this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. new quarantine rules for travellers to the uk. visitors face fines, for not self—isolating. asa as a transmission rate across the united kingdom falls, and the number of travellers arriving in the uk begins to increase, important cases could begin to pose a larger and increased threat. scientists advising on plans to reopen schools in england say the evidence on how likely children are to transmit covid—19 remains "inconclusive". it is safer for my own child and of the children if i keep him off. they should concentrate on the older children. a plane carrying nearly 100 people has crashed into people's homes in the pakistani city of karachi, but there are at

least two survivors. lawmakers in hong kong protest against china's new security law. but the territory's leader is backing beijing's right to impose it. 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? we are going to start in the uk where the home secretary has been setting out new public health measures. they include 1a days' self—isolation for anyone entering the uk, bar a short list of exemptions. with the threat of a £1000 fine, $1200 dollars, for anyone caught flouting the rules. the government will introduce the proposal from 8th june, to help prevent a second wave

of coronavirus infections. the new measures won't apply to medical staff tackling covid—19, hauliers and frontier staff, seasonal agricultural workers, nor indeed those arriving from the repubic of ireland. when people land in the uk they will be expected to travel to their final destination by car, where possible, and not use public transport. they should not leave their residence for 1h days, and they should not have people visit, except to provide essential support. they will also be encouraged to download the nhs covid—19 app at the border. elsewhere, president trump has called on state governors across the us to let places of worship reopen. brazil posted a record number of deaths from coronavirus yesterday, taking the total death toll there to more than 20,000. and in spain, the government has announced that madrid and barcelona,

which until now were excluded from the loosening of lockdown restrictions, will be able to reopen museums, hotels and bar terraces from monday. more on those stories in a moment, but first here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. soon, almost anyone arriving into the uk will have to self—isolate for two weeks. most people on this flight from amsterdam into manchester thought it was a good idea. we have just come off a klm flight. it was jam—packed full of people, and who knows who has got coronavirus? after some confusion, the government now says only people arriving from the republic of ireland will be exempt. medical workers will too, and people like lorry drivers who transport goods. fruit pickers won't be able to travel away from the place they work. anyone who flouts the new rules could face a £1,000 fine. the home secretary said it was the right time for this measure. as transmission rates across the united kingdom fall,

and the number of travellers arriving in the uk begins to increase, imported cases could begin to pose a larger and increased threat. is it fair to assume now that most summer holidays abroad will not happen this year? this is absolutely not about booking holidays, we have to be clear about, you know, we want to avoid a second wave and that is absolutely vital. but the travel sector, already battered during the pandemic, will be hit even harder. airlines believe mandatory masks, gloves and temperature checks will be enough to get more flights moving safely again. sadly, it is like a lot of borisjohnson‘s strategies, it isjust make it up as you go along. the boss of ryanair says the quarantine is... bonkers, and unimplementable. the real issue here is, the people arriving into the uk, take for example heathrow and gatwick, get on the london underground or the gatwick express to get into london, to where ever it is they are supposed to isolate, so the whole purpose

of isolation is defeated. and this travel agent in surrey currently has no summer bookings. alistair says the quarantine could push him under. i think it will be the final nail in the coffin for mine and many other businesses if this continues. travel companies say it is now vital that the government does bilateral deals with other countries with low infection rates, so some trips abroad can happen this summer. tom burridge, bbc news. let's speak now to tony smith, former director general of the uk border force. good to have you with us. do you see any problems for border staff in enforcing the new rules? there is a lot of work to be done. this is unprecedented in my a0 years experience in the business. of these kind of measures. but we are living

ina kind of measures. but we are living in a president of times. i think there is some work to be done. that's unprecedented time. that is why the government announced a two weekend limitation period was up they said that does require communication with the travelling public but also with the airlines and the airports to figure out how this what will work in practice and we did here some detail today. there will be a declaration required from everybody. but that will be electronic wherever possible. that will be submitted as part of the electronic booking process. there will be spot checks at the ports of arrival, to make sure that declaration has been completed. and then as you say, and countries, people will have to or will be required to self—isolate for a period of 1a days with subsequent and country checks by public health and country checks by public health and the police to make sure that people are doing what they said they would do. specifically for border staff, who are seeing people coming through the borders, you say there

