travelling against foreign office advice will invalidate your policy. if you were already in spain when the government advice changed, then you should be covered until you get home. if in doubt, check with your insurers. if you're booking, or thinking of booking a european holiday, which many of us are, there's a lot of pent—up demand, if you're concerned about foreign office advice changing, which it always possible it could, book a package holiday because if you do that, if the advice and changes when you're due to be travelling, then the tour operator will let you go later on in the year when the situation improves, go to another country or have your money back. that's the best way to protect yourself. will i get paid if i have to quarantine? it will depend on individual employees. if you can work from home, then you can get paid as normal but if you can't, then you're not automatically entitled to statutory sick pay of £95.85 a week. there are, though, other options. the other options are possibly an extended period of annual leave, which would b

some were happy with the support that they got from the foreign office. i think there has been a lot of frustration from people in peru that there hasn't been so much communication and things have taken a lot of time. but now things are happening, i think everyone is just very relieved and very grateful that we are coming home. we have just been in a five—hour—long queue... but others were not so happy. i have got to the front of the queue and they have told us there are no flights. they will not tell us any more details, they don't know any more details. the government's repatriation effort, managed from this command centre, has now been studied by the foreign affairs committee. the mps said many foreign office staff went above and beyond to help people get home. but they also found that... the mps said the repatriation was too slow, it relied too much on commercial flights, which many could not access or afford. they said more charter flights should have been laid on earlier. the mps also said communications were poor, with many britons unable to ac

the committee chairman said there were clear failings in the foreign office response. the answer phones were not able to be fixed in embassies and couldn't be done remotely. so they were giving out mistaken messages, sometimes we found that social media was not being used appropriately, and we could have seen many more people informed much more accurately, earlier. so we will be giving a very, very close eye on how the foreign office handles this latest round of emergencies in spain. the foreign office spokesman said it had taken unprecedented steps to help people and it had not been realistic to charter more flights. james landale, bbc news. the head of the trade union, unite, has warned british airways that it plans to move towards industrial action against the airline with immediate effect". in a letter to ba s chief executive alex cruz, seen by the bbc, unite general secretary len mccluskey says he is staggered and offended by your arrogance . unite and ba have been at loggerheads for several weeks. in april, ba's parent company warned that it could cut up to 12,00

the foreign office spokesman said it had taken foreign office spokesman said it had ta ken unprecedented steps foreign office spokesman said it had taken unprecedented steps to help people and it had not been realistic to charter more flights. james landale, bbc news. a range of measures to get people cycling and walking in england have been announced by the government. promising thousands of miles of cycle lanes, changes to the highway code and bikes being made available through the nhs as part of a £2 billion investment announced earlier this year. a delayed scheme offering £50 vouchers towards the cost of fixing a bike will also go live today. after weeks in court about his personal relationship, johnny depp's trial is due to begin today a our end today, he is suing the sun newspaper for libel over a 2018 article which labelled him a life beater does make life beater, this is following allegations from his ex—wife, amber heard. ajudgement is expected later this year. you might remember last year when we featured 15—year—old jayden ashman, who won a whopping $1 million blank vi

the foreign office has advised against all non essential travel to mainland spain. but the canary and balearic islands are exempt, which means you could still go on your holiday there. but all travellers returning from spain including its islands into the uk must enter a 14—day quarantine on their return. just in time, these people board one of the last flights out of spain before that midnight deadline. some passengers made it back to the uk just minutes before that cut—off, which was brought in with a few hours' notice. it was crazy. it all happened so quickly. no—one knows what's going on in there. it's mad, wasn't it? yeah, we were supposed to come back monday and we just got the next flight. luckily my wife filled in the sheets, the documentation we had to fill in, so we arrived and other people could be postponed and actually missed the deadline. so we are thrilled. with the prospect of a strict two—week quarantine on their return, some people are choosing not to travel, but others are flying out, and there is anger with how those in charge are dealing

