welcome to bbc news. the headlines... nhs workers and care staff will be the first to be tested after the uk government but a 10 million coronavirus antibody tests. knowing that you have these antibodies will help us to understand more in the future. if you are at lower risk of catching coronavirus, of dying of coronavirus and of transport knitting coronavirus. china will impose by decree a new national security law that will give it an even firmer grip on hong kong. scotla nd even firmer grip on hong kong. scotland prepares to start easing lockdown restrictions from next week. people will be allowed to do more outside. scotland's schools could reopen in mid august. another

2.4 million americans sought unemployment benefits last week, and it is now a middle—class suburbia queueing at the fred banks. —— food banks. welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we are covering coronavirus of elements here and globally. we will start in the uk, as the uk has been outlining plans for a wider testing for some health ca re for a wider testing for some health care workers, for a wider testing for some health ca re workers, carers for a wider testing for some health care workers, carers and residents will be among the first people in the uk to be tested for coronavirus antibodies from next week. the government has agreed a deal with the pharmaceutical deal with labs that will buy 10 million of the tests, showing if someone has already had the virus. the uk health

secretary matt hancock revealed that a study indicated that around 70% of people in london and at least 5% of people in london and at least 5% of people in london and at least 5% of people in the rest of england have already had the virus. it is of course not clear whether people who have antibodies are now immune. the health secretary also confirmed the government's u—turn on the immigration surcharge for health and social care workers and praised what he said was the massive contribution they made to health and social care and the nhs. elsewhere, there has been a large increase in the number of people claiming an implement benefits in the united states. another 2.4 million people have been added to the total debt now stands at 38 million. an the number of confirmed cases of covid—19 around the world has passed 5 million. the world health organization says there is still a long way to go before the coronavirus crisis is over, despite the number of new infections following in some countries. we will

have more than that, but first from oui’ have more than that, but first from our health editor. it is a test which can tell you whether you have already had coronavirus, and whether you might have immunity, and that is important for someone who needs to know whether it is safe to go into work. the test that looks for antibodies in the bloodstream will be available next week for tens of thousands of nhs and care workers and patients every day. we are developing this critical science to know the impact of a positive antibody test. and to develop the systems of certification to ensure people that have positive antibodies can be given an assurance about what they can safely do the target for tests was made yesterday. just over

63,400 were carried out in drive—through centres or hospitals. more than 41,000 were test kits. around 23,400 were from research and surveillance. some care workers say they are struggling to get tested. she had to go for a long drive after she could not pick a home test kit. it would always come up home test kit. it would always come up that home testing kits were unavailable. there was also no mobile testing when people come to your home to test you, so nothing like this. the only option is to drive. if you do not drive, you are basically stuck. widespread testing and tracing people that may have been infected by those who tested positive is seen as essential if any future spread of the virus is to be curbed, but it is a complex process. here is how contact tracing should

work. if i test positive for the virus, i would work. if i test positive for the virus, iwould be work. if i test positive for the virus, i would be contacted by officials, by phone or by e—mail and asked who i had met up with in recent days. that means meetings at less tha n recent days. that means meetings at less than two metres. face—to—face, not someone i might have bumped into ina not someone i might have bumped into in a shop. that might include for example friends i had spent time with and work colleagues i might have been in meetings with, or a wider circle of recent contacts. all that would then be assessed by a clinical team, and those people might be contacted and told to self—isolate for 14 days. they will also have a mobile phone app to help the tracing process. the prime minister says the full system will be in place by earlyjune, but some health leaders are sceptical.” be in place by earlyjune, but some health leaders are sceptical. i am less concerned about edging first date. the question is if we have an effective system in place, and we do not introduce further lockdown measures until we are absolutely sure that system works effectively.

for nhs staff, there is now a trial for a fast action test with results coming back in 20 minutes. it can be done on—site without having to go off to labs. another step in the move to a comprehensive testing strategy. china is proposing to introduce a new security law in hong kong that law in hong kong that could effectively ban the pro—democracy movement that brought millions out on to the streets of the territory last year. the topic will be brought before china's national when it opens on friday. one member of hong kong's legislative assembly called it the saddest day in the territory's history. there are already calls in hong kong for protests against the planned legislation. from shanghai, robin brant gave us the latest. this is the first significant move by beijing since almost a year of protests on the streets of hong kong, and it will be essentially on two levels. firstly, the protesters will see this as further evidence that the communist led government in

beijing is increasingly eroding the autonomy that hong kong has, particularly when it comes to the legal system, its education system and its police. secondly, it is the manner in which beijing may be able simply to impose these changes without having to seek the approval of hong kong's elected officials was that it has the ability to do that, it could go ahead and try and do that. if this national security law we re that. if this national security law were to change and there are reports that it will target any moves against a session, sedition and terrorism in hong kong, it will have an impact on hong kong's trading relationship, particularly with the united states is that it has a special trading rights that may change if this national security law is imposed. more details are likely to come on friday. it is likely to cause further protests as well on the streets of the territory. china's leader has spoken in the

