Falls to a record low. Release. And looking for life on mars nasa launches a rover to bring back rock samples from the red planet. And coming up on bbc news a blow to the us open, as world number one Ashleigh Barty pulls out, citing concerns over travelling during the pandemic. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. People in the uk with coronavirus symptoms will now have to self isolate for ten days rather than just a week as ministers attempt to prevent a new spike in infections. The extension comes into force immediately and brings us into line with World Health Organization guidance. It comes as new figures show that england had the highest level of excess deaths in europe between the end of february and mid june. Excess deaths are the number of all people who die above the average recorded in previous years and are seen by many experts as the most reliable measure of the impact of the pandemic. The Health Secretary matt hancock has warned that new countries could be added to the quarantine list in the coming days, after people arriving in the uk from spain were ordered at the weekend to isolate for two weeks. Anna collinson reports. For many, it had started to feel safe, to do the things we had missed. It wasnt the same as before, but this is our new normal. But with fears of coronavirus spikes appearing across europe, this morning a reminder that the virus is still a danger. The uks chief medical officers have increased the time people with coronavirus symptoms will need to self isolate from a week to ten days. Scientists say people are most infectious during the first few days of the illness but there is a possibility some may transmit the virus for up to nine days after they become unwell. Ten days provides a reasonable balance whereby we should hopefully within that period ca ptu res a hopefully within that period captures a vast majority of people so captures a vast majority of people so that by the time they are released from isolation they are no longer infectious. The change is said to help protect those who are shielding and to help the nhs prepare for winter Wear Community transmission may increase. The government has also announced future gp appointments should be done via the phone unless there is a compelling clinical reason not to. So from now on if a person tests positive for covid or develops a cough, a temperature or loss of taste or smell, they must now isolate for ten days. If they still feel unwell after that they must keep isolating. Other members in their household must isolate for m days. Brilliant. There have been concerns about several local outbreaks across the uk, including in staffordshire, where ten cases we re in staffordshire, where ten cases were confirmed at this pub. In recent days the government has repeatedly warned about signs of a second wave of the pandemic in parts of europe. Anyone who returns from spain now has to quarantine for 14 days and this could be extended to other countries if cases increase. Testing and tracing must become a new way of life. Key elements to monotone the coronavirus in england is the test and trace system. Latest figures show nearly one in four close contacts of those who tested positive are still not being reached. We all know that we havent got everything right and that there will be lessons that we need to learn from this pandemic. This includes what we have learned both from our Health Care System and about it. We can see a second wave emerging in europe and we will do everything in our power to stop it reaching our shores. While the government is focusing on the present, their past performance of battling the covid crisis is also coming into question. New figures from the office for National Statistics have found england had the highest level of excess deaths in europe across the first half of 2020. Earlier this month the uk united to thank nhs staff for their work during the pandemic. Now the group together which helped organise the clap says they Community Spirit that formed during lockdown is starting to fray. Its hoped todays tightening of the rules will be seen as an important signal warning against complacency. Anna collinson, bbc news. Lets speak to our assistant Political Editor, norman smith, in westminster. Extending the self isolation time, talking of extending quarantine to other countries, it feels like the government is battening down again, doesnt it . I think this will come asa doesnt it . I think this will come as a jolt to many others because the sun is out, lockdown is being eased, we can go to the park and go to restau ra nts, ta ke a we can go to the park and go to restaurants, take a foreign holiday abroad, a bit wobbly there. This announcementjust abroad, a bit wobbly there. This announcement just feels like abroad, a bit wobbly there. This announcementjust feels like the bra kes announcementjust feels like the brakes are beginning to be applied and in the last few minutes weve heard from the Prime Minister, who said we mustnt delude ourselves, this is we mustnt delude ourselves this is over, weve got to keep our focus stand that follows on from the quarantine restrictions for travellers returning from spain, it may soon apply to luxembourg, may belgium, there is a lockdown in leicester and an extension to the self isolation time and although ministers say this is based on the scientists advice, the scientists think you could be infectious beyond seven days, its hard to decouple that from the clear warnings from the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary about the beginnings of a rolling second wave on mainland europe and a pick up in infections here and i guess itjust points to what the scientists have always said, which is this is going to be a long haul and the virus may come at us long haul and the virus may come at us in wave after wave, but perhaps it does raise a question now, whether we are going to be able to meet the Prime Minister was my ambition of getting back to a near