hello, this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. fires burn in washington — not far from the white house — as protesters defy the latest curfew to demonstrate against police brutality. these are live pictures from washington, where the national guard has been mobilized to support the police and to maintain the city's curfew. in minneapolis, where the protests began, there have

been stand—offs between activists and the police. in other news: pupils prepare to go, back to school as the british government introduces a further relaxation of the lockdown. brazil becomes the country with the fourth—highest death toll from coronavirus. nearly 29,000 people have died in south america's largest country. and — christo — the world—renowned artist best known for wrapping buildings and landmarks in fabric had died at the age of 8a. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally.

in the last hour, the capital of the united states — washington, dc — has gone under curfew. as the lockdown to protect the country from the coronavirus pandemic had all but ended, the death last week of an unarmed black man — george floyd — after a white police officer knelt on his neck for eight minutes, has sparked local protests which have now spread across the nation. right now protestors are still on the streets just a few hundred metres from the white house itself. there are similar scenes all over the country, even though curfews are in force in nearly a0 cities. there have been large and angry crowds outside the white house on several occasions in the last few days, demonstrators have attempted to scale the walls and been pushed back by police. it's been confirmed that at one point at the height of the protests here on friday, president trump was ushered into an underground bunker by members of the secret service in the interests of his own safety. donald trump has described

the riots as "domestic terrorism" and has blamed them on far—left anarchist groups. these pictures you are looking out alive from new york where have been widespread protests as well —— pictures you are looking at are from new york, where there have been widespread protests as well. in minneapolis, where mr floyd died, there have been some showdowns between protestors and police, but not the same level of tension as earlier in the week. just before the curfew there came into force three hours ago, a national guard officer spoke to the protestors outside the state capitol building to try to persuade them to go home. he took a very different approach to the armed confrontation of previous days. come on, dude, bring it here. all right... look, no, i got it. i got it, look. it's ok, it's ok. be peaceful, assemble. it's the thing that we swore an oath to do. protect and defend

the constitution, it's so important. be here and do that. and then when the governor says it's time to go home, it's time to go home. meanwhile, in boston, protesters clashed with police following a peaceful rally. police in riot gear used tear gas and smoke bombs, which some protesters attempted to return back at officers. a police vehicle was ripped apart before being set on fire, and police used batons to push back against crowds that appeared to be throwing objects at them. of course, that is the situation. we are keeping right across it for you and with any developments we will update you. today marks the start of one of the most significant measures to ease lockdown so far in england. more than 2 million children are able to return to primary schools this morning for the first time in ten weeks. some businesses, including car dealerships, are reopening and groups of up to six people can now meet outdoors.

but scientists are warning it's too soon to begin lifting restrictions. 0ur correspondent dan johnson has been to meet some families preparing for the first day back at school. so you've got your uniform on, jack? so you've got your uniform on, jack? yes. time to go back to school. i do feel about going back to school, jack? i'm very, very happy. he has always loved school. he misses it and he loves his teacher. though he is excited to go back. i'm a bit excited... this five—year—old is almost as enthusiastic.” excited... this five—year—old is almost as enthusiastic. i do like maths and i am quite excited about mark's i'm in two minds, buti excited about mark's i'm in two minds, but i think it's good for the children to interact more with their age group and also, they miss their teachers. they will find the playground's been fenced off to keep them apart. we will start with three

classes of five children in each and lowly increase that. each of the year i each and lowly increase that. each of the yeari classrooms will have their own outdoor learning area. it feels like you're pending them in? ever so slightly but it is more about keeping them safe. cousins have changed quite a lot. we are going down from 30 children to five, then ten. a lot of children don't understand what a metre is, so telling them to be two metres away is difficult. and they will often show you something in their book that they need help with. as social distancing will be difficult in that way. that is why many parents don't share the confidence of cheryl here. they wouldn't let us come back if it wasn't safe to do so, so i'm confident this is the right thing to do. if it wasn't safe, it wouldn't be happening, but i am happy that the school will be doing things the best way they can. so, if they put certain things in place, i'm happy for it to go ahead. but

