this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ministers in the uk are warned of "dire" economic consequences if they don't ease the two metre this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk social distancing rule in england. and around the world. uk cancer charities fear our guidance remains two metres at this point, a "devastating effect" and that should be reflected as new figures show a 60% drop in urgent referrals for cancer care in the way that we go about our lives until such time in england during the pandemic. as the scientific advice allows us to say otherwise. 60% is a very significant drop, and that's because partly people are too an easing of the lockdown from saturday. frightened to come forward new support bubbles mean people living alone and single parents to go to their gps. in england will be allowed to stay and secondly, the diagnostic with one other household. service has collapsed. at least two million people ministers in the uk are warned in the us are recorded as having coronavirus. of "dire" economic consequences if they don't ease the two—metre social distancing rule in england. infections are rising in 20 an easing of the lockdown states, as restrictions from saturday — new support bubbles continue to be relaxed. mean people living alone and single

parents in england will be allowed the harry potter authorjk rowling to stay in another person's house. reveals she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault at least two million people in the us are recorded in her 20s. as having coronavirus. another statue targeted — us protestors pull down a confederate monument in virginia, infections are rising in 20 as president trump rejects calls states, as restrictions to remove pro—slavery continue to be relaxed. another statue targeted — figures and symbols. us protestors pull down a confederate monument in virginia, as president trump rejects calls to remove pro—slavery in the uk a statue of scouts founder, robert baden—powell, figures and symbols. who was accused being a hitler in the uk, local residents vow supporter, is to be taken down to protect a statue of scouts by bournemouth council. founder robert baden—powell, who was accused being a hitler supporter, and filming returns on britain's most watched soap. the scriptwriters of cononation street insist coronavirus amid plans to take it down. won't dominate storylines. the harry potter authorjk rowling reveals she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault in her 20s. and... one zooms. the queen speaks to a group of carers using the video conferencing app.

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. hello and welcome if you're watching for the latest news and analysis in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here you for the latest news and analysis can contact us abo stories and across the globe. you can contact us about these stories on twitter. cancer care in england has faced major disruption during the pandemic with big drops in numbers being seen following urgent referrals by doctors, figures show. the uk government is coming the number of people being assessed under increasing pressure from former cabinet ministers by a cancer doctor within two weeks to relax the two—metre rule on social distancing in order of a referral fell to 79,500 — to kick—start the economy. politicians including the former conservative party leader a drop of 60% in april. sir iain duncan smith have warned of dire economic consequences if pubs, meanwhile, patients cafes a nd restau ra nts a re u na ble to open fully, and urged starting treatment in april ministers to move in line with the world health organisation's dropped to 10,800 — recommendation of one metre. 20% below the numbers seen in april last year. the lockdown is being eased further for millions of people living alone in england who will be the health service said it had tried able to spend the night to protect services. this has included delivering in another person's house. more chemotherapy in the new measure, described the community and people's homes by the prime minister as well as creating as the social bubble, "covid—free" wings in hospital will come into effect from saturday, but does not apply to people to protect patients. shielding or to anyone in wales, the oncologist and chief medical officer northern ireland and scotland. at the rutherford cancer centre, karol sikora, gave his reaction

to the latest figures. and in the last half he says the drop in referrals hour new figures from is very significant. the national health service in england have highlighted a sharp the bottleneck is in the diagnostic decline in the number of people phase, and we have known that. receiving urgent referrals we didn't know how big it was going for cancer care during the pandemic. to be when we look back, and 60% is a very significant drop. our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. and that is because partly people are too frightened to come forward with symptoms to go to their gps. let's begin with this social and secondly, poor old gp, he is stuck with the patient and distancing, the two metre rule in the diagnostic services collapsed. place, because clearly there is huge economic pressure to reduce that. he can't get an endoscopy or a scan, but does the science really allow it because everything was shut, because the nhs moved into covid and what does prime minister boris and did incredibly well. now we've got to pick up quickly. johnson want to do? the short answer is he is caught in the middle, cancer doesn't wait, caught between many in his own party it doesn't take easter off, desperate for an easing in the two and a lot of patients have suffered metre rule to try to get the economy because of this and still there's a lot people out there have got going again, particularly the cancer that don't know. hospitality sector. chancellor rishi sunak came under huge pressure at a charities have warned the disruption to services would have a devastating effect. meeting of the 1922 backbench tories last night and they came away from lynda thomas, chief executive it pretty convinced that he of the cancer charity macmillan, supported reducing the two metre says urgent action is needed to help

rule. against that you have the people who may have cancer during the coronavirus crisis. science and scientists, which is i think seeing these figures published today, deeply cautious. anyone watching we are still seeing that coronavirus yesterday's downing street news has really wreaked havoc on cancer conference where we had chief patients being referred scientific adviser sir patrick for treatment and starting effective vallance, and chief medical officer treatment during this pandemic. chris whitty, the takeaway is they we are seeing slightly better are very apprehensive about the risk figures this month than last month which is encouraging ofan upsurge but there is still an are very apprehensive about the risk of an upsurge in the virus and awfully long way to go. potentially a second wave if you i think we are probably still seeing start to ease the two metre rule too the effects of people still not being sure whether it is ok to go quickly. in the middle stands boris to the gp, perhaps not johnson, who has to make a call. referring in the way listening to him, though, it seems that they were beforehand, and then some services actually he is leaning towards the scientists still not being able to start in the way we might have wanted at the moment because the prime to have seen them being done, minister said to pretty clearly that so i think our view very much you can't reduce the two metre rule is that we really need to get to see until and unless the level of a plan for the recovery of these infections comes down. we know at services going forwards, the moment the number of people it is absolutely vital that cancer patients get seen. being infected every day is around some people might have now waited three months from not 5000, still far too high. secondly, going to the doctors and they really he said we need to have test and need to get to their gp, so i think both from members trace up and running so that if of the public and from the system there is an upsurge we can clatter we are still really needing

it down again. we will find how to see urgent action. close we are getting to that today when we get the test and trace specifically what would you like to figures. but as a result i don't know see from government?” think there will be any early or specifically what would you like to know see from government? i think we imminent easing in the two metre have been waiting for and going for rule and that seems to be the since april has been a plan to see message from simon clarke, the local how services will recover in totality, so it is great to see some government minister, this morning. new initiatives being unveiled around chemotherapy and the we recognise fully the challenge it poses both to human cost, community, but really it is the but also the economy. totality of that plan. there is so we'll always keep going to be a massive backlog of this under review. clearly there is important work patients who haven't been seen to be done looking at this during the pandemic and that is on and what sort of progress top of the people who will also may be possible. at this point i want to reaffirm continue to come to the system, so i to viewers that our guidance remains think from government we need an two metres at this point, and that should be reflected urgent think from government we need an urge nt recovery think from government we need an urgent recovery plan and cancer. —— in the way we go about our lives until such time as the scientific advice allows us to say otherwise. on cancer. in the united states there are increasing calls to remove pro—slavery confederacy names and symbols in response to the anti—racism movement triggered by the police killing of george floyd. despite the protests, president trump insists army bases named after officers who fought two other thoughts as to why boris for the confederacy during the civil war won't change because they're johnson is not likely to scrap a two part of america's heritage. david willis reports.

metre rule imminently, is because he won't want to override his scientists. they have been a shield they are potent symbols of a racist throughout this crisis, whenever there is a decision to take that past, erected in honour of those who sought to keep might be tricky, we hear, we are african—america ns enslaved. following the science. he has some now the statues of confederate generals are being cut down and carried away as a nation room as well because labour are not paying for the rule to be eased incensed by the death because they are also saying they of george floyd seeks have to follow the science. this was to turn its back on the past. shadow health secretary jon have to follow the science. this was shadow health secretaryjon ashworth this morning. the monument to the former president of the confederacy, jefferson davis, the decision on the two metre rule was taken away by police after being toppled is a judgment that has to be based in richmond, virginia. on whatever scientific advice the government receives and obviously we don't have access but the memory of slavery to that advice on a day and segregation lives by day basis. but if the scientific advice on through army bases which bear to ministers is that it can be relaxed then obviously the name of confederate officers we would accept that, but i want to underline the point, such as braxton bragg. it has to be based on scientific there are ten of them in total advice, not because backbench and calls are now growing for those conservative mps are pressurising the government. bases to be renamed. retired us army general david petraeus, who served at fort bragg, so where are we? despite the is among those in favour pressure from tory mps and despite

of renaming the bases. the pressure from some sections of in an essay published in the pressure from some sections of the media and despite pressure from the media and despite pressure from the hospitality industry, there is the atlantic magazine, he wrote... really no sign that borisjohnson is going to reduce the two metre rule in the very near future. the overarching concern still in number ten is to avoid a resurgence in the virus, a second wave, which folk authorisation for a name believe would be truly catastrophic for the economy. norman smith, thank change would have to come from the military, and senior officials have indicated you. they might favour such a move, precisely how much but all ten bases are in southern distance you should leave and former confederate states, between you and other people varies many of which supported donald trump from country to country. in 2016 and the president the uk has the same 2 metre rule is radically opposed to the idea. as spain and canada. that "the united states of america trained and deployed "our heroes on these drops to one and a half metres "hallowed grounds and won two world wars," he tweeted. if you are in australia, italy and germany. "therefore my administration and then will not even consider the renaming further reduces to a metre "of these magnificent and fabled if you are in china, military installations." france or singapore.

the white house press secretary said that's changing the names would amount actually the same as the official guidance from the world health to a demonstration of disrespect organisation which also says leave at least a metre between yourself for the soldiers who had served at those bases. and others to prevent the spread of coronavirus. one of the former cabinet ministers fort bragg is known for the heroes to call on the government to drop the two metre social within it that trained there, that deployed from there, distancing rule is the former party leader, sir iain duncan smith. and it's an insult to say to the men hejoins us from north london. and women who left there, thank you for taking the time to the last thing they saw on american talk to us today. why do think it is soil before going overseas and in safe to reduce the two metre rule? because scientists think it is safe some cases losing their lives, to reduce the two metre rule. i to tell them that what they left listened to norman carefully, but i read a piece today on the telegraph was inherently a racist institution. and all the scientific studies that because of a name. that's unacceptable the increase in risk is minuscule, to the president. but symbols of the confederacy and even that is now questioned by are under growing threat. the confederate battle flag, scientists in oxford, who say when otherwise known as the stars and bars, has now been banned you are outside for example, there by nascar, the organisation is literally no risk, and even inside they say some of the tests that runs stock car that have been done have been done racing in this country. the leader of the house under laboratory conditions, which of representatives, nancy pelosi, does not give you an indication of is calling for statues representing how normal people work. the general confederate leaders to be removed from the capitol view now is that it increases from building in washington, dc. 1.3% chance of infection to 2.6% chance of infection. if you wear a the landscape is changing mask, that reduces it to about 0.5% here in the wake of george floyd

in all manner of ways, as america grapples with a grim legacy of its past. chance of infection. you can see straightaway. the scientists are not david willis, bbc news. saying it would be dangerous, even the science advisers to the well, here in the uk, government have said it is up to the the statue of the slave trader edward colston has been recovered government. their concern is it from bristol harbour. might create some confusion. they the statue, which had stood are not saying it would pose an in the city centre since 1895, was pulled down and thrown increased level of risk that would into the water by demonstrators be intolerable and they are not at a black lives matter saying that. they are saying to protest on sunday. proceed with extreme caution. of bristol council says it has been course they are. we had from the retrieved from the water and taken to a secure location, before forming part chief scientific adviser and chief of its museums collection. medical officer yesterday that there a statue of robert baden—powell are an estimated 39,000 new on poole quay is set be removed and placed in "safe storage" but some residents have vowed infections per week in the community to protect it and stop it from being taken down. in england. they say that yes, the statue of the founder numbers are coming down but very of the scout movement in poole quay, slowly. so why is now the time to dorset, has been targeted by campaigners due to his change that, when i presume you associations with the nazis and the hitler youth programme, would accept there is the potential as well as his actions for the risk of a second wave? the in the military. bournemouth, christchurch risk of a second wave will continue and poole council said it recognised as long as there is coronavirus. some of his actions were "less this idea that somehow we will be worthy of commemoration" and said the statue would be removed

able to eradicate coronavirus is "for now" to "create time for views simply not the case. like all other to be aired". flu viruses and other viruses, they the uk government is coming under linger around. the key issue is, increasing pressure from former cabinet ministers to relax what helps to take control of it. the two—metre rule on social distancing in order but it is much more dangerous.” to kick—start the economy. politicians including the former conservative leader sir iain duncan smith have warned understand the point you're making, of dire economic consequences if pubs, cafes and restaurants but the scientists say that the key are unable to open fully, and urged ministers to move in line to keeping this under control is hygiene, not distancing in that with the world health organisation's regard. and hygiene is washing recommendation of one metre. hands, cleaning shared services, not but with around 5000 touching or shaking hands with new infections daily in the uk, people. that is exactly how we have the government and its medical advisors are urging caution. brought it under control. the point our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. about social distancing is that the who does not see any need, and these is it too simplistic to say this is are all scientists, to go to two broadly a row between those backing metres because they don't believe a treasury line worried about the airto air economic hit and so still really metres because they don't believe air to air transmission is a significant risk and some people worried about the immediate health seem to believe it is not the same risks? now, i think as hygiene, which is the key to worried about the immediate health risks? now, ithink that's worried about the immediate health risks? now, i think that's what it does come down to. in the middle is doing this. that has to be kept clear and has to be imposed. you one borisjohnson, does come down to. in the middle is one boris johnson, at does come down to. in the middle is one borisjohnson, at the moment he

