This is bbc news. Hello, im Victoria Derbyshire. Here are the headlines from the uk and around the world. On the eve of another set of crunch brexit trade talks, the government warns it will re write a deal already agreed with the eu. Police in birmingham arrest a man in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city, which left one person dead and seven others injured. The Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack begins this morning, as families of the 22 victims look for answers. And just, the feelings of apprehension, the feeling that you might never get the full story of what has gone on, whos to blame and all that. India records more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in a day only the us now has more covid infections. After his disqualification from the us open, Novak Djokovic apologises to the line judge he hit with a tennis ball. Hello. The uk government is planning new legislation which could change the nature of parts of the Brexit Agreement signed with the European Union last year. Downing street insists its a standby in case the trade talks with the eu fail, but opposition parties have condemned the plans. It comes as the next phase of talks with the eu on a future trade deal are due to start again tomorrow. 0ur correspondent mark lobell has more. Securing a divorce deal last year was seen as securing a divorce deal last year was seen as a securing a divorce deal last year was seen as a crucial breakthrough. We can deliver a real brexit. Was seen as a crucial breakthrough. We can deliver a real brexit. When it was agreed, signed, even sealed with a song. But could it now not be delivered in full after all . One of the reasons the Withdrawal Agreement matters so much is from next year, it would retain irish unity by keeping customs rules the same across the island of ireland. But at across the island of ireland. But at a cost, with some extra paperwork needed for goods crossing the irish sea between the uk and Northern Ireland. But in a move which could smash any goodwill with its eu partners, the uk will outline a plan this week that would attempt to free the uk have an obligation to check goods crossing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. But that could risk a harder border between Northern Ireland and the irish republic. That prompted the Irish Foreign minister to tweet this would be a very unwise way to proceed. This latest move comes as
borisjohnson proceed. This latest move comes as Boris Johnson says proceed. This latest move comes as borisjohnson says that if the deal isnt done by the middle of october, both sides should move on, adding that would be a good outcome for the uk. 0ne eu diplomat has called this a self defeating strategy, as eu negotiators get ready to travel to london this week for their eighth and likely last round of negotiations to reach a trade deal. The uk government still insists it wa nts to the uk government still insists it wants to navigate to one and that a new plan is just in case trade talks sink, citing current Sticking Points as fishing rights and rules over state aid. But the question is over whether having such a potentially explosive plan b might trigger the eu to call the whole thing off or focus minds towards a last minute deal. As we heard in that report, borisjohnson has said that any trade deal between the eu and the uk must be agreed by the middle of next month. One of the Prime Ministers cabinet ministers told bbc news this wasnt a negotiating tactic its not really a tactic in that the Prime Minister has been absolutely clear since he was elected with a very clear mandate to leave that we would leave at the end of the transition period, with or without a further negotiated settlement, that we would work absolutely night and day to get that canada style Free Trade Agreement that we seek. But if the European Union wouldnt offer that, well, then we would still leave on time, as we promised to, and we would do so under the terms of the existing Withdrawal Agreement that weve got and trade with the eu in much the same way that australia does. So, its not posturing or a threat. This has been the reality of our position right from the beginning. In a moment well talk to our brussels correspondent, first to westminster and our Political Correspondent, iain watson. Right, what is going on . If only i knew, victoria iwill do right, what is going on . If only i knew, victoria i will do my best. Two things are going on this week. First of all, the trade talks resuming, as you heard, tomorrow. They have been stuck in the mud, trying desperately to get clear of it on two major issues. One is fisheries, where the eu thinks a deal is said to be done, they effectively wa nt deal is said to be done, they effectively want the same arrangements as they have under the common fisheries policy. Britain wa nts common fisheries policy. Britain wants basically to have annual quotas like norway. Possibly they might get some movement there. The other big Sticking Point is on whats called a level Playing Field, in other words brussels is very worried britain will try to undercut eu companies, not immediately because the regulations are the same, but over time that perhaps britain would start to subsidise some of its own industries and make it easier to compete against the European Union. In terms of sovereignty, the government is saying they do not want the European Union to impose its rules or Something Like its rules on britain
once the transition period ends at the end of december. This has become quite a huge Sticking Point. The uk is also required to tell brussels in advance if it will give state aid to any companies in Northern Ireland and that is something they want to wriggle out of. The second thing going on is this week they are producing their internal market bill, not the eus internal market but the uks internal market. Government ministers are assuring me they will not walk away from the Northern Ireland protocol, that the kinds of things they agreed in order to leave the eu and a major part of that protocol will be implemented and that includes checks on some Food Products and livestock going from Great Britain into Northern Ireland. It also means not imposing a harder border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. But, bear with me on this, there is a joint committee which has been discussing a lot of these issues. Michael gove is involved in it, the vice chairman of the European Commission is involved in it and they still have some details to iron
out on where these checks take place and a whole range of other technical issues. What the uk is saying this week is if these are not resolved, it will unilaterally legislate to do it will unilaterally legislate to do it to give businesses clarity. Some interpret that as a willingness to walk away from what has already been agreed. They say britain is acting in bad faith and that creates a toxic atmosphere for those talks that resume tomorrow. 0thers toxic atmosphere for those talks that resume tomorrow. Others here at westminster are interpreting it as the government getting tough, not blinking and telling the European Union really if it wants to solve some of these problems that will come down the line, for goodness sake, make some concessions in the trade talks this week and try and get a free trade deal agreed with the uk before it leaves the transition at the end of december. And just briefly before i speak to nick, the reason that some people wa nt nick, the reason that some people want a free trade deal is what, how would that affect people watching now, their lives, people who run export and import . We have to be
clear about what a free trade deal doesnt do. Some people interpreting that as meaning there will be no customs checks or queues at the border. We are leaving the eus customs union, there will still be customs union, there will still be customs checks and provisions that relate to Northern Ireland. What it would do is take tariffs, if it is like canada, take tariffs off almost all goods, meaning it would not cost us all goods, meaning it would not cost us any all goods, meaning it would not cost us any more all goods, meaning it would not cost us any more to import raw materials, food or anything else from the European Union and our exports wouldnt be punished when we try and send them to our biggest market, which is the European Union. That would be a step forward. If its an australia style deal, as the government are badgering it, that means trading under wto rules and that means tariffs, like 40 slapped on british beef, 30 on french cheese coming into the uk, so higher food prices. Thank you. Nick in brussels, how are they reacting to this there . Theyre trying to work out whats been happening in london as well. The best indication we have
had so far is from michel barnier, the lead eu negotiator. He has been on french radio this morning. Hes basically been saying that the uk signed up to this deal last year and they have to stick by it. He was asked specifically what would happen if the uk brings in Domestic Legislation that would override parts of the uk eu deal that was signed. He didnt comment specifically on that but he said the deal that was agreed over Northern Ireland is really important because it underlines the integrity of the eu Single Market, but crucially, it ensures peace in Northern Ireland and that was foremost in his mind. So that was officially his response and also behind the scenes, people are seeing this as sabre rattling or flexing of muscles because the next round of talks get under way in london tomorrow. Expectations are pretty low a nyway. London tomorrow. Expectations are pretty low anyway. Just talking to people Michel Barniers team last week. But i think after the last 2a hours or so, just how things will go tomorrow morning when they sit down
in the same room would be very interesting to see. Thank you very much, nick, thank you. West Midlands Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following a series of stabbings in Birmingham City centre in the early hours of sunday morning. 0ur correspondent geeta pendse is at the scene of one of the stabbings and gave this update. As we understand it, officers went to an address in the selly oak area of birmingham at 4am this morning, where they arrested a 27 year old man. Hes now in Police Custody and being questioned. As you said, he was arrested on suspicion of murder and on seven counts of attempted murder. West Midlands Police last night released cctv footage of a man whos suspected of carrying out the attacks. They say they had a really strong response from the public, who came forward with information. 0vernight, a new line of inquiry emerged, which is what took them
to the selly oak address and the subsequent arrest. They say whilst this development is really crucial, they are still calling for anyone who might have information that might have been around on the sunday morning when the attacks happened over a 90 minute period in four locations in the city centre if they think they have information to come forward, there is a dedicated hotline number they can call. Tell us about the condition of those who were injured . As we understand it, two of those who were injured were in a critical condition, two people have been discharged now from hospital. We are still awaiting more information on the others. The Public Inquiry has begun into the Manchester Arena bomb attack three years ago. 22 people were killed as they left that Ariana Grande concert. The names of all 22 victims
who were killed in may 2017 were read out as the hearing opened at manchester magistrates court. It was due to start in june, but was delayed by the trial of abedis brother hashem, who was jailed for at least 55 years for 22 murders last month. The inquiry, which will be chaired by sirJohn Saunders, will explore the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the terror attack. In the course of the evidence, we will investigate what led salman abedi to do what he did. We will try and get a picture of the sort of person he was, how he may have become radicalised if he was and if we can, who radicalised him. Whatever we find out about salman abedi, we will never be able to understand why he set out to kill so many innocent people, including children, and cause the devastation that he did. Salman abedi was known to the Security Service and Counterterrorism Police before the bombing, we know that already
from the reports of the intelligence and Security Committee of parliament and lord anderson. Could and should more have been done to prevent the attack . These are matters we will investigate but just as the Parliamentary Committee had to hear some evidence relating to that topic behind closed doors, so shall i, for reasons of national security. To do otherwise would damage efforts to prevent further attacks and further tragedies, such as this one, and put more innocent lives at risk. I have to ensure that nothing the inquiry does will damage national security. Where i conclude that giving the evidence in public will not damage national security, i shall ensure that that happens. As with all the organisations whose work we will look at, we will consider whether lessons have been
learned from previous terrorist attacks and whether the right lessons have been learned from this tragedy. We will investigate whether there were opportunities to stop salman abedi on the night of the attack and whether, if there were, why they were not taken. This will mean that we will be looking at the security operation on the night of the concert. We will consider how security at the arena was meant to work and whether it operated correctly. We will look at the emergency response, were the Emergency Services properly prepared . Did they have suitable plans to cope with a terrorist attack . Had they carried out exercises to see if those plans worked in practice . If they did, did they learn lessons from those exercises . If the response of the Emergency Services should have been
better, would it have made any differences to the chances of survival of any of who died . All of these matters had been considered by independent experts, who will give evidence to be inquiry and where they make criticisms of any of the participants of these events, they can be asked questions about their criticisms and the basis for them. While there may be criticisms of some of the actions and decisions which were taken, there may well be praise for the actions of others. Lord kerslake in his report concluded there was much to be proud of. In particular, we will hear of acts of heroism from members of the public and Emergency Services, who assisted
those who were dying oi were injured in the sitting room, oblivious to the danger they faced was that they put the interests of the injured above the risk to personal safety. They showed courage and humanity in the most difficult of circumstances. What the inquiry will do is seek out the facts of what happened and why, in order to provide answers to the families and the survivors and to learn questions, learn lessons for the future. This is an exercise in establishing the truth and i am keen that everyone should approach the enquiry in that spirit. All the participants have said that they want to learn the lessons of what happened on the 22nd of may, 2017, and to reduce the risk of it ever happening again. If i conclude on the evidence that things went wrong, then i shall say said
that we are not looking for scapegoats, we are searching for the truth. Lets speak to our north of england correspondent, fiona trott. Who will we hear from . Its very striking what was just said, this inquiry is not about finding scapegoats. We know salman abedi detonated the suicide belt and his brother, hashem, helped him. What its about as establishing the truth but with that comes in very distressing details. The families have been warned that in the past few moments. The counsel for the inquiry has said it will be distressing in the extreme. He described Salman Abedis presents a share malevolence. He heard his we had his suicide vests were so heavy it bent him over. We have a sense of how tough this will be for the relatives in this inquiry, a
long inquiry. The parents of saffie roussos, we heard from them, it is still very raw for them. They will find this very difficult but they have caused over the past three yea rs have caused over the past three years they have had lots of questions in their mind that they need answering. The difficulty for them and other relatives like them, though, is they want to find out more about abedi background and what Security Services knew about him. That will be discussed behind closed doors because its an issue of national security. They want the lawyers for the relatives to be present to ask questions on their behalf, so they find that difficult isa behalf, so they find that difficult is a feature of this Public Inquiry. Let me tell you what it will examine. It will look at the arena
itself and the security arrangements. That is something paul greaney qc is discussing at the moment and has already said we know that people who were working there on the night had a very difficult job. It will look at the suicide bomber himself, as you heard sir John Saunders describe a few moments ago. How did salman abedi prepare for this attack . Look at his background, any radicalisation. Then after the bomb was detonated, how did the Emergency Services respond . This inquiry is due to last for six months. Thank you very much, fiona. One of the victims was 0livia Campbell Hardy from bury she 15 when she was killed in the attack. Her grandad is steve goodman, and i spoke to him jst before we came on air as he was on his way to the inquiry. Im feeling apprehensive but im very pleased that it is starting. And why do you say you are apprehensive . 0n edge. Sitting in a courtroom again, having been through six months of it with hashem, just feelings of apprehension, the feeling that you might never get the full story of what has gone on, whos to blame and all that. You mentioned the trial of the brother, of course, who was sentenced to 55 years in jail. I will come back to that, if i may. I want to ask you, what questions do you want answers to . Wed just like the truth, really. We dont care who is to blame for it as long as they take responsibility and let us know exactly how the inquiry proceeds, how he was missed, really. So the question surrounding mi5, what they knew of the bomber and his activities in the run up, you mean . Yeah, because they have already admitted they made a mistake, mi5. Nobody goes to work to make a mistake on purpose but lets have truth out of it. Of course, some of the hearings involving mi5 will be held behind closed doors, you wont be able to be in the room, as i understand that neither will the families lawyers and that is apparently on the grounds of national security, what you think about that . Well, we have to put our trust in the current and hope he comes up with the right answers. From what we had seen of him already, he is meticulous and he wont give up until he gets to the point, he wont let them hide behind anything. But u nfortu nately, let them hide behind anything. But unfortunately, only he will hear it, we will never find out the truth. The parents of the youngest victim, eight year old saffie roussos, say actually, they dont want to know the details of the last moments of their little girls life because its still too raw for them. Can you