needs to be work done in this two week period. 0n needs to be work done in this two week period. on what? what work systems need to be improved? week period. on what? what work systems need to be improved7m week period. on what? what work systems need to be improved? in my day at the border we had to fill out paper forms and declarations, lending cards, which didn't really work for us that we recently abolished those and have technology 110w abolished those and have technology now at the borders. we don't have to fill out forms. i was nervous about that because filling out forms either on a flight or on arrival does cause delays in it would require additional bureaucracy so i'm really require additional bureaucracy so i' m really interested require additional bureaucracy so i'm really interested in how this would work electronically. some people would be submitting an electronic declaration. and also i'm interested in how this might work with the e gate that we have. they are not programmed at the moment to read electronic declarations but we do move more people in this country through electronic gates than anybody else does in the world. i do think there is some practical issues about how this would work, get to be thought through but it is pretty clear the government are serious

about this. there will be penalties but for not complying and people may be refused or denied boarding or access to the country if they do not comply. and also subject to penalties and countries and if they are not self isolating in accordance with the declaration they have made. i'm not advocating this, but what would something to be to stop people flying from dublin into the cake to the common travel area ? flying from dublin into the cake to the common travel area? each country has to develop its own measures. —— into the uk. in different circumstances for dealing with potential coronavirus race. it is right that we would have a travel bubble within the common travel area with ireland, we do not have routine passport controls anyway. between the uk and the republic of ireland. it is right that we should allow free movement around the common travel area and i think what we will see, this is a temporary interim measure. review and three weeks' time. more pressure to start to open

up time. more pressure to start to open up other routes through these things called air bridges or tribal bubbles, where we can have mutual recognition agreements with other countries but that is a step too far at the moment for the government, right now this is a serious quarantined requirement and it will come into force according to days announcements on the 8th ofjune. great to get your thoughts. thank you. a plane with 99 people on board has crashed into a residential area in the pakistani city of karachi, minutes before it was due to land. the airbus a320 was enroute from lahore in the north of the country when it came down in sight of the runway. more than a0 bodies have been recovered with dozens more feared dead. 0ur pakistan correspondent secunder kermani has the latest. these are the mums were the plane crashed to the ground. panic and chaos at the site.

this residential area is just a short distance away from the airport. rescue workers combed through the debris, looking for surviving passengers and injured locals. this man, head of a major bank, was pulled out from the wreckage alive, but otherfamilies have been left distraught. translation: we pulled out a small child and his mother. they are both alive. then we found two dead bodies on top of the building. there might be a few more bodies up there, with the rest under the plane, but we just don't know yet. the muslim festival of eid is this weekend, and many of those travelling would have been hoping to celebrate with loved ones. karachi's health workers were already stretched, dealing with coronavirus. the city has been the epicentre of the country's outbreak. now a state of emergency has been declared in all major hospitals. the head of the airline said, in the pilot's last communications, he described a technical problem.

they are now investigating what happened. there will be questions for airline authorities. there have been other crashes in the past, too. but first, for dozens of families, instead of eid festivities there will be funerals. secunder kermani, bbc news. the uk's government's scientific advisers have released their advice, which underpins controversial plans for primary schools in england to re—open for some pupils, on june first. it says the risk of a rise in infections is "very, very small, but isn't zero," and teachers are not at above the average risk for other professions. the group also suggested an effective track and trace system needs to be in place, before schools in england can fully reopen. the advice comes as the number of deaths reported in the last 2a hours has gone up by 351 that takes the overall total in the uk, to 36,393.

0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has the latest on the government's plans for some schools, to reopen. helping families on this estate in leeds, food not lessons needed now. for parents like daniel, with three kids to feed. there you go, enjoy. he won't send his six—year—old back in june. i understand where they are coming from but i can't take that risk. i don't want it spreading further. so it's safer for my own child and other children if i keep him off. as families loaded up, some with older children worried about lessons missed. year tens, i think, need to go back, but primary school, i think they are too young to be able to not get them to interact. if parents here were looking for greater certainty, today's inconclusive advice won't provide it.

evidence weakest on how much children passed the virus on. looking at the other areas where the r rate is rising. at this primary school, few parents feel confident to return. in the six, we had nine at a6 parents willing in yearsix, we had nine at a6 parents willing to send their children back. in year one, we had one out of 60. in reception, we had nobody. and teachers union said tonight there is still too much doubt. nobody wants to get back to school more than i and thousands of other head teachers, but we've got to make sure it's safe for the staff and the children before we do so. the science around this new virus is still emerging, and teachers and parents know that. while in england children are due to start coming back injune, scotland and northern ireland, based on the same science, have said they'll be waiting until august. i miss being in the

classroom with children. this reception class would be stripped back before any return. the scientific models rely on good hygiene. i think it's good they are looking into the science but that only goes so far. it's still quite a new virus, and really how much do we really know about it? i don't think there has been a long enough time period and i think, speaking to teachers and people who work in schools is probably equally important. with all of these questions, its clear decisions will end up being local. ultimately it will be for the schools to decide whether they are ready for this and whether parents are confident that they will send the children back. for every child in class now, millions more missing out on learning, on the safety of school, and other risk to be weighed before any return.