the foreign office has advised against all non—essential travel to mainland spain. but the canary and balearic islands are exempt — which means you could still go on your holiday there. but all travellers returning from spain — into the uk — must enter a 14—day quarantine. the new ruling means the travel plans of thousands of people could be thrown into chaos. paul hawkins reports. and it reports. pa: face coverings are required at all times. manchester airport saw some of the last flight arriving from spainjust minutes before the midnight deadline. these women had brought forward their departure to avoid quarantine. it was crazy. it all happened so quickly. no—one knows what's going on in there. it's mad, isn't it? yeah, we were supposed to come back on monday and we just got the next flight home. how do you feel about the fact you've just missed that deadline by 30 minutes? i'm glad. i can't stay in for two weeks. so, yeah, happy days. the news will come as a bitter blow to tens of thousands of british holiday—makers already in spain and those planning

travelling against foreign office advice will invalidate your policy. if you're already in spain when the government advice changed you should be covered and until you got home. if in doubt, check with your insurers. if you are booking booking a european holiday, which obviously many of us are, and there's a lot of pent—up demand, if you're concerned about foreign office advice changing, which it's always possible that it could, book a package holiday. because if you do that, if the advice changes when you're due to be travelling, then the tour operator will let you go later in the year when the situation improves, go to another country, or have your money back, that's the best way to protect yourself. will i get paid if i have to quarantine? it will depend on individual employers. if you can work from home, then you can get paid as normal. but if you can't, then you're not automatically entitled to statutory sick pay of £95.85 a week. there are, though, other options. the other options are possibly an extended period of annual leave, which would be

foreign office this is a figure who you know should not be called out into public as an expert witness but provided testimony apparently for a court that ultimately failed to come to the conclusion of the hard core russia gaiters and cold warriors and so now we're being told that the scandal is that the m i 5 just simply didn't work hard enough to come to the highly politicized conclusion that russia was behind brags that we had by christmas feel and donnelly on the program it should be said that both of them deny anything like that and in fact the integrity initiative says they're protecting our national security here at home i should enter jack that i graze on sent a reporter to the institute for statecraft and who is our reporter mohamed el mozzie encountered chris donnelly he slammed the door in his face in a jacked it in from the office so we've given him the chance to comment as well and they obviously aren't fans of transparency well obviously our intelligence and security committee in the house of commons disagrees with you in fairness the committee did say and the written evid

the foreign office is also advising against all—but—essential travel to mainland spain. andy moore reports. face coverings are required at all times. some of the last flight arriving from spainjust times. some of the last flight arriving from spain just minutes before the midnight deadline. these women had brought forward their departure to avoid quarantine. it was crazy. it all happened so quickly. no—one knows what is going on. we were supposed to come back on monday and we just got the next flight. monday and we just got the next flight. how do you feel you miss the deadline by 30 minutes. happy days. the news will come as a bitter blow to the —— tens of thousands of british holidaymakers already in spain and those planning to head there soon. this couple have already made a decision not to travel. although we could go on holiday, we had booked holidays, we can't come back and then stay in the house for two weeks. that just back and then stay in the house for two weeks. thatjust wouldn't be possible. so we can't then go on holiday because we can't come back and

the british foreign office has now advised against all nonessential travel to mainland spain, but the canary and balearic islands are exempt which means you could still go on holiday there but all travellers returning from spain including the islands into the uk must enter a m day quarantine. with more details on the development, here our correspondent andy murray. —— moore. manchester airport saw some of the last flight arriving from spainjust minutes before the midnight deadline. these women had brought forward their departure to avoid quarantine. it was crazy. it all happened so quickly. no—one knows what's going on in there. it's mad, isn't it? how do you feel about the fact you've just missed that deadline by 30 minutes? i'm glad. i can't stay in for two weeks. so, yeah, happy days. the news will come as a bitter blow to tens of thousands of british holiday—makers already in spain and those planning to head there soon. this couple have already made a decision not to travel. although we could go on the holiday, because we'd booked holidays, we can't come back and then stay

