time i was discovering music and just really flourishing in that, so i think i put a lot of emotion and my feelings into that. It was not as sad, almost, because i had something to focus on, a drive which i could almost think, every day, after i came home from school, right, this is what i am going to do and im going to do it really good. She was really, really great, really great cook and really great music taste as well, like eva cassidy and all that. Ive got a lot of different styles of music and inspirations from my dad and my mum, and im reallyjust trying to soak in as much different genres as possible. I think, once you get something so ingrained in your muscle memory, no matter what it is, if it is Music Production or piano, once everything is there and you can just go for it. Playing by ear, as well, i find that a bit easier than playing by music. Playing just with feeling, almost. Music isjust an instinct to me, rather than the reading or the theory. It is more just a feeling that it invokes in people, like, when someone plays tennis or when someone rides a bike, i think we all have that thing and weve just got to find it almost. Some lovely piano for your sunday morning. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers ben chu, the economics editor of the independent, and robert fox, the defence editor of the evening standard. Thats coming up after the latest headlines and a full sport update. Now its time for a look at the weather with phil avery. I think the rest of the day, fairly decentin i think the rest of the day, fairly decent in many areas, just that chance the onshore breeze will still generate one or two showers as the cloud comes in off the north sea. The wind quite noticeable in eastern shores. Fairly west further west, light breezes. Showers in northern scotla nd light breezes. Showers in northern scotland and some in northern ireland. Drifting along on the northerly wind. At its strongest perhaps in east anglia and towards the english channel. Temperatures, given it is northerly, not surprising. Overnight, some of the cloud begins to dissipate, having formed in the afternoon. It should stay dry for many. May not may be just as cold as last night, but single figures. Monday very decent day indeed. If you have a plan for the outdoors, i dont think the weather will get in the way. Bye bye