Good Afternoon And Welcome to bbc news. At least 12 people have died after a Mountain Cable Car plunged to the ground in northern italy. The Cable Car takes people from the town of stresa, on Lake Maggiore, up almost a mile above Sea Level to the top of the mottarone mountain. Two children have been airlifted to hospital in turin. Earlier our Rome Correspondent Mark lowen gave us this update on the accident. The latest is that at least 12 people have now been confirmed dead in this tragedy. There are two young children who are seriously injured, they have been airlifted to hospital in turin. It happened after a Cable Car was reaching The End of its 1500 Metre Climb from Lake Maggiore to the Italian Alps and broke away and plunged to the ground. The images from the scene showed the Cable Car was virtually destroyed, and it was extremely difficult for Rescue Workers to get to the scene, because it is a very wooded area and very high as well. One of the rescue vehicles actually overturned En Route but there were no injuries. We understand that there were 15 people On Board a Cable Car, so we are waiting to hear what is the fate. Whether or not the number of 12 dead increases further. How busy is stresa and Lake Maggiore generally at the moment because of covid . The Cable Car itself had only recently reopened from the second lockdown of the pandemic. It re opened on the 24th of april. It was a Cable Car that. Between 2014 and 2016 shut for Restoration Work that cost over 4 Million euros it was deemed to be safe and various equipment was put On Board to check the structure and deemed to be safe and reopened in 2016. It is, as you say, a very beautiful part of the country. From going up to the swiss border, very popular in summer and winter. And italy is slowly reopening to tourists. We do not know the nationalities of those On Board. Luca gemelli is a Travel Agent based in stresa, and says both the town and the wider region are very popular with tourists. Lake maggiore is in the northern part of italy and is one of the big lakes in the northern part of italy. Quite popular with tourists, especially during the spring and summer. And the Cable Car that we have been talking about where this accident happened, it is a popular destination for people, i assume . It is a very popular destination. Before covid it used to carry approximately 100,000 passengers every year. Where does it go from and to . Cos it is quite high at The End. It goes from basically one of the suburbs of stresa, to the top of a Mountain A500 Feet above Sea Level, to a particular viewpoint. Because obviously you can dominate quite a few lakes and a good view of the alps from there. How busy is Lake Maggiore at this point, because covid has meant that fewer people have been travelling . Obviously not as busy as it is normally in may. During the weekend is quite busy with people doing trips for the day from the big cities like Milan And Turin which are only an hour and a half away from stresa. We have just had a We Havejust had a development we have just had a development in the story. According to the Emergency Services in italy another person has now died as a result of this Cable Car accident. Taking the Death Toll to 13. The Pfizer And Astrazeneca vaccines are effective against the indian variant of Coronavirus A new study has found. Health officials have urged people to take up the offer of a second dose which experts believe makes both vaccines just as effective as they are against the older kent variant. The research from public Health England suggests the Pfizer Vaccine provides 88 protection after the second dose. However Health Experts say social distancing rules, facemasks and other Coronavirus Prevention measures must still be observed to stop the spread of the indian and other variants. Heres 0ur Science Correspondent pallab ghosh. In rochdale in greater manchester, people are actively coming forward to receive their vaccinations. The latest research shows that the jabs are effective in reducing the chances of infection from the variant that came from india, and experts think that the vaccines are also stopping serious illness. Of the 3,000 or so identified cases of the variant, there have only been 31 Hospital Admissions and just six deaths. Fortunately, we are not seeing much, so this is a good thing but of course it means the data will come through more slowly. Were watching that very carefully, so the data, theres a technical briefing the public can access on the gov. Uk website which shows that up to the 19th Of May we had only had six deaths. They are obviously very sad for those individuals, but the vast majority of these are people who had not been vaccinated. Research shows that the first dose of the Pfizer Or Astrazeneca jab is 33 effective at stopping infection against the variant that came from india, but not as good as they were against the older kent strain. But the second dose closes that gap almost