this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm david eades. rioting in the us city of minneapolis. these are live pictures of the unrest triggered by the police killing of an african—american man. when you do not deal with these conditions of inequities and racism and white supremacy in the nation, these are the kinds of things that happen — people riot. that's their language, that's their frustration. targeting twitter: president trump signs an executive order aimed at social media companies. spain unveils its economic fightback against covid—19 — a basic income for the country's poor. hello and welcome.

thank you forjoining us, whether you are here in the uk or, indeed, around or, indeed, whether you are here in the uk or, indeed, around the world. straight to live pictures from minneapolis where you can see these scenes, numbers of protesters gathering at what is just after, it is around about 11 o'clock, i just after, it is around about 11o‘clock, i think, minneapolis time, although the clock says it is midnight, but they have been gathering in growing numbers and have brought with them displays of their anger over the death of george floyd in police custody earlier in the week. and while we see the gatherings here, we have also seen, in the course of the last few hours, an increasing number of fires burning in different parts of minneapolis and one of those

fires is focused on a police station in the third precinct of minneapolis and outside the precinct at the moment is chao xiong, a reporterfor the startribune xiong, a reporterfor the sta rtribune and observing xiong, a reporterfor the startribune and observing what is going on at the moment, chao xiong, thank you forjoining us. xiong, thank you forjoining us. thus the pick if you can first of all. i'm sorry, what was that? give us the picture if you can first of all from outside the police station in the third precinct. there are several thousand people gathered where a fire has been burning by the entryway of the third precinct for about one hour. an hour ago someone broke through and set ablaze in the entryway but for whatever reason it did not stretch into the rest of the building and has been maintained at the entryway and meanwhile less than half a block across the street there has been burning as well for the duration and

people are setting off fireworks and chanting and looting a liquor store across the street from the police station. right, but tell me about i mean, it is outside a police station so what about the police? what about the police? they evacuated this office and we have not seen a police presence here for quite a while. earlier tonight they did deploy what i believe was a flash bang bigger —— grenade and some tear gas and it sent the —— said the crowds gathering. give me an idea again there, chao xiong, if you could about those people who have gathered. perhaps it is influenced by the lack of a police presence at the moment. the mood is salvatori. people are setting off fireworks and sitting right next to the fla mes sitting right next to the flames at a retaining wall, fists in the air. dozens of people in their cars parked across the street, watching this unfold. i a drive—in

movie. the message we have had, we need to reference the death of george floyd, of course, and the message that has been coming out of we are sick and tired of being sick and tired. what is it that they wanted now from the authorities in terms of the dealing with this issue. they definitely want the media —— the arrest and charge of the officers in this case but the concerns here are really entrenched in this sort of extreme disparity we have here in slater and minneapolis between people of colour and white people. there are huge disparities in terms of income and housing and education and the fact we are a pretty wealthy state, pretty well owning state, and generally unintelligible. we have seen pictures from earlier in the evening of some confrontation between police and protesters

in various different parts of minneapolis. the mood has varied, hasn't it, has the hours of gone by. yes, definitely. they have backed off although we are hearing rumours ripple through the crowd that the national guard is arriving any minute and it sent people scattering but they came back and the room again and they scatter and come back so and they scatter and come back soido and they scatter and come back so i do not think the night is over yet and i'm not sure what will happen. obviously we will watch it very carefully and i understand the police chief has apologised now to the family of george floyd. over what has happened to their relative. does it cut any ice at all? no, not at all. i do not think people are happy about politics here and they want to see actions and they want to see these officers treated the way a civilian would be because a civilian killings the street, that person would be injail that person would be injail that night and charged the next day. i do not want to trivialise this in any way but is there a sense in which

because of what we have been going through over the last couple of months, the coronavirus lockdowns, the frustrations, but that also has actually, there has been an encouragement for people to get out and express themselves? you know, it is hard to tell but i think the anger from the community of colour here in minnesota is so entrenched and it has been going on for so long that you probably would not see much of a difference had covid what he does at the same time but you are right that the compounding issues of covid and this really blend in sort of a surreal feel. yeah, we're just seeing what i would describe as almost a symbolic shot of what has been going on in the last few days which is minneapolis police sign and it just looks like debris and burning going on behind it. that really is the message at the moment, isn't it? it really is and unintelligible. the scene where george floyd was

