Tonight at ten the unequivocal evidence of Climate Change revealed by International Scientists led by the uk met office. They say a prolonged heatwave in the Siberian Arctic this year would be impossible without man made global warming. Here in the uk and the rest of europe, the findings are of serious concern, because the arctic drives much of the weather we experience. Six main weather systems around the uk, and four of those six comes from the polar regions, all from the arctic directly, so whilst a lot of this is uncertain, if something happens in the arctic, its going to be reasonable to assume that somethings going to happen in the uk too. Well be exploring what the change could mean for life in western europe. Also tonight. China expresses anger and warns of repercussions after the uk decides to exclude huawei from its 56 mobile network on security grounds. South africas pandemic crisis, as chronic failures in the Health Care System are exposed by coronavirus. In scotland, the most significant relaxation yet of the lockdown with hairdressers, pubs, part in the history of rock music. And coming up in sport on bbc news three england changes ahead of the second test against the west indies. Jimmy anderson is rested, while captainjoe root replaces joe denly on his return. Good evening. We start with the stark findings of an International Team of scientists, led by the uk met office, which raise profound questions about the future of the earths climate. The team says that a prolonged heatwave in the Siberian Arctic this year is unequivocal evidence of Climate Change, and that the record high temperatures in siberia would be impossible without man made global warming. The findings are of serious concern, because here in the uk and the rest of europe the arctic drives much of the weather we experience as our chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt reports. Six months of record breaking temperatures have fuelled massive forest fires in the Siberian Arctic this year. Great plumes of smoke were visible on satellite images last month. The red areas on this map show just how exceptional temperatures have been more than five degrees above average across much of siberia. That included the highest temperature ever recorded north of the arctic circle, a sweltering 38 centigrade, and now a met office Led International study has concluded this period of exceptional weather would have been impossible had the world not been warmed by man made Greenhouse Gas emissions. Remember the beast from the east, that period of exceptionally cold and snowy weather back in 2018 . It shows us that what happens in the arctic doesnt stay in the arctic. There are six main weather systems around the uk, and four of those six come from the polar regions or from the arctic directly, so whilst a lot of this is uncertain, if something happens in the arctic, its going to be reasonable to assume somethings going to happen in the uk, too. Todays report is yet more evidence that the growing concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere is changing our climate. What were seeing really is unprecedented. Its the strongest result weve ever seen, actually. Weve never seen a change in the probability of an event of more than 600 times. Weve never seen a result like that. This februarys storms and floods are also reckoned to have been driven by conditions in the arctic, and we know the polar region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. The long term impact that will have here in the uk is less certain. Looking at the geological record, we dont think weve had c02 levels this high for about 5 million years, so we really dont know what to expect in the future. We are in uncharted territory. The reduction of Arctic Sea Ice cover and melting of the permafrost has accelerated during this years heatwave. That will drive even more warming and, in turn, means we can expect more extreme weather here in the uk. Justinjoins me now. Very often conclusions about Climate Change are very heavily qualified, but this seems to be very different . That is certainly what the scientists are saying. The arctic often scientists are saying. The arctic ofte n gets scientists are saying. The arctic often gets very warm in the summer, but the extreme temperature siberia experienced over six months was, scientists say, completely unprecedented. The study concluded the chances of that happening without Climate Change was one in every 80,000 years, so they say it was almost impossible unless the world had been warmed by Greenhouse Gas emissions and they say it is the strongest climate link to any event they had looked at, a big team of scientists from six countries, they describe the siberian heatwave has unequivocal evidence of human edges Climate Change on the planet. It does not get much clearer than that. Justin rowlatt, our chief environment correspondent. China has warned that the uk could face economic retaliation, following the decision to exclude the chinese firm huawei from the uks 56 mobile network on security grounds. Beijing says that mutual trust between china and britain has been seriously undermined, and that doubts have been raised about investing in british companies. The uk was under strong pressure from the usa to take the decision, and President Trump has taken credit for persuading many countries to adopt the same approach. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has more details. 