normal in time for having friends and family round for that groaning platter of turkey, roast spud and Brussel Sprouts boiled to within an inch of their life at christmas. Norman, thank you very much, and just before you go there will be viewers who dont realise that this is your last day at the bbc and that was your last live for the one oclock news. Youve been an absolute star wart of this programme. Everybody here, everyone on the team, will miss you and i know the audience will too so thank you so much, norman smith, the bbcs assistant Political Editor you have been a star wart on the programme. Our head of statistics, robert cuffe, is with me to look more closely at the number of people who have died from the virus. These figures have just come out. What do they show . The office for National Statistics have looked at death rates across 29 Different Countries in europe and they show that england is probably the hardest hit so farare that england is probably the hardest hit so far are amongst those nations and we can see here a list of countries that have seen increases in death rates up to the middle of this year compared to last year. England hardest hit, the uk as a whole followed by spain, then scotla nd whole followed by spain, then scotland and wales and Northern Ireland are also in that grim table of the hardest hit countries. They havent just looked at of the hardest hit countries. They haventjust looked at countries, theyis haventjust looked at countries, they is also look to individual cities as well so while its the case that certain cities like milan or madrid have been harder hit than anywhere in the uk, of the 15 hardest hit cities in europe, seven of them are in the uk so it underlines just how the effect of the virus has been in the uk. During the virus has been in the uk. During the course of of this pandemic weve had lots of data and lots of analysis. How significant is this . Its pretty serious analysis. I think for two reasons. First of all they are looking excess deaths, overall mortality, and show what that means to the audience now. The big increase weve seen in the number of deaths during the epidemic, its not entirely captured by the red area which is the official covid i9 death. We see more deaths than that. By looking at all deaths than that. By looking at all deaths we capture the full picture. They adjusted by age which many analysis doesnt so countries have different age populations and because covid hits the oldest ha rd est you because covid hits the oldest hardest you need to take up an account of that so its more reliable and because of that it enables us to understand why as well, so we saw the peak in the uk. Its not the highest in europe. The highest peak was in spain but it took the uk longer to get back to normal compared to other countries and that combined with the wide spread of deaths across the uk, spread of deaths across the and that combined with the wide spread of deaths across the uk, they are the two reasons they point to as to why the uk has been so hard hit. Robert croft, head of statistics, thank you. Robert cuff. Ministers are closely monitoring infection rates across europe, as britons consider whether to travel to the continent on holiday. Cases of the virus in luxembourg and belgium are among those causing concern. Lets speak to our correspondent in brussels, nick beake. Talk is through the situation as it stands now. We know this is a virus which doesnt respect borders in any way and what weve got now is lots of Different Countries in europe anxiously looking at their own coronavirus rates, but also that of their neighbours, both close and further afield, and in many cases they do not like what they see. If we have a look at the maps. Here in belgium the number of people going to hospital with covid has doubled over the past week, in neighbouring luxembourg infection rate has gone up luxembourg infection rate has gone up and thats led to speculation that both of those countries could soon be put on the uks quarantine list. Spain is already on it. Also today, crucially in france, they said the number of new cases has been the highest for a month. If we move further to the east towards eastern europe, romania is a country thatis eastern europe, romania is a country that is experiencing a cluster of new cases, but it remains the case that the worst affected part of europe is the southeast balkan region, so we are talking about serbia and kosovo, and Health Missions in kosovo are warning that hospitals are already overwhelmed so its a pretty bleak situation Health Officials in kosovo. We know about northeast spain on the impact thats having on british tourists andi thats having on british tourists and i guess the thing we take from all of this is that its clearly a very difficult time in all of the countries we are talking about but if you were trying to take a holiday this year, if your plans have already been postponed, its looking like 2020 is the year when nothing can be planned with any certainty. Our correspondent in brussels, nick beake, thank you. The uks biggest tour operator, tui, is closing more than 160 high Street Stores. It says its responding to changes in customer behaviour. Lets talk to our business correspondent, ben thompson. Is this about Consumer Behaviour rather than because of the pandemic . Yeah, ithink rather than because of the pandemic . Yeah, i think today further evidence, if we needed it, that as we change the way we shop business has to change the way that it operates and therefore inss case they said 70 of all the bookings they said 70 of all the bookings they take are now done online and therefore that makes it more difficult to justify the cost of high Street Stores with their rent and rates and maintenance that needs to be paid on what theyve told us that if they will close around one third of those stores, i66 that if they will close around one third of those stores, 166 will close across the uk and ireland. Just in may the firm had announced more than 8000 job cuts across its entire business of airlines, hotels and cruise ships. This affects just the travel agency business. 