this is only happening in england and lots of schools won't go ahead. at least, not yet. we think it is currently u nsafe. yet. we think it is currently unsafe. we don't think it should be going like this. we wa nt to should be going like this. we want to see test, track, trace running and in place so we can see the number of cases falling. we are also concerned there is a good enough advice about vulnerable parents, vulnerable grandparents or staff stop vulnerability can be defined by wealth as much as health. this is a poor part of london where many families have relied on school support during the lockdown. we're not talking about ringing 700 children back, we are taking it slow and steady and at any point, if it doesn't feel right we will hold that, we can reverse it. we can be dynamic about the way we bring children back. and it isn't just a school bring children back. and it isn'tjust a school rule is changing. in england you can now meet groups of up to six, the same as northern ireland. there is already eight in scotland, but i'm just two

households. wales is expected to make this same move today. social distancing is key, and what difference these changes made to the spread of those will be closely monitored. dan johnson, bbc news. —— changes made to the spread of the virus will be closely monitored. also starting from today, vulnerable people in england and wales, who've been shielding in their homes since march, will be able to venture out for the first time. they've been shielding because of underlying health conditions, putting them more at risk from coronavirus. the advice that they can go out comes four weeks earlier than expected. here's our health editor hugh pym. come on, then! charlie has an immune deficiency and asthma. she's been shielded since march, not leaving her house and garden, but, from tomorrow, she will be able to, taking the dog for a walk and meeting a member of the family. i'm ecstatic. i've already rung my mum and she's going to come

for a dog walk tomorrow morning at 10:30am so that we can actually have a proper conversation in the air, and it will feel like we're a lot closer again. so even though we can't embrace yet, it will be much better than it has been. those most at risk from the virus because of their health conditions are shielding — around 2.5 million people in the uk, including transplant recipients, some cancer patients, those with severe respiratory conditions and those who are immunosuppressed. since march, they have been told not to leave their homes, but from tomorrow in england and wales, they will be allowed to go outside — in england, meeting one person from another household if they want to, and, in wales, people from another household. the rules haven't changed in scotland and northern ireland. but some are worried. faizan has kidney dialysis at home in blackburn four days a week. he's waiting for a transplant. he's stayed indoors for ten weeks with his mother and brother. he says he won't be going out tomorrow.

it's not something i really would want to risk. i'd rather be safe than sorry. and, yeah, the messaging generally from the government over the past couple of months has been very muddled and unclear, and itjust doesn't really fill me with much confidence, and i am probably more afraid now than i was at the beginning. 0ne charity leader gave a cautious welcome, but said the change had come with no notice. the way this announcement was made and the fact that we haven't seen any of the evidence for this particular group that says it's now safe, it's actually created quite a lot of anxiety amongst people, and people are hearing different things now in the government announcement as they're hearing from their own clinical team. ministers say it's up to people in the shielded groups whether they go outside or not. they should only do what they're comfortable with. there will be a review of the policy in mid—june. hugh pym, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. mexico's government is easing coronavirus restrictions

from today, allowing businesses including makers of car parts and brewers to reopen. however, some health experts have condemned the move as too hasty, saying mexico's outbreak is still at its most acute. almost 10,000 people have died from the disease in the country. meanwhile, shopping malls and parks are set to reopen in moscow, which has been the epicentre for the coronavirus outbreak in russia. the easing of lockdown measures comes despite russia currently having the world's third—largest number of coronavirus cases. nevertheless, president vladimir putin has announced that the epidemic had passed its peak in the country. and belgium's prince joachim, who contracted coronavirus after attending a party during lockdown in spain has apologised and says he will accept the consequences. the party, which was held in the southern city of cordoba, is thought to have flouted the restrictions on the number of people allowed to assemble.

spanish police have launched an investigation into the party. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: the art world pays tribute to christo, best known for wrapping buildings and landmarks in fabric. he's died at the age of 8a. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a real fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did.

uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp, sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: fires burn in washington, not far from the white house, as protesters defy the latest curfew to demonstrate against police brutality. as the protests continue in many parts of america, so too do the number of injured. several journalists around the country have been attacked or harmed, by both police and by protesters during their coverage of the uprisings.

