this is bbc news. the headlines... ministers defend making face coverings compulsory on public transport in england, from next week. on balance, we are convinced it certainly cannot do any harm. we think it will do some good and that is why we think it is a good idea to introduce. no signficant progress in talks about a post—brexit trade deal. the eu's michel barnier accuses the uk government of "backtracking" from the agreed political declaration. this document. is available in all languages. including english. it is

not difficult to read. more details emerge about the disappearance of madeleine mccann 13 years ago — an image of the suspect, who's been named as christian b. the us anti—racism protests — video captures a pensioner being pushed to the ground by police in new york state. the bbc has a new director general — tim davie promises acclerated change when he takes over in september. the latest study of coronavirus infections in england suggests a fall in the number of people with the illness. figures from the office for national statistics indicate one in a thousand people had the virus

in the community in the last two weeks of may — down from i in 400 the week before. it comes amid continued controversy about how quickly to ease the lockdown, with the official death toll nearing 40,000. the figures suggest that the number of new daily cases in households in england has fallen to 5,000 600 a day. down from 8,000 last week. elsewhere the british medical association says the government's decsion to make face coverings compulsory on public transport, should be extended to anywhere that cannot ensure safe social distancing. around the world, brazil has surpassed italy to become the country with the third highest number of coronavirus deaths, after the united states and the uk. our health correspondent, lauren moss reports. the virus that's put so many lives on hold. after 11 weeks in lockdown new data suggests it may be

slowly relaxing its grip. a survey by the office for national statistics estimates one in 1000 people may now be infected in england. it shows the trend is going in the right direction but there is a warning we should be cautious. what we are finding, if the rate of infection in society is falling, it is now about 53,000 people, about one in 1000 of us, but we are also finding about 70% of those people who are infectious are reporting no symptoms, so it is still important people keep their distance, people wash their hands, because some people might be infectious and not know it. this morning's commute shows public transport is still relatively quiet, but from the 15th ofjune it will be compulsory in england for anyone travelling by tram, train, bus, plane or ferry, to wear a face covering. most people just want to do the right thing and get on top of this disease and here is something small but important that we can do

to try to help so i think most people will be very keen to follow it. for some, this move has been a long time coming. my concern, and i would go as far to say my anger, is the delay it's taken, because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community because there are some times where you can't keep your social distance and this delay has been good for nobody. people in scotland and northern ireland are also advised to cover their nose and mouth where it is difficult to social distance, and the welsh government has said it is personal choice. so what is the science? experts are split over the benefits of wearing face coverings. it is generally thought they could reduce the risk of someone with the infection passing it on, by containing more of the contaminated droplets that are coughed or breathed out. anyone who doesn't comply could be fined. it would be the same as if someone was travelling without a valid ticket for that particular service, so clearly the rail staff will be

giving advice and will be helping to implement this with the support of the british transport police. the 15th ofjune is the day nonessential shops can reopen and some secondary pupils will return to school in england. some health professionals are calling for face coverings to be more widely worn. i am particularly worry about those people who are vulnerable through their work, such as bus drivers, but also people packing shelves in the supermarket, and the bma has been calling for this since april. following reports the test and trace scheme may not be world class until the autumn, ministers hope the phone app being trialled on the isle of wight to alert those who have been near an infected person will be ready for wider roll—out this month. later the official coronavirus death toll in the uk may pass 40,000. as we gradually unlock our doors into a new reality, wearing face coverings is just one of the many changes we will all have to make.

lauren moss, bbc news. i'm joined now by dr chris smith, a consultant virologist at the university of cambridge. so, face coverings are compulsory on public transport in england from a week on monday. is that the right policy from your perspective and is it enough? well, how does this virus spread? we know that the dominant way that this gets around is through droplets in the air. when a person coughs, sneezes 01’ droplets in the air. when a person coughs, sneezes or breeds, they are issuing from their nose and mouth droplets of water and in those droplets of water and in those droplets of water and in those droplets of water, if they have coronavirus, there can be virus particles in there and those droplets hover in the air for a period of time. if they are breeding by another person or land on a surface, you along and touch that surface, you along and touch that surface, you along and touch that surface, you can transmit that virus into yourself. the idea of wearing a

mask, these are not masks of the type that we are talking about in hospitals, that is different, the government is choosing their words carefully, they are saying face coverings, they want to avoid tensions with people depleting stocks of ppe. the idea is that if you put some kind of covering over your nose and mouth this will reduce the droplet burden that you put into the droplet burden that you put into the airand this the droplet burden that you put into the air and this will help to protect those around you. face coverings are not going to do anything for the wearer, in terms of their risk of picking it up, but they might help everybody else. the point that is being laboured here by the government and others who have looked into this, the benefit of wearing a mask is small in comparison to the benefit of social distancing. keeping your two metre 01’ one distancing. keeping your two metre or one metre distance is a much greater value to you in terms of protecting yourself and a mask so it is important that, if people use a mask, not to then throw caution to the wind and forget about all the other things they should be doing including washing hands. that is interesting because it is about

whether wearing something that most of us are not used to doing is, it gives us a feeling of immunity, gives us a feeling of immunity, gives us a feeling of super strength and we should be wary of that. do you think perhaps the government could do more, say where a face covering, but ram home the message that you also have to keep your distance. you don't want a false sense of security. as grant shapps said this morning, the benefit of masks, it is not a game changer, it is not as though suddenly you com pletely is not as though suddenly you completely reverse the roles and we are going to win tomorrow because everybody wears a face mask, but everybody wears a face mask, but every little helps. this does make a difference under certain circumstances and therefore, we all wa nt to circumstances and therefore, we all want to get this thing out of our lives and get back to normal as fast as possible. where this will be of most value is in circumstances where you can't keep your social distance. if you outside in a nice fresh air and you are away from other people, there is no benefit whatsoever it wearing a face mask, that won't help you or anybody else, or a face

covering, but where you are in a situation where it is difficult to maintain social distance, that is where it may be valuable and that is why people are now saying we should do this on things like transport and tube trains, buses, planes, because they are often, through the constraints of the way the system works, you just can't keep away from others, you may be sharing air with them for an extended period of time and in those circumstances, this could make a difference. that is very interesting. chris, can i ask you about the our number as well? i am just looking at the latest number, the reproduction number, is between 0.7 and 0.9 in the uk. if you look at the number for england specifically, it is between 0.7 and one and the point is that there is no change from last week. what does that say to you as a virologist? well the reproduction number means that for every person who has this infection, how many other people today give it to? we can use this to

plot what is going to happen down the track to the infection rates because if you have an number of greater than one, i am giving it to more people who currently have it, therefore in the future i will give it to more people and it will grow faster and faster. if the number is less tha n faster and faster. if the number is less than one, watch that tells us is that with time, the number of cases will shrink and therefore the rate at which it is going to transmit is also going to shrink and thatis transmit is also going to shrink and that is why the government is labouring the point that we want to keep this below one because then the outbreak is going away. at the moment, we are very close to one or above one and therefore, as patrick valla nce above one and therefore, as patrick vallance said at one of the recent press c0 nfe re nces , we vallance said at one of the recent press conferences, we don't have much room for manoeuvre and so we must actually be responsible with the additionalfreedoms must actually be responsible with the additional freedoms that are now coming through and the fact that we have people going back to school and work, some retail outlets are reopening, there will be more opportunities afforded to the virus to spread and therefore we can't be complacent. just because the numbers

are coming down, we must still be very cautious because otherwise, it will come back with a vengeance. very interesting to talk to you, thank you very much for your time, doctor chris smith they're from cambridge university. if you want to find out how many coronavirus cases there have been in your area, go to the bbc news website. enter your postcode or location and you can look up the figures for the numbe of cases and deaths where you are. you can find that at bbc.co.uk/news. brazil has now recorded the third highest number of deaths from coronavirus of any country, after the united states and the uk. the health ministry says more than 34,000 people have died with covid—19. 0ur correspondent, katy watson, is in sao paulo and has more. now, we have got one person dying every minute here in brazilfrom covid—19. in the last three days we have seen record numbers of deaths and when we look at the infection rate and infection cases

it is second only to the us. this part of the world are talking about reopening. this week people started surfing and swimming in the sea and people are wondering about the wisdom of opening up at this time when brazil hasn't even reached the peak. meanwhile the president has said very little. he said on facebook last night the collateral damage of not reopening the economy would be worse than the number of deaths themselves, so people here are very concerned that at a time when the situation, the pandemic, is that it's worse, the federal government is not taking this seriously. we will talk more about coronavirus this afternoon but let's turn our attentions to brexit. the european union's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has said there has been no significant progress in talks with the uk

about a future trade deal. speaking after the latest round of negotiations, he accused the government of "backtracking" from undertakings in the political declaration agreed by both sides. let's get more now from our political correspondent jessica parker in westminster. certainly a part of michel barnier that we have heard this afternoon, he sounds frustrated, is that the word? i think there is certainly frustration on the progress or perhaps a lack there of these talks. what has been going on is that it is the fourth round of negotiations on what a future relationship between the eu and the uk could look like, as you say not particularly positive assessments coming from michel barnier, saying no significant progress on the uk's side of things, david frost, the head negotiator saying that progress was limited.

these talks have been taking place via zoom, but michel barnier was saying it wasn't the method in which the talks are being carried out that was the problem, it was the substance of negotiations that is an issue. they are continual sticking points over things like how the arrangement will be governed, this issue of fishing as well, and access to british fishing waters going forward. there is disagreement about the transition period as well, we are in the transition period, people will remember a withdrawal agreement was settled on between the uk and the eu but there was a transition period lasting until the end of this year, the eu is prepared to extend that if talks need to go on longer the uk is saying absolutely not, evenif the uk is saying absolutely not, even if that were offered they wouldn't accept it. so, quite a tight deadline are now in terms of trying to resolve these issues. let's listen to michel barnier‘s assessment of where we are so far. this latest week of negotiations, i

still have my responsibility, i am the lead negotiator and my responsibility is to speak the truth and tell the truth, this week there have been no significant progress. starting with fishing. 0n fisheries, the uk has not shown any true will to explore other approaches beyond zonal attachment for the sharing of quotas. they continue to condition access to waters to an annual negotiation which is not possible for us, not even technically possible. further talks are going to happen but something that has been talked about is a more high—level meeting between the prime minister borisjohnson meeting between the prime minister boris johnson and the meeting between the prime minister borisjohnson and the president of the european commission. we don't have an exact date for that but it looks like that could happen over the coming month. the likelihood is, as we understand it, that the

meeting would be via zoom but i, perhaps there is a feeling that in order to make progress there will need to be that talks, you may remember when things looked rather stuck in terms of brexit negotiations at the back end of 2019, around 0ctober, borisjohnson met lee over at kerr in the north west of england to try and hammer out some progress and they did have something of a breakthrough, so perhaps negotiators will be looking to some sort of high—level talks to make some kind of progress but what you could be looking at, depending on how the talks shape up, is this idea again of a no—deal brexit towards the end of this year, if agreement can't be reached on some of these crucial issues. jessica, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... ministers defend making face coverings compulsory on public transport in england, from next week.

the eu's michel barnier warns there's been no signficant progress in talks about a post—brexit trade deal. he accuses the uk government of "backtracking" from undertakings in the agreed political declaration. the disappearance of madeleine mccann 13 years ago — an image emerges of the prime suspect, who's been named as christian b. after a day of largely peaceful protests across the united states about the death in police custody of george floyd, pictures have emerged of a 75—year—old man being pushed to the ground by police in new york state. the man suffered serious injuries. the officers involved have been suspended without pay. james robbins has the latest. a week and a half of protests over the killing of george floyd show little sign of letting up. even if heavy rain in washington sent some demonstrators home early, others remained defiant,

close to the white house and the target of much of their anger, the president himself. most protests across the country have been peaceful, but in the city of buffalo, new york, a 75—year—old man who approached police in riot gear was pushed by two officers and fell backwards, hitting his head and then bleeding. the mayor of buffalo said both policemen had been suspended without pay. the state governor andrew cuomo said the incident was wholly unjustified and utterly disgraceful. in minneapolis itself, where george floyd was killed, three police officers widely criticised for allegedly contributing to his death appeared in court. they are charged with aiding and abetting the principal accused in murder and manslaughter. they could face up to 40 years in prison if convicted of helping, not stopping, derek chauvin. the lawyer for one of them said it would be unreasonable to expect him after only a few days on the job

to intervene against a long serving officer. you've got a 20 year cop in the front and my guy's back there with four days, shall we roll him over? and he says, no, we'll wait for the ambulance twice, and then he says, he is suffering from a delirium. i don't know, i don't know what you are supposed to do as a cop. if i was george floyd... stars of the biggest game in the united states, american football, are lining up behind george floyd. they also named other past victims of police killings. it's a gesture likely to infuriate donald trump, who's fallen out with sports stars before over the politics of race. you know, it's the most momentum around this decades old issue that i've ever seen in my lifetime and so i'm hopeful, i can't tell you where we'll be in 50 years, but i'm hopeful that this momentum continues and i believe it will.