understand that, do you relate to that . I do understand it. We had been to see some of the footage of 0livias last moments and its a very personal thing to each of the families, what they want to do and what they want to see. Do you want to know exactly what happened in the last few moments of your granddaughters life . Last few moments of your granddaughters life . |j last few moments of your granddaughters life . I think ive seen granddaughters life . I think ive seen most of it but i would like to seen most of it but i would like to see the finer details, yeah. I find it important to try and get closure andi it important to try and get closure and i think her dad will, too. |j wonder if you could give our audience and insight into how your family because that life has been affected since you lost your granddaughter that night . Its been a massive loss, 0livia was a big pa rt a massive loss, 0livia was a big part of our lives. I used to take her dancing every weekend. Her grandma used to take her singing. It was just. The last words she said to me, i said,
was just. The last words she said to me, isaid, will was just. The last words she said to me, i said, will i see you friday, picking up friday . She said, probably, in a singsong voice that she had. But of course, i didnt. And can she had. But of course, i didnt. And can i ask you about what you recall of that night, steve . That night, it was turmoil. I was at the hospital with my mother, she was being admitted because she was short of breath, couldnt get her breathing right. They admitted her andi breathing right. They admitted her and i was going to go because i was in contact with sharon about what they were in manchester and if i wa nted they were in manchester and if i wanted to go in. She said no, stay there. I watched the ambulances coming into bolton hoping she was one of the walking wounded. Then when sharon phoned me and said she was going over at 3 45, i put the tv on and went to make a cup of tea and then i came back into the front room, sharon opened the front door and 0livias face was on the screen
and 0livias face was on the screen and shejust and 0livias face was on the screen and she just screamed. It will haunt me forever. Sharon is your wife, of course. What did you do after that . Sharon got a shower and we took the keys to work, where she works, because she was supposed to start at 6 30. We dropped the keys off and went to the etihad where we expected to pick them up because they said if anyone is missing, please go there. We went to the etihad and waited all day. At one point they thought they had found her but it was not her, as we now know why. You have given us a bit ofan we now know why. You have given us a bit of an idea about 0livia. Tell us more about what she was like. Very bubbly personality. She didnt suffer falls and she was, like i say, wouldnt let anyone else be bullied. She had her own mind. Didnt suffer fools. She bullied. She had her own mind. Didnt sufferfools. She had her principles and she would not vary
from them. And i guess. Sorry. She had a bit of a wicked side to her as well. She would hide her phone when she was on snapchat to her friends and hergrandma she was on snapchat to her friends and her grandma would make some comment and all the phone would start laughing. Im guessing you think about her every day, do you . Co nsta ntly. Think about her every day, do you . Constantly. Photos of her all over the house, yeah. She was massive, a big part of our lives missing. What do you hope will come out of this inquiry . Im hoping that whatever m ista kes inquiry . Im hoping that whatever mistakes have been made, the Security Forces will learn from them and not make this mistake for anybody else. I dont want anybody else to go through what we have gone through. And you said you had to have faith in the inquiry, you had to have faith in the man who is chairing it, do you . Yes, yes, i do, yeah. Hes very astute. Steve
goodman. The legal battle to extradite the wikileaks founderjulian assange from the uk to the us is resuming in court today. The United States wants mr assange to be tried on american soil on charges relating to the disclosure of thousands of secret military documents. It claims the leaks endangered the lives of its own agents and sources. The hearing is expected to last several weeks. India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, meaning it has overtaken brazil in terms of the number of infections recorded, and only the us now has more confirmed covid i9 infections. There have now been 4. 2 million cases and more than 70,000 deaths across india the government says thats a low number given the size of its population. Meanwhile, indias largest rapid transport system, the delhi metro, has reopened more than five months after it was shut down to prevent the spread of coronavirus. With the latest, heres our correspondent in mumbai, Yogita Limaye. Firstly, its being opened up in a graded manner. Masks are mandatory, wearing a face masks is mandatory. People have to follow social distancing measures. There are sanitising solutions, liquids, available at stations as well. You know, so far, the images we had seen not just know, so far, the images we had seen notjust coming know, so far, the images we had seen not just coming out know, so far, the images we had seen notjust coming out of delhi but metro systems are being opened up in many other parts of the country, so far the pictures we are seeing, we are seeing social distancing being followed. People leaving a gap between where two people are seated, for example, ina between where two people are seated, for example, in a particular coach. But as you said, during rush hour, this is a system that carries millions of passengers. So as we go along, is it really going to be feasible for people to follow social distancing measures in an enclosed,
air conditioned space . There are certainly worries because the capital itself has seen a surge in infections over the past two weeks. Many other parts of the country are experiencing this and also has now spread beyond major cities to smaller towns in rural areas. In fa ct, smaller towns in rural areas. In fact, the city with the highest number of coronavirus cases in india isa number of coronavirus cases in india is a relatively smaller city in western india. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. 0n the eve of another set of crunch brexit trade talks, the government warns it will re write a deal already agreed with the eu. Police in birmingham arrest a man in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city, which left one person dead and seven others injured. The Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack begins this morning, as families of the 22 victims look for answers. You know, just the feelings of apprehension, and the feeling that you might never get the full story of what has gone on, and who is to blame and all that. India records more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in a day only the us now has more covid infections. After his disqualification from the us open, Novak Djokovic apologises to the line judge he hit with a tennis ball. More than 200 people have been airlifted to safety in Central California, after a fast moving wildfire threatened to cut off a popular campsite in the Sierra National forest. Nearly 15,000 firefighters are battling 23 separate blazes across the state, where some areas are experiencing record temperatures because of the current heat wave conditions throughout the region. Simonjones reports. A National GuardHelicopter Rescue for campers. About 20 people were hurt as fires
trapped over 200 at a popular boating and fishing destination after california declared a state of emergency on friday. It was that day that this happened at the popular Sierra National forest, in what is being dubbed, the creek fire. It spread across 36,000 acres, forcing evacuations and road closures. Officials say the speed of the fire caught everyone off guard. That fire grew so quickly, so fast it trapped people at mammoth pools reservoir up in the mountains, and at some point during the day, when they became trapped, they were doing what they could to rescue themselves, and make themselves safe, some of which resulted in injuries including broken bones, lacerations, scrapes, bruises, those kinds of things. As of sunday morning nearly 50,000 firefighters were battling 23 fires
across the state, including this wildfire less than 100 kilometres from los angeles. Its a record heatwave with temperatures of up to 125 fahrenheit during what is meant to be a holiday weekend. The National Guard says it is better placed than usual to respond because of its own coronavirus preparations, but. The difference this season is it has come earlier in august, somewhat earlier than a typical california fire season, to experience this dynamic fire behaviour but it is the sheer number of fires burning throughout Northern California concurrently, and several of them are large complexes burning concurrently making this historic and unusual. Evacuation orders and warnings of power cuts are hardly what anyone wanted at this time of year but may be vital as weather warnings of possibly fatal temperatures are issued. Two Manchester City players have tested positive for covid 19. They are riyad mahrez and laporte. They say both players were asymptomatic when they had no symptoms, were not displaying any symptoms and are currently self isolating and guidance as per the guidance. Everyone wishes them a speedy recovery 0 n everyone wishes them a speedy recovery on their return to training and the new season. The new season actually begins this weekend, september the 12th. More trains will be running in england, scotland and wales today, with rail operators saying that up to 90 of their normal services should be running. There will be additional and longer trains on many routes, particularly at peak times. Latest figures from the department for transport show rail usage in britain is at 31 of pre pandemic levels. Im joined now by mark phillips, chief executive of the rail safety and standards board. It is still really, really down on pre pandemic levels. Do you think we will see much of an uptick . pre pandemic levels. Do you think we will see much of an uptick . I think it will be gradual. We have experienced over the last few months, a slight increase as each week has passed as people are starting to return to working, particularly slowly in offices in city centres. We see that that will continue. I think with the return of schools and colleges this week and next, that could start to increase a little bit but it is gradual, as people gain confidence about actually returning to work. I think there are other important factors at play, in terms of how quickly officers are made available and suitable for people to work in. I think that is the Biggest Issue employers are grappling with as well. In terms of safety on the trains but would you say it is going
to be safe . We had looked at the risk around this and it is still safer to travel by train then it would be to use alternative transport, like cars. That is interesting. How do you work that out . What do you mean . We have been doing analysis about the existence of covid in the community and starting to look at the movement of passengers on station platforms and as they get on and off trains and while they are on the vehicle. We have looked at what the likely transmission is and it is low. But you just said it was safer than travelling on the roads, what do you mean . Well, when people actually travel by car, there is always the likelihood they could be involved in some sort of accident. We have looked at the risk of that compared with travelling by train. Traditionally trains have always
been safer than using cars. So just to be clear. Just so i am clear, you are talking about the risk of a train crash or a car crash, not the risk of covid. Precovid we were a lwa ys risk of covid. Precovid we were always comparing the risk of Car Accidents against being involved in accidents against being involved in a passenger train accident and that has always been extremely low, now we are factoring in the potential transmission risk of covid and so that has brought in additional issues we need to consider. Having done that, we have still calculated it is safer to travel by train than it is safer to travel by train than it is safer to travel by train than it is using a car. Have you been using trains in their last p months . Yes, i have. I use trains every day to commute into london. From the 1st ofjuly, we opened our offices and i am going on once or twice a week. We had to introduce covid restrictions
in the office and that has reduced the number of people we can get into work. It is important to have that environment are available and open to people who do not have the best facilities at home, need some additional to work and perhaps do not have some of the issues they had to manage at home, distractions, then the Office Environment can provide a better facility for lots of people. I have been catching a train home every day since lockdown. For the first few weeks there was just me on the train, and the tube as well. Entirely safe. Now there are more people and some people are still not Wearing Masks on public transport, what would you say to them . It is a law, a requirement passengers to wear face coverings u nless passengers to wear face coverings unless they are exempt from doing so. Unless they are exempt from doing so. There are various criteria where people may not have had to wear than that in the main, we are seeing a compliance of about 90 , nine out of
ten people are wearing them and i think we want to encourage everybody. Well have a responsibility to look after others andi responsibility to look after others and i think this is all part of the National Effort in terms of making sure we respond properly with this dreadful disease. Mark phillips, the chair of the rail safety and standards board. The ceo, actually. Leicester was the first city in britain to be placed in a local lockdown after a spike in coronavirus cases there. As phil mackie reports, ten weeks after the announcement by the Health Secretary matt hancock, some of the restrictions remain in place but there are calls for them to be lifted. Given the growing outbreak in leicester, we cannot recommend that the easing of the national lockdown, set to take place on july fourth, happens in leicester. Just as the rest of england was getting ready to go back to the pub, in leicester, the shops were closed again and any plans to go out were cancelled. Although some restrictions have been lifted, others are still in place ten weeks later. Now, they are ready to come out of lockdown. At the end ofjune, there had been 157 new cases per 100,000 people in a week. A month later, it had fallen to 59. By the end of august, it was just 25 and its stayed at that level since. This is how they did it door to door testing across the city, wherever there was an outbreak. So whilst you might have been redeployed or some of you have volunteered to. And this is the man who oversaw it all, leicesters director of Public Health ivan browne, taking time out here to thank his army of testers. Thank you very much. A month later and the city has fewer new cases than many other places that have not got any restrictions. I think the biggest lesson that we have learned, that this operates most effectively in trying to tackle this virus by operating at the local level. So whether it is your testing strategy or whether it is how you find your cases and your contacts, more localised we can
make that, the better it is because actually, you can go street by street, community community, family by family to try to tackle the virus. Well, the message may still be the same but life has begun to get back to normal in leicester as some of those restrictions have been eased over the past couple of months. But People Living in the city still are desperate to do the things that they cannot, but that other people just outside the city can. They will have their own sanitising basket. Like going to the gym. Crossfit, in the south of the city, is really struggling as it still cannot open. And what youve got is people within the lockdown going to gyms outside of the lockdown, and they are getting tied into memberships, so obviously, they will not be coming back. And obviously, when it comes to coming out of it, were gonna have to do a massive drive to try to get members to come back to us. Just take a few deep breaths and out. And he can provide online sessions like this pilates class and some outdoor training, too. He thinks it is unfair they are still in lockdown. Now, hejust wants leicesters restrictions relaxed. Phil mackie, bbc news. The death of nathanieljulius in a suburb south ofjohannesburg, has shocked south africa. The teenager was shot by Police Officers on the 26th of august. But Police Brutality is not a new problem in south africa, where more than one person dies every day because of the actions of the police. 0ur Southern Africa reporter, Pumza Fihlani has been following the story. Anger spills on to the streets of eldorado park, one of their own has been killed. The teenager who had Downs Syndrome had gone to buy biscuits when he was shot. We want justice. This is where nathanieljulies was shot, just a few metres from his home. His death is the latest in a series of high profile cases that have shocked south africans since the coronavirus lockdown. The cops went in looking for other suspects though and when they came out, thats when they found nathanial sitting by the truck. Theyjust called him over. As he walked over, the guyjust shot him. When they shot him, he fell under the track. Life wont be the same without him. For someone who couldnt speak, he would walk into a room and change the atmosphere of that room, his warmth. He can walk into any house and they wont chase him out. They will let him sit in. He was a house child, wherever you went. Three Police Officers have been arrested and two of them have been charged with premeditated murder. If found guilty they stand to spend life in prison. Not only are they accused of murdering him but also a cover up. Its claimed the officers tampered with evidence the crime scene. It is still early days in this court case. It could take years for a ruling to come in but lawyers investigating the police said they are determined to see thatjustice is served. The outcry has outlined a deeply fractured relationship between Law Enforcement officers and the people. It should stop. In south africa. It is unacceptable. It cannot continue to have Police Officers behave like this, killing people randomly. It is not going to accept Police Officers who are trigger happy at the same time, so we need to deal with them. Were busy making examples of those as such. I believe now is the time for us
to stand together as a community and just really behind the family and really show them this is now the time to implement change. Nathanials family, especially his mother, clinging to the hope that his death will not be in vain. Its been almost three months since we last saw eastenders on our screens, but tonight its back. In a moment well hear from actor Louisa Lytton who plays ruby allen but first here she is in the new series in this exclusive clip. Oi. Youll put the punters off their paninis. Its called romance. Rebound, more like. What . If stace was here, she wouldnt get a look in. Kat what is wrong with you . Nothings wrong with us, darling. We dont need shed loads of money to keep us together. Some of that money pays your wages. Shes just winding you up. What was that about . Havent you wondered what attracted him to little miss minted . Louisa told us what it was like going back on set after so many months. Ican i can only speak to myself but i was really nervous going back. You havent been at work for a fee months and we were not sure how it was going to work. We had our initial day when we were shown around the set it was all very different, showing the new tricks we we re different, showing the new tricks we were going to use. In seeing them as a screen between me and james, who plays martin, for our kids. I am excited to be back. We had a clip of view, lets see how it has been working. Lets have a look at theirs. This is one of our secrets. This is a moving screen. If we are filming together, it looks like we
