this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk governement says it'll continue to pay tens of billions of pounds, to protect the jobs of furloughed workers, affected by the coronavirus lockdown. businesses will only have to start paying contributions from august. i believe it is right in the final phase of this eight—month scheme to ask employers to contribute, alongside the taxpayer, towards the wages of their staff. a man sacked after the death of george floyd. it follows three consecutive nights of writing. president trump will be addressing the situation in hong kong, his growing feud in twitter,

and the situation in indianapolis. the wait for some is over — reunions in scotland for the first time in weeks, as the lockdown eases. and hallelujah, handel's messiah, gets an outing, as thousands of choirs beat the lockdown. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. two big stories tonight, here in the uk — the chancellor has given an update on the job retention scheme, and we'll have the latest from the american city of minneapolis where tensions it will pay them wages of millions of workers who are affected by the crowbar like him.

of workers who are affected by the crowbarlike him. in of workers who are affected by the crowbar like him. in minneapolis, up police station has been set on fire as protests continue over the death of george floyd. in the last hour or so, a former police officer, who detained the man, has been arrested. rishi sunak said the scheme needed to adapt as the economy reopens. employers will have to contribute towards pensions and national insurance from august. by september, they will need to pay 10% of wages, rising to around play percent before the scheme runs out at the end of october. the programme supports more than eight and a half million workers. the chancellor also pledged to do it extend support for the two and half million self—employed who now receive grants to august. the estimated cost of those schemes stands in the region of £100 billion. faisal islam has the

latest. when the pub don't open, neither the burros. the government wasn't new scheme has helped keep eight and a half any change to that generosity might push some over the edge. it wouldn't be enough for us for the scheme to diminish and us to contribute more if we don't have clarity as to what is going on, because at the end of the day, if our bars close and there is no money coming in, how are we supposed to financially contribute to that? that willjust mean lots and lots of people out of work. at least those eight and a half million workers will now continue to get the bulk of their wages paid for by the taxpayer. injuly, bulk of their wages paid for by the taxpayer. in july, this bulk of their wages paid for by the taxpayer. injuly, this can now be ona taxpayer. injuly, this can now be on a part—time basis, offering flexibility to companies facing workers back to work. in august, the government will continue to pay 80% of salary. in september, the

taxpayer contribution will go down to 70% and then 60% in october. workers will have to get at least 80% of their wages. a further two and a half million self—employed workers at least will be eligible for a slightly less general grant —— generous grant. at six and a desk six and a half thousand pounds. a 99.7% slump and sailed in april. that's one reason both these unprecedented schemes is heading towards 100 billion pounds. essentially borrowed money. the chancellor says it's still value. the scheme is i think very generous. eight months is a long time to have the support. if you look at the total employer contribution over that entire period on a typical employee average, it will amount to the employer making a 5% contribution. the opposition says

it's taking risks with unemployment. some sectors like hospitality look like they could be locked down for quite a long time. they will not have the cash flow necessary to have employers coming into support staff. this could lead potentially to major job boxes. the government says a three way balancing act between the cost of the taxpayer. it's essential judgement today is to carry on spending generously more than expected, and that means a third of the workforce, 11 million workers, will continue to have their wages funded by the taxpayer for most of the year. it is the self—employed, like this folk singer, who feel relieved by the announcement but still concerned about future.|j relieved by the announcement but still concerned about future. i very much appreciate that we will be supported until august. i worry about my ability to keep touring and

being a musician, especially after yea rs being a musician, especially after years and years of training with a degree in music. it's very heartbreaking. but the treasury say that the self—employed were already differently —— treated differently. the chancellor says his spending will continue through the summer, but as the economy reopens, it should come to an end. faisal islam, bbc news. let's speak now to hannah essex from the british chambers of commerce. i was reading a piece that said it was like a game of kerplunk. they have are trying to gradually remove the support. do you think the chancellor did enough today? yes. well, i think businesses were asking for two things. one was flexibility within the scheme to allow them to bring back people on a part—time basis. the other was that the

employer contribution was gently introduced. i think on both of those points have been addressed. the schema close to some businesses so u nless schema close to some businesses so unless you're in the scheme until june, you can't join. unless you're in the scheme until june, you can'tjoin. there are some sectors where if they simply cannot open or the capacity is so restricted, they can't operate to full capacity, they will need additional support for those businesses. are you saying that right now there isn't a sector specific allowance for instance for the hospitality industry? they will be the last to come out of the lockdown. the scheme didn't go down a route because it was obvious what the impact was so far. there's also the impact was so far. there's also the knock on effect on the cell might supply chain. there are number