what happened to floyd happens everyday in this country. the demands for profound change, which were so obvious at thursday's memorial service for george floyd huge questions over a sharply divided america will dominate the best of this crucial election year. james robbins, bbc news. the new director general of the bbc, will be tim davie. he's one of the corporation's most senior executives and has been chief executive of bbc studios, the commercial subsidiary that sells bbc and other british programmes abroad. he will replace tony hall in september. 0ur media editor amol rajan is with me now.

with rajan is with me now. the best will in the world, lots with the best will in the world, lots of people watching won't know who tim davie is. who is he? he is not someone who is often on our screens but is about to be much more high profile. he is a long serving bbc executive with a commercial background. he is currently the director of studios and to those who don't know, it also has a commercial wing which sells bbc programmes around the world and he was the boss of that, an effective boss of that. so he has a background in cutting deals around the world. he is a commercialfigure. he deals around the world. he is a commercial figure. he had deals around the world. he is a commercialfigure. he had been the director of audio and music at the bbc, in charge of the radio stations and he was briefly acting director before tony hall took over. he has a bbc background but unusually for a director—general, he is not someone who has come through the news division. the last three bosses have been ex bbc news people, he is more commercial. and before the bbc, he worked at procter & gamble and was a

senior marketing official at pepsico. in terms of what will be in his in tray in september... we could probably sit here till three o'clock discussing them but, what are your thoughts about the key issues? discussing them but, what are your thoughts about the key issues7m discussing them but, what are your thoughts about the key issues? it is worth saying that i think tony hall, lord hall, had the toughestjob of any director—general in the bbc. tim davie's job is any director—general in the bbc. tim davie'sjob is going any director—general in the bbc. tim davie's job is going to any director—general in the bbc. tim davie'sjob is going to be harder and it is going to be significantly harder because of the political context in which he is getting the job, partly because of the commercial context in which the media landscape around the world to change. in terms of politics, a good starting point. tim davie needs to conduct, in 2022, he needs to conduct, in 2022, he needs to conduct a very tense and difficult negotiation with this government over the future of the licence fee from 2027 onwards. this is a government that has made a number of threats to the bbc in recent years, and infact threats to the bbc in recent years, and in fact in recent months, and

thatis and in fact in recent months, and that is a political task. commercially, there are two big things built. first is that the cost of making tv on the richest companies in the world is going up, he has to find a way of funding that on the bbc and he has to make sure that young viewers still believe, young viewers, listeners, readers, still believe the bbc is for them because of the licence fee will survive, it has to provide something for everyone. there is other stuff that comes with running a media organisation, managing people, making sure that impartiality and trust exist, so it is a hellishly difficultjob and he does at least have the consolation that whatever he does afterwards will be better paid and easier. thank you very much indeed. we can talk now to lord patten, who was chairman of the bbc trust, from 2011 to 2014 what do you think of the

appointment? the bbc is a world pleaser when it comes to public service broadcaster. tim davie is a world beater too. he is a terrific quy world beater too. he is a terrific guy so it is a great choice. he is much cleverer than even he thinks he is. he is very modest, he is intelligent, he is experienced, he is tough when he was standing in for the for a few months, he was very good at knocking some of bigger egos of the bbc, who were too big for their boots into shape and reminding them who paid their salaries. he has wide experience commercially as well as with the bbc. he chose to come back to the bbc because he believes in public service broadcasting, so he has all the qualifications that you could expect and on top of that, which is not unimportant, he is an extremely nice guy. so, i couldn't be happier. the other candidates i'm sure were very good, but he is

absolutely the person for the job at the moment and i think he will do it extremely well. he has said that he wa nts to extremely well. he has said that he wants to accelerate change when he sta rts wants to accelerate change when he starts in september, what do you see as the first few things that he absolutely has to accomplish? well, i think absolutely has to accomplish? well, ithinka absolutely has to accomplish? well, i think a lot of them are making sure that people continue to believe in public service broadcasting. it is one of our greatest assets in this country. our broadcasting infrastructure is extremely strong, with other channels as well but the bbc at the heart of it all, above all as we have seen during the course of this pandemic, providing a lifeline to what is actually going on for people, whether they are living alone or in families, whatever age they are, so he has to go on keeping up the standards of the bbc, the extraordinary quality of bbc radio broadcasting, the great quality of news on the whole and the bbc world service and some corkers

of programmes which the bbc either makes itself or buys in, for example from previously unknown scandinavian broadcasters. so, he has a lots to work with but his biggest problem is going to be, as your media editor just explained, dealing with government because we have to have a decent licence fee, at the moment we have the bbc extremely cheaply, we have the bbc extremely cheaply, we have to have a licence fee which commands public consent and i hope it won't be the result of a squalid backstage deal between the government trying to bully the bbc and the bbc itself. it is a strong case for having independent commission which takes evidence and act transparently, which comes to a decision about the sort of broadcasting the public would like and then makes a recommendation which everybody can accept. but if there is no independent commission, tim davie has to start having those conversations with government in

2022. we all know about the financial impact of coronavirus, we know about the financial issues that we re know about the financial issues that were facing the bbc prior to this pandemic in terms of paying the over 75 licence fee, the difference that makes to the budget. how can anyone, tim davie or anyone else, persuade the government that the bbc is still valid and important and the licence fee is still appropriate in a world where people are paying for streaming services left right and centre. but nobody has come up with anything better than the licence fee. they try, they scratch their heads and they tell us what is happening with netflix etc but the bbc licence fee, when you work it out, it is less than you would pay for going out for a cup of coffee. the bbc licence fee is a good bargain and the bbc has to put up with a huge amount of criticism from other media organisations, many of them trying to dip their toes in the same pond as the bbc, sailed

majestically through. the bbc has to make the case again and again and again for public service broadcasting. 0ther again for public service broadcasting. other people in other countries who have to put up with their public service broadcasters, scratch their heads in amazement that we don't understand that this isa that we don't understand that this is a real national treasure, like our cultural institutions, like our universities, it is one of the things that we do really well in this country and the bbc must have the funding to go on doing it, it will have to take some tough decisions but there are some things that it could amalgamate all slim down a bit, but overall i don't think anybody nowadays, given also the amount of beat ups the bbc have received about salaries in comparison with others, it still pays a lot less than other media corporations, nobody ever leaves the bbc for other corporations and get anything then more money. with the best will in the world though, it is

how do you persuade somebody who is 20 or 25 that everything you have just outlined about what you feel works is relevant in a digital world with multiple options? well, you try taking it away. i had partly that view when i became the chairman of the bbc trust. i think that my eyes we re the bbc trust. i think that my eyes were opened when i first went to things like radio one concerts, when i started listening to the radio one news and realised the extraordinary creative effort made to connect with young people. younger people, on the whole, don't light thing is very different than others, they tend to watch television in different ways, they watch moving images in different ways, they tend not to sit down on the sofa with their parents in the evenings. but they still like quality programming, so for example, the recent programme normal people,

or as my friend calls it, 50 shades of sligo, appealed to young people who may be afterwards read the book as well. we will leave it there on that note. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. it will feel chilly out and about once again throughout the rest of the day, and that is notjust because we are pulling in a northerly breeze, but we have stronger winds and unusually windy weather for this time of year. it is picking up especially over the north and west, gale force winds, outbreaks of rain on the hills and mountains, heavy showers elsewhere and gusty winds, as well, making it feel cooler than yesterday. some showers have been producing hail and the odd spark of lightning, as well. it's an unsettled picture and it will continue that way through the night as the strongest

winds slowly edge southwards with some longer spells of rain as well. temperatures should remain around 5—6 above freezing, but it will feel chilly throughout the rest of the day and into the start of the weekend, the strongest winds easing southwards through tomorrow. come sunday, perhaps some easing of the showers, and the wind, but it will be a much cooler weekend for all. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... ministers defend making face coverings compulsory on public transport in england, from next week. 0n on balance we are convinced it cannot do any harm, we think it will do some good...

that's why we think it is a good idea to introduce. no signficant progress in talks about a post—brexit trade deal. the eu's michel barnier accuses the uk government of "backtracking" from the agreed political declaration. this document is available in all languages, including english. it is not difficult to read. the disappearance of madeleine mccann 13 years ago — an image emerges of the prime suspect, who's been named as christian b. we are going to cross to dublin, leo varadkar hasjust we are going to cross to dublin, leo varadkar has just started speaking. at the start of phase three on the 29th ofjune, and in the meantime they remain legally enforceable by they remain legally enforceable by the irish police. we want people to

stay local and state in their own cou nty stay local and state in their own county so the virus is not reintroduced to counties that are free of covid today. from monday groups of up to six people will be able to meet with each other indoors or outdoors, as long as they keep two metres apart, and groups of up to 15 people can meet for outdoor sporting activities. solitary workers can return to their workplaces and people who can maintaina workplaces and people who can maintain a physical distance from others on a phased basis. however working from home it should remain the norm for those who can. up to 25 people will be allowed to attend the funerals of loved ones, pay their respects and grieve together, public libraries can open on monday. and there will be a new summer education programme for children with special educational needs and disadvantage as it is now safe to do so, and the minister will bring proposals to

government next week in this regard. 0utdoor facilities and amenities for children including commercial ones can reopen, as well. playgrounds which are supervised can reopen on monday and outdoor camps for children can also be held once there are no more than 15 people mixing together. we believe this will have a positive impact on the mental and physical health of children in particular. elite athletes can return to training facilities, markets can reopen and greyhound racing can start again without spectators, we are also proving —— approving the reopening of all shops from monday, and the return to retail should not create crowding on public transport or interfere with essential workers trying to get to work. therefore the shops that are reopening, the ones that are not open already, will be required to operate a staggered hours system, opening no earlier than 1030 and

allocating dedicated time for elderly and vulnerable people. shopping malls can open on the 15th ofjune provided only the shops open and measures are taken to make sure that people do not congregate at benches, fountains and food courts, for example. the summer is not lost. this can be a summer of hope, if we keep the virus at bay. cabinet also decided to plan for a return of the tourism and hospitality sectors on the 29th of june, tourism and hospitality sectors on the 29th ofjune, as part of a revised phase three. we want to see the return of domestic tourism in our country and the reopening of hotels, restaurants, hostels, galleries and museums from the 29th ofjune. making it possible for bars to reopen if they serve food with table service only. in restaurants as well. make it possible for us to

explore our country as if for the first time. and rediscover the beauty that is all around. we also wa nt pla ces beauty that is all around. we also want places of worship to resume services again in phase three with precautions. as our country opens up and we start interacting more, personal responsibility becomes more important than ever. we got into this fight against covid together and we will only emerge from it if we continue to act together. we will be reinforcing this message in new public information campaigns over the coming days. this afternoon let me end with the words of a wise man, words of hope, in the end it is only a passing thing, this shadow, even darkness must pass, a new day will come and when the sun shines it will shine out all the clearer. so, thank you for your hard work, your choices

and perseverance, that new day is now approaching. thank you very much. this is around the eighth time i've stood at these podiums here, very often to deliver a messages about the implications of covid—19 for our country and today, thankfully, it is a bit different... studio: we will leave that for now. leo varadkar talking studio: we will leave that for now. leo va radkar talking about studio: we will leave that for now. leo varadkar talking about new measures in ireland, encouraging people to work from home, but plenty of other things, and we will go over that later. in fact, to the end we will be talking about more about the situation in the united states because we have had new employment figures through from their as a result of coronavirus, as well. that is coming up.