can be as close as we need to be because of the screen we can walk together with this green, so we can doa together with this green, so we can do a walking, talking shop with this screen. Another thing is a one way system. Our building has narrow corridors. So we do not pass each other we have had to have a new one way system. I have had to sanitise on the way we had to do our own hairand make up sanitise on the way we had to do our own hair and make up and costume. I will show you the new layout. Some of the tricks of the trade. The screen is brilliant. Sometimes when there is a kissing scene that you have actually brought some of their real life partners, actors, to be on the set to be body doubles. Real life partners, actors, to be on the set to be body doubleslj real life partners, actors, to be on the set to be body doubles. I had not. My partner looks very different
to martin. Some people have brought in their partners when they have borne wigs. When you have such an intimate scene like that, it is really ha rd to intimate scene like that, it is really hard to playback out at two metres or a really hard to playback out at two metres 01 a screen in really hard to playback out at two metres or a screen in front of you. Play metres or a screen in front of you. Play that out. Hopefully when you watch the episode, you are not really tell, it will look like a normal episode of eastenders. In terms of the script, is coronavirus referred to, is it mentioned . If we cannot see you are social distancing, do you need to mention it . It is mentioned. The writers when the team, they decided people have gone through a horrific time and we do not want to keep dwelling on it. We are hoping with eastenders being back and it will lift people. Some people in the background are wearing a mask but they did not want it to be about that. A mum whose twin boys have both had cancer says more funding is desperately needed for research into brain tumours. Seen here on the left, died from a brain tumour last year . And weeks later his brotherjack, seen on the right, was diagnosed with leukaemia. He is undergoing treatment at the moment . And julie has agreed to speak to us, exclusively, as she s supporting a petition by the Charity Brain Tumour research, calling for a big increase in national investment. We were going to talk to her and arrogate that facetime did not work and we are now talking to her on the phone. An hour ago but facetime. Jack is doing really well and treatment is going really well for
him. How long will he need chemotherapy . In total it will be another three years. While, that is another three years. While, that is a decent amount of chemotherapy over three years. Wow. It is quite intense to start but then he will need it for three years. How important is it for you to be strong after losing ben last year . It is very difficult. We have been back at Birmingham Childrens hospital, the same hospital where ben was treated, the same ward, the same nursing staff. It had been quite challenging. I know jack began to feel unwell on the day of bens funeral, didnt he . That is when his symptoms started. He started having
sickness, then he was generally u nwell sickness, then he was generally unwell and lay in bed for quite a while, he was having back pain and night sweats. I took him to the gp and they put it down to post traumatic stress, which i went along with because of what had happened. I see that you mean people at first thought because he had lost his brother, that his work was affecting him. I understand. That was what. When you found out he had leukaemia, how did you react . |j was what. When you found out he had leukaemia, how did you react . I was devastated. The first thing that came into my head was, oh no, i am going to lose another child. I was begging the consultant to cure jack. They did say to me that leukaemia has come on such a lot over the yea rs has come on such a lot over the years and that children are cured
from it. It gave me a bit of hope. That is really true about leukaemia and many other cancers that the reason you are supporting the brain tumour petitioners because not enough funding goes into that area of treatment. Petition is. Only 196 of treatment. Petition is. Only 1 of the funding that was promised to Brain Tumour Research they are able to obtain. The treatment that bend my son was treatment that was used for a long time and it was really harsh. Ben was on. It was making him very poorly. The drugs that jack was on, they were making him poorly that there was an alternative. At the moment he is on alternative. At the moment he is on a trial immunotherapy drug. If that we re a trial immunotherapy drug. If that were available for ben, that may have helped, prolonged his life. If it had not at least he would have
had a better quality of life. The chemotherapy for ben was the same as it would have been 15 years ago. That is right, yes. Brain Tumour Research has set up this petition foran research has set up this petition for an increase in national investment. Why do you say there is so investment. Why do you say there is so important to support . It is important. To many people die of breast cancer. When ben was first diagnosed, the timespan they gave me was 5 chance of living for five yea rs. Was 5 chance of living for five years. I thought, was 5 chance of living for five years. Ithought, 0k, ben will was 5 chance of living for five years. I thought, 0k, ben will be in 596, years. I thought, 0k, ben will be in 5 , he will live. Then the tumour came back and they said he will be lucky to live for 12 months. Goodness me. I dont know how you would cope with that. It has been very difficult to deal with. That is one side. I have had to focus on
jack now. I know that ben told you, and this is utterly heartbreaking, please, do not forget me. So i can see why it is so important for you to raise awareness of this petition, more funding, in bens memory. The last time he was admitted to hospital we were waiting for the ambulance to come. He said, please dont forget me, i am dying. And we said no, ben, youre not dying, you feel really poorly at the moment. When we were hospital with him, he said, do not forget me, mum, do not let my friends forget me, man. Thank you for talking to us about your boys and what you want thens legacy to b. Thank you very much for
bearing with us on the technical side of things and talking to us. Thank you very much. In the us, the coronavirus pandemic has seen millions lose theirjobs and reliance on food banks rocket. Among those whove stepped in to help is rock and roll legend jon bon jovi. Samira hussain reports. It is distribution day at this food bank. There are no volunteers. The Global Pandemic means a and they jon bonjovi can devote time and sweat to this project. jon bonjovi can devote time and sweat to this project. I have got it. If you come here, i will show you the idea. Those are about £40 a case and we usually go by the
heaviest things on the bottoms. Case and we usually go by the heaviest things on the bottomsm less tha n heaviest things on the bottomsm less than an hour and a half by several hundred kilos of feed are loaded onto trucks and taken to pantries across long island. That process has happened every week since march. We would be remiss if we just wrote a cheque. We feel being hands on makes us feel good after doing good. I am a control freak. This kind of work is not new for him and his wife. Together they run the self foundation, doing philanthropic work. Thank you so very much. It is notjust the people running the food bank that is surprising, it is the location, too. This area is known as a playground for the affluent, one of the wealthiest areas in america. The hamptons tell the story of two very different americas, one in which the wealthy ca n
different americas, one in which the wealthy can enjoy second hands while taking in beautiful beaches in the summertime. The other is made up of restau ra nt summertime. The other is made up of restaurant workers and day labourers, hill and a living by serving the rich. Usually summer is when the hamptons economy beans. Who earn a living. Usually it means lots of work. Demand at this food pa ntry lots of work. Demand at this food pantry is at 300 . Holly wheaton was not sure how she was going to feed her community, that is until she got help from a rock star. I could not get feed from the Grocery Stores because the shelves were empty. I could not get banned from the food banks. When jon bon jovi could not get banned from the food banks. Whenjon bonjovi stepped in with his food bank, it was a godsend. More people live here year round that are at or below the poverty line than there are the guys that earned the big estate. The
coronavirus pandemic has ripped open the deep economic divide in america for all to see. We did good, did good. Even right here in the hamptons. Joanna gosling will be with you in a three minutes. Now the weather. A few minutes. Hello. Temperatures will be gradually on the rise over the next couple of days but for today, its a day of mixed fortunes, in terms of the weather, because we have got some rain around across North Western parts of the uk. More sunshine towards the south and east. This is the picture a little bit earlier on this morning in felixstowe, suffolk. So, some blue skies and sunshine but further north, we have got these weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. Nothing too heavy as we head on into the afternoon hours but there will be some showery rain affecting North Western scotland, north west england, wales, Northern Ireland as well. Further east across scotland and for eastern and southern parts
of england, you should avoid the rain till the afternoon. So in the warmer spells, temperatures up to about 21 celsius but typically for most of us in the high teens, possibly 20 degrees or so. Into the evening hours, a little bit of light, patchy rain possible across coasts and hills in the west. Quite a lot of cloud generally tonight. A relatively warm, humid feeling night, with temperatures falling no lower than around about 13 15 degrees for most of us first thing tuesday morning. Tuesday dawns on a fairly cloudy note but it will be quite a warm feeling day because weve got this warm front moving its way northwards. It will bring a bit of patchy rain initially to the north west of scotland, that will become heavier later on, but it also brings warmer air that comes in from a south westerly direction. So the orange colours returning to the map, showing that warmer air mass around on tuesday. Quite a humid feeling sort of day. So a cloudy start, the cloud will thin break, with the best of the sunshine across parts of eastern scotland, central and Eastern England, perhaps to the east of wales as well. Further west, could get one or two showers around but dry for a good part of the uk, with temperatures up to about 23 degrees in the warmer spots but we have got that more persistent rain for the north west of scotland. Heading on into wednesday,
the warm air still with us but pushing its way further south, so that will open the doors for some cooler, fresher conditions to work in from the north west later in the day. Weve got a band of cloud initially across england and wales, perhaps one or two showers on it, that moves its way southwards. Then more sunshine but fresher conditions heading in from the north west during the afternoon. So, temperatures for most of us in the mid to high teens but down towards east anglia and the south east, those temperatures once again on wednesday likely to be around 22 or possibly 23 degrees. So, a relatively warm couple of days. It then turns a little bit cooler and fresher towards the end of the working week, with some showers around in the north west but it does look like things will warm up once again, temperatures maybe in the mid 20s towards the weekend. Bye for now. How did this is bbc news withjoanna gosling with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 0n the eve of brexit trade talks, the government threatens to back out of key parts of the eu Withdrawal Agreement signed eight months ago. Police in birmingham arrest a man in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city, which left one person dead and seven others injured. The Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack begins this morning as families of the 22 victims look for answers. And ijust had the feelings of apprehension. The feelings that you might never get the full story of whats gone on. You know, whos to blame and all that. India records more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in a day. Only the us now has
more covid infections. After his disqualification from the us open, Novak Djokovic apologises to the line judge he hit with a tennis ball. 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. The uk government is planning new legislation which could override parts of the Brexit Agreement signed with the European Union last year. Downing street insists its a standby position in case the trade talks with the eu fail. 0pposition parties have condemned the plans. It comes as the next phase of talks with the eu on a future trade deal are due to start again tomorrow. 0ur correspondent
mark lobell has more. Securing a divorce deal last year was seen as a crucial breakthrough. We can deliver a real brexit. When it was agreed, signed, even sealed with a song. For Auld Lang Syne but could it now not be delivered in full after all . One of the reasons the Withdrawal Agreement matters so much is that from next year it would retain irish unity by keeping customs rules the same across the island of ireland. But at a cost, with some extra paperwork needed for goods crossing the irish sea between the uk and Northern Ireland. But in a move that could smash any goodwill with its eu partners, the uk will outline a plan this week that will attempt to free the uk of an obligation to check goods crossing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. But that could risk a harder border between Northern Ireland and the irish republic. That prompted the Irish Foreign minister to tweet, this would be a very
unwise way to proceed. This latest move comes as borisjohnson says that, if a deal isnt done by the middle of october, both sides should move on, adding, that would be a good outcome for the uk. 0ne eu diplomat has called this a self defeating strategy, as eu negotiators get ready to travel to london this week for their eighth and likely last round of negotiations to reach a trade deal. The uk government still insists it wants to navigate to one and that the new plan is just in case trade talks sink, citing current Sticking Points as fishing rights and rules over state aid. Cheering but the question is whether having such a potentially explosive plan b might trigger the eu to call the whole thing off orfocus minds towards a last minute deal. Mark lobel, bbc news. Some reaction through in the lasky minutes from the president of the European Union. She said. As we heard in that report, borisjohnson has said that any trade deal between the eu and the uk must be agreed by the middle of next month. One of the Prime Ministers cabinet ministers told bbc news this is not a negotiating tactic. Its not really a tactic in that the Prime Minister has been absolutely clear since he was elected with a very clear mandate to leave that we would leave at the end of the transition period, with or without a further negotiated settlement, and that we would work absolutely night and day to get that canada style Free Trade Agreement that we seek. But if the European Union
wouldnt offer that, then we would still leave on time, as we promised to, and we would do so under the terms of the existing Withdrawal Agreement that weve got and trade with the eu in much the same way that australia does. So its not posturing or a threat. This has been the reality of our position right from the beginning. Lets cross to our Political Correspondent helen catt at westminster. We have just heard some reaction that theirfamily we have just heard some reaction that their family president of the eu commission, leaving everyone in no doubt as to her view, trustingly British Government to implement the Withdrawal Agreement, an obligation she says under International Law and a prerequisite under any future partnership. How high the stakes right now . We are reaching, as you can see, the final phase of these negotiations, and borisjohnson has
put a date on it now. The 15th of 0ctober, put a date on it now. The 15th of october, that is when there needs to bea october, that is when there needs to be a free trade deal. You heard George Eustice saying that if that is not going to happen, if they cannot get a canada style deal which they are talking about, a very comprehensive trade deal, they would move to what they are calling an australian style arrangement which is in effect not having a big trade agreement that covers things. But that would mean paris on wto terms. Tariffs. There is also a big issue around the idea of what they call a level Playing Field standard, which is the eus concern, it says it doesnt want the uk to be so close and on its doorstep to be able
to undercut standards. The uk government said they wouldnt be doing that anyway but you dont expect other countries like canada to sign up to those same obligations, so this is where the Sticking Points have been. This is what is happening with the trade talks. Then theres this other issue which is linked but also not, if you like, where the government is going to introduce legislation that could override the Withdrawal Agreement that we were talking about which was agreed last year on how goods move between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and that is where that second bit has come in. What reaction has there been to this threat to unpick parts . You had the reaction there from the president of the eu commission. Until we see the detail of that legislation, we will not know exactly what it is, what the impact would be. The suggestion has been that it would overturn the
need for things like cheques between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Government ministers saying it is not about ripping up the protocol, because if that did happen. Ministers suggesting this morning it is about having a legal position. If the detail of how those checks and processes work cant be worked out, there is a process at the moment between the uk and eu between no separate from the trade talks looking at how to implement that protocol and case agreement cant be found there, but it would be rules set unilaterally by the uk. This is why it is causing this confusion this morning. Thank you very much. We are going to get more from our reality check correspondent in a moment. Just to give you some breaking news we are hearing about a shooting in suffolk. Police have been called to reports of a shooting
near ipswich in suffolk. 0fficers we re near ipswich in suffolk. 0fficers were called just after 840 this morning to reports of a shooting at grange farm. Roads are closed locally, and members of the public are asked to avoid the area. No further detail on what has happened there at this stage but we will check out those reports and keep you updated with the very latest azucena get any more detail on that. Let us go back to what is happening with the brexit talks. 0ur reality check correspondent, chris morris is here. Topaz back a bit because this agreement was only signed eight months ago and now the government is saying it might look at unpicking parts of it take us back. Saying it might look at unpicking parts of it take us back. People are going to be confused, didnt johnson win the election using the slogan get brexits done, that is what people will be saying. At the end of january, we