people who provide food and drinks, they need to be supported as well. so you could end up not supporting businesses if you need it. that's not to say those sectors don't need support and the government should remain open minded. support and the government should remain open mindedlj support and the government should remain open minded. i suppose a lot of people are asking, they are asked to pick up part of these way goods, is whether they have the demand —— these wages. if you don't have the demand and you are asked to pick up wages, the thing you do straightaway and start laying off people. wages, the thing you do straightaway and start laying off peoplelj wages, the thing you do straightaway and start laying off people. i think the chancellor has been clear that while the scheme has gone a long way to retainjobs for a long period of time, not alljobs will be able to be saved. what this does mean is businesses will have the time to see what happens to reopen, whether

that's later injune orjuly. they will see how demand is going to make good choices about what they need to do to secure the future of their business. unfortunately for some, that will mean they have to make redundancies and government should be keeping... we have been speaking to them about this. how do you retrain those people to make sure they can apply their skills to other parts of the economy? the self—employed have had a grant of two and half thousand for three months. that was going to come to an end. tell us what we tired today, whether that is some reassurance for them. we know that those who are self—employed have seen their income impacted by the virus. for up to 70% of their lost income. the covers a three month period. it would be a maximum of around £6,000 for those self—employed people. it's a bit

more time to pay their bills and keep going as they hopefully —— demand hopefully starts to pick up. thanks very much. hannah essex from the cbr. breaking news,. in the us city of minneapolis, a man sacked as a police officer following the death of the unarmed black man george floyd has been arrested. he has been charged with third—degree murder. derek chauvin is one of four police officers who were fired after mr floyd's death in custody on monday. since then, the city has been rocked by protests. overnight, a police station was set ablaze, and police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. president trump has tweeted that "thugs" were dishonouring george floyd's memory. but twitter accused him of "glorifying violence" with a post that said: "when the looting starts, the shooting starts." our north america correspondent, nick bryant's report contains some distressing images.

fires of fury, fires of frustration. civil unrest of the 1960s that apply once more in 2020 america. for the third night, parts of minneapolis we re third night, parts of minneapolis were burning. this police station overrun and set ablaze. for protesters, it had become a landmark of racial injustice. they believe an unarmed african—american, george floyd, was murdered by the police. to bolster this bowl, and to quell this protest, the state general credit governor sent in the national guard. he called the unrest unacceptable, but recognise there was a lot of pain and anger.|j cannot breathe. this was the spark

for america by schmeichel latest racial firestorm. a white for america by schmeichel latest racialfirestorm. a white police police officer kneeling on the neck of george floyd, despite he could not breathe. his family demanded the four police officers face murder charges. this morning came what was widely seen as another act of racial injustice. the police handcuffed the and african—american correspondent for cnn who was reporting on the overnight disorder. donald trump initially called a video of mr floyd's death shocking but when on twitter to describe the protesters as thugs, adding that when the looting starts, the shooting starts. that prompted the social media network to attach a warning to the tweet, saying it violated the company's tweet, saying it violated the com pa ny‘s rules tweet, saying it violated the compa ny‘s rules of tweet, saying it violated the company's rules of glorifying violence. the unrest in minneapolis has triggered protests in other cities. a country already

confronting an economic crisis is now in the midst of another racial reckoning. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. the other three officers who were standing by as that officer knelt on the neck of george floyd, they are still under investigation. the investigation to those three continues. i want to show you the live pictures from the white house. president trump due to speak in the next few minutes. of course he will be asked about his tweets. the conference is to talk about china and the problems with china over hong kong. when that starts, i will take you to that. let's get more on this now — and speak to the american author and civil rights activist, dr cornel west, who's in cambridge, massachusetts. mr west, great pleasure to have you on the programme. thank you. let's

talk about that breaking news. we now do have a charge, third—degree murder. will that help quell some of the violence? doesn't go some way to answering people's concerns? not really. i think people's concerns are much deeper than that, it's not just a matter of a charge. we want to see it in terms of a come fish —— conviction. they want responsibility taken. these are deeper issues. we have some wonderful human beings in america, but the united states as a failed social experiment to a degree when it comes to black people and poor people, it fails. it's commodified culture fails. for 400 yea rs commodified culture fails. for 400 years now, this failure has been unfolding, unraveling, even though it has been successful for others

