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Lesbos. And well take an in depth look at the continuing row between australia and china with journalists expelled from beijing and now chinese academics having their visas withdrawn in australia. The European Union is threatening to take legal action against the uk over its controversial new brexit bill. The uk government wants to ignore parts of last yea rs Withdrawal Agreement, specifically on issues concerning Northern Ireland. The eu says that would be unacceptable. This is the European Commissions Vice President Maro Sefcovic in london today. He flew in for emergency talks with the senior uk cabinet minister michael gove. They dont appear to have resolved anything. When those talks concluded the European Commission issued a very sternly worded statement, saying. The Commission Says the proposed legislation. Well explain why the eu believes that to be the case in a moment, but first, heres chris morris on that statement. The message from the eu is very clear. And i spent several years covering the eu in brussels, wading through statements of incredibly dense and dull prose. This was pretty strong. When it comes to the eu, that is a strong, that was Strong Language as strong as they normally use. The row here is all over Northern Ireland and a protocol that comes with the Withdrawal Agreement that the uk signed. Northern ireland, is part of the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. And there have been no border checks or any type since a peace deal in 19905 that ended decades of violence. And avoiding a hard border is seen as key to maintaining the peace. The eu thought both sides had agreed on a solution to that problem last year. Now its all in jeopardy again. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young explains. It is agreed that Northern Ireland would continue to follow some eu customs rules. That would mean extra paperwork, checks and tariffs for some goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Now the government is introducing its own law so that uk ministers can decide how to apply the rules without the eus agreement. Earlier today the uk government published a legal opinion saying. And the cabinet minister involved in todays emergency talks, michael gove, has spoken briefly to the media. This is what he had to say. I hope that across the house of commons there will be a recognition that we have an obligation to Northern Ireland in order to make sure that they can continue to have unfettered access, but of course we as a government have an obligation and to the joint agreement of her car and permitted in such a way the implement the games of the good friday belfast agreement are absolute secured and enhance in the future. The European Union disagrees on this point completely. As our brussels correspondent nick beake put it this was the most scathing part of the eus statement. Heres katya adler with more on the mood in brussels. There is a sense in brussels that they were trying to push the eu into they were trying to push the eu into the corner. Not going to give them a subsection of walking out of these trade negotiations is how one eu deponent put it to me. Make no mistake, the mood here is very bad indeed. In reading and blood that did not go as the eu had hoped. The you wanted to get reassurances, guarantees from the government that in the end it with respect that Withdrawal Agreement, that breaks a divorce deal signed last year in full. It did not get that. So now the eus chief trade negotiator in london today is starting conversations with eu leaders come out with the European Parliament to see exactly what they want to do next. Although this is reasonably predictable. It would have known this kind of reaction was coming. So there would have known this coming so there would have known this coming so why have they chosen to go this route . A very good question. I think they will have to assume they did know this was by design, not by accident because of course they had also as the warnings from their own legal department, the chief legal officer resigned. So if it is by design what is all about . I think are two theories basically amongst watchers at westminster and thats number one this was an attempt by the uk to try and put pressure on brussels in the trade talks that have been continuing about the future relationship, and if so that pressure does not seem to be working very well. The other theory of course is that the uk and four shots and in some of those around him want to collapse the talks, they dont wa nt to to collapse the talks, they dont want to post brexit trade deal with the European Union, it would rather go for something much more pure, a harder brexit as it has been termed in the past. We talked many times about those in the uk to support borisjohnson about those in the uk to support Boris Johnson and his about those in the uk to support borisjohnson and his brexit agenda, i would imagine many of them are overly concerned with this approach, it matches previous moves by Boris Johnson earlier on in the process. Of course, i mean, im fully aware that lots of people, particularly around the world would think what on earth is going on . The uk government must have known it was going to upset the eu, there would upset allies of the United States, for Goodness Sake also of that two former prime ministers who were also conservatives and supporters of brexit saying goodness gracious, we are trashing our reputation abroad for being reliable and law abiding. So why is it all happening . Its a bit like in other countries, and the key is domestic british politics. That is simply that mrjohnson and some of those around him that were pa rt some of those around him that were part of the Vote Leave Campaign are thoroughly aware that the vast majority of people who voted leave in 2016, and who voted conservative in 2019, and some remainders as well, they are not bothered by any of the stuff. The idea of the eu issuing threats to the uk that its not living up to its agreements, i think mrjohnson tends to take the view that an awful lot of his supporters just wont care. Whether thats a wise approach to governance and diplomacy is another matter, but i think that is driving a sense that an awful lot of their supporters will still be perfectly onside society here in the uk. Stay with me. The British