killed and he was asked whether he would address the destruction and last night he said you know, i am destruction and last night he said you know, iam here destruction and last night he said you know, i am here to address the violence of the killing itself. antiquated martin luther king jr. partially and said what you are seeing is the unheard finally speaking. can i ask you one last question just about the gathering and the size of the gathering and the size of the gathering and the size of the gathering and it seems to have been mounting as the hours have gone by. is it still getting bigger? i mean this is obviously here to stay for a few hours. it is getting bigger. it is not dwindling at all. people of all ages, kids, earlier tonight, not right now, people with their dogs. a huge crowd, cross section of our city here. chao xiong of the startribune, city here. chao xiong of the sta rtribune, thank you city here. chao xiong of the startribune, thank you so much for giving us the very latest from the scene, in fact, of the third precinct police station which you saw, at least in part, burning away there with no suggestion of police

intervening at this stage. let's get more from david willis. david, it is not actually, while we are focusing on minneapolis for good reason, these are cropping up around these are cropping up around the country, aren't they, these sorts of protest now? they are indeed david and we have seen protest in memphis, chicago, here in los angeles but of course, the biggest one has beenin course, the biggest one has been in minneapolis and in the last hour, the protesters have reached a cordoned around the third precinct and police headquarters there, and they set fire to the building. a short while ago, they actually issued a statement, the police, saying in the interests of our safety a nd saying in the interests of our safety and the safety of our personnel the minneapolis police department evacuated the third precinct of its staff and protesters forcibly entered the building and have ignited several fires. earlier today, of course, the state governor that he was deploying the national guard after declaring that the time had come to

rebuild the city of minneapolis and the relationship between the police and the public. and the police and the public. and the minnesota national guard has now announced that about 500 soldiers are heading to minneapolis, st paul and the surrounding suburbs and i'm quoting from their press release, saying that they are to protect life, preserve property and the right to peacefully demonstrate. but earlier, the local prosecutor in minneapolis called the video of george floyd's arrest "horrific" but he said there was other evidence in the case that did not support charging the officers involved. he declined to say what the evidence consisted of but it may well have had some relationship to the violence that we are seeing tonight and to the anger because a lot of people there are calling for the arrest and charging of the four police officers involved in the death of george floyd on

monday. as a result we have these very, very ugly scenes on these very, very ugly scenes on the streets of minneapolis and little doubt that george floyd's death has exposed, if you like, america's racial fault lines, coming, really, at a boiling point here, a reflection of the black community's anger perhaps over centuries of inequality and the minneapolis police department, which was set fire to tonight, has been criticised in the past for tolerating racism. it has also received many excessive force complaints, especially from black residents. and even though it does now have an african—american chief, it is nonetheless continued to court controversy and criticism. yeah, i mean, that point about whether it is a more complicated story than at first it seems is going to cut no ice at all, is it, with the demonstrators? basing it very

much as a cut and dry case and they want one thing, the four officers to be charged. absolutely, and george floyd's death has prompted widespread public outrage and it has reignited criticism of the way that black americans are treated by the police. the police originally said that he was resisting arrest. but security camera video released showed a contradiction of that and since then, earlier today, the local police chief has publicly apologised for what has happened there. but clearly, that apology has not gone far enough. a lot of people in minneapolis now want to see those four black police officers sorry, those four white police officers charged with criminal offences, presumably murder or manslaughter, concerned with the death of george floyd. just to say david, we were speaking to say david, we were speaking toa to say david, we were speaking to a reporter at the scene of the third precinct police

station which is on fire. he was saying, you made the point about the national guard, he was saying it was a rebel running through the crowd, but the national guard were on their way. ringing within a degree of apprehension. —— red bull. -- degree of apprehension. —— red bull. —— ringing. it is a fine line though trying to tread at the same time between going in and going in hard to restore order but also not going into soon, the result of which has been considerable degree of looting, it would seem, in one oi’ looting, it would seem, in one or two neighbourhoods of stores which are simply unprotected. absolutely, and there was widespread looting last night, david. a lot of very dispirited people there in minneapolis making the point that, you know, their businesses were struggling at the time of the coronavirus and now, they might never recover. not all of this is rekindling the memory, if you like, of a very similar, a similar situation, back in

2014, in new york. george floyd's death be similar to that of eric garner, a black man who died after being placed ina man who died after being placed in a police chokehold. he repeatedly told officers, much like george floyd, that he could not breathe. and that death, in police custody, proved a catalyst for the black lives matter movement, it was a rallying cry as well for an end to police brutality here in america. but what we seeing now is an expression, i think, of frustration that very little has been done, very little has been achieved and we are still seeing these instances of brutality on the part of white police officers and african—american subjects, or suspects. david, thank you very much indeed for that and we can give further expression to that frustration that david willis is talking about there because a short while ago my colleague that was jones was speaking a short while ago my colleague that wasjones was speaking to doctor bernice king, daughter of martin luther king.