i count myself lucky to be a foreign service officer, fortunate to serve with the best america has to offer, blessed to serve the american people for the last 33 years. moved by thee not testimony of marie yovanovich today, you don't have a pulse. this is a woman who has served in seven posts for presidents of both parties over more than 30 years. hardship posts, places like somalia, tashkent. >> i cannot imagine a better example of diplomatic professionalism or integrity then what you have given all of us. >> those who have served with you, those who aspire to be you, and for all those that you have served, you are excellence in the conduct of diplomacy. >> i would say the best advice that i received is to be honest. maintain your integrity, tell the truth. that is difficult advice to follow under all circumstances, but very good advice. >> take it from me, and i think many others in this room -- there is nothing more gratifying than working for the american people. making the u.s. and the world more democratic, more prosperous, and more secure. [applause] >> please join me in welcom

m is important that the foreign office advice reflects the quarantine because it is the foreign office advice that makes insurance questionable, depending on the policy but usually the insurance looks for what the foreign office advice is about. from tomorrow, as an example, france and germany, travel advice to france and germany will change meaning that you can travel there and, importantly, from july ten, coming back from those countries you will no longer have to quarantine. i should countries you will no longer have to quarantine. ishould point countries you will no longer have to quarantine. i should point out you will need to complete a passenger locator form that asks where you have been and where you are coming back to, just some commonsense information because the one thing we do not want to do here is throwaway the hard—won game of everybody staying at home, everyone knows the story. you don't want to throw that away so it is cautioned, while allowing these countries onto the list and allowing people to start travelling again to if there are no checks taking place, what is

from tomorrow, the foreign office is changing its travel advice, which has warned against all but essential foreign travel since march. let's get the very latest from andy moore. tomorrow will see major changes to life in england in more ways than one. not only will people be able to go to the pub, they'll also be able to travel to a warm beach overseas, as the government formally lifts its ban on all but essential travel. so, which countries will be open? the first four countries on the list are: germany, france, italy and spain. but it's expected as many as 70, possibly more, will be named later today. some countries, such as portugal and sweden, where infection rates are thought to be too high, may not be on the list. it's good news that the government is removing its blanket quarantine measures, which have caused so much uproar, frankly, in the travel industry over the last few weeks. it's good news that the foreign office will be removing its non—essential travel advice from this saturday. and it means that many millions of holiday—makers will actually be able to travel, from this

the new foreign office advice once against all but essential travel to mainland spain. that means most travel insurance policies will be rendered invalid. there are fears that many people will now change their travel plans, and that would be bad news for the travel industry. what it's done is almost cancelled the end of the summer season. a lot of people are now fearful the government will put quarantine in place for other countries, not just for spain, as cases go up elsewhere. that means the revenues want to come in and many travel companies and airlines that were on the cliff edge a nyway airlines that were on the cliff edge anyway before this announcement, will not be able to survive the winter. labour said the short notice of the travel announcement had created a sense of panic and loss of control. it is calling for plans to support people where employers won't allow them to work from home. the tour operator tui has cancelled its flights to mainland spain. jet2 will continue to operate all its services to all of spain. that is seen as an unusual move in the foreign

every foreign service officer runs the same risk and very often they serve as individuals and community, they answer the call to duty to advance the interests of the united states. i count myself lucky to be a foreign service officer fortunate to serve with the best america has 2 off her, the last three years. >> if you were not moved by the testimony of marie yovanovitch you don't have a pulse. this is a woman who served in 7 posts, more than 30 years, hardship, places like somalia, kent. >> i can't imagine a better example of integrity then you have given us. >> those who served with you, those who aspire to be you and those you have served, you are excellent in the conduct of diplomacy. >> the best advice i received was to be honest, to maintain your integrity, tell the truth, that was difficult advice to follow in all circumstances but very good advice. >> take it from me and many others, there's nothing more gratifying than working for the american people, making the us and the world more democratic, more prosperous and more secure. [applause] >> please join me in welcoming lauren