one of them is linda tirado, a freelance photo—journalist who was shot and blinded in one eye on friday, while covering the street protests in minneapolis. explaining what happened, she told us she doesn't want to let her injury stop herfrom doing herjob. 0n on friday night police had imposed an 8pm curfew and we got word that they had begun firing teargas about a quarter of in our previous with no warning, and so i was trying to get coverage of that, and i was lining upa get coverage of that, and i was lining up a shot and a court a projectile from the direction where the police were. protesters came to my aid, they grabbed me and put me in their medic van and drove me to the hospital, was in surgery within an hour. i have been permanently blinded in my left i. permanently blinded in my left i, so permanently blinded in my left i,soi permanently blinded in my left i, soiam permanently blinded in my left i, so i am out of work for the next six weeks to six months,

they say. i'm an american so it's questionable because they don't have health insurance and the bills for this might total up the bills for this might total up to the bills for this might total uptoa the bills for this might total up to a quarter of $1 million, so up to a quarter of $1 million, so there's that pressure. but otherwise, i am a journalist, i am going to continue to do my job. we will see how much photography i can do, but i am also a writer, and a presenter, and if my need to adjust, i will. it's unfortunate and i'm not going to say i'm happy about it, but i guess if somebody thought they were going to stop me telling stories and doing myjob by putting my eye am out, they are going to have to try harder. that was linda who spoke to us an hourago, a that was linda who spoke to us an hour ago, a freelance photojournalist who has been injured while covering these demonstrations. let's take you live to new york now, there have been cu rfews

live to new york now, there have been curfews and a0 cities across the us but people are largely ignoring those. very tense stand—off is indeed. you can see these pictures, washington, dc as well, a lot of activity there overnight as police try to contain the demonstrations of violent clashes with riot police happening in both new york, chicago, philadelphia and los angeles where teargas has been fired, pepper bullets has been fired, pepper bullets has been fired to try to disperse the crowds. police vehicles were set on fire and shops looted in several cities. we are looking at pictures coming in from new york at the moment. let's show you seattle where you can see live pictures, fairly calm there at the moment, but as you have been hearing from our coverage overnight here, things have been very volatile and it really does depend on what is

happening in the various cities. the national guard, saying that on sunday 5000 of its personnel had been activated in 15 states and washington, dc where crowds gathered very close to the white house, so we're showing you what is happening various parts of the united dates as people react to the deaths in police custody of the african—american george floyd. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in brazil has passed the half a million mark, accounting for more than half of all cases in latin america and the caribbean. brazil has the fourth highest number of deaths from the pandemic after the us, britain and italy. but in sao paulo, the worst—affected city, authorities are planning on re—opening the economy. from there, our correspondent katy watson reports. as winter approaches, some welcome protection and,

for the children, entertainment. these past few months have been brutal for families in this, sao paulo's biggest favela. beatriz has come here today with six—year—old gestapo. i'm unemployed—0 so is my husband, she tells me. and she lost her father—in—law to covid—19 just a few weeks ago. all these families have a story to tell. with half a million official cases and the true number believed to be many times higher, few people here are untouched. the message is stay at home, but community leaders tell me that, with a president who continues to be in denial, it's an uphill battle. every day, they have to convince people that the virus actually exists. the heart of sao paulo state is seeing cases soar, and it's getting doctors at the main hospital nervous. it's enrique's job to ensure

the hospital doesn't run out of gloves and gowns. he's normally a maths professor, but he's found himself playing the role of diplomat or trade negotiator. while he wants to help, he says he's doing it because the government isn't. basically, they are not doing anything. they are in complete disarray and, in fact, in many ways, they are harmful to the process of response to a pandemic. while hospitals fill up, some states have taken matters into their own hands. the governor of the north—eastern state of maranhao imported these ventilators from china but says the federal government made the process difficult. translation: they tried to interfere. even now, our team is trying to get through silly processes that customs is insisting on. they are making it out like it was illegal, but it was nothing of the sort. this interference is down to political reasons. latin america has become the focal point of the pandemic, but the eyes of the world are particularly on brazil, because countries across

the region are battling with similar issues of inequality and poverty, but it's the lack of political leadership that sets brazil apart. as the death toll rises, so too does the fear. it feels like an inexorable rise to the top. katy watson, bbc news, sao paulo. hundreds of anti—government protesters have been venting their frustration on the streets of brazil's two biggest cities, rio de janeiro and sao paulo. there were clashes with supporters of president jair bolsonaro seeking military intervention to curb the powers of the supreme court and congress. the supreme court has recently opened an investigation focusing on the production of fake news and naming politicians and businessmen close to the president as suspects. key religious events are resuming and sites reopening after months of lockdowns and restrictions due to the coronavirus. two of the holiest sites in islam have reopened their doors and the pope has delivered his first blessing from his window overlooking st peters square, since the start of italy's lockdown.

