this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the number of coronavirus deaths in britain officially passes forty thousand the world's second highest tally behind the united states. a surprise surge in employment in the us as two and a half million newjobs are created. but president trump comes under fire for evoking george floyd's name to welcome the figures. hopefully george is looking down right now is saying this is a great thing for our country. it's great day it's a great day for everybody. a pensioner is assaulted by police in new york state, as protests over the death of george floyd, continue. the european union's chief brexit negotiator accuses the uk of ‘backtracking' on its commitments

over a post—brexit relationship. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the terrible toll of covid— 19 on the uk, has been starkly highlighted today in the passing of a grim milestone. the number of people who've died after testing positive for the coronavirus, has passed 40,000. britain is now only the second country in the world to reach that figure, after the united states. but the number of new infections is falling quite dramatically. with the latest, here's our health editor, hugh pym. for families and friends of the bereaved some of whom spent weeks in intensive care to have the months of grief and emotional turmoil.

she was my best friend. she was kind, funny. this is just the worst pain in the world. i feel like without the proper protection, then more things like this and more families will lose a loved one. since the first uk death in early march, a total of 40,000 have now died after testing positive for coronavirus. the government's chief scientific adviser said keeping the death total to 20,000 or below would be a good outcome. it is now above 40,000. how do you assess that outcome, given where we are now? the day that the number of deaths from coronavirus has gone over 40,000 is a time of sorrow for us all. we have got to remember that each one of these is. is an impact on a family that will never be the same again. and my heart goes out to them all.

and it makes me redouble my determination to deal with this virus. so how did we get here? on march the 11th, the world health organisation formally declared a pandemic. that day, spanish football fans were in liverpool for a champions league fixture. the next day, testing and tracking of new community cases was stopped, with resources focusing on hospitals. the four day cheltenham racing festival was in full swing. 0n the 16th of march, people were told to avoid pubs and other social venues and work from home if possible. the next day, the chief scientific adviser made this prediction. if we can get this down to numbers, 20000 and below, that is a good outcome. on march the 23rd, lockdown began across the uk. 0n the 21st of april, the daily death toll hit a peak, with more than 1,000 deaths. since then, the overall total has climbed and now stands

atjust over 40,000 deaths, though this does not include those in all settings where there was not a test. some experts argue that government should have reacted more quickly after seeing what was happening in italy. we had two to three weeks more time to get ready for this. but i think we just took it too easy, to be very frank. i think we assumed that we were different, that somehow, we were going to respond in a different way, that we could cope. and then, by the time they realised they had the problem, it was too late. the uk covid—19 death toll, at around 40,000, is ahead of other european countries, with italy next on the latest reported figure atjust over 33,500, followed by france, spain and belgium. but adjusted for the size of the population, belgium has the highest death rate, at around 84 per 100,000 people, with the uk at 60, a little above spain, italy and france.

there are slight differences in the way each country calculates its figures. this virus has hit lots of very developed nations with robust health care systems, robust health infrastructures, and it has taken a lot of people by surprise and i don't think the uk is alone in having been taken by surprise. i think we need to essentially wait until the end of the pandemic and then have a section of what happened and learn lessons from it. for now, the authorities will focus on testing as many people as possible and then tracing their contacts, seen as the best way to suppress the virus. hugh pym, bbc news. as the protests about the death in police custody of george floyd continue, president trump has said that every american must receive equal treatment from law enforcement, regardless of race, gender, or creed. it comes as a new video has emerged of a 75—year—old man being pushed to the ground by police in new york state. aleem maqbool‘s report contains

some content that some may find distressting. we're not leaving. and there's no sign they are. not here outside the white house, in spite of driving rain. and not around the country, including chicago, where kanye west took to the streets with protestors. but there continue to be staggering and disturbing incidents involving police. in buffalo, new york, a 75—year—old protestor was shoved to the ground by an officer. he is seen motionless and bleeding from his skull, as police file past without coming to his aid. two officers have been suspended. but it is just the latest in a torrent of apparently unjustified use of force at these protests. an assault from behind in seattle. what is that really doing? the arrest in charleston of a man peacefully trying to reason with officers.