in normal time, when the foreign office issues a travel warning, that country is effectively closed. but these are not normal times. some airlines are trying to make sense of this. some continuing to travel to spain and others not. the new quarantine rules for spain will have a devastating effect on the travel industry, even without the knock—on effect of a wider loss of confidence. infection rates are rising in other parts of europe and there are localised outbreaks in many places. the foreign secretary said he couldn't give any guarantees for travel abroad this summer. the number of people affected by the spain quarantine announcement is now becoming clear. travel experts believe there are 600,000 british holidaymakers in spain. but now everyone returning home to the uk from there will have to quarantine for two weeks. this includes people travelling from mainland spain, but also the canary and balearic islands. the spanish government is calling for some regional exemptions. in particular, our dialogue efforts at the moment are focused around excluding, from the quarantine measur

travelling against foreign office advised will invalidate your policy. if you are already in spain by the government advice change that you should be covered until you get home. if in doubt, check with your insurers. covered until you get home. if in doubt, check with your insurersm your booking, i think you're booking european holidays i think a lot of us are european holidays i think a lot of us are there's a lot of pent—up demand for the top of your concern of office advised changing it's a lwa ys of office advised changing it's always possible, book a package holiday because if you do that, if the advice change is when you are due to be travelling then the tour operator will let you go later on in the year. when the situation improves, go to another country or have your money back. that's the best way to protect yourself. the government refused countries on its safe level for a travel list every week. and if there are spikes elsewhere in europe than travel advice could change. at the moment, countries seen here are open for business. that includes

the foreign office says it's in contact with local police. thousands of protesters have marched through brighton in support of the black lives matter movement. many of the demonstrators wore face masks and held up placards with slogans including ‘decolonise everything' and ‘defund the police'. ceremonies have been held in bosnia today to mark the 25th anniversary of the sreb—ren—it—suh massacre, in which thousands of —year—old is in a stable condition. ceremonies have been held in bosnia today to mark the 25th anniversary of the srenbenica massacre, in which thousands of bosnian muslims were murdered. the killings were carried out by bosnian serb forces in 1995 during the fighting triggered when the country declared itself independent from yugoslavia. the killings were the largest mass murder of the conflict — and the worst in europe since the second world war. guy delauney has this report. it has taken a quarter of a century but these victims of the srebrenica massacre are now being laid to rest. surviving family members are

the new foreign office advice comes in the wake of rising coronavirus infections in parts of spain — especially in catalonia and neighbouring aragon and navarre. the government said difficult choices had to be made. whenever a decision is made, there will always be people who have just left the uk. there are always people behind and in front of the line. so there is no magic time at which to do this. the thing that we have to do is do it as soon as we are certain about the data and feel certain that it is time to act. and we take the advice from thejoint biosecurity centre very seriously indeed. and we don't delay when those signals come in. the advice against all—but—essential travel applies only to mainland spain. but everyone returning from any part of the country will have to self—isolate for two weeks. the level of infection is lower in some parts of spain. the regional governments of the canaries and the balearic islands are asking to be excluded from the need to quarantine. the tour operator tui has cancelled its flights to spain — other airlines are continuing to oper

office and of course as chinese companies are being discriminated against 1st of all if you do not have justice for one day doesn't mean it does not work it will not come back to haunt you look at what's happening in the united states and in the united kingdom for example for the black lives matter which really is taking many skeletons out of the closets in the u.k. and in the united states and you will know that injustice whenever inflict it may be exposed and it may have consequences many many years or decades or couple of centuries later so whatever the british government will do now which will be conceived as injustice to china will have consequences i that immediately or in the medium or longer term fundamentally in the chinese people want to. the friends with the british people and china wants to be a friend of the united kingdom while there's a big talk here of a cold war we all remember the opium war but are you not just becoming as bad as washington how can you have an article 38 of this new acting this mortal apply to offenses under this more committed against the special admi

the uk's foreign office is advising all britons not to travel on cruise ships at the moment, instructions which it says are based on advice from a government health body, public health england. john mcmanus, bbc news. travellers are being asked by airlines to check—in online where possible to reduce contact between people and wearing a face covering while flying is compulsory. katie austin spent the morning at gatwick airport to see the new measures in place and find out what the atmosphere is like as more flights resumed. summer holidays might be on again but the travel experience will feel very different. the tui desks are very quiet because they have not started their flights till tomorrow. easyj et a re started their flights till tomorrow. easyjet are already flying. when you get here, you will see lots of signs reminding you to keep socially distance from others, keep your mask on and when staff are involved in checking the bag drop, they are behind plastic screens. a few changes you will notice. in terms of the airport being quiet, yes, it has been really quiet. normally in g new