past of crushing the protesters, who he blames as some others in the territory and others in the mainland do as well for bringing parts of hong kong to near paralysis over the past year, with at times millions of people on the streets. let us talk about the reaction in hong kong. martin lee — a hong kong politician who founded the democratic party criticised the proposals from beijing. he has criticised the reaction from beijing. china is going to break even more promises made to hong kong by keeping on doing these things. it is not just by keeping on doing these things. it is notjust the law by keeping on doing these things. it is not just the law which by keeping on doing these things. it is notjust the law which they intend to pass in beijing for hong kong, which is clearly in breach of thejoint declaration in kong, which is clearly in breach of the joint declaration in the beijing law. it is up to the hong kong legislature, our legislative counsel to enact a law in hong kong. the committee of npc cannot do it under

oui’ committee of npc cannot do it under our constitution, the basic law, but they are going to do it. quite apart from the draconian law which is going to be passed, it will be passed in beijing instead of in hong kong. now, ithink passed in beijing instead of in hong kong. now, i think they are afraid that they may lose control of the hong kong legislative council at the next election a few months later in september, so they want to start a precedent so that they can legislate for hong kong bypassing the hong kong legislative council, so it is a double disaster for hong kong. lord chris patten served as the last governor of hong kong. he says china sees the one country, two systems model as a ‘threat‘. the problem is that the president is a different sort of leader from his predecessors, and going back to one president who wanted to make one country president who wanted to make one cou ntry two president who wanted to make one country two systems work. he has tightened the control of the party everywhere from xin jiang to

tightened the control of the party everywhere from xinjiang to the way he has behaved, breaking international regulations, and they are frightened of having to deliver on the promises they made to the people of hong kong, the chinese people of hong kong, the chinese people of hong kong, the chinese people of hong kong, that they could live with the rule of law and the freedoms we associate with it. one country freedoms we associate with it. one cou ntry two freedoms we associate with it. one country two systems means what it says, and the idea that the freedom that people enjoy or have enjoyed in hong kong is somehow a threat, a seditious threat to china just tells you how nervous the chinese regime is about anything that allows freedom of speech, freedom of assembly or the sort of freedoms we all associate with the huge success that hong kong has enjoyed over the yea rs. that hong kong has enjoyed over the years. we can probably guess at what their reaction would be in hong kong. what do you think the international reaction will be? well ican international reaction will be? well i can tell you what it should be.

led by the united kingdom, which signed thejoint led by the united kingdom, which signed the joint declaration with china, and it is an international treaty lodged at the un. we should make it clear to the chinese that this is outrageous. the prime minister and the foreign secretary should make that absolutely clear. we should talk to our allies, our friends around the world, all of him have a stake into things. —— to make things. firstly... and secondly whether or not china can be trusted to keep its word was that there are all too many examples of that not being the case. the way it has actually used a preoccupation which everybody rightly has with fighting this awful epidemic, they have used that preoccupation in order to bully and harass in other areas, and one of them is in hong kong. the lockdown across scotland will start to be eased from the end of next week. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, says as long as the virus continues

to be suppressed people will be allowed to do more outside their homes — similar to the current rules in england. all schools are expected to reopen in the middle of august, with a mix of teaching in classrooms and at home. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. a sunny day like this in glasgow is called taps aff weather. running around with your top off is currently permitted, but it will be the end of next week before people in scotland can picnic and play sports, where they also be able to with one of the household outside, at a safe distance. i don't think we should be rushing into this too much, i think everyone should take their time with it. i think it is exciting that we get back you know, to people working. scotland is doing a really good job so i think we should trust nicola and just go for what she said. nicola sturgeon is completely upfront about being very cautious as she slowly and gradually eases lockdown. the opposition parties who broadly agree. the question will be whether the public are prepared to comply. there are stricter rules north

of this border because the rate of transmission in scotland may be slightly higher, but as there is more freedom in other parts of the uk, beach scenes and official figures should blow that lockdown in scotland is starting to fray. nicola sturgeon is facing criticism over the high proportion of deaths in scottish care homes, and she has been accused of trying to cover up a coronavirus outbreak at a conference in edinburgh. today announcement won't please everyone either. for me this is not and never will be a popularity contest. every single choice the government faces right now is a hard choice, and we have to get that balance right as we try to mitigate harm in one area, we open the risk of doing harm in another area, and that is a very difficult balance to strike. scottish schools will not be open for the summer holidays. they'll prepare the students to the turn part time for mid—august. before covid, building social housing was a top priority, but the virus halted