applause and cheers for pope francis as he appears at his window for the first time in months to deliver his message and blessing. worshippers waving expectant and smiling, standing at a distance from one another. it is yet another sign of some kind of normality returning to italy, after so much suffering from the coronavirus pandemic. translation: you know that people do not come out to the crisis like this the same as before. we will come out either better or worse than before. let's have the courage to emerge better. people stand and listen in their own private contemplations, drawn to the event for their own reasons. translation: for me, it is very

important. it is a meeting that holds symbolic value. important. it is a meeting that holds symbolic valuelj important. it is a meeting that holds symbolic value. i think it is important to give hope to the people, to give courage to the people, to give courage to the people. injerusalem, the excitement builds outside one of the entrances to this mosque compound. as the doors opened their chance of" god is great. " this holy site has been closed for more than two months because of covid—19. translation: we were feeling lost. today i could breathe again. after they opened the mosque, ifeel like i can breathe again. translation: alex azar has opened and we welcome the worshippers for dawn prayers. we mark the carpet, the yard

has been sanitised. this mosque has been sanitised. this mosque has opened its doors too, allowing people to pray at socially distant intervals. thousands of other mosques around the country have opened but islam's holiest site in mecca remains closed due to the coronavirus. back in saint peter's square, the bells ring. as people walk away at the end of the pope's address, many perhaps privately hoping the worst of the pandemic is at an end too. the bulgarian—born artist christo, best known for wrapping buildings and famous landmarks in fabric or plastic, has died at his home in new york, aged 8a. he passed away of natural causes on sunday, according to a statement posted on the artist's official facebook page. christo, who always worked with his wife jeanne—claude, famously covered the reichstag in berlin and the pont—neuf in paris with reams of cloth.

matt graveling reports. the only thing larger than his art, was his imagination. hundred rock climbers, they come down installing all this, 100,000 square meters of fabric. in 1995, one of christo's most famous works saw him wrap the reichstag. years of planning, and a cost of $12 million, it was on display for just two weeks. everyone who comes to see the project, and there was 5 million people in two weeks, in the reichstag, they know that they were seeing something that will never happen again. born in bulgaria in 1935, christo was famed for his large outdoor projects. in 1972, he hung a curtain across a valley in colorado. in 1983, he surrounded islands in miami in a pink fabric and in 1992, alongside wife and fellow artist, jean—claude, he planned to hang a fabric roof over six miles of river. we wish to create a work of art of joy and beauty. we believe it will be beautiful, but the only way to see it is to build it.

but this project, like many others, was never realised. afterjean—claude died in 2015, christo vowed to continue their work. three years later he realised a dream, after six decades of planning, he built his 600 tonne masta ba structure on london's serpentine lake. any little step of this project is a huge enjoyment, even the drama, retrospectively. despite his passing, there are plans for one final piece. france's arc de triomphe was planned to be wrapped this autumn but has been postponed until next year, perhaps giving the world one last chance to uncover christo's extraordinary art. matt graveling, bbc news.

tributes coming in for christo as we mentioned, who has died at the age of 8a. as we mentioned, who has died at the age of sa. all the top business stories coming up next, i will see you soon. hello there. sunday was another very warm day nationwide, and capping off a very sunny weekend was a beautiful sunset to end the day in the herefordshire area. 20 degrees in porthmadog, making it wales's hottest day of the year so far, and only three tenths from the highest temperature we've seen in the uk this year. at the moment we got clear, starry skies out and about. a few mist and fog patches possible later on across coastal parts of scotland and north—east england, but probably not too many of these. temperatures first thing, eight to 13 degrees in towns and cities and cooler than that in the countryside first thing,

but what you will notice first thing on monday is we've got plenty of sunshine. into the afternoon, a bit of fair weather cloud popping up into the sky, so some sunny spells, the cloud not spoiling the sunshine at all, and another day when we will see the temperatures climbing widely into the low to mid 20s, probably peaking at around 27 celsius in some western areas. so more very warm and sunny weather on the way for monday. looking at the weather charts for tuesday now, we have something of a change on the way. that change, as this cold front approaches northern scotland, bringing some thicker cloud here, and yes, outbreaks of rain on the way. i know some of you have wanted rain for a while. that rain will be accompanied by cool northerly winds, so temperatures for northern scotland significantly lower for tuesday with highs of 13 in stornoway. for northern ireland, southern scotland, england and wales, this is the last of the very warm days and plenty of sunshine again with temperatures widely low

to mid 20s, but into the middle part of the week, it set to turn much cooler, and there is the prospect of seeing some rain. on wednesday, we've got the trough crossing the uk, bringing a mixture of rain and showers. as that moves through, the northerly winds that follow will be dragging on so much cooler as we enter the week, so temperatures progressively will be dropping. many areas will see outbreaks of rain. closest to that area of low pressure the rain will be heaviest across parts of northern scotland, maybe northern ireland too. the rain we see further south will vary from place to place but most places will see some rain towards the end of the week.