seems to be leaning much more asked me what was the reason why heavily towards the scientists. when 110w. asked me what was the reason why now. now because oui’ you listen to them day at the moment asked me what was the reason why now. now because our economy is facing a complete crash. the debts are deeply apprehensive and cautious about the risk of another upsurge we are racking up on how we are supporting people, the fact no work any virus, because we haven't got the infection level down or very little work is taking place. if we don't get the economy moving sufficiently, the r level under control sufficiently, so they are we will not be able to afford any of very cautious and borisjohnson the things we need to support public appears to be going along with them services so getting balance right is stop said, there is no doubt the important. and on schooling, if we disquiet of the hospitality sector had a one metre or 1.5 metre rule in in particular, and that mood is echoed across the tory backbenches, place then opening schools will be with increasingly prominent tories now coming out and saying unless we much easier. so everything hinges on this to me to rule with regard lockdown easing. everybody gets the reduced two metres may be to one metre, 1.5 metres, there is no way arguments about the economy and the that pubs, restaurants and cafe is concern of the debt growing day by will be able to open and they think they have got the support of day. everybody absolutely gets that, but isn't it the case that the uk is chancellor rishi sunak. have a listen to the former tory leader not currently in the position that iain duncan smith on the subject. other countries are in? it didn't our economy is facing get into the test and trace as a complete crash. quickly as some other countries who the debts we're racking up on how

we're supporting people, have dealt incredibly successfully the fact that no work, with the pandemic in terms of a much or very little work, is taking place. if we don't get the economy moving, lower death rate and spread of the we will be unable to afford any infection. and right now the test of the things we need to do to support the public services so getting the balance and trace system is not fully up and right is important. and also, schooling, by the way, running in order to give people that if we'd had a one or one—and—a—half metre rule for schools, confidence. i think people should it would have been much easier have confidence. why? to give you for them to have open. so it is the critical opponent around which everything coming some figures that are really out of lockdown hinges, important and they go missing. everybody is scared that everybody is at the same level of risk because is this two—metre rule. they are not. between five and not borisjohnson will be very wary quite 10% of those who have caught against that, of ignoring his coronavirus and died, our people scientists who have been like his without comorbidities, in other field throughout this whole saga. words, a very small number of people how many times when we have got to really different —— difficult who are healthy, fit and younger decision for susan has been able to than 75 have a very low chance of say, iam catching this, and particularly if decision for susan has been able to say, i am following the science. also the opposition labour party you follow the hygiene rules. the seem to be saying they think we key point is, this is about managing should stick with the sciences. this risk. we will not be able to get rid was the shadow health secretaryjon ashworth. of all risk. what we have to the decision on the two—metre rule is a judgment that has to be based understand, even in flu pandemics on whatever scientific advice the government is receiving.

like 1968, where 80,000 people died, obviously we don't have access to that advice we did not shut down the economy. on a day by day basis. but if the scientific advice sweden is another good example, they to ministers is that it can be relaxed then obviously have not shut down the economy and we would accept that, their figures have not shut down the economy and theirfigures track have not shut down the economy and their figures track better than the but i want to underline this point, uk. it is possible to control this it has to be based on scientific advice, not because backbench without shutting down the economy. conservative mps are pressurising the government. isn't there a fundamental problem when you have a number of eminent scientists, and we have heard from many of them saying that if the uk the one other key element in the mix had gone into lockdown a couple of here is that test and trace scheme weeks or even a week sooner, we which could be crucial in getting could have perhaps currently half the government to ease off on two the death total we have, more than metres because of that is up and 41,000 souls. there is a problem running and the successful and reliable and means we can put in place local lockdowns if there is an with confidence there in the upsurge in the virus, that could messaging and of the information give mrjohnson the flexibility to thatis messaging and of the information that is being given by the government. lets get this into ease off on the two metre rule. this perspective. the truth is that we afternoon we will get the first had peaked in infection rates before indications of whether or not but is we went into lockdown. and that was actually working when the health secretary matt hancock publishes for therefore already coming down. i the first time the figures on how many people are actually being think this piece of information comes from the man who ran the contact traced and told to

self—isolate as a result of the imperial college model which has now scheme. thank you very much. more of been roundly trashed by almost every course on that in the coming hours. single scientist, particularly in oxford and edinburgh. my point is to the outgoing chair of the cbi has warned british businesses don't be very careful. you get scientists have the resilience to cope with the combination of coronavirus and they do disagree with each and the threat of a no—deal brexit. dame carolyn fairburn said the uk other. the government acted on the leaving the european union advice of the science at the time. without a trade deal would be like "setting the shed on fire that is clear from the side records. while the house was in flames." our business correspondent, borisjohnson doesn't have to simon gompertz is in west london. disagree with his scientific advisors because they are not telling him not to do it. they are this row over brexit, people have saying him to be careful and not thought it might have gone away but it very much has an. it hasn't gone sowing confusion. that's about away. it has come right in the midst messaging and clarity. so the government can do this and should do this because otherwise we are not going to get the economy moving. we of this discussion over whether to bring the two metre rule down to one will not get children back to school properly, even in september if we metre. just to give you the business haven't lifted this, and it makes side of that particular argument, life impossible on transport. and bearin life impossible on transport. and bear in mind that in london for pubs, restaurants, cafe is, hotels, example, my constituents rely massively on public transport, more through their representative than anywhere else in britain, and organisations, have been tearing the

the tubes are running with hardly government that whereas under the anyone in there because of the two two metre rule they are really metre rule. we need to be very looking at 30% occupancy, customers careful. hygiene is the key. the distancing model, with all the coming into their premises, if you health advice, can be brought down, andi health advice, can be brought down, bring it down to one metre, it is and i believe it should be. iain more like 70% or more, and only if duncan smith, thank you. you get up to that level they can hope to make money. this is the in the united states there are increasing calls to remove pro—slavery confederate names force behind that particular lobby and symbols in response and one which i think they will to the anti—racism movement triggered by the police killing probably be encouraged to hear that of george floyd. the chancellor rishi sunak is despite the protests, president trump insists army bases named after officers who fought for the confederacy during the civil supposedly being sympathetic to war won't change because they're part of america's heritage. backbenchers' requests for some kind david willis reports. of reduction. amidst all this we have also heard news from centrica today. yes, we have. centrica, which they are potent symbols of a racist past, erected in honour of those who sought to keep african—america ns enslaved. is the big gas and our trusty now the statues of confederate generals are being cut down supplier, says it is cutting 5000 and carried away as a nation jobs by the end of the year —— incensed by the death of george floyd seeks electricity supplier. most of those

to turn its back on the past. outcome in what they can management the monument to the former president of the confederacy, jefferson davis, was taken away by police after being toppled layers, 2500, amongst their 40 most in richmond, virginia. senior managers half of those will but the memory of slavery be out by the end of august. it is and segregation lives on through army bases which bear pretty dramatic reduction of almost the name of confederate officers one in fivejobs such as braxton bragg. pretty dramatic reduction of almost one in five jobs at the company which has already cut thousands of there are ten of them in total jobs in recent years. the reasons and calls are now growing for those behind it are not solely to do with bases to be renamed. the virus. they have had to contend retired us army general david petraeus, who served at fort bragg, with a cap on their prices the is among those in favour government has imposed and also more of renaming the bases. in an essay published in competition from smaller suppliers. we have seen advertisers have lost the atlantic magazine, he wrote... hundreds of thousands of customers but the virus has accelerated the response to that and what is probably going to be worrying for people who normally work in offices around the country is centrica is saying that during these difficult times as they described them, they authorisation for a name have become more agile and see what they can do so they have obviously change would have to come seen there is room to cutjobs from the military, and senior

officials have indicated within their big officers and that they might favour such a move, isa sign within their big officers and that is a sign of what might come to pass but all ten bases are in southern across the uk. thank you. and former confederate states, many of which supported donald trump yesterday the prime minister in 2016 and the president announced a further easing of the lockdown rules for england. from saturday, anyone in england is radically opposed to the idea. living alone will be able to form what borisjohnson called a "support bubble" with one other household. he said the measure was aimed at those who have been particularly lonely during the lockdown. chris beck lives in worthing in west sussex and his son barnaby who has down's syndrome lives nearby in hove. hejoins us now. the white house press secretary said changing the names would amount to a demonstration of disrespect for the soldiers who had chris is with us. tell me what it served at those bases. has been like for you all, for both fort bragg is known for the heroes you and your son. it has been within it that trained there, that deployed from there, and it's an insult to say to the men difficult. first, my son lives in and women who left there, the last thing they saw on american residential care. he has down soil before going overseas and in syndrome. it has actually been some cases losing their lives, incredibly positive for us, and that to tell them that what they left was inherently a racist institution. he has had such great support. this

because of a name, that's is one thing i don't think we have unacceptable to the president. heard much about in the news, about but symbols of the confederacy are under growing threat. the confederate battle flag, otherwise known as the stars people who have additional needs living in care or supported living. and bars, has now been banned by nascar, the organisation for us it has actually been really that runs stock car racing in this country. positive. i can only talk about our the leader of the house experience, but my son is a drummer. of representatives, nancy pelosi, he is 24 years old. his home is is calling for statues representing confederate leaders to be removed from the capitol building in washington, dc. excellent. the support he gets there the landscape is changing is excellent. they have made sure they stick to all the guidelines and here in the wake of george floyd that there are activities to keep in all manner of ways, as america grapples with a grim him and his fellow residents active. legacy of its past. david willis, bbc news. but then the other thing is, i am a musician and he is surrounded by musicians and creatives. my wife is an artist. so we have been doing a here in the uk, the monument lot online and he has really taken for the slave trader, edward colston, has been recovered from bristol harbour. to it. he had a little bubble early the statue, which had stood in the city centre since 1895, on because he couldn't quite come to

was pulled down and thrown terms with the situation, —— wobble. into the water by demonstrators at a black lives matter protest on sunday. bristol council says it has been he is surrounded by support. people retrieved from the water and taken to a secure location, before forming part of its museums collection. have kept in touch through face time a council in southern england has temporarily taken down a statue to robert baden—powell etc. we wrote a song and it was, i after protesters questioned the founder of the scouts' links to the nazis. ama etc. we wrote a song and it was, i am a songwriter, but he suggested we baden—powell founded write a song about the positive the scout movement in 1907. things and we have written a song bournemouth, christchurch and poole council said it recognised some of his actions were "less called keep smiling which will be worthy of commemoration" and said out there soon. we have kept him the statue would be removed "for now" to "create time for views to be aired". focused but he has been incredible. it isa focused but he has been incredible. it is a very positive story. we were the number of confirmed surprised. but this is because of coronavirus infections the support he has had. that is in the united states has surpassed two million, two weeks after the world health organization wonderful to know and hopefully we declared the american continent will be able to hear the song soon. to be the new epicentre i know we havejust of the coronavirus pandemic. will be able to hear the song soon. i know we have just seen will be able to hear the song soon. i know we havejust seen him his wealth for the first time in quite the figure comes some time. yes, yesterday. getting from thejohns hopkins institute emotional thinking about it. 12 which also indicated weeks without seeing him. and we that more than 112,000 people had died there —

went for a walk in the park the highest death toll in the world. yesterday at distance. he has done new york city remains the worst affected — over 200,000 his bit and i cry out to all those cases of the virus have been confirmed there since the pandemic began. people who have sort of forgotten although the daily number about this distancing and we met of new cases has declined sharply in some parts of the us, the figure is increasing in 20 us yesterday, please do it, because there are vulnerable people out states as you can see from this breakdown by the centers there. we had our work and we had a for disease control and prevention. they include california, laugh and he was talking about we which has one of the highest number of recorded are going to meet for father's day, cases as well as texas, nevada and new mexico. we will have a distant picnic, it's also estimated somewhere, between here and that 70,000 people have brighton. it was fantastic. i was been killed by covid—19 in latin america — two thirds worried about that. i thought it of them in brazil and mexico. might ship things and it might upset him, but on the contrary. it really pushed him forward and he is looking now to the future and it is good. major cities in brazil are starting to ease lockdown but is wonderful. best of luck to measures despite coronavirus deaths you and barnaby and i hope you can in the country nearing 40,000. earlier this week, a judge ordered the brazilian government to resume meet again soon and we look forward publishing key data on covid—19. to hearing this musical track, i'm president bolsonaro has blamed

