antarctica is melting. a warm welcome to the programme. a large migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos is being evacuated after fire broke out at the facility. images on social media showed flames inside and outside the centre, which is home to nearly 13,000 people. the cause of the fire is still not immediately clear. joining me now for more on this is our correspondent mark lobel mark, what more can you tell us? sally, there arejust itsines at dispatch maria refugee camp that houses four times as many refugees as it has capacity for. people staying in shipping containers and tens and they are now watching their worldly belongings going up in smoke. many of them being moved on by the police in this fire ravaging through this migrant camp, fanned by strong winds on the island of lesbos. it is obviously difficult to manage a camp like that, which has been criticised anyway for his living conditions by aid agencies, in a pandemic. last week somebody, a somalian refugee, just a positive for coronavirus and was taken to a hospital on the main town of lesbos. as a result, contact tracing took place in another 35 people were found to have contracted coronavirus. 0ne with symptoms. they will put in a segregated space and that has caused a lot of problems, according to greek media reports, that may have been the cause of the fire. the aggravation of other people having to stay so close to this segregated place where they knew people had been infected stop this has been a bit of a hot potato, how people should be isolated. there was a doctors without borders isolation centre closed down in july and there had been a promise by authorities on the island to open up a new isolation centre but it sounds like it was really packed and everybody was too close for comfort. and also, of course, it is difficult to know where they can house all these people who are having to find temporary shelter as a consequence. right now people are walking past their houses going up in smoke and seeing themselves become homeless as we are speaking here now. and the locals who live near the port in lesbos don't want migrants coming there, nor do people in the neighbouring village. what is going to be the answer? depending on the state of the damage there are other migrant camps on other islands in greece, but this is a major one and we are talking about a lot of people here. at the moment the police are trying to move people on as the fire engines go in, there are about 28 fireman, by the last count, dealing with a large fire with strong, windy conditions. the question is whether they can get the fire under control. the question is if people have been fatally wounded or who have lost their lives as a result of this. there are a lot of questions still. a lot more to figure out as this develops. as you can see on these images, this is a big, extensive fire at this camp, where, as you said, there are more than 13,000 people there, more than four times its stated capacity. so it is at breaking point. we will keep a close eye on this. mark, thank you for now. any more news we get on that we will bring you on this programme. now our other top story. all senior police leaders in the us city of rochester in new york state have resigned in the aftermath of the death of a black man in police custody. 0fficers came under scrutiny, after details of the death of daniel prude became public. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has this report — and a warning that you may find some of the images distressing. ijust grabbed him with my hand. this is body can footage of the arrest of daniel prude. naked in the street, the 41—year—old man, who had mental health issues, was restrained by several officers. he was not armed. he became increasingly agitated after being handcuffed and the offices use what is known as a spit hood on him, it is -- known as a spit hood on him, it is —— device that is designed to protect officers from the saliva of a detainee. moments later daniel prude lost consciousness as he was held on the ground. he was taken to hospital but died a week later. his death was ruled a homicide by complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint. several officers involved in the arrest was suspended, but only after lawyers for mr prude's family obtained the body can footage and made his death public last week. it led to several days of protests in rochester. now the city's senior police leaders have all resigned. in a statement, the police chief said claims of a cover—up in the case were a mischaracterisation. the police chief was supported by the city's man, although she said changes in the department were needed. this has been very challenging times for the city of rochester and the chief was not asked to give his resignation, because i do believe that he is giving the best, but, you know, he didn't in any way try to cover this up. a lawyer for one of daniel prude's family members said that police resignations were a step in the right direction. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. governments in europe and asia are grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections, and struggling to gain control. in the last few hours the british government has announced new rules on social gatherings in england to take effect from monday. only six people will be allowed to meet indoors or outside. the full details will be outlined by the prime minister borisjohnson on wednesday but here's out political correspondent nick eardley. i think it reflects a real concern in government and amongst the scientific experts who advise ministers at the number of cases we have seen in recent days, that rise in the number of positive tests for coronavirus that we have been talking so much about. clearly part of the concern is that we are meeting too many people, that there are too many social interactions, some of which are leading to transmission of the virus. it is not designed to stop people going to work. it is not designed to stop kids