this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump launches a major push for a vaccine to be rolled out by the end of the year. but is it achievable? we are getting ready so that when we get the good word that we have the vaccine, we have the formula, we have what we need, we are ready to go as opposed to taking years to gear up. the rate at which coronavirus spreads has gone up across the uk and is now close to the point where infections may rise again. brazil's health minister has quit less than a month into the job — he's the second one to leave the post since the pandemic began. and germany's top football players urge their fans to keep their distance and stay at home when the bundesliga kicks off on saturday.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first... president donald trump has announced a new plan to fast—track the development of a coronavirus vaccine. mr trump said he hoped a vaccine would be in place before the end of the year and the military could help distribute it. experts have warned that it would likely take 12 months or more to get a vaccine ready. here's some of what mr trump had to say. it's called operation warp speed. that means big, and it means fast. a massive scientific, industrial and logistical endeavour unlike anything our country has seen since the manhattan project. you really could say that nobody‘s

seen anything like we're doing, whether it's ventilators or testing, nobody‘s seen anything like we're doing now within our country since the second world war. incredible. its objective is to finish developing and then to manufacture and distribute a proven coronavirus vaccine as fast as possible. again, we'd love to see if we could do it prior to the end of the year. that is what president trump had to say. lets get the analysis from our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghue. this operation warp speed attempting to do what has not been done before that which is develop a vaccine in record time, the president laid in his speech with superlatives, the biggest, the best, the greatest, the past this and all that kind of thing and in the meantime of christ there is the science that gets in the way of all of that and you do not know

how long it is going to take to develop a vaccine and may be more than one vaccine. when he is saying in this as well is they are going to produce, planning to distribute so they have the means in place when they have the means in place when the times comes to send this out to possibly 300 million people and management has been charged with organising the vaccine. he said it was an incredible target even though he said it was extremely challenging. trains get americans back as quickly as possible even without the vaccine. yelling he said vaccine or not we without the vaccine. yelling he said vaccine or not we are without the vaccine. yelling he said vaccine or not we are back and we fight through it and sometimes there is not a vaccine in which case carry on and it goes away, which i am assuming it means the virus goes away and that does not always happen. so essentially he is saying the vaccine is a big push but in some ways it is political cover

because at the end of the year we have the general election here and if there is no vaccine then donald trump does not want to tie his whole political fate to the fact that one has not happened or not so i think there is a bit of training, a bit of hedging if you would like, going on for a straightforward political reasons and putting in a decent amount of effort to produce this vaccine. unclear whether they are ready to co—operate that much with people around the world and whether it will be done here in the united states. we have no ego, we will work with anyone else around the world and of course there are other leading institutions around the world not the least in britain, who are world leaders in this field. how much appetite as they are amongst the people in america, i know obviously different states, but they are doing is very different and how much appetite is there to get back to normal as soon as possible with

yellow it is largely geographical i would say. in the south particularly which perhaps has not seen the levels a pa rt which perhaps has not seen the levels apart from places like louisiana and other places have a lot of opening up starting to happen there and it is worth staying in georgia that started opening, one of the first states to start opening up and was criticised for doing so, their infection rates have largely stayed flat or if not fallen so there is some counterfactual evidence in favour of opening up at this stage but there is a warning that if it goes too fast and too far, there will be spikes that you are seeing in virginia, which borders washington where i am here, not necessarily in that northern parts of the city, some will be allowed to open without outdoor seating where boris and in maryland that will be some shops open as well say you can see the impetus beginning to roll out across the country and everyone is waiting to

see what the consequences are going to be. that is our washington correspondent. the rate at which coronavirus can be spread across the uk has gone up, and is close to the point where infections may rise again. the reproduction or ‘r' number, needs to stay below one to control the spread, but rates vary across the uk, and could result in stricter lockdown measures in some areas. here's our science editor, david shukman. some areas are hit harder by the virus than others. the north east of england seems to have one of the highest rates of infection. it's thought that one factor could be deprivation. but whatever the cause, the council in gateshead wants to move more cautiously than national government. we don't have the same powers as scotland and wales and northern ireland. if i had those powers, if we had those powers here in gateshead, i'm absolutely certain that we would be imposing the same restrictions as in scotland and in wales and northern ireland. so, our social media message