there has been strong international condemnation of china's proposal to introduce a new security law for hong kong. britain, australia and canada issued a joint statement which said introducing such a law, on hong kong's behalf without the direct participation of its people, legislature orjudiciary, would clearly undermine the principle of one country two systems. the us secretary of state mike pompeo condemned what he called beijing's "disasterous proposal", saying it "should be reconsidered". the law, which would be imposed by decree, was submitted at the annual national people's congress, which largely rubber—stamps decisions already taken by the communist leadership. it will ban sedition, secession and treason which means any protests could be punished more severely than in the past. article four says beijing can embed national intelligence agencies in the hong kong government to oversee its enforcement. beijing would be able to place the measure into the basic law — that's the mini constitution on how hong kong is run —

effectively bypassing the territories' own lawmakers. pro—democracy reformists in hong kong's assembly mounted a small scale demonstration — waving placards to disrupt proceedings. earlier, carrie lam, hong kong's chief executive, gave her backing to the draft law. translation: we have seen the alarming sign that we have terrorism. well, since last year, we have seen the escalation of violence in relation to the nt amendment bill protest. we have got home—grown explosives, and there were firearms jeopardising personal safety and security. at the same time, people were advocating hong kong independence and self determination. earlier i spoke to persident trump's former chief economic adviser, gary cohn, who told me how the us—china trading relations could be impacted by china's actions.

if you look at us china relations ships, the us was always having an issue with chinese imports in the united states because it felt that china did not pay their workers a living wage and that the chinese company did not have a profit motivation where us companies had to pay a living wage and had a proper motivation and therefore the chinese companies were able to produce goods ata companies were able to produce goods at a cheaper price than the us competitor. so i think what is going on now with additional government stimulus will only amplified this discussion. you are the pragmatist when he came to china. i know you wa nted when he came to china. i know you wanted to renegotiate the trading arrangements with the beijing. but do you foresee a problem, we have hong kong at the moment and their reaction over the coronavirus, we have the huawei issue, so many difficult issues with china at the moment. do you see or foresee a

problem that we might be going to a cold war status with china? problem that we might be going to a cold war status with china ?m problem that we might be going to a cold war status with china? it is a possibility. and with the move today with hong kong, it is clearly not helpful and you saw the reaction from the secretary of state. we as american citizens i think we want to have a free open and transparent relationship with china. but we want the chinese to treat their citizens fairly and have human rights campaign their workers a living wage. and if china is going to continue to try and dominate and not live up to the agreements, i think that will create more attention, not less tension in a world right now that has enough other problems. he was the former president of goldman sachs and the chief operating officerfor sachs and the chief operating officer for the sachs and the chief operating officerfor the bank, sachs and the chief operating officer for the bank, if sachs and the chief operating officerfor the bank, if the sachs and the chief operating officer for the bank, if the special status for america has with hong kong is taken away, what problems does that create for american companies there and is it leverage that washington can hangover beijing? i do think it is leverage.

most american companies in most international banks are domicile in hong kong because they can cover all of the asia regions and cover into mainland china and they don't have to be regulated and they don't have to be regulated and they don't have to be regulated and they don't have to be licensed by the chinese. so it isa to be licensed by the chinese. so it is a perfect place to be and that has been that way for many decades. if the chinese try and overregulated the international banks and international companies in hong kong, with the same laws they have an mailing china, i would think that you would see many of those international banks and cut companies leave china and hong kong for sure and probably go to places like singapore where it is a much more friendly business environment. does that mean that china with we denied access to foreign currencies and borrowing and this sort of things they might require?” and borrowing and this sort of things they might require? i don't think it will go that far. there will still be international banks in

mainland china sr today. there are some international banks that have licenses to be in mainland china. they are huge access all the international companies that sit hong kong way change their inner workings and relationship with the rest of the world. brazil has become the sixth country in the world to report more than 20,000 deaths from the coronavirus, amid warnings the outbreak hasn't reached its peak. in the worst hit state, sao paulo, which has suffered more than 5,000 deaths, one cemetery is holding 60 burials a day. presidentjair bolsonaro, has repeatedly dismissed the risk of the virus. lets go back to the advice published today by the uk government's scientific advisers on the plans to reopen primary schools in england on the first ofjune. the report says teachers do not appear to be at greater risk of catching coronavirus than other professions, but there is still some risk if schools re—open. let's get more on this from the former chief scientific

