in a stampede at the africa cup of nations in cameroon. no more covid tests for fully vaccinated people arriving in england and scotland they ll be scrapped next month. and climate change is threatening to destroy treasures buried in the uk. archaeologists warn britain s history is at risk. good morning and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson is facing renewed anger following another revelation about gatherings in downing street during lockdown. number 10 has admitted that, injune 2020, staff met in the cabinet room, where they were served cake to celebrate the prime minister s birthday. itv news reported that up to 30 people attended thejune 2020 event, sang happy birthday and were served cake. rules at the time 19june 2020 banned most indoor gatherings involving more than two people. the bbc has learned that sue gray, the senior civil servant compiling a report into gatherings on government premises during covid restrictions, already knew about the 19 june event. her fin
restrictions are eased. and the new highway code rules designed to make the roads safer for cyclists. and coming up on the bbc news channel. an emotional alize cornet has knocked simona halep out of the australian open. cornet is through to her first grand slam quarter final at the 63rd attempt. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by the tory mp nusrat ghani that her muslim faith was given as a reason for her sacking as a minister in 2020. ms ghani said she was told that her muslimness was raised as an issue. the conservative chief whip mark spencer said this weekend that she was referring to him, and that the claims were completely false. the inquiry into the affair comes as the senior civil servant sue gray is expected today to interview dominic cummings, borisjohnson s former chief aide, for her investigation into lockdown downing street parties, and the senior tory mp william wragg is due to see the police a
two years to the day since china forced the city of wuhan and its ten million citizens into lockdown, we hear from a man evacuated from wuhan in the pandemic and we have a special report on how beijing is containing the virus. hello and welcome to bbc news. the government of tonga says it s facing a long programme of rebuilding and reconstruction just over a week after it was devastated by a volcanic eruption and a tsunami. foreign aid is arriving into tonga, but strict covid rules are hampering humanitarian efforts, as the local authorities try to keep the virus out of the country. tonga which is made up of a group of islands in the south pacific has recorded just one covid case throughout the pandemic. entire villages were destroyed in the tsunami and some are still without basic neccessities, like clean water. much of the relief effort for tonga is being coordinated in neighbouring fiji. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is in the fijian capital suva with this updat