Government is also facing criticism not only at home but abroad as well. Top legal spokesperson for the labour party has released this statement. As the opposition from the uk. We are seeing some evidence of that in the us. The speaker of the us house of representatives has issued her own strongly worded statement. Have a listen. Dont mess with the good friday accords. This is something that as americans we are very proud of our participation in, recognition of nobel status given to what happened there, president clinton being so much a part of it. George mitchell and others on both sides of the atlantic. Nancy pelosis party, the democrats, currently control the house. Ifjoe biden wins novembers election they will hold the white house too. And shes issued this warning to the uk. What were they thinking . Whatever it is, i hope they are not thinking of aukus is, i hope they are not thinking of a uk us bilateral trade agreement to make up for what they might lose. Its up to the people of the uk, for them to decide if they want to belong to the eu and the rest. Thats their judgement, thats belong to the eu and the rest. Thats theirjudgement, thats their decision thats to be respected. But dont think you were going to get a reward if you undermine. Evidently the stakes are pretty high with this approach were Boris Johnson. The stakes are pretty high with this approach were borisjohnson. I wonder if your recession the interactions of conservative mps, do any of them have concerns about this 01 any of them have concerns about this or believe in their man . What an interesting question. Its well known that the politics and Public Opinion in most countries is immensely parochial. People are focused on the kind of local backlogs, who is up and down it was going to win the next election. The fa ct going to win the next election. The fact that britain reputation around the world to stick a lot of damage asa the world to stick a lot of damage as a result of the way brexit has been handled since we 16 does not tend to percolate through that. That said, i mean several conservative mps but dont worry im not coordinating them if they happen to be watching, are absolutely livid and that includes brexiteers. Why . Because they do think this idea that britain should be seen around the world as not reliable, that does not stick to agreements, they think that that in itself would not work very well for brexit. If youre going to try and strike new trade agreements, we heard from nancy pelosi there, you can see how that would be problematic. I dont think theres any doubt that the majority of conservative mps are still behind borisjohnson. Are the extremely worried about the government performance and what comes next . And this truly astonishing dagger drawn stand with the eu, you bet they are worried. Is the idea that this legislation will be passed and then in place should the uk needed, or is the idea that legislation will only be voted on if the trade talks between the uk and the eu completely collapse . Tricky question. Let me try and answer and as i understand that the process of passing it into law will begin next tuesday. We will see what level of opposition there is inside the governing conservative party. As i understand it the idea behind this is that you would only have to enact this legislation if there was not a trade deal between there was not a trade deal between the European Union and the uk, but of course the real difficulty that the British Government is in his presentation only and the reason so much fun of it was made on social media, if you didnt like this agreement and contents were happen in case of a no deal. Why did you sign up to it and passing through parliament, and why did you campaign . But as i say at this moment theres no sign of the opinion that its really causing the conservative party immense damage. So watch this space. Thank you for taking the tricky questions on. Helping us out as ever to understand the twists and turns of the brexit story. More now on these shocking wildfires on the us west coast. At least seven people have died, and tens of thousands have had to evacuate. And were seeing some terrifying and extraordinary images. This is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The smoke and ash has turned the sky this apocalyptic shade of orange. Heres one resident. 1115. Crazy. 11 15am and its like the middle of the night, almost. There are still a number of fires in california that are not under control. These pictures are near the town of el dorado. This is the fire that was started by a firework at a gender reveal party. Well this ones is far from over less than 20 of the fire has been contained. From california to oregon further up the coast. Were told several small towns have all but been destroyed. The fires are being driven by strong winds and record temperatures. And this satellite image gives you an idea of the scale of whats happening across the coastal region. In california, these are already the worst fires ever recorded in a single year remember last year there was a really serious fire season . The fires in 2020 have burnt an area twenty times the size of where wed reached on this date in 2019. This graphic tweeted by the states Firefighting Agency cal fire is also helpful. There have been more than 7,500 fires and remember september and october are the most serious months so these are early days. This is what it looks like on a map also from cal fire. The agency says around 3 million of the states 12 million homes are at high risk. Over 2 million acres have been affected in total. There are more than 111,000 firefighters tackling the fires across california, but the sheer number and ferocity is taking a toll. Itsjust stretched its just stretched resources thin across the state. So with the worst conditions ive seen in my career, its going to be an historic season in california. Not much we can do to stop them, we are really any protection mode trying to protect the life and property because they are burning down homes, and so all the manpower is protecting those structures and the life, and helicopters and air tankers are doing what they can to slow the fire down. To 0regon now, where the situation is also dire. This is a map from the state authorities in oregon there are 37 active fires, and nearly 700,000 acres have been burned through. And there still could