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this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines, for viewers in the uk and around the world. quarantine rules have come into force, meaning most travellers arriving in the uk must self—isolate for two weeks. council members in minneapolis pledge to dismantle the city's police force, following the death in custody there of george floyd. outcome is to end and policing as we know it and to recreate systems of public safety that actually keep us safe. —— our commitment. hundreds of people have demonstrated in brazil against president bolsonaro's
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response to the coronavirus. a milestone in new zealand's fight against coronavirus as it records no new cases for the first time since february. the british government's controversial quarantine rules have come into force this morning, requiring most travellers arriving in the uk to self—isolate for fourteen days. a number ofairlines, including the parent company of british airways, are taking legal action. our transport correspondent, tom burrridge reports. leaving the uk from an airport like manchester has of late been a different kind of experience but, from today, before your temperature is checked in departures, you will
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have to fill in a form online, stating where you will self isolate for two weeks when you return. the two week quarantine. it will definitely have an impact on us. my partner works. he will not be able to get extra time. i am a school teacher so i am limited to the time off i have so it would definitely have an impact. ten days abroad and two week quarantine. i do not think the masks and gloves in a flight the masks and gloves in a flight would bother us, it would be more at the other end what sort of distancing measures would be on at the otherend, measures would be on at the other end, because if they can't play with other kids in point of a holiday. travelling isa point of a holiday. travelling is a terrible idea. i think the restrictions were left far too quickly and put people at risk. we should not be travelling right now. the quarantine applies to most people arriving in the uk. only arrivals from
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the republic of ireland are accepted as well as a certain professions like lorry drivers, oil and gas workers. the enforcement rules depend on where you live. if you breach of the rules in england and northern ireland, you could face a £1000 fine stop in scotland, the penalty is £1180 but the maximum fine for repeat offenders is £5,000. the enforcement rules in wales are still not clear. at the moment, a pretty small number of flights go in and out of our airports each day but airlines are desperate to crank up their schedules in time for the summer schedules in time for the summerand schedules in time for the summer and that is why the travel set up is demanding the deals are done with countries with low infection rates so travellers from there are exempt as well. we think, as the ellen community, there are a distant number of countries, mainly across europe but
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further afield with passenger demand. —— the airline community. we need to work with government to create these averages as quickly as possible otherwise we will not have a summer season. otherwise we will not have a summer season. now otherwise we will not have a summer season. now the parent company of british airways has lodged legal proceedings, claiming the government has failed to identify a valid justification for a blanket quarantine. it has the support of easy] et quarantine. it has the support of easyjet and ryanair and dozens of easyjet and ryanair and d oze ns of of easyjet and ryanair and dozens of travel and hospitality companies. the government says, the new restrictions will limit the risk of new cases being imported and it argues it will help stop a second wave of the virus. tell us what you think about this, i am on social media. get involved with a conversation that has already got a lot generated online but
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also more detail on how this will impact the travel sector and economy in our business coverage in 25 minutes. a majority of the minneapolis city council has promised to dismantle its police department. minneapolis is the city where two weeks ago the unarmed black man george floyd died after a police officer officers knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes, triggering protests against racism and police brutality that have gone global. significant reform, or even the defunding of the minneapolis police, has emerged as a key demand of protesters in recent days. over the weekend, the mayor of the city jacob frey was forced away from a rally after he would not commit to abolishing the police. now, nine of minneapolis council's thirteen members said they would create a new system of public safety, telling demonstrators the police department could not be fundamentally changed.
