Lockdown restrictions are being eased again in England. The government says leisure facilities and beauty salons can reopen gradually over the coming weeks.

On 12 June outdoor swimming pools re-open along with some grassroots sports such as cricket.
On 14 June beauticians and tattooists, spas and tanning salons can open their doors again, although with restrictions for some high-risk treatments.
On 25 July indoor pools, gyms and other sports facilities will be able to re-open.

Restrictions are also being eased for the performing arts, with the return of live theatre and opera.

Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Sarah Corker in Oldham and Colleen Harris.

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Ukraine is set to be approved as an EU candidate at a leaders’ summit in Brussels, after the European Commission gave the green light.

Ukraine applied days after the Russian invasion and the process has since moved at a record speed.

Candidate status is the first official step towards EU membership but it can take many years to join and there’s no guarantee of success.

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After ten months of trade negotiations with the EU, the Prime Minister has said there’s a strong possibility of no agreement on a …

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Poland’s president is among those calling for Ukraine to be granted EU membership, as an estimated 200,000 refugees have crossed into Poland.

One couple at the border, originally from Morocco and living in Ukraine, told the BBC how they have spent over 24 hours on a train followed by a 70km walk to reach the border where refugees were separated into different queues, one for Ukrainians and one for non Ukrainians. The couple have now entered Poland.

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Eight people have been killed and hundreds injured in protests in the occupied West Bank.

The number of Palestinians killed in confrontations with Israelis this year, in the area, is already more than 70 – the highest figure in five years.

The worst hotspot for violence has been in the Palestinian village of Beita, where locals began organising the recent protests after hard-line Jewish settlers set up a new outpost on land claimed by Palestinian olive farmers.

The BBC’s Middle East Correspondent, Yolande Knell reports.

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