completely. The lower figure for astrazeneca is because there were more older people in that group, and its thought that its just as effective as the pfizerjab. Its important, though, that people continue to come forward for vaccination and to take their second jab. Experts believe that there will be a rise in cases as a result of recently allowing people to mix indoors. There is a bit of a race going on between the Vaccine Programme and the relaxation of restrictions and so on, and we will see more cases over the coming weeks as a result of that. So theres still a need to be cautious. Scientists expect to have a clearer idea of how quickly the variant from India Spreads in the coming weeks, which in turn will determine whether all legal restrictions can be lifted onjune the 21st. But the news that vaccines are effective against it is a big boost to those wanting to get back to a more normal life. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. We have the latest coronavirus figures from the government. You can see that there were 2235 new positive cases of covid 19 reported in the last 24 hour period. Five more people have died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. The Home Secretary Priti patel has denied claims made by the former downing Street Adviser Dominic Cummings, that the government pursued a strategy of Herd Immunity during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. In a series of tweets last Night Mr cummings described the governments handling of the crisis as a disaster, and claimed that lives and money were needlessly lost. 0ur Political correspondent Greg Dawson told me mr cummings is due to face questions on the issue from mps on wednesday. He of course was the prime ministers Chief Adviser at that time. Now, via a series of tweets hes giving an indication of what hes going to tell those mps. He is making the claim that the governments official plan was this policy of Herd Immunity via infection, effectively letting the virus spread throughout the population to boost immunity levels. He says the government only abandoned that idea when it was warned by scientists of the consequences. Now mr cummings in his tweets describes those consequences as hundreds of thousands of people choking to death. Today the government have flatly denied those claims, the Home Secretary Priti patel was on the Andrew Marr Show earlier this morning and she says the policy was about saving lives and protecting the nhs. Can you now admit as government that Herd Immunity was the policy until march . Not at all, no. Absolutely not. Our policy from the outset, andrew, the policy and the strategy. Then why is Dominic Cummings telling us that is true . Well, i Cant Speak for mr cummings and one individual. So if you say its not true, he said it was on all the graphs, all the paperwork in those crucial meetings. Presumably, therefore, he cannot be bringing hard evidence of this, if you say its not true . Im not going to comment on what mr cummings is going to say, also what is being speculated about right now. Priti patel, speaking to Andrew Marr. But this isnt just anybody coming forward with these claims, is it . No, this is a man who was in the room when these decisions were being made at the start of the pandemic. And dont forget, before he left Downing Street last november, Dominic Cummings was a man whose opinionsjohnson greatly. Valued greatly. And tweet by tweet over the last 2a hours, he has been revealing those opinions and they are very damning and very critical of the prime minister and of this government. Just quickly, we are expecting to see Dominic Cummings appear before two select committees this week as well . Yes, hes going to appear before a Joint Committee of the Science And Health committees where hell be asked his opinions on what happened in those early stages in february and march, leading up to the first lockdown and then throughout the summer. The former british prime minister, gordon brown, has called on borisjohnson to use next Months G7 Summit in cornwall to step up funding of the Global Covid vaccine rollout. 66 Billion is required to complete the un led covax programme, and Mr Brown says that at least two thirds of that sum ought to be covered by the G7 Group of nations. He said that while most adults in britain have had vaccinations, the figure in africa was just 2 , and 11 for india. Scotlands Health Secretary says covid restrictions in glasgow could be eased if the number of people in Intensive Care does not go up. Glasgow is the only part of scotland still in level three, and some businesses have criticised the decision to keep it under stricter measures. Humza yousaf told the bbc ministers want to ease restrictions as soon as possible. He hopes after this Week Itll become clear whether case numbers have led to a rise in icu patients in the city. The Home Secretary Priti patel says the bbc� s reputation has been compromised following