when it comes to poor working people and more and more people of all colours, but especially black and red, it's a failure. this is chronic. this is something that's chronic. this is something that's chronic. this is something that's chronic. this is something that we're talking about that has historical roots. america's history of white supremacy is failing and trying to fail a little bit better. accountability, a little bit better. conviction, a little bit better. in the end, the white supremacy cuts so deepin the end, the white supremacy cuts so deep in the country. it's hard for decent americans who really hate white supremacy, they come in all colours, who are anti—racist, to have the kind of organisation that allows for the transformation required in the american empire. just while we are talking about

district attorney, and the three other officers that were standing by as george floyd died on the pavement. doctor wes, i as george floyd died on the pavement. doctorwes, iwant as george floyd died on the pavement. doctor wes, i want to read you something that barack obama put in his statement today. he had an e—mailfrom somebody in his statement today. he had an e—mail from somebody that said the knee on the neck for this person was a metaphorfor knee on the neck for this person was a metaphor for how the system so cavalierly holds black votes down, ignoring their cries for help. —— black folks. it's ironic that this is been about taking a knee, and then pressing on people that black lives matter. and yet here we have another symbolic exhibit of the knee, killing a black man. it is something when it comes to that? no, it's true. i'm glad to see my brother barack it's true. i'm glad to see my brother ba rack obama it's true. i'm glad to see my brother barack obama speaking out. you know he was black president with black attorney general with black

homeland security, and that was the contacts were —— contacts for the black lives matter movement. they cannot speak to the vicious legacy of white supremacy or their connections to wall street. it's not gonna bejust the connections to wall street. it's not gonna be just the question of these black professionals putting forward words at this point. i think what you see on the street to minneapolis is in many ways, an indictment of black politicians, and indictment of black politicians, and indictment of black professionals, and indictment thatis black professionals, and indictment that is accommodated itself to the predatory capitalism to the white supremacist structure. not the nice words, but the structures themselves. they are addressed in terms of fundamental transformation. especially, brother trump was calling my brothers and sisters in the street thugs. he is the one who

has been using the violent language, the hatred, of mexicans, of muslims, of black people, of games and lesbians. i want to keep the context in place in terms of language here. —— games word—mac and lesbians. barack obama, ba rack obama, that barack obama, that generated a black lives matter movement, and then a neofascist in the white house. you've got brother obama, brother trump, seemingly so different, and yet they are still having continuity when it comes to the plight of poor people and working people, especially black and brown and red. i'm sure his supporters would deny he isa i'm sure his supporters would deny he is a neofascist. but i take your issue with some of the language he uses. let me come to that language.

the language that twitter has highlighted. what did that line say to you? if the looting starts the shooting begins? we heard that before. that was the police chief in 1967 in miami. that was the police chief that told black folks in miami that the moment you lose, we shall begin to shoot. what you get is a neofascist donald trump, and i'm just being objective. a thug is someone who thinks they can do anything with impunity, no accountability. that is donald trump. he picked up that language from a deeply authoritarian, xena phobic white supremacist police chief in miami and trump uses the same language, trying to let folks know that he's gonna strong. it's cowardly, we know that. these are...

they themselves are speaking this kind of tough language when it comes to them actually individually, personally wanting to step forward, they got to put out their tanks and pull out all their bombs and police men and souls earth. we're not afraid. we're not intimidated by that language, at least not me —— a policeman and so forth.|j that language, at least not me —— a policeman and so forth. i do understand your frustration. i'm speaking from my heart and soul. yeah, iget speaking from my heart and soul. yeah, i get that. i believe i have thuggish qualities. i have to fight it every day. i think it's a human thing, but some of us, like donald trump, he's less successful in that

struggle. we will have to leave it there. good to have you on the programme. god bless you. new orleans was one of the hotspots of covid—19 in the us at the start of the pandemic. some experts have blamed the annual mardi gras street party in late february for that initial spike. however three months on, the city has successfully flattened its curve and is moving out of lockdown. latoya cantrell is the mayor of new orleans and joins me now. very good to see you. thank you for sparing us sometime. i have to ask, what is going on and made a life is, you are the mayor of the city. it is 60% african—american. i'm sure they share anger and frustration and you are well—placed to talk about this because you been a long time campaigner on criminal justice and police reform. so why do you think it's going wrong? well, first of

all, this was a heartbreaking tragedy. being an african—american woman who has felt the sting of oppression, i'm very much tired of this happening over and over and over again. this happening over and over and overagain. in the black this happening over and over and over again. in the black community. to black people and particularly black men —— does we are tired of it. why does the black man always have to die? i don't know why they can't just be arrested. i feel with a lot of frustration, like many of my brothers and sisters around and throughout the united states of america, the angels ofjustice did a crime —— are crying out to be heard. doesn't come down to systems? i read

