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Was wearing a Suicide Belt. The squalid barracks in kent where hundreds of Asylum Seekers got covid a High Courtjudge says the government broke the law by putting them there. 50 days till the tokyo olympics, but will they go ahead . And if they do, will there be any spectators . And the Dress Fit for a princess dianas Wedding Dress goes on public display for the first time in 25 years. And coming up in sport on the Bbc News channel. Mark wood makes the breakthrough of the day as england battle to take wickets on the second day of the Opening Test against New Zealand at lords. Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Theres disappointment for thousands of Holiday Makers this lunchtime. The bbc has been told no new countries will be added to englands Green List of destinations people can travel to without quarantine. There had been speculation some Spanish And Greek Islands could be added to the Green List today, as well as malta, finland and parts of the caribbean, but the government says it needs to be cautious. And Theres Speculation Portugal may be moved to the higher risk amber category. James reynolds has the details. Of all the countries in the world, portugal may be the easiest to get to right now. It is currently on the government was not green must, meaning no quarantine on return to the uk. That made it easy for thousands of british Football Fans to fly out for the Champions League final on saturday in porto but Portugals Coronavirus Infection rate is rising so the government will evaluate its place on the list. 12 countries and territories are currently on the Green List which means no need to quarantine when travellers get home. Most is on the amber list. Travel is allowed but the government advises against it and those returning have to quarantine at home for ten days. Arrivals from Red List countries where infections are highest must quarantine in a government managed hotel. The government is assessing this list. We hotel. The government is assessing this list. ~. ,. , hotel. The government is assessing this list. ,. ,. ,. , this list. We have to follow the data. Of course this list. We have to follow the data. Of course i this list. We have to follow the data. Of course i understand. This list. We have to follow the i data. Of course i understand why people want to travel. Of course i do. But we have to make sure we keep this country safe, especially because the Vaccine Programme is going so well. The because the Vaccine Programme is going so well because the Vaccine Programme is going so well. The Green List, which includes gibraltar, going so well. The Green List, which includes gibraltar, doesnt going so well. The Green List, which includes gibraltar, doesnt give includes gibraltar, doesnt give Holiday Makers much of a choice. For the Travel Industry thats a concern. The Travel Industry thats a concern the Travel Industry thats a concern. ~. , ~. , concern. What we would like to see is for the ability concern. What we would like to see is for the ability of concern. What we would like to see is for the ability of people concern. What we would like to see is for the ability of people to is for the ability of people to travel freely. Testing is in place and people are getting us to that. What they probably do not like getting used to is the volatility and i think there will be more Subject To Change but again more opportunity for people to get to where they want to go to. Spain, like most of where they want to go to. Spain, like most of europe, where they want to go to. Spain, like most of europe, is where they want to go to. Spain, like most of europe, is on where they want to go to. Spain, like most of europe, is on the i where they want to go to. Spain, like most of europe, is on the amber list, but the Canary Islands argue they should be considered separately. We they should be considered separately they should be considered separately. They should be considered searatel. ~. , separately. We can control the borders and separately. We can control the borders and make separately. We can control the borders and make it separately. We can control the borders and make it much separately. We can control the l borders and make it much more separately. We can control the borders and make it much more safe. I think the island should have a definite relation especially the Canary Islands have a very strong relationship with the united kingdom and i think we should be treated in and i think we should be treated in a different way. A different way. Malta is also currently a different way. Malta is also currently on a different way. Malta is also currently on the a different way. Malta is also currently on the amber a different way. Malta is also currently on the amber list. I a different way. Malta is also i currently on the amber list. Its Vaccination Rate is high. It hopes to get more tourists to visit but on this occasion the Uk Government is not expecting to add any more countries to its green waste. James reynolds, Bbc News. Our correspondent Alison Roberts is in lisbon. A lot of british holidaymakers there now Holiday Makers will be disappointed if portugal moves to the amber list. Many people rush to book when a couple of weeks ago portugal was put on the green my Stand Portugal opened itself to travel to the uk and a number of other european countries. Tourism is one of the most important sectors and the uk is the single biggest market so it would be a huge blow if it was taken off of the green List And Holiday makers here have been in large numbers in the algarve in particular and hotel owners have been pressing the government to remove the requirement to take a test before they come back which remains in place for now. Spain for example has said it will welcome tourists without a test. For now that requirement