the media for over hyping the outbreak and has previously sure it's going to be marvellous. described the virus as a "a bit of a cold". let's cross to rio now and speak to the journalist sonia bridi. bye— bye. thank you very much forjoining us. the number of confirmed coronavirus can you assess for us the impact of infections in the united states has the virus so far in brazil and how surpassed two million, two weeks after the world health has it got to the stage where it is organisation declared the american continent to be the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. right up there in the league and the figure comes from nobody wants to be on in terms of the john hopkins institute, which also indicated that more the number of dead? since the than 112,000 people had died there, the highest death toll in the world. beginning of the pandemic we had new york city remains the worst affected, over 200,000 cases very mixed messages from the federal of the virus have been confirmed government to say the least. the there since the pandemic began. president classified the pandemic is a little flue. as other leaders in although the daily number of new cases has declined sharply in some parts of the us, the world did in the beginning. —— a the figure is increasing in 20 us states, as you can see from this breakdown by the centers for disease control and prevention. they include california, little flu. but different to which has one of the highest number of recorded cases, president trump and borisjohnson, as well as texas, nevada and new mexico. it's also estimated that 70,000 who reassessed their position, people have been killed president bolsonaro has been in by covid—19 in latin america, denial of the pandemic since the two thirds of them

beginning. we now don't have a in brazil and mexico. whilst the rate of covid—19 health minister in brazil. we have infections is slowing in many countries, an acting minister, a general, after the world health organization says the situation is two civilian doctors refused to deteriorating in war torn yemen. the country's prime minister has described the sitation implement the measures that mr there as a tragedy. bolsonaro wanted to see in place. he much of the country's health system has been destroyed. is against social isolation. he our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more. wa nts all is against social isolation. he wants all doctors to prescribe how in a nation scarred by war a new landscape to prepare for all symptoms of of loss, the dead taking more space from patients with covid—19. we still the living as a graveyard grows in southern yemen. have a shortage of access to tests no one knows how many are dying of covid—19, so we have more than 700,000 but with every day more yemenis know this. this pain of life and death confirmed cases, and notification is at the time of the virus. a real problem in brazil. we are and doctors see the worst. reaching 40,000 deaths. a real problem in brazil. we are reaching 40,000 deathsm a real problem in brazil. we are reaching 40,000 deaths. it is a very grim total. on tuesday, a supreme this doctor works in an intensive care unit in the southern city of aden.

she's just finished her night shift. courtjudge overturned, as we mentioned in the introduction, a the whole situation in aden is very bad. government decision to stop there are people dying in hospital, releasing the cumulative totals four there are people dying in deaths. do you think the government an ambulance where they are was trying to censor information to waiting for empty beds. manipulate data ? there are people dying at home. was trying to censor information to manipulate data? —— totals for we can't do anything for them. deaths. yes, i do. this is what they they are just suffering and they die. there is little dignity we re deaths. yes, i do. this is what they were trying to do. but fortunately in this death, and great disquiet. were trying to do. but fortunately we have still a very strong media in brazil, and an independent here in northern yemen the houthi authorities try to hide how many died from the virus. judiciary. and when the federal so some bury the dead in the dead of night. government stopped releasing the men dressed in white fearing data, we started collecting in a for their own lives. but someone at this graveside sent us these images pool of major news outlets. and the so his friend isn't forgotten. judge ordered the government to go a young dentist said back, but still, when you visit to be killed by covid—19. their website, the biggest number his father died two days that you see is the number of before him, his wife fell ill. recovered people, not the actual

infection and not the death rates. we have heard so many stories. a doctor in northern we are opening some of the city is yemen tells me he's stopped going to work at the health ministry. now. in a moment when the curve is it's too dangerous, he says. the houthi authorities say that the situation is under still very vertical. we are control now. approaching now 1500 deaths per day. is that true? it's a very dangerous move, as we see the numbers are increasing in parts of brazil that were lightly this deadly virus is moving touched by the pandemic in the beginning. we had a very strong hit undetected across a in the north places it in the amazon country twisted in two by a long war and all the old pestilence, including cholera. area like manaus. in some cities in yemen's health system has all but collapsed. testing for covid—19 among the north we already have 25% of the the lowest in the world. across this country, doctors tell us their beds are full. population infected, and it was a they don't know where to put terrible hit. in rio and sao paulo, the sick and dying. while numbers are still very high. and there is so little specialist care.

doctors like these doing whatever they can. a bit of despair that i can't, or we can't do more we already have a very weak public for the patients here. transportation system, so people go i guess, you know, we try our hardest with what we have and each to work in crowded buses and day the sun still rises we do what we can. but it's hard, it's really hard. subways. it is a very dangerous move the disease itself and i'm afraid in a few days we will is ravaging lives. yemenis have so few defences have the number of deaths increased. and last week a un appealfor life—saving funds fell far short. and maybe some states will have to in a world of covid—19, it is feared back up and close everything again. yemen could suffer the greatest catastrophe of all. we must leave it there, thank you lyse doucet, bbc news. for joining we must leave it there, thank you forjoining us from rio and sharing jk rowling has revealed her experience of domestic abuse and sexual assault, the situation in brazil. in a highly personal essay drafted let's return now in response to criticism to the further easing of the lockdown in one part of her public comments of the uk. yesterday the prime minister said on transgender issues. that from saturday anyone in england in an article on her website, living alone will be able to form what borisjohnson called a "support the harry potter author explains how her experiences helped bubble" with one other household. he said the measure was aimed shape her opinions. at those who have been particularly she went on to say: lonely during the lockdown.

"i'm mentioning these things now — not in an attempt to garner sympathy sarah griffiths hughes but out of solidarity with the huge lives in dorchester, she's been isolating number of women who have histories from her mother, daughter, like mine who've been slurred and granddaughter. shejoins us now. as bigots for having concerns around single—sex spaces." thank you so much for talking to us you're watching bbc news. today. you have been on your own for more than a couple of months now, thanks for staying with us. and it is grim. it is grim even if you are with people in lockdown, but to mark carers week 2020, being on your own is much worse. you are with people in lockdown, but the queen and the princess royal being on your own is much worsem has been horrendous, really hard. spoke to a group of carers who are supported by the carers trust — over a zoom call. tell me what your options are now borisjohnson has announced this in a video released idea of forming a social bubble?” on the monarchy‘s twitter account, the queen can be seen with four carers and the trust's have three options. my biggest and chief executive gareth howells. toughest problem is my mother, who she could be heard saying: "interesting listening is 92 and an amazing lady, who lives to all your tales and stories. i'm very impressed by in sussex, a long way from me. if i choose to have my bubble with her what you have achieved already." then the logistics of getting up to see her and back down to dorset we can now speak to alex atkins, who has provided a caring role don't really make sense. then i have my son and daughter who both live for her mother who has bechets syndrome and now also supports her dad,

locally and both have children, so who has various complex health thatis locally and both have children, so that is a hard choice as well. i conditions as well as her grandmother who has think it will probably be my chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. daughter because she is not working she was on the zoom call. and my son works full time, so my daughter will be the best choice, i think. presumably you are in discussion with your mum and children about all of this. what do they think? they say what they well done. amazing set of achievements looking after your entire family. can you tell us what happened when he spoke to the queen? a lwa ys they think? they say what they always say to me, we will leave it it was an amazing opportunity to up always say to me, we will leave it up to you to make your decisions. speak to her. we want to where she was going tojoin. we were not really coming down on any side, speak to her. we want to where she was going to join. we were aware any of them. i do feel most that royal this the princess royal concerned about my mum. she celebrated her 92nd birthday all by was this talking to us so when we found out the day before the queen herself and i desperately want to go would bejoining us so it was and put my arms around her, but c is exciting and we are so humbled for so far away and i have other the opportunity to express commit relatives living so close. —— but the opportunity to express commit the cameras we all face and the she is so far away. would it be young people i support. can you tell practical to go and move in with her isa young people i support. can you tell is a bit about what was said, are we for a period perhaps? not really, allowed to ask you details of this no. because i would then be cut off conversation? yeah, a lot of different questions. you could tell from everything else, my whole life

that the queen was really actively down here. there is a limit to how listening to what we said and much i want to cut off from seeing emphasised in our situation that we are going through and understood the my friends, not that i see them, but struggles that we were facing. so waving to them. so, yes, i think it many different questions that we asked. it was just like a normal conversation. it did feel slightly will be staying in dorset, a much more sensible idea. do you have any concerns about stepping outside this weird because all online relative isolation you have been conversations but still natural of going through for the past 11 weeks or thereabouts? or are you the same time but there was a lot of questions about respite. those types wholeheartedly embracing the idea of the social bubble, even though it brings this conundrum?” the social bubble, even though it brings this conundrum? i would like it to be a bigger bubble with my son of questions, how we were coping and daughter, but that's fine, but i with the situation. can you tell us have no issues about going outside. we are very lucky in dorset, we have how difficult it has been? it sounds like there are a lot of difficult had very few instances, so i think struggles therefore you and the must as long as we'll continue to be very of been pretty hard. it has been sensible and careful keep the distancing, we just have to get on difficult. i am with our lives, don't we? role on of been pretty hard. it has been difficult. iam in of been pretty hard. it has been difficult. i am in a of been pretty hard. it has been difficult. iam in a position of been pretty hard. it has been difficult. i am in a position where i support carers as well as being the carer myself so i can see in saturday. thank you for sharing your both hands a situation. i go out, story with us and i'm sure lots of other people are thinking about who

doing shopping for others in the they will get into a social bubble communityjust doing shopping for others in the community just to get doing shopping for others in the communityjust to get a bit of with from saturday. respite from that. some people are finding it nice to beat with their cancer care in england has family and then helping through faced major disruption during the pandemic with big drops situations but the majority are in numbers being seen really struggling. we got on really following urgent referrals well. we all understand the things by doctors, figures show. the number of people being assessed well. we all understand the things we have good going on. i am working by a cancer doctor within two weeks from home. my mum is working part of a referral fell to 79,500 — time. all the different dynamic but a drop of 60% in april. it is difficult because no one is meanwhile, patients starting treatment in april getting a break at the moment. of dropped to 10,800 — 20% below the numbers seen in april last year. course. quite a treat to have this the health service said it had tried to protect services. particular phone call. what does it this has included delivering mean to you, what will you remember more chemotherapy in the community and people's homes most about it, speaking to the queen as well as creating and princess royal? i think it is a "covid—free" wings in hospital to protect patients. once—in—a—lifetime opportunity that nobody thinks they are going to get, having that opportunity. especially let's look at those cancer figures. is this down to some of the with the virus, but at the same time treatment options are simply not we have got all this distanced

being available, or as largely conversation, so it will stick with because people have been so afraid me forever and i think something to go into hospital because they are afraid of catching covid—19?” that i want to inspire the young to go into hospital because they are afraid of catching covid-19? i think afraid of catching covid-19? i think a little bit of both. at the start aduu that i want to inspire the young adult carers i have supported and we are always hoping to achieve. thank of the pandemic the nhs prioritised cancer care, unlike some other parts you very much. amazing what you are of the nhs where things were doing. so many others. postponed or cancelled, cancer care was kept running. but they have to do it in was kept running. but they have to do itina was kept running. but they have to this cross now to nicola sturgeon. do it in a different way. 21 cancer hubs are set up to coordinate care across england. we have seen a reduction in services but we have also seen a reduction in the numbers there has been an increase of 17 of people coming forward to their from yesterday. a total of 909 patients are in hospital with gps and reporting symptoms. that is why we have only seen the 79,000 confirmed or suspected covid—19, that represents a total decrease of people urgently referred for a 78 since yesterday include stomach consultation with a cancer doctor. including a decrease of ten in the that is a drop of 60% year—on—year. number of confirmed cases, a total of 21 people last night were into and then those patients starting treatment is down by 20%, just over intensive care with suspected or confirmed covid—19, an increase of three from yesterday but all of the 10,000 during april. that is a increase i should say is in significant drop. and it illustrates

suspected cases. i'm also able to that perhaps there are not as many confirm today that since the 5th of march a total of 3858 patients who services available as there was when the pandemic, before the pandemic had tested positive and needed hospital treatment for the virus started. what the nhs is trying to do though is to reopen services, get have been able to leave hospital and i wish all of them well. in the past cancer patients through the system, because as well as those entering the system we have also heard of 24 hours five deaths were registered cases where patients are having of patients confirmed for a test of ongoing treatment. that has to be having the virus, the total number of deaths in scotland under that stopped because of coronavirus. and also patients not getting screened measurement is now there for as for cancer. cancer research uk estimates there may be a backlog of a lwa ys measurement is now there for as 2 million for cancer screening. tell always it's important to stress the figures ijust read out are notjust me about some a&e figures as well? you have some figures for a&e statistics, they all represent attendances well. yes, we do. these individuals who right now are being cover a more recent period, may. a&e mourned by the families and friends. so againi mourned by the families and friends. so again i want to send my deepest condolences to everyone who has lost has always been open and the doctors have always urged patience to come a loved one to this illness. i also forward if they are seriously ill wa nt to with other conditions other than a loved one to this illness. i also want to express my facts as always to our health and care workers for coronavirus. now in april, the the extraordinary work they continue numbers who came to a&e were just to do in very difficult and testing over 900,000. during may that has circumstances. i want to highlight

