do to retrain and provide, if they can, newjob opportunities. but already, the data is showing in singapore the prospect of a pretty rapid spike in unemployment. i was just looking before we came on air. you know, singapore has a very very low and employment rate. in fact, two years ago, it was about 2%, but prospects are that this is going to spike considerably. and itjust shows it's going to be a really difficult task to manage economies as we come out of lockdown, hopefully, there isn't a second spike, but without seeing —— we are u nfortu nately spike, but without seeing —— we are unfortunately seeing messing up limit everywhere. let's have a look at the frankfurt, a picture here of some of the protests happening in minneapolis after the killing of an unarmed black man by a police officer. a former police officer now. four police officers were

sacked. it shows the impact that this story is having worldwide that it should be on the front of the frankfurt. the purpose don't make protest of continuing in the us, despite the fact that in the past br simone of the police officers has been charged with third—degree murder. yes, i mean, the protests and the rights that are going on. the death of the african—american, george boyd, is absolutely ignited black americans across america. absolutely furious, you know, holding their placards, black lives matter, this is an issue that comes up matter, this is an issue that comes up again and again in america, and of course, donald trump has now weighed in on twitter. he's threatened that if there are difficulties, we will take control when diluting begins, the shooting begins. you know, very provocative tweet from donald trump, and i think twitter has actually retaliated a little bit and said that such tweets

provoke violence. so the whole situation in america in the moment. you are not only dealing with so many countries are, the virus, but i'iow many countries are, the virus, but now dealing with these riots on the streets as well following the death of george floyd. iain, it remains to be seen what kind of ramifications there will be, and if the charging of this police officer with third—degree murder will lessen those riots, those protests in the coming days. this is the last thing that america needs right now. you know, america is the melting pot the past 3—4 years of —— have been very very difficult socially in america. you know, we have been talking earlier about the really difficult economics that are ahead. i mean, 14

million americans, 25% of those who could work are now unemployed in america. the last thing that america needs are scenes like this, and a political response from a president in this way. i'm not surprised twitter has tried to take action. he's trying to retaliate. ijust hope the situation can cool. yeah, we will keep an eye on that story here on bbc news. lastly, a quick look at the times front page. a bit ofa look at the times front page. a bit of a picture of a sunset or sunrise, not quite sure, but anyway, it has been the sunniest spring ever here in the uk, and i'm sure you will both agree with me that it has been the one upside to the past two and half months of lockdown, hasn't it, sian? absolutely. it's kind of made it bearable, has dick? the fact that the sun has been shining, that we've all been able to get out into the parks and do our exercise. i don't like to think what it would have

been like if it had been raining every day, but as the time says, this is possibly the sunniest spring since 1929, and we are on course to have the driest may on record. absolutely gorgeous picture, you come as you say, the yellow sun against the blood red sky, but underneath, i do see the business have noted caution drought fearslj knew that was coming. forget the paddling pools, there will be a hose pipe band. i can't see much of a lockdown town that you've got there, i know i've got one, you got one? —— lockdown tan. between all these new meetings and doing this can income i'm trying to nip into the garden, we are lucky to have that garden. there is an echo as sian says, in 1929, when the weather was last sunday in this country, and of course, that was the start of a very very difficult period, but it's a beautiful picture. 0k, iain, sian, thank you very much for now. if you are in the uk if you're in the uk,

iain and sian will be back injust over half an hour to look at more of the stories being covered by newspapers and websites here. goodbye for now. let's return now to the press conference given by the us president this evening. it had been widely anticipated that donald trump would speak about the unrest in minneapolis following the death of george floyd. however, in a ten—minute briefing, he stepped up his criticism of china, and of the world health organization. speaking at the white house, president trump said that as the who had failed to introduce reforms the us had requested, it would now bring its involvement with the organisation to an end: 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. countless lives have been taken and profound economic hardship has been inflicted all around the globe. they strongly recommended against me

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 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 urgent global public health needs. david miliband is a former uk foreign secretary and the president and chief executive officer

of the international rescue and hejoins me live from new york: welcome to you, thank you very much for being with us. donald trump is not alone in his criticism of the who,japan, for one, not alone in his criticism of the who, japan, for one, agrees that they helped china cover up coalbed, and they acted too slowly. in your view, is that true at all? there has certainly been mistakes by the world health organisation, but they originate in the fact that the organisation needs more independence, more transparency, more funding as well, and at the moment, it's the imposition by various member states, it's a member lead organisation, the constrain its ability to speak truth to power. this is a very damaging decision, obviously for the world's poorest people who depend on the world health organisation, but i'm afraid it's also going to damage american interests, because of president trump is worried about chinese influence with america in the world health organisation, then surely their exit is only going to increase their exit is only going to increase the chinese say. is there any