more information has been emerging about the man identified by german police as a suspect in the disappearance of three—year—old madeleine mccann. she was last seen in her family's holiday apartment in portugal, in may 2007. the suspect, christian b, lived in and around the praia da luz area in the algarve where the mccanns were staying; our europe correspondent gavin lee is there — and has this update. we have had it confirmed that the image is an image of the man that thejoint image is an image of the man that the joint investigation are looking for, the name christian b is the suspect, and that they first heard of the detail of the suspect linked to the disappearance of madeleine mccann from apartment five a behind me in 2007, and that first emerged from german police in 2017, three yea rs from german police in 2017, three years ago, after a tip—off in a german bar in which a friend of

christian b, apparently they were watching footage of the anniversary, tenth anniversary of the disappearance of madeleine mccann, and a disturbing suspicious comment was made, and then german police started to ask for the help of the british and portuguese authorities. we have been told that for the past three years there have been house—to—house inquiries taking place here, as well. that would give a sense of why there hasn't been a visual presence here in the last couple of days in portugal, why they have not been putting appeals out, they say they have been relying in germany and in the uk of these appeals to tourists and holiday—makers, with the car is that the suspect was using in their houses in case they by chance had photos or images which would paint a bigger picture, and ultimately they have come to the stage where they have come to the stage where they have hit an impasse and they are reliant on the public to find clear evidence. gavin lee there in the

algarve in portugal talking about the latest developments following the latest developments following the disappearance of madeleine mccann 13 years ago. new figures from nhs england. the total number of reported deaths in hospitals in england is now 27,282. that is the total figure. a further 123 deaths announced today, that is the overnight update from nhs england. we will bring you more details on that as soon as we get them. we are expecting a few more figures and that is why i'm hesitating. any furtherfigures figures and that is why i'm hesitating. any further figures will be brought to you when we get them. the crown prosecution service has been asked to review evidence into the death of a railway worker who was reportedly spat at by a man

claiming to have coronavirus. police concluded last week that belly mujinga's death was not linked to the incident and closed the case. but since then more than a million people have signed a petition in support of ms mujinga and the police will now review the case in recognition of the ‘wider public interest.‘ she was working at victoria station in london on the 22nd of march, just before the formal lockdown measures came into place. the us economy regained around 2.5 millionjobs in may, as the lockdown measures began to ease. the latest job report released today shows the unemployment rate falling to just over 13%, down from 14% the month before. economists had been expecting job losses of more than 8 million. president trump reacted to the news

and congratulated himself in a tweet about the report, earlier this afternoon saying: we can talk more on this now with senior economist at the insurance group, royal london. she joins us from her home in north london. her name has not been given to me, i'm so sorry! i knew yourjob but not your name, i do apologise! lovely to have your expertise. is it fairto lovely to have your expertise. is it fair to say we had expected something more dramatic from these figures from the united states? economists were expecting much worse numbers so this was a very welcome surprise. economists were expecting the unemployment rate to hit nearly 20%, for example, so much better—than—expected, but the

numbers are still awful, clearly. unemployment rate above 13% is still very high and the us economy is still a long way from being out of the woods but a welcome positive surprise. it is hard to know, those whose jobs have returned surprise. it is hard to know, those whosejobs have returned in the statistics, as ever, as with any country, we don't know the longevity and how long lasting and we don't know what coronavirus is going to do later in the year and what might change again, and i suppose we had to go with what we have right here and now. absolutely. if you look at those who are still classified as unemployed, the bulk of those are classified as being on temporary lay—off, so employers will have indicated for example that they intend to rehire but ongoing policy support is still needed to make sure that actually happens. and then if you think about the health generally of us households, so one of the ways

policymakers have been providing support is to making unemployment insurance, unemployment benefits much more generous than they were before the crisis, and we had hoped to see a fiscal package come through in the next month or so —— we hope. this will keep the unemployment insurance levels at those more generous levels so those who are unemployed and who don't getjobs do not see a sudden fall off in income. it isa not see a sudden fall off in income. it is a question of whether there is the political will as well as the money to sustain and support people. we can draw parallels with our own country, of course, we know the cost to the economy of supporting people but then there is a cost if you don't further down the line. that is absolutely right. it is still hugely important and no economy is clearly out of the woods yet. there is a need for the ongoing policy support and that is as true in the uk as it is in the us. melanie baker, thanks

for joining is in the us. melanie baker, thanks forjoining us. chief economist at royal london there. she was reflecting on the latest us employment figures. let's return to those brexit deal talks, which ended today. earlier, the european union's chief negotiator, michel barnier, said there had been no significant progress in talks with the uk about a future trade deal and he accused the government of "backtracking" from undertakings in the political declaration agreed by both sides. the uk's negotiator david frost was more upbeat, he described the talks as ‘positive in tone'. let's talk to our europe editor, katya adler. it feels like a long time since we discussed this but we are at a crucial point here. where is the balance and what your reading of michel barnier‘s take versus that of

david frost? let me pick up on what you said, michel barnier accusing the uk of backtracking in commitments it made in the political declaration, and what you hear from the uk side is that it doesn't feel like it is backtracking and that the eu cannot decide what is being kept in the political declaration, and at the time when the divorce deal was agreed between the sides last autumn, we made very clear that the withdrawal agreement was legally binding and the political declaration which throws forward into the future relationship was not legally binding so it provides a framework and for what the relationship should look like, according to the parties at that time. we have now had four rounds of negotiations and later this month we will have a summit between the prime minister and the president of the european commission, this was written into our divorce treaty and

is basically a stock—taking exercise but you can expect both the uk and the eu to say, this is where we are going to go looking forward. uk originally said if we are looking like we are not making any progress by this point injune we willjust walk away, but i would say there's very little likelihood of that right now. that is the last thing anybody would expect with all the economic disruption in the eu of the uk with covid—19, it would not be a good look for either side to walk away at this point —— eu and the uk. this is also the last point that one of them could save we need to have an extension on our negotiations and we need an extension of the standstill transition, and of course we have left the eu now in terms of law and we are no longer a member state but in practical terms we are still paying into the budget and we still have the benefits of the single market and the customs union. this ends at the end of this year unless the uk and the eu extend for up to a

year or two years, but downing street says that is not going to happen, they need to make this deal by the end of the year, and both sides say they think it is still possible but they point to each other to make all of the concessions. one thing is certain at this point, both sides will need to make compromise for a deal to be agreed but i don't sign up to the growing school of thought of no deal now looks like the most likely option and i don't think we are there yet. 0k, option and i don't think we are there yet. ok, for now, thanks for joining us. we can hearfrom our reality check the respondent chris morris. it's the fourth round of post—brexit

trade talks between the uk and the eu and they've been taking place remotely in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. now, that hasn't really helped matters but it's not been the only reason these talks haven't made much progress. there's even no agreement so far on the structure of what they're trying to negotiate. the eu wants one comprehensive deal, but the uk sees that as an effort to keep it tied more closely than it wants to european institutions and ways of doing things. the uk argue that there should be a series of separate agreements, but the eu sees that as another example of the uk trying to cherry pick the benefits it wants while avoiding the obligations of eu membership. there are also specific issues on which negotiators seem to have hit a brick wall. there is what's known as the level playing field. that's measures to ensure businesses on one side don't have an unfair advantage over their competitors on the other. now, all trade agreements have these, but the eu wants the uk to stick particularly closely to eu rules on things like workers' rights, environmental regulations and subsidies for business. then there's fisheries. now, the uk would like full access to the eu market

to sell its fish there, but in return the eu wants full access for its boats to fish in uk waters. british negotiators say that has to change. and then there's the governance of any future agreement. that's partly about how new agreements would be enforced and about the role of the european court ofjustice. now, it normally takes years to do a trade deal but this process only has a matter of months left. remember, the uk left the eu on january 31st and we're now in a transition period when all the rules and regulations and payments stay the same until the end of the year. but if no trade agreement is completed by then the uk won't have any formal deal with its closest neighbours, which account for nearly half its total trade. by law, any extension to the transition period would have to be agreed by the end of this month and the eu says it's willing to talk about an extension. the scottish and welsh governments are also in favour. so is the northern ireland assembly. but the uk government has

repeatedly ruled it out. so can any basic deal still be done? well, if there's political will to make concessions on both sides, then, yes, perhaps it can. the prime minister will get directly involved this month, holding talks with the european commission and council presidents on how the negotiations are going, and high—level political involvement can lead to progress. if it doesn't, businesses on both sides of the channel have just over six months to prepare for an abrupt change in the way they trade at a time when many are already struggling to stay afloat. those economic challenges caused by covid could strengthen the case for compromise, or they could provide cover for those who favour a far more radical break with the eu. chris morris, there.

the number of people in the uk who have died from covid—19 in the uk in all settings has now passed 40,000. let's get more now from our health correspondent anna collinson. this is very difficult but in terms of figures it is a symbolic number we have reached ? of figures it is a symbolic number we have reached? a symbolic milestone for people, and if we go back to march the government's chief scientific adviser patrick vallance said if the uk could keep the number of coronavirus deaths to below 20,000 that would be a good result and in the last few minutes we have had a batch of figures from nhs england which have now taken us past the 40,000 death toll in the uk. more than double the figure that patrick vallance was talking about. these new deaths are 123 new deaths of people who tested positive for covid—19 and died in hospital in england. different nations count

figures differently from different time points that we will not get a full id of the uk's tally until later on during the briefing —— a full idea. but more than 40,000 people have died it has been confirmed and as you mentioned, behind every death is a family and friends are grieving but also people who have experienced loss in a very distressing situation, not being able to say goodbye to their loved ones are not being able to go to funerals are not being able to comfort others, it has been really difficult —— and not being able to comfort others. in terms of infection and the r rate? yes, the reproduction number, this indicates how infectious the disease is in anything above one means the infection is increasing and it could be passed on to more people, so be r number is unchanged for now, between 0.7 and the low .9 and this is seen as our route out of lockdown which

feels significant when you are looking at this from the 15th of june when we are expecting to see thousands of shops opening —— no .9. scientists say we should not focus too much on the r number and we also think about the infectious cases and think about the infectious cases and think about the infectious cases and think about what is going on there, as well. in terms of measures are where we are as a nation, we look ahead as well to the government's facemask policy and the fact they will be... it is face coverings, an important distinction. that will be compulsory from the 15th ofjune on public transport. it will be mandatory and the difference between a face mask and a face covering, face masks are the kind of equipment front line workers wear but face coverings could be a scarf or a bandanna or you could make it out of a t—shirt, as long as it is covering your mouth and nose, multiple layers of material can also help. it is important to point out when you are using them you have got to be

careful, so washing your hands before and after use are not touching your eyes and nose and mouth, there are many things which need to be put in place. the science around it is relatively weak but the idea is that we face coverings prevents you passing on the virus to others and that potentially if you have the virus but you are asymptomatic you are protecting other people, so that is the idea behind it. the compulsory element is on public transport, and again earlier our guest made the point that they are pointless almost outdoors, but we are talking about indoor situations. yes, it is all about indoor situations where you are not able to maintain the two metres social distance and there has been some discussion about whether they should be used in shops but the difference between shops and public transport is for the government, shops should be limiting the number of people who are going into shops but with the tube or a train or a busy bus, hard to stop them from

being so busy, so that is why they are bringing them in. you are lucky to have two centimetres on the london underground in normal times! but that feels like a long time ago now. a few more stories to bring you now. the family of a pensioner who was raped in her home have told the bbc they only discovered her attacker was cleared for release from prison when they were contacted by a newspaper. hazel backwell, who was 66, was attacked in east london in 1997 by wendell baker. she died five years later. the parole board announced last month that baker was "suitable for release" following a hearing in april. the ministry ofjustice has apologised for failing to inform the family. the luxury car—maker bentley is cutting 1,000 jobs in the uk, about a quarter of its workforce.