be worse to come. Oregons governor has said. I have no complaints. Unhealthy, my family is healthy. And with this 66 years old guy i have gone through ups and down so many times, this is just one more time. The shares coming through going to a level three can we get out to make grab some papers. This is what ive got. This is what ive got. Needless to say as were watching all of this play out the issue of Climate Change is central. Heres what one bioclimatologist quoted in the new york times. Then theres barack 0bama. Hes tweeted. And heres what the governor of california said earlier this week. I quite literally have no patience for Climate Change deniers. It is simply follows completely inconsistent. The point of view with the reality on the ground, the facts as we are experiencing them. You may not believe in intellectually, but your own eyes and experiences tell a different story, particularly out here on the west coast of the United States, and particularly here in the state of california. President donald trump declared the fires in california major disaster at the end of august that freed up federal aid money. But hes also been critical of the states forestry practices in 2018 he said poor Forest Management was responsible for the fires. This week, as the situation has escalated, hes had little to say. Lets go live now to cbss Lilia Luciano who is in phoenix, 0regon. Thank you very much forjoining us. Tell us what youve seen please. Thank you for having me. I am standing right in the middle of an rv park, it part of trailers a bunch of people who lived here in this area have lost absolutely everything. This is one of five towns that was completely leveled. Almost to its entirety. The federal government is estimating now that the fire that caused this cost about 600 homes were destroyed about 600 homes and we just met some folks that a single mother who is living with her son in this trailer for about 20 years, and she has nowhere to go. There was a lot of hispanic, latino families here. Working that have nothing to start with her to start from. I met a have nothing to start with her to start from. I meta man have nothing to start with her to start from. I met a man that does not have access to his property to see its conditions so you can start taking photos to provide to his insurance. To taking photos to provide to his insurance. T0 even taking photos to provide to his insurance. To even get that process started. And whats interesting is all of these people ive spoken with are staying with family members because they have family members or access to some to go. Of course you add to the trauma and tragedy of the property loss and the loss of life thats been happening, the pandemic. Their shelters both provided by the state and by the counties. Where people are going to do because they we re people are going to do because they were evacuated oi people are going to do because they were evacuated or because they know they lost everything. But you are grouping people in these areas in the middle of a pandemic so the situation is worse than i think any time before that ive covered wildfires. It looks absolutely terrifying from the scene behind you is one of complete destruction. What have you heard about the moments as the fire approached . Have you heard about the moments as the fire approached . How quickly it came upon the people. It takes 15 minutes, that the time that people have to evacuate and to think about what to bring with them. To decide and most people have told me i grabbed my child or my dog, i spoke with them, an elderly woman yesterday who lived in a nursing home where about a0 people had to be evacuated. It was completely burned to the ground and she was telling me about the photos of her husband, her late husband that now she regrets not having been able to take. But over here people were being told by police to get out, to get out and they were still trying in this area where im standing, still trying with buckets of water and fire hoses to do the best they could to protect their property or to stop the fire. Of course thats inevitably a com pletely of course thats inevitably a completely destroyed the area. Most people ran out with the shoes they we re people ran out with the shoes they were wearing, the clothes they had on. Itsjust no were wearing, the clothes they had on. Its just no time to decide. 15 minutes maximum. Thank you very much for bringing us up to date. Lilia from phoenix, 0regon for bringing us up to date. Lilia from phoenix, oregon with cps. China has accused the United States of Racial Discrimination after washington said it had revoked the visas of 1000 Chinese Students and researchers. The us said the visa holders had ties to the Chinese Military something china contests. Its the latest example of how tension between china and the west is manifesting itself in many different ways. And were going to look at another example now. Every thursday we make a report for the bbc news website which looks in depth at a story we ve covered through the week. And the latest one picks up on the themes from that story from the us. Relations between china and australia are worsening. Chinese academics have had visas withdrawn by australia. These australian journalists have had to leave china. And china 5 language is sharp. Translation do not do things to harm the Cultural Exchange between the two countries, that damage the mutual trust. This is much more than a regulation diplomatic spat. Here 5 why the China Australia row matters. There have always had political differences but australia and china found Common Ground in a hugely valuable trading relationship that gives china imports and australia income. One Australian Academic says its unravelling at a pace that could not have been contemplated just six months ago. Lets see at what the deterioration has looked like. At its heart we have australian concerns about chinese actions and chinese anger and retaliation in return. Australia has criticised chinas treatment of uighur muslims. But most incendiary of all australia wants an International Investigation into how covid19 began in china. Chinas response to all of this undoubtedly shaped by the knowledge that its australias biggest trading partner. It knows its value. And so has placed an 80 tariff on australian barley. Its also confirmed that high profile host for chinese