going to school orfor universities to stop opening. it is designed to stop us meeting at each others' houses or meeting outdoors. so there is a big headline figure will be that the indoors or outdoors, the limit will be six. that changes the rules onto households meetings for example. at the moment, two households can meet, no matter what the size. the guidelines at the moment say that if you are meeting up outdoors, it can be six people from as many households if you want but that limit is six. that is now been brought into law and that is partly because police were concerned and they relayed these concerns to downing street that the rules were not simple enough and that it wasn't easy enough to intervene where large groups under 30, which had been the legal limit, to intervene when those groups were meeting up in various places. but as i said, itjust shows that ministers are increasingly worried about transmission of the virus. that was nick eardley they're outlining some of the changes coming into place across england. more details on our website as to what those changes will be and how they will impact those living in england. let's return to our top story. the news that a large migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos is being evacuated after fire broke out at the facility. let's discuss this with thanasis let's discuss this with tha nasis voulgarakis now let's discuss this with thanasis voulgarakis now who is near the camp. what can you tell us about what is happening? it is one of the biggest fires that has happened over the last year. almost all the parts of the camp fire everywhere. and now with the first light i can see that they are ok, but the camp that eye can see from this distance is burnt out. a supermarket still has smoke. behind the hill there is a smoke coming. there are still firefighters coming to make the fire off. it is going, but not like last night. last night it was really... yes, we're now at pictures of the fire probably at its peak overnight. so you are saying that as light starts to come into view this morning it is on a normal control, is that your perspective on what is happening from where you are? last night it was very difficult to approach. it was full of smoke. the firefighters we re full of smoke. the firefighters were coming and going overnight. and now a helicopter is coming with water. can i ask you if you are concerned about what this means for the migrants who have been in this camp, you know, nearly 13,000, it is extremely overcrowded, what provision there is for them, you live close to the camp, don't you, what are your concerns? these people don't have a place to stay tonight. it is about here in front of me area it is about here in front of me are a thousand people but everything, they have their belongings and are sitting on the street. it is 15 kilometres where you will sit. they have no place for tonight and for the next day ‘s for sure. 0bviously aid agencies are already very involved with this count. they have been warning about the pressures on those living there. for you as a local resident, we hear that many volunteer and help, do you think that is what will be happening today and in the days ahead? it will fall on you as residents as well as local agencies to help these people? iam sure agencies to help these people? i am sure that they have to respond. it is not possible for these people to live on the streets. i am sure that the agencies and the state, have to do something to clean the place. it is very difficult. they cannot go back. everything is black. everything is black. everything is burnt. thank you for your description.” everything is burnt. thank you for your description. i don't know how they will manage. you can see from the pictures we are looking at. it's really not easy. ikard see that we can do it in one day. all these people find a place to stay. yes. we appreciate that. we will leave it there. thank you so much for continuing —— contacting us at bbc news to tell us what you are experiencing where you are right next to that camp in moria on the greek island of lesbos. thank you for talking to us. 0 nto 0nto other news. a major trial of a coronavirus vaccine developed by oxford university and astrazeneca has been put on hold worldwide because of a suspected serious adverse reaction in a volunteer in the uk. an independent investigation will review the safety data before regulators decide whether the trial can restart. our medical editor, fergus walsh, reports. more than 10,000 volunteers in the uk, many of them elderly, have been immunised with the oxford coronavirus vaccine. thousands more have received the jab in south africa, brazil and the united states. this is actually the second time the trial has been put on hold since it began in april. such pauses are triggered anytime a volunteer is admitted to hospital and the cause of their illness is not immediately apparent. an oxford university spokesperson said in large trials, illnesses will happen by chance but must be independently reviewed. the final decision on restarting the trial rest with the medical regulator, the mhra and that could happen within days. until then, no more volunteers will be immunised at any of the international sites. the oxford university team believe this process illustrates that they are committed to the safety of their volunteers and the high standards of conduct in their studies. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: rolling into retail. the rock gods who've opened a store where you can get what you need. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice "enough of blood and tears. enough!" translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news — the latest headlines: a large migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos is being evacuated after fire broke out at the facility. the entire senior police leadership for a city in new york state resigns, following the death of a black man in custody. it's reported that one of the leading opposition figures in belarus, maria kolesnikova, has prevented officials deporting her to neighbouring ukraine by ripping up her passport, on the border, and throwing it out the window of an official car. colleagues say she then jumped out the back of the car. it's not clear where she is now. one of these colleagues is ivan kraftsov, who spoke to the bbc‘sjonah fisher in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. at that moment maria was put into the car. she literally tore her passport into small pieces. so as they gave her back her passport? exactly. it was lying in the car and she immediately took it and tore it up and then she climbed out through the rear window and walked into belarusian territory. this was in no man's land? yes, and it was fantastic what she did. she was very very clear with them that she did not want to be forced into the ukraine? absolutely. she tore her passport up, so she wanted to seem absolutely clear. fra nak viacorka is a minsk—based journalist, but he had to leave belarus for his own safety and is now in vilnius lithuania. welcome to the programme, tell us welcome to the programme, tell us your thoughts on these latest developments? we know that maria kolesnikova is still detained and she is not free after the situation at the border and her colleagues managed to cross the border and get to kyiv but she has stayed in belarus but she does not wa nt to in belarus but she does not want to leave the country and authorities are afraid of putting her injail, so the situation is quite complex. last night, there was a protest in minsk in support of the protest but this was brutally dispersed by the police. what do you think will happen next? i know it's extremely hard to predict but in terms of the protests, and their determination to continue but president alexander lukashenko showing no signs of giving up any power? that is right, i think it will continue in minsk and the regions, the protests, and the regions, the protests, and striking workers will try to begin nationwide strikes and lukashenko and to begin nationwide strikes and lu kashenko and putin to begin nationwide strikes and lukashenko and putin will meet on friday... protest before that because the protests when they were happening, lukashenko's positions they were happening, lu kashenko's positions and negotiations with russia are declining and i think lukashenko orthographic leasing nor that he is not clear for any form of negotiations —— lukashenko gave a signal that he is not clear for lukashenko gave a signal that he is not clearfor any lukashenko gave a signal that he is not clear for any form lukashenko gave a signal that he is not clearfor any form of negotiations but the situation is getting worse and he won't have any choice not to have demonstrations. he must have them. you say he must have them but at the moment he says he will not enter any negotiations, as you mentioned. what you think russia's game plan is in all of this? russia does not want any other countries, especially the european union, to be involved in this issue. they want entirely to control the situation, which is why they are backing up lukashenko and giving him financial, support and russia feels like it is a russian owned problem and they feel that belarus is part of the severe of russian influence. so i think they are trying to drum up support for lukashenko and promising him to have the manpower and in exchange they can demand and request some parts of belarus sovereignty, for example, control over a military bases or control over financial systems all they can also ask for some enterprises and companies to be sold. all right, thank you for talking to us right, thank you for talking to us you asked on bbc news. —— talking to us on. researchers have discovered deep channels under the ice at the front of the biggest glacier in west antarctica. they believe these channels, some of which are more than 800 metres deep, provide a pathway for warm ocean water to get to the front of the ice, helping explain why it is melting so rapidly. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. we are whiskey, three, five... this one antarctic glacier is the size of the uk and is already responsible for 5% of world sea level rise. and the rate that this glazier is melting has accelerated fivefold in the last 30 years. —— glacier. lastly, a team of british and american scientists set up camp on the glacier, one of the most remote places on earth. by measuring the gravitational pull of the seabed under the ice, they discovered a network of deep channels, a key step in understanding why the glacier is changing so rapidly. these are really important because they are the pathway that links they are the pathway that links the deep ocean to the ice sheet and although these surface water around antarctica are really cold, the deep ocean waters are actually somewhat warmerand it is waters are actually somewhat warmer and it is these warmer ocean waters that get into the ice that you can actually see quite rapid changes in the behaviour. this is what they think is happening, a series of huge channels, some almost a kilometre below the eyes, allowing the warmer, deep ocean water to flow up to the front of the glacier, melting are increasingly rapidly. another tea m increasingly rapidly. another team of scientists work from an icebreaker ship at the front of the glacier. exceptional icebreaking last year, meant they could observe 2000 square kilometres of the sea floor in front of the thwaites ice shelf. is so important to understand happening in antarctica, particularly the big glacier is like thwaites, because they are changing quickly while the climate warms and asa quickly while the climate warms and as a mill, they are feeding more and more water to our global oceans, which is increasing the rate of sea rise. there is up to 3.5 metres of sea level rise locked up in theice of sea level rise locked up in the ice in west antarctica, enough to reshape the map of the earth, flooding many