all construction on these homes. now they have installed all the safety measures they need, they are impatient to restart in a week's time. i think we're ready to go. you go to that site and it will be as if you're going to the supermarket in terms of social distancing, so garden centres opening and supermarkets etc, what difference? if we are ready, we are ready. outdoor construction is the exception, unlike in england and northern ireland, most scots are not being encouraged to return to work. three further phases of lockdown easing will be introduced gradually as long as the virus is kept under control. the plan for scotland is similar to other uk nations but slightly slower and a bit more cautious. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. we can speak to the deputy first minister of scotland, john swinney. it is very good to have you with us. some will question why you criticise boris johnson‘s stay alert message last week when basically that is the

advice in scotland. we have maintained the stay—at—home message because we think it is very clear and a decisive message that has encouraged people in scotland to follow the guidance over the last eight weeks or so. it has given us the opportunity to suppress the coronavirus and to make the significant impact we have been able to make, so we believe that message has a clarity and we want to maintain it as much as possible, with clarity as much as we can.|j maintain it as much as possible, with clarity as much as we can. i am confused. are you telling people to go out or are you telling people to stay at? we are saying to stay at home, but they will be given more opportunities to go out and about. as we did last week, we said people could take more outdoor exercise that we are now saying it is possible for people to go, in about a week's time, to meet members from household in the outdoors, which they cannot do under the current arrangements, and to take slightly longer journeys

arrangements, and to take slightly longerjourneys for arrangements, and to take slightly longer journeys for exercise, and various other measures are being relaxed. fundamentally, we are saying to people to stay—at—home if you can, because that will help us suppress coronavirus. the main difference is when schools will go back. you have the splendid model where people will go back in august and do part of the week in school and do part of the week in school and part of the week at home. is that to reduce class sizes and the pressure on schools? yes, because our skills are very large institutions. some of them have over 2000 pupils, some primary schools have upwards of 600 pupils within them. we can —— we simply cannot have that many young people and staff in the same place at the same time and deliver on the requirement which we will have to deliver on, which we will have to deliver on, which is the physical distancing requirements that will be right across the board in society. the blended model we have developed in partnership with the local authority collea g u es partnership with the local authority colleagues will be teaching professional associations and

pa rents, professional associations and parents, is about making sure young people can get back into formal schooling, but we do that in a safe way that is consistent with scientific evidence and advice we are receiving. the nhs confederation in england today said that, which represents nhs leaders, said that we should not be easing restrictions until there is effective trace, track and test systems in place. your systems are described slightly differently. you tag isolate onto that. can you explain that for us and tell us how many contacts traces you currently have available or will have available next week in scotland? we have 600 contact razors available already, and... did your own paper not say that you needed 2000? we will need that eventually but not from day one. we have 600 available to start the programme, and as you suppress the coronavirus, the importance of contact tracing

becomes ever more significant because you are trying to follow up the individual cases and examples that have been identified and putting in place the appropriate test, trace, isolate and support activity that is adherent in this time, and we have tried to suppress the coronavirus wherever it is in your country. thank you very much. for the ninth week in a row, millions of people will applaud health care workers across the uk that have been working on the front latest figures suggest that 193 health care workers have died in britain in this pandemic. the majority, 130 of them, are from black, asian or ethnic minority backgrounds. the latest intensive ca re backgrounds. the latest intensive care figures show 34% of those are also from black, asian or minority backgrounds. the government ordered a review into links between ethnicity and the virus. it will be published next week. we have this

report now. since it was created more than 70 years ago, the nhs has recruited workers from other countries to help build and sustain it. today, it's one of the most diverse workforces in the uk. they were very proud to work for the nhs, they were very proud to put the uniforms on every night... that has never been more evident than looking at some of the faces that work in the nhs. they were very proud to work for the nhs, they were very proud to put the uniforms on every night... sisters esther and mary worked as health care assistants in london. both were infected by the virus last month. mary, on the right, is still recovering in hospital. her younger sister esther didn't survive. her daughter—in—law says they were inseparable. they came from nigeria together, they had jobs together, they've always lived together, they've never been apart. when you join the army, you know the risks that you're signing up for, you know there's a possibility that you might not come home. with a nurse, that's not what you're signing up for.

last month, nhs england advised employers to risk—assess ethnic minority staff as a precaution. a government review, led by public health england, is looking at why people from these backgrounds appear to be more affected by the virus. evidence has been emerging that a higher chance of having other health conditions, so diabetes, hypertension, for example, people's living situations, the types ofjobs they do are all likely factors. but this is an incredibly complex area, and we still don't have all the answers. when it comes to the nhs, the health and care charity the king's fund says the staff set—up could be a factor. typically, people from an ethnic minority background will work in sort of lower to mid pay bands within the nhs — porters, cleaners, health care assistants, nurses. if you're working in a hospital setting, you are more likely in those roles to come into contact with patients who have coronavirus. douglas does part—time agency work