office before taking up a different career and then returning to government as a political adviser. there have been reports of tensions between sir mark sedwill and the prime minister's team. the issues of personalities is truly central here. there was briefings and leaks. how many were those briefings and leaks against you? it is never pleasant to find yourself as an official, in the midst of stories of that kind. i don't think it's ever pleasant and government whether it is against ministers, between them, or particularly against officials we have briefings that you cannot really reply, particularly to those that are off the record and sniping away. it is a regrettable feature of modern politics. the first minister mark drakeford has told the welsh parliament that face masks are not a "magic bullet" for preventing coronavirus. he was responding to a call from a brexit party member for face masks to be made mandatory in public in wales. face masks aren't compulsory in wales but are recommended in certain places, like on public transport. however they must be used on public transpor

former secretary of state george schultz, who famously said that the work of a foreign service officer is to ,end to the diplomatic garden doing the day-to-day gardening, so that the weeds don't choke off the sunlight. in diplomatic terms, that means keeping open channels with adversaries. when impossible to know they will be needed or for what. maybe to advance a trade agreement, maybe to press for compliance with an arms-control maybe even to, protect global health. inthere was a silver lining something as polarizing as an impeachment hearing, it was to give the public a chance to see for itself the talent, expertise, boys, and dignity -- poise, and dignity of our nation's foreign service officers. of theof the character woman we are here today, ambassador marie yovanovitch. as an educator at a university committed to global engagement, i want to thank ambassador yovanovitch for giving the american public the opportunity to understand better the values and professionalism of our foreign service. theank and congratulate hamilton lugar school of global and international studies for hos

the foreign office says it's in contact with local police. a 10—year—old boy is in hospital after being stabbed in bolton police say an 18—year—old man has been arrested following what they describe as ‘an isolated incident‘ early this afternoon on bridgeman street in the town. the 10—year—old is in a stable condition. the headlines on bbc news. tributes pour in forjack charlton — who played in england's world cup winning football team and managed the republic of ireland — after his death at the age of 85. 0pen air theatres, live music venues and swimming pools re—opened today in the latest easing of the lockdown in england. labour calls for the uk government to clarify its position on face coverings, after the prime minister said a ‘stricter‘ approach was needed in england. ceremonies have been held in bosnia today to mark the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre, in which thousands of bosnian muslims were murdered. the killings were carried out by bosnian serb forces in 1995 during the fighting triggered whe

richard moore, who is currently political director at the foreign office — and a former ambassador to turkey — will become the new chief of mi6, known as 'c". he will take over from sir alex younger in the autumn. a railway bridge has collapsed after a freight train caught fire and derailed in tempe, arizona. it's being reported that between 8—10 cars from the train left the track at tempe town lake, just west of the city of phoenix. emergency services are currently at the scene and other train services in the area are being re—routed as a result. police have not yet reported whether anyone was injured. earlier, i spoke to april wernecke, a reporterfor cbs in phoenix, arizona. ijust i just heard from ijust heard from fire officials down there, and they say they've been no major injuries, but one person has been treated for smoke inhalation. it's really pretty incredible that we haven't seen a more injuries because this is a train which caught fire going on a bridge, and then derailed, and the bridge, and then derailed, and the bridge collapsed right over a very popular park in o

first of all, check the foreign 0ffice of all, check the foreign office website, check your travel operator, check... if you've booked a package, check the person you booked that package with. if not, check the flight package with. if not, check the flight provider. and also speak to your employer, because when you come back in her that a0 day quarantine, will you be up to work from home? —— come back with that ia day quarantine? will you have to take it off as unpaid leave? many people cannot afford to that, so many people having to stomach losing money so —— losing money. -- losing money. so many questions. paul hopkins, thank you very much indeed. —— paul hawkins. 0ur correspondent guy hedgecoe is in madrid and he explains how the government there is reacting. the spanish foreign ministry has said that it respects this decision by the uk government, but it has also said that spain remains a safe place to visit and that these outbreaks of coronavirus that we're seeing at the moment are localised and are under control. now, this decision comes at a time when spain has been int