of the world ‘s greatest cities. understanding why this remote area is changing and how quickly it will do so is essential if the world is to prepare for the rising waters to come. justin rowlatt, bbc news. not content with being one of the world's most legendary rock and roll bands, the rolling stones are now trying their hands at shop—keeping. they've opened their first store in london's carnaby street. you'll be able to buy records, clothing and souvenirs. lead singer mick jagger hopes it'll be a nice place to hang out. tim allman reports. while it's true that you can't always get what you want, if you're a fan of the rolling stones, this is where you can get what you need. rs no.9 carnaby, a place for all fans of slightly sleazy, blues—influenced rock'n'roll. although opening its doors in the midst of a global health crisis does beg one question. why would you open a shop during a pandemic? well, you know, it's eternal optimism. i mean, you could have put it off, i guess, until next year, but there will be a little bit of pick—up, i think, and people will be curious, and people are out and about a bit more than they were. newsreel: it's a new kind of boutique in baker street, catering for specialised tastes. of course, the stones aren't the first rock gods to open a shop. the fab four got ourfirst with the apple boutique, which opened in 1967, and promptly closed its doors in 1968. everyone's confident it'll be different this time. it's only commercial retail, but they like it. lots of people within the retail world have spoken to me, saying what a great thing it is to do at the moment, and to give a real boost to carnaby street, to the retail landscape, by taking the greatest rock'n‘roll band to the marketplace. it's perhaps not a coincidence the new store opens the same week the stones are releasing one of their old albums. you can buy that here too. after all, the rolling stones know plenty about satisfaction. tim allman, bbc news. there you have it. carnaby street is a place to be if you wa nt to street is a place to be if you want to visit that shop! i will be back with all the top stories, including the huge drop in tesla shares on wall street last night, we will fill you in on why, so do stay with us. hello. it'll be a fairly mild start to wednesday across most parts of the british isles but some of you will have to wait before we get skies like that, particularly in england and wales where you are close by this weather front, won't have an awful lot of rain on it but there will be a fair amount of cloud. that takes the time to pull its way a little bit further towards the south. from the word go, scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england drier and brighter perhaps, some showers is coming through on a breeze. elsewhere, we're in for a pretty dry day. eventually, we break up the cloud in the south and the rain really dies away. while the humid is still across the south—eastern quarter, elsewhere, temperatures mid—teens to about 20 degrees. through the evening, we drag the last of that cloud away towards the near continent, and it's that time of the year where the nights are a wee bit longer and the skies are clear. somewhere on the eastern side of both scotland and england it'll get down to 3 or 4 degrees. a cool start to thursday, but it's shaping up to be a decent day for many parts of the british isles, certainly to start with a ridge of high pressure just nosing in from the atlantic. but no disguising the fact that a little bit further to the north and west, and closing on the northwest of the british isles, eventually there will be enough cloud to rob you of your sunshine in northern ireland, maybe a passing shower, and more on the way of wet weather into the northern and north—western parts of scotland. and the temperatures are not just as high after that chilly start as they will have been in the first part of the week. that weather front gradually works its way in across the northern part of the british isles in the first part of friday, and then staggers its way a wee bit further south, weakening all the while but before it does that, it will deliver a good bit of rain into scotland and northern ireland and eventually it gets across the border. so further south, a dry enough day, a top temperature of about 20, 21, things turning a wee bit more showery and breezy across the north—west of scotland to finish out the day. that is the way you start the weekend in that neck of the woods. notice the number of isobars. so really quite windy through the north and western isles, the north of scotland too. high pressure trying to dominate many areas but it doesn't keep the fronts at bay from the north and west of scotland, hence the forecast for 0ban, but elsewhere, a lot of dry and fine weather with some sunshine. hello again. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the big tech sell off continues. tesla is hit hardest. its shares down by over 21% knocking $82 billions off its market value. the devil is in the detail. today we find out what the government's back up plan is for policing trade in the uk and around europe in 2021 and how the pandemic has fuelled gender inequality. we find out why women have been hit a lot harder in the pocket than men. good to have you with us. if you have just joined us good to have you with us. if you havejustjoined us you good to have you with us. if you have justjoined us you are very welcome. if you were watching wall street last night you will have noted it was pretty grim and treat were looking a little tense and stressed out —— traders. us technology stocks suffered their worst session in six months, dragging down all three major american stock indexes. the tech—heavy nasdaq fell for a third straight day, down by more than 4%. apple was the biggest loser on the dow, falling by nearly 7%, while amazon, facebook and microsoft falling at least 4%. and then we had tesla. the electric car maker lost over 21% of its value. it was the darling of wall street not so long ago. these are the numbers in asia now. you can see, no surprise, asia is following the lead on wall street. softbank, the japanese company is a big loser down today, down by about 6%. 