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in an address to the protesters, and emphasis by the council to keeping communities safe. our commitment is to do what is necessary to keep every single member of our community say. it is to tell the truth and the minneapolis police are not doing that. cheering and applause. our commitment is to add our city's toxic relationship with the minneapolis police department, to end policing as we know it and to recreate systems of public safety that actually keep us safe. cheering and applause. let's get more on this. adrian florido is the national correspondent for npr, and was at powderhorn park in minneapolis, where the pledge was taken. thank you for being on the programme. tell us more about this decision made at the city council. it took a lot of people in minneapolis by
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surprise. it is not yet a decision that has been made but it is something that a majority of city council is say they intend to do in the coming weeks and months, to implement a number of policy and budget decisions aimed at ending the minneapolis police department. this is something that black activists have been advocating for many years but really in the last couple of years, and really in the last few days, in the aftermath of this uprising and protest in the country, that they have got a more receptive audience with the members of the city council and the decision today was quite a whiplash even from activists who are not expected such a willing and positive reaction to their proposalfrom willing and positive reaction to their proposal from the city council itself. a lot are surprised and also a lot of uncertainty about what this is going to look like going forward. it is an intention that the members of the city council said they have but they also said they did not know
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what that would look like. they are going to start working that out in concert with the community and the black activists who have been pushing for this for many years. activists who have been pushing for this for many yearslj activists who have been pushing for this for many years. i do not suppose there has been any word or response from the police department? many journalists have reached out to the police department but no response yet and also no response yet and also no response from the mayor, jacob fry, who you mentioned, yesterday did not support the idea. but rather supported implementing more reforms. so i think in the next day or so, we will be looking out for what other prominent players in this story will have to stay. it is really quite a radical step in a new direction for minneapolis and many other cities around the united states will be watching this closely where they feel they have the same issue? that is right. to my
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knowledge, there is not any major american city that has ever tried anything like this s0 ever tried anything like this so it is certainly something that could potentially set precedents in a lot of city facing the same demand from protesters and they may take similar actions. we shall watch very closely. thank you for talking to us this morning. the opinion editor of the new york times has resigned after facing strong criticism over a piece about the anti—racist protests. james bennet published a piece by a republican senator calling for troops to be sent to cities where the demonstrations had turned violent. he has admitted to not having read the article before publication. thousands of people have taken part in black lives matter marches in the uk, despite government warnings to avoid mass gatherings because of the threat of coronavirus.
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england and manchester city forward, raheem sterling, has backed protests taking place across the uk, saying, "the only disease right now is the racism that we are fighting." he's been speaking to the bbc‘s newsnight programme. the only disease right now is the racism we are fighting. i think right now, this is the most important thing is, at this moment in time, because this is something that's been happening for years and years and just like the pandemic, we want to find some solutions to stop it. hundreds of anti—government protesters in brazil have staged a demonstration against racism and against president jair bolsonaro over his handling of the coronavirus. last week brazil's death toll overtook italy's and in the next few days it is expected to overtake the uk and become the second highest in the world. as katy watson reports from sao polo, the brazilian government has
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been accused of trying to hide the true numbers. black lives matter in brazil, too. but here, president jair bolsonaro's handling of coronavirus is also enraging protesters. a leader, they say, who is threatening the country's democracy. in the past week alone, 150,000 people have caught covid—19 and 7,000 have died. but that's information the government doesn't want people to know. it's wiped those figures from its website because it says they are manipulated. behind those numbers, though, are real people. patients and health workers on the front line, trying to control a virus that is still spreading. "it's like a snowball," helio says. "the cases keep rising, people get infected. "this never ends." karine is also on the front line, receiving death registers in sao paulo. half of the names in
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this book, she says, were covid—19 related deaths. and far more people than usual have died from respiratory problems, too. many people put that down to underreporting the real coronavirus figures. i'm feeling like a soldier in a war. i need to receive the information. i need to have good eyes and a smile, to make my public service. while i'm feeling that everybody‘s very, very worried about the disease. brazil only tests around 5% of what most of europe does. the country has struggled on many fronts — the labs are mostly in the south and it is difficult to transport tests there from areas such as the amazon. many tests have been ruined. the government has also made bad decisions. in february, march, there was a huge flood of chinese tests arriving in brazil.
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9 of 11 were completely garbage. the government did not do anything. they bought the kits and distributed that, and thinking it is better to do that with these kits than do nothing, but that is not true. in this affluent part of sao paulo, the local government's trying something different. it wants to get a third of its population tested. about 600 cars are coming through every day. people are getting their details checked. only those who work or live in the city can get a test done and that takes place over here. now, the idea is that the local government wants to get an idea of how far along the curve it is, how big a problem it is in this part of the city. but doctors here are feeling deflated. with a president who's failing to lead this country to a worsening crisis, they feel undervalued. through a worsening crisis, they feel undervalued. translation: i think this is
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still the country of football. i've nothing against football, farfrom it, but education and health, which need to be prioritised, are not. on the ground, healthcare workers keep going to battle against coronavirus. but the battle against censorship has onlyjust begun. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: lockdown loopholes — the tourists travelling to sweden for a haircut or cheeky beer. the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height.