as a mental—health nurse. he says he's no longer doing shifts. i was scared, that's why i stop the shifts, and ifelt i didn't have the confidence to go to work, because when you don't have the right ppe and you don't have the right structures in place to support you delivering the care, that there becomes a challenge. the government is due to publish its review next week. officials say it will help inform the response to the pandemic. for families and workers, each key those at the heart of this and forgotten. —— are not forgotten. tolu adeoye, bbc news. at least 84 people have been killed as one of the most powerful cyclones in many years devastated parts of india and bangladesh. cyclone amphan caused flooding in an internatinoal airport in kolkata. it also uprooted trees, brought down electricity and telephone lines. west bengal and odissa in india,

and south—west bangladesh are badly affected. yogita limaye has this report. it hit west bengal on wednesday evening, and then plundered through the state for hours. in the morning, this is what the region's biggest city looked like. kolkata ravaged by what many residents say is the worst storm they have experienced. it started being really scary when these trees started cracking. they fell and we understood something big had happened. parts of the city are underwater from, including the airport. everything gone. across the border in bangladesh, more destruction. both countries have a lot of experience dealing with cyclones, they develop each year in the bay of bengal and evacuation measures save thousands of people. but it will be a while before they can build back their lives. the damage has been devastating.

the scale of devastation is quite big, so i would say about 50% of the people in our working areas are not going to be back home tonight. bit by bit, relief teams are working to restore and rebuild — cyclone season has just begun. many are hoping it doesn't get any worse. bbc news, india. the founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has defended its record of tackling minsinformation on the social network during the coronavirus outbreak. speaking to the bbc exclusively in his first broadcast interview in five years, he said facebook is removing all content which puts people in "imminent risk of physical harm". he also admitted the site had been unprepared for the level of state sponsored interference in the last us presidential election, but was in a better position now. here's our business

editor simonjack sorry for running a little late. that's absolutely fine. he has total control of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, which reach 3 billion people. he's worth $80 billion, but in some ways he's in the same boat as many of us, cooped up at home with the kids. we have two girls, you know, one four and one two... mark zuckerberg told me how facebook is approaching the problem of dangerous misinformation about coronavirus. we break this into two categories. so there's harmful misinformation that puts people in imminent risk of physical harm, things like saying that something is a proven cure for the virus when, in fact, it isn't. we will take that down. another example which i know has been very prevanlent in the uk has been 56 misinformation, which has led to some physical damage of 5g infrastructure, so we believe that that is leading to imminent risk of physical harm, we take down that content. stuff that isn't true but not imminently harmful can stay up,

but independent fact checkers will slap a warning on it. they have been 50 million since the coronavirus outbreak, but if posts are true, why leave them up? unless it is very clear it is going to cause real damage to someone in the near term, i think you want to generally allow a wider aperture of expression as possible across the internet. facebook was grilled by us lawmakers after millions of its users data fell into the hands of cambridge analytic, who boasted they could use it to influence elections. he insists the company will not be used asa insists the company will not be used as a weapon against democracy. we have learnt a lot about what way politics works online since 2016, and we have worked hard to mitigate threats, such as russia, iran or even china. countries that continue to interfere, we will see issues that crop up, but there is an arms race in that way. i am confident in our ability to protect the integrity

of the upcoming elections. a bold claim from the company, confident it has been helpful when the virus has tight interface because my grip on our attention. you are watching bbc news. once a day, not quite as warm as yesterday. over the next few days, things are going to cool down a little bit. we are also going to find a spell of windy weather over the next few days, unusually windy with rain and not necessarily where it is needed most of all. this band of cloud did not bring much rain today. this cloud looks much more threatening, a deepening area of low pressure with wet and windy weather to come. that rain starts to push into the western side of the uk later this evening and overnight as the winds picked up, that wind gets blown into scotla nd up, that wind gets blown into scotland as well. still dry over night for east anglia and the south—east. particularly warm here as well. in these areas, hoping to

see some rain, but the problem is the weather front driving that rain is weakening as it runs its way eastwards. most of the wet weather and windy weather is going to be closer to that deep area of low pressure. this is the rainfall accumulations over the course of friday, saturday and into sunday. little or no rain to the south—east, much wetter further north—west, with a focus of harry every rain in the highlands of scotland. a while as well. we start on friday with the wettest weather in scotland, a narrowing line of rain across england, and once that clears, the sunshine returns. some blustery showers blown in, mainly for scotla nd showers blown in, mainly for scotland and northern ireland. here we have the strongest winds, gusts of 50 or 60 mph. that will make it feel quite cooler than it has been of late, but still temperatures of 16 or 17 degrees to stop higher temperatures across eastern england, 22 or 23 degrees on friday. we have more windy weather and wet weather to come closer to that area of low