from the local authority has stayed exactly the same — it's "stay at home". where possible, stay at home. that pressure for different approaches across the uk is driven by different estimates for rates of infection, what's called the r number. one new study says london now has the lowest rate. at one point, it was suffering the worst of the outbreak. then the midlands. anything below one means the virus is declining, but the south east, east, south west and north west are all closer to that threshold of one. with the north east and yorkshire having the highest rate of all regions in england. scotland is thought to be in the range of 0.7—1, and wales and northern ireland 0.8—0.9. there is a geographical march of it really, a spread of it geographically from london and the cities outwards. so, the north east isjust perhaps later than other regions in acquiring the virus and then having the epidemic. but there may be other factors. and we do know that disadvantage has

certainly, in hospitalisation and in admissions with severe disease, disadvantage and in certain populations, it seems to have a more severe effect. the scottish government was the first to declare that its restrictions would stay in place for the time being. and like everywhere, there's a struggle to work out exactly how fast the virus is spreading. there may well be differences between urban and rural, but the further we go into smaller geographic areas, the greater the uncertainty that there is in making those assessments. but at the moment, the advice i have is that the most reliable way of reporting the r number is in the range we report it and at a scotland—wide level. the uk government says restrictions may be relaxed at different rates. but that could be difficult to manage if some people are free to move around and others are still in lockdown. david shukman, bbc news.

more worrying economic news out of the us today. figures show retail sales slumped more than 16 percent in april — their biggest everfall. manufacturing output has also suffered a record drop, as states across the us imposed lockdowns in the face of the pandemic. and all this on the back of thursday's figures showing 36 million americans have now applied for unemployment benefits in the space ofjust two months. here's our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. this is further confirmation of the economic damage we are seeing from the coronavirus to the world's biggest economy, on the retail sales front we have millions of americans stuck at home under a shelter at home orders unsurprisingly you have this massive drop in retail sales and the biggest area we saw this drop was in clothing. if you look at what is going

on in the retail sector, there are many companies that were struggling even before the pandemic and they are in a tough situation and we have seen some bankruptcies, j crew, neiman marcus and there is speculation as to what will happen next to the department store jcpenney. it is notjust retail. we know restaurants and bars are closed so spending and that sector is down and it is one of the areas where they are spending more is groceries because they are at home more. there was a second survey, focusing on the industrial sector that showed an 11% drop. it was a sharp decline and again what we are seeing is that is that manufacturing, all the factories that were first to close when shelter in place took effect has a terrible effect. car production for example is down some 70% and that is having a knock on effect. well, the economic news out of germany isn't great either.

europe's biggest economy is in recession after shrinking by more than two per cent in the first quarter of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic. it's germany's biggest slump since the financial crisis more than a decade ago. the uk chief brexit negotiator, david frost, says "very little progress" has been made, in the latest talks with the eu on future trade arrangements. he accused the eu of including proposals which would unfairly bind the uk to european laws. his counterpart, michel barnier, described the talks, as disappointing. teaching unions in the uk say they're still unconvinced about the wisdom of sending more pupils in england back to school, after meeting government advisers to discuss the policy. russia has launched a mass screening programme for coronavirus antibodies. the hope is that the test results can allow the authorities to map their way out of lockdown. it comes in a week where president vladimir putin announced that the full, nationwide lockdown was over and instructed regional leaders to decide when to lift restrictions.

0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has visited one of the testing centres. moscow has just begun a mass screening programme for covid—i9 antibodies. this clinic is one of those that has signed up. people are being invited here randomly and sent text messages across the city and invited to come for a test. they marked red crosses on the floor if keys build up so people can keep a safe distance as they had inside to give blood. they are giving intravenous blood samples that are sent to the lab to be tested for antibodies against coronavirus if they have been sick with the virus in the past

and may have some immunity in the future. the same time at this clinic they are taking swabs and testing people for coronavirus itself to see if they are still impacted so it is a screening programme that was launched here. of course there are still questions whether antibodies give anyone any type of immunity and whether they can still carry coronavirus. even as those questions are debated

around the world, russia has moved forward with the screening programme without hope it will map a programme with hope it will map a way forwards in this pandemic because the city is still under it lockdown and people are getting frustrated, they want to begin to return to their normal lives in the hope is by screening and testing as many people as possible russia can begin to see a way forward. stay with us on news, still to come... the power of public opinion. we take a look at how the uk's climate change policy could soon be dictated by the masses. the pope was shot, the pope will live, that is the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon as a italian commentator put it, terrorism has come to the vatican. the man called the butcher we nt vatican. the man called the butcher went on trial and the french town where he was gestapo chief. willie

mandella never looked like a woman's sentenced to six years in jail. the judge told mandel that there was no indication she felt the slightest remorse. china called for an all out i'll effort to help victims of the earthquake. the computer deep blue trying to overrate the chess champion. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been done and massachusetts. god bless america! this is bbc news, the latest headlines... president donald trump announces a new plan to fast—track a coronavirus vaccine, to be in use by the end of the year.