the company, which manufactures its cars in crewe, has offered all staff the chance to take voluntary redundancy. the move comes as the car industry faces a sharp drop in sales because of coronavirus. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. the last couple of days have brought much cooler weather for all parts of the uk and today and tomorrow we will have much windier weather and unusually so for this time of year, brought about by this deep area of low pressure and you can see there are weather fronts around so there will be further showers and longer spells of rain but we may have some summer gales, and the gust of wind could reach around 60 miles per out for northern and western parts to the latter part of the day. also with that, wet weather and snow over the mountains, but further south

sunshine in between the showers but the showers are heavy. we have already had thunder and lightning in those so there could also be hail. gusty winds, 35—40 mph. the strongest cuts in the northern half of the uk but gradually through the night —— the strongest winds. high pressure pushes a band of rain of wet weather further south in the night, so a blustery night, and temperatures will hold at around 7—8 but if you are out it is clearly going to feel chilly given the strength of the wind, which will still be with us through saturday. the strongest winds edging southwards into england and wales as the low pressure moves across the north sea towards east anglia. with it, spells, longer spells of rain which will turn into showers in the afternoon and could spark heavy thundery showers. more rain potentially in the north of scotland and northern ireland, and in between we are talking about scattered showers and sunny spells on

saturday, but still the blustery and chilly wind but it will ease a little across the north. again, a cool day, temperatures below where they should be at this time of year and it will feel even cooler further south with more cloud around and outbreaks of rain. gradually through saturday and into sunday we start to see the low pressure pulling away from western areas, high pressure sta rts from western areas, high pressure starts to build, so a drier day here, still quite cool and cloudy and still showers and outbreaks of rainfor many and still showers and outbreaks of rain for many eastern areas and it will feel cool with temperatures below average but we start to lift the temperatures a little over northern and western areas as things quieten down, and the quietening down continues into the early part of next week.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the number of deaths from coronavirus in the uk passes 40,000. it comes as statistics show the number of people infected with the disease falls to 1 in 1000. ministers have defended making face coverings compulsory on public transport in england, from next week. on balance, we are convinced it certainly cannot do any harm. we think it will do some good and that is why we think it is a good idea to introduce. no signficant progress in talks about a post—brexit trade deal. the eu's michel barnier accuses the uk government of "backtracking" from the agreed political declaration. this document is available

in all languages. including english. it is not difficult to read. the disappearance of madeleine mccann 13 years ago — an image emerges of the prime suspect, who's been named as christian b. the us anti—racism protests — video captures a pensioner being pushed to the ground by police in new york state. the bbc has a new director general — tim davie promises acclerated change when he takes over in september. the latest study of coronavirus

infections in england suggests a fall in the number of people with the illness. figures from the office for national statistics indicate one in a thousand people had the virus in the community in the last two weeks of may — down from 1 in 400 the week before. it comes amid continued controversy about how quickly to ease the lockdown, as the number of deaths in the uk from the virus passes 40,000. the ons figures suggest that the number of new daily cases in households in england has fallen to 5,600 a day. down from 8,000 last week. elsewhere the british medical association says the government's decsion to make face coverings compulsory on public transport, should be extended to anywhere that cannot ensure safe social distancing. around the world, brazil has surpassed italy to become the country with the third highest number of coronavirus deaths, after the united states and the uk.

our health correspondent, lauren moss reports. the virus that's put so many lives on hold. after 11 weeks in lockdown new data suggests it may be slowly relaxing its grip. a survey by the office for national statistics estimates one in 1000 people may now be infected in england. it shows the trend is going in the right direction but there is a warning we should be cautious. what we are finding, if the rate of infection in society is falling, it is now about 53,000 people, about one in 1000 of us, but we are also finding about 70% of those people who are infectious are reporting no symptoms, so it is still important people keep their distance, people wash their hands, because some people might be infectious and not know it. this morning's commute shows public transport is still relatively quiet, but from the 15th ofjune it will be compulsory in england for anyone travelling by tram, train, bus, plane or ferry, to wear a face covering.

most people just want to do the right thing and get on top of this disease and here is something small but important that we can do to try to help so i think most people will be very keen to follow it. for some, this move has been a long time coming. my concern, and i would go as far to say my anger, is the delay it's taken, because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community because there are some times where you can't keep your social distance and this delay has been good for nobody. people in scotland and northern ireland are also advised to cover their nose and mouth where it is difficult to social distance, and the welsh government has said it is personal choice. so what is the science? experts are split over the benefits of wearing face coverings. it is generally thought they could reduce the risk of someone with the infection passing it on, by containing more of the contaminated droplets that are coughed or breathed out. anyone who doesn't comply could be fined. it would be the same as if someone

was travelling without a valid ticket for that particular service, so clearly the rail staff will be giving advice and will be helping to implement this with the support of the british transport police. the 15th ofjune is the day nonessential shops can reopen and some secondary pupils will return to school in england. some health professionals are calling for face coverings to be more widely worn. i am particularly worry about those people who are vulnerable through their work, such as bus drivers, but also people packing shelves in the supermarket, and the bma has been calling for this since april. following reports the test and trace scheme may not be world class until the autumn, ministers hope the phone app being trialled on the isle of wight to alert those who have been near an infected person will be ready for wider roll—out this month.

as we gradually unlock our doors into a new reality, wearing face coverings is just one of the many changes we will all have to make. lauren moss, bbc news. the number of people who've died in the uk from coronavirus in all settings has now passed 40 thousand. our health correspondent anna collinson is here — and a somber milestone. behind every one of those figures is afamily behind every one of those figures is a family who is struggling and it has been a grim time for so many people. it is a... ifwe has been a grim time for so many people. it is a... if we go back to march, sir patrick vallance, the government chief scientific adviser said that if we could keep the number of coronavirus deaths at around 20,000 it would be a good outcome and today, it has been confirmed that we have gone beyond that, double that. so, these new death figures from nhs england that

have been announced, 123 new deaths of people who have tested positive for covid—19 and died in hospital. different nations count up death figures differently from different parts in different points, so we will get a full uk tally later today during the briefing. but as you say, it is important to reflect that as we have reached this 40,000 death milestone, the type of loss that people have experienced. we have heard a lot about the devastating impact that coronavirus has had on people in care homes, the staff and residents. one worker told the bbc that the pandemic has been relentless that while staff in care homes are prepared for death, nothing can prepare them for these past few months, it has been extremely traumatic. it is also important to point out that these daily death figures released by the government, they only report patients who have tested positive for coronavirus, there have been issues with testing, so this is only a partial picture of what is going on. otherfigures reveal a wider picture, for example, we get figures

from the office for national statistics that looks to death certificates. according to those figures, the death toll is more than 48,000, so not only have we passed 40,000, we are heading towards 50,000. and we look to the future, we have had a slight easing of lockdown, depending where you live, but we know about that. we look co nsta ntly but we know about that. we look constantly at the reproduction rate, just explain to us where we are with that as well. so yes that's reproduction rate tells us how infectious the virus is and the key number is one. if we go above one, it means the virus is spreading and that there are more cases of the coronavirus. the our number is unchanged, that number is between 0.7 and 0.9. it is thought that there are regional variations. as you say, it seems that that is our route out of lockdown so it is important when we think about easing lockdown, nonessential shops opening from the 15th ofjune, what the

reproduction number are saying is important. however, it is also important. however, it is also important to point out that as the infection numbers continue to decrease, the reproduction number becomes less relevant and actually, what is important to be looking out as well as the infection rate. thank you very much. the crown prosecution service has been asked to review evidence into the death of a railway worker who was reportedly spat at by a man claiming to have coronavirus. police concluded last week that belly mujinga's death was not linked to the incident and closed the case. but since then more than a million people have signed a petition in support of ms mujinga and the police will now review the case in recognition of the ‘wider public interest.‘ you might remember that this was the railway worker who was based at victoria station in london who was spat at by someone who said he had

coronavirus. that incident happened just before the official lockdown came into place in march. the european union‘s chief negotiator, michel barnier, has said there has been no significant progress in talks with the uk about a future trade deal. speaking after the latest round of negotiations, he accused the government of "backtracking" from undertakings in the political declaration agreed by both sides. our lack of progress in this negotiation is not due to our method, but to the substance. we must stick to our commitments if we want to move forward. we engaged in this negotiation on the basis of a joint political declaration that clearly sets out the terms of our future partnership. this document, this document, is available in all languages,

including english. it is not difficult to read. good weekend reading, if i may say so. and this declaration was negotiated with prime ministerjohnson himself. it was approved by the leaders of the 27 member states at the european council in october 2019. it has the backing of the european parliament also. it is, for us, and it will remain for us, the only valid reference, the only relevant precedent, in this negotiation. that was agreed by both sides. yet, round after round, our british counterparts seek

to distance themselves from this common basis. well we can talk now to senior law lecturer at middlesex university, joelle grogan whojoins me now from central london. hello, good afternoon. good afternoon. what do you make of both the essence of what michel barnier we re the essence of what michel barnier were saying and his tone, where are were saying and his tone, where are we today? we are at a very important pa rt we today? we are at a very important part of negotiations. i am going to flag a very important state which is the 1st ofjuly 2020. before this date, an agreement must be made between the uk and the eu before any more time for extension will be given, any more time for negotiation. this is the biggest negotiation. this is the biggest negotiation of the most difficult trade deal at least in many of our lifetimes. to put it in small context, it took three years to

negotiate 600 pages of agreement. we now need to see we can negotiate an even bigger deal, with more complicated issues in six months. we have yet to see a legal text, we are yet to see a draft but we are very concerning words from both sides. and so, the word extension comes to mind and yet we know that certainly thus far, boris johnson mind and yet we know that certainly thus far, borisjohnson has said that that is something he is just not interested in. exactly. this extension must be agreed by both the uk and the eu before the end of this month. if there is no extension, so if the government does not seek an extension, then we are going to be exiting the transition period on the 3ist exiting the transition period on the 31st of december 2020. now, that is going to be the case, we will be reopening conversations about a no—deal brexit. what that means is that we are not going to be sure how good people capital and services are going to be crossing borders in the

uk, with the exception of northern ireland after that date. do we think, before we get to that point, i know we have said borisjohnson has said he doesn‘t want one, but will there be eu member states, people involved in these negotiations who start pushing for one nonetheless, even though they know what his opinion is, because there are many member states who don‘t want us to reach that point, don‘t want us to reach that point, don‘t want us to reach that point, don‘t want the eu to reach that point. certainly. we see it domestically, we have seen governments in scotland, northern ireland and wales requesting or seeking or hoping for an extension. something very important to keep in mind about the eu perspective is that this is 27 different countries and right now, we are globally facing a pandemic. in terms of political will and political concentration, not only in the eu or the uk, but throughout the world, all countries will be looking inwardly to make sure they are

tackling covid—19. it is going to be a question as to whether or not there will be sufficient political will to be pushing for that extension to give more time for a negotiation. just to also remind eve ryo ne negotiation. just to also remind everyone that under the terms of their withdrawal agreement this extension can be up to one or two yea rs. extension can be up to one or two years. it doesn‘t necessarily have to be two years, but it has to be up to be two years, but it has to be up to two years. it must come first and foremost from a joint agreement, that means uk government must for it. if you had to bet, is that we are heading for? or i am not a betting woman i‘m afraid. are heading for? or i am not a betting woman i'm afraidlj are heading for? or i am not a betting woman i'm afraid. i can only see what is in front of me and as someone who works primarily on the rule of law, what i look for first and foremost our legal texts. i look for laws being drafted and laws being passed. one of my most significant concerns is that we haven‘t seen draft legal texts. as

we know from our daily experience in our daily lives, it is important for us our daily lives, it is important for us to know what rules apply and don‘t apply, so until we see legal texts, i am not going to be making any bets one way or another. very interesting to hear from you. thank you for your time. the headlines on bbc news... the number of deaths from coronavirus in the uk passes 40,000. it comes as statistics show the number of people infected with the disease falls to 1 in 1000. the eu‘s michel barnier warns there‘s been no significant progress in talks about a post—brexit trade deal. he accuses the uk government of "backtracking" from undertakings in the agreed political declaration. the disappearance of madeleine mccann 13 years ago — an image emerges of the prime suspect, who‘s been named as christian b.

after a day of largely peaceful protests across the united states about the death in police custody of george floyd, pictures have emerged of a 75 —year—old man being pushed to the ground by police in new york state. the man suffered serious injuries; the officers involved have been suspended without pay. james robbins has the latest. a week and a half of protests over the killing of george floyd show little sign of letting up. even if heavy rain in washington sent some demonstrators home early, others remained defiant, close to the white house and the target of much of their anger, the president himself. most protests across the country have been peaceful, but in the city of buffalo, new york, a 75—year—old man who approached police in riot gear was pushed by two officers and fell backwards, hitting his head and then bleeding.