0verall today, down by about 6%. overall the markets in asia are all down. let us show you the next board. i am hoping to bring you the us numbers. we can't. we will talk to james instead. joining me now is james hughes, chief market analyst at scope markets. we were going to show the sea of red on the american boards to viewers, there you go, the viewers can see it now. nasdaq down over 4% at the close. james, give us your take on the last 2a hours a. james, give us your take on the last 24 hours a. yes, well, it has been pretty barbaric for a lot of these tech stocks, not just over the last 24 hours, but in the last three us sessions. we say the last three, because on monday we sure shares —— ‘s or there was closed because of the labour day holiday. what we saw was an aggressive sell—off stop you can't get away from that, in this text. a lot of this has to be put in —— into perspective. if you look at the nasdaq, the headline is the nasdaq is down for the last three sessions, down over 10%, but the nasdaq is still up 60% since the lows in march. so we have to remember that these tech stocks have been the ones that have really led the recovery. if we look at any of those charts with the big major us indices, we have seen a big v recovery in terms of how they perform throughout after the lows of the pandemic stop so, yes, they are down and they are down aggressively, but they are not necessarily, it's not the end of the world for these stocks at the moment, because really we are still looking at correction territory, meaning that we have seen the market rally, we are seeing it drop off, but we wouldn't say this is the end of the upside just yet. just took a little bit more about why this is happening just now. you can understand companies like amazon, netflix, even tesla, companies that are doing well, especially for some of them with the pandemic they are doing even better than normal, they are among the women —— winners, like amazon, for example. there is lots of tall in markets about bubbles, about the .com market bursting years ago. is this one of those? that is happening in the background? what is your analysis? that is exactly right. we have to remember markets are driven by fear the majority of the time. and whenever anything like this happens we can always and traders will always hark back to something that has happened previously. in 2000 we saw the big tech bubble burst and that was basically the end for a loss of internet—based companies. there are a few stories as to why these markets are moving like this. tesla, for example, yesterday, the 21% fall was because many people had expected tesla to be added into the s&p 500 yesterday. three stocks were announced going into the s&p 500 and one of those was not tesla. that's why there was a big sell—off from that point of view. in other areas there are issues with the likes of apple, apple was the biggest sell—off in the dowjones yesterday. that was even though they announced in a couple of weeks' sunday having a launch event for a new iphone. usually that would be very positive in terms of markets, but it was more negative today stop there is just a growing fear. we know that fear in the market ‘s nobles. there is a snowball effect and if it continues than the losses get bigger and bigger. but for me, what we expect to see happening is that eventually the buyers will come in and say look, these tech stocks are still the future of these markets and when they sell—off the way they have done it just gives them sell—off the way they have done itjust gives them a much cheaper buying price for investors looking to pick up bargains. very interesting. thanks, james. james hughes there. if tesla was included in there. if tesla was included in the s&p 500 as james was saying it was expected to be included, that would mean that many funds would automatically be buying up would automatically be buying up tesla stock because they have an s&p 500 kind of tracker fund. that is why we saw a big fall in tesla. another reason behind this text sell—off was reports that japan's softbank made significant option purchases during the run—up in us stocks. shares in softbank are down sharply this morning in tokyo. they have been down every day this week. we talk to mariko 0i who has been following this for us who has been following this for us in our asia business hub. i was reading about the soft bank options play in that we can press and since the weekend softbank shares have been sold off and sold. tell us what is going on. indeed, sally. it was a very risky bet. and as you say, shares in softbank are down some 5% this morning. but, as you say, this is their fifth consecutive session of losses and the fall all started when it was reported last week that the company had built up massive steaks in us tech firms by making big bets on what is known as equity derivatives tied to them. and according to the reports, the company's founder was behind their aggressive bets, by spending something like 4 billion us dollars over the last few months on option premiums focused on those tech shares. so over the last few months us shares so over the last few months us s ha res we nt so over the last few months us shares went up as in softbank started buying those options and it is very risky. now a fall on wall street we are seeing has been eating away all softbank‘s returns. the japanese company has been under a lot of pressure since its shares fell because of the coronavirus pandemic and this was just one of many, if you like, strategy reversals. softbank has now shifted to unwind huge portions of its portfolio, like selling stakes in alibaba and t—mobile us and, of course, it's japanese telecoms business as well. his new strategy, to bet on publicly listed technology stock, hedmark ‘s really a breakfrom stock, hedmark ‘s really a break from