that the chokehold is still legal in minneapolis. does it come back down to the systems and practices from state to state and city to city? well, but it comes down to in my opinion is training —— what it comes down to. it's something we take very seriously here in the city of new orleans with our new orleans police department. our departments is actually leading in really working with other police departments around the country, teaching, and what that is is ethical policing is courageous. because it is. and if training was in place there, this should have never gone to this point. it should have never escalated to floyd losing his life. it should have never happened at all, especially with the officers standing by, witnessing, doing nothing, didn't prevent it, didn't step in, and say, "let me take it

from here, man. " step in, and say, "let me take it from here, man." to their fellow officer. so it goes to... it all boils down to this. as we just heard from the doctor, 400 years of oppression. so systemic and systematic, absolutely, and this is a result of that. but at the end of the day, what we need is effective training, as well as accountability across the board. the mayor did the right thing as regards to moving absolutely swiftly with terminating their employment, but it doesn't stop there and it shouldn't. glad to hear about and arrest being made, also would like to see those other office rs also would like to see those other officers arrested, but again, as the doctor said, he goes down to and speaks to conviction. that's what we are about. getting justice in

seeking it and getting it, and it's deserved. it's very frustrating. seeking it and getting it, and it's deserved. it's very frustratinglj must talk to you before you run out of time, why you've come on to talk to us and that's what's happened in new to us and that's what's happened in n ew o rlea ns to us and that's what's happened in new orleans after mardi gras. we know about the criticism there's been. do you think there's been enough support from the federal government? what do you mean, after mardi gras? perhaps during mardi gras. do you think you had enough flags? did you know about how serious this was? would you have been told more? of course. i reported on this and i believe the la st reported on this and i believe the last time i was on your show, first of all, the federal government is involved in our unified command in preparing for mardi gras. in addition to that, we had the fbi and our partners and special agents walking in parades with my public safety team, so they were on the ground with the city. no red flags given at all. so we moved forward

accordingly because again, no special events, no large events were cancelled throughout the united states of america at all. just let me interrupt because i want to say goodbye to our viewers. was not? i just want to say goodbye to our viewers but we will continue on the bbc news channel. when you have a situation. how do you succeed in flattening the curve? first of all is being very peaceful and shutting the city down —— making haste. moving very aggressively to stop the parades that were scheduled like st. patrick's day, like our super sunday with our mardi gras. it was a very unpopular time, but given guidance and direction from our public health officials, we move very quickly.

then by march 16, we moved forward with our mandate, shutting the city down. also show very much progress in flattening that curb, but that came with aggressive testing, i standing up mobile testing site, even with the federal government we stood it up in three days' time. we did not look back, we always looked forward and provided our community with access to testing. we were one of the first to open up testing to just about anyone even though we don't need any documentation. you don't need any documentation. you don't have to have an id, but we wa nt don't have to have an id, but we want you to be tested. just quickly because lots of people want to come back to your city. you're same for the music and everything that's great about new orleans, but you had this run in with the tourism department in your city with the president. he wants everything reopened. so where are you at? where we are, we are in phase one. we have

opened up the city very slowly, the first day of opening up was may the 16th at 6am. we are two weeks in and seeing our efforts remain consistent with flattening the curve and keeping to cases down. as it relates to health care capacity and contact tracing being implemented, so we are moving in the right direction, becoming the safest city not only to live in but also to visit. public health is our top priority and that's going to be, i believe, the clear indicator for folks returning to visit the city of new orleans at. we are out of time but it's been great having you on. thank you very much. here's the weather with louise. the blue sky an indication of what's to come as we head into the weekend. yes it remains dry, but

we close—out made with dry weather. breeze coming off the north sea, particularly through saturday but there will be lots of sunshine to look out for and temperatures will certainly start to respond. southeasterly breeze a little fresher along that east coast. likely to see temperatures speaking to 21 degrees, but we could see 25 fahrenheit for parts of south wales. a bit of early morning cloud, that melts away on sunday. lighter winds and perhaps temperatures, a degree or so higher. in the southwest, we might see highs of 27 degrees. we have not already worked it out, it looks as this week and will continue to be dry and sunny and still pretty warm.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk governement announces changes to the scheme that covers the wages, of furloughed workers, affected by the coronavirus lockdown — businesses will have to start paying contributions, from august. i believe it is right in theirfinal phase of this eight—month scheme to ask employers to contribute alongside the taxpayer and towards the wages of their staff. a man — sacked as a police officer following the death of unarmed black man george floyd in the us city of minneapolis — has been arrested and charged with third degree murder and manslaughter — it follows three consecutive nights of rioting. president trump is due to speak at the white house soon. he will be addressing the situation in hong kong, his growing feud with twitter,