the mayor of buffalo said both policemen had been suspended without pay. the state governor andrew cuomo said the incident was wholly unjustified and utterly disgraceful. in minneapolis itself, where george floyd was killed, three police officers widely criticised for allegedly contributing to his death appeared in court. they are charged with aiding and abetting the principal accused in murder and manslaughter. they could face up to 40 years in prison if convicted of helping, not stopping, derek chauvin. the lawyer for one of them said it would be unreasonable to expect him after only a few days on the job to intervene against a long serving officer. you‘ve got a 20 year cop in the front and my guy‘s back there with four days, shall we roll him over? and he says, no, we‘ll wait for the ambulance twice, and then he says, he is suffering from a delirium. i don‘t know, i don‘t know what you are supposed to do as a

cop. if i was george floyd... stars of the biggest game in the united states, american football, are lining up behind george floyd. they also named other past victims of police killings. it‘s a gesture likely to infuriate donald trump, who‘s fallen out with sports stars before over the politics of race. you know, it‘s the most momentum around this decades old issue that i‘ve ever seen in my lifetime and so i‘m hopeful, i can‘t tell you where we‘ll be in 50 years, but i‘m hopeful that this momentum continues and i believe it will. what happened to floyd happens everyday in this country. the demands for profound change, which were so obvious at thursday‘s memorial service for george floyd in minneapolis, show little sign of receding. huge questions over a sharply divided

america will dominate the rest of this crucial election year. more information has been emerging about the man identified by german police as a suspect in the disappearance of 3 year old madeleine mccann. she was last seen in her family‘s holiday apartment in portugal, in may 2007. the suspect, christian b, lived in and around the praia da luz area in the algarve where the mccanns were staying; our europe correspondent gavin lee is there and has this update. well we have spoken to a senior judicial source today who confirmed that the image is the image of the man that the joint investigation is looking for, the name christian b is indeed the suspect and that they first heard detail of the suspect linked to the disappearance of madeline mccann from apartment 5a behind me back in 2007. that first emerged from german

police in 2017 atjust three years ago, after a tip—off in a german bar, in which a friend of christian b, apparently they were watching footage of the anniversary, the tenth anniversary, of the disappearance of madeline mccann, and quote, a disturbing, suspicious comment was made, and then german police started to ask for the help of british and portuguese authorities. we have been told that for the past three years, there have been house—to—house inquiries taking place here as well, which i think would give us a sense of why there hasn‘t been a visual presence here the last couple of days in portugal, why they haven‘t been putting appeals out, the source saying that they have been relying now, in germany and in the uk, of these appeals to tourists, to holiday—makers, with the cars that the suspect was using, with the houses as well, in case they by chance had photos, images with the suspect or the vehicle in the background to paint a bigger picture and ultimately, they have come to the stage where they have hit an impasse and they are reliant on the public to find clear evidence here.

the new director general of the bbc, will be tim davie. he‘s one of the corporation‘s most senior executives and has been chief executive of bbc studios, the commercial subsidiary that sells bbc and other british programmes abroad. he became acting director general after the resignation of george entwistle in 2012. he will replace tony hall in september. earlier we heard from the former chairman of the bbc trust, lord patten... there is nowhere in the world that has as good a public service broadcaster and tim davie is a world beater as well. he is a terrific quy- beater as well. he is a terrific guy. it is a great choice, he is much cleverer than even he thinks he is. he is very modest, he is intelligent, experienced, he is tough. when he stood in for the director general for a few months,

he was very good at knocking some of the bigger egos of the bbc, who were too big for their boots, into shape and reminding them who pay their salaries. he has wide experience commercially as well as with the bbc. he chose to come back, or to come to the bbc as he believes in public service broadcasting, so he has all the qualifications you can expect and on top of that, which is not unimportant, he is an extremely nice guy. so i couldn‘t be happier. iam sure nice guy. so i couldn‘t be happier. i am sure the other candidates were good, but he is absolutely the man, the person for thejob good, but he is absolutely the man, the person for the job at the moment, and i think it will do it extremely well. he has said he wants to accelerate change when he starts in september, what do you see as the first few things that he absolutely have to accomplish? well, i think a lot of them is making sure that people continue to believe in public service broadcasting. it is one of our greatest assets in this country.

our broad collapsing infrastructure is extremely strong, with other channels as well, but the bbc at the heart of it all. above all, as we have seen during the course of this pandemic, providing a lifeline to what is actually going on for people, whether they are living on their own or with families, whatever age they are, so he has to go on keeping up the standards of the bbc, the extraordinary quality of bbc radio broadcasting, the great quality of news on the whole, and the bbc world service and some cork are programmes which the bbc either makes its self or buys in, for example from previously unknown scandinavian broadcasters. so, he has a lot to work with but his biggest problem is going to be, as your media editorjust explained, dealing with government because we have to have a decent licence fee, at the moment we get the bbc extremely cheap, we have to have a

licence fee that i think commands public consent and i hope it won‘t be the result of a rather squalid, backstage deal between government endlessly trying to bully the bbc and the bbc itself, i think there is and the bbc itself, i think there is a very strong and the bbc itself, i think there is a very strong case and the bbc itself, i think there is a very strong case for having an independent commission which takes evidence and acts transparently, which comes to a decision about the sort of broadcasting the public would like and then makes a recommendation which everybody can accept. 0k, recommendation which everybody can accept. ok, but if there is no independent commission, tim davie has to start having those conversations in 2022. we all know about the financial impact of coronavirus, the financial issues facing the bbc prior to this pandemic in terms of paying for the over 75 licence fee, the difference thatis over 75 licence fee, the difference that is made to the budget. how can anyone, tim davie or anyone else, persuade governments that the bbc is still valid and important and that the licence fee is still appropriate ina the licence fee is still appropriate in a world where people are paying

for streaming services left right and centre? nobody has come up with anything better than the licence fee. they try, they scratch their heads, they tell us what is happening with netflix and so on, but the bbc‘s licence fee, when you work it out, it is less then you would pay for going out for a cup of coffee if you do that sort of thing. the bbc licence fee is an incredibly good bargain and the bbc has to put up good bargain and the bbc has to put up with a huge amount of criticism from other media organisations, many of them trying to dip their toes in the same pond as the bbc, sales majestically through, the bbc has to make the case again and again and again for public service broadcasting. other people in other countries that have to put up with their public service broadcasters scratch their heads in amazement that we don‘t understand that this isa that we don‘t understand that this is a real national treasure, like our cultural institutions, like our universities, it is one of the things we do really well in this

country and the bbc must have the funding to go on doing it, we will have to take some tough decisions, i think there are some things that it could amalgamate or slimmed down a bit, but overall i don‘t think any way nowadays, giving the amount of bbc‘s the —— beat ups the bbc has received in terms of salary, nobody ever leaves the bbc for another media corporation and gets anything but a lot more money. lord patten talking about the appointment of tim davie there. edging up to half past so it is merely whether time but i will just show you the scene so it is merely whether time but i willjust show you the scene over in washington, dc as we are expecting words from president trump really any time. we think he may be talking to journalists there for the last little while so we will head back to washington when president trump does

appear, we expect something perhaps on coronavirus and the jobs figures which is quite interesting today and presumably, also addressing everything that we have been talking about that has dominated our coverage of the us in the last week orso, coverage of the us in the last week or so, since the death of george floyd. so, will be live there in washington as soon as that does get under way but as i promised, let‘s ta ke under way but as i promised, let‘s take a look at the weather first. it will feel chilly out and about once again throughout the rest of the day, and that is notjust because we are pulling in a northerly breeze, but we have stronger winds and unusually windy weather for this time of year. it is picking up especially over the north and west, gale force winds, outbreaks of rain on the hills and mountains, heavy showers elsewhere and gusty winds, as well, making it feel cooler than yesterday. some showers have been producing hail and the odd spark of lightning, as well. it‘s an unsettled picture and it will continue that way through the night as the strongest winds slowly edge southwards with some longer spells of rain as well.

temperatures should remain around 5—6 above freezing, but it will feel chilly throughout the rest of the day and into the start of the weekend, the strongest winds easing southwards through tomorrow. come sunday, perhaps some easing of the showers, and the wind, but it will be a much cooler weekend for all.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the number of deaths from coronavirus in the uk passes 40,000. it comes as statistics show the number of people infected with the disease falls to 1 in 1000. ministers defend making face coverings compulsory on public transport in england from june 15th. on balance, we are convinced it certainly cannot do any harm. we think it will do some good and that is why we think it‘s a good idea to introduce. no signficant progress in talks about a post—brexit trade deal. the eu‘s michel barnier accuses the uk government of "backtracking" from the agreed political declaration. this is injust over the this is in just over the last few months, over three and a half years and it is a great thing, we were

very strong, with the greatest economy in the history of our country and the greatest economy in the history of the world, and that strength led us get through this horrible pandemic, largely through, and we are doing very well. i had a meeting yesterday on vaccines and we are doing incredibly well with that. you will have some positive surprises and therapeutics likewise, we are doing very well, and cures we are doing well. those words really blend well with each other, but tremendous progress has been made on vaccines and in fact we have it ready to go in terms of transportation and logistics, over 2 million ready to go if it checks out for safety. the nice part is we also have four companies, maybe even 7—8 companies that are doing similar, and some different, on the vaccine front, some are similar and an

somewhat different on the therapeutic front, so tremendous progress is being made on that. even without that, and even without that, i have to say, and you won‘t have to use that in the future, that statement, even without, because i think they will have it, but we are going to be back and we are opening our country and i hope the lockdown governors, i don‘t know why they continue to lock down, because if you look at georgia and florida and south carolina and so many different places that have opened up, i don‘t wa nt to places that have opened up, i don‘t want to name all of them, but the ones that are most energetic about opening, they are doing tremendous business and this is what these numbers are all about. one other important thing, it is important to remember that many states are closed or almost closed, some of the big ones, new york, newjersey, they are starting now to get open, i hope. i hope they also use our national guard, we will be ready for them, we

will be ready so fast there heads will be ready so fast there heads will spin. we did it in minnesota, minneapolis, they were ripping that place apart, and i love it, we had such success there. they were ripping it apart and i called the governor and the national guard went in and in one night it was over, you don‘t see the problem. you don‘t see the problem in minnesota, not even a little bit. you look at a great city, great great city, minneapolis, and it was under siege, like nobody has ever seen, where people are running from a police department, and they were told to, they did not wa nt to and they were told to, they did not want to run, they were told to. dad governing, i‘m blaming the mayor, not the governor, —— bad governing. this is a great tribute, what we are announcing today, a tremendous tribute to equality, we are bringing ourjobs back. when we had our tremendous numbers and when we had just prior to the china plague that

voted in, we had numbers, the best in history for and hispanic americans and are asian americans and for everybody, the best for women, best for people without a diploma, young people without a diploma, young people without a diploma, so many different categories, the numbers with the best in almost every category. we have the most people working in the history of our country, almost 160 million people, we were never close to that, so we had things which we we re to that, so we had things which we were doing so well. and then it came m, were doing so well. and then it came in, but! were doing so well. and then it came in, but i think we will be back higher next year than ever before, the only thing that can stop us is bad policy, frankly, left wing bad policy of raising taxes and renew deals and all of the things that you have been writing about —— green new deals. that will stop it like you wouldn‘t believe it and frankly this

is holding it back, and i like to be optimistic about the poles i‘ve seen in the polls we do are looking very good, but if we did not have the possibility of having massively higher taxes like the democrats want and green new deals which are totally ridiculous, frankly, ridiculous, and i‘m a big environmentalist and i believe strongly in taking care of our environment. we have the cleanest airwe environment. we have the cleanest air we have ever had in the modern era, which let‘s say go back 30 yea rs, era, which let‘s say go back 30 yea rs , we era, which let‘s say go back 30 yea rs, we have era, which let‘s say go back 30 years, we have the cleanest air and water we‘ve ever had. we are setting all sorts of really good environmental records and we are very proud of that. but the green new deal would kill our country and the green new deal would have a devastating effect on the world. it is not going to happen anyway because it is impossible for them to do it. if you look at what they want to do under the green new deal it is like baby talk. we are doing something, this was an important day because it shows what we have been doing is right and the reason it has