three issues today. firstly, i will increased to just over 1.2 million. that is still well below the numbers cover our latest report which has just been published on the r number. a&e departments traditionally see over the course of a given month. i will update on some developments in the construction industry and normally topped 2 million. we have talk about support that we are also got figures for those making available for students over undergoing routine surgery. these the summer. i will then close by have dropped massively but we expected that because routine reflecting on the importance of our treatment was cancelled on masse. test and protect system launched two weeks ago and our wider public just 41,000 people had surgery for health guidance. let me start with things like knee operations during april. that is down from nearly today's report on the r number. as 300,000 you could expect in any given month. 0k, a big let backlog you will recall the r number shows to catch up with. the rate at which this virus is nick triggle. reproducing. in some areas the r is jk rowling has revealed how she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault, in an essay defending her comments above one where everyone with the on transgender issues. virus will infect more than one other person and the virus will it comes after she was accused of transphobia, following a series of controversial tweets. spread exponentially. if the r in a blog post, the harry potter number is below one the number of author said incidents in her past people with the virus will fall. we had shaped her opinions on the need to protect girls. estimate that the r number in jk rowling has revealed how scotla nd estimate that the r number in scotland as of friday the 5th of she experienced domestic june was between 0.6 and 0.8. that

nick beake's report contains some flashing images. apart from the occasional premieres for herfilms, isa jk rowling prefers to stay june was between 0.6 and 0.8. that is a lower estimate than for two weeks ago when we calculate it that out of the limelight. the number was likely to be between but now, after being accused 0.7 and 0.9. under that estimate we of transphobia, she says she has to speak up and has would expect that the virus will revealed deeply continue to decline. in addition, we personal experiences. in a long essay, she describes her first marriage as violent estimate that last friday 4500 and says she suffered a very serious sexual assault in her 20s. people in scotland had the virus and she doesn't identify her attacker. we re people in scotland had the virus and were infectious. our previous estimate for the 29th of may had been that 11,500 people were likely to be infectious. that sounds like a very big decline. so it is worth me stressing that we don't actually think that the number of infectious people has more than halved injust one week. what has been happening is it's a reference to what she calls that we have been reassessing our the relentless attacks estimates for previous weeks based on social media she's on the latest figures available to received after tweeting about the importance of biological sex. us. in short, it is likely that the actor daniel radcliffe, 11,500 was an overestimate, not that who made his name in the number has halved in a single the harry potter films, week.

spoke out, saying transgender not that the number has halved in a single week. notwithstanding that, the latest estimates reflect the women are women, and hoping that jk rowling's comments encouraging data we have seen in the would not taint the harry last couple of weeks. there is no potter series for fans. eddie redmayne, who stars in the harry potter spin off doubt looking at all this data that we are making very real progress in fantastic beasts, also combating and suppressing the virus disagreed with her. in scotland. as always, it is jk rowling hopes people will see why important i inject a note of her own experience compels her to caution. firstly at the estimates i speak out on sex and gender issues. nick beake, bbc news. have reported to be gaining to ease the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has joined a growing row involving china, saying he will never trade national values in response to coercion. the lockdown and we continue to china imposed a ban on australian beef and started taxing barley monitor impact from the carefully. imports, shorty after mr morrison called for inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. beijing also urged chinese students to review whether to study in australia. the bbc‘s shaimaa large enough to make the virus take khalil is in sydney. off rapidly again if the r number this is...these tensions have been simmering for a while now was to go much above one. for these between beijing and canberra. reasons we need to celebrate the as you say, the background to this has been when australia joined

progress but continue to be careful and sided with the united states, and cautious. a week today we will calling for an inquiry into the origins of covid—19, which was first detected in china have a further review of the lockdown restrictions. i am late last year. currently very hopeful that at that at the time, beijing dismissed that, point we will be able to lift some called it politically motivated, further restrictions. we may not be but very soon after imposed able to do those tariffs on barley and the ban on beef. now we're seeing almost another level of escalation — china warning its citizens and warning its students about going to australia citing covid—19 threats, but also saying that there have been racist incidents against asians, which there have been and they have been documented, but not everything rests we do that at the level where a whole population of tourists and students should be stopped from coming. but really, what you're seeing as well, is the third and fourth cautiously and tie making, we will most significant exports bea cautiously and tie making, we will from australia, they're responsible be a better position to lift more for billions and billions of dollars restrictions if all of us continue to stick with the current in revenue here in australia, with china being the biggest contributor to that.

it does send the largest number of international students here in australia, now it has a big question mark on it. so while australian authorities, australian officials, including, of course, guidelines sector will be able to the prime minister saying, move to the next step of the restart "look, you know, we're not going to give up on our values. plan, something that was always we're assertive about our sovereignty, about how envisaged as something in phase one we want to run the country and how of the route map, so it's not a we want to approach the pandemic change to phase one. earlier steps and the inquiry," there's bound have allowed for health and safety to be a nervousness in canberra about relations with its trading planning for preparatory work at partner because it does affect construction sites and moving to the trade, it does affect tourism and it next step of the industry plan will does affect education. allow workers to return to construction sites gradually while technology giant amazon using measures such as physical has banned the police from using its controversialfacial distancing and hand hygiene to make recognition software for a year. sure we can do so safely. i am it comes after civil rights grateful to the sector and to trade advocates raised concerns unions for the very responsible about potential racial bias approach they have taken during an incredibly difficult time. it is in surveillance technology. important to be very clear that we still have a long way to go before rory cellan—jones, our technology construction will be working at full capacity but there is no doubt this correspondent, joins me now. isa capacity but there is no doubt this is a significant step in allowing an important industry to return safely rory, tell us a bit more about this to work. i can confirm today we are

technology and how long it has been extending our help to buy scheme used for? well, there has been a lot which was due to come to an end next march. we are extending that to of controversy about facial recognition technology in general march. we are extending that to march of 2022. under that scheme the here in the uk, the us and around government provides up to 15% of the the world. earlier this week ibm cost of buying a new—build home and announced it was getting out of recovers its share of the funding facial recognition. people pointed when the property is sold or when out that it wasn't very big in it. the share is bought out. in recent amazon is a lot bigger in facial yea rs the share is bought out. in recent years the scheme has helped to recognition technology. it has got a 17,000 people, more than three product called recognition which was quarters of them aged 35 or under, being used by a number of police to buy new—build homes. it has been departments across the united a valuable support for states. amazon have never given house—builders. at present the precise figures. there have been pandemic means the scheme is not mounting calls for this to stop, for being used so by confirming that it there to be regulation at this is being extended i hope we can ensure more people who may otherwise technology —— of this technology. have missed out on the scheme are allegations that it was biased, able to move into new homes in the particularly in the way that it recognised faces of people from future and also we are able to provide a bit more confidence for ethnic minorities. so amazon was the construction sector. the third under mounting pressure, had been for some time. obviously recent issue i want to talk about his events have made that even more support for students. we know many pressing. what of the company said stu d e nts support for students. we know many students rely on income from is that congress in the united seasonal or part—time jobs, states is debating some kind of especially over the summer months.

legislation overseeing this and the economic impact of covid technology and will wait a year to see how that will work out. 0k, will therefore cause them particular difficulties. that can be especially technology and will wait a year to see how that will work out. ok, so thatis see how that will work out. ok, so that is why it is saying the ban is for a year. is this likely to be the important for higher education students, who unlike further subject of any challenges? i'm not education students can't usually sure that it is. the debate will be claim benefits over the summer. we have already provided additional support for students and have also about just how you suspended debt recovery action by sure that it is. the debate will be aboutjust how you receive this technology. there is an arms race the students awards agency. today we going between the west and china are bringing forward more than £11 using artificial intelligence million of further support. this generally. this is a branch of funding will be administered by artificial intelligence. china has colleges and universities to help made huge progress in advancing higher education students who most facial recognition technology, but need it and it is a further way in people look over there and see how which we are trying to support stu d e nts which we are trying to support students at a time when we know many it is used for mass surveillance and they don't like it. lots of uk and of them are still facing potential hardship. the final issue i want to us tech companies try to follow cover today relates to my earlier suit. they are now under great discussion of the r number and how pressure to hold on and wait for we hope to announce further changes some proper oversight. we had a big to lockdown restrictions next week. as we do that and gradually, and i incident last year in the uk where it was revealed that facial emphasise gradually, return to recognition technology was being meeting more people and return to

used in the king's cross area of living a bit more freely, which we london and a big push back against are all keen to do, our test and that. so this is a global debate. protect system will become ever more and ultimately it is about the tech important in helping us all to live companies and the privacy of their a less restricted life. while still users? it is. but it is also about being able to suppress the virus. the quality of the technology. there yesterday we published the first data from the system which started isa the quality of the technology. there is a debate aboutjust how good it two weeks ago today. that data shows is, and many false positives it that in the period up to the 7th of produces, for example. there have been various experiments by the june, 681 people who reported police in the uk, in south wales in symptoms had tested positive for covid. as of yesterday, contact particular and in london. and the police have said this could be tracing had been completed for 481 useful technology. civil liberties of those and those in progress for a groups have said, hold on a minute, there needs to be far greater further 50. amongst those, 531 cases, a total of 741 contacts had oversight before it's there needs to be far greater oversight before its deployed in a big way. rory, thank very much. rory been traced, just under 1.5 people cellan—jones. virus experts warn the wave per case. people's contacts right of anti—racism mass protests across the united states and many now will be lower than normal because of lockdown restrictions in cities around the world could cause an increase in coronavirus cases. place. there are two points to note so could online demonstrations be the future for protesting? alice porter has been finding out. about this data, it is very initial data. the first is that the number chanting being black is not a crime!

of people testing positive is higher sparked by the death thanis of people testing positive is higher than is suggested by the daily of george floyd, anti—racism protests have been taking figures. the ones i report on new place around the world. cases here each day. that's because while many people have tried our daily figures don't yet cover to socially distance, on big demonstrations, tests from the lab is run by the uk it can be almost impossible. government, such as those for breathing, shouting, regional test centres and mobile units, although we will be able to yelling, cheering — include that information very soon. this will increase the air flow, it will increase in addition, the current figure is the production of droplets and, therefore, it will increase slightly over state the number of the infectivity around you. cases where no tracing has been so if you're surrounded carried out so far. one reason for by lots of people doing that, there is more opportunity thatis carried out so far. one reason for that is because some historic cases for the virus to spread. from a time when the system was lockdown has forced protesters being piloted still feature in the to find more creative ways to make their points. data. with historic data removed the back in march, brazilians proportion of thing completed cases took to their balconies, banging pans to show goes up from 71 to 86%. we will their discontent with president bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic. publish more data on test and protect in coming weeks, not only and israelis joined a virtual protest against prime minister because it's important the benjamin netanyahu. government understands how it is working but you do as well. over 500,000 people tuned in. so, do you have to be preliminary indications show that on the streets to protest test and protect is already working effectively? well and we will identify areas for i'm watching an online

improvement as and when they arise and as the system becomes ever more anti—racism protest established. fundamentally i want to where activists and mps will be speaking. people from all over the world can stress to everyone watching just how take part and of course there's no issues with breaking social distancing rules. important test and protect is and i suffer from asthma, how important it is going to quite bad asthma, and so i've continue to be in the weeks and been stuck inside for the entire lockdown. i can't go out and protest potentially the months that lie physically, so what can i do? ahead. i guess it essentially the most important things that we can do is learn, unpack and educate others around us. represents four all of us a kind of social bargain. if you have symptoms, and in some ways this is but can online protests have the same impact? the much more difficult bit, if you under lockdown, extinction rebellion and black lives have been in contact with someone who has symptoms, even if you don't matter have still taken to the streets where they can have symptoms yourself, we will ask cause disruption and you to isolate completely. we will get more publicity. at the end of the day, support you in doing that if you what's on our phones and what's need that support but it is still a on our screens is not real, and in order to create real very tough thing to ask people to change, we have to go do. however, and this is the social outside, talk to people and shout, shout, shout. bargain bit, if we all agree to do now, the government says that you shouldn't be protesting that when necessary, it means all of and that in fact demonstrators could be contributing us together, collectively, will be to spreading covid. what do you feel about that? able to continue to emerge from lockdown while keeping the virus

under control. at any one time, some racism killsjust as much as coronavirus, and for me of us will have to self—isolate for to be standing here in a pandemic, risking my health, a period so that together all of us that shows what the government's doing. why should i have to do that? can a period so that together all of us ca n start a period so that together all of us can start to lead a less restrictive why should i be there? i should be staying at home, life. so please, if you have protecting myself. but i feel the need to fight — symptoms of covid—19, a new fight for my rights. continuous cough or fever, or a symptoms of covid—19, a new continuous cough orfever, or a loss in many ways, the pandemic has or change in your sense of taste or given people even more smell, please don't wait for a few reason to protest. but whether its online hours or a day or two to see if you or on the streets, people have had to adapt so that their voices can still be heard. feel better. start self isolating alice porter, bbc news. immediately that you experience these symptoms and ask for a test immediately. to remind you, you can in arctic russia, there do that by going to the nhs website, are warnings that the operation to clean up more than 20,000 tonnes or by calling nhs 24. that's on oh of spilled diesel could take years. the leak happened at the end of may, prompting russia's president, vladimir putin, to declare a state of emergency, 800, 28 2816. but so far measures to contain the spread of the fuel have or by calling nhs 24. that's on oh 800,28 2816. if we all do had limited success. rich preston has this report. or by calling nhs 24. that's on oh 800, 28 2816. if we all do that when we experience symptoms, and if any of us are contacted to be told we have been in close contact with in two weeks, the leaked diesel has drifted more than 10km someone with the virus and we agree