brazil's new health minister nelson teich has resigned less than a month into the job. mr teich took on the role after his predecessor was fired over disagreements with president bolsonaro over the importance of social distancing. brazil is worst hit by coronavirus in latin america, with more than 200,000 cases. 0ur latin america correspondent katy watson joins us from sao paulo. he did not last very long and the post and neither his predecessor so they are constantly being undermined by president bolsonaro. it certainly isa by president bolsonaro. it certainly is a thankless task for the health minister working under bolsonaro. he did not last a month and he gave a press co nfe re nce did not last a month and he gave a press conference shortly, an hour or so ago and he said, he did not give reasons for why he was leaving but

he thought the decision today was to go. and he certainly was not as vocal as his predecessor and was very critical of the way he disagreed over the importance of social distancing and certainly not quite... they disagreed on issues such as the early stages of coronavirus and social distancing and certainly he did not, i guess he was not as bullish as bolsonaro wanted. to search goes on for the next person and see if he will fall in line with bolsonaro or the rest of the world. as this goes on neighbours around brazil expressed serious concerns that they are paying the cost of imposing lockdown while costs and brazil continues to rise. peru locked down very quickly

and there is. i think brazil is the outlier here and certainly... you have to be careful because the state government has taken the message of locking down and it is advised to stay at home but it is going even though they are much tougher and disagreed with the way bolsonaro handled the epidemic and do not think he is doing enough that many people and sao paulo believed that there could have been a temperate lockdown earlier on and numbers are rising and the government does not look like anywhere near top of the curve at the moment. how do they feel about how the president has confronted the pandemic? he has lost his popularity and those who voted for him perhaps feel that... he talks about the change in brazil is

not something they want with the way they see him handling the pandemic. to an extent bolsonaro has a point that the economy, worrying about the economy and what that means for brazil's poorest and he speaks to people of our suffering and they feel forgotten, by the president and he is getting out one piece of advice and the governors are giving out another and it is causing confusion in the confusion can lead to people stopping isolating and thatis to people stopping isolating and that is that people are getting up and wanting to go back to work and needing to go back to work because they have been in a quarantine restriction imposed for quite some time but we have anything concrete coming from the top and that is their concern, and it will affect their concern, and it will affect the number of people who are dying. thank you for that analysis. across europe, some nations have taken tentative first steps in easing restrictions on travel. germany has said it will open its borders on the isthjune —

barring any rise in new infections. spain has implemented a mandatory 14 day quarantine for anyone travelling to the nation. whilst the baltic states — estonia, latvia and lithuania — have opened their borders to one another, allowing residents in all three nations to travel freely in a ‘travel bubble'. at the beginning of this year more than a hundred people were gathered together, to create a citizen's assembly, hoping to find ways of reducing carbon emissions to virtually zero in the uk by 2050. but with the coronavirus lockdown prohibiting in—person sessions, the group has been meeting online, and the last session is this weekend, to finalise recommendations to the government. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has that story. i don't think climate change was something that i was very concerned about. i was a little bit concerned about it but it definitely wasn't something i thought about every day.

leah could have a big impact on the way we live our lives. she spends most of her time looking after horses, but since the start of the year, she's been taking part in the uk's first climate assembly. we need something that will work, notjust a pipe dream. there are 110 climate citizens, chosen from a large pool of randomly selected people to represent all walks of life from across the uk. they are being asked to work out how the uk can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, looking at everything from how we generate electricity to choices about transport. there's a lot of different opinions of how we should go about getting to net zero, and we don't always agree. you could be in london and public transport could be all electric, and you could be in a rural area where there may be no public transport, so you have no choice but to have a car. so what personal choices with these assembly members make to cut emissions?