what people will be saying. At the end ofjanuary, we havent left the economic structures. We have done the political bit of brexit, but the more difficult but, really, is the economic that, because that has got the everyday issues for businesses and consumers. And that is what the negotiations are about now. They havent but particularly well over the summer. They havent made much progress, because they do seem to be fairly fundamental disagreements on the whole philosophy on what this relationship would look like in future. You have had this hand grenade thrown in. It happens that this kind of phase in the negotiation process. There is this idea that potentially there could be legislation this week that would override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement signed by borisjohnsons government towards the end of last year, particularly those bits to do with Northern Ireland and this slightly unique position that was agreed for Northern Ireland where it
would remain in the eu Single Market for goods, but it would be part of the uks customs territory. It is a sort of hybrid solution, a compromise as a sort of big negotiations usually end in, and now were getting to the point where we are wondering what does it mean in practice, and possibility that two sites have very different interpretations of what it means. That issue was argued over four months, years, trying to find a situation whereby there would not be a hard border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. If this bit we re and Northern Ireland. If this bit were to be unpicked, what would that mean for this position . Talking about the hard border, you mean between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland . Between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland . That has been achieved, but at the price of their being some kind of border infrastructure between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. To make the land border between Northern Ireland and the republic as open as it is
now, where do you have checks on things moving between britain and into the eu Single Market . The eus a nswer into the eu Single Market . The eus answer is if it is not going to be between Northern Ireland and the republic, there has to be some sort of infrastructure and checking between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, so within the united kingdom. The Withdrawal Agreement sets out pretty clearly that if goods are moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland with the prospect of them moving on to the republic of ireland then they have to pay tariffs. If they do not move into the republic of ireland, those ta riffs into the republic of ireland, those tariffs can be reimbursed. When it comes to Northern Ireland, eu rules. Have to follow state aid. As haran said, we have to see which the legislation which the government plans to put forward this week actually says. Helen. If they say
that they are trying to change what it means, they will regard that as changing International Law. Planning for the possibility of having no formal trade agreement between us, but that is not how the eu will see it. We will get more on that little bit later. Lets go back to that i was mentioning a moment ago in suffolk. Suffolk police said officers were called to a shooting at 840 this morning, reports of a shooting at grange farm. Very few details coming through at the moment. We are hearing, though, that there has been some information to say that the police have been made aware that there has been a serious incident involving some year 11 stu d e nts incident involving some year 11 students on their way to school. Stu d e nts students on their way to school. Students in schools are safe and we
are managing. I am students in schools are safe and we are managing. Iam not sure students in schools are safe and we are managing. I am not sure who this week is from. It is from tesco high school. There we go. They said they have been made aware by a police Kesgrave High School. Police will be present in the area around the time that we are expecting people to be leaving school at the end of the school day, and around the day. We will be keeping an ion that situation and keeping an ion that situation and keep you updated. West Midlands Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following a series of stabbings in Birmingham City centre in the early hours of sunday morning. 0ur correspondent geeta pendse is at the scene of one of the stabbings and gave this update. As we understand it, officers went to an address in the selly oak area of birmingham at 4am this morning where
they arrested a 27 year old man. Hes now in Police Custody and being questioned. As you said, he was arrested on suspicion of murder and on seven counts of attempted murder. Now, west Midlands Police last night released cctv footage of a man who is suspected of carrying out the attacks, and they say they had a really strong response from the public, who came forward with information. And overnight, a new line of inquiry emerged, which is what took them to this selly oak address and the subsequent arrest. And they say while this development is really crucial, they are still calling for anyone who might have information that might have been around on the sunday morning when the attacks happened over a 90 minute period in four locations in the city centre if they think they have information to come forward. There is a dedicated hotline number that they can call. And tell us about the condition of those who were injured. Well, as we understand it, two of those who were injured were in a critical condition. Two people have been discharged now from hospital. We are still awaiting more information on the others. The Public Inquiry has begun into the Manchester Arena bomb attack three years ago. 22 people were killed as they left that Ariana Grande concert. The names of all 22 victims who were killed in may 2017 were read out as the hearing opened at manchester magistrates court. It was due to start injune, but was delayed by the trial of abedis brother hashem, who was jailed for at least 55 years for 22 murders last month. The inquiry, which will be chaired by sirJohn Saunders, will explore the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the terror attack. What the enquiry will do is seek out the facts of what happened and why, in order to provide answers to the families and
the survivors and to learn lessons for the future. This is an exercise in establishing the truth and i am keen that everyone should approach the enquiry in that spirit. All participants have said that they want to learn the lessons of what happened on the 22nd of may 2017, and to reduce the risk of it ever happening again. If i conclude on the evidence that things went wrong, then i shall say so. But we are not looking for scapegoats, we are searching for the truth. 0ur north of england correspondent fiona trott is at the hearing and told us who we are going to hear from in the coming days and weeks. Firstly, its very striking, isnt it, what sirJohn Saunders said just there, that this inquiry is not about finding scapegoats. We know that salman abedi detonated that suicide bomb. We know that his brother hashem helped him. He was jailed for 55 years last month. What it is about is about establishing the truth. But with that comes some very distressing details, and the families have been warned that in the past few moments, the council for the inquiry, paul greaney qc, has said it would be distressing in the extreme. He has described Salman Abedis presence as pure malevolence. We have heard this morning that his suicide bomb was so heavy that it bent him over, so were getting a sense already of how tough this is going to be for the relatives during this inquiry. A long inquiry. The parents of saffie roussos, who you have spoken to already, she was just eight years old. They have told us how it is still very raw for them. They wake up every morning and they relive that moment. So they are going to find this very, very difficult, but say that of course over the past three years, they have had lots of questions in their minds that they need answering. The difficulty for them
and for other relatives like them, though, is that they want to find out more about abedis background, what did the Security Services know about him . That information is going to be discussed behind closed doors because it is an issue of national security. They want the lawyers for the relatives to be present, ask questions on their behalf, so they find that a difficult feature of this Public Inquiry. Let me tell you what it is going to examine. It is going to look at the arena itself and security arrangements, that is something that paul greaney qc is discussing at the moment, and he has already said, we know that people who were working there on the night had a very difficultjob. It will look at the suicide bomber himself, as you heard sirJohn Saunders describe a few moments ago. How did salman abedi prepare for this attack . It will look at his background, any radicalisation . And then after the bomb
was detonated, how did the Emergency Services respond . This inquiry is due to last for six months. Robby potter survived the Manchester Arena bombing attack, but was left in a coma for three weeks. Hejoins us now. Thank you very much forjoining us. I know you have been listening into parts of the hearing this morning. How have you felt as you have been hearing what has been said . Just hope theyre going to come out and tell the truth. Is it hard listening to what you have heard so far . M because therere so many alarm bells warning they should have stopped this from happening. You have been, i know, on a long journey since the attack. You were in a coma for three weeks. Tell us about the injuries that he sustained and what impact that he sustained and what impact that has had on you. I have no
feeling in my left foot now, but my heart and lungs have recovered really well through excellent work by the nhs. I have had help from my friends, family, community. We have still got a while to go, but i am getting there. Playing rugby right up getting there. Playing rugby right up to the attack, i know, and then obviously this put a halt to it. Have you been able to return to parts of your life like that . have you been able to return to parts of your life like that . I have been able to go back to work, but im struggling to get back to rugby which is my biggest goal, but that is not a fight i am going to give up on. How close were you to the bomber . We were told by officers later on it was just a few metres away. Did you see him . I saw him early on walking around, he just came out with his gear on. I didnt realise he was struggling to carry it. That is part of what is being said this morning, that the weight
of the bomb he was carrying was so heavy it bent him over. of the bomb he was carrying was so heavy it bent him over. I saw the video clip of him when he was walking. Like i said, it should have been stopped well before he even got to that place. What do you remember about the moment when the bomb was detonated, the moments leading up to that . I was excited to see my daughter because it was the most exciting thing she had been waiting for, she had waited three orfour yea rs for, she had waited three orfour years to see Ariana Grande. She loved her to bits. I can still smell the bomb now to this day. I thought it was a machine gun. I didnt realise it was a bomb. I came out my coma and the drugs started wearing off and coma and the drugs started wearing off and i realised what had gone on. Can you ever get it out of your mind . It is going to be there for the rest of my life. I have but to try and deal with that. My daughter
obviously struggling with it at the moment, but it is something i have got to get on with, i cant let it beat me. What do you want to come out of this inquiry . I know you have said obviously that it should not have happened. What would assure you that lessons have been learned . wa nt to that lessons have been learned . want to come out of it so this does not happen again, because it could have been stopped. The police were fantastic in getting the brother over and what they found out, but a lot of the evidence before it happened was there and it should have been stopped. It should have been stopped, he was taken of the watchlist. Every line been stopped, he was taken of the watchlist. Every line bell should have been ringing, the trouble he was doing. The evidence is not something you are going to be able to hear, that will be behind closed doors for security reasons. How do you feel about that . You went to co
well known person in jail. You feel about that . You went to co well known person injail. He was reported by his own followers. He was on the watchlist, so why was he just taken off . And how dangerous are the other ones on the watchlist if she was taken off . What part you going to play in the inquiry, because i know that the survivors wa nted because i know that the survivors wanted to be corporatism son but was refused . To be core part of it. We will talk to you no doubt as the hearings progress. Thank you. An Opposition Leader in belarus is reported to have been snatched from the streets of the capital minsk. Witnesses say Maria Kolesnikova was pushed into a van by masked men. Her whereabouts are not known but a Police Spokesman said they had not detained her. This is her yesterday during a large Anti Government demonstration in minsk decrying the re election of president alexander lukashenko. Kolesnikova sits on the Coordination Council that is calling for a peaceful transfer of power amid weeks of demonstrations by critics of president lukashenko, who say he rigged last months election. Opposition to his relection sparked a large crackdown by Security Forces on protesters. Police in say 633 people were detained on sunday. The legal battle to extradite the wikileaks founderjulian assange from the uk to the us resumes in court today. The United States wants mr assange to be tried on american soil on charges relating to the disclosure of thousands of secret military documents. It claims the leaks endangered the lives of its own agents and sources. The hearing is expected to last several weeks. The uk Health Secretary, matt hancock, has laid the blame for large rises in new Coronavirus Infections at the feet of young people who are failing to practice social distancing. Nearly 3,000 new positive tests were confirmed yesterday. Matt hancock urged younger people to consider the potentially fatal effects of their actions on the older generation. 0ur Health Correspondent nick trigglejoins me now. Cases are up dramatically, but hospitalisations are not, and that is primarily because the cases are in younger people . Yes, it is. We have seen nearly 3000 cases announced yesterday, but we need to see this in context. At the people of the pandemic in the spring, we saw hundred thousand new cases, so it is very much down on that. The cases yesterday were spread over a number of days and there was a bit
of backlog with the testing. We are better looking at the seven day average number of cases which is just above the 1800 my. That is up from july, but we are testing more. We are seeing the majority of cases are in younger age groups. Just over half the cases in recent weeks have beenin half the cases in recent weeks have been in people in their 20s and 30s, and that does explain why the numbers in hospital and not going up and the numbers of deaths and going up. What will be crucial in the coming months is to ensure that the infections we see in younger people arent passed on to more vulnerable groups, and that will require concerted effort by the government to protect ca re concerted effort by the government to protect care homes, ensure there is regular testing in place. Last week, we heard testing of staff and residents had been delayed, we are expecting that to be rolled out in the next couple of weeks. We also require everyone to take precautions
for more vulnerable groups, to protect themselves, for young people to be very aware of who is at risk. But this is a virus there is no immunity to, so it will be a very difficult one. What about other countries where cases have increased . We are beginning to see rises in cases in france and spain. France has seen about 8000 cases a day. We should expect this going into autumn and winter, respiratory viruses do become more common. They are transmitted more. We are going to see that. The big question, the concern for everyone is army going to see a return to the surge in cases and, crucially, deaths and people ending up in hospital are we going to see . The precautions, social distancing that is in place,
if you think how our everyday lives have been transformed, that will help to create some barriers between the vulnerable groups and the infections. But certainly we are seeing a rise in cases. Some of this is down to more testing. The more we look for the virus, the more we are going to find, that cases are going to go up. As well as cases, we need to go up. As well as cases, we need to look at hospitalisations and deaths and look closely at what is happening with them as well. More Train Services will be available in england, scotland and wales today, with rail operators saying that up to 90 of their normal services should be running. Therell be additional and longer trains on many routes, particularly at peak times. Latest figures from the department for transport show rail usage in britain is at 31 per cent of pre pandemic levels. David sidebottom, director of transport focus, joins me now. Capacity is going up, but will their bb passengers to fill it . The
figures speak for themselves at the moment, indicates there is no great rush to get back. I think people are concerned about the cleanliness of trains and their confidence. We are doing a lot to make sure trains are running punctually, reliably and doing a lot of things to make sure trains are clean. As we are going to see this week, people getting back into education, we might see a slight increase in the number of people using rail. What do you think the longer term impact might be on the longer term impact might be on the Rail Services as a result of what we have seen . It has been well documented, obviously, the way that a lot of us are changing the way that we were, working from home. I think the down turn in the level of commuters that fund a lot of the railway costs will have to see a different structure, potentially. The government have bolstered Rail Services, will this happen in a
different way, will be see agreements in the future . More of us will be working in different ways. We might see a number of people coming back into leisure travel, and were getting into autumn and winter but we might see a temporary downturn. It is up for grabs in terms of what the future looks like. There is a big decision for politicians as current agreements come to an end with train operators. What would you like to see . From a passenger point of view, the very high levels of punctuality and reliability, we would like to see them continue. Passengers would like to see my cleanliness on trains, trains being creamed. That thing about Building Back confidence and certainly something that being cleaned. When they do turn to work