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the crowd packed to see the man who for them has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade for the start of trooping the colour. gunshots the queen looks worried but recovers quickly. as long as they'll pay to go and see me, i'll get out there and kick ‘em down the hill. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: quarantine rules have come into force meaning most travellers arriving in the uk must self—isolate for two weeks. council members in minneapolis pledge to dismantle the city's police force following the death in custody there of george floyd.
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large numbers of people have been taking part in peaceful protests against police brutality and racism in the united states. professor melina abdullah is co—founder of the los angeles chapter of black lives matter. she is able to join me she is able tojoin me now. welcome to the programme. tell us, first of all, how things have been going in la lately. the protest, what have they been like? sure, well, we have had protests pretty much every day in los angeles and they keep growing. so today we had about 100,000 people on the streets of hollywood today. we we re streets of hollywood today. we werejoined by the rapper yg. there was every kind of person, young and old, black and
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allies, and it was an energy of not just reform but transformation, the idea that we can have the world we want to live in. and of course, we are getting tremendous energy from what just happened are getting tremendous energy from whatjust happened in minneapolis with the commitment to disband the minneapolis police department. and i will just add, you know, today is prince's birthday, and he a lwa ys prince's birthday, and he always said the revolution would start in minneapolis, and i guess it has. that is an interesting take on things, definitely. in terms of what this is about, you know, talk us through the bigger picture, the wider impact of the death of george floyd. sure, so the death of george floyd has absolutely been a tremendous landmark in this movement. it has reignited the black lives matter movement in terms of thrusting it onto a global stage. and we have to remember that we are also looking at 601
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people killed by police right here in los angeles. i am wearing a t—shirt commemorating ms wilson, who was murdered here in los angeles by lapd. and so for us in los angeles andi and so for us in los angeles and i think around this country, there are names that may not be as well—known. so when we say george floyd, he becomes the last straw, he becomes the last straw, he becomes a moment of uprising. but there was a boiling up happening already, and so i think george floyd becomes when it pales over. and talk us through the significance of the decision on the part of council members in minneapolis to dismantle the city's police force. that is a be shipped, isn't it, in a direction you want, i presume? yes, it's a tremendous shift. we have been saying defund the police
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because we believe defunding the police will lead us down the police will lead us down the road to this ending. the police are the road to abolition. i think no—one was prepared for it to happen immediately in this way, and we are very encouraged. we are are very encouraged. we are gathering life around what can be, what are the possibilities and not just the be, what are the possibilities and notjust the long—term. we know that policing as we know it in the united states evolved from a system of slave catching, and we are very clear that this system of police has to be, in fact, disbanded and abolished, not just reformed. but the fact that minneapolis chose to do it as quickly is very encouraging. it speaks to the power of the people. we have to remember also, though, that policymakers did not arrive at these decisions on their own. they are pushed into
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these decisions by thousands upon thousands of people being in the streets in making this demand. really good to talk to you, thank you for your time. the samsung group heir, lee jae—yong, has appeared in court for a hearing to determine whether he should be jailed over allegations of accounting fraud. south korean prosecuters sought the warrant last week over suspicions of stock price manipulation and perjury, among other offences. the heir to the world's largest maker of computer chips and smartphones has already spent about a year in jail on a separate charge of bribery. new zealand has announced that it will be removing all social distancing and economic restrictions, following the news that it has had no active cases of covid—19 for the first time since the end of february. prime ministerjacinda ardern made the announcement in the last hour. the health ministry had earlier said the last person who was being monitored for coronavirus had been released from isolation as he has recovered. however, international border restrictions will still remain in place.