remains in place. Thank you very much indeed, alison. Our Transport Correspondent Caroline Davies is with me now. Portugal could go on to the amber list. No new countries we understand added to the green must which is disappointment for tourists and their Travel Industry. This disappointment for tourists and their Travel Industry. Their Travel Industry. This is lookinu their Travel Industry. This is looking negative their Travel Industry. This is looking negative for their Travel Industry. This is looking negative for the their Travel Industry. This is i looking negative for the Travel Industry. As the Vaccine Programme progresses they were starting to think that more countries would be added to the Green List and we have seen Tourism Ministers from Spain And Cyprus coming forward to make their case there countries should be on the Green List. They will be incredibly disappointed by what we understand to be the news that no new countries are being added to the green west. Even yesterday many in the Travel Industry but feeling negative about it but hoping that something might come through so there was some form of progress. We have not yet heard yet about whether any countries will be taken of the green west. Portugal is a major Travel Destination where most of the industry has focused a lot of the resources at the moment. If that goes off and to amber it will really start a chain of events where people at the industry will feel they havent got the certainty to be able to book to make those plans for the rest of the future which will start to look a bit like last year when we had countries coming on and off the quarantine my Stand Travel corridors. Still waiting to hear about portugal and of course any countries that could be added to the Red List as well. Red list as well. Caroline, thank ou ve Red List as well. Caroline, thank you very much. Red list as well. Caroline, thank you very much, air Red List as well. Caroline, thank you very much, Air Transport i you very much, air Transport Correspondent. A Firearms Officer has told an inquestjury he feared he would die as he tackled the Fishmongers Hall Killer Usman Khan. The officer, identified only as ws5, said when he saw khans fake Suicide Belt he thought he wouldnt go home that night. Daniel sandford is at the inquest. In the inquest into the death of Usman Khan, the fishmonger is all a tackle, we have Heard From the three Firearms Officers who arrived in a Police Car from very close by and got to London Bridge while a group of men were still holding Usman Khan to the ground trying to get the knives off of him. We Heard From an officer known as ws five, we are not giving his real name to preserve his identity on the order of the coroner who describes going into the belly of people on the bridge and then suddenly in the middle of trying to get people off of Usman Khan realising he had what he said looks like a viable Improvised Explosive Device around his Belt And Ws5 told the jury, device around his Belt And Ws5 told thejury, if im honest, i didnt think i was going home. He describes trying to pull off the last member of the public tackling Usman Khan before his colleagues took over. We then Heard From someone in the same car who got involved in the fight with Usman Khan and decided that he needed to be incapacitated. He did not see the fake Suicide Belt that Usman Khan was wearing and so when the last person was pulled off of Usman Khan hejust opens the last person was pulled off of Usman Khan he just opens fire with his taser in an attempt to incapacitate him so they could get a better control of the situation. In the whole course of the afternoons Events E Office are wxi6 never opened fire. Thirdly we Heard From another officer who described going into the fight and Usman Khan would think looking up at him and saying ive got a bomb, at which point he decides he will have to shoot him. He pulls away and waits for the last person to be pulled off of Usman Khan and then he opens fire twice. About eight minutes later Usman Khan sets up and then the first man we Heard From, ws5, also opens fire ten times. Heard from, wss, also opens fire ten times. ,. ,. , the High Court has ruled that the Home Office broke the law by Housing Cross Channel migrants in a run down barracks in folkestone, where around 200 men contracted covid while sleeping in dormitories. Six Asylum Seekers brought the challenge saying the conditions were appalling and squalid, and that putting them there was a breach of their human rights. Their victory paves the way for a damages claim against the home secretary, Priti Patel. Dominic casciani has the details. A former Army Base a mile from the english channel, a temporary home for Asylum Seekers, napier barix. A fire ripped through part of the complex in january and there fire ripped through part of the complex injanuary and there have been repeated protests by the people housed here. The High Court has judged that the Home Office breached standards of care. 200 men contracted covid in the first months of this year. Public Health England had won the Home Office this could happen. It was ruled it was inevitable there would be a major outbreak of Covid I9 which led to actual bodily harm of the residents and as a result the Mental Health of the residents deteriorated. Today men who arrived from The Middle East were telling us napier was engineered. Indie were telling us napier was engineered. Were telling us napier was engineered. Were telling us napier was enrineered. ~. ,. ,. , engineered. We did not have hot water, electricity, engineered. We did not have hot water, electricity, and engineered. We did not have hot water, electricity, and 100 engineered. We did not have hotl water, electricity, and 100 people in the space. If you need food, bad food, same third, notjust bad. While the Home Office says it is disappointed