ona cleaned. When they do turn to work on a temporary basis, that we build that confidently and safely at the same time. Thank you very much. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines 0n the eve of another set of crunch brexit trade talks, the government warns it will rewrite a deal already agreed with the eu. Police in birmingham arrest a man in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city, which left one person dead and seven others injured. The Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack begins this morning, as families of the 22 victims look for answers. And ijust had the feelings of apprehension. The feelings that you might never get the full story of whats gone on. You know, whos to blame and all that. India records more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in a day only the us now has more covid infections. A school in suffolk says one of its year 11 students was involved in a shooting on their way to school this morning. A person was seen receiving medical treatment in the town of kesgrave, near ipswich. After his disqualification from the us open, Novak Djokovic apologises to the line judge he hit with a tennis ball. Our main story this hour government sources have confirmed to the bbc that a bill to be published on wednesday will override part of the Northern Ireland protocol agreed with the eu as part of the brexit divorce deal. The Northern Ireland customs arrangements were intended to prevent the return of checks at the border with the irish republic. Louise haigh is the shadow Northern Ireland secretary. She joins us now. Thank you for joining us, what is your reaction to
that . Well, the leaks overnight are incredibly worrying because this represents a unilateral withdrawal from an agreement that was made between the uk government and the European Union last october, that was put to the British Public as pa rt was put to the British Public as part ofan was put to the British Public as part of an oven ready deal in the general election last year. It was legislated for in parliament and which they have been ongoing negotiations ever since. The government simply cannot withdraw unilaterally from elements of an International Treaty which is has signed up to and it is deeply worrying for Northern Ireland, for businesses and the people there that have been waiting for guidance on how the protocol will be implemented and enacted, now just how the protocol will be implemented and enacted, nowjust three months away from us leaving the European Union, to hear that the government may be trying to undermine and overwrite it completely. And were just getting a bit of detail are through with the government confirming this from laura kuenssberg, the government confirming that the bill will be published on wednesday. The
legislation is, the government says, designed to protect trade arrangements between the four parts of the uk and forbid any internal border, so there are suggestions it would mean there would be no customs checks inside the uk and that could contradict obviously the Northern Ireland protocol, which is Northern Ireland protocol, which is Northern Ireland will follow the customs eu code. What are your fears about what this could mean . Could it mean could it lead potentially back to that hard border between Northern Ireland and the south . Well, we have to remember why the protocol was negotiated in the first place and it was painstakingly negotiated over several years. It was to avoid that border between the republic and Northern Ireland and to protect the terms of the good friday agreement. Now, when you are avoiding that border between the republic and Northern Ireland, inevitably you have to make sure there are checks and controls on entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain, in order to preserve the integrity of the Single Market. Boris johnson to preserve the integrity of the Single Market. Borisjohnson knew that when he negotiated the protocol last october, yet he has repeatedly
claimed that they wouldnt be any checks or controls in place. It now seems that the government have finally come to the realisation that they cannot match up their claims with what they negotiated last 0ctober with what they negotiated last october and are now trying to override it. But yes, if they are saying that the protocol will not be implemented then it does bring the question back to where the body will be and whether that border will be between the republic and Northern Ireland, and it effectively resets the negotiations. The government has a large majority, there is no whether that legislation presumably wont get through. What will labour do . Yes, the government has a majority in parliament, but the fact is these are International Treaty obligations. It simply cannot unilaterally withdraw, and trading partners and allies across. Sorry to interrupt, but they can. If they pass this legislation wednesday, what is to stop that happening0f course, they can, but it will mean that the protocol will not be implement it and it will completely
undermine and threaten our future eu trading relationship. Sorry, what labour will do, we dont want this to happen, but what is your position going to be . Of course, we oppose any attempts to undermine the protocol on our commitments we have made an International Treaty obligations, but the point is that they cannot just implement obligations, but the point is that they cannotjust implement this on their own, they need agreement with their own, they need agreement with the European Union and it is baffling that given the talks were to resume tomorrow through the specialised at a ministerialjoint committees with the European Union, that they would announce that unilaterally, if it is meant to be a negotiating tactic i dont think it is said that a very effective one because it undermines all the progress that has been made over the last several months and completely jeopardises future trading relationship. There is not much time left, is there . Has ei been taken off the ball because of what is happening with covid 19, this late in the day to be at this point . think certainly, officials and
ministers attention has been diverted to covid 19, and that is understandable, but we have been begging the government alongside Northern Ireland politicians several months now to get the detail of the protocol right. These are negotiations and agreements that can be made through the joint and specialised committees. They are not com pletely specialised committees. They are not completely insurmountable and they could have been done earlier this year. I believe they could still be done by the end of the year. It seems completely pig headed to announce that we are going to unilaterally override it and send a terrible signal in bad faith to our trading partners in the eu, and potential trading partners around the world. Louise haigh, thank you very much. India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours meaning it has overtaken brazil in terms of the number of infections recorded, and only the us now has more confirmed covid 19 infections. There have now been 4. 2 million cases and more than 70,000 deaths across india the government says thats a low number given
the size of its population. Meanwhile, indias largest rapid transport system, the delhi metro, has reopened more than five months after it was shut down to prevent the spread of coronavirus. With the latest, heres our correspondent in mumbai, Yogita Limaye. Firstly, its being opened up in a graded manner. Masks are mandatory wearing a face mask is mandatory. People have to follow social distancing measures. There are sort of sanitising solutions, liquids, available at stations as well. Solutions, liquids, available you know, so far, the images that weve been seeing notjust coming out of delhi, but because metro systems are also being opened up in many other parts of the country, so far the pictures were seeing, we are seeing social distancing being followed. People sort of leaving a gap between where two people are seated, for example, in a particular coach. But, as you said, during rush hour, this is a system that carries millions of passengers. So, as we go along, is it really going to be feasible for people to follow social distancing measures in an enclosed, air conditioned space . There are certainly worries because the capital itself has seen a surge in infections over the past two weeks. Many other parts of the country are experiencing this and the virus also has now spread beyond major cities to smaller towns in rural areas. In fact, the city which now has the highest number of coronavirus cases in india is a relatively smaller city, pune, in western india. Yogita limae reporting. More than 200 people have been airlifted to safety in Central California, after a fast moving wildfire threatened to cut off a popular campsite in the Sierra National forest. Nearly 15,000 firefighters are battling 23 separate blazes across the state, where some areas are experiencing record temperatures because of the current heatwave conditions throughout the region. Simonjones reports. A National GuardHelicopter Rescue for campers. About 20 people were hurt as fires trapped over 200 at a popular boating and fishing destination after california declared a state of emergency on friday. It was that day that this happened at the popular Sierra National forest, in what is being dubbed, the creek fire. It spread across 36,000 acres, forcing evacuations and road closures. Officials say the speed of the fire caught everyone off guard. That fire grew so quickly, so fast it trapped people at mammoth pools reservoir up in the mountains, and at some point during the day, when they became trapped, they were doing what they could to rescue themselves, and make themselves safe, some of which resulted in injuries including broken bones, lacerations, scrapes,
bruises, those kinds of things. As of sunday morning nearly 15,000 firefighters were battling 23 fires across the state, including this wildfire less than 100 kilometres from los angeles. Its a record heatwave, with temperatures of up to 125 fahrenheit during what is meant to be a holiday weekend. The National Guard says it is better placed than usual to respond because of its own coronavirus preparations, but. The difference this season is it has come earlier in august, somewhat earlier than a typical california fire season, to experience this dynamic fire behaviour, but it is the sheer number of fires burning throughout Northern California concurrently, and several of them are large complexes burning concurrently making this historic and unusual. Evacuation orders and warnings of power cuts are hardly what anyone
wanted at this time of year, but may be vital as weather warnings of possibly fatal temperatures are issued. Simonjones, bbc simon jones, bbc news. The National Crime agency is facing criticism from mps and Anti Corruption campaigners for failing to investigate hundreds of reports alleging that banks have forged signatures and fabricated evidence in Court Actions to recover debts, including repossessions. The nca received documentary evidence over the weekend of 120 incidents where customers allege that signatures have been forged and evidence fabricated or concealed, bringing the total number of similar reports it has received to 362. 0ur economics correspondent andy verityjoins us from buckinghamshire. Andy . You ve been speaking to some of the people affected by this . How s it been for them . Well, almost universally that it has been a traumatic experience. You can imagine if you are chased by a bank
and it is expensive lawyers, for a debt which many of them say they dont think they own, yet you cant dont think they own, yet you cant do much about it. You dont have money to pay for lawyers, it can ruin you then. I spoke to a business woman from portis head with two Young Children she had had a promising medical products business and what happened was she got into a dispute with her bank over a business debt in 2014 and then she subsequently lost her business, her livelihood and then her home and was forced, with her two young daughters, to move back in with her pa rents daughters, to move back in with her parents into their two bed flat. Now, that was after a courtjudgment which relied on a personal guarantee document which the banks lawyers produced, and they said that that personal guarantee, which allows them to pursue her personal assets, including her home, had been signed by her on a certain date, the 26th 0ctober by her on a certain date, the 26th october 2012, it happens to be, and witnessed by a Financial Adviser, but she says she doesnt think she signed it and it looks like the
signature was photocopied. There was no original document. And then she found out, too late, after the judgment had been given, that the Financial Adviser who was purportedly the winners on the document, was away in spain at the time and he could prove it with flight time and he could prove it with flight tickets. So i asked her how she felt towards the bank and its lawyers when she discovered that. You think you gave me 12 weeks to sell my house, you sold my furniture, you sold my clothes. You sold my childrens teddies. You left us with one bag each of clothing. You destroyed every possibility, hope and dream they had, as in my children. I watched my daughter being tube fed. I have watched her go through things that are unimaginable. And that is bad enough for a person or child who has a serious illness and that is horrific. But one who didnt and then developed one through the
pressure that you put herunder, it is horrific. So the National Crime agency has now been given 19 boxes of evidence about this from ordinary borrowers. Why has it all come from . It isjust people up against the banks in repossession cases, ordinary homeowners. You may remember we spoke about this just over a year ago on the Victoria Derbyshire show and you were there. We looked at the signatures. Lots of evidence coming in from the documents used in courts to re possess documents used in courts to repossess them where it appears that different signatures are signed over the same name, so different that handwriting experts have said, it was probably signed by somebody else. In other words, was probably signed by somebody else. In otherwords, lots was probably signed by somebody else. In other words, lots of different people signing over the same name. These are all statements of truth in Court Documents used to re possess of truth in Court Documents used to repossess people. If a common criminal was caught forging, they would probably be prosecuted for perverting the course ofjustice. Now, after the investigation but we showed on Victoria Derbyshire show a year ago, the Treasury Committee of mps was sufficiently unsettled by all this evidence that they wrote to
the National Crime agency, urging its director to get on and investigate whether this was true, but it has been 15 months since then that they had been assessing the evidence, that is what they say, that they have been assessing the evidence. Mps on the Treasury Select Committee say it is too urgent. Something must be done, it should be taking a long and i spoke to one of them. spoke to one of them. I am horrified to discover that the National Crime agency seems to be ignoring calls from the Treasury Committee and our local police and crime commissioner to investigate the forgery of signatures at banks. These forgeries could have cost my constituents and people across the country their homes. It is really important for faith in our institutions that the National Crime agency gets on and investigate these very serious allegations. Well, the nca gave us a statement saying, they are still assessing the material, adding that together with partners in the nca and the Serious Fraud 0ffice in the nca and the Serious Fraud office they are making a Fair Assessment to determine whether there are grounds for a criminal or
regulatory investigation, but the campaigners say that so far not one of the people who sent in cases where they believe there has been a forgery has been contacted by the nca. Thank you, and dave. The headlines on bbc news. 0n the eve of another set of crunch brexit trade talks, the government warns it will re write a deal 0n the eve of another set of crunch brexit trade talks, the government warns it will re write a deal already agreed with the eu. Police in birmingham arrest a man in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city,
which left one person dead and seven others injured. A school in suffolk says one of its year 11 students was involved in a shooting on their way to school this morning. A person was seen receiving medical treatment in the town of kesgrave, near ipswich. Hundreds of Rohingya Refugees have landed in indonesia, after six months at sea. The landing is one of the biggest such arrivals in years by the persecuted Muslim Minority, who originally fled myanmar. The refugees say they set sail from southern bangladesh in march, with no supplies other than what they could fit onto their boat. Heres resty woro yuniar, from bbc indonesia. So the refugees are now being held at a Training Centre in the northern part of aceh. They were going to be tested for coronavirus. That is the last we heard from our person there. And also we heard from a Nonprofit Group of. Project, which is a group that has been focusing on the rohingya refugee crisis. That this is the same part of. They came from the same part of the boat that came here injune, carrying about nearly 100 Rohingya Refugees, that were stranded on the sea at that time. These women were transferred at the sea by human traffickers because some of the people on the boat, the family didnt have enough money to pay for the cost of this
vessel, so they were being held hostage at the sea by these traffickers and we also heard that some of the women that were transferred, the destination was malaysia. They were supposed to be married to Rohingya Refugees who are already there in malaysia in the first place. South korea is preparing for the arrival of typhoon haishen. Its southern cities are reporting landslides and flooding. It has already battered the southern mainland ofjapan. Tens of thousands of homes lost power and japanese authorities called for almost 2 Million People to be moved out. North koreas state media have also released pictures showing strong winds and floods hitting parts of the country. In the us, the coronavirus pandemic has seen millions lose theirjobs and reliance on food banks rocket. Among those whove stepped in to help is rock and roll legend jon bon jovi. Samira hussain reports. It is distribution day at this food bank. Iam good, man, how you . Good. There are no volunteers here. Just a handful of workers and staff, including jon bon jovi. Straight on straight on, jack, you got it, buddy the Global Pandemic means his other job as International Rock star is somewhat on hold, so he can devote time and sweat to this project. Whoa, jack 0k, got it. Yeah, i got it. If you come here, i will show you the idea. So we will roll a pallet around, usually by weight those are around 40 pounds a case and we usually go by the heaviest things on the bottoms. In less than an hour and a half, several hundred kilos of food are loaded onto trucks and taken to seven different food pantries across eastern long island, a process that has happened every week since march. We would be remiss if we just wrote a cheque. We feel that being hands on makes us feel good while we are doing it. And i am a control freak. Laughing thats it this kind of work is not new forjon and his wife, dorothea. Together, they run thejbj soul foundation, doing philanthropic work like building homes and Running Community kitchens. Thank you so very, very much and it is notjust the people running the food bank that is surprising, it is the location as well. This area is known as a playground for the affluent, one of the wealthiest zip codes in america. The hamptons tell the story of two very different americas. One in which the wealthy can enjoy second homes while taking in beautiful beaches in the summertime. But the other is made up of restaurant workers and day labourers, who earn a living by serving the rich. Usually, the summer is when the hamptons economy booms. The arrival of the rich seasonal residents means lots of work, but not this year. Local poverty has risen sharply in demand sharply and demand at the springs food pantry is up 300 . Holly wasnt sure how she was going to feed her community. That is, until she got help from a rock star. I couldnt get food from the Grocery Stores because the shelves were empty. I couldnt get them from the food banks, so whenjon bonjovi stepped in with his food bank it was a godsend. There are more people that live here year round then are here year round that are at or below the poverty line than there are the guys that own the big estate. The coronavirus pandemic has ripped open the deep economic divide in america for all to see. Yeah, we did good. We did good. Even right here in the hamptons. Samir hussein, bbc news, east hampton, new york. The annual Regata Storica has been held on the waterways of venice. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of people turned out to watch the boats move through the grand canal. Gail maclellan reports. Had you been on the grand canal 600 yea rs had you been on the grand canal 600 years ago, you might have seen this. The boat is not nearly as bad as the original, but the typical 15th century boats commemorate how the dirge and his wife would have been conveyed along with all the highest ranking venetian officials on occasions of state. How the doge and his wife. It is based on masked balls, but these masks tell a different story. Translation masked balls, but these masks tell a different story. Translatiosz masked balls, but these masks tell a different story. Translation it is crowded, but people seem careful, so i would say that we feel rather safe and obviously we show it here. We are having a good time. White backgrounds were thinner than in previous years and visitors seem to have heated requests for faces to be covered. Some tourists saw the advantages. Translation i have