0ur desire to communicate, to have instant information, to be connected at all times, to watch and listen to whatever we want seems to know no bounds. The next stage of that revolution, sg with the Chinese Telecoms Company huawei a key element in this is ready to go, but technology has just crashed headlong into politics. Britain, under pressure from the us, is cutting huawei out of the picture, and donald trump last night was on a victory lap. We confronted untrustworthy Chinese Technology and telecom providers. We convinced many countries, many countries and i did this myself, for the most part not to use huawei, because we think its an unsafe security risk, its a big security risk. I talked many countries out of using it. If they want to do business with us, they cant use it. Just today, i believe that the uk announced that they are not going to be using it. That was up in the airfor a long time, but they decided. The days when donald trump boasted about the greatness of his relationship with president xi seem from a different age. He was asked last night whether the two men would be talking soon. No, i havent spoken to him. No, i dont, i have no plan to speak to him. But beijing is furious that, to use a chinese word, britain has kowtowed to american demands, and they are letting it be known in no Uncertain Terms that this wont be a consequence free decision. Translation in the end, this is a big world and the uk is only a small part of it. Ultimately, this ban wont stop huawei from prospering. I have also stressed that china will fully and seriously evaluate this incident and take all necessary measures to protect the proper legitimate rights of chinese companies. The downward spiral in relations between the us and china was underlined today, with america imposing visa restrictions on the huawei employees entering the us. Make no mistake washington is on a mission. The ukjoins the United States and now many other democracies in becoming clean countries nations free of untrusted 56 vendors. Britain has made its move under pressure from america. China is considering retaliation. These things can very quickly escalate. The us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has announced hell be in london next week, with china the central topic. Americas concerns are on coronavirus primarily, but also hong kong, huawei, trade, human rights abuses and perceived aggression by china in the south china sea. The list of grievances is long, and seemingly getting longer. Jon sopel, bbc news. The senior conservative mp julian lewis whos sat in the commons since 1997 has had the conservative party whip removed after working with Opposition Mps to get himself elected as chair of the intelligence and security select committee, one of parliaments most influential bodies which oversees the work of the security and Intelligence Services. The government had wanted the former cabinet minister Chris Grayling elected to the post. Our Political EditorLaura Kuenssberg is at westminster. Watch as this all tell us . This is really about control. A committee is a vital and quite secretive part of scrutiny that goes around here, they keep and i am at the Intelligence Services are doing on all of our bee health, and while they denied it officially, the government had been lining up former cabinet minister Chris Grayling to be the boss of that committee and they expected that committee and they expected that to be confirmed in a vote today, but when it came to it, instead of following party orders, julian lewis got the labour and other Opposition Mps to vote for him. Winning a vote, beating Chris Grayling and turning out to have the job himself. The tories were so serious that what hed done, believing it was deceitful and disrespectful to party managers, that they did notjust give him a rap on the knuckles, they have thrown him out of the parliamentary party. You might think that enough, he seems to have missed work he seems to have misled the whips, according to tories sources, and its something that many of his collea g u es its something that many of his colleagues will find goes against any notion of party loyalty, but you wonder if it might be counter productive. Mps might wonder if it was using a sledgehammer to crack a net. The government now has a cherub that Important Committee with no interest in being anything other than awkward. This might fracture further the relationship between downing street and the backbenchers. This is about government getting things done, not the godfather, and things have been shaky between number ten and the green benches. Time now over a variety of issues. Getting things done even when government has huge majorities stabilise and having friends in parliament in your own party, not just making friends in parliament in your own party, notjust making enemies. Thank you, Laura Kuenssberg. Our nightly update on the official figures from the department of health show that 85 more deaths have been registered following a positive test for covid i9. That means the rolling average continues to fall its now at 75. In total, 45,053 people have now died from the virus in the uk since the beginning of march. New measures have been introduced to stop the spread of covid i9 in parts of lancashire after a spike in cases in the local Authority Area of blackburn with darwen. For the next month People Living there must limit the number of visitors to their homes and wear face coverings in all confined public spaces to avoid a Strict Lockdown such as the one in leicester. Our Health CorrespondentDominic Hughes reports from blackburn. Blackburn faces a dilemma how to stop this town from becoming another covid