this is bbc news, with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as some airlines resume flying on a limited scale, are passengers ready to take to the skies? from small screen to silver screen — as cinemas start opening up, how will theatre owners make money with social distancing limiting the audience? and in india's assam state, the tens of thousands of tea workers who are now struggling to survive.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the global coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented turmoil in the aviation industry and led to widespread job losses, with flights cancelled across the globe. but as more countries start to ease their lockdown ahead of europe's summer tourist season, fleets that have been grounded for months are starting to return to the skies. from today, lufthansa and sas are expected to resume some flights, with others like turkish airlines set to begin flying internationally again later this month. but will they find many customers who are willing to climb on board? joining me now isjohn grant, director at 0ag, a company that works closely with the airline industry.

it's good to see you again, john. airlines are desperate to restart operations. but the question is, who will get onboard? absolutely. we have nearly 60 airlines around the globe that will start playing again this week. it's crucial we see some demand. and there are obviously some pretty good prices out there. if you are able to travel and adhere to quarantine and lockdown restrictions, you can come across those good prices. airlines need to be out flying but they need people to support them and get out there and take those journeys. and that is the real difficulty, isn't it? the quarantine measures you return home to if you do fly overseas. yes, it is. and particularly here in the uk of course, where we believe we are going to be quarantine for 1a days but there are lots of talk and discussion about corridors and bridges to countries where infection rates are lower than the united

kingdom. so it is a really confusing picture for people and of course outlines are now planning ahead, not just forjune and july. this weekend, our data shows in the united kingdom they have dropped another 8 million seats between now and the end ofjuly because there is just so much confusion and lack of clarity coming from the government. but when it comes to preventing spread of coronavirus on a plane, what measures will have to be put in place to keep us safe, if we do get onboard? well, we have seen all of the pictures on social media about face masks and changes to processes. the industry has three organisations that have put out broadly similar guidelines around loneliness, —— cleanliness, the carbon environment and the whole travel process. the industry is prepared and one of the most important steps is the deep

clea n most important steps is the deep clean of aircrafts every day. we will see more rigourous adherence to those types of measures, which in turn will help us through this covid—19 event. turn will help us through this covid-19 event. but by our lines, how financially viable is it for them to continue operating if they are not getting passengers onboard? for how many months can they staff their business and keep flying if they haven't got people on planes? when we went into this event there we re when we went into this event there were some airlines that work right —— were quite catch rich. now some are short on cash and running dry. we have seen 900 million euros in cash bailouts. air france had 13 million euros —— billing euros. someone tried to save air italia, but i don't understand why. airlines

are beginning to start flying but we aren't seeing demand pickup. we are ina real aren't seeing demand pickup. we are in a real phase of uncertainty around demand and capacity. we can see cancellations at short notice, i suspect, is airlines trying to —— as airlines try to balance themselves through this turbulent 6— eight week period. thank you, john grant. how are stocks trading in asia as we come into june? hong kong stocks rallied more than 3% in early trade today despite concerns over the ongoing protests and the us—china trade tensions. that's interesting with the hang seng. let's go to our asia business hub, where mariko 0i is following the story. it's nice to see you mariko. any thoughts on why hong kong is having

a particularly good day? those concerns are still there. remember, on friday, president trump wouldn't end washington's special treatment of hong kong. so that was seen as a good sign. that is why we are seeing a rally, as you say, over 3%. it is being held by the fact that strong data we saw, showing china's factory activity unexpectedly returning to growth in may. export orders continue to shrink. despite today's rally, hang seng is still below where it was when china imposed those new laws on hong kong. i had it the volatility will continue. ——

i think the volatility will still continue. let's get some of the day's other news: 0pen air markets will be allowed to re—open in england today, as will car showrooms, provided they have coronavirus—related measures in place. similar to garden centres, which reopened in may across the uk, the risk of transmission of covid—19 "is lower in these outdoor and more open spaces," according to the government. china's factory activity unexpectedly returned to growth in may, as strict measures tocontain the coronavirus outbreak were eased. but the improvement only slight as export orders continued to shrink. the pmi index rose to 50.7 last month, from april's a9.a. this is significant. anything above the 50—mark indicates growth. though modest, may's reading was the highest since january.