wanted to attend Regata Storica for some time and i chose this year because unfortunately because of covid 19 there would be fewer people andl covid 19 there would be fewer people and i could enjoy it more. The racing boats follow the pageant, identified not by number, but by colour. Translation this resident thinks the occasion is smaller, more sombre this year, less joyful. But then, she says, it is always beautiful. And maybe that all the boats and people will be back in 2021. Gail mcclellan, bbc news. Let mejust bring you 2021. Gail mcclellan, bbc news. Let me just bring you the latest on that incident in suffolk, in which a school pupil has been shot on the way to school this morning. They we re way to school this morning. They were involved in a shooting, i should say. It is in case grade in suffolk, year 11 pupil, the high says was involved in a shooting as they made their way to school. Roads around the area in kesgrave have
been sealed off. The school itself says that, the students at the site are safe and will remain there for the Normal School day. You are watching bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather hello. Temperatures will be gradually on the rise over the next couple of days, but for today it is a day of mixed fortunes in terms of the weather because we have got some rain around in North Western parts of the uk. More sunshine towards the south and east, this is a picture a bit earlier this morning from felixstowe. Some places with sunshine, but further north we have these weather fronts, sunshine, but further north we have these weatherfronts, bringing outbreaks of rain. Nothing too heavy in the afternoon, but we will be getting some showers affecting scotland, north west England Wales and Northern Ireland as well. Further east, and eastern and southern parts of england you should avoid the rain into the afternoon. In warmer spells, temperatures up to about 21 degrees, but for most of us
the high teens, possibly 20 degrees. In the evening, a bit of light, patchy rain as possible, particularly round the hills. Quite a lot of cloud around, temperatures falling no lower than about 13 15 for most of us first thing tuesday. Tuesday don and on a cloudy note, but it will be feeling warm because we have this worn by the front moving its way northwards, bringing patchy rain to the north west of scotland, which will become heavier later on. But it also brings warmer aircoming infrom later on. But it also brings warmer air coming in from the south westerly direction, orange colour is returning to the map showing that warmer air mass on tuesday. Quite a humid sort of day. A cloudy start, which wilson and break, but the best of the sunshine across parts of eastern scotland, central and Eastern England and perhaps the east of wales as well. Further west, one or two showers around, but drive or a good part of the uk, temperatures up to about 23 degrees in warmer spots, but more persistent rain will be north west of scotland. Into wednesday, the woman air still with us, but she was pushing its way further south,
opening the doors to some cooler conditions in the north west later in the day. A band of cloud initially across england and wales, one or two showers perhaps there are, and that will move its way southwards. Pressure conditions moving on from the north west during the afternoon, so temperatures for most of us in the mid to high teens, but down towards east anglia and the south east those temperatures once again on wednesday likely to be around 22 or 23 degrees. A relatively warm couple of days, but it then turns a bit cooler and fresher towards the end of the working week with some showers around in the north west, but it does look like things were warm up once again, temperatures perhaps towards the mid 20s towards the weekend. Goodbye for now. This is bbc news. The headlines. A teenager has been involved in a shooting on their way to school in suffolk. Kesgrave high school near ipswich says it was one of its year 11 students. On the eve of brexit trade talks, the government threatens to back out of key parts of the eu Withdrawal Agreement signed eight months ago. Police in birmingham arrest a man in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city, which left one person dead and seven others injured. The Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack begins this morning as families of the 22 victims look for answers. And ijust had the feelings of apprehension. The feeling that you might never get the full story of whats gone on. You know, whos to blame and all that. India records more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in a day. Only the us now has more covid infections. After his disqualification from the us open, Novak Djokovic apologises to the line judge he hit with a tennis ball. A teenager appears to have become the victim of a reported shooting while on the way to school in suffolk. The incident happened this morning near the grange farm estate in kesgrave. A Police Cordon has been put in place and a person was seen receiving medical treatment at the scene. On twitter, Kesgrave High School said. We have been made aware by the police that there has been a serious incident involving one of our year 11 students, on their way to school. Students in school are safe
and we are managing the situation in constant, close communication with the police. That is all we have on the incident at the moment. We are hoping to talk to our correspondent later. These are pictures from the scene, including the Helicopter Air ambulance and the police at this area in kesgrave in suffix in grange farm. We will bring you more information on that. Government sources have confirmed to the bbc that a bill to be published on wednesday will override part of the Northern Ireland protocol with the eu. The customs arrangements were agreed as part of the brexit divorce deal last year and were intended to prevent the return of checks at the border between Northern Ireland
and the republic of ireland. Opposition parties have condemned the plans. The next phase of talks with the eu on a future trade deal are due to start again tomorrow. Borisjohnson has said that any trade deal between the eu and the uk must be agreed by the middle of next month. A cabinet minister told bbc this morning news this was not a negotiating tactic its not really a tactic in that the Prime Minister has been absolutely clear since he was elected with a very clear mandate to leave that we would leave at the end of the transition period, with or without a further negotiated settlement, and that we would work absolutely night and day to get that canada style Free Trade Agreement that we seek. But if the European Union wouldnt offer that, then we would still leave on time, as we promised to, and we would do so under the terms of the existing Withdrawal Agreement that weve got and trade with the eu in much the same way that australia does. So its not posturing or a threat. This has been the reality of our position right from the beginning. In response, the head of the European Commission, ursula von der leyen has tweeted saying that she trusts the British Government to implement the Withdrawal Agreement,
an obligation under International Law and prerequisite for any future partnership. Protocol on ireland Northern Ireland is essential to protect peace and stability on the island and integrity of the Single Market. Our reality check correspondent, chris morris is here. We had so many months of discussion around this and how to avoid a hard border with Northern Ireland, and now this. Just explain exactly what this potentially does mean. The agreement on avoiding that hard land border in ireland was a necessary pa rt border in ireland was a necessary part of the Withdrawal Agreement that got the uk out of the eu. What we are 20 negotiat now is what the future relationship looks like, trying to negotiate. We have two
stress we have not seen what this new legislation and uk internal market bill will look like but government sources have told us it will override parts of that Withdrawal Agreement, notably the protocol or parts of the protocol on ireland and Northern Ireland. What that means in practice is that there are elements within the Withdrawal Agreement that say to enable there to be no border at a between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland, there would have to be some kind of bureaucracy between Northern Ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. You dont have to call it a border, but for example some element of filling in customs forms, the possibility that some goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland would have to pay tariffs if it was thought that those goods could move on to the republic of ireland and then into the eu Single Market. We havent seen this written down in Black And White in
legislation, but there may be Domestic Legislation which will somehow seek to override what is now an International Agreement and part of International Law. Was this in readiness potentially for their being a no deal brexit . And it was a lwa ys being a no deal brexit . And it was always the case, wasnt it, that a no deal brexit would be incompatible without a hard border . The term no deal is a difficult term, because we have already left. What they are talking about now is leaving with or without a trade with the European Union. Boris johnson says without a trade with the European Union. Borisjohnson says if we cannot get a canada style Free Trade Agreement, we are very happy to trade on australian terms. That is just a slightly nicer way of saying we will trade without having any formal agreement between us. It is one thing for australia, which has about 12 of its total trade with the yukon it is a slightly different and more important with the uk which
does nearly 40 and 50 of trade with the eu. It is a different style of trading relationship with australia, evenif trading relationship with australia, even if you want to call it an australian style deal. Yes, no trade deal, we heard last week for example from road haulage companies, they think that that would be a disaster. Boris johnsons think that that would be a disaster. Borisjohnsons decision, think that that would be a disaster. Boris johnsons decision, you think that that would be a disaster. Borisjohnsons decision, you could say it is a negotiating tactic, they wa nt to say it is a negotiating tactic, they want to go in looking tough in these negotiations. He is saying no trade deal would be a good outcome for the uk and we will in his words prosper mightily come what may. His critics will say he is very good at the rhetoric, but the nitty gritty detail of this will be very difficult to unwind. Attention has been diverted on to covid 19, so
these are the types of conversations that probably would have been going on for months were covid 19 not to have taken up so much of the national focus. But it does feel now that we are kind of right back to where we were, just much closer to the deadline . The talks were going on in the background of the covid 19 crisis, and that didnt help them because for the first few months, they had to take place remotely and via video link, so there wasnt scope for informal chats in the corridors, the way that trade negotiations would normally work. But these talks have been face to face, and on these core issues, it appears that little progress has been made, particularly on the issue of state aid. That is the idea of how governments can subsidise their businesses and whether it creates an unfair relationship for businesses in other countries. And also fisheries, and
this sort of hand grenade that has been thrown into the Northern Ireland process, as has been seen in the eu. If that becomes something that picks up into a full blown row, it will make those other things difficult to resolve because part of the way you do trade deals as you create trust, this will create potentially more distrust instead of creating more trust. Thank you. Lets go back to the news that a teenager has been involved in a shooting in suffolk. Our reporter, debbie tubby is at the scene for us now. Police cars are absolutely everywhere. Further round behind me is where we understand a
15 year olds boy was shot. The police say they were here at 840 this morning to reports of a shooting. They havent been able to give us too many more details, but an eyewitness who lives in the area told me that he heard the shot. He said it was like a scaffolding falling, it was so loud. He said he heard a scream and later saw a boy being treated on the ground. The air ambulance arrived. They were there for some time and we understand they have taken him off to hospital. We have taken him off to hospital. We have no idea of his condition at the time. We had a tweet from Kesgrave High School. They said they had a serious incident involving a year 11 student on their way to school this morning, the students are being kept in the school and the police will be surrounding the school, and we understand the police are continuing
with their investigations. Obviously, this happened as the boy was heading for a school as a lot of peoples would have been. Whether many eyewitnesses to it . peoples would have been. Whether many eyewitnesses to it . I spoke to one eyewitness who had heard the shot. I spoke to people who live on this estate. They had not heard or seen this estate. They had not heard or seen anything. They are quite big houses, quite spread apart. It was around the corner behind me. I do not know if anyone actually saw the incident taking place. West Midlands Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following a series of stabbings in Birmingham City centre in the early hours of sunday morning. Our correspondent geeta pendse is at the scene of one of the stabbings and gave this update. As we understand it, officers went to an address in the selly oak area of birmingham at 4am this morning where they arrested a 27 year old man. Hes now in Police Custody and being questioned. As you said, he was arrested on suspicion of murder and on seven counts of attempted murder. Now, west Midlands Police last night released cctv footage of a man who is suspected of carrying out the attacks, and they say they had a really strong response from the public, who came forward with information. And overnight, a new line of inquiry emerged, which is what took them to this selly oak address and the subsequent arrest. And they say while this development is really crucial, they are still calling for anyone who might have information that might have been around on the sunday morning when the attacks happened over a 90 minute period in four locations in the city centre if they think they have information to come forward. There is a dedicated hotline number that they can call. The legal battle to extradite the wikileaks founderjulian assange from the uk to the us resumes in court today. The United States wants mr assange to be tried on american
soil on charges relating to the disclosure of thousands of secret military documents. It claims the leaks endangered the lives of its own agents and sources. The hearing is expected to last several weeks. More Train Services will be available in england, scotland and wales today, with rail operators saying that up to 90 percent of their normal services should be running. Therell be additional and longer trains on many routes, particularly at peak times. Latest figures from the department for transport show rail usage in britain is at 31 per cent of pre pandemic levels. A limited number of driving tests will be available to book in england and wales from today, following the problems faced last week by people trying to book a test online. The driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has warned that there will be very high demand for the relatively few tests that are made available today. More than 200,000 tests have been cancelled and tens of thousands more delayed, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Candidates in scotland will also be able to book tests from today. Stay with us on bbc news. Theres much more to come. But now, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. The Public Inquiry has begun into the Manchester Arena bomb attack three years ago. 22 people were killed as they left that Ariana Grande concert. The names of all 22 victims who were killed in may 2017 were read out as the hearing opened at manchester magistrates court. It was due to start injune, but was delayed by the trial of abedis brother hashem, who was jailed for at least 55 years for 22 murders last month. The inquiry, which will be chaired by sirJohn Saunders, will explore the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the terror attack. What the enquiry will do is seek out the facts of what happened and why, in order to provide answers to the families and the survivors and to learn lessons for the future. This is an exercise in establishing the truth and i am keen that everyone should approach the enquiry in that spirit. All participants have said that they want to learn the lessons of what happened on the 22nd of may 2017, and to reduce the risk of it ever happening again. If i conclude on the evidence that things went wrong, then i shall say so. But we are not looking for scapegoats, we are searching for the truth. Our north of england correspondent fiona trott is at the hearing and told us who we are going to hear from in the coming days and weeks. Firstly, its very striking, isnt it, what sirJohn Saunders said just there, that this inquiry is not about finding scapegoats. We know that salman abedi detonated that suicide bomb. We know that his brother hashem helped him. He was jailed for 55 years last month. What it is about is about