and police in la, driving into protestors, to name but a few examples. particularly troubling, given the incident that sparked awe of this. three officers have now appeared in court charged with aiding and abetting murder, in addition to the one already charged with murdering george floyd. the president of the us. the president's called for authorities to continue to be tough on the streets, but has also talked of equality for black people. they have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. they have to receive it. we all 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 that's happening for our country. " it is a great day for him, it's a great day for everybody. nobody's ever done for the black community, what president trump has done. think of it. well, it is easy to say

there should be fair treatment for african—americans, but given the deep—rooted issues with racism in this country, and, as we are seeing almost daily with police culture, that is of course far harder to achieve in practise. aleem maqbool, bbc news in washington. well, we heard in aleem's report there, president trump remark that he hoped george floyd was "looking down" and seeing the "great thing" that was happening in the us. joe biden — who's expected to be the democratic party's candidate to take on mr trump in november's presidential election called his comment despicable. george floyd's last words, i can't breathe. i can't breathe. have echoed all across this nation and quite frankly around the world. for the president to try to put any other words in the mouth of george floyd, ifrankly think is despicable. and the fact that he did so on the day when black

unemployment rose, hispanic unemployment rose, black youth unemployment skyrocketed, it tells you everything you need to know about this man. and what he really cares about. the death of george floyd has sparked protests across the us and the world with people of all generations taking to the streets. there have been countless moving moments and among them, was this viral video from charlotte, north carolina in which a man implores two generations of protesters to "find a better way" to express their pain. have a look. i understand but let me tell you something right here. he 16. he 16! what are we gonna do? you tell me. this ain't the way it's the united states president said you loot they shoot. i know but it's time to stand out. at this point i'm ready to die for what's going on. let me tell you something.

you see right now it can happen, ten years from now when you're 46 getting to be doing the same thing i'm doing. do you understand that? ten years! youre to be right here too. so what i need you all to do at 16 is come up with a better way. because how we're doing it, it ain't working. the man in the video is thirty—one year—old curtis hayes, and the 16—year—old is raymond curry. and the bbc has brought the pair together again to continue the discussion about finding a better wa. you know at 16 the only thing i should be worried about is getting into college and driving and things like that. you shouldn't be worried if you're going to make it to see the next day or if you can walk across that stage. me personally, god bless i just across that stage. me personally, god bless ijust got somebody across that stage. me personally, god bless i just got somebody to across that stage. me personally, god bless ijust got somebody to pay for my card click my college could tuition from tao cafe. and he talked

to me, he was like ray you know you're the leader of your generation and i'm caucasian, and white so i'm not necessarily understand the struggle but i do feel your pain. to be honest that's the main thing i think we need to focus on is covering each other‘s pain and understand where were coming from. 16 years old. 0h understand where were coming from. 16 years old. oh man i was playing foot ball 16 years old. oh man i was playing football in the street. i was worried about if my next—door neighbour you know, she was a girl whether she liked me. i was worried about other things. in the world really has to look and say, the 16—year—old man that were speaking to you right now is so bright. you can see how speaks with intellect and he speaks brave, right? we have to say why is it fair, how is it fair that this 16—year—old man has to sit and fight for his life? and you have a white16—year—old to sit and fight for his life? and you have a white 16—year—old that is figuring out you know, what is he can go to the beach with his

friends. so right there should be a problem and in its self. when you sit there and you hear the 16—year—old man putting himself in harm's way all over the movement. it should be upsetting to everybody. harm's way all over the movement. it should be upsetting to everybodylj feel should be upsetting to everybody.” feel like i can be the last generation if i make this change. and ifind a generation if i make this change. and i find a way, that's the whole point of the whole video find a better way. if i can find that better way. if i can find that better way. if i can find that better way and get my generation and all races and all backgrounds to come together and understand each other than i can end this chain. but then again you know you still have people in the world who don't change. they continue to go on their road. in their human we know they're human, they make mistakes. but you should learn from your mistakes and see what's going on. to hear him say what he said, listen to what he saying. he's saying he hoped so and he's going to do what he need to do. and he's going to push his peers in his generation to do the same thing

in order for change. i like you said, you have those people in the world that do not want to change. so we have to sit and after he says that, think about what he says saying the work that he is planning to do, the work that he is planning to do, the work that he is planning to share in the work that his generation are planning for, will it be enough to overcome the ones who have for years decided that they're just not going to change? that they are just not going to listen to anybody else outside of them. that was a strong statement young man, you better speak. yes sir. president trump's also been commenting on today's usjobs figures, saying the american economy will take off like a rocket. some forecasts predicted the unemployment rate would rise to twenty percent. instead, it fell to just over 13% with the economy added some two and a half millionjobs.

this is what the graph looks like, the big rise caused by coronavirus followed by perhaps, the beginning of the recovery there, at the end. despite that asjoe biden was pointing outjobless figures are getting worse for african americans. this is what president trump had to say. we had the most people working in the history of our country almost 160 million people. we were never even close to that. so we have things that we were doing so well and then it came in but working to be back there. i think we can be actually back higher next year than ever before. the only thing that can stop us is bad policy. samira husseinjoined me from new york with more on these figures. they're certainly not as bad as anyone was expecting. it came as quite a bit of a surprise to both and journalist like myself. were expecting to see an unemployment rate in excess of some 20%. but in fact we saw the us economy added two and a half million jobs in the last month.