lord dysons report into Howjournalist Martin Bashir obtained his interview with Princess Diana for panorama in 1995. She said the bbc� s Governance And Accountability could be strengthened during the renewal of its royal charter. Meanwhile speaking to the Sunday Times Mr Bashir has said he never wanted to harm diana and that to shoulder him with the responsibility for the royalfamily� s relationship with the media is unreasonable and unfair. Tim muffett reports. The fallout from the publication of lord dysons report continues. It concluded that Martin Bashir had used deceitful behaviour to secure his 1995 interview with diana, princess of wales. Speaking to todays Sunday Times, the former Bbc Journalist tells Prince William and Prince Harry that he is deeply sorry about what happened. He acknowledges again that forging Bank Statements which were shown to dianas brother, earl spencer, was wrong. But he dismisses the duke of cambridges claim that he fuelled Princess Dianas paranoia or any suggestion that his interview was somehow linked to dianas death. Good morning, let me start with the bbc. Speaking to Andrew Marr this morning, the Home Secretary Priti patel stressed how harmful she felt this episode was to the bbc. Great harm, the reputation of the bbc has been damaged. Lessons will have to be learned, no question about that, and also there will be work on regaining trust and confidence. Speaking on the same programme, dame esther rantzen, who knew Princess Diana, said she disagreed with Earl Spencers claim that there was a direct link between the interview and Princess Dianas subsequent divorce and death. They were separated at the time of the interview, Prince Charles and she were, and i think they had made Each Other very, very unhappy. Yesterday, former Bbc Director general Tony Hall stepped down as chairman of the national gallery. In 1996, he had led an internal Bbc Inquiry into the Panorama Interview which concluded that Martin Bashir was honest and honourable. The Dyson Report found this inquiry to be woefully ineffective. In 2016 Martin Bashir was rehired by the bbc as a religious Affairs Correspondent and the following year he was promoted to become religion editor. There are now renewed calls for those appointments to be investigated more thoroughly. Scrutiny of the bbc� s handling of this affair shows little sign of easing. Tim muffett, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. A Mountain Cable Car has plunged to the ground in northern italy, killing at least 13 people. Two injured children have been airlifted to hospital. Two doses of the main covid vaccines used in the uk are found to be highly effective against the indian variant of the virus. Government ministers deny claims, by the former downing Street Adviser Dominic Cummings, that they pursued a policy of Herd Immunity in dealing with the coronavirus in the early part of last year. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres austin halewood. Good afternoon. We start with Formula One because its been a memorable day for max verstappen. Hes won his maiden Monaco Grand Prix and, in the process, gone to the top of the Formula One championship for the first time knocking off lewis hamilton. He was helped out early on when ferraris charles leclerc, who was on pole, broke down before he could get to the grid. And Pit Stop problems then ended Valterri Bottas race. Verstappen avoided trouble to take the chequered flag. Hamilton could only finish 7th in his mercedes. The final round of Premier League fixtures are under way. Manchester city may already be champions but theres still lots to be decided. Its a crucial afternoon for three teams in particular. Chelsea, Liverpool And Leicester city theyre all vying for the final two Champions League places. Just over 15 minutes gone in all of the games. Leicester have got a penalty in the last few moments. That could be a crucial goal if it is converted against Tottenham Hotspur in the race for the Champions League places. Staying with football, morecambe have booked their place at wembley for the League Two play off final. The shrimps Beat Tranmere 3 2 on aggregate over their two legs. Morecambe were 2 1 ahead after the first leg and they got off to the perfect start after Aaron Wildig put them ahead in the first ten minutes. Tranmere did get a Goal Back but it wasnt enough to stop the shrimps reaching their first play off final. Theyll Face Forest green rovers or Newport County at wembley. The penalty was scored so it is 1 zero to Leicester City against tottenham. Britains Cameron Norrie has been beaten in the final of the lyon 0pen. The british number two was beaten in straight sets by second seed stefanos tsitsipas. Thats the greeks second Atp Title of the season. Norries been in brilliant form on clay so far. He reached the final of the Estoril 0pen earlier this month. But tsitsipas was just too good this afternoon taking the match 6 3, 6 