from the site of the accident, to self—isolate then all of us are already reaching a nearby lake and turning the ambarnaya river red. going to help enable the whole country to get out of lockdown not just a bit more quickly but more safely as well. the final point i the are fears the contaminated water could eventually reach the pyasino river, wa nt to safely as well. the final point i flowing directly into want to make before he moved to the kara sea, which is part questions is that your best way of of the arctic ocean. booms have been brought into contain the spread but have failed to completely reducing our chance of being a close stop the fuel, already impacting the ecosystem. contact reducing our chance of being a close co nta ct of reducing our chance of being a close contact of someone with the virus and being asked to self—isolate as a result is by continuing to stick to translation: ourworkers saw dead donkeys. today i saw a dead muskrat. the key guidance. that's all so our best way of avoiding getting and if a bird lands in the fuel transmitting the virus. to remind or a muskrat swims in it, eve ryo ne it is condemned to death. transmitting the virus. to remind everyone what that guidance is, you should still be staying at home most the storage tank which housed the fuel was part of a metalworks of the time right now, and you facility located the town should still be meeting fewer people of norilsk, one of the than you normally would. if your northernmost towns in the world, 300 kilometres life feels like it's getting back to above the arctic circle. normal right now, please ask yourself why that is, because it president putin criticised shouldn't yet be feeling as if it's the company, a subsidiary getting back to normal. when you do of norilsk nickel, for its delay in reporting meet people from another household, the accident and criminal proceedings have been launched. you absolutely must stay outdoors. three members of the

power pla nt‘s staff do not go indoors. you must stay two have been taken into custody. metres apart from members of the norilsk nickel said other household. please do not meet up the measures were other household. please do not meet up with more than one of the unjustifiably harsh household at a time. don't meet more and promised to cover the cost for the clean—up operation, than one in the course of any single thought to be around $146 million. day and please keep to a maximum, i around 700 people are involved in the clean—up in what environmentalists say is the largest incident of its stress a maximum of eight people in kind ever to hit the arctic. any group. wash your hands often. aruna ayenga, bbc news. make sure you do it thoroughly. if the headlines on bbc news... you are out of your home, take hand there's been a 60% drop in people receiving urgent referrals sanitiser with you. where a face for cancer care during the pandemic, according to new covering if you are in an enclosed figures for england. space where physical distancing may be more difficult, for example in a shop or on public transport. again i cancer charities fear wa nt stress a devastating effect. ministers in the uk are warned shop or on public transport. again i want stress that. we know that one of "dire" economic consequences if they don't ease the two metre of us wearing a face covering that helps reduce the risk of social distancing rule in england. transmitting the virus to someone else and someone else wearing a face for the first time since lockdown began in the uk, covering reduces the risk of them new support bubbles mean that from saturday millions of people transmitting the virus to us. it's another way in which we can all act living alone in england will be able to stay overnight in another person's house. to protect each other. avoid touching hard surfaces and any you do touch, make sure you clean them thoroughly. and if you have symptoms

it's emerged that some high—risk offenders in england of covid—19, ask for a test and wales may not have been monitored as closely as they should immediately and please follow the advice on self isolation. above all have been during the lockdown. the details are contained in an internal ministry ofjustice document, seen by bbc news. else, we should all remember right the government is preparing now that in every single individual to announce changes to the probation decision we take we are potentially system which are expected to end the involvement affecting the health and well—being of private companies. of others and indeed the well—being let's get more now from our home of others and indeed the well—being of the whole country. so if all of us continue to do the right thing, affairs correspondent danny shaw. if all of us continue to stick to these rules then we will continue to danny, hello to you. first of all, see the progress that i have been tell us what has been going on with reporting in recent days and we will monitoring of these high—risk be able to come out of lockdown offenders during lockdown? when hopefully even more quickly, but lockdown started the government said it was going to have to scale back much more importantly than that, we face—to—face contact between will be able to do that sustainably because we will come out of lockdown probation officers and offenders, as you would expect, to avoid spreading and continue to suppress the virus, infection. most of the contact was which is our overall aim. thank you going to be via the telephone or on for everything you have been doing doorsteps. but what we have seen is and please keep doing it so together that in a period ending on may the we can continue to make this life—saving progress. 17th, high—risk offenders monitored by the state—run national probation

service, they have plans in place thank you for bearing with me. i am but only about half of those plans to co nta ct joined by the chief medical officer but only about half of those plans to contact all fenders were actually completed in their entirety. it and the health secretary who will meant that during those four weeks, help me answering questions but we are going to go to a large number of some offenders may not have been contacted as often as the plans said questions today. the first one from they should have been. it doesn't mean they were not contacted at all. bbc scotland. from saturday, single it doesn't mean there wasn't any monitoring. but it does mean things weren't running quite as smoothly as aduu bbc scotland. from saturday, single adult households in england will be perhaps they should have been. also, able to form a support bubble with the other data from this report one other household. are you planning to do anything like this shows that prisoners who were and if so when? and an extra released from jail, high—risk question to you and the chief prisoners, they are meant to be seen immediately by a probation officer, medical officer, is that you need to rule a fixed rule in scotland? we have a meeting. that didn't happen in about one in five cases for high—risk prisoners and they were released in one week leading up to are considering moving to phase two are considering moving to phase two may the 17th. let's talk more a week today which is our next review date and i think it is really broadly about the probation system. important, i feel strongly that if go back a few years and we have a we are to come out of the lockdown at the right pace and in a way that lot of private company involvement. then we had less. still somewhat is sustainable and does not risk the less. now it sounds like there isn't virus running out of control we

going to be any? yes. if you go back stick to our plan and we do things ina very stick to our plan and we do things in a very methodical way, stick to to 2014, chris grayling, asjustice our review timetables, make sure we secretary, introduced reforms that are assessing all of the evidence pa rt secretary, introduced reforms that part privatised the probation system and taking careful and well—founded in england and wales, and private decisions, and that is what we are going to continue to do, not come companies were allowed in to monitor low and medium risk offenders. last here everyday announce different year the government said it was going to scrap that model, that moves out of lockdown at these private companies were still going briefings, so we are going to stick to be involved in delivering to that, and we will consider the services on the ground. so the things in phase two which is greater intervention services. the unpaid work schemes and so on were going to social interaction for individuals. i want to get people able to see be delivered by private companies more of their families and friends. under contracts. all those contracts have been halted. that process has we have had questions here before been halted. and we understand that about couples for example who live private sector involvement is basically going to stop completely apart. these are particularly under a new system that is going to difficult times for people in these circumstances and for people who be announced by robert buckland in the house of commons in the next live alone so we want to move to couple of hours. so this is a major greater normality as soon as sort of reversal from where we were possible but i will not do anybody and from what chris grayling, what any favours by taking these decisions on anything other than a he envisaged when he announced the well thought out we are by trying to changes going back to 2014. it would

move too quickly? we will sit out bea changes going back to 2014. it would be a state run system. there will, however, still be room for voluntary next thursday whether and to what extent we can go on to phase two and groups, for charities, for specialist services to come in and asi extent we can go on to phase two and as i have said before i am optimistic on the basis of the data provide, for example, drug treatment services and so on on a local level. as it is right now but to will increase the possibility and the danny, thank you very much. danny likelihood of being able to ease more restrictions if we stick to shaw. two men have been arrested these rules for now. i will hand on suspicion of assault on two police officers. a video circulating on social media, over to geiger in a second about two which we cannot fully show for legal reasons, shows an officer struggling on the ground with a man metres. we consider the evidence and in frampton park road in hackney, east london. all of these aspects on an ongoing the attack was described as "sickening, shocking & basis. right now the advice i have disgraceful" by the home secretary, is that we should not change the priti patel. two—metre rule. that does not mean i centrica, the owner of british gas, has announced its will close my name to it in future. cutting 5,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan. the company is cutting three layers it is important to emphasise that of management in an attempt to streamline the business. this is not an absolute discussion. just as it is not the case that it's believed the decision there is no risk of transmission at to restructure has been accelerated by the impact of the coronavirus. two metres, they would be less risk if it was three metres or four the duchess of cambridge is urging metres, there is greater risk of people to document their lockdown transmission at one metre than there experiences through photography,

as part of a project she has is at two metres so this is about launched with the uk's national portrait gallery. relative risk, not about a there's one week left for people particular distance that is to submit their pictures, and 100 of the best will feature absolutely safe. it is often a in an online exhibition trade—off so if you go for a shorter on the gallery website. distance there are other things you our royal correspondent daniela would have to do potentially to relph has been taking a look at some mitigate that. some of the countries of the entries so far. that follow a one metre will have they are the images that reflect how much stricter requirements in place we've all experienced lockdown. for face coverings and some of these this is titled two sleeping countries, particularly asian colleagues unmasked — the sheer exhaustion of nhs staff. countries, particularly asian countries, have a particular culture around face coverings. right now we not being able to touch those you love is shown here in an entry see that the risk is minimal if you called glass kisses. are two metres away from somebody for no more than 15 minutes. if that and celebrations and commemorations have been marked at a distance. goes to one metre attain there is still a week consideration may be different. my to submit your entries last point is that some of the to the hold still exhibition, with a bit of encouragement from the patron of the emerging evidence around how and where this virus transmits, i was national portrait gallery. it isn't too late to take talking about this yesterday around part so please take a moment to capture what life's like for you, because together i hope we can build a lasting the evidence around super spreading illustration of how our events or settings, clusters of this

country pulled together during the pandemic. virus, could suggest that the kind i can't wait to share the final 100 images with you. of settings we are reducing two the photos submitted so far reflect the hope, metres may deliver practical fear and mood of a nation. benefits may also be the kind of settings in which the risk of the final 100 portraits shortlisted will be a snapshot, transmission is greater. that is a a gallery of the people very long—winded way of seeing this of the uk in trying times. with many familiar scenes, is not a straightforward this is simply called calculation. there is lots of working from home. different things we have to consider and we have to consider them daniela relph, bbc news. carefully but the advice given to me is that we should keep to two metres but we will listen to the advice of the changes and consider the the tv industry is emerging from lockdown in the uk, evidence on an ongoing basis. the with filming re—starting for the most popular soap risk associated with distancing is opera, coronation street. continual. physical contact is probably the greatest risk. add one metre you start to reduce that and and while coronavirus will be that two metres to reduce it further mentioned, programme makers insist it won't dominate storylines. and the evidence has been considered as recently as last week again and measures to keep cast and crew safe include a one—way system what the experts have advised is around the set and stars doing their own make up. our entertainment correspondent that the degree of risk starts to colin paterson has been speaking to some of them. increase between one and two metres

by between two and ten times it is corrie in the covid era. depending on your location in relation to the person you are after a gap of almost three months, the nation's most watched soap standing beside. at this moment in is back filming. emma brooker walking into a wall time the absolute guidance in scotland is that we should remain in front of sally webster. ow! with the recommendation that people keep two metres, a minimum of two and corrie celebrated with her first ever broadcast press conference on zoom. metres, between each other. that is right for this point in time in the that is me looking awkward, top row, epidemic. it is possible we will second from the left. review that in the future and come can you spot the two corrie stars? to another conclusion but the evidence at this moment in time in the head of itv in the north the situation we find ourselves in explained the new safety procedures is that the two metre guidance they've put in place. we are maintaining should remain. stv. nearly 630,000 the two metre distance. we've got people with poles going around. actually i saw some rather fearsome people in scotland have been footage of dave the security guard furloughed. many must be watching wielding his pole this morning. you would not want to mess the almost dailyjob losses with that guy and his pole. seemingly across all sectors we're getting a bit tight here, we need to keep the two metres... wondering if they are next. is there the average numbers on set have been a real danger many of those infernal reduced from 40 to 15, all filming on location has are locked out of theirjobs? my been supended, and older characters will only appear on the show when they facetime theirfriends.