he asked her what her father would make of the situation. in 1966 in1966 - in 1966 - 67 in 1966 — 67 when the rights happened, he was explaining that look, when you do not deal with these conditions of inequities and racism and white supremacy in the nation, these other kinds of things that happen — people right. but is the language, that is their frustration because we are not addressing those things as a nation. let's address some of those things now then. what systemic changes do you think need to take place before we are covering another story like this next week, next month? well, let's deal with reality first. this is probably something like this is probably going to happen again. but the energy now has to be that we organise our strength, as my father said, into impelling power to deconstruct and reconstruct the whole criminal justice system, especially

around law enforcement. our legal system, our law enforcement system, particularly in the south, was based on keeping black people in check. and the use of this force and power has been used force and power has been used for generations. and so we have to reconstruct our police department so that police cannot get away with excessive force, there needs to be laws in place and policies in place. we have to look at the whole structure and system around law enforcement and change it. bernice king, the daughter of martin luther king talking to us martin luther king talking to us here on the bbc a short while ago. let me remind you of what is our main headline this hour. our main headline this hour: protests are taking place for a third night in the us city of minneapolis, over the killing of an african—american man at the hands of the police. president trump has signed an executive order targeting social media companies. he said companies, including google, facebook and twitter,

had unchecked power to censor and restrict the views of users. it comes after twitter on wednesday tagged two of his posts as misleading. the president had claimed that postal ballots would lead to voter fraud in this year's election. twitter reacted with this fact check warning, labelling donald trump's post as potential misinformation. mr trump has regularly accused social—media platforms of stifling or censoring conservative voices. they have had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter virtually any form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences. there is no precedent in american history for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of human interaction, and that includes individual people controlling vast amounts of territory. and we can't allow

that to happen. so what is his executive order trying to do? daniel lippman, white house and washington correspondent for politico, explains what the president is trying to do. there is that immunises social companies to immunise themselves so very difficult to sue facebook or twitter that says anything against you. he is trying to wipe that protection away. the irony is that if he is successful and likely he will not be, that would make the tech companies much more likely to delete posts pretty quickly to not get lawsuits and many of those posts they may have to delete our tweets that he is posting where he is attacking various people and spreading

misinformation. focusing now on coronavirus around the world. in spain, cases of covid—19 appear to have stabilised after claiming the lives of nearly 30,000 people. but the country now faces a major economic crisis. in response, the cabinet of socialist prime minister pedro sanchez is today expected to approve a guaranteed basic income for the country's poor — an initiative which has rarely been implemented before in europe. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. any working—class district in the southern district, volu nteers the southern district, volunteers hand out food. many of those receiving it had fallen through the cracks of the welfare system. the unemployed, zero hours workers, immigrants. life was already difficult for them before. but

coronavirus and more than two months of lockdown have left them desperate. translation: in my family my mother is the only one who works, she does half days cleaning houses. my father is unemployed like me and i have a one—year—old girl. thanks to this association, we are getting help. the neighbours association started distributing food just a few weeks ago as the pandemic started to spread. it is incredible the number of people who have decided that if my neighbour has nothing in my fridge, i will give them some, so we fridge, i will give them some, so we have cues and queues of people bringing bags and putting into an account money that we have opened. the healthcare crisis has now stabilised but it is turning into an economic crisis. the leftist government has now unveiled a guaranteed basic income, a monthly payment for the country ‘s poorest people,

starting at around 500 euros per person. translation: it is a historic measure for our democracy to make sure no—one is left behind and this is a commitment since this coalition government took office. it is a good use of government money because it is directed to people and not to companies. i think moreover it is giving money to people who really need it. but not eve ryo ne really need it. but not everyone agrees with the government ‘s policies. supporters of the far right vaux party protested last weekend. it has accused the government of drifting towards leftist radicalism. this week, spain has been lifting further rest restrictions in what has been one of the toughest lockdowns in europe. the hope is that the economy as a whole in the coming weeks and those ha rd est in the coming weeks and those hardest hit by the crisis can get up on their feet. guy hedgecoe, bbc news.