pressure overnight and into the start of the weekend. some wet weather continuing across the north west of scotland, other parts of scotla nd west of scotland, other parts of scotland seeing some rain as well. some blustery showers blown in across england and wales and northern ireland. a few may get through to eastern areas, but still dry. there was a temperatures continuing to take a dip to around 18 or 19 degrees. much cooler where it is wetter further north. more rain to come during saturday night and into sunday morning. during sunday, the rain eases off, not quite as windy and for many parts of the uk away from scotland, it may be dry with some sunshine. those temperatures are starting to get a bit of a boost, after 22 or 23 degrees.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nhs workers and care staff will be the first to be tested after the uk government bought ten million coronavirus antibody tests knowing that you have these antibodies will help us to understand more in the future if you are at lower risk of catching coronavirus, of dying from coronavirus, and of transmitting coronavirus. china will impose by decree a new national security law that will give it an even firmer grip on hong kong. scotland prepares to start easing lockdown restrictions from next week — people will be allowed to do more outside — schools could reopen in mid august. another 2.4 million americans sought

unemployment benefits last week — and it's now middle class suburbia queuing at the food banks. warm welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. as usual, we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first in normal times — tomorrow would have been one of the busiest days for british airports, as families head to the sun for the may half term holiday. but with most flights grounded the airline industry is looking at ways to allow flights to resume. heathrow, the uk's busiest airport, will introduce temperature checks for travellers at one of the airport's terminals. jon donnison reports.

if people are going to be flying again this summer, this will be the new normal. heathrow, the latest uk airport to be trialling body temperature scanners. as you come into the departures area, we will have a thermal scanner which will pick up if you have a heightened temperature. and if you do, we will take you to one side, and then there will be a series of questions and tests to see whether you are fit to fly. and if you are not, then, depending on the circumstances, either we will work with public health england to make sure you are looked after, or you mightjust go home and quarantine, as we all are doing at the moment. but then there is the issue of quarantine, which the government says will be introduced next month. anyone returning to the uk, or visiting from abroad, will have to self—isolate for two weeks, and provide their address. there will be an exemption for the republic of ireland, but not for france, as the government had first suggested. the boss of ryanair, who wanted to resume 40% of flights in july, has called the quarantine policy "laughable" and "unenforceable". the boss of heathrow is not far behind.

well, the current plan is that everyone would be quarantined, and that, effectively, would mean nobody is flying for the foreseeable future, so this can't be a solution for more than a few weeks while we get the crisis in health under control. but we do need a plan to open up our borders again, allowing people from countries that have very low risk of infection to come to the uk, and for people from the uk to go to those countries. but will the world's tourist resorts want visitors from britain, which has had the highest number of coronavirus deaths in europe? spain opened up some of its beaches for locals this week, but says anyone visiting from overseas will have to undergo two weeks quarantine. greece, with its idyllic islands, also currently has a two—week quarantine in place. it says it wants to open up its tourism sector from next month, as does italy. from june 3rd, the country will be open again to travellers coming from the uk, from the european union countries and the schengen countries, and we are going to do

that also together with some measure to make sure that when people come, they feel in a sort of safe environment. flights have now been grounded for almost two months, and while uncertainty about quarantines here and abroad remain, the summer holiday season seems most likely to be a domestic one. jon donnison, bbc news. after months of lockdown due to coronavirus it's unclear how quickly people will be able to travel abroad to go on holiday. it's complicated, asjohn said there in his report. in taiwan, the government has teamed up with stanford university school of medicine, to look into devising a new testing regime which could mean travellers having to spend just two or three days in quarantine instead of two weeks. drjason wang is in charge of the research at stanford

in california and is there for us now. we intend to conduct a randomised controlled fine work travellers will be assigned to a pretested... testing from stanford by... only those who tested negative can get on board. the hypothesis is that of the entire flight tested negative, when they arrive in taiwan they don't need as many days of quarantine, and we are working with the taiwanese government to take measurements or to do tests after the arrival of day one, day three, day five, date of seven, sort of in series to see that if we are going to be able to pick up if we are going to be able to pick upa virus if we are going to be able to pick up a virus among if we are going to be able to pick up a virus among passengers if we are going to be able to pick up a virus among passengers that had tested negative prior to boarding,

and the control group of course is just standard practice at the fro moment. both groups will get 14 days of quarantine. so let me make sure you have got this right. we have got six fights going from san francisco to taiwan, 500 volunteers randomised into two groups, and the idea presumably is to find out that if you tested negative fire to the flight, you tested negative fire to the flight, what is the latest that you could pick up a positive test upon arrival. is that light? yes, collect, so it is actually a thousand volunteers and 500 in each group. i see. let's thousand volunteers and 500 in each group. isee. let's presume thousand volunteers and 500 in each group. i see. let's presume that it is the success and when you pick up some these people that have tested negative and when they get to taiwan they get positive i am trying to think about how that would be handled at heathrow for example because of thousands of passengers that heading into the country, you