adviser to the uk government — sir david king — who has also set up a rival panel on covid—19. good to have you with us. this document says the risk of chilled and catching coronavirus much lower for children than adults, it is no more dangerous for teachers than any other key worker. so why the need to delay? actually, i don't think the report actually says that. the risk of children getting coronavirus is not a very well—known fact but i think both the independent sage group and sage itself will say it is about the same. and of course, however the impact on children is much less. so i think, can ijust say what i think the real issues are? first of all, the school play a critical role in the development of

children emotional, social and intellectual capabilities. but it is also important to acknowledge the schools are embedded within communities. and so when we in the independent sage group have looked at this, we are looking at how schools impact on adult staff in the schools, do children contracting the disease and vice a versa, and also pa rents disease and vice a versa, and also parents in local communities. and on this basis, we really say we should have major areas of local community interaction because it is up to local communities to see the decisions on school reopening art made at the local level. involving all stakeholders. and i don't think we feel that not enough has been donein we feel that not enough has been done in this area yet. speaking to that point, are you saying that we should be taking to into account the regional disparities and that should guide which schools reopen?

absolutely. we all know there are big regional disparities. there is a really big difference between schools that are middle—class areas in the schools and the areas that are more deprived. and we also know for example the bme community is more affected by the virus. more death rates, and that community in that part of the community that in the more the private areas usually. it does vary depending on which schools and which communities you are looking at. you advocate the independent sage group that there should be a two week delay to the government plan. what difference do you think that would make? what we did was use sophisticated mathematical modelling to estimate how likely it was that children would go down with the disease depending on when we open the schools. so we looked at the 1st of

junein schools. so we looked at the 1st of june in the 15th ofjune and we looked at the 1st of september. now the main point is that the rate of infection in the country at large is diminishing week on week. and so the likelihood that a child either picks up likelihood that a child either picks up the disease i'm going to school or takes it into school is dependent on this infectivity rate in the population at large. and so we are simply saying if we modelled this going forward and the model is quite secure, that if we go between the 1st ofjune if the 15th ofjune, we would half the amount of infection that the schools would be explosive. and as we move to the first september, the rate of infection drop dramatically. this is a very important piece of input but of course it is not the only input. we really need to look at the importance for children to get back to school, so we are not suggesting

that we should simply wait till the 1st of september. but we should not jump 1st of september. but we should not jump the gun too early. the other factor, let mejust jump the gun too early. the other factor, let me just say that the two key requirements, the level of infection in the community at large should be low. the secondly, we must see the test track and isolate the strategy around that is fully operational before we can say that make if it was operated by the ath ofjune, with a change your opinion? no. the level of infection in the country at large i'm suggesting would be too high. in the calculation indicates we should at least wait for two weeks before we sent children back into school. sorry to interrupt you. just at a time. i get your point. you had gave usa time. i get your point. you had gave us a good amount of why we should delay. grateful for your time. thank you. sir david king there. plenty

more coming up in the programme. including reaction to that new law for hong kong. stay with us. there has been a lot of sunshine abound today but also a lot of wind and rain, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. gale force winds, some vicious gusts of wind and through the course of the weekend, that is where the worst of the weather will be, in the north—west of the uk. the reason for it is this spinning area of a weather system. a storm, a low pressure side sleeping us. it will eventually be pulling away in the second half of the weekend but as far as saturday is concerned, we're certainly going to be feeling the effects of it. through the course of the night, remaining very windy with rain at times across western scotland. windy northern ireland and the north of england. elsewhere, clear skies with just a few showers and a breeze in the with temperatures

of ten degrees. here is the weather map for the weekend. this is saturday and you can see the low pressure is very close to northern scotland. a lot of white lines, the isobars, that means the wind is racing into the centre of that low pressure. strong gusts through saturday, strong for the time of the year, and that rain just continues. a lot of rainfall in western parts of scotland. to the south, there will be lots of sunshine around, scattered fairweather cloud quickly zooming across the sky carried by the strong gusts of wind. even in the south, winds could exceed a0 miles an hour. this time of the year, it will take twigs and branches of trees. a real blast on the way for many of us. eventually, saturday night into sunday, the low pressure pulls away and scandinavia. the winds died down and high pressure starts to build in from the south. that means the weather is looking absolutely fine for most of the country on sunday. temperatures in fact picking up to 20 degrees in the midlands. you can see through the course of monday and also into tuesday,