huge anxiety pretty much anywhere you look during the covid—19 crisis. australia is now seeing very few new cases of covid—19 and, across the country, restrictions are being eased. in new south wales, the country's most populous state, students have returned to full—time, face—to—face learning in the classroom. our australia correspondent, shaimaa khalil, looks at how schools and families are adjusting. back to school after nine weeks at home, a familiar place in very different times. even the school drop—off has changed, a quick goodbye at the gate, and hand sanitiser to start the day. students, teachers and families are saint columbus. there are no more big gatherings at saint columbus primary. morning assembly and prayer now happen in groups and

in pe classes, contact sports are out. almost everyone is backin are out. almost everyone is back in the classroom here but social distancing the children in school is tricky, if not impossible. instead, the focus is on good hygiene and doing what they can to minimise the risk. after getting to grips with learning from home, stu d e nts with learning from home, students now have to adapt to the new safety measures. a bit different to when we left. there is hand sanitiser in all the classrooms so we have to use that when we eat and after we ate, and there have been staggered dismissal times and we leave from different parts of this call. good being back at school so we can see everyone in face—to—face learning is easier to understand, but i guess it is a little bit nerve racking being back at school. has anyone been ina back at school. has anyone been in a helicopter before? while teachers cannot avoid being closer to their students, they are trying to maintain social distancing with each other. despite the relatively low

covid—19 numbers in australia, the risk of infection remains. some city schools have had fresh coronavirus cases this weekend had been to close. there appears to be a degree of complacency creeping in. we are not out of the woods yet. this isa not out of the woods yet. this is a pandemic and we need to be very careful to ensure the health and safety of all concerned. for some parents, it is not going back to school that worries them. it is how their children get there. these twins used to take the bus, then a twins used to take the bus, thena train, twins used to take the bus, then a train, but now their mother does the drop—off and pickup. there is going to be many people returning to work and with winter coming there is and with winter coming there is an increase in the normal cold and flu season so many more people coughing and sneezing, so people coughing and sneezing, soi people coughing and sneezing, so i think if you can, it is good to drive them to school. most of the children here seem happy to be back but even in australia, which has fared far better than most with a virus,

all days will be different for all days will be different for a while. shaimaa khalil, bbc news. bringing you up—to—date on the situation regarding the protests in minneapolis, and we are going to live pictures in denver, and the same time, it is 1130 in the evening, coming up, in denver, one of a number of cities witnessing protests and demonstrations in the course of the last few hours. phoenix and arizona and columbus, st paul, a nearby suburb for minneapolis, new york, portland, chicago, all experiencing demonstrations and protests of sorts and they have been sporadic outbursts and confrontations with police in a number of those different cities but, as for minneapolis itself, we have seen in the course of the last hour or so, one police station set on fire and that is in the third

precinct there, where the crowds that have gathered and there are quite a lot of them still there, have been informed that the national guard is on its way, apparently, about 500 members of the national guard i heading into minneapolis in order to restore some order to the city there. so far, that has not stopped, as i say, a good number of people getting out in many cities around the country. there have also been some pictures we have seen of looting taking place in st paul, for example, of major stores there. very close to the city centre of minneapolis and disquiet amongst many of the owners of stalls and the like as well as to the lack of police presence in those areas to try and stem some of the problems that are rising from these protests. the key issue and demand of the protesters is

that the four police officers connected to george floyd ‘s death should be charged. at the moment, they have simply been dismissed. we will crop keep across it here on bbc news. hello. we know this spring has been warm. it's been very dry in some spots. and now news aboutjust how sunny it's been, with the met office saying provisionalfigures indicate that it's been the uk's sunniest spring on record. and with high pressure close by for friday into the weekend, most will stay sunny and dry, warm, very warm, even hot in some spots. in fact, friday, the flow of air around this high—pressure as it moves north across the uk will favour parts of scotland to see the uk's high temperature of the day, close to 28 celsius. now, we start the day with temperatures for some in single figures, though they will rise quickly in the sunshine. any low cloud across parts of eastern coastal england will disappear, along with any misty low cloud around the murray firth in scotland.

orkney brightening up, shetland staying mainly cloudy. but for most of the uk, it's sunshine all the way. it is now a prevailing east—southeasterly breeze. and that means that east—facing coasts will see temperatures towards the teens rather than the low to mid 20s across the bulk of the uk, and, again, nudging the upper 20s in the hottest parts of scotland. temperature not the only thing high. uv levels as well. strong may sunshine. do take care if you're outside for any period of time. and pollen, moderate to high for many of us, as grass pollen levels are on the increase. now, friday looks like a fine evening, plenty of sunshine to end the day. again, temperatures will head down overnight, so if you do try to cool the house down overnight, we're expecting some spots, again, tojust dip down into single figures. and a largely sunny start to saturday morning. and again, just to show you the big picture, it's high pressure maybe

just pushing out towards scandinavia, but it is still blocking weather fronts that would give us some rain otherwise from getting to us from the atlantic. so, on saturday, there may be a bit of patchy cloud developing here and there, the sun may turn hazy in some spots, but for most, it's a sunny story, a brighter one in shetland as well. still the breeze keeping some eastern coastal parts cooler than elsewhere. again, we're talking widely in the low to mid 20s. and then on sunday, again, some patchy cloud developing here and there, but for most places, it will be sunny, it will be dry, it will be very warm. just a hint of something cooler at the end of next week.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm david eades. the business headlines. social distancing: president trump signs an executive order removing legal protection for the likes of twitter and facebook as his row with the tech giants escalates. plus, car crash: uk auto production fell 99.7% last month to the lowest output since the second world war. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world.