the auditoriums have been empty in cinemas around the world since the pandemic hit. now a gradual re—opening is under way as lockdown restrictions are eased across europe. from today cinemas are reopening in the netherlands, austria, portugal and finland. but cinema owners face the twin challenges of modifying their venues for social distancing — and trying to make a profit without being able to fill their auditoriums. how will they do it? joining me now is laura hougatte, chief executive of the international union of cinemas. hello. lovely to see you. it's a huge challenge, trying to run a cinema in this pandemic. took us through what your members are up to. it's a huge challenge, you are right. and cinema is a people

business. so it's been badly hit by the crisis. from mid—march, almost all cinemas were shut down in europe and it's encouraging now starting to see things reopen. the number one priority would be the health and safety of the audiences. and the staff. what we see, you are right, is that you won't be able to feel

in your auditorium. there will be social distancing measures, one metre, 1.5 metres, c was the empty seats. sometimes empty rose, you might be able to sit together with your friends and family, but that isn't a given. you might have to book your seat in advance, so there is a whole range of motion is that of being put in place by cinema creators to ensure the health and safety of their audience and their staff. but presumably ticket prices will have to go up because there are fewer people in the cinema? well, it's really hard to say at this stage. and it would be an individual decision taken by cinema operators. what matters to them at this moment is to give the best welcome back to their audience, they wa nt back to their audience, they want them to feel safe and they wa nt want them to feel safe and they want them to feel safe and they want them to feel safe and they want them to enjoy the best experience they can have. people love the big screen,

people want to come back to the cinema. all right, laura, thank you. really interesting. tell me what you think. would you go to the movies at this stage or not? iam to the movies at this stage or not? i am on twitter. it would be interesting to hear what you have to think. india is one of the world's biggest tea producers but the lockdown restrictions have dealt a huge blow to the tea gardens that employ tens of thousands of women workers. many have lost theirjobs and are struggling to survive. devina gupta looks at the challenges they face in the north eastern state of assam. it's the harvest season. this year, this woman is among those who lost theirjobs when the government imposed the lockdown. translation: in the lockdown, workers like me were asked not to come. but i without work? i earned daily and use the money to buy food for my family.

without work, what do we eat now? my son is young. what will happen to him? she is one of thousands of workers who has helped assam become one of the world's largest tea producing states. most of these women don't have any savings or social security benefits, highlighting how vulnerable they are to any economic downturn. translation: i went to work for one day this month and whatever little money i had is gone. we just know this work, where else do we go? over the last ten yea rs do we go? over the last ten years the percentage of women in paid jobs has been falling drastically in india. the industry divide that trend by providing work to women. but 110w providing work to women. but now with the sector facing $220 million in losses due to the lockdown, jobs are drying up. this could lead to more women

being vulnerable to exploitation. women are being forced, begging, they face insecurity. they could get exploited a lot. with restrictions beginning to loosen, this man who employs 20,000 workers in his tea estate in assam is optimistic things will be back to normal soon. so, until a things will be back to normal soon. so, untila couple things will be back to normal soon. so, until a couple of weeks ago there was a restriction on having only 50% of the workers. that meant part of the workers. that meant part of the workers were coming back to work. we think we will be back to 100% in june. to work. we think we will be back to 10096 in june. the outlook may not be so positive for smaller tea producers, who are already struggling financially, even before the coronavirus outbreak. will they survive this downturn? for many of these women, it's a long wait to get back to work.

so, those of the latest business stories but there is more detail on our business page online. take a look. thousands of people have gathered across central london to protest against the killing of an unarmed black man by police in the us. protestors walked to the american embassy in the city's south—west and crowded together despite social distancing restrictions. they chanted "black lives matter" in reference to the civil rights campaign group. five people were arrested. there were also protests in manchester, cardiff and london. the queen has been photographed riding in the grounds of windsor castle, her first public appearance since the coronavirus lockdown began. the 9a—year—old monarch was pictured on a 1a—year—old fell pony called balmoral fern over the weekend. she regularly rides in the grounds of windsor,