that high pressure continues to build across the uk. so, monday, a lot of fine weather across the country but across the north west, we are expecting wind and rain, an optically heavy or strong but it will be noticeable in stornoway. in the south, it will feel like summer again with temperatures up to 25 degrees. the indication is as we go through the course of the week, those temperatures will only rise. i wouldn't be surprised if next week temperatures at least in the south and central areas of the uk hit the high 20s.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. new quarantine rules for travellers to the uk. visitors face fines for not self—isolating. as the transmission rate across the united kingdom falls and the number of travellers arriving in the uk begins to increase, imported cases could begin to pose a larger and increased threat. scientists advising on plans to reopen schools in england say the evidence on how likely children are to transmit covid—19 remains "inconclusive". a plane carrying nearly 100 people has crashed into people's homes in the pakistani city of karachi. more than a0 bodies have been recovered, with dozens more feared dead. lawmakers in hong kong protest against china's new security law. but the territory's leader

is backing beijing's right to impose it. hello and a warm welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. there's been strong international condemnation of china's proposed new security law for hong kong. britain, australia and canada have said introducing such legislation would undermine the principle of one country, two systems. the us secretary of state mike pompeo called the proposed new law "disastrous". robert lawrence kuhn is a long—time adviser to the chinese government. he joins me from los angeles. robert, it's really lovely to have you with us. we've had plenty of reaction from hong kong in the last one for hours but i want to understand where beijing is coming

from on this. what do you think the thinking is behind at coachella it is critical to understand the importance of this year, 2020. china said does not send ten every goals, the... 2050, for modernisation. 20a9 is the 100th anniversary of the people's a public of china. moderate society? was that mean? there are two pillars, one is economic development and increasing the standard of living in the chinese people. that is civilized this year by the limitation of all extreme poverty in china, remarkable accomplishment for some other site is national pride, sovereignty of the country. —— the other side. hong kong has been a thorn in the side of

this vision of national pride. the national security legislation was pa rt national security legislation was part of the original base accord. hong kong was supposed to itself. they tried in 2003, and so this is the time it has come as part of this moderately prosperous society, the great rejuvenation of the chinese people, president xi and his leadership have decided must be resolved. on the sovereignty issue, internationally, should we see the fight of hong kong as a precursor to the fight over taiwan?|j fight of hong kong as a precursor to the fight over taiwan? i think there we re the fight over taiwan? i think there were certain similarities, but as i see it with hong kong, there will be protests but at this point, with most of the world focused on the covid—19 epidemic, i think there will be more words than ancient. ——

words than action. the business community, i hate to be cynical, but they've a look at stability as a critical determination for the economic success and continue to look to the hong kong financial markets. this is not a harbinger of significant encouragement in judicial independence and all the other thing china would say is part of the one country, two systems. it is so focused on the very specific issues on what they would call secession or anti—china forces or using hong kong as a base to undermine the communist party. those are absolutely sacrosanct redlines that china now has the legal capacity, once they passed this law, to intervene for those cases but it won't affect the vast majority of activities in hong kong, and most estimates say this, the protest from international governments, largely be words, no actions. it's interesting you say that because, i

don't know if you heard earlier, we had gary cohn on. he was a this is leverage and if they take away the special status hong kong currently enjoys, because it is no longer independent, the banks would withdraw. that is a possibility for i don't see it being a critical issue for the west that it is going to make those kind of interventions right now. clearly, china will not back down. the hope is this could be some sort of an accommodation that will benefit all. this is a very critical issue because it speaks to one of the key foundations of what china has promised and president has promised. what

this means for hong kong in the future? this will be an additional reason for taiwan to keep their distance. robert, thank you very much. we are enjoying your artwork! laughter thank you. my background in the ro science, i keep it there to remind myself! in the last hour, president donald trump declared places of worship closed under us lockdowns must reopen. he said churches, mosques and synagogues were essential venues. he then sent a warning to state governors who did not agree with him. the people are demanding to go to church and synagogue, go to their mosque. many millions of americans embrace worship as an essential part of life. the ministers, pastors, rabbis, imams and other faith leaders will make sure that their congregations are safe as they gather and pray.

i know them well. they love their congregations. they love their people. they don't want anything bad to happen to them or to anybody else. the governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now, for this weekend. if they don't do it, i will override the governors. in america, we need more prayer, not less. president try speaking just a short time ago. —— president trump. the overrall immense economic cost of the coronavirus virus is now becoming clearer. in the uk, retail sales fell dramatically by a record amount in april, as many stores closed due to the lockdown. the office for national statistics says the amount of goods sold fell by 18%. clothing sales were the biggest hit, down more than 50%. but shoppers have been spending online, with sales rising nearly

31% compared to march. here's emma simpson. the shoppers vanished and so did the sales. today's figures reveal the scale of the damage, touching every high street and all of the businesses in them. the owner of this chain says our shopping habits have now changed. retail will never, ever be the same again. every year, we will see a higher uptake in online sales in comparison to retail sales. what this lockdown has done, it has probably accelerated, in my personal view, the whole transition by at least five years. there will be less footfall on the high street, which will mean we will have to decrease our fixed costs. if they don't change, what will you see is empty stores. it is very simple. if your costs are more than the money you're bringing in, you cannot survive.