we're covering all the latest business developments here in britain and globally. we start in the us, where president trump has fired the first shot in a long—threatened offensive against social media companies. he has signed an executive order, aiming to limit their legal immunity over what people post on their platforms. the move comes after twitter enraged the president earlier this week by tagging two of his posts as potentially misleading. but he has long accused the tech firms of anti—conservative bias, as zoe thomas reports from san francisco. the executive order focuses on something called section 230 of the communications decency act. for yea rs communications decency act. for years us courts have interpreted that social media platforms are not liable for the content placed on their sites. but is different from, say, television stations or magazines which can be sued for publishing liable content but the president is arguing that sites like

facebook and twitter make decisions about what to pull off the platform that means they are making an editorialjudgement. we had this to say about the exciting of the executive order in the oval office. the choices that were makes when it chooses to suppress, edit, blacklist, shadow, band, or editorial decisions pure and simple. they are editorial decisions and those moments, twitter ceases to be a neutral public platform and it becomes an editor with a viewpoint andi becomes an editor with a viewpoint and i think we can say that about others also, whether you are looking at google or facebook and... what they are doing is tantamount to monopoly, you could say, it is tantamount to taking over the airwaves. can't let it happen. otherwise we're not going to have a democracy, we're not going to have anything to do with a republic. most legal experts agree the order does not have much muscle behind it. it has ordered a review of the situation and will not change much. it will be up to the court for congress to decide. but the

president is also pushing for new legislation and he has got the bottom but odds of the aisle. for yea rs bottom but odds of the aisle. for years republicans have argued social media platforms and conservative views while democrat say they have become a haven for hate speech and racist comments. but with all of that support, new legislation is still unlikely to pass in such a divisive congress right now. but for social media platforms, being the conversation is not something they like. they would ratherjust be the platform where it is discussed. zoe thomas, bbc news, san francisco. ed stringham is professor at trinity college in hartford, connecticut, and president of the american institute for economic research. hejoins me via webcam from hartford. give very much indeed forjoining us. give very much indeed forjoining us. before we have a look at perhaps the order itself, this is once again the order itself, this is once again the very fine line, isn't it, between providing a platform for others to express views and being seen as others to express views and being seen as the publisher, the editor. what do you make of donald trump's point? yeah, so a decade or two ago,

a lot of people was thinking that internet was great and not having to have these gatekeepers, the editors of the newspapers. it is a website and anybody who wants to share their ideas can do so. over the last few yea rs we have ideas can do so. over the last few years we have gradually seen a move away from that where the platforms are away from that where the platforms a re clearly away from that where the platforms are clearly saying what is or what is not allowed and at that point i think there is some validity to saying they are expressing editorial judgement. this cannot be said of this can be said. so there is a kinder fine this can be said. so there is a kinderfine line where this can be said. so there is a kinder fine line where we are right now “— kinder fine line where we are right now —— a kinderfine line. kinder fine line where we are right now -- a kinder fine line. the response from twitter is it is reactionary and a politicised approach to a landmark law. i mean, twitter has also been prepared to say of a chinese government spokesman claiming that the coronavirus came from the us, you know, fact check this as well. exactly. the flip side is once the

government is now going to be involved with saying here is what you need to do on your platform, thatis you need to do on your platform, that is also extremely problematic. soido that is also extremely problematic. so i do think twitter and facebook and google should be allowed to decide who is on the platform and what is being said. that said, i think we have to be a little bit wa ry think we have to be a little bit wary of them, random people, censoring what is out there. and mark zuckerberg actually said something like that yesterday, to say, you know, who am i or who are these people at my platform to be deciding what can be discussed? in twitter‘s case, the chief officer of integrity is clearly against the president of the united states and so president of the united states and so maybe he has an agenda. and you know, my own opinion is you have maybe heard this before, when do you know a politician is lying? his mouth is open. and in twitter‘s sophia, what are they going to do? evaluate every single post and say

thatis evaluate every single post and say that is not true, that is not true? i think it will be highly politicised. it is a very difficult dilemma. one brief word, it is an executive order. it sounds very powerful and as if itjust happens. it is not a long way to go, doesn't it? yeah, sure. that right now the platforms have immunity of the newspapers or television stations do not have so they cannot be sued for libel and things like that. but if they change the platforms and classify them as the equivalent of newspapers, in the future that would open them up to various legal changes. we will see. it is certainly going to be a long—term series of questions. when that future and we will find out. give very much markets are on age in retaliation of china in