so what economists are now suggesting is that look, we were expecting that the mayjobs report was going to be the nadir and we would then start to see recovery in the unemployment market. but it is possible that it, this recovery is starting a little bit earlier. at least that is possibly what some of these figures are starting to highlight. stay with us on news, still to come. a top government adviser inferences they've got it under control. but is he right? to be so optimistic.

this is abc news. the latest headlines. the latest headlines. the number of coronavirus deaths in britain has officially passed forty thousand the world's second highest tally behind the united states. parts of europe are continuing the process of opening

up even further after strict coronavirus lockdowns. in france, the government's top scientific adviser announced that the virus there is now under control, while spain and ireland are planning to ease their restrictions too. reged ahmad reports. the sumptuous rooms of france's palace of versailles. as workers prepare for the historic tourist site to open its doors to the public once again on saturday. france's covid—19 figures are continuing to go down. and the countries last restrictions on movements were lifted this week. health officials say the virus is now under control and will remain manageable so long as people continue to socially distance. they say any new clusters are effectively being contained by testing, quarantine and contact tracing. spain two is falling .net following close behind. next week people in the hard—hit cities of madrid and barcelona will be allowed to eat and drink inside bars and

restau ra nts. to eat and drink inside bars and restaurants. and children can play outside at any time of day. international taurus will be allowed back into spain from july but there are mixed reactions on the easing of rules from local residents.” are mixed reactions on the easing of rules from local residents. i think it isa rules from local residents. i think it is a bit risky if there is an outbreak don't know if there will be resources . outbreak don't know if there will be resources. i think things have been done more or less well. let's hope to continue this way. ireland's response to the coronavirus is seen asa response to the coronavirus is seen as a success story with relatively low density and case numbers. the irish prime minister says things have gone so well he's accelerating plans to exit lockdown. today i can confirm that it is safe to move to phase two to the plan to reopen our country starting on monday. this has been made possible because of the considerable sacrifices that you have made to restrict the spread of the virus. and protect others. those plans include from monday groups of

six allowed to meet. provided social distancing is maintained. retail stores and libraries are to reopen. spain's king and queen held eight minutes silence on friday to mark the last day of the countries official morning.. honouring that nearly 30,000 who have died from covid—19. the continued easing of restrictions there parts of europe will come with mixed feelings will stop and in the shadow of those who have already lost their lives. some more now on the situation in france — where the government says it's succeeded in getting the coronavirus pandemic under control. pierre haski is a veteran french journalist and the chairman of reporters without borders in france. hejoins us now from paris. the virus under control in france? well, we received this good news from the advisory body of the government and to be honest, it fits the mood of the country. we had this feeling that the first two phases of

going out of the lockdown have been pretty well respected. and we've been able to move forward. restau ra nts been able to move forward. restaurants and been able to move forward. restau ra nts a nd cafes been able to move forward. restaurants and cafes have reopened this week. today the retirement homes have reopened to visitors after two months lockdown. this was after two months lockdown. this was a great relief for old people. so, there is a lot of good news on the health front in france. french citizens are traditionally highly critical of their government. does that tradition carry—on and the pandemicyes, definitely. and for good reasons. there was a lot of confusion and contradictory advice at the beginning. there was a shortage of mass, of protection device including for health workers. we had the same type of confusion that we saw in other european

countries. and france was no exception. and this has created a lot of anger. and suspicion also of the authority. but today obviously, there is still this criticism but there is still this criticism but the mood is to the new normal. meaning that we are trying to have a normal life in the new circumstances with social distancing. no kissing. which is hard for french people. and a lot of restrictions to our movements. but still, it has the taste of normal life. you work of course with reporters without borders. have pandemic restrictions either in france or elsewhere in the huge powers that governments have been able to exercise in recent months affected the ability of journalists to find out what's happening? yes. we've seen many governments around the world using the pandemic to restrict the

movements ofjournalists. some of them even detaining journalists like nigeria for example, we have the representative who has been detained for more than two months now. he's a prominent nigerian journalist. we've seen that in many countries. a few days ago they were shocking news every journalist who died days ago they were shocking news everyjournalist who died in detention in cameroon. and we have this very disturbing situation in the us obviously, this is not so much the coronavirus but the movement that followed the death of george floyd. in whichjournalists have become a target. and reporters without borders joined other press freedom groups in an open letter to the authorities of minneapolis following the detention of a cnn journalist live on his tv network. and these were very disturbing images. thank you so much.