there is already a battle for survival. this debenhams store in swindon will not be reopening. along with many others. laura ashley is also in administration. warehouse, oasis and cath kidston stores are disappearing altogether. coronavirus has been the final straw for weaker retailers already struggling with our changing shopping habits. the pandemic is turbo—charging this trend and as shops begin to reopen, businesses will have to adapt. lee is doing that with his gift shop, boosting online deliveries. from the age of eight, he wanted to run a shop, but he knows he might have to go online only if he cannot make the sums add up. if you can't beat them, join them. we don't want to go solely online. this is why we will exhaust every single avenue to get out to our customers and ultimately see how

they want it to be, how do they want their business different to provide for them? customers are still shopping. down the road, this bike shop has never been busier. it is not all gloom, but this crisis will have an impact on retail long after the easing of the lockdown. emma simpson, bbc news, swindon. carrying on that theme... the uk government borrowed more than £62 billion in april, the highest monthly figure on record. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has more. in normal times, businesses such as fitbakes in northamptonshire make sales to big sandwich stores and cafes, generating vat. they pay corporation tax, business rates and wages to staff, mean income tax and national insurance. now, far less of that is happening in the coronavirus pandemic, just online orders. and instead of adding to the treasury coffers, many staff wages have been paid by the taxpayer. times this by a few million and you get massive and historic levels of public borrowing. here at the treasury, the money coming in is slumping, the spending going out is surging,

which always happens during a recession but never quite like this. last month, the difference between the two — borrowing or the deficit — was at £62 billion for april, a record and more in one month than had been planned in the budget for the entire year. but that doesn't include everything. the entire cash requirement of government was £88 billion in april — again, a record. and you can see why by looking at how taxes coming in have fallen off a cliff. vat receipts were down on last april, partly due to a policy of delaying payments. income tax and national insurance was down. corporation tax revenues and stamp duty were also down billions. and in the same month, huge rises in spending, too, £1a billion spent paying the wages of millions of workers under the jobs retention scheme,

£7 billion extra in public spending, mainly health — things like buying protective equipment — a billion extra on benefits and universal credit. add all of that together, and annual public borrowing is heading above £300 billion. that's15% of the value of the entire economy, not seen in peacetime, not since the end of the second world war. so debts are mounting like never before, but the cost of funding them also tumbling like never before. at one point this week, the debt management office, which borrows these record amounts, borrowing billions at negative rates — being paid to borrow rather than paying to borrow. it won't last forever, but for now, the government has spaced the delay, taking the toughest tax and spend decisions. faisal islam, bbc news. after two months of empty casino tables and silent slot machines, the bright lights of las vegas are starting to flicker back on. a2 million people travel

to the city every year — and with many jobs reliant on tourism, businesses are doing all they can to encourage visitors to return, as sophie long reports. the party that once raged here is over. the big question is — will revellers ever roll back into town? tourism is to las vegas what the automotive industry is to detroit, what music is to nashville, government to washington, dc. without it, without the people, there is no party. and the economic impact of this eerily quiet and empty strip is rippling across the city. at the peak of the great recession, our unemployment rate in southern nevada was about 13—1a%, very high by historical standards. as you and i sit here today, that unemployment rate is roughly 30%. so even if we bring two—thirds of those employees back online, we are going to have an unemployment rate that is substantially higher

than we've seen historically. people here are conflicted. they're desperate to return to work, but they're scared to do so. not everyone will get the chance. this casino would normally be full of more than a,000 people and the sounds of the 800 slot machines spitting out coins, the clickety clack of roulette wheels spinning. but now all you can hear is the air—conditioning system. and the problem is that even when casinos are allowed to reopen their doors, until tourists feel safe enough to board planes in order to walk through them, they will remain varying degrees of empty. nobody's ever been through this before. so we have all these analysts and stuff saying it will take 1.5 to two years to recover, but this has never happened. but, quite honestly, 30% of those people could lose their jobs permanently. las vegas is starting to reopen. there are already scenes reminiscent of the lives we used to live and further preparations are under way.