and of course the rioting in minneapolis. we will bring you that live. and the wait for some is over — reunions in scotland for the first time in weeks, as the lockdown eases. from today, people in scotland have been allowed to meet friends and family in small groups outdoors, for the first time, since lockdown measures were introduced. it comes as wales' first minister announced plans for relaxing restrictions there, with borisjohnson saying yesterday that some measures in england would also be eased, from next week. in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent in cardiff, hywel griffith, and duncan kennedy in the new forest. but first, let's go to scotland, where one family have had an emotional reunion, as sarah smith explains.

the first ego stepped out of hard lockdown as a six—week—old penny meets herfamily lockdown as a six—week—old penny meets her family for the first time. it is unnatural, carefully keeping two metres apart. in scotland, two different households can meet with a limit of eight people at that time. they are not to share food or concrete or go indoors. i don't want to get to personnel but did you go to get to personnel but did you go to the little before you came?|j gave you. only if people think to the real slow freedom process. gave you. only if people think to the real slow freedom processm would be heartbreaking if it went backwards. the right to sunday from a barbecue, and picnic has been delivered on the hardest thing —— hottest day of that year. it all relies on public corporation. it's seems like as that led nicola sturgeon to say she is nervous about

relaxing the rules in scotland. things did not feel as though we are com pletely things did not feel as though we are completely back to normal because we are not. back to normal. if you're having doubts about whether you are in the rules or not, err on the side of caution. because however harsh these wills might feel right now and i know they do, abiding by them will never, ever be as harsh as dealing with the loss of a loved one. people in scotland can finally play some sports as long as they are outdoors. as we wait three weeks before that government reviews whether they can relax the rules even further. too fast or too slow, theyjourney out of lockdown can feel exhausting. from monday they will be able to meet families with no limits on the head but they can't travel more than five miles. self and many in the

midlands will have to wait.|j five miles. self and many in the midlands will have to wait. i think they're making changes according to peoples behaviour as can see people are getting lockdown fatigue and piping people are breaking the rules and being irresponsible so i think it makes sense to be pragmatic. they changes in rails are meant to depend on data rather than a set of dates. the number of new coronavirus cases has gone down but the rate at which the virus is spreading has not. staying local and not sharing facilities with other people we think we means sensible, precautionary steps when the debtor are great in wales is no better to admit —— today than it was three weeks ago. shops have been told they may be able to reopen in three weeks but some feel left in the dark. sean has several businesses here, see —— she is anxious for them to recover after flooding earlier this year. but she is frustrated. i think the

longer we are dragging our feet and not getting any kind of clarity i think it's going to harm businesses and it is going to harm people with mental health. we are behind them is causing issues. the welsh approach is unapologetically cautious. no plans have been announced for schools. change comes one step at a time. in england from the beaches of brighton to the scenery of salary, people are preparing for the changes that start on monday. and the new forest, most but not all families welcomed the adjustment that allows groups of up to six people to meet. i want to be out gallivanting about everywhere. it is dangerous, we have got to keep on how we are doing now. a cellist finds and for breaching lockdown laws shall below 900 in the

past two weeks. with popular places like this that having consented about what is coming. right across england the rules change from monday about social distancing, what is your message to the public? the rules may change on monday but the message remains the same, you need to plan your visit and maintain social distancing mentioned in the regulations and you can't set anything up with 20 members of your family to have a party. from monday, any meetings may only be outside, and must keep to a two will. this is evolution, not liberation from lockdown. let's speak now to virologist professorjohn edmunds, who is also a member of the government's scientific advisory group sage. it is really that happy with us. we are told time and again by the politicians that they follow the science but we all know that very often these are political decisions. if it was ( he could to scientists, would they be even beast lockdown measures now? i don't think we can

make the decisions, i think they are a lwa ys make the decisions, i think they are always going to be political decisions. we are looking at it from a narrow perspective of looking at the epidemic but you have to weigh that against the wider economy, the other impacts that peoples lives with the lockdown and so on and that government do that. and then they make a decision. clearly they have made a decision, they have revealed their preferences. we could stay in lockdown or we could keep measures in place and in scotland for insta nce in place and in scotland for instance which we just heard from your report, they are not using restrictions anywhere near as much as in england because the government here in westminster clearly made a decision that this is the sort of level of incidents that they are willing. at the end of the day it comes down to acceptable risk, there