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it has been a0 days since the last case of community transmission, 22 days since that person finished their self isolation, and so today i can announce that cabinet has agreed we will now move to level one, to get our economy fully open again, and we will start almost immediately. sweden never introduced a lockdown, and has kept bars, restaurants and shops open throughout the covid—19 pandemic. the bbc has learned that the more open approach has been attracting growing numbers of tourists, who have broken national guidelines advising against non—essential global travel in search of a beer, or even a haircut. maddy savage reports from stockholm. stockholm is finally stepping into summertime, but it is not
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just locals making the most of it. this woman from london arrived in march, the day after the uk advised against all non—essential travel. the uk advised against all non-essential travel. it feels like a normal life, and i take it as an opportunity to see the culture and visit a new place. if you feel fit and strong and healthy, i don't see why you couldn't travel. sweden's hotels did see numbers plummet at the start of the crisis, but things are picking up. around one in five rooms were occupied at the end of may. most guests are swedes, but there are international visitors.|j are swedes, but there are internationalvisitors. i don't often think about how they come here, so i think they want to go out to feel free. because we're all human beings, so i think this is the main reason. although many flights to sweden we re although many flights to sweden were grounded in march, scandinavia's biggest airline resumed daily services from
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some cities last month, including london. so i've come to sweden firstly, foremost, to visit my girlfriend. honestly, i have kind of agreed with what is happening here a lot more than what has happened in england. i know this is probably not classed as essential for some, but probably not classed as essentialfor some, but i probably not classed as essential for some, but i would class it as essential for me, personally. people living in sweden have been asked by the government here not to travel abroad until at least the middle ofjuly, so as international tourism to the country seems to be picking up, that has left a lot of locals asking questions. this barber, who is originally from kent, says some british tourists have flown in for haircuts —— barber. i guess is it is a bit ofa barber. i guess is it is a bit of a sucker punch, really, to know that i have not been able to go and see friends and family back home, get other people are ignoring the rules and coming here. but sweden's decision to allow visitors,
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despite having the highest death rate in the nordic. our national health agency does not think that closing the border is very important to stop the infection. the most important thing is to keep social distancing. it is also to wash your hands, and it is not to stay too close when you are in a restaurant. as europe's holiday season begins, swedish officials are stepping up their advice to make sure tourists follow the same guidelines, and stay safe as the crisis continues. ina in a moment we will have our business coverage, and we will be talking about this story, the uk travel quarantine rules coming into effect from today. lots more detail online, of course, and we have been asking for your opinions on this. as ever, many of you have been in touch. it has been great to hear from you your views from all over europe and the world. we have one viewer on twitter who is in the netherlands says
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continental europe for the most pa rt continental europe for the most part has had the virus under control. we are certainly doing a lot better than the uk. so it isa a lot better than the uk. so it is a little ironic that we have to self quarantine when we visit. margaret, also not in the uk, says so i have to arrive 1a days before my actual vacation date, spend all that time ina vacation date, spend all that time in a hotel, and maybe get three orfour time in a hotel, and maybe get three or four days to actually visit the uk. it is not an attractive option. other viewers are saying the horse has already bolted. it is far too late for this sort of action. we have got other viewers, one viewer in colombia, i view who tells us she lives in a rural area in colombia and is only allowed out for one hour a week, so actually she believes our rules in the uk are much more liberal than what is being experienced elsewhere. and kerry, finally, u nfortu nately elsewhere. and kerry, finally, unfortunately it is necessary right now because there is still covid—19 around, and not eve ryo ne still covid—19 around, and not everyone is truthful about it or may not even know they actually have it. so we're better to be safe. than sorry.
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we will discuss further in just a few moments. stay with us. hello there. the first week of summer has certainly brought a big change in the weather pattern. over the weekend, cool northerly winds, some rain, and a good deal of cloud around as well. interestingly at loftus, in redcar and cleveland, there's been more rain in the last week than we've had during the whole of spring. the start of the new week, though, looks a lot drier. the winds won't be as strong either. that's because we've got this area of high pressure, or at least the nose of it, heading towards the uk. may not last long, but for a while, it will keep those weather fronts at bay from the north—west of the uk. now, many places will have a dry day on monday, the sunshine coming and going. there'll still be a few light showers blown onto some of those north sea coasts, and during the afternoon, watch out for some heavy, slow—moving showers in wales and the south—west of england.
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but, on the whole, a lot of dry weather around. temperatures not very different from what we had on sunday, but you will find that the winds are a good deal lighter today. and those light winds continue into the evening. it shouldn't be too long before we see the back of those showers from the south—west, and overnight into tuesday morning, it's going to be dry pretty much everywhere. a fair bit of cloud around, perhaps not quite as chilly across scotland and the north—east of england as it will be first thing on monday morning. well, moving into tuesday, and there's still quite a lot of cloud in the picture. and whilst most places will be dry, there's the odd shower developing through the day ahead of the main change, which is this band of rain here arriving into western scotland and northern ireland, probably very late on in the day on tuesday, if not into the evening. temperatures still on the cool side, though, for many. 15—17 degrees. and then more significant changes arrive from mid—week onwards. we've got that weather front driving some rain southwards. pressure is dropping, we end up with an area of low pressure a cross the uk on wednesday. so we've got some cloud,
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we've got some outbreaks of rain pushing towards the south—east. and whilst it may well brighten up a bit further north, look at all the showers developing, and those actually could be heavy and thundery. and because there's more cloud, because there's more rain around, temperatures will be a bit lower, 1a—16 degrees. that area of low pressure is still going to be around during thursday and perhaps into friday. it's drifting further south, as well. so the wetter weather as we head towards the latter part of the week more likely to be across england and wales. we'll see the winds picking up, but by the end of the week, it could be a warmer wind.