impetus to overhaul the who in the manner in which you think it needs to be to give a true independence? there has been some efforts of reform from the outside the international peace institute, for example, published an important set of papers after commission chair the former prime minister of new zealand, but those outside influencing activities have not yet got the kind of leverage that in fa ct got the kind of leverage that in fact is needed for member states. president trump referred to the fact that he detailed some reforms. no one has seen with the concrete proposals were when he first announced them 11 days ago, they weren't published. i think that the agenda of transparency, of independence, of secure funding is very clear. however, in the midst of a pandemic, what we need the world health organisation do is focus on its day optima and that means getting to grips with this pandemic as it spreads from the richest countries in the world like north america and europe to latin america now where it is growing exponentially, but also to the

places where organisations like the international rescue committee work, the exposed fragile states in africa and asia, where the disease if we are not very careful indeed and very lucky will run riot. i want to move onto the situation in hong kong and ask you in your view as a former foreign secretary here in the uk, what is your view on president trump saying he's going to end preferential treatment for hong kong in the past couple of hours. this is over a new security law which is being pushed by beijing. do you think he's right to sanction beijing in this way? i think that the ja ka rta in this way? i think that the jakarta —— draconian measures that have been announced in beijing should be of concern to everyone who values not just should be of concern to everyone who values notjust the should be of concern to everyone who values not just the states should be of concern to everyone who values notjust the states of hong kong but the international law. after all, hong kong was given special status in the agreement that was signed ultimately and concluded in the 19905 and was for a 50 year agreement between the uk and china backed up by international law. i think the big mi55ing backed up by international law. i think the big missing in president trump's description and

announcements today was any sense that there was international engagement, because the truth is that the state of hong kong as part of china but with a different system isn't going to be affected by prote5t5 isn't going to be affected by protests from one country, even one as strong as the united states. it's going to take were native global action to protect international law and protect the states of hong kong. the leaderle55 world that we are living in at the moment, where fragmentation and geopolitical squabbling takes the front page. so what needs to happen then? we have seen the issue brought up then? we have seen the issue brought up in the un today in china ju5t pu5hed up in the un today in china ju5t pushed back, they are powerful, can they just do that? pushed back, they are powerful, can theyjust do that? well, they certainly have a veto power at the united nations, buti certainly have a veto power at the united nations, but i think that the next step is that the g7 summit, the group of seven, the leading industrialised democracies that president trump i5 industrialised democracies that president trump is due to hold in the month ofjune, and it's there that there needs to be some hard talking about the way in which we5tern talking about the way in which western countries co—operate with each other, but also negotiate and

engage with china. we don't need a new cold war. david some apologies for interrupting you there, but we are out of time. we appreciate you being with us on bbc world news. thank you. and thank you for watching. bye for now. well, friday was a very warm day across the uk. in fact, the hot spot was scotland. temperatures got up to 28 degrees. and saturday, in most parts of the uk, will be every bit as warm, at least the low to mid 205 in most major towns and cities. it's been so reliable during the lockdown that the spring has ended up being the 5unnie5t one on record. so, this has been confirmed by the met office. now, high pressure is in charge of the weather acro55 a large chunk of europe. it's centred acro55 scandinavia and it's clearing the skies across the uk, ireland, much of western and central europe. these are the 6am temperatures. a little fresh in parts of east anglia. maybe in the rural spot5, temperatures could be around 6

degrees, but elsewhere, not quite as nippy. very quickly, the temperatures will rocket during the course of the morning and into the afternoon. let's take a closer look. so, on friday, we had temperatures up to around about 28 in some parts of western scotland. probably not quite so hot on saturday, more like the low to mid 205. very warm there in glasgow at 2a celsius. we'll match that in liverpool, in birmingham, and probably the hot spot will be somewhere in the south of england. temperatures will get up to around 25 celsius. now, the sun will be very strong as well. you can see high uv levels pretty much right across the country, so take note if you're planning to enjoy that fine weather outdoor5. saturday night's looking absolutely fine, and then sunday, we do it all over again. the winds are light, the skies are clear, the temperatures are going to rise. in fact, in one or two spots, it could reach around 26 or 27 cel5ius, so a hot day on the way, especially acro55 western parts of england, on sunday. and over the next few days —

so this is including the weekend and into next week — that warm plume of air from the southern clime5 continue5 to spread across the uk, as far north as scandinavia, pushing to the arctic circle. so those temperatures are expected to affect peak across the south of the uk come tuesday. we could see temperatures getting up to around 28 degrees celsius. but after that, a big change under way. look at that — back into the teens by the time we get to the weekend. in fact, next weekend, we're expecting colder air coming in from the north. that's it for me. goodbye.

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and around the world. a former police officer is charged with murder in the us city of minneapolis over the death of unarmed black man george floyd. after three nights of rioting, a night—time curfew will take effect in three hours. this is the scene right now live in new york city, where hundreds of activists are protesting against the death of george floyd. from august, businesses in the uk will have to start sharing the cost of the government's furloughing scheme, which is paying the wages of workers affected by the coronavirus lockdown. but can busine55e5 afford it? president trump revokes hong kong's 5pecial trade privilege5 with the us,

as he hits out at beijing