is always going to be some risk. yes. no question. there is some risk when you ease some restrictions. of christ there is a risk associated with that and you have to balance those risks. it has to be done. but i think many —— many of us are a bit sick and they have to make a decision and they have made a decision. does it make any difference that the politicians are saying look, we keep all the decisions under review if they r rate starts to rise we can lockdown again. that is important. but the issueis again. that is important. but the issue is the reproduction number now issue is the reproduction number now is slightly less than one and what's happening now is that we are using restrictions article that and we are replacing the general restrictions with more targeted restrictions like

the track and trace. so you target people who are at most risk and isolate them. and that hopefully will keep the reproduction number at around one. we don't think it's going to reduce it much from where we are at the moment. we think it might if it works well it might be able to hold it where it is or maybe the reproduction number around one which means the number of cases we are seeing at the moment are going to continue more or less at this level. hopefully it will go down a bit but more or less at this level going forward. and that means there's quite a few cases that are being reported at the moment. if you look internationally the uk is reporting something like 2000 cases a day. it's really about 300 cases a day. germany about 400 k for a day. the level of incidents here in the uk is significantly higher than

similar countries around europe. but we have obviously decided that is that, we can't tolerate that level of incidents, while the government has. you are clearly quite sceptical about that. i just wonder about the discussions that goes on with them, do you feel that you are on the fringe? are you a lone voice on this or do other scientists share your views? i am not here to represent science but if you listen carefully to what they suggested a you would see a very different tone of message but the point is that these decisions are valued judgements. they arejudgements decisions are valued judgements. they are judgements about what the level of incidents is and can be tolerated this and it's not myjob tolerated this and it's not myjob to make that decision. thank god, i would hate to make that kind of decision, it is a horrible thing but

thatis decision, it is a horrible thing but that is what they are paid to do and that's what they clearly have done. let us talk about how we mitigate the risk a little. obviously the test track and trace system is gathering speed. should the test results be coming back in 24 hours, jeremy hunt thinks they should. do you think that it is right that we start contact tracing when people have tested positive or should that happen as soon as people have symptoms? the riskier way to do it as to wait for a test result to come back and then contact trace. the other way is to contact trace people immediately and isolate the contact immediately and isolate the contact immediately and isolate the contact immediately and release them on the results, if a negative result comes through the you release them. that has big economic impact as a well

and because of course you could be potentially be putting many more people into temporary quarantine and also asked me play on peoples willingness to accept. if you are repeatedly coming back into temporary measures and quarantine and then being released and perhaps the next time it happens to you you just don't buy to comply and maybe that's the time it really matters. soi that's the time it really matters. so i understand these things are not easy and the best solution to that is to have a test result that comes back very fast, and accurate test results very fast so yes within 24 hours. certainly within 48 hours. are you sure with your discussions with the prime minister and aa cabinets, are you sure that's where they want to get to that test result within 24 hours because they seems

to be confusion about that every other day. i don't speak with the cabinets and the prime minister. how often do you speak to the prime minister? i don't speak with him at all. you make your decision and that there is a report sent to him? we don't make a decision. you gather your evidence and present it. he does not come and sit with you? no. so the cochairs they then speak with the politicians. would it help matters if you came and sat with you? well, then i think you would find this paper is a saying we have got political interference. find this paper is a saying we have got political interferencelj got political interference.” suppose excel. i don't want to put you on the spot here but yesterday there prime minister's special adviser, he went to the north fred

that he was watching around the world and the police said he might have broken the rules going on a day trip, i wonder if you think it was made in the spirit of the rules and what sort of damage it might have done? was it in the spirit of the rules ? done? was it in the spirit of the rules? probably not. as for the damage i am hoping itjust goes away frankly and i wish he would not keep bringing it up. i must say, you look tired. i really mean that. are you doing a lot of hours and pouring over graphs and is it 24/7? doing a lot of hours and pouring over graphs and is it 24”? yes. since january. many of us have been working flat—out since this started without a break and it's been very intense. we don't get paid for it as well. you do not get paid for it? now, we do it because we are asked to do it and the same with the

research team working around the clock and we have been working around the clock. no one pays any extra money for that. i did not know how you worked so i learned a lot tonight, i am very grateful for your time. thank you for being with us. as i said, there's also a growing row between president trump and twitter. at the heart of it is a tweet by the president, which the social media company says glorifies violence. it can now only be viewed after users read a warning and click through to it after twitter said it fell foul of its rules. in it, president trump blames thugs for setting light to a police station in minneapolis, and warns that ‘any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts.‘ meanwhile, president trump has signed an executive order, which removes some of the legal protections given to social media platforms. he said he was protecting free speech. twitter said it was "a reactionary and politicized approach to a landmark law" which put freedom of expression at risk. earlier today the president accused the social media site of ignoring