which is said to be her favourite royal residence. the queen has been isolating there with her husband, the duke of edinburgh, and a small number of staff. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast — louise minchin and jon kay will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: fires are burning in washington, not far from the white house, as protesters defy the latest curfew to demonstrate against police brutality. emily guerin is our reporter for los angeles national public radio station kpcc. emily, thank you forjoining us. of course you are covering

this every moment, what is the latest in los angeles? i'm in the city of santa monica which isa the city of santa monica which is a smaller city and los angeles county, it's on the coast, it's more of an affluent area and has a large tourism industry, a big is this district downtown. that is where today we saw protests that started out very peaceful and then separately in the downtown business district area there was unfortunately a lot of looting, some violent interactions with police, many businesses had windows broken, people were stealing, so two types of events happening in sa nta types of events happening in santa monica. 0ne protest that was peaceful and one much more violent, looting in downtown. and talk us through those two scenarios, because this is what we are seeing and many states across the us, where you are seeing the peaceful protest, venting anger about what happened to george floyd and

then on the other side, on the other extreme, the looting and the violence. talk us through the violence. talk us through the differences. i can only speak to what i saw today in sa nta speak to what i saw today in santa monica but my colleagues we re santa monica but my colleagues were in the mid that he neighbourhood of los angeles yesterday and they said that it was a yesterday and they said that it wasa similar yesterday and they said that it was a similar pattern. a large peaceful protest that at a certain point became more chaotic, less organised, more violence. i unfortunately missed the protest today, our photographer was there but i arrived in downtown writers people were beginning to break into stores and steal things, and i'd just... it into stores and steal things, and i'djust... it is into stores and steal things, and i'd just... it is hard to know what to make of it. i talked to a lot of people who are understandably incredibly outraged about the history of police brutality in this country, los angeles in particular. and then there were people who were like, how is this solving anything? why are people breaking into stores? it is very difficult to know what to make of something like this.

what are people saying is the trigger that causes a peaceful protest to turn violent? that isa protest to turn violent? that is a really good question and i don't know if they know the a nswer to don't know if they know the answer to that. because i didn't see that exact transition. i've heard from some of my colleagues that, in the mid 30 area of los angeles, it seemed that police were the aggressors and police were sort of approaching protesters, getting in theirfaces. i didn't see that today. i just saw people on their own breaking into stores and then later i saw a few fires had broken out, some firefighters we re broken out, some firefighters were trying to put the fires out. i saw people throwing things at the police and the firefighters as they were trying to put the fire out. i also saw people holding up or lives matter signs and other

signs about george floyd. —— black lives matter signs. so, i don't know what triggers that. that is a good question, i'm not sure. we appreciate you spending some time with us and telling us what you are seeing and experiencing an los angeles. in parts of south africa, rural life means access to water is scarce, making it extremely difficult to follow public advice on frequent hand washing and hygiene to protect against the coronavirus. nomsa maseko reports from a community in northern kwazulu natal province trying to do whatever it can to keep safe. in rural kwazulu natal, these women have been waiting since before dawn for water. demand far outweighs supply here. this is the only water source for more than a00 households, so they are bracing themselves for they are bracing themselves for the virus. it has taken this

woman six hours to reach the front of the queue. translation: we don't have water. now with the arrival of covid—19, we have a massive problem on our hands. we don't get enough water for cooking, bathing or cleaning, let alone wash our hands. we just don't have enough to go around. back home, she purifies the water with bleach, and she urges her children to use it sparingly, but she makes sure that they get the message about coronavirus and hand washing. this village was given to tens of water at the beginning of the pandemic but that lasts only three days and they are only three days and they are only refilled every two weeks. 0ne water pump for thousands of people stopping this water is

relatively clean compared to the village an hour away from here, but still, this is fertile ground for coronavirus infections, because everyone here has to touch this pump to get water. social distancing lessons on the village playing field. the local counsellor patrols the length and breadth of this village, making sure eve ryo ne of this village, making sure everyone sticks to the guidelines. he says no coronavirus screening or testing has taken place here. it will take time to find out if the person has coronavirus here, because we are in the bushes as you can see. the nearest clinic is about 28 kilometres from here, the nearest hospital is about 6a kilometres from here. 0pposes a big dangerfor kilometres from here. 0pposes a big danger for people kilometres from here. 0pposes a big dangerfor people if they we re big dangerfor people if they were to be a person with coronavirus, it would wipe out the community. this community caregiver has started making masks. demand is so high, she