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this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk 1a day quarantine rules for international travellers come into effect today. airlines and the travel sector says it will devastate their battered industry. we talk you through what's at stake. and oil prices continue to surge after opec extends production cuts to the end ofjuly. hello and welcome. iam
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i am sally bundock. let's start here in the uk, because from today anyone entering the country from abroad will have to go into quarantine for two—weeks. the government wants to avoid a surge in coronavirus infections brought in by travellers from overseas, which includes uk citizens returning home. the travel and tourism industry opposes the move — more than 200 companies have asked for the new rules to be scrapped. that list includes the likes of british airways owner iag, easyjet and ryanair, who are considering a legal challenge to the government. for passengers the new ruling means anyone in england failing to comply with the 1a day quarantine, could face a fine of up to £1,000. joining me now from rome is olivierjankovec, who the director general of aci europe, which respresents over 500 airports across europe. good to have you on the programme. what impact will this have, this quarantine
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measure introduced today in the uk? this impact is devastating for uk vacations, — aviation. any business in the uk that relies on air conductivity, and it comes at a time when actually, most airports are lifting the travel restrictions, so it is very difficult to understand the logic and the rationale behind this decision. the government says it is clearlyjust a simply public safety issue, it is the right measure at the moment despite the economic cost. there are strong doubts about the reasoning about public safety because if you look at travel restrictions and in particular quarantine, they need to be meeting strict criteria, the need to be proportionate, and they need to be compatible and aligned with the advice from international organisations, and the decision of the uk government is not meeting any of these requirements, because it is a
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blanket quarantine, not targeted, and if you look at actually what the european center for disease prevention and control says, it says that when you are in a country where you are already at a high level of community transmissions, which is the case of the uk today, they do not recommend quarantine and similar measures because the negative impact on the economy far outweighs what they can do to help combat the disease. for europe's airports, passenger traffic is down by way of a 90%, there has been a huge blow for airports across europe. if heathrow is not active, an international hub, very important to the rest of europe, how will the european airport to be impacted?” europe, how will the european airport to be impacted? i think initially what we're looking at is re—establishing a conductivity within europe, within the broader european continent, is what will happen is while the uk will be left alone with no economic liberty,
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the rest of europe will carry on— the rest of europe will carry on — air conductivity. basically, european airports will be growing and starting to thrive again whereas those in the uk will be left behind? indeed. that is exactly what will happen. so in terms of the economic fallout, it is mainly about what is happening, well london airports i would save. it is all airports across the uk, who will basically stay where they are today, with very limited air traffic. you could argue that other european networks will be impacted as well because they won't see travellers coming from the uk, but of course, there is a difference between if you are a uk airport having no traffic at all and if you are a continental european airport just missing out of the uk
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passengers, you will still be able to rely on passengers from the rest of europe. we have to leave it there, but thank you for your time, leave it there, but thank you foryourtime, an leave it there, but thank you for your time, an interesting perspective. from an organisation representing airports, hence ourfocus organisation representing airports, hence our focus on airports, hence our focus on air travel, but of course this will cost travel across the border. let's take a quick look at how the markets are faring. they are all pretty positive, japan up over1%, they are all pretty positive, japan up over 1%, standing out in particular. australia is closed for a public holiday, the price of oil up as well. a lot of this is in reaction to the strong day we saw on wall street on friday, and in europe because of the better—than—expected news about the usjobs market, boosting sentiment, the thinking that maybe the world's biggest economy could recover better and sooner than some are predicting. let's look at japan. revised figures show that japan's economy contracted less than initially reported in the first quarter. new figures indicate the world's third biggest
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economy shrank by 2.2% between january to march, which is less than the 3.a% initially estimated. however the numbers confirm japan's economy has entered recession territory. sharanjit leyl now joins us from singapore. i hope she is there... yes she is, nice to see you. talk us through japan, its economy, is, nice to see you. talk us throuthapan, its economy, no surprise it is in recession like many other. absolutely, no surprise there. we know it is not great news, but it actually shows that japan's economy did not do as badly as initially projected. that 2.2% contraction, but the impact from the coronavirus crisis is still expected to send the country deeper into recession. recent data from them, such as factory output, job figures, japan is facing its worst