objective is to manage our way oh, and roy's rolls will only serve through this pandemic in a manner takeaway although planned plot lines have not changed much. that suppresses the virus and does not lead to a risk of a resurgent i don't think people tune in to coronation street wanting virus which will take us back to the to see more people banging way i do even greater damage and on about the pandemic, actually. and we were very keen that probably, undoubtedly, more long lasting damage to the economy than what we wanted to do was carry on telling as many even what we see right now, while at of the same stories that we were planning the same time making sure we can to tell as possible. open up our economy again to get the actors who have already filmed this week have enjoyed it. businesses operating and earning we were nervous, relieved, money again so that they can we have done it, we did it in plenty preserve jobs money again so that they can preservejobs and money again so that they can preserve jobs and not face the of time, it's possible, prospect of making people redundant. let's move on and the amount throughout this as i have said it is not an easy balance to strike but it of actors who were sort of asking me, texting me, is the balance we have to strike to how did it go, how did you get on? the best of we need to make sure just relief, we are back, lovely, really lovely. that as we go through that careful press conference over, i was given one—on—one time with jane danson who plays leanne battersby. and unavoidably gradual process that she told me more about the changes. is to in place for companies and we we are required to do our own will continue to talk to the uk make—up, ourown hair, government about making sure that which for me personally is not too much of an issue

the furlough scheme is not ended because my character is going through a particularly traumatic time at the moment so she's not really prematurely. some other countries hugely bothered about have already announced a much more what she looks like. these two then walk that way together, obviously extensive arrangements in terms of a few metres apart... job support and which support the day mayjust take a bit schemes that we will continue to longer than it did before have these discussions with the uk but we certainly found, within a couple of hours, government and continue to look at we all got in our groove again. the support arrangements we can put in place here in scotland, but this is about... i think it is really it just felt like we were doing our normal day, important that while i understand, just very much at a distance. how do you think leanne particularly if you are an employer battersby would have coped in a lockdown? laughs facing horrendously difficult times that is a really and facing horrible decisions about good question. she is stroppy at the best of times so i think those who work for you, and if you she would have found this quite are somebody working for a firm that difficult and i appreciate fora lot of people being locked is facing difficulties and worrying in with young children, about redundancy, i understand that it is kind of hard to occupy them it can be very easy to see this as a at the best of times so i think trade—off between what we need to do she probably would have — to tackle the virus and what they she has got alot on her plate need to do to protect the economy at the minute but had that not been going on, but we have to get both of these she would not have coped very well but, yeah, things in sync because if we act too i think i have coped a little bit better than she would. quickly on easing lockdown antivirus action. ru ns quickly on easing lockdown antivirus runs out of control again that will

do more damage to the economy. if we we will find out exactly how corrie has coped when these episodes start go more slowly and is necessary then being shown onjuly 24th. colin paterson, bbc news. that will do unnecessary damage to the economy still getting all of these decisions taken at the right many countries are now trying to ease lockdown conditions, piste with the right but for some that's easier said than done. interdependencies is vital. i am maintaining the necessary social distancing can be difficult in shops, offices and factories. now, a british company determined to do this in a has found a novel solution, methodical and planned way. we have as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. over three weekly cycles. we look at the evidence very carefully. we take # am i livin' in a box balanced decisions. we are trying to # am i livin' in a cardboard box...# get the tourism sector the ability funny to think that our to plan ahead so the announcement economic salvation may lie in recycled cardboard. yesterday that all being equal and all going well we would see a this company used to make reopening of the tourist sector in pallets and containers mid—july from the 15th ofjuly gives for industry, but then along came covid—19 that sector, that is dependent on and, with it, a need advanced bookings, and ability to to embrace new ideas. plan, so we will do that as far as as people have started possible, but we have to keep the to come back to work, we've switched to making a range of distancing virus under control. if this virus at work products such as free—standing screens, ru ns virus under control. if this virus runs out of control we are back to counter screens and desk partitions. square one and more people will die

and the economy will suffer more damage, so these are the daily the screens provide protection judgments we have two strike and we in a work environment, isolating staff from one another. will continue to do that to the best of our ability. itv border. can i you can also buy quick—to—assemble cardboard desks for those who are working from home. a neighbouring company has already embraced the idea in a big way, pick on that remark that you need at although they were keen to add a personal touch. the end about tourism and the date of getting back to some kind of it's pretty extreme to put yourself normality on the 15th ofjuly? into cardboard boxes so the reasons for cutting rachel hamilton the spokesperson for the windows and trimming them in those colours the scottish conservatives says that was because i've got a manchester united supporter this move is, quotes, too little and sitting at my desk and i support liverpool. too late. how do you respond to that well, that could become liverpool again, couldn't it? rest tonight i have just talked on all of this is relatively cheap, plus it's environmentally friendly and, yes, they really have been thinking outside and, now, inside the box. tim allman, bbc news. some water, that is the only reason iam coughing. some water, that is the only reason i am coughing. i do not know what rachel hamilton thinks we should have done. if we had gone without the multitasking cardboard box.

geeta guru—murthy will be here with more news injust a geeta guru—murthy will be here with more news in just a few minutes. now it's time for a look making these judgments, we would at the weather with matt taylor. have done. if we had gone without making thesejudgments, we would not have been doing any favours to the hello. economy of the tourist sector of the north—west scotland, one of the sunniest and driest spots over the next few days. economy, so it is very easy for one of the sunniest and driest spots a bit of sunshine elsewhere but a fairly changeable opposition politicians, and i have weather story coming up. certainly for the next been an opposition politician, so i couple of days, england and wales seeing some windy am not trying to be particularly conditions developing. it's going to turn more humid into the weekend — critical, because it is you'll notice that when the sun does come out — but there will be the threat throughout of thundery showers. nicola sturgeon with the daily that includes today across parts of central and southern england and wales. briefing time to update everyone on brightest and driest conditions in scotland and progress and looking ahead to northern ireland. there will be some sunshine breaking through the cloud potential progress but saying elsewhere, but it stays wet for much caution still needed. just to let of the day in the channel islands. you know, we have had department of thunderstorms by the afternoon health figures in london saying that across south wales, south—western of about 8000 people who tested parts of england. something a bit brighter positive here, about 5000 were but with strong to gale traced, so they traced two thirds of force winds, and they will bring in more persistent rain to the those who tested positive for the north—east of england later in the day. virus. a bit more cloud through the borders now it's time for a look and eastern parts of at the weather with matt taylor. northern ireland. hello, north—west scotland is one but much of scotland, northern ireland, dry and of the sunniest and driest spots bright with some sunshine. low cloud close to orkney and shetland, and for over the next few days,

all temperatures not far off sunshine elsewhere but a fairly where they should be. changeable weather story coming up, some heavy rain to end the day certainly for the next couple across north—east england. of days england and wales are seeing that will spread across other parts windy conditions develop, of northern england, turning more humid into the weekend, north wales and northern ireland, you will notice when the sun comes even southern scotland through the night. out but there will be the threat staying wet across the throughout of some thundery showers channel islands too. away from those areas, including today across parts most areas will be dry. of central and southern lots of low cloud england and wales. in the north—east of brightest and driest conditions scotland to bring in scotland and northern ireland. a grey day on friday. for most, the temperatures in double there will be sunshine breaking figures as we start the day. through the cloud elsewhere but it stays wet for much of the day one wet area across northern england towards northern ireland to in the channel islands, begin friday. those thunderstorms by the afternoon turning wetter in eastern scotland later on. the rain, beginning across south wales and south—western in the channel islands parts of england, a bit brighter will spread north across southern england, the midlands and south wales later. but strong to gale force winds bring rumbles of thunder with that. in more persistent rains either side there will be some of the north—east of england later breaks in the cloud, a little bit of in the day, a bit more cloud sunshine, temperatures through the borders and eastern lifting to the low 20s. parts of northern ireland. the best of the sunshine much of scotland and where it's sheltered from the north—east breeze across northern ireland dry western parts of scotland. and bright with sunshine, the breeze will clear the rain away from the likes of wales and the south—west later some cloud close to orkney but low pressure is close by into the weekend so there is the risk of further downpours. and shetland and temperatures not with wind flowing anticlockwise around it will bring far from where they should be. ever more humid air up heavy rain to end the day across the north—east of england from the near continent. spreading across other parts of northern england, from saturday, more rain for parts north wales and northern ireland of northern england, and even southern scotland through the night, staying wet

southern scotland, northern ireland, the heaviest of the rain across the channel islands. across the north—east of england. away from those areas, most will be dry, low cloud in the north—east of scotland, scattered thunderstorms giving a grey day on friday, break out across most temperatures in double figures england and wales under bit as we start the day. of sunshine in between. one wetter area across northern england towards temperatures of 24, 25. northern ireland to begin driest again in western scotland, friday, turning wetter in eastern as it will be on sunday. scotland later on. temperatures into the mid 20s here. the rain in the channel islands will spread northwards across southern england towards the midlands and south wales low cloud throughout this weekend, later, rumbles of thunder with that. the east of scotland, north—east either side there will be england and, like saturday, western areas of england and wales on sunday breaks in the cloud, a little bit of sunshine lifting could see the odd temperatures into the low 20s, scattered thunderstorms. the best sunshine sheltered a humid feel for all. from the north—east breeze goodbye for now. across western parts of scotland. the breeze will clear the rain away from the likes of wales and the south—west later but low pressure is close by into this weekend, so there will be some further downpours and with winds flowing anticlockwise around, we will bring in ever more humid air up from the near continent. for saturday, more rain for parts of northern england and southern scotland and northern ireland. the heaviest rain across the north—east of england. scattered thunderstorms break out across england and wales, bit of sunshine in between, temperatures 24, 25, driest again in western scotland,

as it will be on sunday. temperatures into the mid 20s here. low cloud throughout the weekend in north—east england and east scotland, and like saturday, the midlands and wales could see scattered thunderstorms and a humid feel for everyone. bye for now.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. cancer charities fear a ‘devastating effect' as new figures show a 60% drop in urgent referrals for cancer major disruption to cancer care in england during the coronavirus care in england during the pandemic. pandemic, with a big fall in ministers in the uk are warned the number of patients being seen. of "dire" economic consequences figures for april, a week if they don't ease the two—metre after lockdown began, show urgent referrals by gps fell social distancing rule in england. 60% on the same period an easing of the lockdown the year before. from saturday — new support bubbles mean people living alone and single it's just the thought that, because parents in england will be allowed of coronavirus, to stay in another person's house. my life might be at least two million people shortened, not through the cancer, in the us are recorded but, you know, as a direct as having coronavirus. infections are rising in 20 states, as restrictions impact of the coronavirus. continue to be relaxed. we'll have the latest another statue targeted — from our health correspondent. us protestors pull down also this lunchtime — a confederate monument in virginia, as president trump rejects calls the first data from the new nhs test

to remove pro—slavery and trace programme in england shows figures and symbols. two thirds of people who tested positive provided details the statue of british slave of who they had been close to. owner edward colston is recovered after being thrown into bristol's harbour. it's being ta ken to a secure location. the harry potter authorjk rowling reveals she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault in her 20s. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk and around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. cancer care in england has faced major disruption during the pandemic with big drops in numbers being seen following urgent referrals by doctors, figures show. the number of people being assessed by a cancer doctor within two weeks

of a referral fell to 79,500 — a drop of 60% in april. meanwhile, patients starting treatment in april dropped to 10,800 — 20% below the numbers seen in april last year. the health service said it had tried to protect services. this has included delivering more chemotherapy in the community and people's homes as well as creating "covid—free" wings in hospital to protect patients. our health correspondent nick triggle has been speaking to my colleague annita mcveigh about the numbers. at the start of the pandemic the nhs prioritised cancer care, unlike some other parts of the nhs where things were postponed or cancelled, cancer care was kept running. but they had to do it in a different way. and 21 cancer hubs were set up to coordinate care across england. so we have seen a reduction in services but we have also seen a reduction in the numbers of people coming forward to their gps and reporting symptoms. that is why we have only

seen 79,000 people urgently referred for a consultation with a cancer doctor. that is a drop of, as you mentioned, 60% year—on—year. and then those patients starting treatment is down by 20%, just over 10,000 during april. that is a significant drop. and it illustrates that perhaps there are not as many services available as there was when the pandemic. . . before the pandemic started. what the nhs is trying to do though is to reopen services, get cancer patients through the system, because as well as those entering the system we have also heard of cases where patients having ongoing treatment that has to be stopped because of coronavirus. and also patients not getting screened for cancer. cancer research uk estimates there may be a backlog of 2 million for cancer screening. tell me about some a&e figures as well? you have some figures

for a&e attendances well. yes, we do. these, unlike cancer, which cover april, these cover a more recent period, may. a&e has always been open and doctors have always urged patients to come forward if they are seriously ill with other conditions, other than coronavirus. now in april, the numbers who came to a&e was just over 900,000. during may that has increased tojust over 1.2 million. but that is still well below the numbers a&e departments traditionally see over the course of a given month. normally it tops 2 million. we have also got figures for those undergoing routine surgery. these have dropped massively but we expected that because routine treatment was cancelled en masse. just 41,000 patients had surgery for things like knee and hip operations during april. that is down from nearly 300,000 you could expect in any given month. let's speak now to lynda thomas, the chief executive of the cancer charity macmillan.