well, you can see the lights are on. we're testing. we're making sure that everything is operable, or operating. we're testing new equipment. we're going to be fogging the area every day, almost like ghostbusters—style, with disinfectant. and our staff, we're preparing and training our staff to wear ppe, to make sure they are all safe. it's tight, but we're still in business. elvis impersonators are squeezing back into their jumpsuits and are ready to follow the new rules — aware that only fools rush in. i'm normally very, you know, you walk in, shake, and "where are you from? sometimes the bride, "elvis, i love you. could i give you a hug?" so to have that stand off now that we have to do with people, it's going to be — that's sad, but you have to still do it with a smile and make them feel. and congratulations to them. hats off for saying

"hey, you're open, we're on our way. we're you know, so these first couples, what a great thing. they're like, "we want to get married, we love each other." so we're here to rock their world and celebrate, and lift them up and say good for you. # viva, las vegas! # irene and douglas, the first couple to offer living proof that the coronavirus can't conquer love. sophie long, bbc news, las vegas. there's always elvis! there's always elvis! uk scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it's hoped could counter the effects of covid—19 in the most seriously ill patients. people with the most severe form of the virus have low numbers of the immune cell, called a t—cell. this trial will evaluate whether a drug known to boost t—cell numbers could help recovery. victoria gill reports. for an unlucky minority of patients, covid—19 is a cruel disease, and it's one with no specific treatment. but an examination of blood samples taken from 60 hospital patients has now revealed a vital clue. the samples show that those with the most severe form

of the disease also had extremely low numbers of t—cells, virus—fighting immune cells that attack and clear infected tissue from the body. it's a very specific type of t—cell, the one that we need to remove these virus—infected cells that appears to be getting into so much trouble. so that tells us a lot about how we try to fight the virus, but it also offers ways in which we can put together sort of a fingerprint test to look as early as possible for the status of these cells. by measuring the number of these immune cells, that fingerprint test could give an early signal that someone is on course to develop a more severe disease, crucially, it's also provided the possibility of a new treatment. a uk team of scientists and intensive care doctors is now embarking on a covid—19 clinical trial of an existing therapy called il7 that's already proven to boost

the production of the t—cells that covid—19 appears to deplete. as a critical care physician, i look after patients who are extremely unwell, and other than supportive care, we do not have any direct active treatment against the disease. and we know from other trials that this treatment definitely increaseses the number of lymphocytes and the function of these cells. therefore, we are hopeful that actually in the context of persistent covid—19 disease, this might be beneficial. there's still a great deal that scientists and doctors have to learn about how this virus undermines our immune systems. but this clue and this new treatment could turn one of its tactics against it and provide some much—needed hope for those it hits the hardest. victoria gill, bbc news. an online book of remembrance for people who've died with coronavirus has been organised by st paul's cathedral.

family, friends and carers of anyone who has died can submit a name, photograph and a message to pay tribute. helena wilkinson reports. the names, the faces, the lives of some of the thousands of people who have died with covid—19. mary caroe was 81. her family wants people to remember her spirit, vitality and love. when you think of war graves, their impact is astonishing, and... they are places of beauty. and they carry their message through generations and i hope that remember me can do that. from today, thousands of others like 0liver caroe can submit the name, a photograph of their loved one, and a short message. the dean of st paul's cathedral hopes it will be a comfort to so many.

all of us need to know that we matter and are remembered, and we want our loved ones to be remembered too. and one of the sad things about this is the way it is so difficult for people to be able to do that, so having an online book where you can put that person alongside others, that you can go back to it, you can see them there and you know that a place like st paul's is going to hold that going forward for, hopefully, centuries. the online book is open to people of all faiths or none and is being supported by the prince of wales. this virtual book of remembrance is here to help us remember, not just to recall our loss and sorrow, but also to be thankful. for centuries, st paul's cathedral has been a place where people have come to remember the impact of national tragedies. they hope, eventually, they'll be able to turn the online remembrance book into a physical memorial here so one day people can come together to remember those who have died. until then, this national memorial

will be there virtually for all of us to see. helena wilkinson, bbc news. this weekend, muslims around the world will be marking the end of the holy month of ramadan, and what would normally be a time of busy mosques and large community gatherings will instead see prayers largely at home. 0ur correspondent shabnam mahmood has that story. this ramadan... i am praying for the world... i'm praying for the world... praying for the world, but from home. from home... a public information message for britain's 3 million muslims during ramadan. to save lives... places of worship, including mecca — one of the holiest sites for muslims — are virtually empty. britain's mosques, usually packed with worshippers, are closed. in bradford, this family, like many others, are observing ramadan from their home.

it's the whole togetherness that you get in ramadan. it really brings the whole community much closer together, which this year, due to social distancing regulations and coronavirus lockdown measures, we are missing, unfortunately. these are samosas, our favourite of the family. fasting is a religious obligation in islam, with no eating or drinking from dawn until sunset every day for a month. breaking the fast usually extends beyond the family. normally, my daughter comes over who lives only two streets away, or we go over, but unfortunately we can't do that. we can't meet our family and we can't see them and we can't have iftar parties at each other's houses. ramadan is a very spiritual time for muslims. it's a very sociable one, too. every night, 3,000 to a,000 people would normally be here, at this mosque in central london, for special ramadan prayers.