his stock, hedmark ‘s really a breakfrom his previous stock, hedmark ‘s really a break from his previous focus on betting on private start—up companies through his vision fund. so far his aggressive bets have been too risky and the shares are now done. we shall keep a close eye. thank you. the uk government will introduce a new law today that could change post—brexit customs plans with the eu, but number 10 has denied it would "tear up" the existing treaty. the two sides agreed in 2019 on the terms of the uk's exit, including on future trade in northern ireland. today we will finally get the details on the change in legislation that could override the legal force of that deal, the withdrawal agreement. it's so controversial the government's most senior lawyer, sirjonathan jones, has resigned in the light of the bill. downing street says it would only make "minor clarifications in extremely specific areas". joining me now is david mcgee, pwc ireland, brexit partner. you have quite a job on your hands, don't you, trying to plan for brexit, for pwc in ireland. what you make of this development? frankly, we are scratching our heads. we are looking on and trying to figure out what can we believe and trust? this wasn't a withdrawal group. this was an international treaty bound by international treaty bound by international law and the idea that one side of the treaty then can decide to change it, they absolutely agree with brandon lewis yesterday in the house of commons, if circumstances change and we need to change it, both these need to change it, both these need to change it, both these need to come back to the table and renegotiated —— both sides. 0therwise and renegotiated —— both sides. otherwise it frankly calls into question adherence to the rule of law. but as you say, these are unprecedented times and abby has —— as we have learned from this entire brexit process , from this entire brexit process, it's very hard to predict what happen next in terms of the politics, but what does it mean to you in terms of planning? it is extremely difficult. so even before this, so difficult. so even before this, so back in the springtime when we polled businesses in ireland, three quarters of them already believe that a comprehensive free trade deal was highly unlikely. so the reality is most businesses in ireland have been, and they don't want this, but they have been planning for a no—deal, a ha rd been planning for a no—deal, a hard exit written out of the european union. that brings a whole lot of cost on top a business that is undesirable. it has created a whole industry around trying to get ready for what it will mean. for iris businesses, probably one of the most important trading grounds is the uk, isn't it? if suddenly there were huge ta riffs suddenly there were huge tariffs slapped on goods and services going back and forth, that could have a huge impact, quintiq, and many businesses on both sides? it's enormous. it is1 billion euros both sides? it's enormous. it is 1 billion euros going both sides? it's enormous. it is1 billion euros going back and forth every single week. uk is one trading partner. but the republic of ireland is also the uk's eighth biggest trading partner. it is very important for both sides we have this operating as smoothly as possible and, frankly, the border, the land border on the island is a critical trading point for both of us. very, very briefly, david, are you concerned about what this means in terms of the politics and the peace process? yes, absolutely. we talk about the withdrawal agreement being an international treaty, but it was based on the good friday agreement from 1998, which was another key international treaty and one which finally, after 25 years, brought peace to the island. and i think that's critical. if you go right back to 2017, the original letter from right back to 2017, the original letterfrom the right back to 2017, the original letter from the eu to open up negotiations only have three bullet points, and one of them was, whatever happens we have to protect piece on the island. this is much more than just about commerce and trade. thank you. david mcgee, thank you forjoining us. let's get some of the day's other news. oil prices dropped more than 1% on tuesday after hitting their lowest since july earlier in the day. that's after saudi arabia made the deepest monthly price cuts for supply to asia in five months. plus investors fear demand for oil may be hit hard again as coronavirus infections are rising in many countries around the world and governments act to control its spread. in the growing tensions between the us and china, another industry has come into washington's line of fire — chinese chip makers. the biggest of them is smic and its shares fell sharply when the pentagon revealed the firm may be added to a government blacklist. smic has defended itself, saying it has no ties to the chinese military. covid—19 and the lockdown has disrupted all of our lives over the past six months. but there's one group that's thought to be hit harder — and that's women. according to the institute for fiscal studies here in the uk, mothers are more likely to have quit or lost theirjob, or to have been furloughed, since the start of the lockdown. meanwhile in the united states, statistics from the national women's law centre also show women have been disproportionately affected by covid—19. so what's driving this divide? joining me now is linzi boyd, founder of business of brand. linzi, thank you for being on the programme. why are women hit harder? well, you know, it's really interesting because it's really interesting because it has now actually got a term around it, which is the pink recession in australia and the she recession in america. interestingly, what is being said is there are really two key areas around this. one is that the that women are working in or specifically does mcgrath specifically the industries being hit most, you know, travel, tourism retail, all those types of industries. and