thanks forjoining us. what is your reaction to seeing these figures published? i think seeing these figures published today, we are still seeing that coronavirus has really wrea ked still seeing that coronavirus has really wreaked havoc upon cancer patients being referred for treatment and starting effective treatments during this pandemic. we are seeing slightly better figures this month than last month which is encouraging but there is still an awfully long way to go. i think we are probably so seeing the effects of people still not being sure whether it is ok to go to the gp, perhaps not repairing on the way that they were beforehand and then some services not being able to start on the way we might have wa nted start on the way we might have wanted to see them being done, so i think i will review very much as that we really need to get to see a plan for the recovery of the services going forwards, it is absolutely vital that cancer patients get seen. some people might have now waited three months of not going to the doctors and they really need to get to their gp, so both

members of the public and the system we are still really needing to say urgent action. specifically what would you like to now see from the government? i think the thing we have been waiting for an calling for since april has been a plan to see how services will recover in total, so it is good to see some new initiatives now being unveiled around chemotherapy and the community for example, but really it is the totality of that plan. there is the totality of that plan. there is going to be a massive backlog of patients who haven't been seen during the pandemic and that is on top of the people who will also continue to come through the system, soi continue to come through the system, so i think from government we need an urgent recovery plan on cancer. we have seen for example hospitals talking about covid free zones and can try and race people it is safe to go in. obviously with every day that goes past, there is more risk to people who are missing diagnosed treatment. absolutely and that is why we have been referring, it is really important that people

continue to get themselves diagnosed and treated. the nhs has done a greatjob in setting up covid free hubs for cancer patients but we need to see numbers of people being treated in those covid free hubs and in other locations are commencing with the numbers that we would expect. and actually help to address everybody that needs to go through the system. what about if someone is watching at home and they think they are not quite sure, they have got the slight niggle or worry, they are scared to go to the gp or have a referral to a specialist because it will involve mostly a physical examination and they mightjust think it might be nothing, i don't wa nt to ta ke think it might be nothing, i don't want to take the risk?” think it might be nothing, i don't want to take the risk? i think what we are asking patients now to do is to really, really go and see their gp, if they think they have any issues at all, there is a much greater risk to patients of not stepping forward and not getting diagnosed than potentially any risk that might be perceived of having treatment. gps are really skilled

professionals who will be able to speak to people on the farm in the first instance and perhaps reassure patients that everything is ok. if they feel somebody needs to go on for further investigation, they feel somebody needs to go on forfurther investigation, be they feel somebody needs to go on for further investigation, be able to do that in a safe way, so i think to do that in a safe way, so i think to anybody watching this i say if you have any lumps or bumps or pains that could be explained and haven't gone away or anything at all worrying you, get in touch with your gp today. lynda thomas, chief executive of the macmillan cancer charity, thank you so much. the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the united states has surpassed two million, two weeks after the world health organisation declared the american continent to be the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. the figure comes from the john hopkins institute which also indicated that more than 112,000 people had died there — the highest death toll in the world — new york city remains the worst affected — over 200,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed there since the pandemic began. although the daily number of new cases has declined sharply in some parts of the us, the figure is increasing

in 20 us states — as you can see from this breakdown by the centres for disease control and prevention. they include california — which has one of the highest number of recorded cases — as well as texas, nevada and new mexico. it's also estimated that 70,000 people have been killed by covid—19 in latin america — two thirds of them in brazil and mexico. in the united states, there are increasing calls to remove pro—slavery confederacy names and symbols in response to the anti—racism movement triggered by the police killing of george floyd. despite the protests, president trump insists army bases named after officers who fought for the confederacy during the civil war won't change because they're part of america's heritage. david willis reports. they are potent symbols of a racist past, erected in honour of those who sought to keep african—america ns enslaved.

now the statues of confederate generals are being cut down and carried away as a nation incensed by the death of george floyd seeks to turn its back on the past. the monument to the former president of the confederacy, jefferson davis, was taken away by police after being toppled in richmond, virginia. but the memory of slavery and segregation lives on through army bases which bear the name of confederate officers such as braxton bragg. there are ten of them in total and calls are now growing for those bases to be renamed. retired us army general david petraeus, who served at fort bragg, is among those in favour of renaming the bases. in an essay published in the atlantic magazine, he wrote...

authorisation for a name change would have to come from the military, and senior officials have indicated they might favour such a move, but all ten bases are in southern and former confederate states, many of which supported donald trump in 2016 and the president is radically opposed to the idea. the united states of america trained and deployed our heroes on these hallowed grounds and won two world wars, he tweeted. therefore my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations. the white house press secretary said changing the names would amount to a demonstration of disrespect for the soldiers who had served at those bases. fort bragg is known for the heroes within it that trained there, that deployed from there, and it's an insult to say to the men

and women who left there, the last thing they saw on american soil before going overseas and in some cases losing their lives, to tell them that what they left was inherently a racist institution. because of a name. that's unacceptable to the president. but symbols of the confederacy are under growing threat. the confederate battle flag, otherwise known as the stars and bars, has now been banned by nascar, the organisation that runs stock car racing in this country. the leader of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, is calling for statues representing confederate leaders to be removed from the capitol building in washington, dc. the landscape is changing here in the wake of george floyd in all manner of ways, as america grapples with a grim legacy of its past. david willis, bbc news. well, here in the uk, the statue of the slave trader edward colston has been recovered from bristol harbour.

the statue, which had stood in the city centre since 1895, was pulled down and thrown into the water by demonstrators at a black lives matter protest on sunday. bristol council says it has been retrieved from the water and taken to a secure location, before forming part of its museums collection. a statue of robert baden—powell on poole quay will be removed and placed in "safe storage". baden—powell founded the scout movement in 1907. bournemouth, christchurch and poole council said it recognised some of his actions were "less worthy of commemoration" and said the statue would be removed "for now" to "create time for views to be aired". the uk government is coming under increasing pressure from former cabinet ministers to relax the two—metre rule on social distancing in order to kick—start the economy. politicians including the former conservative leader, sir iain duncan smith have warned of dire economic consequences if pubs, cafes and restaurants are unable to open fully, and urged ministers to move in line

with the world health organisation's recommendation of one metre. but with around 5,000 new infections daily in the uk, the government and its medical advisers are urging caution. our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. this is shaping up to be quite a row still brawling with the obvious tensions. as boris johnson in the middle of it quite frankly, because listening to the key scientists around him they are deeply cautious about easing on the two metre rule, because of their fear it could lead to another resurgence in the virus. we had sir patrick vallance the chief scientific adviser saying yesterday the r factor, the crucial reproductive factor is onlyjust below one, yes, infections are coming down but not fast enough. chris whitley the chief medical officer saying there is a long way to go. we are only halfway through this virus. they seem in no mood to

countenance any easing in the two metre rule. then on the other hand we have got large sections of the tory party saying we have got to change this or else the economy is going down the pan and in particular the hospitality sector, because quite clearly many bars and cafe is and quite clearly many bars and cafe is a nd restau ra nts quite clearly many bars and cafe is and restaurants think you have a two metre rule, it is game over in terms of being able to profitably open up businesses. borisjohnson at of being able to profitably open up businesses. boris johnson at the moment seems inclined to stick with the scientists, saying yesterday that he was minded only to reduce the two metre rule when the level of infections came down and when we have an effective test and trace scheme up and under way. but he is under pressure, have a listen to the former tory iain duncan smith. —— former tory iain duncan smith. —— former tory iain duncan smith. —— former tory leader. our economy is facing a complete crash. the debts we're racking up on how we're supporting people, the fact that no work, or very little work, is taking place.

if we don't get the economy moving, we will be unable to afford any of the things we need to do to support the public services so getting the balance right is important. and also, schooling, by the way, if we'd had a one or one—and—a—half, one—metre rule for schools, it would have been much easier for them to have open. so it is the critical opponent around which everything coming out of lockdown hinges, is this two—metre rule. is your sense that things will shift on this to me to roll in the coming months, is to be critically dependent on the number of infections coming down and we are just waiting for that?” infections coming down and we are just waiting for that? i think it is. if the infection rate does come down markedly and in the test and try scheme which we will get the indication really an a whether it is working this afternoon when they health secretary publishes the first set of figures so we can get our head around about how many people are actually being priced, when those two components are in place, i think the likelihood is the rules will be changed. the difficulty is

this, i think the prime minister is very reluctant to game say his scientist because i have been his human shield throughout this whole crisis. how often have we heard him say when it comes a cakey decision i am following a science, similarly the labour party to have been pretty clear that they think we should be sticking to the science. this is the shadow health secretary jon sticking to the science. this is the shadow health secretaryjon ashworth this morning. the decision on the two—metre rule is a judgment that has to be based on whatever scientific advice the government is receiving. obviously we don't have access to that advice on a day by day basis. but if the scientific advice to ministers is that it can be relaxed then obviously we would accept that, but i want to underline this point, it has to be based on scientific advice, not because backbench conservative mps are pressurising the government. isn't there an obvious tension here that because lockdown is being eased in various different measures, but bringing down the daily number of infections might not happen as fast as everyone wants? i think that is a

very good point. the r rate, which is sort of the guiding star a policy when it comes to easing the lockdown, it does remain 0.7— 0.9, andi lockdown, it does remain 0.7— 0.9, and i think the real sort of difficulty we have is that in care homes, there does seem to be still a real problem and i think what the scientists fear is that there is what they call receding going on from care homes, that is to say care workers going into the homes and going out of their homes are taking the infection back into the community from care homes. and at the moment care homes are not routinely being tested, the test is available but what they want is regularly weekly tests so they can get round the problem, staff going in and out of care homes and taking it back into the community. until we address that there is a real risk that the r is not going to come down significantly. norman, thanks very

much. kate nicholls is the chief executive of uk hospitality. she joins us from west london. obviously there is this debate about the social distancing rule, what is your view? the social distancing rule, we clearly have to be advised by the science and led by the science. we understand the concerns around public health, but the world health organization says it is perfectly safe to open our type of premises, with one metre and most of our international markets are also opening at one metre or 1.5 metres. for our businesses it is the difference between survival and business failure, with a two metre social distancing rule, a third of our browsers simply won't be able to reopen, that is a millionjobs our browsers simply won't be able to reopen, that is a million jobs that are at risk. it means businesses will be opening at an average revenue of 30% of the normal revenues. whereas at one metre they are opening at 70% of the normal

revenues. but is at break even. it is the difference between business success , is the difference between business success, business failure and crucially it is a difference between us asking for greater government help to support these businesses, the third largest employer in the country will need to have some additional support if we can't open at less than i will come onto the the lancet study published said the risk of being infected is estimated to be 13% within one metre but only 396 to be 13% within one metre but only 3% beyond that distance. scientists advising government have said that spending six seconds at a distance of one metre is the same as spending one minute at a distance of two metres. but both the lancet and the world health organization have made clear that a business that is above one metre is safe. two metres is clearly sight. there is a precautionary principle. but we have done as an industry is to put together world—class world beating

protocols for infection control, cleanliness and safety, so we know we can open safely at a distance of one metre. it has been done in international markets where there has been no spike in infections as a result of reopening the hospitality business, and equally a third of our hotels have continued to drive to read to coronavirus prices looking after some of the most honourable people, health workers convalescing patients and the homeless. throughout those 12 weeks we have had no cases of covid in those hotels. our safety protocols and hygiene protocols are the best in the world. we can keep customers and staff site. that might be the case but it might be also that the people staying in hotels are very aware of the measures i need to take to be safe. it also might be that other countries have got lower infection rates and therefore they can afford to relax things a bit. surely it is just not time yet. we are not due to open for another month. this is something we would urge the government to keep under regular

review. the earliest out the government has given us preopening is the 4th ofjuly, so we are talking about the processes and procedures our businesses would need to reopen after that date successfully. but if we don't get up and successfully in the right time, in the right way with the right standards, we are looking at high levels of unemployment and high levels of unemployment and high levels of unemployment and high levels of redundancy. we are already starting to see business failure is in hospitality. that will have a significant knock—on effect throughout the economy and in our communities particularly those that are tourism —dependent. communities particularly those that are tourism -dependent. if of course the government is able to underpin people with continued support, how long and how much does the need to be, because obviously there is a cost implication to that? there is, it is currently costing the government about £8 billion a month to keep hospitality closed, both in terms of furloughed workers and crucially in the last of the exchequer of the taxes we generate, each year hospitality and tourism

goes back to the exchequer and funds vital services to the tune of £40 billion. that is the entire social ca re billion. that is the entire social care budget for a year. if we get these businesses back and running these businesses back and running the safe leak we will be able to turn our hospitality sector into a revenue generator and a supporter of the economic recovery, and others and being a drain on the public finances. without that help commit the businesses will only have weeks left before they will hit closure and it won't be able to survive beyond july. everyone completely understands incredible difficulties here but i want to put it to also that for example pubs, cafe is, anything serving alcohol, that lowers your inhibitions. i saw in my pa rt lowers your inhibitions. i saw in my part of london people standing outside, one pub, not keeping their social distance limits. there is a danger that if things are relaxed in the summer with alcohol, it, the numbers will spike again. we do need to be careful and we need to put in place to be careful and we need to put in pla ce ste ps to be careful and we need to put in place steps to make sure that doesn't happen for all of our six

and we have the same interest as everybody else and making sure that infection levels are kept down low, but we avoid a second spike, so our industry best practice protocols do move towards seating, they do move towards additional control measures towards additional control measures to make sure you are not overloading either in the public realm or inside the premises, critically at the moment for pubs in response not able to open at all, people are mixing and going out and drinking in parks and going out and drinking in parks and public spaces stop it is not in and public spaces stop it is not in a managed way. our pubs, bars and response and are very well versed in dealing with social disorder problems and dealing with complicated products like alcohol and making sure that people are kept safe. it is what we do day in, day out both in terms of food and serving of alcohol. we have the robust controls in place to make sure our customers and people can be kept safe. thank you very much indeed.