but with lockdown measures in place, many are now using technology to help fill the vacuum. so it's a time where we believe that our prayers are answered... imams have had to reconfigure the whole concept of community and transform the way the mosque provides services — teaching, preaching and pastoral care are all being provided online. as we enter the final days of ramadan... and, with the festival of eid approaching, a new appeal, urging muslims to celebrate at a safe social distance. eid mubarak. shabnam mahmood, bbc news. a quiz contestant missed out on a huge cash prize becausejudges claimed he had mispronounced the name of singer tony hadley. muhammad shalehan was denied the top $10,000 prize — until the spandau ballet star lent him his support. colin paterson reports.

# you are gold... # never has there been so much interest in how to say the name of spandau ballet's lead singer. tony hadley. muhammad shalehan works in singapore's underground railway and has a number of loans to pay off, so he decided to try a long—running "name the celebrity" voice competition worth 10,000 singaporean dollars — that's around £5,700 — singaporean dollars on his local radio station, gold 905. for weeks, people have been trying to identify the 1a people. he was pretty sure he had worked them out, but on air was told he had got one wrong. two weeks later, he was baffled to hear another contestant give exactly the same names and win. the station told him that his answer... tony hadley. ..was a mispronunciation. infuriated, he e—mailed a recording of his on—air appearance to tony hadley‘s manager, and received this video message back. i've listened back to the tape and as far as i'm concerned,

you pronounced my name absolutely correctly. tony hadley. you might have said hadley with a slight accent, but as far as i am concerned, you said my name correctly. after originally offering muhammad a $5,000 goodwill gesture, gold 905 have now backed down and given him the whole $10,000 prize. he's delighted. finally happy that this thing is all over, thanks to help from tony hadley. it has been so great to even talk to him. the money will come in handy, as he and his wife are expecting a baby later this year. they know it's a boy and have not completely ruled out it being given the names tony and hadley. colin paterson, bbc news. yes, and from my experience, he'll need every bit of that $10,000 when his son arrives — and may be a bit more! who knows? stay with us.

plenty to come on bbc news. do stay tuned for that. there has been a lot of sunshine abound today but also a lot of wind and rain, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. gale force winds, some vicious gusts of wind. and through the course of the weekend, that is where the worst of the weather will be, in the north—west of the uk. the reason for it is this spinning area of a weather system. a storm, a low pressure side sweeping us. it will eventually be pulling away in the second half of the weekend but as far as saturday is concerned, we're certainly going to be feeling the effects of it. through the course of the night, remaining very windy with rain at times across western scotland. windy in northern ireland and the north of england. elsewhere, clear skies with just a few showers and a breeze in the south with temperatures of ten degrees. here is the weather map for the weekend.

this is saturday and you can see the low pressure is very close to northern scotland. a lot of white lines, those isobars. that means the wind is racing into the centre of that low pressure. some strong gusts through saturday, strong for the time of the year, and that rain just continues. a lot of rainfall in western parts of scotland. to the south, there will be lots of sunshine around, scattered fair weather cloud quickly zooming across the sky carried by the strong gusts of wind. even in the south, winds could exceed a0 miles an hour. this time of the year, it will take twigs and branches of trees. a real blast on the way for many of us. eventually, saturday night into sunday, the low pressure pulls away into scandinavia. the winds die down and high pressure starts to build in from the south. that means the weather is looking absolutely fine for most of the country on sunday. temperatures, in fact, picking up to 20 degrees in the midlands. you can see, through the course of monday and also into tuesday,

that high pressure continues to build across the uk. so, monday, a lot of fine weather across the country but across the north west, we are expecting wind and rain, not particularly heavy or strong but it will be noticeable in stornoway. in the south, it will feel like summer again with temperatures up to 25 degrees. the indication is as we go through the course of the week, those temperatures will only rise. i wouldn't be surprised if next week temperatures, at least in the south and central areas of the uk, hit the high 20s.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. new quarantine rules for travellers to the uk. visitors face fines for not self—isolating. president trump demands us state governors reopen all places of worship this weekend. a passenger plane crashes into people's homes in the pakistani city of karachi, but there are at least two survivors. lawmakers in hong kong protest against china's new security law. but the territory's leader is backing beijing's right to impose it. it's not life as you would know it — in las vegas — but the entertainment capital of the world wants to get back to business.