been so good is because the body was strong, our body were so powerful that we could actually close our country, save millions of lives, stop people very early on from china from coming in, because we stopped early, at the end of january, from coming in, because we stopped early, at the end ofjanuary, very early, at the end ofjanuary, very early, people coming from china who we re early, people coming from china who were infected, coming into our country, a hard decision to make, and nobody wanted me to make it. i would almost say nobody wanted me to make it but we made that decision and even my enemies said that was an extremely important... we saved tens of thousands of lives with that decision. we did a lot of things and then we ended up with empty cupboards, we went into a ventilator period the likes of which nobody has seen since the second world war, we mobilised, nobody has ever seen anything like it. and then we did tests, over 20 million, very close,

i think over 20 million, more than anybody in the world. germany is about at four and south korea is at 3.5, but we are over 20, and when you do more testing you have more cases, we have more cases than anybody because we do more testing than anybody, pretty simple. it is outstanding what has happened today. they thought the number would be a loss of 9 million jobs and it was a gain of almost 3 million jobs, loss of 9 million jobs and it was a gain of almost 3 millionjobs, it was incredible in a couple of ways, number one, the numbers are great and this leads on to a long period of growth, we will have the greatest economy anywhere in the world, nothing close, and i think we will have a very good at coming few months. you are going to have a very good august, very good july, but a spectacular, may be a spectacular september but a spectacular october, november, december, and next year

will be one of the best years we have ever had economically. if you look at the numbers it will be borne out, but we were strong, it is like when you go in one operation, if a person is healthy, we were healthy, we have the greatest economy in the world, we went in for an operation and we our country down and we saved possibly to million, 2.5 million lives, and it could have been a million lives, i don‘t think anything less than that, but if you think 105 million people today, 105,000 today, that would mean at the lowest number it would be ten times that amount, and i think everybody believes the least, if we went heard, as they say, and brazil, they kept bringing up sweden, it has come back to haunt sweden, they are having a terrible time. we had done that we would have lost a million, a million maybe 2 million lives, so we

are at hundred thousand lives, big move closing it up. face—macro became very infected, a gift from china, not good, they should have stopped it at the source —— europe became very infected. it was a very bad gift from china and we will tell you that. outcome in wuhan where it started, it did not go to any other parts, it did not go to beijing and other parts of china? —— how come. it then came out to europe and the united states and it did not go to china, they stopped it cold, they knew it was a problem, but they did not stop it cold from coming to the united states, europe and the rest of the world. somebody has to ask these questions, we will get down to these questions, we will get down to the answer. we made a great radio, they are going to buy $250 billion worth of product and they are online, by the way, they are doing 0k -- online, by the way, they are doing ok —— we made a great trade deal.

theink ok —— we made a great trade deal. the ink wasn‘t right when the plague floated in. what is going on, a plague is floating in from china? theink plague is floating in from china? the ink wasn‘t dry, so i guess i view the trade deal a bit differently than i did three months ago. it is a great deal and i will say they are buying a lot from us in that respect and getting along with china would be a good thing, i don‘t know if that is going to happen, i will let you know. we want to get along with them and they want to get along with them and they want to get along with them and they want to get along with us, but we built a tremendous thing, a tremendous power platform, so when it got ill, when we had a problem, we were able to cut it off and stop itjust like this, keep everyone inside, keep them away, keep them away u naffected. them away, keep them away unaffected. we have saved millions of lives and now we are opening with a bang, we are talking about the v

but this is even better than that, this is a rocket ship. i was watching one of the shows, and i have great respect for the people, they said, will it be 9 million in job losses? they said, will it be... are they going to report record numbers, will be break 20%? what will the number be? i don‘t know, because we were in it, i don‘t think we are in that territory any more, but uncharted territory, nobody has ever had a situation like that, so the number was nine of the people was... no, i think it is going to be 10 million people, negative, and someone else thinks it will be 8.7, 9.2, everyone was right around that number, so this is great, these were great genius, and often times they are right, warren buffett, he has

been right his whole life, but sometimes even somebody like him, i have a lot of respect for him, they make mistakes, he should have kept the airline stocks because they are going through the roof today. others did, too. the whole market went through the roof. 9 million, they said, 9 millionjob losses, it is what it is going to be, are we going to break 20%? the numbers came in. then the numbers came in and they said, this is great, only 3 million job losses, and then reading that, i don‘t think, i‘m not reading this right, let me look at it again, this is3 right, let me look at it again, this is 3 million gained almost. 3 millionjobs gained is 3 million gained almost. 3 million jobs gained and then they shouted out, one of them said the matter is this a typo? it was probably the greatest most calculation in the history of

business shows, the history of business shows, the history of business shows, the history of business shows talking about wall street, and that is ok. one of the reasons is we had such a strong foundation so we were able to close our country and save millions of lives, and now the trajectory is great. don‘t forget, new york is barely included and that is one of our big ones. california is barely included because they are not open and they should open, by the way. the mayor of los angeles wants to keep these things close to what long time but look at what is going on in florida. incredible. thejob the governor of florida has done is incredible, the numbers they are doing, you have got to open it up and you do it with social distancing and you do it with social distancing and you do it with social distancing and you wear masks if you want and you do things, you can do a lot of things, you are getting closer together, i can see you are getting a bunch close together, it looks much better, i must say. it is a tremendous thing that happened and the reason it happened is because we had a strong patient which was so

powerful and strong, that we could close it and open it. i give this analogy, somebody told me yesterday, larry kudlow, he said, it is like a hurricane, and we were worried, as are going to be a hurricane or a major recession? a major recession thatis major recession? a major recession that is not artificially caused because we artificially... this was artificially closed and we said, closed, and everything just stopped, and also, you know what else stop? big numbers on death by doing it and thatis big numbers on death by doing it and that is why i had to do it. we have made every decision correctly. it was like we stopped, and artificial closing, and then what happened, very incredibly, the numbers go, and larry said, with the hurricane you have a horrible hurricane in texas or florida and it is devastating, then the hurricane goes away and

within two hours everyone is rebuilding and fixing and cleaning and cutting their grass. i‘ve seen it in texas, i‘ve seen it everywhere. texas had a massive one, louisiana. florida, hurricanes. but what happens, right after the hurricane, boom, and this is what this is, this is not a terrible recession, i don‘t want to talk about the d word, because every time it talks about it, i don‘t like the d word, but if you had a really big bag recession it could take ten, 12, how long did it take in 1929? —— big bad. it took many years to recover from it. ten years, ithink, i heard longer than ten, but that is ok. i heard 15 but larry says ten. it ta kes a heard 15 but larry says ten. it takes a long time to recover, but a hurricane, you are back in business

in one day, two days, three days, and it is devastating and hard, and this was a hurricane. it is going to get better fast because the numbers that you see, they are early numbers are not even from this last month. by are not even from this last month. by the way, speaking of that, you had the greatest 50 day rally in the history of our exchanges, the greatest 50 day rally. we have a lot of protesters and we have something else, right, we have something else, we have a pandemic, we have made tremendous progress, really unbiased, if you look at where we have come on by. we‘ve made tremendous progress on both —— really on both. the people are now returning to work, so it has been an incredible thing to seek a beautiful thing to see, —— incredible thing to

see. the experts say we would lose a tremendous amount of jobs see. the experts say we would lose a tremendous amount ofjobs and from the beginning it has but you will see how fast that is made up. next year, unless something happens, where the wrong people get in here, this can turn around, if people did not get rid of stocks in the 401 case, they almost even, think of it, with a pandemic, one of the worst things that has ever happened, our country has never lost 105, 000 people, whether it is world trade centre which was 2900 or pearl harbor which was less than that, we have never lost anything close to this, but it is the whole world. the world is suffering so badly, 186 countries at this moment, that affects us as well, but we are a positive force and we are the key to the world, in a sense, and the fact that we are doing well, they are

doing much better in other parts of the world, which is a great thing, because we are working with the world. we will work with china, too, with everybody. but what happens should never have happened. so, we had a tremendous morning, a tremendous announcement, it was shocking to even great professionals, i watched maria and jim cramerand a professionals, i watched maria and jim cramer and a lot of people, they we re jim cramer and a lot of people, they were pretty positive, charles payne, he was very positive for a long time, a lot of people got it right. they had confidence in me and in this team and they got it right, thatis this team and they got it right, that is the only thing they could baseit that is the only thing they could base it on because we were in uncharted territory. renewal, restoration and recovery of the most vulnerable areas of america is going to be my focus, it will be a big focus, because it is taken care of itself but we have to help that very

vulnerable area. they are vulnerable and that not right. you have helped them in the past, we have opportunity zones, criminal justice reform, nobody has ever done for the black community what president trump has done, think of it. historically, black, small colleges and universities, they would come here for money every year, for many yea rs, for money every year, for many years, and after three years i said, why do you keep coming here? they said because we come, i said, don‘t you get a long—term deal so you don‘t have to come? the head of one of the very respected colleges looked at me and so, sir, we are like beggars, every year we have to come to washington and beg for money, but i said, you should have a long—term deal and we signed a long—term deal and we signed a long—term deal and we signed a long—term deal so they don‘t have to come. i will miss them, i told them, but the first year, i didn‘t think anything of it, the second year, i said, that is strange, and the third year, not so long ago, the same people, the heads of the

historically black small colleges and universities, 44 people, may be and universities, 44 people, may be a little more, may be a little less, sometimes, but after three years i said, what are you doing? they said, the past administration did nothing for us. the administration before that did nothing for them. so i‘m going to do it. we did the opportunity zones with senator tim scott who has been fantastic, and by the way, one of the great unknown is because the opportunity zones, you don‘t talk about it, one of the most incredible success stories ever in terms of the inner cities and black and hispanic unemployment, you should do stories about opportunity zones, billions of dollars of private money is being invested about putting people to work on getting money they have never made before so this has been a terrific thing. it is now time for us to work

together as we rebuild and renew and recover the great progress of america. it will all work out. some governors may need a little help but for the most part they are in good shape. we have fantastic military and fantastic national guard and the national guard was barely used in these people have done an unbelievablejob, these people have done an unbelievable job, helping the secret service in washington, the secret service, by the way, they are unbelievable, the job they did in the white house is unbelievable, there was never any form of light, this sounds dangerous. all i could see is what i was seeing on television, but they were outside at the secret service was incredible but we will also helped by the dc police and the national guard, they we re police and the national guard, they were unbelievable, they came in and this was like a piece of cake. i‘m suggesting, because if you look at minnesota and the great success we have there and other places, i‘m suggesting to some of these

governors that are too proud in new york, you see what was going on there, don‘t be proud, get thejob done, you will end up looking much better in the end. call in the national guard, call me, we will have so many people, you have got to dominate the streets and you can‘t let what happened happened, you can‘t have it like it was in new york where they are breaking into stores and also hurting many small businesses. equaljustice stores and also hurting many small businesses. equal justice under the law, that must mean that every american receives equal treatment in every encounter with law enforcement regardless of race, colour, gender and creed, they have to receive fair treatment, from law enforcement, they have to receive it. we saw what happened last week. we can‘t let that happen. hopefully george is looking down right now and saying, this is a great thing which is happening for our country, a great

day for him and a great day for everybody. a great day for everybody, a great great day in terms of equality. it is really what our constitution requires and it is what our country is all about. i just want to finish by saying, the economy, we passed several pieces of critical legislation, many trillions of dollars, meaning three, we are setup to do more if we and i think we should because we are dominant. for many years as a bystander but somebody about love government and that somebody —— and a somebody who loves this country, i would watch, andi loves this country, i would watch, and i would study, and if you go back, china was going to catch us in 2019, and that was like a given. you go back five years, it was always, china will catch america in 2019 and

thenit china will catch america in 2019 and then it will become the dominant economy, it never happened. it is not going to happen. we dominated them over the last year and a half, two years, them over the last year and a half, two yea rs, we them over the last year and a half, two years, we took in tailings as billions of dollars of tariffs that they paid for —— we took in tens of billions of dollars in tariffs. i gave some of that money to our farmers and that is why they are all in business. made them more than whole and that came out of the tariff money. the reason we did not pay is because china devalued their currency and they paid and they also put additional money because if they did not do that no one would have bought their product. we made a great deal because of that, that is the only reason we are able to make a great deal, because of the possibility of tariffs, because china has taken tremendous advantage of the united states and we helped rebuild china, giving them $500 billion a year, how stupid, how stupid are the people that