the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has accused the uk of ‘backtracking' on its commitments, over a future trade deal. however the government's chief negotiator, david frost, says the latest round of talks had been "positive in tone," and the uk remained "committed to a successful outcome". time is running out, with just six months to go to reach an agreement, before the end of the uk's transitional arrangements with brussels.here's our poltical correspondent, alex forsyth. remember this? it was the end of january when we left the eu. since that moment, the clock has been ticking towards the end of this year — the current time frame to agree a new future relationship. earlier this year, negotiators from both sides held talks face to face, but it doesn't look like this any more. coronavirus means it is all online, and today, the eu said there is no significant progress, claiming the uk's backtracking on commitments made so far.

round after round, our british counterparts seek to distance themselves from this common basis. we cannot and we will not accept this backtracking on the political declaration. among the key sticking points, the so—called level playing field. measures to ensure businesses on one side don't have an unfair advantage over competitors on the other. fisheries, access to markets and waters, and governance, including how any agreement will be enforced. number ten's chief negotiator agreed today progress has been limited. but the government's still adamant it won't extend the process beyond the end of december. given the time that's passed, it's time for both sides to work together, and we are willing to accelerate that work, to get that final agreement, based on a vision that has been agreed, and then we can progress. borisjohnson is due to meet senior eu figures this month,

which some hope will give a fresh push to these talks, but uk officials have warned they don't want them to drag on to the autumn, because at some point, they say, businesses will have to prepare for no deal at the end of year. with the economic turmoil already caused by coronavirus, some businesses have warned that could be deeply damaging. the uk and the eu say they want to avoid that, and a deal is still possible, but that will take some serious compromise on both sides — and quickly. alex forsyth. bbc news, westminster. before we go let me show you these pictures... they show canada's prime minster, justin trudeau, attending a george floyd protest in 0ttowa. as you can see, he is lining up with other protesters and also knelt down to show his suport. he was asked about his opinion of president terms walk around the

white house he declined to comment. you are watching bbc news. good evening. not only has it turned a lot cooler this week but during the day today it turned a lot windier as well. the reason is this deep area of low pressure. unusual for this time a year and the tightly packed isobars are bringing some stronger than average wins to say the least. gale force winds across parts of the north of the uk. particular scotland and northern ireland which will continue through the rest of today and push southwards into tomorrow. even i haveit southwards into tomorrow. even i have it there are some quite lively gust of wind. potentially 50, 60 mile dos through the night which of course with the trees could cause issues. and we are getting some rain with this weather system. much needed rain. a few millimetres falling as it heads southward. as it does so through saturday it could turn while showering. when you put a

little bit of the june strength sunshine they could turn heavy and thundering. lots of showers coming in behind. another band of rain further north. the potential is still there for from much—needed rainfall for the garden. but it will be windier tomorrow in the sound as when's really picking up here. gusts of 40, 40 5000 are still pretty windy further north. though easing just a little cross he scotland for more rain to come here. there will be some sunshine in between those hours. as a result we may realise temperatures into the high teens. but for most of us it will feel much cooler. and much cooler because of the wind direction and the wind strength. that will continue through the night to push that through saturday to sunday showering rain southwards. all the time i think with that cloud and that breeze temperatures will hold up. but as you can see, temperatures will hold up. but as ou can see it's temperatures will hold up. but as you can see, it's eights and nines. gradually through the day on sunday as we move into sunday we start to

see the azores high pushing in off the atlantic felt up that will have two effects. go start to ease the win, it was dark to cut off the moisture for the showers. sunday still looks unsettled as you can see. we will still have showers around across much of northern and eastern scotland, england is well particularly near the north sea coast. but if showers and hopefully lengthier driver if that's what you're after further west. no usable rain. that does mean that temperatures my get up again into the high teens possibly pushing 20 degrees. in the wins will ease. that process will continue into the early pa rt process will continue into the early part of next week. bye—bye.

this is bbc world news, the headlines. the number of coronavirus deaths in britain has officially passed forty thousand — the world's second highest tally behind the united states. but the number of deaths and infections has been slowing in recent weeks. president trump has said a stunning set of employment figures is evidence the us economy is on its way back from the hit it took from coronavirus. two and a half million newjobs were created or brought back. a 75 year old man is assaulted by police in new york state, as the protests over the death of george floyd, continue. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has accused the uk of ‘backtracking' on its commitments, over future relations. however the government's chief negotiator, david frost,