have to have a pretty robust test track and play system in place feel so on that sort of system. yes, i think that is new tests are being developed they are going to be not only pcr tests but rapid tests for the virus and so we are hoping that this is only the very beginning of trying something like this. obviously, if you have a large number of passengers you will need to test them quickly and trying to figure out their risk of boarding ourflight to figure out their risk of boarding our flight to any country, and in this case, working with the taiwan government, because taiwan is a relatively safe place right now. they don't have any domestic cases for over a month, but they do have imported cases from outside, so they wa nt to imported cases from outside, so they want to figure out how can they gradually ease trouble for foreigners to come to taiwan, and enjoy. we have got to try everything in this circumstance and i am not in any way pooh—poohing what you are trying to do here but i'm just trying to do here but i'm just

trying to do here but i'm just trying to involve of testing system where everybody begets on a flight that landed in taiwan or here in the uk then has to test on three days, on six days, on ten days, on 14 days. can we really do that? this is our experiment. so once we have figured out the minimum number of days to quarantine them we willjust do that. so if we figure out that three days is all as required, because we're not going to pick up anything after three days that we didn't pick up a foe, then we will just do three days quarantine after that, so during the experiment yes we have to test different days to figure out which day is the most appropriate, but after lee we com plete appropriate, but after lee we complete the experiment will be able to tell the world that according to this protocol, and also we are trying to figure out people's willingness to pay for a flight that is all covered negative and also what protocols are accessible to airlines and two passengers so there area airlines and two passengers so there are a lot of things that we are trying to figure out with this. said

just to conclude you are saying that you will know on which day that you need to test in order for people to come into the country safely. collect. the minimum number of days that we need to quarantine. mr wang, thank you for having us with us. i wish you the best of luck. the french education minister has told the bbc that poorer children are not returning to schools as much as those from wealthier families. some 40,000 primary schools and nurseries reopened in france last week , and parents have the choice about whether to send their children back to the classroom. but a hundred of those schools have already closed again because of suspected cases of coronavirus. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has this story. this is not a place with a radical image. but this conservative medieval town is now known across france as the place that refused to open any of its state primary schools because of three suspected cases of coronavirus. all have since tested negative. the town's right—wing mayor says her decision was very popular here. there is too much pressure

on parents, she says, because the government has asked each family to decide if their child should return to school. translation: i think it should be either obligatory or not, because it creates a sense of guilt for the parents. if they send their child to school when they get sick, they will feel guilty. if they do not and the child falls behind, they will feel guilty. if you govern, you need to take the decisions. the small high street here was full of parents wondering what to do when school finally reopen here on monday. translation: it is complicated, because we do not know how it is going to work. my son had some health concerns and i am reluctant to send him anyway. i feel a bit lost. translation: if we had been clearly told we could put our children back to school without danger, we would have put our son in school, but we were not reassured at all. more than 90% of parents here told the mayor they did not

want their children going back into class, even before the schools here were closed. the government has said this decision is voluntary. many parents are saying no. since last week, 20% of primary schoolchildren in france have returned to class. france's education minister told us that lockdown had created a social emergency by increasing inequality, and that reopening schools quickly was key. but the children returning to class are often those from wealthier families. it is true that children of those poor families are coming less than the others. that is why it was important to start in may and not injune, because we know that it is step—by—step that we are going to have this social action to the poor families. the government has issued 56 pages of detailed instructions to schools on how to keep their premises clean

and their pupils are safe. so much that's compulsory for teachers, say some, when attendance of children is not. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world has passed five million, as the rate of new infections continues to rise in many countries. health experts say the real number is likely to be much higher as many cases are unrecorded or undiagnosed. the virus has had a massive impact on the world of sport with games around the world cancelled, and the 2020 toyko olympics postponed until next summer. but will the olympics take place even then? the bbc‘s sport editor dan roan has been speaking to the head of the the international olympic committee, thomas bach. it isa it is a mammoth task. there is no blueprint for it and we have to to reinvent the wheel day by day with everything we are doing. so it is

very challenging and at the same time it is a very fascinating to have this opportunity. do you think the tokyo games are dependent on a vaccine being discovered ? the tokyo games are dependent on a vaccine being discovered? we are relying on the advice of the world health organization, with whom we are ready in a joint task. since february this year. they are, as the ioc, and we are in full agreement with ourjapanese friends and partners. we have established one principle, and this is to organise this game is in a safe environment for all the participants. we are now one year and two months away. nobody knows what the world will look like in one yearand knows what the world will look like in one year and two months from today. so, given the lack of certainty in how we are developing

our understanding, do you accept that there has to be some doubt over it will go ahead, or do you sit here today, 14 and still is a go of course, confident that it will go ahead? how would you describe it your confidence about it now? there is a clear commitment to having these games injuly next year. at the same time, looking at the scenario is what this may require. and the local organisers, mr president, have been very clear about this. they have said that if circumstances mean that the games cannot take place next year, there is no more postponements, that would then have to be a consolation. you agree with that. you cannot forever employ 2000 3000 people in an organising committee. you cannot every year to change the entire sport schedule worldwide of

all the major federations. entire sport schedule worldwide of all the majorfederations. you cannot have the athletes being in uncertainty, you cannot have so much overlapping with the future olympic games, soi overlapping with the future olympic games, so i have some understanding for this approach by ourjapanese partners. speaking to the organiser of the olympic committee there. in the past half hour, president trump has landed in michigan where he's due to tour the ford factory there. it comes as another set of unemployment stats have been published — 2.4 million workers made first time claims for unemployment benefits in the last week. that brings the total new unemployment claims over the last nine weeks to over 38 million, figures not seen since the great depression. here to discuss is katty kay.