represented our country with china and many other countries, but that is all changing. it was in the process of changing very big, again, china had a very bad year, before the plague. and now i think, hopefully they are going to have a great year, i want them to have a great year, i want them to have a great year, i want them to have a great year but we are going to have better yea rs great year but we are going to have better years than they ever have. we have a much better system, we made americans sure of themselves and we took care of families and we gave benefits and we send $1000 to every individual making less than $75,000 and $4000 almost to every family of four earning less than 150,000, that isa four earning less than 150,000, that is a lot, when you think, but that is a lot, when you think, but that is what is happening with our country. if you look at other countries, even countries that you think, they are doing well, they don‘t talk about 150 as being median. it is tremendous. that is a

great tribute to the people of our country. the job search we are seeing right now is widespread. leisure and hospitality, 1.2 million jobs, constructionjobs leisure and hospitality, 1.2 million jobs, construction jobs up, leisure and hospitality, 1.2 million jobs, constructionjobs up, listen to this, 464,000, education and health services rose 424,000, retail trade is up 368,000, and this is the one i like the best, remember, previous administration, you need a magic wand for manufacturing, but manufacturing which we had up to 600,000 jobs, prior to manufacturing which we had up to 600,000jobs, priorto the manufacturing which we had up to 600,000 jobs, prior to the plague, manufacturing rose to 225,000 jobs, up manufacturing rose to 225,000 jobs, up by, so we picked up 225,000 manufacturing jobs, very unexpected. everything you have seen this morning is unexpected, even the professionals sitting here would understand that, everything. we also

smashed expectations on the unemployment rate, the prediction was that the unemployment rate would rise to over 20% and instead it dropped to around a little more than 13%, a slight difference. this time the greatest comeback in american history, probably, the greatest comeback in american history, but it won‘t stop here. it is going to keep going. so many places are closed. i was watching our great vice president today being interviewed on cnbc, he did a phenomenaljob, and he made a statement, he said this is not going to stop, and hundred percent, he is always attributing everything to me but i will attributed this to him, he said it‘s not going to stop, because the numbers you are looking at do not include all of those states which are closed and that haven‘t even opened yet. we will be stronger than we we re opened yet. we will be stronger than we were when we were riding high and our stock market is almost, just

short of an all—time high, i‘ve had 144 all—time high in stock markets during a three and a half year period, no one has ever come close to that, we are going to do that again, but it will be even stronger than last time, i could see what was happening, i‘ve always done well with numbers, but i had a feeling for it and i said it even the other day, i think we will have a tremendous next year. it will be a phenomenal next year. i did not know it would start this quickly, i thought it would start in august, september, but it started very early, it is an amazing thing, but it means that they are likely to return and all of these jobs we are talking about now are not even included because some of our biggest places are not opened. by opening up now, new york is opening up as of today. that is one of our big ones. newjersey. governors are all working hard to save millions of

american lives, and we took the necessary steps, we had to do what we did we had a very strong push not to do anything, but we would have lost so many people, but very importantly the economy would not have been as good as it is because nobody expected this, i don‘t think there‘s anybody sitting here that can say, i want to sit on tight, as opposed to just saying, i can say, i want to sit on tight, as opposed tojust saying, i did can say, i want to sit on tight, as opposed to just saying, i did that, but some were predicting pretty good numbers, people i mentioned, but we took a tremendous step and a tremendous risk and we have gone up a level and this level is going to be nothing compared to what you see in the coming months and especially next year. the best tragedy to make sure the health of our people moving forward is to focus our resources on protecting high risk populations like the elderly and those in nursing homes while allowing young and healthy americans to get back to work immediately and open up our

schools. we understand this disease, we did not understand it before, nobody had ever seen it before, it is very tough and contagious, very mean to certain people, but we have learned a lot. nobody knew anything about it but we learned a lot and i have to thank everybody for working so hard. mike and jared, all of the people, the admiral, the general, they said, you should use generals, andi they said, you should use generals, and i did. i use them both. incredible people on the task force. thejob incredible people on the task force. the job they incredible people on the task force. thejob they did incredible people on the task force. the job they did in getting ventilators built by the thousands, we are giving to nigeria, france, spain, italy, to many countries. to the uk, they are having a hard time. we are giving them ventilators, it isa we are giving them ventilators, it is a great thing. they are very hard to make and they are long—term items. we mobilise, nobody has ever seen anything like it, just like the

second world war. there hasn‘t been a mobilisation like this since the second world war, especially ventilators, because it is hard, they are big and complex, very complex machinery, computerised all over the place and very expensive, and we are building thousands per week right now, thousands per week. we have all you can use. every governor, there has not been one patient in this entire, massive country, and we didn‘t have ventilators when we started, the previous administration left us empty cupboards. there isn‘t one patient, not one, that needed a ventilator that didn‘t get one. think of that. we are talking about millions of people, big country. millions of people, not one person needed a ventilator that didn‘t get it. so, we want the continued

blanket lockdown to and for the states. we may have some members or ashes and we may have some flames coming, but we will stop them out. we will stop them out very powerfully. we made a big step in our comeback. three months ago, i said to you this is an important period, this june period, said to you this is an important period, thisjune period, because we will learn whether or not this is a very big powerful recession or whether this is a hurricane that we recover from very whether this is a hurricane that we recover from very quickly, that we recover from very quickly, that we recover from very quickly, that we recover from in a recover from very quickly, that we recoverfrom in a matter of recover from very quickly, that we recover from in a matter of weeks or days. we have learned. again, as good as these numbers are, the best numbers are yet to come because so many areas are still closed or partially closed. very few of us fully open. very few of the 50

states are fully open. even the ones that are very out there are not fully open. so we will have some tremendous numbers coming in, when you look at the airlines, they went from 2% to a number that if it is correct, i would be surprised actually. people are travelling, and they are travelling in the united states. they are also driving and they are building the trailers, a lot of things, they are driving, people are driving, i may have to buy one of those things, drive around town, maybe i will drive back to new york with the first lady in the trailer. what they call that? an rv. you should know that indiana is the capital of rv. i think i‘m going to buy one and travelled with the first lady, i don‘t think anybody would mind that. so, we have come together, we come together, we have never had a thing happen like this, we we re never had a thing happen like this, we were all, including the media, in

uncharted territory. never happened before, i couldn‘t be sure, ifelt it. i felt we were very powerful to come back. hardest decision i ever made was then they all walked in, a group of professional people, good people, they said commerce are the best things we can do is close it down. i said what are you talking about? we have this incredible, unbelievable country that has never done better and you want is to close it down? i can‘t do that, what are you talking about? and after listening for ten minutes, it didn‘t ta ke listening for ten minutes, it didn‘t take long, i said i think we have to close it down because of the contagion and because of the power it had with especially certain people, now we didn‘t know the second part, we knew it was highly contagious because it spread like fire but we didn‘t know it hit certain groups of people, that helps them is so much in terms of testing. we are going to protect our elderly, especially our elderly with problems such as heart problems or diabetes.

imean, you such as heart problems or diabetes. i mean, you are elderly and you have diabetes or you have a bad heart, it is like a magnet. they say if you are heavy, so i say thank goodness i‘m in perfect shape. thank goodness. but if you are heavy, it is not good. it is a brutal, brutal thing and again, i started by saying we are going to have a vaccine soon, isaid we are going to have a vaccine soon, i said it‘s a long time ago based on knowledge, based on knowledge, i am meeting with these geniuses, based on knowledge i said a long time ago by the end of the year, i think it will be less than that. just in finishing, about vaccines, we have mobilised the logistics arm of our military. we can move hundreds of thousands of men and women in a very short time. the vaccine is easy by comparison. but we can move hundreds of thousands. it is meant for war, is not meant for this, but we have

the war with the invisible enemy. we can move hundreds of thousands, think of that. hundreds of thousands ina very think of that. hundreds of thousands in a very short time, the same people are doing the vaccine and they are fully mobilised. so, now i‘m going to sign legislation to make important changes to the ppp which will especially help restau ra nts, which will especially help restaurants, hotels and other businesses which have been very hard hit by the virus, this is going to make it 24 months and i think you know the legislation as well as i do. i want to thank the democrats, we had an essentially unanimous votes in the senate, whether it is unanimous or very votes in the senate, whether it is unanimous or very close, it is a lot of people, but i want to thank the democrats and i hope we can get along with the democrats, it has been a disaster in terms of our relationship, but i hope we can get along because it is a great thing for our country. we did all of these numbers and all of this greatness, we have the greatest economy we have ever had, it will soon be greater even than it was before. we did this with discord. we did this with a

senate and a house that were not dealing with us and we weren‘t dealing with us and we weren‘t dealing with us and we weren‘t dealing with them either. the level of... let‘s just say the warlike posturing is ridiculous because we have a great country. it would make a difference if we could get along and maybe we can and maybe we can‘t, there are a lot of differences, we wa nt low there are a lot of differences, we want low taxes, we want closed borders, we want people to come in but we want... you can‘t have open borders, especially now when you have a pandemic. we set a record on our southern border. the wall, which you never hear about, is up to 210 miles long and one of the reasons we are setting a record is because we have so much wall built and we will have so much wall built and we will haveit have so much wall built and we will have it up to 500 miles by very early next year, by this time next year it will be more, we are up to 210 miles of serious wall, this is a wall that people aren‘t penetrating, this is a very very powerful wall

and it will be there a long time. and it has saved us a lot of anguish and grief but you don‘t hear about that. one of the hardest things i‘ve ever had to do is get the money necessary , ever had to do is get the money necessary, which is billions of dollars, from a party that was totally opposed to it. they gave me other things. the military we could rebuild, it wasn‘t easy, but for the wall it was, no, you can‘t have it. we had nine court cases on the wall. but we won and we got it and now nobody talks about it. nobody even talks about it but it is great for our country. we have to have borders andi our country. we have to have borders and i have said often, i have said long before i won on that great november day. it seems like a long time ago, 2016, i said, november day. it seems like a long time ago, 2016, isaid, if november day. it seems like a long time ago, 2016, i said, if you don‘t have borders, you don‘t have a country. so we have a lot of things to work with the democrats if we can work along with them it would be great, if we don‘t, we will do great asa great, if we don‘t, we will do great as a country anyway, we will do great anyway. but if we could work

along with the democrats, and i am open to it, people say i wouldn‘t be open to it, people say i wouldn‘t be open to it, they did things that they should never have done, you know what i‘m talking about, but i am open to it. we could even go steps further. but it has only been historic. nobody has done more in three and a half years than this administration. nobody has come close to doing the things that we have done. we have rebuilt our military, we have cut regulations at a level that no one has come close to and that‘s whether it is four yea rs, to and that‘s whether it is four years, eight years and in one case, even more than that. nobody has done anything close, regulations, low taxes, rebuild military, take care of our vets, so instead of waiting in line to see a doctor for four weeks, vets can go immediately outside, get a private doctor, we pay for the bill. we actually save money but more importantly, we save their lives and the quality of their

lives. they would come onto a line, they would have to wait four to five weeks, they wouldn‘t be very sick and by the time they see the doctor, they would be terminally ill. we don‘t have that any more, you don‘t hear any bad stories about the vets any more. tonight you will be travelling all over the world looking for an unhappy vet. and we have accountability because there we re have accountability because there were a lot of bad people in the va. we can now fire people that don‘t treat our vets good. we have sadists, we have thieves, we have a lot of bad people and we can now have what is called va accountability. almost 50 years they have been trying to get it. for many many years, i have been hearing about it for years. they have been trying to get va choice. choice means you can have a choice in your doctor, you don‘t have to wait in line if you have a long line, i had to say the va has great doctors but you can‘t get to them very quickly. now, they go outside and they take ca re of now, they go outside and they take care of themselves. so, we‘ve had a

great morning, this isjust the beginning, it is going to be incredible, iam beginning, it is going to be incredible, i am going to sign a very important piece of legislation. again, thank you to the democrats, we are going to have a few words from the people standing alongside me, iwant from the people standing alongside me, i want to thank them so much. we will talk to you soon. president trump their bringing an end to a wide—ranging speech. he had held this press conference in order to talk about the surprise improvement injobless figures in talk about the surprise improvement in jobless figures in the united states but we heard him speak there as well about the economy, about the borders, about possible cooperation with the democratic party, a lot of it seems to be going off script and ad—libbing and as you can see, the president still has things to say. but we will move on now.