the second bigger topic is the fa ct the second bigger topic is the fact that women, when the pandemic happens, had to take on the childcare, take on the home again, and they were having tojuggle work home again, and they were having to juggle work and home and, at that point, they had to make a decision, well, were they going to keep doing the job or were they going to reduce the hours and some businesses chose for them to reduce the hours or furlough them. and many women have decided not to go back to work yet until they are stable enough to understand what's going to happen next. what do you think the long—term impact thenis you think the long—term impact then is of this? until there are assurances as to actually what is going to happen, because children have gone back to school, but for how long? nobody news when there is a new wave coming and there is no virus recovery that has come into play, so until that point there is a massive impact that is going to take place on women in the workplace, because to date women are not yet the breadwinners in all homes and there are some homes that they are and many homes that they aren't and so there is a huge impact that that has on the working life in the running of the family. but there has to be some positives as well, would you say, in the sense that working from home has become much more normalised and, for many women, thatis normalised and, for many women, that is a real benefit, isn't it, he want to continue to work and try to be at home as well? interestingly, it's a double—edged sword because when the lockdown happened and you from home, of course it's massive benefit working from home, not having to travel and to be around the kids small, and childcare wasn't there, you didn't have your cleaner and people weren't able to help you run the house and the kids and people were homeschooling! there was a huge jungle that took place and now that kids are gone back to school and people are still working from home, hopefully, there should be more normalisation in that space but until it stabilises, who knows? who knows indeed! my three boys are at school at the moment but who knows how long! watch this space. stay with us on bbc news. with more people working remotely, real security implications, we will have an expert view on that in a moment. the composer lord andrew lloyd webber has called on the government to give a conditional reopening date for theatres as soon as possible. injuly, he staged a concert at the london palladium as an experiment to see whether socially distanced performances were viable. giving evidence to the department for digital, culture, media and sport committee, the composer said the financial situation for the arts at the moment, is dire and warned that theatres will need a lot of time to prepare to reopen. there comes a point now where we really cannot go on much more. i mean, we we really cannot go on much more. i mean, we are we really cannot go on much more. i mean, we are bumping up against bank accounts and all of these things and as i say, theatre is an incredibly labour—intensive thing and a business and in many ways, putting on a show now is almost a labour of love. very very few shows really, really hit the jackpot at ca hamilton, or a lion king or ‘phantom of the 0pera‘ does. coming up at six o‘clock, on breakfast dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day‘s news, business and sport. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a large migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos is being evacuated after fire broke out at the facility. the entire senior police leadership for a city in new york state resigns following the death of a black man in custody. fitness brand lululemon has reported surprise revenue growth but that wasn‘t enough to impress investors who were expecting better numbers and so its share price fell by more than 6%. the company benefited from people being forced to stay at home around the world, which meant a surge in demand for what‘s popularly known as activewear. alex fitzgerald, an expert in fitness stocks at kearney gave me her assessment. lululemon was important for the apparel sector overall because it was a good signal in terms of consumer behaviour and what we should expect to see around apparel spending. we should expect to see around apparelspending. lululemon we should expect to see around apparel spending. lululemon is well positioned to take advantage of the more home—based consumer behaviour to the extent that that they beat expectations, a strong signal about how that is resonating with consumers and there is still a lot of hesitancy around the sector overall and what does that mean in terms of consumers are changing? strong performance but i think it still is hesitation around what this means long—term. hesitation around what this means long-term. when you look at companies like lululemon and others and how they perform, many asked the question, what does it take to lead a business and be effective as a leader? could it all depend on experiences you had in childhood, a world away from business? is it nature or nurture? that‘s what tarek sultan, head of agility thinks. he‘s our guest today on ceo secrets. the best experience is to come from things that were a formative experience in your life, something that established your values set and doesn‘t necessarily have to come from business, it can come from life. from my perspective, i wanted to be an entrepreneur but i didn‘t know exactly about how to go about it so i studied a number of entrepreneurs and try to understand how they came to be in positions of creating very exciting and innovative companies and it became clear to me that those companies came out of their prior experiences. i think the bestjob that i had that gave me skills was working with my grandfather on a farm in the summer. that prepared me for my future in business, taught me to be disciplined, got up early, taught me the value of hard work and may be the toughness that comes