didn't we use to build programme together? a very long time ago. i am hoping we still will. our colleague nick brian in new york tweeted today that there are as many people unemployed in the united states now is that our people in canada. stunning, isn't it? i mean the numbers are so much bigger now than the 2008 recession, they are bigger than the great depression of the 1920s, and i havejust come back from interviewing people downtown here in washington, dc, a restaurant owner, someone who works in real estate, they told me they don't think half thosejobs estate, they told me they don't think half those jobs are coming back, i mean literally not coming back, i mean literally not coming back which is stunning, so you think there is president from flying off to michigan and what is the conversation here, all about whether he is going to wear a mask on us in that plant and yet these numbers are so huge it is almost like people

can't get their heads around them so they are talking about masks and not they are talking about masks and not the fact that we're going to face a recession. is he going to wear a mask? i don't know i think he really doesn't want to. he said he had tested positive for the covid in the tested positive for the covid in the test he had tested negative and i think she is going to use that as the reason for why he isn't going to wear a mask so i suspect he's not going to want to this time around but you know who might know the a nswer to but you know who might know the answer to this question, christian? that is one christie. former adviser to bush. mr christie. can ijust say that i am so excited to say good afternoon to you both. it has been far too long my friends.

it is great being back with you and i look forward to beyond 100 days or whatever it is that we will go back to doing quite soon. mum and i actually live about 100 miles apart but we can't see each other. on that question, run, about whether the president is going what is going on here, we want presumably lead us to give clear messages and to be role models. in that sense, would you expect the president, if this was george w bush for example, would he wear a mask on a visit like this to michigan? good afternoon. yes, president bush, president obama, president bush, president obama, president clinton would all don a mask and why, because they want to ensure that the american people that they are leading by example. i'm a bit stunned, candidly, that the president of the united states donald trump refuses to wear a mask it oftentimes does not social distance when he and so many elected

officials around the country are telling people to take measures to be safe. if the president of the united states doesn't do it does don't you think that gives the impression to people, well, the president is going to do it, why do i have to do it? does it come back to where we were earlier in the week with that medicine he says he is taking to fend off any coronavirus, bots, you know, in leeds people questioning whether he is the right role model. that evening once again to you, christian. i find this whole thing to be bizarre. if the presidents position had prescribed this for the president to take to a potential effect of the coronavirus ican see potential effect of the coronavirus i can see that but the way that this came out the presidentjust announced almost offhand that he was taking it, that he is about to be offered this particular prescription, i think it sends mixed messages once again to the american people of, what should they do, and how should they react, and this is not a time for the leader of the

united states to be sending mixed messages to so many frightened people here in the united states and around the world who are quite concerned about the impact. stay there, wrong, because ijust want to look a little deeper into those unemployment figures that we are talking about. according to the us census bureau 47% of americans have either lost a proportion of their income since march 13 or have someone in the household who has lost income. a study for the federal reserve shows the economic impact the coronavirus has had for those earning less than $40,000 a year, and it says 40% have lost theirjob, and it says 40% have lost theirjob, and the really interesting thing, cathy,is and the really interesting thing, cathy, is what mick ryan has been out and still today because yes we have seen pictures of poorer people struggling in deprived areas in the bronx in new york, what we saw today is middle class suburban america in mercedes—benz, in suvs, lining up for food. take a mercedes—benz, in suvs, lining up

forfood. take a look. we don't normally go in search of hardship in the tree—lined communities of american suburbia, but it now it is easy to find. this is the leaping queue for a food bank in new york's commuter belt. cars normally used for school pick up on the weekly shop, now a marker of middle—class need. some had waited more than five hours, bumper—to—bumper, in a tree that stretched more than a mile. come here now. for organiserjamie scott, traffic control has become a major problem. eight weeks ago, in the early days of the shutdown, he saw 65 families. now it is 600. and look at the class. a mercedes and expensive suvs. e cialis of starting mercedes, starter bmws, high—end toyotas, the problem is that people