establishing the truth. But with that comes some very distressing details, and the families have been warned that in the past few moments, the council for the inquiry, paul greaney qc, has said it would be distressing in the extreme. He has described Salman Abedis presence as pure malevolence. We have heard this morning that his suicide bomb was so heavy that it bent him over, so were getting a sense already of how tough this is going to be for the relatives during this inquiry. A long inquiry. The parents of saffie roussos, who you have spoken to already, she was just eight years old. They have told us how it is still very raw for them. They wake up every morning and they relive that moment. So they are going to find this very, very difficult, but say that of course over the past three years, they have had lots of questions in their minds that they need answering. The difficulty for them and for other relatives like them, though, is that they want to find
out more about abedis background, what did the Security Services know about him . That information is going to be discussed behind closed doors because it is an issue of national security. They want the lawyers for the relatives to be present, ask questions on their behalf, so they find that a difficult feature of this Public Inquiry. Let me tell you what it is going to examine. It is going to look at the arena itself and security arrangements, that is something that paul greaney qc is discussing at the moment, and he has already said, we know that people who were working there on the night had a very difficultjob. It will look at the suicide bomber himself, as you heard sirJohn Saunders describe a few moments ago. How did salman abedi prepare for this attack . It will look at his background, any radicalisation . And then after the bomb
was detonated, how did the Emergency Services respond . This inquiry is due to last for six months. Lets get the latest sports news now from the bbc sport centre, with chetan. Novak djokovic says hes extremely sorry for the stress hes caused a line judge after hitting her in the throat with a ball at the us open. The world number one, who was disqualified following the incident during his fourth round match against spains Pablo Carreno busta, says it was unintended and wrong and the whole situation has left him sad and empty. Heres our tennis correspondent russell fuller. Clearly not intentional in that Novak Djokovic was not looking anywhere near the line judge when Novak Djokovic was not looking anywhere near the linejudge when he fired the ball away from his pocket, but the grand slam law book is very clear here. There have been precedents for this. It happened all
the way back in 1995 for accidentally hitting a ball girl in the year. Also a player who kicked the wooden support around the linejudges chair. That kicked the wooden support around the line judges chair. That splintered and cut the judges shin. Line judges chair. That splintered and cut thejudges shin. The rules are that he intentionally hit able recklessly or dangerously or not with regard for the consequences. The referee that had a long discussion with Novak Djokovic on the court felt he had no option but to disqualify him, and if he hadnt, they would have been more serious consequences for the sport because it would have looked as though the rich and influential could get away with something that perhaps lower ranked players could not. Manchester citys riyad mahrez and his team mate Aymeric Laporte have both tested positive for covid 19. City say neither player displayed symptoms of coronavirus. They wont train with their team
mates and will self isolate for 10 days in line with uk government and premier league rules. Both players should be available for citys First League Game of the season against wolves on the 21st of september. England batsmanjos buttler will miss theirfinal t20 international against australia tomorrow after leaving the bio secu re bubble to be with his family. Buttler made an unbeaten 77 to guide england to a series clinching win in southampton yesterday. Hes been given permission by captain eoin morgan and coach Chris Silverwood to return home, having been away from his family for ten weeks. Hell return on thursday, before the first one dayer at old trafford the next day. Just one rugby league line to bring you. Wigan warriors match at catalan dragons on saturday is set to go ahead despite one of wigans players testing positive for coronavirus. That followed their defeat to hull kr last thursday. Both teams will carry out further tests today. There are more of todays sport stories on the website, thats all for now. India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours meaning it has overtaken brazil in terms of the number of infections recorded, and only the us now has more confirmed covid 19 infections. There have now been 4. 2 million cases and more than 70,000 deaths across india. The government says thats a low number given the size of its population. Meanwhile indias largest rapid transport system, the delhi metro, has reopened more than five months after it was shut down to prevent the spread of coronavirus. With the latest heres our correspondent in mumbai, Yogita Limaye firstly, its being opened up in a graded manner. Masks are mandatory wearing a face mask is mandatory. People have to follow social distancing measures. There are sort of sanitising solutions, liquids, available at stations as well. You know, so far, the images that
weve been seeing notjust coming out of delhi, because metro systems are also being opened up in many other parts of the country, so far the pictures were seeing, we are seeing social distancing being followed. People sort of leaving a gap between where two people are seated, for example, in a particular coach. But, as you said, during rush hour, this is a system that carries millions of passengers. So, as we go along, is it really going to be feasible for people to follow social distancing measures in an enclosed, air conditioned space . There are certainly worries because the capital itself has seen a surge in infections over the past two weeks. Many other parts of the country are experiencing this and the virus also has now spread beyond major cities to smaller towns in rural areas. In fact, the city which now has the highest number of coronavirus cases in india is a relatively
smaller city, pune, in western india. An Opposition Leader in belarus is reported to have been snatched from the streets of the capital minsk. Witnesses say Maria Kolesnikova was pushed into a van by masked men. Her whereabouts are not known but a Police Spokesman said they had not detained her. This is her yesterday during a large Anti Government demonstration in minsk decrying the re election of president alexander lukashenko. Kolesnikova sits on the Coordination Council that is calling for a peaceful transfer of power amid weeks of demonstrations by critics of president lukashenko, who say he rigged last months election. Opposition to his relection sparked a large crackdown by Security Forces on protesters. Police in say 633 people were detained on sunday. More than 200 people have been airlifted to safety in Central California after a fast moving wildfire threatened to cut off a popular campsite in the Sierra National forest. Nearly 15,000 firefighters
are battling 23 separate blazes across the state where some areas are experiencing record temperatures because of the current heat wave conditions throughout the region. Simonjones reports. A National GuardHelicopter Rescue for campers. About 20 people were hurt as fires trapped over 200 at a popular boating and fishing destination after california declared a state of emergency on friday. It was that day that this happened at the popular Sierra National forest, in what is being dubbed the creek fire. It spread across 36,000 acres, forcing evacuations and road closures. Officials say the speed of the fire caught everyone off guard. That fire grew so quickly, so fast it trapped people at mammoth pools reservoir up in the mountains, and at some point during the day, when they became trapped,
they were doing what they could to rescue themselves, and make themselves safe, some of which resulted in injuries including broken bones, lacerations, scrapes, bruises, those kinds of things. As of sunday morning nearly 50,000 firefighters were battling 23 fires across the state, including this wildfire less than 100 kilometres from los angeles. Its a record heatwave with temperatures of up to 125 fahrenheit during what is meant to be a holiday weekend. The National Guard says it is better placed than usual to respond because of its own coronavirus preparations, but. The difference this season is it has come earlier in august, somewhat earlier than a typical california fire season, to experience this dynamic fire behaviour but it is the sheer number of fires burning throughout Northern California concurrently, and several of them are large complexes burning concurrently
making this historic and unusual. Evacuation orders and warnings of power cuts are hardly what anyone wanted at this time of year but may be vital as weather warnings of possibly fatal temperatures are issued. Shes been called the Mother Teresa of manchester for her work treating the poor and sick in the english citys worst slums. Now victorian nun Elizabeth Prout who died in 1864 could become britains newest saint. Abbiejones reports. In the 19th century, densely packed slums filled vast areas of manchester. One of the worst, angel meadow, was famously referred to as hell on earth by the socialist reformer frederick engels. Into these dangerous streets in 1849 came 29 year old Elizabeth Prout, touched by the misery and deprivation, she devoted herself
to teaching, feeding and nursing the poor. The area is now home to manchesters green quarter. Without doubt sister Elizabeth Prout was a pioneer. She had forward thinking ideas, progressive for the time. And she wasnt afraid to go into the slums of the worst part of manchester in angel meadow and redbank, especially where disease was rife at the time regular outbreaks of cholera and typhoid, but she was brave enough to go in and administer to the sick despite those terrible conditions. Elizabeth was based here, at St Chads Church in cheetham hill. A plaque celebrates her life in the chapel where she received her first nuns habits. Elizabeth founded schools, refuges for factory girls and homes for destitute women, teaching them skills so they could earn their own living. Those ideals saw the religious community she also started branded revolutionary but now, two centuries on, her life and deeds are finally being recognised after she was put forward to become
britains next saint. A dossier is now to be examined by senior vatican clerics who its believed will then ask pope francis to declare her venerable. Next theyll search for miracles attributed to her. The bishop of shrewsbury, where elizabeth was born, is asking catholics to pray for her to be recognised. We can see that her readiness and willingness to live and die amongst the poor, to go into slums of the darkest tenements and reach the most abandoned is something that is a great witness of the christian mind. Elizabeth died at just 43 from tuberculosis. The path to canonisation is a long one but her supporters are hoping 200 years on, shes a step closer to sainthood. Abbiejones, bbc news, manchester. Some breaking news to bring you
about that shooting from suffolk. A teenage boy has been arrested after a 15 year old boy was shot near to Kesgrave High School this morning. Suffolk police have confirmed that development. Police were called just after 20 29 this morning to reports ofa after 20 29 this morning to reports of a shooting in friends walk. There is the statement from the police confirming that matt arrest has been made. The victim, a 15 year old boy sustained serious injuries that arrest. Officers investigating the incident have arrested a teenage boy and he has been taken into custody for questioning. Assistant chief co nsta ble for questioning. Assistant chief constable says following this incident our priority is to make eve ryo ne incident our priority is to make everyone safe. We have carried out an arrest following an investigation and making sure everyone feel safe when collecting of children from school this afternoon. There will be
more Police Officers on patrol providing more reassurance in the area and providing more reassurance in the area and i would ask anyone with information about the incident to come forward. There are various red closures locally. Members of the public are asked to avoid those areas and any witnesses are asked to get in touch with Suffolk Police. That statement just through from Suffolk Police just confirming some of the details of what happened this morning. A 15 year old boy was shot. He is ina morning. A 15 year old boy was shot. He is in a serious condition in hospital, and a teenage boy has been arrested after that shooting. The latest news is coming up in a few moments. Timeframe weather update. We have got real contrasts in the weather today. It is remaining dry and bright with some sunshine. Further north and west, there will be some wet weather and a brisk wind around as well. We have already had rain this morning. More to come across parts of scotland, northern england, Northern Ireland and wales. Further south and east, places should avoid the rainfall. 21 degrees this afternoon. Further south, 1920 celsius. Through into the evening, we will keep cloud. Could be the odd spot of drizzly rain. Some nest and fog patches. For all of us, remaining mild with temperatures in the mid teens. A warm and humid start to your morning. They will be sunshine breaking through again, particularly towards the east. The best chance of catching longer spells of sunshine. More rain in scotland and temperatures tomorrow as high as 23 hello, this is bbc news with me, joanna gosling. The headlines a 15 year old boy has shot on his way to school in the town of kesgrave in suffolk. A teenager has been arrested. On the eve of brexit trade talks,
the government threatens to back out of key parts of the eu Withdrawal Agreement signed eight months ago. Police in birmingham arrest a man in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city, which left one person dead and seven others injured. The Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack begins this morning, as families of the 22 victims look for answers. India records more than 90,000 new cases of coronavirus in a day only the us now has more covid infections. The number of children referred to social Care Services for support fell by nearly a fifth during lockdown. New figures from the local Government Association show that while calls from social care teams and schools dropped between april and june, the number from the police rose by 16 . The nspcc has seen an increase in people reaching out to its helpline by 42 compared to the pre lockdown average. Andrew fellowes is the public
affairs manager at the nspcc. Thank you very much forjoining us. These are dramatic figures. But is it what you would have expected as a result of schools being closed through lockdown . We know that schools play an incredibly Important Role in the safeguarding system and about 20 of referrals every year come from teachers who become aware that there is something not right with one of their children, something they are struggling with at home or may be outside the home, so at home or may be outside the home, so the fact that so many children just werent going to school, but also werent interacting with other adults, clubs, sports groups. It is not surprising to see that that number has gone down, but we know the risks children face havent gone down and as you say we at the nspcc have seen a really significant increase in the number of contacts from members of the public and our helpline teams have been working very hard. About 40 of those having
resulting in referrals to social services, so we know that the serious harm children face in the pandemic has not gone away. Would you expect then out to be an increase in referrals, now that schools are gone back . It is going to ta ke schools are gone back . It is going to take time to know. It is hard to make predictions and we know that schools are going to have to spend quite a lot of time helping their children to reintegrate with education and we know from our own research that where children have had traumatic experiences, and may have experienced abuse and neglect, it has taken an awful long time for them to be able to come forward and confide in an adult. So we want to make sure that schools are quick to have those conversations, but recognising it is definitely going to ta ke recognising it is definitely going to take time. Rather than just focusing on the numbers, i think what is really important is when we become aware that a child has had a negative experience in the action needs to be taken to keep them safe
and if that action is needed it is taken, but that they get the support they need to recover from those experiences in the long term. And for a long period of time before the pandemic as well, we know that those support services havent always been there in the way that children need them to be. So we are really hoping and drawing calls for the lga and other organisations, that the government will fund those services in this review. What do read into the fact that there has been an increase in the number of adults calling through the period to report concerns . Presumably, people that potentially, if referrals were going through schools, wouldnt have necessarily been reported before, so what would you read into behaviour and the approach of those around kids at risk through lockdown . Well, we have heard from the people getting in touch with our Helpline Service that in some cases it was a sense that we know that these children are not seeing the kinds of
professionals that they were before and in some cases it is adults becoming more aware of some signs of concern, whether that is about emotional abuse, concern, whether that is about emotionalabuse, physical concern, whether that is about emotional abuse, physical or domestic abuse, partly just emotional abuse, physical or domestic abuse, partlyjust because of the proximity and the fact that children were spending so much time indoors and at the same time if there were children who were conspicuously outside the family home in lockdown, that also became a source of concern where it wouldnt otherwise be. So we were extremely. Well concerning, we we re extremely. Well concerning, we were extremely glad to see that members of the public were stepping in to that role and our Helpline Service, which has continued to do that for children and making of referrals, when appropriate, but it is really vital that pupils continue to ta ke is really vital that pupils continue to take that interest and people continue to take that interest and
be aware of what is happening in childrens lives and get in touch with the helpline if they have any concerns, youve though children go back to school. Andrew fellowes from the nspcc, you. Thank you. The first formal talks between afghan officials and the taliban are expected to begin in qatar this week. The two sides were meant to begin negotiations back in march, but continuing violence and the wrangling over a Prisoner Exchange plan have led to repeated delays. The talks follow the signing of an agreement between the taliban and the United States earlier this year, and will aim to put an end to the nearly two decade long war, which has cost thousands of lives. The first formal talks between afghan officials two bitter enemies who fought for the past two decades reached a historic agreement in february. But on the ground in afghanistan, fighting has continued. The agreement between the United States and the taliban wasnt a peace deal, just a step towards one. It set out a provisional timetable