i would probably look to eating less meat and probably get better cuts. i was looking at electric cars. but, living in a flat, there is no charging places. go with quality over quantity. i would buy clothes that were more expensive and last longer. there is no financial benefit of improving your house more environmentally. it doesn't add value to your house. turning the heating downjust by a couple of degrees and making the kids put theirjumper on. the climate assembly was supposed to have concluded back in march, but then the coronavirus pandemic struck, so, like meetings up and down the country, the assembly has moved to video conferencing. so, how has the coronavirus changed the way you think? it has proved that a lot of people can work from home if need be. we all know if you stop flying and driving cars, the airs going to get greener, but i think at some point the money will run out. so, will a green

recovery be possible? the key fear is that the climate change policies or... would all be pushed to the background. this is a brilliant opportunity tojust restart in an entirely different way, focusing on more green jobs, retraining people in different industries. with the assembly nearly complete, a report will soon be submitted to mps. leah hopes it will make a difference. if we get a chance to influence how government policies are made, it's really important that the government hears the voice of the people. the german bundesliga will resume behind closed doors on saturday, becoming the first european league to restart following the coronavirus shutdown. fans and officials from other european countries will be watching closely to see how safety protocols work, and what will it look with empty stands? jenny hill has this report from dortmund. they'd love to pack the stands to welcome football home. instead, these fans will be watching at a distance. "the thrill is gone," he tells us.

"football without spectators isn't for me." dortmund's team in training and in quarantine before their match. players and staff at other clubs have tested positive in recent weeks. there's still no guarantee the season won't be called off again. dortmund's amateur pitches are out of bounds but at this children's club we met one of the few people allowed into the bundesliga match to work this weekend. translation: it's great it is restarting, people need entertainment and professional athletes are like modern gladiators, they can help distract people from coronavirus or money worries. this country is taking tentative steps towards a new normality but surveys suggest a majority of germans think it is too soon for football and there is still no live ballet, opera, theatre. for a dancer, i think this should also be the same measures

as football, it doesn't matter whether it is football or ballet, it should be treated the same way. germany's top flight players spreading the public health message. many fear their fans won't listen this weekend. translation: there is a big risk of trouble. we don't think our fans will stay at home. they could be violent. it is a health risk for my colleagues. no victory cheers, no groans of defeat in these so—called ghost games. germany appears to have brought its corona outbreak under control for now. it is symbolic that this footballing nation should send the players back to the pitch. it is also, as far as many here are concerned a bit of a gamble. jenny hill, bbc news. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmaryam thank you for your company, we will

be back in a couple of minutes. goodbye. good evening. it certainly has been a week of contrasts. we start off with a cloudy, cool note. that northeasterly flow really having an impact on the feel of the weather, with temperatures struggling perhaps in some places to get into double figures. then we had clear skies and night—time frost. in actualfact in northern ireland, it was the lowest may minimum for nearly a0 years. however, slowly but surely, the temperatures have recovered a little, and we close out the week with one or two of us seeing potentially 20 celsius. high pressure will dominate across england and wales, but as we move into the weekend, this weather front will bring more significant rain, particularly to the extreme northwest. we start off saturday with some showers across north west scotland, a few showers into northern ireland, i—2 maybe into northwest england, as well, and still pretty windy here with gusts in excess of a0 mph.

sunny spells across england and wales, and in the sunshine it will still feel pleasantly warm — 17—18 celsius not out of the question. the more significant rain arrives as we go into sunday. for some in the highlands and islands, we could see 50 mm, a couple inches of rain here. and it will be windy with it, too. for northern ireland and eastern scotland, the rain is lighter and patchier, but england and wales a degree or so warmer. we could see temperatures peaking at 21 celsius. now that weather front will continue to drift its way north and east, so as we head into monday, it means that the northern isles may well see a pretty disappointing day. but a slow improvement for all with showers across the northwest of scotland, but sunny spells starting to come through. and into the afternoon, it will be pleasant and a degree or so warmer still, high teens widely across england and wales, 22 celsius the highest value here — not quite as warm in the northern isles under that cloud and rain. tuesday will be drier and warmer still, pretty much across the country a pleasant day.

and as we head through the middle part of the week, that's when we are likely to see potentially the warmest of the weather. the high pressure really building itself, drifting slowly eastwards. but this weak weather front may well trigger off a few sharp showers into the north yet again. however, the wind direction is driving up this warm air from the south, and it'll stay with us, meaning widely we will see those temperatures perhaps peaking at 21 celsius for glasgow, 2a celsius for birmingham, but highest values possible of 25. take care.

this is bbc world news. the headlines: president trump has announced a new plan to fast—track a coronavirus vaccine, to be in use by the end of the year. but experts have warned that it could take 12 months or more to develop. the rate at which coronavirus spreads has gone up across the uk and is now close to the point where infections may rise again. the reproduction or ‘r' number, needs to stay below one to control the spread. europe's biggest economy, germany, is in recession after shrinking by more than 2% in the first quarter of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic. it's the biggest slump since the 2009 financial crisis. and the uk chief brexit negotiator, david frost, says "very little progress" has been made, in the latest talks with the eu

on future trade arrangements.