there was supposed to be one to malaga this morning from here at gatwick. that won't be happening. but easyjet on the other hand, their flight but easyjet on the other hand, their flight to malaga did take off. british airways also are continuing to run their flights for the time being. amongst the travel operators and the airlines, obviously a lot of disappointment at this decision. some of them i saying, well, why are you closing down the entire country when there is a lot of regional differences, as we were hearing, within spain? the governments of the ca nary islands and within spain? the governments of the canary islands and the balearic islands are trying to get exemption from this decision that british holiday—makers should go into quarantine. also worth mentioning that this is a uk wide decision. sometimes the devolved governments going different directions, but this decision applies in scotland, wales, northern ireland and england. so eve ryo ne northern ireland and england. so everyone returning to the uk from spain will have to go into this very stringent quarantine f

easyjet, their flight to malaga took off. british airways are also continuing to run their flights for the time being. and most of the travel updaters and the airlines, obviously a lot of disappointment —— micro operators and the airlines, a lot of disappointed. some my saying, why are you closing down for the entire country when there are a lot of regional differences, as we were hearing, in spain at? the governments of the canary islands and the balearic islands are trying to getan and the balearic islands are trying to get an exemption from this decision that british holiday—makers should go into quarantine. also worth mentioning that this is a uk wide decision. sometimes the devolve government going different directions but this decision applies in scotland, wales, northern ireland and england. so everybody returning to the uk from spain will have to go into this very quarantine for two weeks. they are not supposed to take public transport if at all possible to get to their destination, and once they are there they

the family of a british man, after reports he fell from a hotel balcony in southern spain police in malaga told the daily mail that they were "investigating" the death of two men in marbella after "one man landed on another man, killing him as well". 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

heading off to malaga today on the first flight from cardiff since lockdown began. aviation companies have shed tens of thousands ofjobs. a month—long blanket quarantine didn't help. france's president macron has named jean castex as his new prime minister, following the sudden resignation of edouard philippe. hours after mr philippe's resignation, it was announced that a french court would open an inquiry into the way his government has handled the pandemic. from paris lucy williamson reports. france's republican guard offers little protection from politics. at the prime minister's residence today, power was transferred at arm's length. no handshake allowed to mark the fresh start for president macron‘s government or its new post—coronavirus look. the new prime minister is a right—wing mayor with a strong southern accent, described in one report as a swiss army knife with connections everywhere. jean castex was propelled to the front line of french politics during the coronavirus epidemic, after years in the shadows as a senior civil servant and assistant t

heading off to malaga today on the first flight from cardiff since lockdown began. aviation companies have shed tens of thousands ofjobs — a month—long blanket quarantine didn't help. this is bbc news. our main headline this hour. president trump is facing criticism over his plans to celebrate american independence day at mount rushmore — with no compulsory face masks or social distancing. more now on that story. medical experts are warning that the normal us holiday celebrations could create infection superspreader events and worry the impact of fourth ofjuly events could be catastrophic. we can now speak to dr joshua barocas, who's assistant professor of medicine at boston university school of medicine and infectious disease physician at boston medical center. thank you very much for talking to us. my pleasure. thanks for having me. so how very worried are you about this weekend? you know, the whole situation right now is quite frightening. i think we generally thought, maybe we would be in a little bit of a lull, but it's quite clear across the country we'v

police in malaga told the daily mail, that they were "investigating" the death of 2 men in marbella, after "one man landed on another man, killing him as well". 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 bosnia

wendy says she is due to fly to malaga on the 22nd of august. if the quarantine stays in place and they are permitted to change their flights with easyjet, they would like to move them on a year to next august. however, the same flights next year are significantly more expensive. is there anything we can do? probably have a look at changing the dates outside of the peak season next year. certainly the flight pricing, it is more expensive next year. you can kind of understand that, as the market settles down. but i would suggest to have a look outside of the school holiday period and you should find flight pricing slightly more sensible. thank you. kevin, this is from l. she says how is the government supporting employees you can't go to work for 14 days? that isa can't go to work for 14 days? that is a good question and what the government to say might be two different things. there is a suggestion that ssp, statutory sick pay, may well cover the circumstances but at the moment, even due to the changes, given the changes that happened in april,