controlled broadcaster cgtn, and australian citizen, chung lay, has been detained on suspicion of endangering chinas national security. But there 5 an irony here while falling out over covid19, the virus has prompted a chinese stimulus package which in turn has increased demand for australian commodities. So while they re arguing, they re trading furiously. But how long will that be tenable given the political rhetoric . And why are both sides willing to risk it . Well lets be clear on one thing both sides have their eyes wide open. Geoff raby is a former australian ambassador to china. On chung lays detention he says its not an accidental or random equally, australia knew full well that its positions on huawei and covid19 would go down badly in beijing. Why are they doing it . Well this is abcs bill birtles on having to leave china. You just got the general sense from the whole process that this was all pa rt the whole process that this was all part of a bigger political game. What is this particular clinical game . So what is this bigger political game . Well, its no less than a grand struggle between china and the west. Its about how we organise the global economy, how countries are held accountable and its also about the wests belief in the morality of its actions. Prime minister Scott Morrison told australian radio. Thats the rub this economic marriage of convenience worked while the west kept the criticism down and China Limited its assertiveness on the world stage. Neither are keeping their side of the bargain now. China scoffs at the idea america and its allies can hand out lectures on how to behave. And this is useful from reuters on australia. It says the government of Scott Morrison has reached a stark new view of china its not just a top trading partner, and thats why this isnt any old diplomatic row. Its about how the west handles a Chinese Government that not only wants to be a major player in this political game but wants to decide the rules as well. At stake is the global balance of power. All of our reports on the bbc news youtube page if you search for outside source, you can find it very easily. And a reminder of some of the main stories we have been covering, and california and oregon the wildfires continue to escalate very seriously, we already have a situation where the wildfires are the most is to directly make serious on record, and we heard that and epico put it wiped out. Also keeping a close eye on the situation in the greek island of lesbos. Weve had two consecutive fires in a huge migrant camp that was home to 13,000 people. It has been completely destroyed and so all of those people now need alternative accommodation. We hear how to thousand of them arent living on both of them provided by the greek authorities we also know several hundred unaccompanied children have been flown to germany, and germany is calling other eu Member States to ta ke calling other eu Member States to take in some of the thousands who need help. The same eu Member States know about this being overcrowded a nyway know about this being overcrowded anyway add had not chosen to intervene before this week. We will see if they now do after the fires. Hello again. It really has been a mixed bag out there today. Some people were able to make the most of the fine weather, this picture was taken in cornwall, but for the north it was quite a different story across the uk. Cuyler cloutier, a lot of cloud streaming in as well and across other parts of scotland with some rain too. Iran continues through the night in the northwest of in particular a few spots of rain for Northern Ireland and more cloud coming into england and wales. They continue to strengthen across the northern half of the uk so a lot warmer last night. Best of the weather tomorrow across england and wales with lower pressure to the north, these weather fronts wales with lower pressure to the north, these weatherfronts bringing some rain into scotland and Northern Ireland. Running at a higher pressure that is keeping it generally fine for the south. A band of rain moving into scotland and Northern Ireland, quickly in the morning of that ring can be quite heavy over the hills eventually it arrives to cumbria through the afternoon. The rest of england and wales dry with sunshine at times and temperatures up to 20 degrees once again. Coolerfurther north temperatures up to 20 degrees once again. Cooler further north and blustery showers who may have your showers for northern scotland where the winds could be touching gale force at times. The area of low pressure pushes the weather front southwards as he goes south into High Pressure and weakens all the while. Another weather system streaming in from the atlantic and this is mainly affecting scotland and Northern Ireland on saturday, we started some showers will be swamped by thickening cloud and upwards of rain coming in for the atlantic and a strengthening window two. Much quieter it generally dry day with some sunshine and temperatures getting into the low 20s at best in the southeast. They will get a bit warmer through the rest of the weekend. For a start weve got rain on saturday night, for Northern Ireland and scotland with strong winds or rain into sunday morning, they can split up to the northwest of scotla nd they can split up to the northwest of scotland threatening to some flooding here. Such are developing elsewhere in the sunshine and southerly breeze temperatures make it into the mid 20s. Some warmer weather on the way early next week. Look at that weather front looking in the northwest threatening some rain. High pressure across central parts of europe and tap into some of that heat that weve got here as well. Briefly early next week temperatures could be as high as 30 celsius. Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. Brussels is saying it would be an extremely serious violation it will ta ke extremely serious violation it will take legal action unless the uk backs down from its plans to break international law. We will have all of this. This is pretty strong when it comes to that it is a Strong Language. Of this. This is pretty strong when it comes to that it is a Strong Language. In greece, and efforts continued to find shelter for migraines after a second fire in two days at a camp in lesbos. The uk state wa nts days at a camp in lesbos. The uk state wants to ramp up to millions of coronavirus tests at bay when its currently struggling to do a fraction of that. The government insists its serious about the idea. Clarifying the new technology when it can be rolled out nationwide. The greek authorities continue to work to provide shelter for thousands of migrants who are stranded after a second fire in two days at a migrant camp on the island of lesbos. This second fire wiped out any remaining tents in the moira camp most of it had already been burnt down on tuesday night. This was the scene around the camp today. People are having to shelter under the trees in the day and are sleeping on the streets and in parks at night. The fires still are not out every few hours another one starts. The thick smoke filling the air and burning my eyes. Just imagine this spreading out across this entire area destroying the lives of 13,000 people, homes, livelihoods, gone in an instant. It is like a bomb has hit the entire area. This was the scene outside the camp today. People are having to shelter under the trees in the day and are sleeping on the streets and in parks at night. Also today around a00 unaccompanied teenagers and children have been flown to mainland greece. This crisis affects all of the around 13,000 people who lived in this camp it was more than a times its intended capacity. The greek government says around 2,000 people will be temporarily housed aboard three ships and theyre working on emergency accommodation for everyone else. Heres more from bethany bell in lesbos. Refugees and migrants here near that camp are bracing themselves for another night out in the open, some sleeping on the side of the road and others saying they will stay in the olive groves and field round about. Through the day they have been waiting for some deliveries of food and water every so often you see people lining up. Police saying go back if they try to cross the line out into the main town. And there is one man who tried to cross the police line and the priest said go back, go back to michael bent. There isa back, go back to michael bent. There is a lot of worry around the population about what will happen with all the refugees who are letting rough and there is no particular desire to see another camp built here. Many of the refugees and migrants say they simply want to go somewhere else. They want to move on and have a better chance of assistance somewhere else. But, many of them say be have been here for a very long time. And they really have no perspective of what is happening. The main fire is out but some small fires every so often start burning. Even here where i am standing which is some distance from the camp, a fire had to be put out by the local fire had to be put out by the local fire brigadejust a little fire had to be put out by the local fire brigade just a little while ago. This is a tense situation and many wishing it was over. Its still unclear what caused the first fire to start but we know it happened hours after reports emerged that 35 people in the camp had tested positive for covid 19. The government says the fires were started by migrants who were angry at quarantine measures that were being introduced. There are alternative accounts. Bbc persians parham gobadi is in lesbos. He says several refugees told me they believe far rigt greeks set the camp on fire after the rumors of the coronavirus spreading throughtout the facility. he then posted these pictures of canisters that refugees claim were used to set the camp on fire. At this stage we dont know what started the fire. On the issue of covid, this is how the un is trying to contain the outbreak. 35 cases of covid 19 have been tested as positive and we need to ensure that these individuals are actually provided with medical advice and this is being done by the ministry of health and support and we need to create the confidence of the local community that any covid 19 would be spread and this is why we need the cooperation of all to isolate and organise the settle m e nts to isolate and organise the settlements very quickly and this is why we are asking for this corporation on the ground but also by all means possible and all to provide this message that its in the interest of all that these conditions are provided now. The eu has offered to help. Its foreign minister tweeted with the European Commission and other eu Member States that are ready to help, we need to quickly clarify how we can help greece. That includes the distribution of refugees among those in the eu who are willing to take them in. Meanwhile the German Government is under pressure at home. These are demonstrators in berlin and frankfurt who want the government to house more migrants. Heres one of them. This situation is such that the people there can simply come here today as if instead of having to go through hell and that is why we are here. We are seeing the city of frankfurt and so does the city of germany and they have room. Of course there are others who oppose germany welcoming more refugees. And the eu has previously tried to resettle migrants from the overcrowded mediterranean camps among different Member States, but only a minority have been transferred. And quota system was rejected by a group of Member States. So well need to wait to see the response from across the eu. Go and see the actual response. The uk has added some more countries to its list of places requiring people to quarantine after visiting. Grant shapps the transport secretary tweeted. We need to remove portugal. As well as hungary, french polynesia, and reunion from the travel corridor list to keep everyone safe. If you arrive in england from these destinations after aam saturday, you will need to self isolate for 1a days. More than 2. 