retaliation of china in retaliation of china in retaliation of hong kong. joining us now is sharon in singapore. little wonder they are all on edge,? they singapore. little wonder they are all on edge, ? they are indeed they are all awaiting response and we know that china's parliament on thursday pressed ahead with the controversial legislation of the city and it has raised many concerns and fears over the future of hong kong's democratic freedoms and its crucial role as a financial ha rd crucial role as a financial hard right here in asia. us president donald trump has found a really tough response. he said he would hold a news conference on china on friday so everyone conference on china on friday so everyone is watching that. he has vowed to revealed tough new us policies against china and lots of speculation that the phase one trade deal, you would remember this was the us and china agreed injanuary, that they may be injanuary and china agreed injanuary, that they may be in january and a nalysts say that they may be in january and analysts say that actions could be fresh tariffs on china to

milder, potential travel or sanctions on chinese officials and all of this impacting investor sentiment and for insta nce we investor sentiment and for instance we have the nick cave injapan, gaining all leaf — — japan's nikkei, it was gaining analogies negative territory today but after data showing industrial output plunged 9% from the previous month, due to lock down measures and no surprise that hong kong's currency is lower over concerns over what this may mean. currency is lower over concerns over what this may meanlj think we should be in negative anticipation, not positive. turning now to the car industry struggling as it is and how about this for a figure that has come out. car production fell 997% last month, according to the lobby group. it says that britain has not produced so that britain has not produced so few cars since the second world war — — 99.7. we have a

representative from the society of traders. emma, thank you for joining us. 99.7 down, where does 3.3% come from? what was being manufactured ? does 3.3% come from? what was being manufactured? we saw cars manufactured, but that was unheard of really and these are really restricted to your premium luxury and sports car fans, and they were being assembled prior to lockdown and they just had assembled prior to lockdown and theyjust had finishing touches before they left the factory. that was hardly a pinprick on the figures. obviously there is a hope that little by little, a return to manufacturing can commence and even that will be ata commence and even that will be at a presumably dramatically reduced rate? and it will vary and by the end of this month we

will see them ramping up production again and that will continue through june but obviously there are various things that play and there will bea things that play and there will be a lot of effort to making sure that they are safe places to be for the staff. it froze on us there. obviously a real challenge therefore uk automobile industry. we have been thinking a lot about high—tech businesses from social media to gaming to streaming of all being boosted as people around the world are forced to stay at home — some quite dramatically — and look at things to do. but there have been some low—tech beneficiaries too. the biggest maker of jigsaw puzzles, ravensburger of germany, has seen sales triple during the lockdown. and it's a trend being seen by smaller producers too. kaylin marcotte is the owner ofjiggy puzzles, based in new york. give very much forjoining us.

tell us a little bit about your project then because this is really about bespoke jigsaw puzzles, isn't it, for individuals —— thank you. puzzles, isn't it, for individuals -- thank you. thank you for having me. we are a new company and have been in the market about six months and we make jigsaw puzzles using emerging for my artist from around the world so we partner with the artist and transfer their work intojigsaw with the artist and transfer their work into jigsaw puzzles and elevate the packaging and design and include full glue to preserve it once you are done and keep it as real art. you could not have time to this better. it is an awful thing to have to say but there is a truth in it, isn't there? yes, imean we truth in it, isn't there? yes, i mean we launched in november so we i mean we launched in november so we went into the holidays and did a lot of gifting and press around holiday gifting and then at the top of the year we we re and then at the top of the year we were planning a 2020 and what that would look like and then starting really mid—march, it has swept in and of course, circumstances, you would never hoped for, but we have been

able to provide some small moments of puzzlejoy, able to provide some small moments of puzzle joy, such as been fulfilling! small moments of puzzle joy sounds lovely, doesn't it? it is interesting though because we talk a lot about gaming and being online all of the time. this is good old—fashioned all of the time. this is good old —fashioned and actually quite communal family togetherness stuff, isn't it? everyone can come in and put a piece and when they can. absolutely, i started doing them i worked at the start up here in your five years ago and i started doing puzzles, you know, i had on them as a kid but rediscover them as a result as my form of medication because i found them believing —— meditation because i found them stress relieving and relaxing and it was something to keep your hands busy. i have heard somebody has one in their office all of the time as kinder versus a ping—pong table it isa kinder versus a ping—pong table it is a puzzle table and co—workers come in and do pieces here and there. so definitely solo time or

socially they are great. can i ask is a been successful enough in terms of growth for you to start increasing the number of people you can bring into the business? yes, i mean, iwas people you can bring into the business? yes, i mean, i was a 1—woman show from launch to this point and we saw over 400 people increasing from february to march earlier this year and operationally we rushed back into production and customer service and just trying to keep up service and just trying to keep up so it has definitely meant thinking about fundraising and bringing in some help in the meantime. it is nice to have a positive story to report, kaylin, thank you. from quiet nights in to evenings out, millions of bars and restaurants around the world have been closed for business because of social distancing regulations. but as those regulations ease, how many of them will be able to weather the pandemic and reopen at all? samira hussain reports from new york.