sue, your bath as we opened in malaga. give us an idea of some of the precautions you have had to put in place to meet social distancing. the ta bles place to meet social distancing. the tables are somewhat further apart than they would normally be, and other than that, there isn't a great difference, really, in our particular bar. we have had to remove tablecloths and cushions so that we can sanitise all the tables and chairs as people have left ready for other customers. we have got sanitiser gel for everybody to use as they come in. it is pretty much as they come in. it is pretty much as normal, really. and have you been busy so far, since you are able to reopen? certainly not busy. we opened on the 23rd ofjune, and it was very, opened on the 23rd ofjune, and it was very, very slow. it is just beginning to trickle up now, nothing like a normaljune, but in the circumstances, people are coming with families, children, etc, so hopefully things are getting a little bit to the new normal. michelle, you have lived in benidorm

certainly, in spain, in andalusia, in malaga, you will be safe. it's lovely seeing that sunshine. i think you need to ta ke that sunshine. i think you need to take a moment, get into that water! four years? the countryside is so beautiful. i like going out into the villages and things. generally, doing a bit of touring around, rather than sitting on the beach. but maybe i will follow your advice and have a dip later. i am with you, sue. you stick to what you enjoy. so lovely talking to you. thank you so much. goodbye. the time now is a 20 8am. today, we mark the 80th anniversary of the battle of britain. we saw that spitfire taxiing earlier. matt is at the imperial war museum in duxford. he is responsible for all the weather and i think he has messed i weather and i think he has messed n weather and i think he has messed up! can we please have that sunshine we had in spain? we have been defeated by the weather i am so very sorry. the spitfire, you can see here, back from its taxiing. you cannot have desperately low cloud, the spitfire has to run on visuals. we have looked at this

we can speak now to dr andras szigeti from chelmsford who arrived in malaga yesterday. good morning to you. explain this because people will be fascinated by the journey you are about to embark on, you travel that yesterday, you we re on, you travel that yesterday, you were coming back when? well, tonight, unfortunately. we were planning to stay for ten days but we are leaving tonight. quite an expensive journey for what may be 24, 48 hours. altogether we spent about £600 for this trip, yeah, pretty expensive. so 1200. people this morning will look at this and, yes, we knew spain was on the list of permitted places to go to without having to quarantine coming back. there was always the risk it could be added. did you consider that before you went? i did consider it but i signed up for the government website so i was paying quite close attention to what is happening in spain. we have a couple of friends down here who sent us the most recent reports, and we did make the final decision and i am checking in on ourflight final decision and i am checking in on our flight yes

dr andras szigeti from chelmsford arrived in malaga on saturday, only to fly back yesterday. you flew back yesterday, how was your brief holiday? it was absolutely fantastic for 24 hours but we return and as you see, i have a floral pattern on just to bring a bit of sunshine under this gloomy monday. thank you. lots of people in a position like you to decide what to do. i know you woke into the health system. why did you decide to come back? the reason why we decided was the 14 days of quarantine would have been an absolute hit to the family budget so we decided to fly back as soon as we good although yesterday we got the news as well that key workers do not need to quarantine but my other half does the two quarantine unfortunately. so you could have had your holiday as it turned out? yes. how do you feel! absolutely devastated. i feel a little bit let down by the government but, if this is the way it is in the covid—19 outbreak and we cannot change it. your partner is going to have to quarantine. yes. and what are you going to do?” going to have to quarantine. yes. and w

suzanne was supposed to fly to malaga next week. it has changed our minds, really, about whether we should always shouldn't go because actually, you could be in this situation again in a couple of months, you may have chosen a different destination thinking it is safe now but actually just before you're about to go, or actually even if you are away, then your plans could change and you might be stuck somewhere. more than half of stansted's flights today were to or from spain. across the country, tens of thousands of holidays will be disrupted. but ministers insist the quarantine should apply to the whole of spain. we have seen, of course, that the virus is most rampant in the northeast of spain, but we've also seen instances of the virus rising across spain. so, of course it's an imposition on folk who were looking forward to their summer holidays, but i think most recognise that the most important thing that we need to do is to work together across united kingdom to keep everyone safe and healthy. but tonight, the fallout continues