has run out of fabric. she has to cut up old cloth to use instead. she's been teaching people what symptoms to look out for. we've been watching on the news the government telling us the news the government telling us about the dangers of coronavirus, so we didn't want to be caught on the back foot. we had to start immediately to follow all regulations, because when death visits, it doesn't just stop at major towns only. death is everywhere. people here are doing all they can to be ready to tackle the virus if, or when, it be ready to tackle the virus if, orwhen, itarrives be ready to tackle the virus if, or when, it arrives in their village. the first american astronauts to travel on a commercially—built craft have arrived on board the international space station. victoria gill reports. we are ready to get dragon docked to the international space station. closing in after a 19—hour

journey on a destination 260 miles above the earth. soft capture confirmed. stand by for retraction and docking. the first astronauts to arrive at the international space station in a privately owned spacecraft floated safely through the hatch at 6:22pm uk time. we have bob behnken from spacex demo two mission, entering the international space station. doug hurley and bob behnken, dubbed america's favourite dads, are now the newest space station crew members. it's great to get the united states back in the crewed launcher business, and we are just really glad to be on board this magnificent complex. lift off! go, crew dragon, go, nasa! the success of their voyage marks the start of a new, commercial era in space travel. it's the first trip of a $2.6 billion space transportation contract that nasa has

signed with spacex. watching from home was british astronaut tim peake, who says he hopes to get back to the international space station within the next four years. any chance that you might be going back to space with spacex? i certainly hope so. what the national space agency would like to do, of course, is to slowly hand over operation of the entire international space station to commercial companies and for them to be a customer themselves, and what that does is it frees up the space agencies go on with exploration to the moon and mars. the two astronauts will spend between one and four months helping the rest of the crew with scientific and engineering duties on board. it's a relatively short stay before their private spacecraft brings them back to earth. victoria gill, abc news. so you are now up—to—date but asi so you are now up—to—date but as i have mentioned already, there is so much more detail and other stories haven't

managed to squeeze in this hour online. that's the bbc news website of course. if you are watching from the uk, you can join bbc breakfast in five minutes. if you are watching us around the world, they will be back. see you very soon. hello there. sunday was another very warm day nationwide, and capping off a very sunny weekend was a beautiful sunset to end the day in the herefordshire area. 20 degrees in porthmadog, making it wales's hottest day of the year so far, and only three tenths from the highest temperature we've seen in the uk this year. at the moment we got clear, starry skies out and about. a few mist and fog patches possible later on across coastal parts of scotland and north—east england, but probably not too many of these. temperatures first thing, eight to 13 degrees in towns and cities and cooler than that in the countryside first thing, but what you will notice first

thing on monday is we've got plenty of sunshine. into the afternoon, a bit of fair weather cloud popping up into the sky, so some sunny spells, the cloud not spoiling the sunshine at all, and another day when we will see the temperatures climbing widely into the low to mid 20s, probably peaking at around 27 celsius in some western areas. so more very warm and sunny weather on the way for monday. looking at the weather charts for tuesday now, we have something of a change on the way. that change, as this cold front approaches northern scotland, bringing some thicker cloud here, and yes, outbreaks of rain on the way. i know some of you have wanted rain for a while. that rain will be accompanied by cool northerly winds, so temperatures for northern scotland significantly lower for tuesday with highs of 13 in stornoway. for northern ireland, southern scotland, england and wales, this is the last of the very warm days

and plenty of sunshine again with temperatures widely low to mid 20s, but into the middle part of the week, it set to turn much cooler, and there is the prospect of seeing some rain. on wednesday, we've got the trough crossing the uk, bringing a mixture of rain and showers. as that moves through, the northerly winds that follow will be dragging on so much cooler as we enter the week, so temperatures progressively will be dropping. many areas will see outbreaks of rain. closest to that area of low pressure the rain will be heaviest across parts of northern scotland, maybe northern ireland too. the rain we see further south will vary from place to place but most places will see some rain towards the end of the week.

good morning — welcome to breakfast with jon kay and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: lessons begin again for some primary school children in england as the government begins to ease lockdown restrictions. millions of vulnerable people in england and wales who were advised to stay indoors will be able to leave their homes for the first time in ten weeks. good morning. welcome to barnsley markets, one of the outdoor markets in england that can fully reopen from today but as traders return, i

will look at what measures they are putting in place to encourage customers to do the same. it's back!