like most restaurants in the state of new york, the dining room of this one sits empty. he recently took over from his mother who opened at 13 years ago but since the coronavirus pandemic it is business plummeted to%. delivery and ta ke plummeted to%. delivery and take out orders do not make up his lost revenue. his landlord will not give him a break in rent and he could not secure a government loan and the raw cost of food has gone up. he has already cut his stuff down to just four. has already cut his stuff down tojust four. he has decided has already cut his stuff down to just four. he has decided to call it quits and close his restau ra nt call it quits and close his restaurant for good. it is difficult since we have been here for a long time and we put a lot of effort in this restau ra nt. many ma ny restau ra nts a re many restaurants are doing what hon tung tsang tried to do —

may keep businesses afloat through takeaway and delivery. but, like him, dozens of restau ra nts but, like him, dozens of restaurants across the country are making or have already made the same painful decision. to close the doors for good. the industry has lost $80 billion in revenue forjust march and april and we are on par lose 240 billion by the end of the year. we are an industry that works on the profit margins and very small cash on hand so for a lot of restaurants it has been a big challenge as to whether they will be able to reopen all of this point. the restau ra nt reopen all of this point. the restaurant industry is the second largest sector employer in america and already four in ten restaurants in the us have closed permanently since the coronavirus pandemic has hit. but those odds are not stopping first—time restaurant tours from opening a new cuban spot in the new york city suburb. the pandemic has meant delays and life changes to their ta keaway and life changes to their takeaway and delivery options but the husband and wife duo of

megan and bebe gonzalez are forging ahead with their plans. 0f forging ahead with their plans. of course we are terrified but what choice do we have? we have invested everything we have. we cannot sell it. we will be ok, we just have to stick together and get through it like we have done our whole lives, stuck together and gotten through it. hon tung tsang is not as optimistic which is why he made the decision to close his restau ra nt. the decision to close his restaurant. even after the pandemic is over it is not clear what happens next. samira hussain, bbc news. and just to say, you can see what restaurant owners are thinking for months ahead and what is in store, we have a special edition of talking business. all this week we've

been reporting from one of the british hospitals hardest hit by the coronavirus. in today's report, from the royal london hospital in east london, clive myrie meets the black and minority ethnic staff playing a crucial part in trying to save lives. many of them face a higher risk of becoming seriously ill if they catch the disease. the front line of the war on coronavirus is everywhere. the trenches are in the mundane. on the floor of a corridor. on a door handle. in the shake of another‘s hand. this man is proud he is waging war on the virus. a ten—year veteran of the cleaning staff at the royal london hospital. he is at work as london wakes and blackbirds sing. all of us cannot be doctors. someone has to be a doctor, someone has to be a nurse

and somebody has to be a domestic. so i'm proud of what i am here. because altogether you are helping to save lives. yeah, all of us come together and then we save more lives. it's a selflessness much admired in this pandemic. those choosing to do what others wouldn't. and so many of the nurses and doctors and consultants, as well as cleaners, the helping hands guiding us through this storm, are black, asian and minority ethnic. somewhere deep down, my heart skipped a little entering the royal london hospital's covid wards. because studies suggest those from the bame community are being affected by the virus disproportionately and are almost twice as likely to die from infection than those who are white. why is unclear. we had permission

from all the patients, all their families, to film. i was nervous. until i came here and my manager told me we are all going to have training. so, as soon as we had the training, everything was fine, i wasn't scared any more, i wasn't panicking any more. and we clean to reduce the infection, so if i don't come, it will spread more. when it comes to bame nhs staff, proximity to the virus through close contact with infected patients is a disproportionate feature of many of their roles in the health service. some argue the nhs needs to examine staff deployment policies for structural racism, where certain workers are retained in lower paid roles. but for most nurses and doctors, white or black, given the correct protection, where else would you want to be, if not cushioning a patient‘s pain? because when all the fancy

labels are stripped away, yourjob is... how are you feeling? ..to care. listen to irene from uganda, a nursing student who we filmed on her very first day on a covid ward. she has the perpetual anxiety of every single nurse or doctor, no matter how experienced, working in that environment with the virus so close. you are like, "oh, my god, was i careful enough? am i getting it today? will i get it tomorrow?" it's very real, yeah but you have to keep strong. i always tell myself someone has got to treat people. i mean, if it were my relatives, i would want someone to care for them, so that kind of thing keeps me going. the muslim chaplain at the royal london has seen the toll on the local asian community in this pandemic. countless deaths.