5 million british holidaymakers visit portugal each year making it one of the most popular Summer Holiday destinations. You may have seen in that tweet, some parts of the country are exempt from the measure anyone visiting the islands of madeira or the azores wont have to quarantine. And arrivals from sweden will no longer have to quarantine from the weekend. Now did you see yesterday the uk announcing a plan for millions of covid tests to get done every day . Its being called operation moonshot. Well today the government been faced with plenty of questions about this how much will cost . Is the costjustified . Can this even be done . Being three. Heres the health secretary. It could mean that theatres and sports venues contest audience members on that day and let them know that a negative result. What places could be opened up to all those who test negative that morning. And isolating or quarantining after travelling abroad, they will be tested and released. Now theres no shortage of doctors pointing out that its unclear how the government possibly could increase testing to such a large scale. Bear in kind, its failing to meet demand at the moment. This week the head of nhs testing tweeted her heartfelt apologies to anyone who cannot get a covid test. Laboratory processing she says is the critical pinch point. Bear in mind the uk is doing in the region of 200,000 tests a day not several million. The whole idea of a moonshot may of course trigger memories of the governments previous promise to build a world beating track and trace system with an app as its centre piece. That fell flat when the app didnt work well enough to roll out. biv the government did hit its own earlier target for carrying out 100,000 tests a day but only by counting testing kits sent out in the mail which may, or may not, have actually been used. So theres some scepticism about this moonshot. And plenty of it coming from opposition mps. We are piloting this approach right now and verifying the new technology and then it can be rolled out nationwide. Missed a speaker im going to depart from a script here because i heard the naysayers before andi because i heard the naysayers before and i heard the people on the other side company and we will never get testing going and they are the same old voices. If, and its a big if, conducting millions of tests a day does prove possible, its going to be expensive. The british medicaljournal says suggest this would cost 100 billion pounds well over 100 billion dollars. Thats only 30 billion below the whole of the National Health services budget. And assuming its possible, assuming the government finds 100 billion pounds, there are still complications. This is david spiegehalter whos a leading authority, on statistics. Statisticians are just banging their heads on the wall at this because mask screening always seemed like a good idea, yes, lets test everybody. But the huge danger is false positives. No tests are perfect. It is not a simple yes no thing. And if you only have 1 false positive is all the people who are not infectious enjoy taking the whole country at a 600,000 people. One sobering element of this is that borisjohnson considers this moonshot the uks only hope for avoiding a Second National lockdown, according to the british medicaljournal. The sort of test involved could be for saliva or a pin prick to the finger. Jenny harries, is deputy medical officerfor england. Everybody knows we are living in unprecedented and having ambitious plans to try and get us all back to a degree of normality is actually really good for us but there are two aspects. The economic side of this and for politicians administers to weigh up the benefits of that. On the technical side there are a numberof the technical side there are a number of tests the technical side there are a numberof tests in the technical side there are a number of tests in the pipeline and they are being evaluated currently. I think the fact that there will be Technical Solutions to provide a test and relatively in some cases is reasonable. I think perhaps some of my professional colleagues have highlighted that actually the implementation of that is quite challenging as well. So the idea that you have some sort of like to relocate or something it is not unreasonable at all but in a reasonably short timeframe. Scotland has followed england and is introducing the rule of six for social gatherings from monday. But unlike england only two households will be able to meet either inside or outside and children under 12 wont be included in the restricitons. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon also announced that customers in cafes and restaurants will be required to wear face masks when theyre not eating or drinking. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. Glasgow and surrounding areas are the epicentre of the latest outbreak here. But with coronavirus cases rising across scotland, right across scotla nd rising across scotland, right across scotland new restrictions are being brought in. Following england and going further. A maximum of six People Limited to two households allowed them together indoors and outside. It started off with many restrictions and put more on and going back and forth. We have been dealing with this for the last few months and its not been a problem, it will not be a problem to go back to it either. We experienced harsh restrictions at the peak of this i think if thats what people think we need to do thats how it is. There are limited exemption for discovering things like organised sport and places of work and children under 12 will not count towards the limit. The first minister said the new restrictions would be hard for people to hear. After six long hard months we are still asking the public to make a lot of difficult sacrifices. That is unavoidable given the nature of the challenge we face. I want to be clear that when we still face a battle to keep covid 19 under control we are in a stronger position than earlier in the year. They will also be changes the hospitality making it mandatory for customers to wear face coverings when moving around. They are compulsory for staff to wear them as well. As Restaurant Owners say they will do whatever is required to keep their doors open. Its great to being reopened. So what ever restrictions we will gladly comply with them all to keep going and keep folks safe and well and to keep this social aspect of life going. Hundreds of thousands of people have now downloaded scotlands corbett Contact Tracing app. The aim is to try and stop the number of positive cases accelerating and writing further. Rising further. Tributes have been paid to bana the star from bond to adventurers who has died at age 82. Three children have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a school bus hit a railway bridge near winchester in hampshire. Duncan kennedy reports there was nothing left of the top deck of the bus. Sheared off after hitting the railway bridge. More than 70 children from the