with the deeper is my judgment it has not said whether it will appeal. Judgment it has not said whether it willappeal. It judgment it has not said whether it will appeal. It has no plans to close napier in the short term because it is going to use it to has migrants crossing the Channel Ending is during the summer months. Anybody familiar with the is during the summer months. Anybody familiar with the conditions is during the summer months. Anybody familiar with the conditions at is during the summer months. Anybody familiar with the conditions at the familiar with the conditions at the barracks will know that Human Being should not be kept in conditions like that, much less people who are recovering from the trauma of Conflict Or Persecution and even more so in a pandemic. Officials insist conditions more so in a pandemic. Officials insist conditions in more so in a pandemic. Officials insist conditions in the more so in a pandemic. Officials insist conditions in the barracks| insist conditions in the barracks have massively improved but charities say todays ruling means Priti Patel cannot be trusted with the Health And Safety of migrants. The former Prime Minister, theresa may, and more than a dozen other senior Conservative Mps have joined a rebellion against cuts to the uks foreign Aid Budget. Rebel tories believe they have enough support to win a vote next monday that would force ministers to increase Aid Spending next year. This from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. For years, britain has been a World Leader in delivering humanitarian and Development Aid around the world. But this year, the government has made cuts, saying it has to repair the public finances hit by the pandemic. Now, a growing number of Conservative Mps, including the former prime Minister Theresa may, are fighting back. Some 30 Tory Mps are Backing Plans to force the government to start spending more on aid next year. They say the cuts have had a devastating impact on the lives of some of the worlds most vulnerable people. We are talking about Famine Relief globally, we are talking about access to clean water in a pandemic so that people can wash. We are talking about access to Girls Education which the Prime Minister made a huge commitment to, describing it as the swiss Army Knife that solved a myriad of problems and challenges and we are talking about womens rights to access to contraception which prevents them from having unwanted pregnancies. The government cut Aid Spending this year by about £4 billion. It did that by cutting its target to spend just 0. 5 of national income on aid. The Rebel Amendment would reinstate the original target of 0. 7 next year. The rebels say they are confident of finding the 45 Tory Mps needed to win the Crunch Vote on monday. But ministers are looking at ways of heading off defeat and insist the uks Aid Budget remains generous, about £10 billion despite the cuts. The biggest contribution that we can make to ending this pandemic globally is the fact that we put the investment in here in oxford to develop the Oxford Astrazeneca Vaccine and now, with astrazeneca, we make it available at cost to the whole world and that doesnt take aid, that takes british science. Win or lose, the government will now be in the tricky position of having to defend its international aid cuts in the same week its hosting the G7 Summit in cornwall. James landale, Bbc News. A man has been charged with the murder of a 14 year old boy in the Kingstanding Area of birmingham on monday. Dea John Reid was chased and stabbed. A postmortem has confirmed he died of a single stab would to the chest. Michael shields, who is 35 and from castle bromwich, is due before magistrates later today. A man and a teenager are still in custody. Marine protection officials in Sri Lanka are scrambling to contain a potential leak of several hundred tonnes of oil from a sinking cargo ship. The ship caught fire nearly two weeks ago and Debris And Oil has already spread onto the coast, sparking fears of an environmental disaster. Sri Lankan Officials believe the fire was caused by a Chemical Leak on board. Secunder kermani reports. An environmental disaster that only looks to be getting worse. After a fire broke out around two weeks ago, this huge ship, the singapore flagged x press pearl, is sinking. Desperate efforts to tow it further away from the coastline and reduce some of the harm have failed. Millions of plastic pellets that were being transported have already contaminated Sri Lankas western beaches. If we eat small species of fish whole, then if there are micro plastics within the animals then humans consume them. This is by far the worst Marine Disaster we have experienced in Sri Lanka so it is a pretty significant thing. There is a ban in place on fishing along part of this coast now and worse could still be to come if the 350 tonnes of oil that were on Board Spill out. Translation there are two possibilities. | either all the fuel has caught fire or the oil could still be there. If the oil is still there we have already taken precautionary steps to handle that situation in case there is a leak. The blaze on board is believed to have been caused by a leak in a case of nitric acid. Ports in both India And Qatar had refused to let the crew Off Load the chemical before the fire broke out. An investigation is under way but for now the focus is on avoiding yet more environmental damage. Secunder kermani, Bbc News. Our top story this lunchtime. Disappointment for holidaymakers with no new countries added to englands Green List of places travellers can go without quarantine and coming up Englands Bowlers fight back in the first test against New Zealand at lords. Coming up in sport on the Bbc News channel. England are left sweating over Trent Alexander arnolds fitness ahead of the start of the euros after he