as he prepares to enter a covid ward at the hospital, on his first visit, prayers for his own safety, before prayers and words of comfort for others. there's too many people to bury and we had some cemeteries where they were having a kind of an islamic version of mass graves, where they would bury ten people in one kind of plot. it's ripped into the heart of our community, a community which is based around the mosque, family relations, being with friends and loved ones on a daily basis. does the virus know a victim is black or white? of course not, but social factors like income and wealth and education affect the quality of the health of all of us. as such, poorer black and ethnic minority communities may be more vulnerable.

but there are other tragedies lurking in this pandemic. for some who have proudly called this country home, but whose hearts belong to a foreign field. in this morgue we came across two bodies. two women. one from west africa and one from north africa. they called britain home. but now there is a purgatory, a final torment, because one of the covid victims wanted a burial in the soil of her birth. but the closed border means her body has sat here for two months. in this mosque, two more bodies shielded by the flags of turkey and northern cyprus. and there are more bodies outside, piling up in shipping containers.

we've been to the royal london a few times to pick up some of our community members that have passed from the virus. i'm waiting for it to hit me. at the moment i can't afford to break down. it's painful. it's too personal, it's close, you know. it doesn't get any closer when you have been growing up in your community and you find yourself having to do the last journey for them, understanding the pain that the families are going through. it's... it's trauma. it's trauma on every level. it's painful. grieving delayed is grieving denied.

this is a shared fight to overcome a shared pain. and it's belief in our shared humanity that will get us through. on tomorrow evening's programme, music to soothe in our troubled times. this is the one time i need to stand up and do myjob. this is the one time i absolutely have to be there. and what happens to the nhs when the clapping stops? clive myrie, bbc news. the last clap for the nhs taking place on thursday as it did. that was the end of that series. another very powerful report there. a reminder of the top story this hour, that is the protest taking place for the protest taking place for the third night in the us city

of minneapolis. the pictures are telling this story, fires dotted around the city as the protests continue over the death of an african—american man at the hands of police. hello. we know this spring has been warm. it's been very dry in some spots. and now news aboutjust how sunny it's been, with the met office saying provisionalfigures indicate that it's been the uk's sunniest spring on record. and with high pressure close by for friday into the weekend, most will stay sunny and dry, warm, very warm, even hot in some spots. in fact, friday, the flow of air around this high—pressure as it moves north across the uk will favour parts of scotland to see the uk's high temperature of the day, close to 28 celsius. now, we start the day with temperatures for some in single figures, though they will rise quickly in the sunshine. any low cloud across parts of eastern coastal england will disappear, along with any misty low cloud around the murray firth in scotland.

orkney brightening up, shetland staying mainly cloudy. but for most of the uk, it's sunshine all the way. it is now a prevailing east—southeasterly breeze. and that means that east—facing coasts will see temperatures towards the teens rather than the low to mid 20s across the bulk of the uk, and, again, nudging the upper 20s in the hottest parts of scotland. temperature not the only thing high. uv levels as well. strong may sunshine. do take care if you're outside for any period of time. and pollen, moderate to high for many of us, as grass pollen levels are on the increase. now, friday looks like a fine evening, plenty of sunshine to end the day. again, temperatures will head down overnight, so if you do try to cool the house down overnight, we're expecting some spots, again, tojust dip down into single figures. and a largely sunny start to saturday morning. and again, just to show you the big picture, it's high pressure maybe just pushing out towards scandinavia, but it is still blocking weather fronts that

would give us some rain otherwise from getting to us from the atlantic. so, on saturday, there may be a bit of patchy cloud developing here and there, the sun may turn hazy in some spots, but for most, it's a sunny story, a brighter one in shetland as well. still the breeze keeping some eastern coastal parts cooler than elsewhere. again, we're talking widely in the low to mid 20s. and then on sunday, again, some patchy cloud developing here and there, but for most places, it will be sunny, it will be dry, it will be very warm. just a hint of something cooler at the end of next week.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the prospect of friends and family re—uniting in small groups, as the lockdown rules begin to ease, but the details depend on where you live in the uk. dentists in england are told they can re—open from june 8, but many practices warn they won't be ready in time. in the us, soldiers are deployed to minneapolis in the face of further clashes following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody. good morning. counting the cost of furlough.