the official number of deaths in the uk from coronavirus has passed 40,000 — according to new figures from the department of health — coming amid continued controversy about how quickly to ease the lockdown. figures reveal a further 357 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the uk taking the total number of deaths in uk care homes, hospitals and the wider comminuty to more than 40 thousand it comes as the latest study of coronavirus infections in england suggests a fall in the number of people with the illness. figures from the office for national statistics indicate one in a thousand people had the virus in the community in the last two weeks of may — down from 1 in 400 the week before. elsewhere the british medical association says the government‘s decsion to make face coverings compulsory on public transport, should be extended to anywhere that cannot ensure safe social distancing. our health correspondent, lauren moss reports. the virus that has put so many lives on hold. after 11 weeks in lockdown new data suggests it may be slowly relaxing its grip.

a survey by the office for national statistics estimates one in 1000 people may now be infected in england. it shows the changes going on the right direction but there is a warning we should be cautious. what we are finding, if the rate of infection in society is falling, it is about one in 1000 of us, but we are also finding about 70% of those people who are infectious are reporting no symptoms so it is still important people their distance, wash their hands, because some people might be infectious and not know it. this morning‘x commute shows public transport is still relatively quiet but from the 15th ofjune it will be compulsory in england for anyone travelling on public transport to wear a face covering. most people just want to do the right thing and get on top of this disease and here is something small but important we can do to try to help so i think most people will be very keen to

follow it. for some, this move has been a long time coming. my concern, and i would go as far to see anger, is the delay has taken because this could mean more people having caught the virus in the community because there are some times you cannot keep a social distance and this delay has been good for nobody. people in scotland and northern ireland are advised to cover the nose and mouth where it is difficult to social distance on the welsh government have said it is personal choice. experts are split over the benefits. it is generally thought they could reduce the risk of someone with the infection passing it on by containing the droplets that are coughed or briefed out. anyone who doesn‘t comply could be fined. it would be the same as if someone was travelling without a valid ticket for that particular service, so clearly the rail staff will be giving advice and will be helping

to implement this with the support of the british transport police. the 15th ofjune is the day nonessential shops can be open and some secondary pupils will return to school. some health professionals are calling for face coverings to be more widely worn. i am particularly worried about those people who are vulnerable through their work such as bus drivers but also people packing shelves in the supermarket and the bma has been calling for the sense april. reports the test and trace scheme may not be world class until autumn ministers hope the phone app being trialled on the isle of wight to alert those near an infected person will be ready for wider roll—out this month. the official coronavirus death told me

the official coronavirus death toll past 40,000. as we gradually unlock doors into a new reality, wearing face coverings is just one of the many changes we will all have to make. the number of people who‘ve died in the uk from coronavirus in all settings has now passed 40,000. our health correspondent anna collinson is here — and a somber milestone. absolutely. this afternoon it was confirmed that we had reached a 40,000 milestone. figures from the department of health and social care show that there have been 357 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, so the death toll is said to be 40,000 261. back in march, the government‘s chief scientific adviser sir patrick valla nce chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance said that a good result for deaths, if you can have a good result, but a good result would be 20,000. we have now reached 40000 and the uk, the only other country thatis and the uk, the only other country that is topped tired and that is the

us. the us is the only other country in the world that has seen a greater loss of life. it is also important to point out when you think about this, the type of lost people have been going through. we have been hearing about countless stories of people not being able to say goodbye to their loved ones before they died, not being able to go to their funerals, not being able to convert others because of social distancing measures in place. the loss that has been impacted on people is really, really grim. it is also important to remember that the government figures, they only cover people who‘ve been tested positive for coronavirus, so other figures that we have do seem to give a clearer picture of what is going on, so for example, the office for national statistics, they have a set of figures that look at whether coronavirus is being recorded on death certificates and according to those figures in the uk, the uk has seen a death toll of more than 48,000, so not only have they gone beyond the 40,000, they are closer to 50,000. in the middle of all this grimness, of course there is a huge

race to try and find treatment and a vaccine and there has been another development today over hydroxychloroquine. yes, it hydroxychloroquine. yes, it hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial drug and it is also taken to help people with lupus and arthritis. you have probably heard about it making headlines because president trump said he was taking one pill a day as a preventative measure. now, at the start of the pandemic, some studies suggested that this drug could affect the virus and it may be able to help patients, there was a lot of hope surrounding this drug, not only because it is cheap but also, it is on the market, it is safe, we know we can use it, the idea of repurchasing a drug rather than starting from the beginning. however, there has been a lot of controversy however, there has been a lot of co ntrove rsy over however, there has been a lot of controversy over it, including president trump‘s comments and studies being retracted and now this large study including more than 11,000 people from the university of

oxford, they found that this treatment should not be used for covid—19 and that there is no evidence it would work and save lives. anna, many thanks. the crown prosecution service has been asked to review evidence into the death of a railway worker who was reportedly spat at by a man claiming to have coronavirus. police concluded last week that belly mujinga‘s death was not linked to the incident and closed the case. but since then more than a million people have signed a petition in support of ms mujinga and the police will now review the case in recognition of the ‘wider public interest.‘ after a day of largely peaceful protests across the united states about the death in police custody of george floyd, pictures have emerged of a 75 year old man being pushed to the ground by police in new york state. the man suffered serious injuries; the officers involved have been suspended without pay. james robbins has the latest.

a week and a half of protests over the killing of george floyd show little sign of letting up. even if heavy rain in washington sent some demonstrators home early, others remained defiant, close to the white house and the target of much of their anger, the president himself. most protests across the country have been peaceful, but in the city of buffalo, new york, a 75—year—old man who approached police in riot gear was pushed by two officers and fell backwards, hitting his head and then bleeding. the mayor of buffalo said both policemen had been suspended without pay. the state governor andrew cuomo said the incident was wholly unjustified and utterly disgraceful. in minneapolis itself, where george floyd was killed, three police officers widely criticised for allegedly contributing to his death appeared in court. they are charged with aiding and abetting the principal accused in murder and manslaughter. they could face up to 40 years

in prison if convicted of helping, not stopping, derek chauvin. the lawyer for one of them said it would be unreasonable to expect him after only a few days on the job to intervene against a long serving officer. you‘ve got a 20 year cop in the front and my guy‘s back there with four days, shall we roll him over? and he says, no, we‘ll wait for the ambulance twice, and then he says, he is suffering from a delirium? i don‘t know, i don‘t know what you are supposed to do as a cop. if i was george floyd... stars of the biggest game in the united states, american football, are lining up behind george floyd. they also named other past victims of police killings. it‘s a gesture likely to infuriate donald trump, who‘s fallen out with sports stars before over the politics of race. you know, it‘s the most momentum around this decades old issue that

i‘ve ever seen in my lifetime and so i‘m hopeful, i can‘t tell you where we‘ll be in 50 years, but i‘m hopeful that this momentum continues and i believe it will. what happened to floyd happens everyday in this country. the demands for profound change, which were so obvious at thursday‘s memorial service for george floyd in minneapolis, show little sign of receding. huge unresolved questions over an unequal and sharply divided america will surely dominate the rest of this crucial election year. james robbins, bbc news. we can speak now to the american writer and author of ‘so you want to talk about race‘, ijeoma oluo. thank you forjoining us. just taking the title of your book, everybody is talking about race now,

what you make of what people are saying. i think what a lot of people are saying is definitely for people of colour, especially black and indigenous people, they are saying are you going to listen to is now? we have been talking about this for hundreds of years and i think right now we are seeing a lot of white people who are saying, how did it get this bad? is it always been this bad? what can i do? and so we really have two separate conversations happening right now, a lot of grieving and rage and fear on behalf of people of colour and a lot of anger and shock and dismay among white people in america, and i‘m really hoping that we can come together and get on the same page as far as these conversations. might this be a moment, a light bulb moment, for the majority in america? it really does seem to be. the biggest light bulb right now is about the outrage. we really felt

like people were just going to continue to let this happen, every year thousands of people of colour are killed by police in our country. sorry to interrupt, thousands? thousands, yes. it is absolutely terrifying to see and we really thought that there wasn‘t going to be collective outrage. this happens all the time, and so to see it now, i think that it shocks people to see that this sort of thing does happen all of the time, who didn‘t know, and to see how upset we really are, how angry we really are and how afraid we really are. does it give you some hope that when you see these pictures of the demonstrations taking place, they are mixed, they are white, they are black, they are latinos. it really does. we need this, the truth is that we are minorities, even though we are three

to four times more likely to be killed by police than white people. we cannot do this alone. we are extreme minorities in our population. we need white people to stand with us and so to see these protests with people of every race and ethnicity are coming out and saying enough is enough, this needs to stop, it is very encouraging. having done this work for so long, it is the first time i have felt somewhat encouraged in a long time. i wonder what you think about the moment in which this is happening in the united states, because you are in the middle of a terrible pandemic, coronavirus has hit the united states worse than any country in the world, it is ba any people who are being disproportionately affected, it is hit —— bame people who are being affected the most.

affected, it is hit —— bame people who are being affected the mostlj think it is also important to note that our native american population are also hit far worse. some of our tribal lands are some of the most ha rd tribal lands are some of the most hard hit in the country, so it is really important that we recognise that as well as they are often left out of the numbers. yes, we are fighting a pandemic that is targeting others and i think that is pa rt targeting others and i think that is part of what made it so shocking was to realise that even in the middle ofa to realise that even in the middle of a pandemic that is killing us, that police will still killers as well. they will risk their own health, their own exposure to the virus. it is also important to know that george floyd had survived coronavirus. he had just had it. he survived the virus that is killing us survived the virus that is killing us only to be murdered by police. breanna taylor, would have been 27 today had she not been murdered in her bed, with a first responder risking her life every day to treat people in the middle of this pandemic and she was killed in her bed. i think it increased the amount

of range. it shows that we are not safe anywhere we are that the entirety of white supremacy is a lwa ys entirety of white supremacy is always here to comfort us even when we should be coming together. always here to comfort us even when we should be coming togetherlj wonder we should be coming together.” wonder if we can just put police brutality to one side, this was the triggerfor this huge brutality to one side, this was the trigger for this huge outpouring, but i wonder about the wider repercussions that you see coming from this event, because it is clear in the uk that there are organisations which are trying to reassure their bame colleagues and employees about their value and their worth. it seems to have triggered a lot of soul—searching. absolutely, i would say as well that i‘m getting dozens of e—mails every day from organisations wanting advice, we are seeing statements coming from pretty much every major industry, from businesses, from social media, saying we care, black lives matter, we recognise that. in

some cases, a minority of cases, we are seeing actual plans for what these companies, these industries, what these organisations are going to do to rectify the disparities within their organisations and that is what we need. so we are seeing some change, we are seeing small defunding of police in los angeles, which is some progress, we are seeing some cases reopening, we are seeing some cases reopening, we are seeing movement on the case of breonna taylor. but there are also a lot of pacification and blanket statements, we care about you, but the truth is that black employees are being discriminated against as well. we need real plans. ijeoma oluo, i‘m going to have to stop you there. thank you so much for speaking to us. time now for a look at the weather. it will feel chilly out and about once again throughout

the rest of the day, and that is notjust because we are pulling in a northerly breeze, but we have stronger winds and unusually windy weather for this time of year. it is picking up especially over the north and west, gale force winds, outbreaks of rain on the hills and mountains, heavy showers elsewhere and gusty winds, as well, making it feel cooler than yesterday. some showers have been producing hail and the odd spark of lightning, as well. it‘s an unsettled picture and it will continue that way through the night as the strongest winds slowly edge southwards with some longer spells of rain as well. temperatures should remain around 5—6 above freezing, but it will feel chilly throughout the rest of the day and into the start of the weekend, the strongest winds easing southwards through tomorrow. come sunday, perhaps some easing of the showers, and the wind, but it will be a much cooler weekend for all.

a. in half an hour, we‘ll bring you the latest coronavirus briefing from the government, but first the headlines... new figures from the department of health show the number of deaths in the uk from coronavirus has passed 40,000. it comes as statistics show the number of people infected in england with the disease falls to1 in 1000 in the last two weeks of may. ministers defend making face coverings compulsory on public transport in england, from 15th ofjune. in ireland, the taoiseach, leo varadkar, says they will dramataically accelerate their plan

to ease lockdown restrictions in the coming days.