900 staff are affected and the firm says it hopes it can redeploy some of those staff into other high street shops, but 70 of them it expects to be able to work from home, so selling holidays or offering advice to travellers from home. Further underlining the changing way that we work, many more now asked to work from home. Then, many thanks. Ben, many thanks. Schools in scotland will reopen from 11th august, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed. The first minister said there may be a phased return in some areas, but all pupils are expected to return to classes full time by the following week. Lets get more from our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. Talk is through some of the detail here. This has been long anticipated, schools closed in scotla nd anticipated, schools closed in scotland on the 20th of march with children moving to the online model of learning, but in the last hour its been confirmed that schools will be reopening from the 11th of august. They will look a little different than before. Children wont have to physically distance from each other but it is being encouraged in secondary schools, secondary School Pupils where possible. Staff and teachers will have to physically distance from each other and from the students. There will be enhanced hygiene measures. There will be fast access to testing, the first minister said, for any symptomatic staff or pupils. Reopening schools to all children was Nicola Sturgeon said a central objective for her government. It is a moral and educational imperative that we get children back into school as soon as is safely possible. In fact, a key reason for our cautious approach to lockdown easing over the past two months and indeed, over the next few weeks, is that determination to drive the virus down as low as possible and keep prevalence low so that schools can reopen in august. I am therefore very pleased to confirm today that schools will return from the 11th of august. Well, the first minister said given how long some students had been out of school, some local authorities may opt for a phased return but that all children should be back full time from august the 18th at the latest. She also warned she couldnt rule out blended learning at some point in the future if the virus returns. Lorna gordon, many thanks. Australia has recorded its worst day since the start of the pandemic. A wave of infections sweeping the state of victoria saw new cases up by a third since monday. More than a dozen people have died. Other australian states have closed their borders with victoria, but this hasnt prevented some infection spikes elsewhere. Shaimaa khalil reports. Another record high in victoria and another setback for australia, as Health Workers race to contain the spread of covid 19. There were hopes that the outbreak may have peaked on monday, with more than 500 infections recorded. But the latest spike in coronavirus numbers has surpassed the previous record by nearly 200 cases. There are 9,998 cumulative cases of coronavirus in the victorian community. 723 new since we last updated you. Authorities have said that many people whove shown symptoms of the virus or are still waiting for test results have been turning up at workplaces, including some whove tested positive for covid 19. If youre a positive case, then you need to be at home and you need to be isolating. That is a very important message. The state is also racing to contain more than 80 outbreaks at aged care facilities, which have claimed dozens of lives in the past few weeks. Ten of the 13 deaths today were in aged care homes. The virus is hitting the most vulnerable in big numbers. This is epping gardens, one of the worst affected aged care facilities in victoria. Family members are desperately pleading for more help. Theyre getting neglected. It is so sad that theyre being locked up for three weeks in one room. Get them out of the room, get them to another safe place. Get them to a hospital. Please help. From midnight sunday local time, every person in the state will be required to wear a mask or Face Covering when leaving their house, as concerns grow with more cases appearing in regional victoria. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. The number of suspects convicted in rape cases in england and wales has fallen to a new low. The National PoliceChiefs Council said it was getting harder to achieve the standard of evidence needed to take cases to court. The Crown Prosecution Service has rejected suggestions it has been telling police not to bring so many cases. Zoe conway reports. In my two and a half years of dealing with the detectives on my case. Courtney not her real name alleges she was the victim of a violent sexual assault. She reported it to the police in 2016. In my case. There were witnesses on the night of the assault, there was a potential second victim, and none of that mattered. She was asked to provide access to all of her social media over several years she refused. She says the Crown Prosecution Service was being unreasonable, deliberately so, and the police on her case agreed. They felt that the crown was trying to make it as dehumanising as possible for victims to continue their case, so theyd drop out, so that they can look good in statistics, and that is verbatim what the officer told me. She says she had no choice but to drop her case. The latest figures show that, in the last year, 11139 rape suspects were convicted of rape or another crime. Thats half the number of three years ago. They also show that, in the same year, police referred 2747 cases to the cps for a charging decision. Thats 40 fewer cases over the same time period. The Crown Prosecution Service says its working hard to reverse the trend. What we need to do, and our five year strategy that weve published this mor