office re w. is converting this space into a field hospital with 19 patients. the director revokes wagon south africa is checking up on the site with $4000.00 beds it would be the largest hospital in africa but if you have almost 70 years as folks walk in . a factory and you would make this is the biggest producer of cause in south africa we export a lot from here into the world so that because part of all the all the supply chain the factoring set up so fast it's nothing unusual to spring into action and you can see that. many german companies offered their help mercedes in east london produces personal protective equipment b.m.w. and per toria provides hundreds of hospital beds and clinical oxygen together with south african partners siemens pledged to build 20000 ventilators by the end of august. the so-called national ventilator project is at the heart of the government's response to the virus xena down no more is the c.e.o. of siemens in south africa her company provided the digital platform

office. the department was set up in 1997 under the blair government. the current international development secretary was questioned about how and when the decision to abolish her department was taken. last week, i asked the secretary of state, what partner organisations and nongovernmental organisations were consulted prior to the announcement for the merger between the department for international development and the foreign commonwealth office. she said the statement of the merger was first made to parliament, and there's been ongoing consultation since then. this stands in stark contradiction to what the prime minister said previously when he told this house there had been massive consultation over a long period. therefore, was the prime minister aware he'd taken the decision without any evidence to support it, or did he mislead parliament to create an illusion of legitimacy to this ideologically—driven, disastrous merger? the prime minister made the announcement of the new departmental

we had the foreign office campaign last year about journalistic freedom around the world. the united states, we have usually thought of as a country where analyst could operate freely. yes, apart from the fact that there was a yes, apart from the fact that there wasa cnn yes, apart from the fact that there was a cnn reporter who was arrested live on air only a couple of weeks ago when he was filming from minneapolis, but actually this is quite a worrying trend. i am glad it is on the front page of the independent because it is a little known fact that analysts, you see them on the television, you read them on the television, you read them in the papers and you imagine they are allowed to go about their business unfettered, but they are clearly not. given john's colleague and also the reporter from the cnn we re and also the reporter from the cnn were both reporting for black lives matter protests, it does speak of a worrying involvement of either the police or politics to actually try to stop these messages being heard. let's talk about the front of the times. this is a wa

yet as cabinet met in person, spaced out today in the gilded caverns of the foreign office, it was clear the government wants to move on, with little desire to dwell on this awkward subject. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. we have just heard we havejust heard in laura's reports, the report by the commons intelligence and security committee described russian influence in the uk as "the new normal" — and said successive governments had welcomed rich oligarchs with open arms — without asking too many questions about the source of their wealth. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more details. the uk is one of russia's top intelligence targets, today's report said, but it questions whether the country is equipped to respond. the report details russia's aggressive use of spying, especially in cyberspace, stealing information. it points to its use of assassination, going after russians abroad like sergei skripal, poisoned with nerve agent in salisbury in 2018. and most significantly, it points to a long—running campaign of political interference, meddling in events arou

the uk's foreign office is advising all britons not to travel on cruise ships at the moment. instructions which it says are based on advice from a government health body, public health england. john mcmanus, bbc news. let's talk to the chief executive of the business travel association. good afternoon. what a difference to today's easing mean for you and your members? clearly, the quarantine relaxations i can easily travel industry, although the number of destinations remain fairly limited for us, with a number of key ones in europe that have not really opened up europe that have not really opened up at this stage. the industry has a long way to come back for us from business travel angle. is notjust about the countries, though, is it? how many firms are actually still wanting, permitting their staff to undertake business travel? you are right, it is limited at the moment. clearly from today, things are beginning to change. we have seen some enquiries around company is opening up, business travel, but it is going to be a long time to come back. we will not see too much troubl