3. Scotlandsjosh taylor woke up this morning as the first undisputed british world champion, in boxings four title era. Taylor Beatjose Ramirez in their Light Welter Weight Unification Fight in Las Vegas last night. Taylor twice had the american down on the canvas, as he produced a dominant performance, making him just the fifth boxer to hold all four belts in a division. Meanwhile, on the same night it was announced that Tyson Fury will fight Deontay Wilder for a third time on the 24th ofjuly. It means fury� s Unification Fight with anthonyjoshua looks to be on hold. Joshua is expected to fight his mandatory Challenger 0leksandr Usyk in august. Britains Eflyn Evans has won his first rally of the season taking the victory at rally de portugal. Last Years World Championship runner up started the day ten seconds clear of his nearest rival and went on to win by almost half a minute. He remains second in the standings behind reigning champion sebastien 0gier. And finally, some sad news to bring you. Former european and Commonwealth Marathon Champion Ron Hill has died at the age of 82. He represented great britain at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and four years later in munich. He became the first britain to win the Boston Marathon in 1970, breaking the course record, and won Commonwealth Gold in the same year. Much was his love of running, hill ran at least one mile every single day for 52 years before finally slowing down aged 78. Thats Ron Hill whos died at the age of 82. And that, martine, is all your sport for now. Some of chinas top long distance runners are believed to be among 21 athletes who died in extreme weather during a 100 kilometre race. The competitors were hit by Plummeting Temperatures Freezing Rain and gales on a mountainous course in gansu province. Aru na iyengar reports. Its one of the deadliest incidents in chinese sporting history. The race crosses complex terrain making Search And Rescue operations more difficult. Over 20 competitors in the 100 Kilometre Mountain Ultramarathon have died and others are receiving treatment in hospital. 1,200 rescuers were sent to search for the missing runners. Those who died are thought to have suffered from hypothermia. Officials have apologised, but there is anger that no one seemed to predict the bad weather. Translation as organisers of the event, we feel deeply guilty and take full responsibility for these deaths. We express our deepest condolences to the victims, the injured and all theirfamilies. One of those missing was described as one of the worlds best endurance athletes. The Cross Country Race started off in good weather on saturday afternoon, but that quickly changed to hail, Freezing Rain and high winds at a high Altitude Section of the race. 20 kilometres into the race things changed dramatically. After calls for help and reports of missing runners, the race was called off. A ceasefire between Israel And Hamas has continued to hold for a third day. The truce brought to an end 11 days of violence, in which at least 260 people were killed vast majority of them palestinians. Efforts are now focusing on rebuilding gaza. Laura trevelyan has more from jerusalem the ceasefire is now in its third day. A lot of intensive behind the Scenes Diplomacy to try and shore up the ceasefire. An egyptian delegation was in the West Bank yesterday. You have the us Secretary Of State coming to the region next week. But the immediate focus is on the reconstruction of gaza, and on the condition of people there, so for more on that lets go now to the medical coordinator, here injerusalem. Tell us, On Top of the immediate needs in gaza, are you also seeing an increase in coronavirus cases there, because you could not get vaccines in for 11 days during the conflict . The Vaccination Roll Out has been stalled in gaza and generally in palestine prior to this escalation in violence, so less than 2 of the population are vaccinated, unfortunately. Gaza was coming to The End of its second wave of covid when this started. They still were having 300 cases a day. Really, the risk now, given that at one point there were 100,000 internally displaced people congregating outside of their homes, and the majority of those were in conditions in schools with no sanitation to cope with that volume of people. The risk is that we will see early in the near future a third wave of coronavirus coming On Top of all the infrastructure issues and the Trauma Cases that the medical agencies and Ministry Of Health are trying to manage. Additionally, the testing centre, as you may be aware, was damaged. Therefore there is very limited capacity for testing for Coronavirus At the moment. And the Positivity Rate is well over A0 . So it is quite concerning. What about the medical needs of people in gaza that you are treating resulting from that 11 Day Conflict . As you alluded to, there is over 1500 injuries from this conflict, and the mortality, over 250 people