what he called the lies and propaganda from china and the democratic party. and a short time ago donald trump tweeted "revoke 230", referring to the section of a law that gives internet companies broad immunity from liability for the content created by their users. tech giants say the protections offered by section 230 are the bedrock of the internet. earlier i spoke to our north america correspodent anthony zurcher, who says twitter almost seems to be daring donald trump to take further action. it was a bold move on the part of twitter. they've never done anything like this to donald trump before, and a few days ago, they appended a fact check to one of his tweets. but this is actually hiding the tweet itself into people viewing this message about violating the terms of service. so i guess twitter, if anything, is leaning in to this controversy with donald trump, essentially daring him to go forward with these actions. i mean, he may want donald trump

to make a more bold move on this so they can take this to the courts and get some sort of a resolution, because if you look at the order that donald trump signed yesterday, it's a slow process that instructing his agencies to review the law and then come up with new regulations which would have to be voted on. and that would take some time, so if anything, this is bringing this to a head right now. i want to show you the live pictures from the white house. these journalists have been waiting patiently. it was due to start 45 minutes ago. i suspect some of the questions will probably be about his postings on twitter. even though the bulk of the press conference is supposed to be about china and what to do about hong kong. we will take you to that of course when it starts. hundreds of schools in south korea have closed due to a spike in coronavirus infections, just days

after they reopened. over 800 sites have gone back to online classes and authorities there are once again asking businesses to allow flexible working. our correspondent laura bicker has been in seoul throughout the coronavirus outbreak — she sent this update: health officials in south korea are describing the current cluster outbreaks as a crisis situation. the reason they are concerned is that these outbreaks are in areas of high population. they are all linked to a distribution warehouse for one of the country's biggest e—commerce firms, coupang. so far, over 90 people related to that warehouse outbreak have been confirmed as having coronavirus. there have also been secondary infections within the community. now, as ever, south korean health officials are excellent at tracking, tracing and testing everyone in relation to the warehouse. president trump is just appearing at the podium so let us listen in. that

afternoon. thank you. i am here today to talk about our relationship with china and several new measures to protect american security and prosperity. china's pattern of misconduct is well known for decades, they have ripped off the united states like no one has ever done before. hundreds of billions of dollars a year were lost dealing with china, especially over the yea rs with china, especially over the years during the prior administration. china rated our factories, off shoring ourjobs, but in our industries, still our intellectual property, and violated their commitments under the world trade organisation. to make matters worse, they are considered a developing nation, getting all sorts of benefits that others including the united states are not entitled to. but i have never so he blamed china for this. they were able to get away with the theft like no one

was able to get away with before. because of past politicians and frankly, past presidents. but unlike those who came before, my administration negotiated and fought for what was right, it is called fairand for what was right, it is called fair and reciprocal treatment. china has also unlawfully claimed territory in the pacific ocean, threatening freedom of navigation in international trade. and they broke their word to the world on ensuring their word to the world on ensuring the autonomy of hong kong. the united states wants an open and constructive relationship with china but achieving that relationship requires us to vigorously defend our national interests. the chinese government has continually violated its promises to us and so many other nations. these plain facts could not be overlooked or swept aside. the

world is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the chinese government. china's cover—up of the wuhan virus and how that to spread all over the world, instigating a global pandemic that has caused more than 100,000 american lives and nanny and knives worldwide. chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the world health organisation and pressured the world health organisation to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered by chinese authorities. cou ntless discovered by chinese authorities. countless lives have been taken in profound economic hardship has been infected all around the globe. a strongly recommended against me doing the early band from china but idid it doing the early band from china but i did it anyway, it was proven to be 100% correct. china has total control over the world health organisation, despite only paying $40 million per year compared to

what the united states has been paying which is approximately $450 million a year. we have detailed the reforms that it must make and engage with them directly but they have refused to act. because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today, terminating our relationship with the world health organisation and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving our attempt global public health needs. the world needs answers from china on the virus. we must have transparency. why is it that china shut off infected people from wuhan to all of china? it went nowhere else, he did not go to beijing, it went nowhere else. but they allowed them to freely travel throughout the world including europe and the