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postwar slump, and that is as the outbreak has forced people to stay at home, businesses to close as well, and japan's growth still matters, as it is the world's third largest economy, meanwhile, the world's second—largest economy also right here in asia, reported trade figures over the weekend, and again, it suggested a slump but one that wasn't as bad as anticipated. this was of course china, its trade surplus rising toa china, its trade surplus rising to a record in may, exports are shrinking but less than expected and they were helped by an increase in medical related sales, while imports slumped along with commodity prices, but of course worries remain as the global coronavirus lockdown continues to devastate demand and as tensions rise between china and the us, president trump threatening to revoke hong kong's special trade status after beating implemented its new security law on hong kong, beijing on its part is asking
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state agricultural firms to pause their purchases of us farm exports and none of this will solve the massive trade slump that will hit all major economies from the coronavirus outbreak. let's get some of the day's other news. huawei is launching a newspaper and internet campaign to mark 20 years of business in the uk. in an open letter to the public, the chinese telecoms company says it is "as committed as ever" to provide "the best equipment" to the uk's 5g mobile providers. it comes amid a new security review that could lead the uk government to ban the use of huawei's 5g network kit. the abu dhabi investment authority will invest $752 million in india's jio platforms. the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund is the latest in a string of investors to back the telecommunications arm of mukesh ambani's company, reliance. the fund will aquire a little over a 1% stake, in a deal that values jio at $65 billion.
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let's now take a look at oil, because over the weekend members of the oil cartel opec and its allies, including russia, agreed to extend record oil production cuts until the end ofjuly. in april, the world's biggest producers agreed to cut production by 9.7 million barrels a day thorugh may and june. however that's now been extended by a further month. this is because the price of oil to go this is because the price of oilto go up, this is because the price of oil to go up, you cannot see the numbers because it was not updating but the price of brent crude is now over $a0 per barrel. joining me now bern in switzerland is cornelia meyer, chief executive of mrl corporation. lovely to see you cornelia. tell us how this agreement on an extension was reached. some of the obstacles in the way, talk us through the process. of the obstacles in the way, talk us through the processm is really, a great day for oil, and what happened is that
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russia and saudi arabia at some stage came to an agreement that they wanted to extend the month to get rid of this hangover of 1 billion barrels, and there we re 1 billion barrels, and there were so many 1 billion barrels, and there were so many countries that we re were so many countries that were blackguard, namely iraqi, nigeria and kazakhstan among others, and the saudi oil minister cracks down and said we cannot always bail all the brunt of these cards, and they needed promises from those countries to firstly adhere to the rotors and also make up for loss in cutting down. in that senseit loss in cutting down. in that sense it was good because i think they now have compliance in check or it looks like they have compliance in check. we will see how that goes in the weeks ahead, whether these countries will comply, because for iraqi, nigeria and the
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others who seem to be cheating, this is an expensive time for them, with the price of oil much higherfor them them, with the price of oil much higher for them to them, with the price of oil much higherfor them to cut back so much. an extremely expensive time for them, and it is an expensive time for everybody, but for them as that is true, but on the other hand, if oil markets don't recover, thatis if oil markets don't recover, that is bad for them as well. where i see more of a danger is that if the oil price gets too high, then a lot of the or some of the us shale production which has a higher cost of production may come back online, and basically negate the effect of these cards, so there is a real danger and also, libya is a bit of a wildcard because they are just resuming the production of one of their big fields, so there are other dangers out there. talking of which, what is your outlook for global demand in the months ahead? i am with
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opec and we will see around 8.5 and 9.5 million barrels each day for the whole year. that is very bad, historic, 10% of falling of demand from where we we re falling of demand from where we were in january, but falling of demand from where we were injanuary, but it is a lot better than in april when it was down 29 million barrels each day, so it is getting better and we see that, especially in china, consumption is coming back up, but what is a bit of a worry is we see the us diesel down and diesel is a good indicatorfor what the economy, how the economy is doing, so there is some good news, but some caveats to the good news. as ever, there is always the caveat, nice to see you, good to see you well and healthy. the world bank estimates there are roughly three million foreign workers in malaysia, and up to half of those are undocumented. most are poorly paid, and they often face hefty
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charges when they want to send money home. one company, started by bangladeshi migrants, hopes to change all that. let's take a look at how.