hobbled off with an injury during their i 0 friendly win over austria. Its 50 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the tokyo olympics, and the president of the games has told the Bbc Shes100 certain they will go ahead. International fans are already banned from the games, but with japan facing a Fourth Wave of covid cases, there are warnings there may be no japanese spectators either so that athletes would have to compete behind closed doors. Rupert wingfield hayes is in tokyo. Thank you. As you said, with this Fourth Wave of the pandemic here in japan sweeping across the country over the last month or so, there has been a lot of speculation for weeks that there may be a move by the japanese government to either postpone or cancel the olympics because of that and because of the huge popularity of the games here in japan. What we have seen today is exactly the opposite. We have seen the unveiling of the new podiums and medals for the 2021 olympics and paralympics, and we have also seen this very strong statement of intent from the president of the tokyo Olympic Organising Committee that the games will go ahead. The olympics is fond of a dramatic unveiling and with 50 days to go the volume is turned up to 11 as tokyo unveiled the Medal Podium for the delayed 2020 olympic and paralympic games. Speaking to the bbc, the president of the tokyo games made it clear the feverish speculation that the Covid Pandemic could still stop the games is just that, speculation. Translation it is my conviction that when people understand there are no firmer measures we could be taking to prevent the spread of coronavirus, attitudes will change to say it is ok to have the games. I believe that the possibility of this game is happening is 100 . Mrs hashimotos assertion that attitudes to the games can still change looks wildly optimistic. Yesterday it was revealed that 10,000 olympic volunteers had resigned, many out of fear that the olympics could become a covid Super Spreader event. A solid 70 of the japanese public say they want the games stopped. In Western Japan doctors and nurses are still struggling to deal with the huge Fourth Wave of covid infections that has overwhelmed hospitals and has killed more than 2000 people. Doctors there told us the measures to protect the olympics are not going to be enough. Translation i know they are hoping to create an Immunity Bubble by vaccinating those involved in the olympics, but that only protects those involved. The majority of japanese are not vaccinated. The Infection Rate has not come down, nor has the number of those who are critically ill from covid. Public opposition to the games looks very unlikely to change in the six weeks left until the Opening Ceremony. Nor does the determination of the International Olympic Committee and the japanese government to go ahead. One thingi one thing i think viewers in the uk may be surprised by its just how few people injapan have so far been vaccinated against covid. Only around 5 so far have been fully vaccinated, the rate has picked up in recent days, about half A Million people a day are being vaccinated, but there is still no hope of getting all pensioners here, people over 65, fully vaccinated before the games are due to open on the 23rd of july. Rupert wingfield hayes. The head of the bbc has today made a personal apology to the whistleblower who raised concerns about Martin Bashir s interview with princess diana. Matthias weissler, a graphic designer, alerted his bosses to the fake documents used by Martin Bashir. The response from the bbc at the time was to stop giving him any work. Im joined by our media correspondent, David Sillito talk us through what happened at the meeting. Talk us through what happened at the meetinu. ,. , talk us through what happened at the meetinu. ,. , ,. , meeting. There was one person 25 ears auo meeting. There was one person 25 years ago who meeting. There was one person 25 years ago who knew meeting. There was one person 25 years ago who knew all meeting. There was one person 25 years ago who knew all about meeting. There was one person 25| years ago who knew all about those fake documents that Martin Bashir used to win the confidence of earl spencer, and that is Matthias Weissler. That is because he made them. It was under the orders of Martin Bashir. He raised the concerns, there was an investigation and Martin Bashir was declared an honourable man and Matthias Weissler never work for the bbc again. He has received now a formal, written apology, but today was a personal face to Face Meeting with tim davey, the Director General of the bbc. I asked him why it meant so much to him. I asked him why it meant so much to him. Because i still felt that to this day the bbc were just saying things to sort of appease me, but i have come away from it feeling, no, they really, really support me and they feel really genuinely that they sort of want to. Not help me, but, you know, clear up the past and start again in a sort of friendly relationship. It had a real impact on your career. Yeah. Will there be some compensation . There might well be, but im not involved in that and tim and i have spoken about that quite openly. Its sort of confidential, but we very much both just want to, you know, want to move on. Matthias weissler feeling much happier at The End of it. Of course this is not The End of the matter. There is another Report Due out in the next few days looking at why the bbc employed Martin Bashir in 2016. Thank you very much indeed. David sillitoe. David sillitoe. Nasa has announced that it is sending two new missions to venus to examine the Planets Atmosphere and geological features. The missions are scheduled to launch at The End of the decade. Nasa hasnt been to venus since 1990. Our North America Correspondent David Willis has a look now at why its going back. Hardly the