school in winchester were on board. Many said the impact sounded like a massive bang. Bull those on the upper deck was this 1a year old here comforted by her father. We suddenly hit the top of the tunnel because its a double decker bus and it all fell in on the top. Im not sure what happened at the bottom i think they were ok but they all sat in on top of everyone and there was glass everywhere and everyone started screaming. The roof got ripped off and linda got smashed and best came through the window and smoke and people were screaming. This was what was left of the roof. The back end of the bus was also torn off. And many windows caved in. Its only when you are up close to the cmu see the full extent of the damage has been completely ripped off. Police say the driver involved was not hit and are helping with the inquiries. Officers say they want to find out why he took this route. That bus does not fit through this bridge and i cannot think of a bus route would have been drawn to take a bridge but its too late for the bus. The bus is operated by stagecoach who started an investigation. This warning sign on the bridge appears obscured by the trees and may form pa rt obscured by the trees and may form part of the inquiry. When they pulled the bus out of the tunnel bed that damage became clear. This morning these seats were full of children. They now lived through a terrifying experience of what should have been an ordinary school morning. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story is . The uk is insisting it will not withdraw the legislation that overrides a key agreement despite the European Union demanding it and scrapped by the end of the month. Theres been another large fire at beiruts port, just over a month after a massive explosion devasted the area. Bbc arabic has the latest. Citigroup has become the first major wall street bank to appoint a woman to the top role jane fraser will become its next chief executive. Bbc business has more. Berlaus now the Opposition Leader maria koles ni kova continues to fight the authorities. All week weve been following her extraordinary situation. Shes organised many protests after the disputed election in august including this one. On monday she detained by masked men in minsk. That night she foiled an attempt to deport her to ukraine by ripping up her passport at the border. Now shes seeking to open a criminal case against the kgb and belarussian police. In a statement filed by her lawyer, she says it was stated that if i did not voluntarily leave the republic of belarus, i would be taken out anyway, alive or in bits. There were also threats to imprison me for up to 25 years. The Bbcs Sarah Rainsford has more. The bbc has more on this. This is a really need to find move yet again from maria who is essentially asked for criminal charges to be pressed against those who detain her. She says they kidnapped her and held her illegally and they threatened her with death. Maria koles ni kova is currently in detention under suspicion of state treason. Shes one of three women who joined forces to challenge president Alexander Lukashenka in augusts election. To no ones surprise he was declared the resounding winner but many disputed the result. And as a response, these opposition figures formed a Coordination Council. As of today, everyone pictured here has either been arrested or have fled the country. There is still one member of that council not pictured who remains free. Its this woman, the investigative journalist and Nobel Laureate svetla na alexievich. Supporters visited her home on wednesday after she said masked men had tried to break in. The former president ial candidate Andrei Dmitriev is one of those supporters. Here he is on president lukashenkas tactics. What is happening today in the country is incredible pressure on the Coordination Council, this is absolute lawlessness, and this is being done for two things first, so that lukashenko can say, during his upcoming visit to russia too, that he has no one to talk with in the country. And the second, of course, is to scare those who come out today to peaceful protests. More than a0 protesters were arrested during wednesdays protests. But people are still coming out to demonstrate. Heres Sarah Rainsford again. Certainly there are more important protests planned by this weekend its usually to send a protest which is their biggest gathering its also to know about the movement in better with this is its not really led by specific people its very much an organic process and the streets have not been called for specifically by a position so its that has its momentum and continue and the noble prize winning author. She has said its not the Coordination Council that has risen up against alexander and she says its an entire nation and she says its an entire nation and everyone who is detained there will be hundreds more willing to ta ke will be hundreds more willing to take that place. So even she still free but she is now being protected by ambassadors, diplomats, and journalists to make sure she is not detained which is something she says she is now very wary of. How do you reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions to net zero by 2050 . Our planet is heating up fast, with Greenhouse Gases causing temperatures to rise. To tackle this, the uk aims to cut its emissions to almost zero by 2050. Now a new Climate Assembly has a plan how to do this. Launched by sir david attenborough, people from all walks of life across the country were asked for their views on combating Climate Change. Leah, a student, and ibrahim, a gp, both took part. Obviously we are a representation of the people and its very important that the government listens because, as its going now, Climate Change is a big issue and theres going to be big effects in my lifetime if we do nothing about it. There are also lots of little contributions that each person can do on a day to day basis, and i would like to think that everyone, as they look at this report, will say, right, how can i as an individual improve my Carbon Emissions . This report looks at every aspect of our lives. It recommends stopping the sales of the most polluting vehicles and making public transport greener and cheaper. For food, local produce is suggested, as is reducing the meat and dairy we eat by up to a0 . And the Assembly Members dont want to ban air