being identified unfortunately dead under the rubble on a daily basis still. So the burden is quite significant. The health infrastructure, especially due to the security issues, the movement of medical staff and patients, during the hostilities and even now, much of the infrastructure in terms of roads, Water And Sanitation has been damaged, limiting Peoples Ability to attend medical facilities. Six hospitals have been damaged and a number of clinics, i think 11 clinics have been damaged, including our own, meaning that structural Integrity Testing has to occur and the capacity of the medical agencies in gaza to respond to this burden have been limited. We also have the issue of not being able to get access to gaza. We have a team of clinical Staff Waiting to go in and relieve our staff on the ground. Natalie thurtle from Medecins Sans Frontieres speaking to laura trevelyan. Ten people have been arrested during protests outside mcdonalds depots. Yesterday, Animal Rebellion Protesters formed blockades at four Distribution Centres to stop deliveries to the fast food chains 1,300 uk outlets. The protesters say they want mcdonalds to sell less meat to help tackle climate change. Thousands of couples whose weddings have been delayed during the pandemic will now be able to celebrate their big day with up to 30 guests, thanks to the easing of restrictions this week. Fiona lamdin has been speaking to a Bride And Groom whose Wedding Date has been moved three times. Beth and toby have been waiting for this moment for two years. In March 2020 we went down to a venue and chose a date, and it happened to be the 20th of may, and we hoped and prayed between then and now, really. As of this week, 30 guests are now allowed inside the ceremony, and although they still have to wear facemasks, one of the other biggest changes is that now beths father is able to walk her down the aisle. Music plays. Hows that feel . Is that 0k . Yeah, feels good. 0thers, though, havent been as lucky. Oh, wow. You look fantastic. Charlotte and her fiance have now moved their Wedding Date three times. So, our original date was January The 2nd and then, unfortunately, with Lockdown Weve had to move it to the 17th ofjuly, so were really, really hopeful, and what we had to do was change our venue, unfortunately. Today, its the hair and Make Up dress rehearsal. Theyve booked the 17th ofjuly, desperately hoping that in two months� time all restrictions will be lifted. Emmas also keeping her fingers crossed. So, its been absolutely terrible. I i didnt work for a whole year, i had to put the mortgage on hold. Its not just financially, | its also mentally, like, the mental side of things as well. Had to get anotherjob, but now things are looking up and im fully booked until november this year, which is absolutely brilliant. So this is the Vivary Room in Taunton Registry office. Normally it, would be able to hold up to A0 guests. With the current restrictions and social distancing it can hold up to 12. Thereve been 20 sets of Rule Changes to ceremonies since the first lockdown. Some couples have moved their Ceremony Date five, six times so far. Weve devised a new system for couples to get in Touch And Register interest and ask for things to be amended, and weve had around 6000 or so inquiries so far. I promise to give you my loving friendship. Beth and toby may have had to cut their Guest List in half, scrap their first dance and cancel their honeymoon. You are now husband and wife, and toby, you may kiss your. Beautiful bride and well clap . But finally, after the long wait, they are officially Mr And Mrs ward. Hello how does it feel . Amazing so great. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. Millions tuned in globally to watch italy win this Years Eurovision Song contest with a punchy rock song. For only the second time in eurovision history, the Uk Entrant failed to get a single point. Anna holligan reports. He sings in italian. Maneskin, the italian rockers, won the audience over with their catchy anthem, quiet and good. Its 31 years since the italians last tasted victory at the worlds biggest televised singing competition. Were so honoured and happy and we really want to thank everyone who supported us. This is unbelievable. We really didnt expect it and were so happy, yeah. Out of the embers you and i are gonna light up the room. From the winners to james newman. Light up the room . Who secured his place in history with nul points. This aint The End, no its the birth of a new age. For the first time in a long time, the fans were allowed to remove theirface masks and forget about social distancing inside. She sings in russian. To sing and dance along to a quintessentially eurovision range. She sings in ukrainian. Watching the contest in the stadium or on screen, eurovision� s taste of togetherness offered some escapism from the virus thats dominated our lives for so long. Here In The Dark inside a hole in my heart