most hospitable planet in the Solar System if Nasas Video Release is to be relieved, but the us Space Agency is heading back to our nearest planetary neighbour after a decade spent exploring other worlds to check for signs of life. Im excited to break some big news today. We have two new Discovery Missions to announce. Christened the Da Vinci and the veritas missions, one will analyse the Planets Atmosphere in an attempt to understand how it evolved and with temperatures of 70-celsius'>A70 Celsius why its so hot. The other will map its rocky surface, complete with thousands of volcanoes, to discover why it developed differently than planet earth. These two Sister Missions both aim to understand how venus became an inferno like world capable of Melting Lead at the surface. They will offer the entire Science Community the chance to investigate the planet we havent been to in more than 30 years. Atlantis, houston, everything down here looks real good to us. These will be the first missions of their kind since nasa used a Space Shuttle to send its magellan spacecraft into orbit around venus in 1989. Interest in the fiery planet was rekindled recently when astronomers said they had detected a chemical in the clouds that could point to possible signs of life. There is a belief that venus is like a planetary twin to earth, so once upon a time conditions in venus were very conducive to life, so we wanted to go ahead and check that aspect of it and how much has changed since and why it has changed since. After looking to the moon and mars for the last three decades, venus it seems is the new final frontier. David willis, Bbc News, los angeles. Englands bowlers have hit back on the second day of the first Test Match against New Zealand at lords taking four wickets. At lunch the visitors were 314 7. Olly foster has been Watching the action. Back out in the middle this morning after the best day of his career turned into possibly the worst. Rather than celebrate a Test Debut at the age of 27 and his first wickets at the close last night, Ollie Robinson faced the Media Apologising for a series of offensive teenage tweets that had surfaced during the course of play. I was at a pretty low point in my life and obviously i regret that massively. I didnt know they were still there and i just want to apologise to everyone, really. I regret it hugely. Until that point, englands biggest problem had been another debutant, New Zealands opening batsmen, devon conway. He accelerated towards 150. He was born in South Africa but has made New Zealand his home and has anyone looked more comfortable at the home of cricket . Henry nicholls had reached his half century at the other end, but the fresh pace of Mark Wood was his undoing. And it was robinson who took the catch that lifted englands spirits and, no doubt, his. The partnership broken, New Zealand wobbled. Wood would take two more wickets before lunch and though conway held firm, Team Mates came and went. Colin De Grandhomme trapped for a duck after another another look from the third umpire. That was a third wicket for robinson. Still a long way to go in the match, but england will feel that they are back in it. Olly foster, Bbc News. Its one of the most recognisable items of clothing in history and now princess dianas Wedding Dress is going back on public display for the first time in 25 years. The gown forms part of a new exhibition at Kensington Palace. Ellie Prices Report has some flashing images. It was the wedding, the dress. Even the archbishop of canterbury described the day as the stuff of Fairy Tales. 750 Million people tuned in worldwide to Watch. 600,000 people tried to see for themselves along the route from St Pauls to buckingham palace. And out come the bride and groom. Diana, the dress, the wedding it marked the moment, a huge shift in the relationship between public and press and the royal family. It was the beginning of di mania, this huge obsession with this young, 20 year old girl, this absolute obsession with her that was never going to wane. The wedding took place on a warm wednesday in latejuly almost a0 years ago. It was a Bank Holiday and for those who didnt line the streets of london, it was essential viewing on the telly. What were you doing that day . I got dressed up in my mums Wedding Dress and Watched the royal wedding. And how old were you . I was about six. I was 17. Did it feel like a Fairy Tale . It did. Yeah, every girls dream. I just think everybody was so pleased to see them together and married. It was just essential viewing. Nobody i knew didnt Watch it. The dress is on display for the first time in 25 years at Kensington Palace all 25 feet of train, 10,000 mother of Pearl Sequence all 25 feet of train, 10,000 mother of pearl sequins and lots and lots of taffeta ruffles. Along with the other items in the collection, including this Life Size Test garment of the Goronation Gown of queen elizabeth, the queen mother, from 1937, its a challenge to keep these dresses in their full royal glory. The ones that are in store, we monitor the environment that theyre in, we look at things like relative humidity, the temperature, pests are also a very big problem. Everything is packed in acid free boxes and Tissue Paper and then obviously things that are on display, theres slightly different criteria, so we look at light levels, but we also do a little bit of hands on conservation work. The dress has been loaned to the exhibition by her sons, the princes. It goes on displayjust a few weeks before what would have been dianas 60th birthday, a bittersweet reminder that life is rarely a simple as happily ever after. That life is rarely as simple as happily ever after. Ah, thats what everybodys been waiting for. Ellie price with that report. Time for a look at the weather. Heres ben rich

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