travel, but they do say taxes should increase the further and more often we fly. Energy was also looked at, and offshore wind farms got the biggest backing. Nuclear power, though, had much less support. Experts say getting public insight is invaluable. The really exciting thing about this support is that its not generated by a group of boffins in a room coming up with recommendations to government. This is real people dealing with real issues and coming up with practical suggestions. Whats exciting is it doesnt look alarming. This looks like a really sensible set of steps overall. This reports comes as the uk is dealing with the impact of coronavirus, but the Assembly Members say a Green Recovery is vital. I think when moving forwards, rebuilding the economy, the climate definitely has to be taken into consideration and i think its actually quite a Good Opportunity to implement some of the ideas we have in our report. A greenerfuture means big changes, and the uks commitment to cutting emissions is legally binding. This report should reveal which policies may or may not receive wider public support. Rebecca morelle, bbc news. The actress Dame Diana Rigg has died at the age of 82. She became famous for her role as emma peel in the tv show the avengers. More recently she appeared in game of thrones. She also played many classical roles on stage. Sarah campbell looks back on her life. With a little help from a stuntman, as emma peel in classic tv series the avengers she was clever and cool. A new kind of heroine. She was not just she was notjust physical she was also pretty well equipped, intellectually she was as clever as a mum, computers, she very self sufficient. She had been brought up in india and then at a yorkshire boarding school. Youre full of surprises, contessa. So are you, mr bond. She was a bond girl in on her majestys secret service, the only one to get the spy to the altar, though she was shot dead shortly afterwards. Theatre of blood proved she could do comedy. With i be interfering with his majestys obligations . Laughter. She was a formidable stage actress know to be at the theatre. Her final performance was as may be you. She appeared in greek tragedy. Im thinking their opposite robert olivier. There was a contemporary drama like that bbc mother loved. An episode of doctor who written especially for her playing opposite her daughter rachel starting. She resurrected regular etc yorkshire accent resurrected regular etc yorkshire a cce nt of resurrected regular etc yorkshire accent of her childhood. I have ive known a great many clever men. Ive outlived them all. You know why . I ignored them. In game of thrones she played their sharp tongue agreement thorns. A distinguished actress whose career stretched over more than half a century. Thank you for watching. Its really has been a mixed bag out there today. Some people were able to make the most of the fine leather. This picture was taken in cornwall. Further north it was a different story across the uk. Cloudy erica my lot of cloud streaming as well. Plus other parts of scotla nd streaming as well. Plus other parts of scotland we have seen some rain as well. That rain continues through the night into the northwest of scotla nd the night into the northwest of scotland in particular. A few spots of rainfor scotland in particular. A few spots of rain for Northern Ireland and some more crowd coming into england and wales as well. Wind is continuing to strengthen across the northern half of the uk so we will be more warm that it was last night in scotland and the northeast of england. The best of the weather tomorrow will be across england and wales with no pressure to the north and the weather from bringing wales with no pressure to the north and the weatherfrom bringing rain into scotland and Northern Ireland mining into High Pressure keeping it fine further south. A band of rain moving into scotland and Northern Ireland quickly in the morning and he could be heavy over the hills eventually it arrives into cumbria through the afternoon. The rest of england and wales is dry with sunshine at times and temperatures getting up to 20 degrees once again. Cooler north and blustery showers for nine in scotland and the wind could be touching dearfull at times. Area of low pressure pushing the weather fun south as it moves into High Pressure and weekends so theres not much rain. Another weather system streaming in from the atla ntic weather system streaming in from the atlantic and its affecting scotland and Northern Ireland on saturday and we will start with showers with thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain coming in from the atlantic. England and wales again much more quiet and generally dry with sunshine and temperatures getting into the low 20s at best in the southeast. It may get a bit more warm to the rest of the weekend. For a start we have rain on saturday night and not in ireland and scotla nd night and not in ireland and scotland with strong wind and rain into sunday morning towards the northwest of scotland threatening writing. More in the ray of sunshine developing elsewhere and in the sunshine ina developing elsewhere and in the sunshine in a southerly breeze and temperatures may get into the mid 20s in easton england. But there is some warm weather on the way early next week. Still got the weather front collecting in the northwest of scotland threatening rain and High Pressure across central parts of europe and we are going to tap into some of that heat we have got here as well. Briefly next to the temperatures could be as high as 30 celsius. Hello, im ros atkins. This is outside source. The eu has given a blistering response, to britains threat, to overide the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. Brussels says it would be an extremely serious violation and says it will take legal action, unless britain backs down. Well have all the analysis. This was pretty strong when it comes to the eu, that was a Strong Language. People are saying images like this in San Francisco look like something out of blade runner. Smoke from the wildfires completely obscuring the sun. Crazy. 11. 15 in the morning and its. Like the middle of the night. In greece, efforts continue to find shelter for thousands of migrants after a second fire in two days at a camp on lesbos. And well take an in depth look at the continuing row