for the withdrawal of Foreign Forces and was meant to kickstart separate talks between the militants and afghan officials. After months of wrangling over a Prisoner Exchange plan, those negotiations look set to finally begin. The two sides will be discussing a ceasefire and trying to reach a political reconciliation. This is a campaign suggesting red lines, which shouldnt be sacrificed in the process. Afghans are tired of conflict, but also worry any settlement could mean the rolling back of fragile progress on issues such as womens rights. Translation the taliban have to accept the reality of todays afghanistan. If they dont accept it, i dont think these peace talks will have a real result and instead, the situation could become even worse. Our rights were taken away by the taliban during their five years in power. We werent treated as human beings. Before the taliban, we had a good life and we fought for our rights. People should remember that history. The taliban ruled over most of afghanistan from the mid 1990s, until they were overthrown by a us led invasion in 2001. They governed using a brutal interpretation of sharia law. The Group Insists its changed, but its not clear how much. I met one of their chief negotiators last year and tried to pin him down on exactly what form of future government they want to see. Would it be an islamic emirate, as they previously established . Will you accept democracy . That is. I cannot say no because there are many types of government which was tested in afghanistan. The views are different, so some people, they want emirates system. Some people, they want president ial form of government, some people, they want parliamentary system. But what will be everybody majority, will be according to them. And how do you find out . How do you find out what the majority want . That will be discussed, that will be discussed. A lot is going on, so with the government, the form of government, comes discussion, so we will see how many people are supporting this. The talks could last many months but President Trump has made clear, he wants us troops back home as soon as possible. That leaves some worried its the taliban with the upper hand. Secunder kermani, bbc news. Let mejust bring let me just bring you some news coming out of the government responding to the news today that the Withdrawal Agreement is potentially going to be, parts of it
are going to be changed with new legislation coming through on wednesday. A uk official has said the government is completely committed, as it always has been, to implementing Northern Ireland protocol in good faith. What is happening, the official says, is that they are making minor clarifications in extremely specific areas to ensure that as we implement the protocol, we are doing so in a way that allows ministers to always uphold and protect the good friday peace agreement. Borisjohnsons spokesman has said these limited clarifications deliver on the commitments the government made in the general election manifesto and says if agreement is to be had, there does need to be more realism from the eu on the scale of change from the eu on the scale of change from the eu on the scale of change from the uks departure. And the official says, if we dont take these steps, we face the prospect of legal confusion at the end of the year and potentially extremely damaging defaults. So thatsjust
through from the privacys spokesman. Leicester was the first city in britain to be placed in a local lockdown after a spike in coronavirus cases there. As phil mackie reports, ten weeks after the announcement by the Health Secretary matt hancock, some of the restrictions remain in place, but there are calls for them to be lifted. Given the growing outbreak in leicester, we cannot recommend that the easing of the national lockdown, set to take place on 4thjuly happens in leicester. Just as the rest of england was getting ready to go back to the pub, in leicester the shops were closed again and any plans to go out were cancelled. Although some restrictions had been lifted, others are still in place ten weeks later. Now, they are ready to come out of lockdown. At the end ofjune, there had been 157 new cases per 100,000 people in a week. A month later, it had fallen to 59. By the end of august, it was just 25 and its stayed at that level since. This is how they did it door to door testing across the city, wherever there was an outbreak. So, whilst you might have been redeployed or some of you have volunteered to. And this is the man who oversaw it all, leicesters director of Public Health ivan browne, taking time out here to thank his army of testers. Thank you very much. A month later and the city has fewer new cases than many other places that have not got any restrictions. I think the biggest lesson that we have learned, that this operates most effectively in trying to tackle this virus by operating at the local level. So whether it is your testing strategy or whether it is how you find your cases and your contacts, the more localised we can make that, the better it is because actually, you can go street by street, community by community, family by family to try to tackle the virus. Well, the message may still be the same, but life has begun to get back to normal in leicester as some
of those restrictions have been eased over the past couple of months. But People Living in the city still are desperate to do the things that they cannot, but that other people just outside the city can. They will have their own sanitising basket. Like going to the gym. Crossfit, in the south of the city, is really struggling as it still cannot open. And what youve got is people within the lockdown going to gyms and what youve got is people within the lockdown going to gyms outside of the lockdown, and they are getting tied into memberships, so obviously, they will not be coming back. And obviously, when it comes to coming out of it, were gonna have to do a massive drive to try to get members to come back to us. Just take a few deep breaths and out. And he can provide online sessions like this pilates class and some outdoor training, too. He thinks it is unfair they are still in lockdown. Now, hejust wants leicesters restrictions relaxed. Phil mackie, bbc news. The leading mens Tennis PlayerNovak Djokovic has been disqualified from the us open after hitting a ball at a linejudge. It happened during his fourth round match with pablo correna busta. And this is why. The number one seed had just lost serve to go 6 5 down in the first set when he hit the ball behind him. It hit the female line judge in the throat and she spent several minutes being attended to on court. There then followed lengthy discussions between officals and djokovic before he was told he was out of the competition. Lets get more on this from mike dickson, tennis correspondent for the daily mail. So he is out. He said he didnt do it on purpose, but he was really sorry. Do you think this is the right outcome . I think there was absolutely no alternative. The rules are quite clear that if you do Something Like that and do injure somebody who is actually working on the court, then in football terms it isa the court, then in football terms it is a straight red. They had no alternative. I think he knew it, and he was just alternative. I think he knew it, and he wasjust in alternative. I think he knew it, and he was just in a bit of a state of shock afterward, so im saying for a
moment that he set out to hurt her, but the outcome was the same. And what is your recent reading of what happened there . I think he wasjust getting more and more frustrated. He is up against a pretty tough spanish opponent, things werent white going his way, he had had a lapse of concentration before. He had done something a bit similar about ten minutes before this incident and yes, he is someone who does have a slightly this movie and kind of temper. We have seen it before and just let it get the better of him and while he wasnt aiming for the line judge, and while he wasnt aiming for the linejudge, you do run the risk if you hit someone it is a default. Some have said that he should have actually been ticked off for that first ball when he hit it in anger, frustration, whatever it was, and that just sort of frustration, whatever it was, and thatjust sort of passed by. Well, possibly. I mean a lot of that is just down to luck whether you actually hit someone or not. There
was an incident in 2016 at the french open when he hurled his racket into the clay and it was only the sharp reflexes of the line judge getting out of the way of the racket that probably saved him then. If it had hit the line judge she probably would have gone at that match in paris and never won the tournament. Soa paris and never won the tournament. So a lot of that is about what the eventual outcome is in terms of hitting the person. He said, i now need to go back within and work on my disappointment and turn all of this into a lesson for my growth and evolution as a player and human being. Do you think that this will have an impact on his career Going Forward . Have an impact on his career Going Forward . Well, i figured hurd could have a huge impact because he is in this epic race with rafael nadal and federer to see who could end up with the most grand titles. Novak djokovic is on 17, federer and nadal are on 20 and above respectively. This is a massive chance for him and apart from being embarrassed, hell be kicking himself this morning at just what an opportunity he has led to his hands and of course the interesting thing now is how hes going to be able to turn things around before the french open, which due to the covid 19 situation has been rescheduled for later this month. It is not the first time obviously that a player on a tennis court has reacted in anger to the frustration of the moment. I mean these are people who are operating. Putting themselves under a great deal of pressure to perform at a really high level. Well, youre absolutely right and here the tennis court operates in quite small confines. Youre right. There is money, ranking, points, prestige, your career, everything on the line and i guess like any professional sport part of the art of thejob is professional sport part of the art of the job is self control. Professional sport part of the art of the job is selfcontrol. Thank you very much indeed for talking to us. You very much indeed for talking to us. Mike dickson. Hundreds of Rohingya Refugees have landed in indonesia, after six months at sea. The landing is one of the biggest such arrivals in years by the persecuted Muslim Minority who originally fled myanmar. The refugees say they set sail from southern bangladesh in march, with no supplies other than what they could fit onto their boat. Heres resty woro yuniar, from bbc indonesia so the refugees are now being held at a Training Centre in the northern part of aceh. They were going to be tested for coronavirus. That is the last we heard from our person there. And also we heard from a Nonprofit Group of. Project, which is a group that has been focusing on the rohingya refugee crisis. That this is the same part of. They came from the same part of the boat that came here injune, carrying about nearly 100 Rohingya Refugees, that were stranded on the sea at that time. These women were transferred at
the sea by human traffickers because some of the people on the boat, the family didnt have enough money to pay for the cost of this vessel, so they were being held hostage at the sea by these traffickers and we also heard that some of the women that were transferred, the destination was malaysia. They were supposed to be married to Rohingya Refugees who are already there in malaysia in the first place. In the us, the coronavirus pandemic has seen millions lose theirjobs and reliance on food banks rocket. Among those whove stepped in to help is rock and roll legend jon bon jovi. Samira hussain reports. It is distribution day at this food bank. Iam good, man, how you . Good. There are no volunteers here. Just a handful of workers and staff, including jon bon jovi. Straight on
straight on, jack, you got it, bud the Global Pandemic means his other job as International Rock star is somewhat on hold, so he can devote time and sweat to this project. Whoa, jack ok, got it. Yeah, i got it. If you come here, i will show you the idea. So we will roll a pallet around, usually by weight those are around 40 pounds a case and we usually go by the heaviest things on the bottoms. In less than an hour and a half, several hundred kilos of food are loaded onto trucks and taken to seven different food pantries across eastern long island, a process that has happened every week since march. We would be remiss if we just wrote a cheque. We feel that being hands on makes us feel good while we are doing it. And i am a control freak. Laughing thats it this kind of work is not new forjon and his wife, dorothea. Together, they run thejbj soul foundation, doing philanthropic work like building homes and running
community kitchens. Thank you so very, very much and it is notjust the people running the food bank that is surprising, it is the location as well. This area is known as a playground for the affluent, one of the wealthiest zip codes in america. The hamptons tell the story of two very different americas. One in which the wealthy can enjoy second homes while taking in beautiful beaches in the summertime. But the other is made up of restaurant workers and day labourers, who earn a living by serving the rich. Usually, the summer is when the hamptons economy booms. The arrival of the rich seasonal residents means lots of work, but not this year. Local poverty has risen sharply and demand at the springs food pantry is up 300 . Holly wasnt sure how she was going to feed her community. That is, until she got help from a rock star. I couldnt get food from the grocery
stores because the shelves were empty. I couldnt get them from the food banks, so whenjon bonjovi stepped in with his food bank it was a godsend. There are more people that live here year round that are at or below the poverty line than there are the guys that own the big estate. The coronavirus pandemic has ripped open the deep economic divides in america for all to see. Yeah, we did good. We did good. Even right here in the hamptons. Samir hussein, bbc news, east hampton, new york. The annual Regata Storica has been held on the waterways of venice. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of people turned out to watch the boats move through the grand canal. Gail maclellan reports. Had you been on the grand canal 600 years ago, you might have seen this. The boat is not nearly as grand as the original, but the typical 15th century boats
commemorate how the doge and his wife would have been conveyed along with all the highest ranking venetian officials on occasions of state. Venice is known for its masked balls, but these masks tell a different story. Translation it is crowded, but people seem careful, so i would say that we feel rather safe and obviously the show is here. We are having a good time. Crowds were thinner than in previous years and visitors seem to have heated requests for faces to be covered. Some tourists saw the advantages. Translation i have wanted to attend the regata for a long time and i chose this year because unfortunately because of covid 19 there would be fewer people and i could enjoy it more. The racing boats follow the pageant, identified not by number, but by colour. Applause
this resident thinks the occasion is smaller, more sombre this year, less joyful. Though venice, she says, is always beautiful. And maybe all the boats and people will be back in 2021. Gail mcclellan, bbc news. Lets take a look now at some remarkable footage, which was sent to us on social media overnight. Thats an underwater shot of an osprey catching a trout which was sent to us by andy howard. The wildlife photographer told us the shot, which was taken in Cairngorms National park in scotland, took years to plan, butjust days to capture. The bbc news at one is coming up. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Mostly cloudy skies for the next few days. Only one side, though, especially if you do get to see the
sunshine. Quite humid as well. Glad all the way across North West Wales today, a bit more rain here and for north east scotland a bit of texture in the cloud of this weather watch picture and it is here we may well get to see a few sunny spells as the day goes on. This is the satellite picture from earlier, some hazy brightness toward southern england, but increasing cloud here as well. On the big picture, the reason we have a lot of cloud out there is a couple of weather fronts moving south across the uk connected to this area of low pressure in iceland. The isoba rs this area of low pressure in iceland. The isobars are closer together because the northern half of the uk, so quite breezy out here and from the weather fronts a bit of rain, most likely through western scotland, wales, western part of england and pushed on towards the midlands later, a bit of patchy rain possible in Northern Ireland while across the eastern side of the uk in the afternoon it will be mainly dry, a few bits of hazy drug brightness, adjusting to the low 20s across the northern and eastern parts. A lot of cloud across Eastern England and
wales, down towards wales and is western england dismissed in marquee. These temperatures holding up marquee. These temperatures holding up overnight, into the low or mid teens, quite a mild and humid night to come. Early tomorrow, in scotla nd night to come. Early tomorrow, in scotland a good deal of cloud, elsewhere some still some light rain and drizzle across parts of wales especially, coming to Northern Ireland and some mr and fog across the hills, particularly to the east of the uk breezes coming into the west and you mayjust of the uk breezes coming into the west and you may just see of the uk breezes coming into the west and you mayjust see some sunny spells. The wind just picking up and moving back into north west scotland through the afternoon, but notice these temperatures if you do get to see some sunshine in Eastern England in the warm spots it could be approaching the mid 20s. But that changes into wednesday, as this weather front move south across the uk. The cold front, the leading edge of cool air, it has some cloud, not a huge amount of rain on it, patchy rain working through england and wales on wednesday to the south, but behind that it will be brighter, but it will be less humid, so it will
feel fresher, and still breezy out there. Tebbit is coming down a few degrees, and if few showers into western scotland. Friday and other weather fronts, more western scotland. Friday and other weatherfronts, more rain coming into scotland and Northern Ireland and through the weekend it will be turning warmer again. A 27 year old man has been arrested in birmingham in connection with a series of stabbings yesterday. The attacks in four different locations in the city centre left seven people injured and one person dead killed in front of his friends. They were crying and just inconsolable, really. One was saying, i tried to save him, and i havent done my best. I tried to save him. Well bring you the latest live from birmingham shortly. Also this lunchtime. Police in suffolk have arrested a teenage boy after a 15 year old pupil was shot on his way to school in suffolk this morning. Downing street insists its proposals for new legislation which would change key parts of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement arejust a back up plan. The Health Secretary says the rise in coronavirus cases