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the us tv network abc says federal prosecutors in new york have formally requested testimony from prince andrew, as part of the criminal investigation into the alleged co—conspirators of convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. the department ofjustice has said that it will neither confirm nor deny that such a request exists. a source close to prince andrew's legal team told the bbc: legal discussions with the doj are subject to strict confidentiality rules, as set out in their own guidelines. we have chosen to abide by both the letter and the spirit of these rules, which is why we have made no comment about anything related to the doj during the course of this year."
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last week, the palace announced that prince andrew would permanently retire from public duties. coming up at 6:00am on breakfast, we will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: quarantine rules have come into force, meaning most travellers arriving in the uk must self—isolate for two weeks. council members in minneapolis pledge to dismantle the city's police force following the death in custody there of george floyd. well, as we've been reporting, large numbers of people are continuing to attend
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peaceful protests against police brutality and racism in the united states. tens of thousands gathered in big cities, including washington and new york, as well as small towns across the country. earlier on sunday, president trump announced the national guard would begin withdrawing from washington following days of unrest. our correspondent aleem maqbool has this update from washington. things have been extremely peaceful over recent days, you can barely see security forces visible. here too, there was a sense that they were a bit of a red rag to a bull, particularly the national guard, for many of the protesters. we now hear that they will not be used going forward, but still large numbers of people coming here to the white house and to protest around the country.
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and while the overarching cause, of course, black lives matter, against institutional racism and brutality by the bullies, is the same everywhere, there are many local causes being fought for as well. like in colorado, people are fighting for justice for in particular a family of an african—american who was killed by local police here. in other places, like virginia, there are protests calling for confederate statues to be removed, and in some cases, protesters have taken matters into their own hands, removing memorials to those who defended slavery or fought to keep slavery. but in other cases, as with the authorities in virginia, they have agreed to the demands of the protesters to remove more statues. while that is still the case, while there are still tangible demands that can be met around the country, i think we will see the protests continue beyond the memorial to george floyd tomorrow in texas, and beyond his funeral on tuesday, as well. black lives matter protests have been held across europe. most of the demonstrations were peaceful, although protesters
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did clash with police in belgium. reged ahmad has more. protesters in rome wearing face masks kneeled in silence with their fists in the air. thousands taking part in socially distanced black lives matter demonstrations. chanting: i can't breathe. protesters chanted, "i can't breathe", echoing the words george floyd spoke as a police officer in the us knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. like scenes seen in many cities around the world, black lives matter protests have been held across europe, just as many of those countries emerge from the coronavirus lockdowns. in brussels, the heart of the european union, thousands gathered peacefully outside the courthouse in belgium's capital, carrying signs. translation: black lives matter is not only about police violence.
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here, we experience discrimination that other races do not experience. for example, if we start looking for a flat to rent we have difficulties. regarding employment, we are disadvantaged. my message is that we need to end racism. it's just unacceptable. i mean, just because of your colour of your skin, you have less rights? no. i mean — no, it's just not acceptable. there were some clashes and arrests later on, though, as people threw stones at police. some gathered at the statue of former belgian king leopold ii, linked to atrocities during colonial rule in what is now known as the democratic republic of congo. the drc flag was left on the statue, and graffiti can be seen, too. the peaceful demonstrations stretched to madrid and spain,
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where people gathered at the us embassy, chanting and holding placards as they wore masks, with their fists in the air. there was also a march and a minute's silence, too, for george floyd. similar scenes were repeated there and in other european capitals. mass demonstrations, just as parts of the continent recover from a devastating covid—19 pandemic. the timing underscoring the strength of feeling on issues of race and equality. reged ahmad, bbc news. the new suspect in the madeleine mccann case has been described as strange and intimidating by people in the portuguese village where he stayed around the time of the child's disappearance in 2007. one resident claimed people were terrified of the man, identified by the german authorities as christian b, because he carried a gun. our correspondent gavin lee sent this report. this small village is where christian b is said to have stayed in the weeks after the disappearance of madeleine mccann.