united states. the death and destruction caused by base incalculable. we must have answers, not only for us but for the rest of the world. this pandemic has underscored the crucial importance of building up america's economic independence. we are sharing our critical supply chains and protecting america's scientific and technological advances. for years, the government of china has conducted a listed espionage to steal our industrial secrets of which there were many. today i will issue a proclamation to better secure our nations vital university research and to suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals from china who we have identified as potential security risks. i am also taking action to protect the integrity of america's financial system by far the best in the world. i am

instructing my presidential working group on financial markets to study the differing practices of chinese companies listed on the us financial markets. with the goal of protecting american investors. investment firms should not be subjecting their clients to the hidden and undue risks associated with financing chinese companies that do not play by the same rules. americans are entitled to fairness and transparency. several of the most significant actions we take them pertain to a deeply troubling situations, unfolding in hong kong. this retainer unilaterally impose control over hong kong security. this was a pain violation of beijing's treaty obligations. with the united kingdom and the declaration of 1984, an explicit

present —— provisions of hong kong's basic law. it has 27 years to go. the chinese government move against hong kong as the latest in a series of measures that are diminishing the city's long—standing and very proud status. this is a tragedy for their people of hong kong, that people of china, and indeed the people of the world. china claims it is protecting national security. but the truth is that hong kong were secure and prosperous as a free society. beijing's decision reverses all of that. it extends the reach of china's in basement eight security apparatus into what was for many a bastion of liberty. china's latest incursion along with other recent developments that degraded the territories freedoms makes clear that hong kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous to warrant the special treatment that we have

avoided the territory seems the handover. china has replaced its promised formula of one country, to systems, with one country, one system. therefore i am directing my administration to begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions that give hong kong different and special treatment. my announcement today with affect the full range of agreements we have with hong kong from our extradition treaty to our expert controls on dual use technologies and more with few exceptions. we will be revising the state department's travel advisory for hong kong to reflect the increased danger of surveillance and punishment by the chinese state security apparatus. we will take action to revoke hong kong's preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory. from

the rest of china. the united states will also take necessary steps to sanction prc and hong kong officials directly or indirectly involved in eroding hong kong's autonomy and if you take a look, smothering, absolutely smothering hong kong's freedom. our actions will be strong, our actions will be meaningful. more than two decades ago on a rainy night in 1997, british judges lowered the union flag and chinese soldiers raised the chinese flag in hong kong. the people of hong kong fell simultaneously proud of the chinese and the cake —— heritage and their unique hong kong identity. the people of hong kong hoped that in the years and decades to come, china will increasingly come to resemble its most radiant and dynamic city. the rest of the weld was electrified

bya the rest of the weld was electrified by a sense of optimism that hong kong was a glimpse into china's future. not that hong kong would grow into a reflection of china's past. in every decision, i will continue to proudly defend and protect their workers and families, and citizens of the united states of america. thank you very much. thank you. donald trump fair at the white house delivering a monologue about his relationship with the united states relationship with the united states relationship with the united states relationship with china. in particular talking about china and hong kong with the announcement earlier this week that the effective and said that to the country rule, the fact that hong kong has now come on there will of china. he said his administration will begin process to

intimate policy exemptions and give hong kong special treatment. he said hong kong special treatment. he said hong kong special treatment. he said hong kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous to merit special treatment from the united states. he was talking at length about them and said he would not take any questions as you can see and walked off quite abruptly. there is a lot going on with a chump administration at the moment, not least that beth of george freud who has now died in minneapolis earlier this week, and x officer has been charged with murder in minneapolis, this is after george freud was arrested. he does not arrested, he was held down by the next by the police officer. there has been a huge amount of outrage about that and darrell was a spat with twitter which put on hold one of his tweets from being inflammatory but the essence of this particular press conference which was pretty sure it actually was quite delayed, but with twitter which put on hold one of his tweets

from being unsanitary but the essence of this particular press conference which was pretty sure it actually was quite delayed, but what about the relationship that president trump has with china and the light of developments with china's relationship with hong kong. he said his administration you will begin the process to eliminate policy to give hong kong special treatment. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government announces changes to the scheme that covers the wages, of furloughed workers, affected by the coronavirus lockdown — businesses will have to start paying contributions, from august. i believe it is right in the final phase of this eight—month scheme to ask employers to contribute, alongside the taxpayer, towards the wages of their staff. a man — sacked as a police officer following the death of unarmed black man george floyd in the us city of minneapolis has been arrested and charged with third degree murder, it follows three consecutive nights of rioting. president trump says the us is ‘terminating' relationship with world health organization.