that was then thrown into doubt by the announcement that the foreign common office will going to advise against all cruises. so again you have one step forward and then three steps back. it will be a very long call for the cruise companies. lease to you for coming on. —— lisa, thank you for coming on. —— lisa, thank you for coming on. the world—famous hagia sophia museum in istanbul — originally founded as a cathedral — has been turned back into a mosque. the building is the one of the most visited tourist attraction in turkey and has been a museum for over 80 years. today turkey's highest court ruled that the building should never have been turned into a museum as at all. within an hour president erdogan signed a decree declaring it would become a religious site open to prayer once again. it's the latest change of use for a place that has always reflected who rules the city. the unesco world heritage site was built in the sixth century as a greek orthodox cathedral, serving as the home of the eastern orthodox church for nearly 900 years. then following the ottoman conques

that's seen as an unusual move when the foreign office has warned against all but essential travel. andy moore, bbc news. the uk's biggest tour operator, tui, has cancelled all holidays to mainland spain until the 9th of august following the changes to quarantine restrictions. the company managing directorfor the quarantine restrictions. the company managing director for the uk quarantine restrictions. the company managing directorfor the uk and ireland says the government needs to create a more nuanced policy that will allow customers to go to less virus hit regions of some countries. we would really like, and i think we will need this going forward as the world evolves, a nuanced policy. so if there is travel advice that says you can still go to the canaries and the balearics, we would also like to have that backed up with a quarantine that obviously is not in place. if there is travel advice that says you can't go, we believe the quarantine should be in place. we wa nt the quarantine should be in place. we want a regional policy. that will be really important now. but cast your m

as anne says, if the foreign office says you can't go, so your insurance is valid so can't go, so your insurance is valid so you would be daft to try, but a lot will be have to be in a situation when you get the money back on the airlines will be worrying about not having enough passengers and we are back to where we we re passengers and we are back to where we were a few weeks ago. a lot of the stories in the last couple of weeks have either implicitly or explicitly given the impression we are at the end of this crisis, or perhaps at the beginning of the end and in actual fact, perhaps at the beginning of the end and in actualfact, this is only the end of the beginning and what we are seeing now with spain and what we might see in france and germany is that the situation can change very quickly on the ground, and the implications of that situation could be enormous and it's all very well saying, you can't tell people this quickly, give them warning, but we had a situation before lockdown of a warning that perhaps in a week there might bea warning that perhaps in a week there might be

the uk's foreign office is advising all britons not to travel on cruise ships at the moment. instructions which it says are based on advice from a government health body, public health england. john mcmanus, bbc news. let's take a look at the latest figures on coronavirus across the uk a further 48 deaths of people who've died from the virus in all settings have been recorded in the last 2a hour period. that takes the total number of deaths to 4a,650. and this afternoon we've had an update on the r—number, that's the key measure of how much the virus is spreading. to give us some more detail on that change to the r—number, i'm joined now by our health editor hugh pym. first, still people are dying from this fiver. that is right. tragic stories for the families of those involved. it has to be said though that the lines are pointing in the right direction for all the data on coronavirus. let's look at a few of the charts which have come out today and been updated. the daily death toll reported 48 but the rolling average, that is the solid line there, you can see the daily r

as cabinet met in person, spaced out today in the gilded caverns of the foreign office, it was clear the government wants to move on, with little desire to dwell on this awkward subject. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. today's report by the commons intelligence and security committee described russian influence in the uk as ‘the new normal‘ and said successive governments had welcomed rich oligarchs with open arms without asking too many questions about the source of their wealth. our security correspondent gordon corera has more details. today‘s report says the uk is not one of russia‘s top intelligence targets but questions whether the country is equipped to respond. the report details russia‘s aggressive use of spying, especially in cyberspace, stealing information and government secrets. it points to its use of assassination, going after russians abroad like sergei skripal. poisoned with nerve agent in salisbury in 2018. and most significantly, it points to a long—running campaign of political interference run out of moscow, meddling in events around the worl