are going now without five or six or seven paycheques and it is starting to catch up. they need food it is the most basic thing. guys, it is going to be three families! at the front of the line we met people who had well—paid jobs before the coronavirus brought such economic destruction. people who have never had to rely on aid. this woman is a flurry struggling to make ends meet. we have to pay the rent, gas, all that stuff. i mean, you have got a beautiful car, did you ever imagine you would be lining up for food? no, never. have you got any income at the moment? know because i work housekeeping so people don't want people to get into their families or households because they have families and kids and we have kids too. so you are not making any money at the moment? yes. so you

need this food? yes. we are witnessing the biggest economic shocks since the 1920s. what has been noticeable here is the dwindling number of parents who believe their kids will enjoy more abundant lives. that long and believing economic progress that gives this country so much energy and so much drive. covid—19 has dealt yet another body blow to the american dream. what's good is it if we save american dream. what's good is it if we save everybody from the virus if we save everybody from the virus if we let them all starve to death? with desperation comes anger. freedom! liberty! this an x lockdown processed in staten island, one of new york's most affluent areas, this isa new york's most affluent areas, this is a protest from members of the not used a mounted protests who believe that this is bob of their their

liberty and money. the open up new york, that's right, and if you can't do that give these democrats out! you are killing us! this is a situation that shifting the ground beneath our feet, more consequence than 9/11, bigger than the great recession, even in the most prosperous parts of america, lives have been changed forever. you know what, mum, when people are queueing forfood it you know what, mum, when people are queueing for food it seems always class to talk about politics that it matters because it matters in terms of leadership and what policies are implemented. is it possible for president trump? i mean, look back at history, is it easy for him to get re—elected when the economic numbers are this bad? you have to go all the bait way back to 1900 when william... was running for election and tragically he was assassinated

in1901, and tragically he was assassinated in 1901, but you have not seen an american presidents win the election since1900 so if i were donald trump sitting in the white house right now i would be very concerned that a lot of americans, right or wrong, i going to blame him for the economic downturn that we are seeing here in the united states. but i look at that woman in nick's package that he says that if you can't reopen the economy get the democrats out because there is a chance here for donald trump because if there is a recession and it gets worse they might blame those who have locked it all down. you look at all these blue straits, new york, california, michigan, when there are so many people who are so desperate to go back to work and their elected officials are telling them know and there is a growing backlash, i think, here in the united states against those who are saying we can't go back to work so yes, that is going to be very interesting thing to watch. more complicated thanit thing to watch. more complicated

than it looks. definitely so. it has been great to see both, let's do this is every thursday, we are going to get together for 50 every thursday. —— get togetherfor 15 minutes every thursday. time for your weather around the country. we are also going to find a spell of windy weather and there will be some rain but unfortunately not where it is needed most of all in this band of rain won't bring much cloud later today, this cloud looks much more pressing, a deeper area of low pressure was on wet and windy weather to come in that lane starts to put into the western side of the uk later this evening and overnight. as the winds pick up that then gets blown northwards into scotland as well, still dry over night for east anglia and the south—east, and particularly one here as well. in these areas you're properly hoping to hear some rain but the problem is that the weather front that is

driving that rain is weakening as it ru ns driving that rain is weakening as it runs its way eastwards and most of the wet weather and indeed the windy weather is going to be closer to that deep area of low pressure. so this is the rainfall accumulations over the course of friday, saturday, and in the sunday. little or no rain towards the south—east, much wetter further west with a focus for the heavily rain in the highlands of scotland, over a month's main here, also very windy for a while as well. we start with the wettest weather in scotland, a narrowing lack line of rain and across eastern england, once a close in the morning sunshine returns, there will be some blustery showers blowing and mainly for scotla nd showers blowing and mainly for scotland and northern ireland and it is here we have got the strongest winds, gusts of 50 or 60 mph and of course that will make it feel cooler thanit course that will make it feel cooler than it has done of late but we're still looking at temperatures of 16 or 17 degrees, higher temperatures across eastern england 22 or 23 degrees on friday. more windy weather and wet weather to come closer to the area of low pressure overnight and into the start of the

weekend, so wet weather continuing across the north west of scotland, other parts of scotland seeing some rain team, and there will be some blustery showers blowing in across england, wales, and northern ireland. if you may get through to eastern areas were still generally dry here. this temperature is continuing to take a bit of a date to around 18 or 19 degrees. much cooler weather it is wetter further north and there will be some more rain to come during saturday night and into sunday morning the i'm just tending to east off. bubbly won't be quite as windy and so for many parts of the uk away from scotland it way well be dry with some sun sign their stuff just doesn't get well be dry with some sun sign their stuffjust doesn't get a bit of a boost up to 22 or 23.

it's 8pm on thursday evening and, for the ninth week in succession, people right across the uk are showing their support and appreciation for nhs staff, for key workers and for carers. and we start with this remarkable gentleman, centre of the screen, dabirul islam choudhury, with friends and family in east london. he's raised over £175,000 by walking laps of his garden during the month of ramadan. and all to help those affected by the pandemic here in the uk and in bangladesh.