i9 hotspot. So its really important that we understand where the challenge is, and in particular in this instance, we know that the challenge is in the community. In blackburn, they are trying hard to get the message out to the communities most at risk. The test results that have come out so far have shown us that of 114 infections, 97 of those were from the south asian community. So from a data driven point of view and a factual perspective, it means weve got to act on that information. The local council is introducing extra measures to try and reverse a rise in infections. They include limiting visits to two members of another household, using face coverings in all public spaces and asking people not to hug or shake hands. In nearby pendle, infection rates have also increased, the council there will announce its plans tomorrow but the feeling is that as lockdown has eased, those in their 20s and 30s have become more carefree. Now they need to be careful. In blackburn, theyre using videos on social media to reach potentially isolated communities. But while the town has a significant population with a south asian background, everyone knows that another lockdown would be a disaster. We simply cant risk another lockdown in this town, and thats why the measures taken by Blackburn CouncilsPublic Health team are both responsible and also measured. This isnt a blame game, this is about protecting our families, protecting ourselves and protecting the Wider Community and working in collaboration to bring the r rate in the incidents rate down. It is key that we do reach out to all communities as partners across the borough and that that message is consistent. This is how one town is trying to contain a rising tide of covid infections, but it wont be the last. Dominic hughes, bbc news, blackburn. The Prime Minister has confirmed that an independent inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic will take place. During Prime Ministers questions, borisjohnson said the government would seek to learn lessons from how it responded to the crisis, but said the inquiry would be in the future, and not immediately, as demanded by some mps. The Health Secretary for england, matt hancock, says there are no plans to make people wear face coverings in offices, but he said for the foreseeable future people in england will have to wear face coverings in shops, hospitals and on public transport. The republic of ireland is to delay reopening pubs and nightclubs until the 10th of august after a rise in coronavirus cases. Plans to allow large crowds to gather both indoors and outdoors from monday have also been delayed. The countrys infection rate the so called r number is estimated to be somewhere betweeni. 2 and 1. 8. That means theres a serious risk of the virus spreading. Scotland has embarked on its most significant relaxation yet of the lockdown measures announced in march. Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, libraries, cinemas and museums can now open, but visitors will have to leave Contact Details on arrival. Scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, confirmed that there have been no new deaths related to coronavirus for seven days. Our scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. Good evening, welcome back. Its been a long wait the longest in the uk. But at the stroke of midnight, the hair clippers got going in giffnock. So, what are we doing for you today, sir . Ten hours later, tony is well into a fully booked 24 hour shift. I feel like its good for mental health. Like, when you have a haircut, if you like it, you feel really good about yourself. So i feel like me starting at 12 was quite important for some people. It feels good, it goes a wee bit crazy sometimes. Im glad its getting a wee bit of treatment now. Nicola sturgeon admits shes nervous about what she describes as the biggest step so far in exiting lockdown. Todays steps are, by some margin and i mean that, by some margin the highest risk changes we have made since we began the process out of lockdown. The great unlocking will see pubs, hotels, museums, libraries, and cinemas all able to get back to business, if not exactly back to normal. Religious worshippers can now gather for socially distant services of up to 50 people. The first mass in months in st marys cathedral in edinburgh came as scotland has now recorded no deaths of anyone whos tested positive for coronavirus for seven days in a row. As restaurants start to reopen indoors, the first minister has warned she would not hesitate to close them again if the virus gets out of control. Restaurateurs know not all customers are yet comfortable with the idea of sitting and eating inside, so quite a few havent opened their doors yet. And those that have are going to struggle to make a profit, as they can seat far fewer customers. Sarti Italian Restaurant is hoping to cover their costs. Theyre opening mainly to try and save jobs. As long as we can keep trading, we can keep staff on. And if we can keep going like this, we might have a Snowball Effect and actually come out of this in the long run. Dinner is served at last. The Scottish Government is being deliberately slow and cautious satisfied so far their approach is keeping the virus under control. Sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. Chronic failures in the Health System of south africas eastern cape have been exposed by the pandemic, according to a bbc investigation. Key staff are on strike or sick with covid i9, nurses have been forced to act as cleaners, and there are reports