from that sort of environment are things that really helped me later on in my career. interesting, isn‘t it? ifind that fascinating, what drives ceos. workers in the uk are being encouraged to go back to the office by the government. but in the uk, employers expect the proportion of regular home workers to double, from 18% pre—pandemic to 37% post—pandemic according to the cipd. but that comes with new risks and cybersecurity dominates the priorities for business. so, along with security, how is the tech sector coping with keeping us all connected and what new tools will help bridge the gap from the office to home? joining me now is russ shaw, founder of tech london advocates & global tech advocates. lovely to see you. we know this too well at the bbc, so many are working from home and doing that in a secure way so that data is not breached or information is not shared where it should not he is a priority, isn‘t it? it should not he is a priority, isn't it? absolutely and one of the phrases coming out of this whole pandemic has been the word hybrid with a mixture of people working from home, people working from home, people will start to go back to the office but we will be in this sort of virtual and physical environment where people need to take extra steps in terms of making sure that their passwords are secure, that they are installing the latest software to make sure that e—mail scams, fishing attacks, can be prevented. has the tech centre stepped up its game in terms of what it is providing and what is out there? i think so and one thing iam there? i think so and one thing i am encouraged by, the amount of investment that has gone into the cyber sector for the first six months of 2020, has match that for all of 2019, so there is a lot of innovation thatis there is a lot of innovation that is being invested invested and we will see more and more tools coming out of these start—ups that are getting great amounts of money put into them. what has been happening on the scene in the uk amidst the pandemic, in terms of the tech sector? yeah, i think the three words i use, i have mentioned hybrid, the second is hyper acceleration. we are seeing digital and technology taking over everything. even at the start of your programme this morning about tech stocks, there is a lot of optimism about what will come out of the pandemic in terms of the technology space and thirdly, skills, do people have the right digital skills to take on these jobs of the future? there has been a 36% increase injob vacancies in the tech sector since lockdown began so there‘s lots of opportunities for people who do have the right skill set. good to know, thank you for your time, good to talk to you. that brings to a close the programme and thank you for your time company. as i mentioned, bbc one viewers, join breakfast at six o‘clock. see you soon. hello. it‘ll be a fairly mild start to wednesday across most parts of the british isles but some of you will have to wait before we get skies like that, particularly in england and wales where you are close by this weather front, won‘t have an awful lot of rain on it but there will be a fair amount of cloud. that takes the time to pull its way a little bit further towards the south. from the word go, scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england drier and brighter perhaps, some showers is coming through on a breeze. elsewhere, we‘re in for a pretty dry day. eventually, we break up the cloud in the south and the rain really dies away. rather humid still across the south—eastern quarter, elsewhere, temperatures mid—teens to about 20 degrees. through the evening, we drag the last of that cloud away towards the near continent, and it‘s that time of the year where the nights are a wee bit longer and the skies are clear. somewhere on the eastern side of both scotland and england it‘ll get down to 3 or 4 degrees. a cool start to thursday, but it‘s shaping up to be a decent day for many parts of the british isles, certainly to start with a ridge of high pressure just nosing in from the atlantic. but no disguising the fact that a little bit further to the north and west, and closing on the northwest of the british isles, eventually there will be enough cloud to rob you of your sunshine in northern ireland, maybe a passing shower, and more on the way of wet weather into the northern and north—western parts of scotland. and the temperatures are not just as high after that chilly start as they will have been in the first part of the week. that weather front gradually works its way in across the northern part of the british isles in the first part of friday, and then staggers its way a wee bit further south, weakening all the while but before it does that, it will deliver a good bit of rain into scotland and northern ireland and eventually it gets across the border. so further south, a dry enough day, a top temperature of about 20, 21, things turning a wee bit more showery and breezy across the north—west of scotland to finish out the day. that is the way you start the weekend in that neck of the woods. notice the number of isobars. so really quite windy through the north and western isles, the north of scotland too. high pressure trying to dominate many areas but it doesn‘t keep the fronts at bay from the north and west of scotland, hence the forecast for 0ban, but elsewhere, a lot of dry and fine weather with some sunshine. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: social gatherings of more than six people — both indoors and outside — will become illegal in england on monday, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. tighter restrictions are introduced in bolton as the latest figures show the town has the highest rate of covid—19 in the uk. towns in california and washington state are left in ruins as wildfires rage on the american west coast. a big jump in the number ofjobseekers. more people were looking for work in august than at any point in the past 12 years while the number of vacancies is falling.