and the foreign office has backed up that position. but the home office appears to be saying, no, you have to comply with the rules as they applied when you landed. it's a right old model. hopefully, we'll get some clarity later but for many of us who planned our travels on the basis of what he said on your programme last week, it's a bit of a mess! well, really confusing. simon, thank you so much. we will try to muddle the mess. always good to see you. take care. simon making reference to some of the restrictions, we will hopefully be speaking to nicola sturgeon in a few minutes. and will talk about the difference between the various regions of the uk. what‘s it like for businesses abroad who are waiting for british tourists? we‘re joined now by sue aspey, who owns the wigan bar in malaga. good morning to you. how are you? good morning to you. how are you? good morning. yes, very good, thank you. it's sunny here, it's beautiful. the sun is shining, the sea looks really inviting. i tell you what, we‘ve been asking this morning, o

the foreign office has also said travel on cruise ships should be avoided, meaning holiday makers with bookings risk having their trips cancelled. 0ur reporterjohn mcmanus has more. spain's tourist industry is keen to say hello to british holidaymakers as soon as possible. paul is heading there tomorrow. now we don't have to quarantine coming back in, it isa quarantine coming back in, it is a big help, knowing that we canjust go is a big help, knowing that we can just go out there, we can stay in the hotel, obviously taking all of the precautions such as social distancing and marks and everything and hence sanitiser and everything and the hotel seems to have it mostly under control. i of a hand sanitiser. most of us are more likely to venture abroad now that the travel quarantine has been relaxed but it is not straightforward. take europe. if you arrive from most places you now do not have to self isolate for two weeks. but some of these countries have restrictions when you arrive there. people travelling from anywhere else, including co ntroversially anywhere else, including controver

for that reason, the advice as of now from the foreign and commonwealth office is that all but essential travel to mainland spain should be avoided. tens of thousands of british tourists have booked holidays in spain. many are trying to work out what to do now while others have already given up hope. i'm a key worker and james is working full—time, so we couldn't get back and then have two weeks straight off work. that's not possible, so although we could go on the holiday because we've booked holidays, we can't come back and then stay in the house for two weeks. thatjust wouldn't be possible, so we can't then go on holiday because we can't come back and quarantine for two weeks. some flights from uk to spain have already been cancelled. what was hoped to be a big increase in tourism in the coming weeks now looks doomed. this is going to be absolutely devastating. there are tens of thousands of people who are booked to travel to spain tomorrow and in the next few days. effectively, nobody is going to be going on package holidays, but families up and down britain are going to be faced w

uk foreign office advises against taking a cruise holiday remains in place. spain's tourist industry is keen to say hola to british holiday—makers as soon as possible. paul is heading there tomorrow. now we don't have to quarantine coming back in, it's a big help, knowing that we can just go out there, we can stay in the hotel, obviously taking all the precautions — social distancing and masks and everything, hand sanitiser and everything. the hotel seems to have it mostly under control. more of us are more likely to venture abroad now that the uk's travel quarantine has been relaxed, but it's not straightforward. take europe. travellers arriving into the uk from most travellers arriving into the uk from m ost pla ces travellers arriving into the uk from most places now don't have to self isolate for two weeks. but some of these countries have restrictions when british people go there. those travelling from anywhere else, including controversially portugal, do still have to follow the quarantine rules. and people arriving into scotland from spain will as

china's foreign ministry has accused the u.s. of violating international law and says no documents were burnt in retaliation it's threatening to close the u.s. consular office in hand at the same time the u.k. is joining criticism of china for minutes dominic rob expressing concern about allegations that china has been involved in cyber attacks aimed at trying to steal research into coronavirus vaccines well we'll have more all night from london in a moment but 1st let's cross over to the u.s. and developments there was rosalind joel who's a role as the secretary of state really speaking but what's really behind the closure of the chinese mission in houston. well as so held as you just alluded this is part of an ongoing up pressure campaign by the trumpet ministration against what it considers untoward and uncivil behavior by the central government in beijing this is going to from everything involving human rights namely the ethnic leader population in western china to the crackdown on civil liberties and hong kong's political au