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the suspect is reported to have turned up here, 30 miles from where she went missing, without money, asking for work. christian b is understood to have stayed in this village for several months, and was often seen at this restaurant and with his campervan that police have appealed for information on, and several people have told us they found him strange and that he was intimidating. they said he spent time with two friends who rented this house and claimed they were fostering german children. this woman, who asked not to be identified, rented the property to the couple. she says locals feared him, and he was seen with a weapon on his belt. everybody was really terrified of him, because my friend's daughter had a health issue, a mental health issue, and my friend was very scared that, you know, he could — he could really do something to her. and being seen with a gun, i suppose, you know, people would be frightened. in germany, police are also investigating the suspect over
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the disappearance of five—year—old inga in 2015. and the father of another german child, six—year—old rene, who went missing from this algarve beach in 1996, says police have told him there could be a link. this local fireman was part of the search team. translation: we never had any evidence about where rene had been seen. one person said he was near the river, but wasn't very sure. normally, when people drown in this part of the coast, a body appears after a few hours. in four days since the new madeleine mccann appeal, police have received almost a00 tip—offs from the public, help which is vital, they say, if there is to be a breakthrough in this case. gavin lee, bbc news, portugal. there is more detail on that story and the other stories we have been covering and the ones we didn't have time to fit in online. the top story for us in
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the uk and for those of you who wa nt to the uk and for those of you who want to come here as well is the uk travel quarantine rules that are coming into effect. if you don't want to go overseas, if you are here in the uk, there is this interesting analysis about coronavirus, what are the chances of going on holiday at all? what are the chances of having a summer holiday? it may seem quite remote, even for those who stay in the united kingdom as hotels, bars and restaurants here are still closed. we asked you what you thought about this, whether you think it is a necessary step to take to keep us all safe, public health. what is the economic cost? is it too high? many have been in touch. mike watches us in auckland and says for your information, new zealand implement at this almost three months ago today. the government announced there are zero cases of covid—19 in the country. phil crawford says australia tried self isolation, it replaced it with quarantine because people just ignored the
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rules. i'm @sallybundockbbc. i will see you very soon. hello there. the first week of summer has certainly brought a big change in the weather pattern. over the weekend, cool northerly winds, some rain, and a good deal of cloud around as well. interestingly at loftus, in redcar and cleveland, there's been more rain in the last week than we've had during the whole of spring. the start of the new week, though, looks a lot drier. the winds won't be as strong either. that's because we've got this area of high pressure, or at least the nose of it, heading towards the uk. may not last long, but for a while, it will keep those weather fronts at bay from the north—west of the uk. now, many places will have a dry day on monday, the sunshine coming and going. there'll still be a few light showers blown onto some of those north sea coasts, and during the afternoon, watch out for some heavy, slow—moving showers in wales and the south—west of england. but, on the whole, a lot of dry weather around. temperatures not very different from what we had on sunday, but you will find that
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the winds are a good deal lighter today. and those light winds continue into the evening. it shouldn't be too long before we see the back of those showers from the south—west, and overnight into tuesday morning, it's going to be dry pretty much everywhere. a fair bit of cloud around, perhaps not quite as chilly across scotland and the north—east of england as it will be first thing on monday morning. well, moving into tuesday, and there's still quite a lot of cloud in the picture. and whilst most places will be dry, there's the odd shower developing through the day ahead of the main change, which is this band of rain here arriving into western scotland and northern ireland, probably very late on in the day on tuesday, if not into the evening. temperatures still on the cool side, though. for many, 15—17 degrees. and then more significant changes arrive from mid—week onwards. we've got that weather front driving some rain southwards. pressure is dropping, we end up with an area of low pressure a cross the uk on wednesday. so we've got some cloud, we've got some outbreaks of rain pushing towards the south—east. and whilst it may well brighten
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up a bit further north, look at all the showers developing, and those actually could be heavy and thundery. and because there's more cloud, because there's more rain around, temperatures will be a bit lower, 1a—16 degrees. that area of low pressure is still going to be around during thursday and perhaps into friday. it's drifting further south, as well. so the wetter weather as we head towards the latter part of the week more likely to be across england and wales. we'll see the winds picking up, but by the end of the week, it could be a warmer wind.
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: the prime minister says anti—racism rallies have been "subverted by thuggery" following clashes between some protesters and police. in bristol, demonstrators toppled a statue of a 17th century slave trader and threw it in to the harbour. it represents years of hurt and a lot of emotions and hatred that have been built up inside of us that we have internalised for years. quarantine rules have come into force, meaning most travellers arriving in the uk must self—isolate for two weeks.

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