precisely how much distance you should leave between you and other people varies from country to country. the uk has the same two—metre rule as spain and canada. that drops to one—and—a—half metres if you are in australia, italy and germany. and then further reduces to a metre if you are in china, france or singapore. that's actually the same as the official guidance from the world health organisation which also says leave at least a metre between yourself and others to prevent the spread of coronavirus. let's speak to professor robert dingwall from nottingham trent university. he is a member of virus threats advisory group, nervtag and is a sceptic of the two—metre rule. professor, i was just quoting some figures from the lancet which i'm sure he will have seen about the risk of infection being 13% within one metre but only 3% beyond that distance. surely it is too soon to relax these limits. there are many problems with that lancet study, not least with the figures you are

quoting, where the 13% is the top end of the range for being within half a metre, and 1.6% is the middle of the range, two metres, if you compare like for like it or something like 7% and 1.6%. the thing took to fasten on to is a difference between two metres and one metre, where you are moving from a tiny risk to a very small risk, at one metre you are looking like something like a 3% risk and you have the safety margin that is still built into that. i have been listening to the programme, much talk about following the science. the problem here is that the science is not uniform. it is contested. there are different kinds of knowledge that is owned by different groups. the knowledge about what happens between people predominantly comes from physics and engineering

rather than from biomedical science. those networks are not well connected into the advisory process that the government is relying upon, and so you do have a very clear feeling in the biomedical community that two metres is desirable, you have other evidence, equally valid, equally well viewed, from the physics and engineering community that says, look, what goes on between people goes on in the complex medium of air and that disrupts transmission in ways that make one metre perfectly safe. that might be the case and obviously whilst there is sense of lots of differing and still views, isn't the government, given the british number is still being so high, better to stay on the side of caution? the government needs to balance the risks. we have heard a lot about the damage that is being caused to the economy from your previous guest and we need to recognise that lockdown

is itself costing lives. you were talking i think to a cancer specialist earlier on, the more we can get society and the economy moving, the more we can address those other concerns. we talk about the number of cases and a number of deaths from covid—19, but there are also deaths from people who are going untreated for other causes. there will be more deaths down the line from the diseases, so—called diseases of distress than will accompany the social and economic disruption that is going to follow over the next two to three years. we need to take all of these into the equation. if we can make a transformative difference equation. if we can make a tra nsformative difference by accepting a very small increase in a very small risk, by moving from two metres to one, i think there is a good case for considering that.“ metres to one, i think there is a good case for considering that. if i am right, your professor of sociology, you are not a scientist

yourself? a sociologist of science and technology which means i understand about the different specialties in science about the distribution of knowledge within different scientific communities, and the way the networks tend to operate to break up science into these compartments, and so if knowledge is being produced out of one compartment and is not being accepted, understood or observed by another compartment, then we can now end up with mistaken policies.” understand that, and i want to quote one more figure from our science editor saying scientists, six seconds at one metre is designers out at two metres. surely if you bring down the distance, people already tend to infringe those distances, you see it in parks and public spaces and therefore you are increasing the risk of going into the summer and people are going to be out and about more and that might

be out and about more and that might be separate, but they also might beat mixing in bigger groups and the government is right surely to prioritise immediate health? again it isa prioritise immediate health? again it is a question of whose immediate health are we prioritising. what we about the heart attacks and strokes and a cancer deaths that are resulting from this? one metre still builds when a significant safety margin. you don't see a major increase in risk until you are getting down to about half of that distance, which is where it is beginning to be experienced as uncomfortably beginning to be experienced as u nco mforta bly close by beginning to be experienced as uncomfortably close by most people. the calculation is about time appear to be based on experimental research thatis to be based on experimental research that is not readily generalised into any natural setting. if i doctor goes past you in the park at less than a metre —— jogger, that is not an exposure that carries risk. the nature of the air blows and learnt

environment means that any droplets will rapidly disperse or be broken up will rapidly disperse or be broken up in ways that mean there is no risk to the other party. obviously the science is still very contested and still emerging on this, but for now, thank you very much. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has joined a growing row involving china, saying he will never trade national values in response to coercion. china imposed a ban on australian beef and started taxing barley imports shortly after mr morrison called for inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. beijing also urged chinese students to review whether to study in australia. the bbc‘s shaimaa khalil is in sydney. these tensions have been simmering for a while now between beijing and canberra. as you say, the background to this has been when australia joined and sided with the united states

calling for an inquiry into the origins of covid—19, which was first detected in china late last year. at the time, beijing dismissed that, called it politically motivated, but very soon after, imposed those tariffs on barley and the ban on beef. now we are seeing almost another level of escalation. china warning its citizens and warning its students about going to australia, citing covid—19 threats, but also saying that there have been racist incidents against asians, which there have been and there have been documented, but not at the level where a whole population of tourists and students should be stopped from coming. but really what you are seeing as well is the third and fourth and most significant exports from australia, they are responsible for billions and billions of dollars in revenue here in australia, with china being the biggest contributor to that, it does send the largest number of international students

here in australia, it now has a big question mark on it. so while australian authorities, australian officials, including of course the prime minister, saying, look, we are not going to give up on our values, we are assertive about our sovereignty, about how we want to run the country and how we want to approach the pandemic and the inquiry, there is bound to be a nervousness in canberra about relations with its trading partner, because it does affect trade, it does affect tourism, and it does affect education. hello, this is bbc news. with geeta guru—murthy. the headlines: uk cancer charities fear a ‘devastating effect' as new figures show a 60% drop in urgent referrals for cancer care in england during the pandemic. 60% is a very significant drop, and that's because partly people are too

frightened to come forward to go to their gps. and secondly, the diagnostic service has collapsed. ministers in the uk are warned of "dire" economic consequences if they don't ease the two—metre social—distancing rule in england. an easing of the lockdown from saturday — new support bubbles mean people living alone and single parents in england will be allowed to stay in another person's house. at least two million people in the us are recorded as having coronavirus. infections are rising in 20 states, as restrictions continue to be relaxed. another statue targeted — us protestors pull down a confederate monument in virginia, as president trump rejects calls to remove pro—slavery figures and symbols. and here in the uk, the statue of british slave owner edward colston is recovered after being thrown into bristol's harbour. it's being made into a museum exhibit. and the harry potter authorjk rowling reveals she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault

in her 20s. the killing of george floyd in the us has led to an examination of the uk's history towards the black community. we saw demonstrators tear down the statue of slave trader edward colston in bristol on sunday. and the future of other monuments to britain's colonial past are now under review. before lockdown britain's royal shakespeare company showcased a play — called the whip — telling the untold stories of britain's slave trade past. with me is the playwright juliet gilkes romero who wrote the whip. thank you forjoining us. it has been obviously a very difficult few days for many people on all sides of the debate in many ways. you wrote your play. how difficult was it first of all to get that staged and tell us what the key theme of it was. the key thing was abolition and how that was achieved by the

compensation of slave owners. i worked with the royal shakespeare company and they commissioned me to write a play about this, which i then researched in the house of commons library, i read hansard from 1833, so a lot of the scenes that flit between private scenes, private domestic scenes and the house of commons, a lot of that was driven by factual evidence of what i was reading. i also applied for the freedom of information act to confirm that 40% of the country's national budget around 1833 was used to pay slave owners to give up their property. so slave owners became fa ntastically property. so slave owners became fantastically rich because of this. but part of the abolition bill, there was a clause about forcing the

freed slaves to work as unpaid apprentices, so not only did slave owners make fantastic amount of money through compensation, they then received the free labour of theirformer property. so then received the free labour of their former property. so for example, the father of glasgow made the modern equivalent of £83 million because of the amount of slaves he owned. —— gladstone. in a sense this country was remortgaged to pay for this because british taxpayers didn't finish paying off this compensation amount until 2015. that's an extraordinary figure isn't it, to realise it had such long repercussions. in terms of what we have seen for the last few days, the tearing down of statues and the calls for change, how important do you think these visible symbols are

compared to calls for change in employment and equality and so on that are coming right across society? what is happening now is as a result of what we have been seeing in america, the murder of george floyd. it basically means that people are looking for racial and social justice. there is unemployment and large concerns about how this country climbs out of covert —— covid—19 lockdown but we have to respond to current events. my have to respond to current events. my feeling is that if people are not educated about the past, they will not understand what happened on sunday when edward colston's statue came down. he was defended as a philanthropist because of his la rg esse philanthropist because of his largesse and philanthropist because of his la rgesse and ability philanthropist because of his

largesse and ability to help build schools and almshouses in bristol was economically driven by the money he made from the abduction of millions of slaves, several thousand, some 20,000 who died in his boats as they were taken to the americas. what happened on sunday as a shock for a lot of people because they don't know the history. and u nless they don't know the history. and unless people know the history they can't empathise or understand what's happening. absolutely. juliet, i'm so sorry we are out of time, but you are absolutely right, people are learning about the history as we speak. i'm sure your play is part of that change and movement and hopefully people can catch up with it again when things start to reopen. thanks very much, juliet gilkes romero. we can speak more on

the psychological consequences we have been seeing in the last few days. we have heard a lot and seen a lot of protesters and people are writing about their thoughts and reactions to what has been going on in the us and the reverberations have been global. let's speak to clinical psychologist dr roberta babb now. thank you forjoining us. what are you seeing? are you getting people coming to you to talk about their thoughts in the last few days?” suppose i had a recent surge in enquiries for therapy but a lot of my new clients are talking about the distress they are feeling, the pain they are feeling, the confusion, there is anger and hurt and a real sense of grief and loss, but also a real sense of not having control and feeling helpless, and also unsafe and uncertain. so many things going on which really feels traumatic and people are trying to make sense of something that is happening in the here and now but is so connected to the past as well. and if people think, what do you mean? why are people feeling this so badly? this

was one horrific event which happened in one part of the us. and yet it has affected people viscerally here. what is it that people are saying to you? why has this event been so incredibly disturbing? i think it was disturbing? i think it was disturbing because of the graphic nature of it. there is lots of video recordings going around so people are not having second or third hand accou nts are not having second or third hand a ccou nts of are not having second or third hand accounts of what actually happened, they are being able to witness it themselves which is very distressing. there is also a sense that just because it distressing. there is also a sense thatjust because it happened in america doesn't mean something similar is not happening here. i think it's also about people than getting contact with the experiences they have witnessed or even had done to them while being at the uk that we have our own history and relationship with racism. that's really important. it has been more something that has disturbed and really stirred up something, but it really stirred up something, but it really is something that is connected because people that look like you are being affected due to racial inequality and racial violence. are you sensing any sense of relief that at least some people feel they can talk about some of

this more openly, whether it is in the workplace or with friends or family? yes. but again, that feels like a sort of double bind because it's a very good to talk but also talking can feel very risky. what people are feeling relieved about is that the conversations are wider. this is global, notjust within pockets, it is notjust one part of the population's problem, it is a global issue. so i think people are feeling quite relieved that they can talk about it. but that talking about it can still come with anxiety and fears because there is a sense sometimes of racial gas lighting where the experiences of black and ethnic minority people are somehow being minimised or discounted. it is the sort of thing we kinda find our way through but people are talking, which is good, but people are hurting and they have a lot of emotional responses to this end it does very traumatic. dr roberta babb, thank you very much indeed.

the harry potter authorjk rowling has revealed how she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault, in an essay defending her comments on transgender issues. it comes after she was accused of transphobia — or discrimination against transgender people — following a series of controversial tweets. nick beake's report contains some flashing images. apart from the occasional premieres for herfilms, jk rowling prefers to stay out of the limelight. but now, after being accused of transphobia, she says she has to speak up and has revealed deeply personal experiences. in a long essay, she describes her first marriage as violent and says she suffered a very serious sexual assault in her 20s. she doesn't identify her attacker. it's a reference to what she calls the relentless attacks on social media she's received after tweeting

about the importance of biological sex. actor daniel radcliffe, who made his name in the harry potter films, spoke out, saying transgender women are women, and hoping thatjk rowling's comments would not taint the harry potter series for fans. and eddie redmayne, who stars in the harry potter spin off fantastic beasts, also disagreed with her. jk rowling hopes people will see why her own experience compels her to speak out on sex and gender issues. nick beake, bbc news. now on bbc news — it's time for your questions answered. still getting lots of questions coming in to the newsroom on what is going on at the moment. the virologist and broadcaster dr chris smithjoins us now

and will answer some of your questions on support social bubbles. ijust want i just want to start with this whole two metres distancing rout that is still going on. can you just explain exactly what the current rule is and what is the science, the clear, confirmed science behind it? we know that the coronavirus is a respiratory infection, in other words, when you cough, sneeze or even just breathe, you are blowing out particles. those are droplets of water from your airways where the virus grows. and in those droplets will be virus particles and those particles will travel a certain distance away from you, and if someone is standing within the distance that those particles can reach they could breathe them in and they could catch the infection. so they could catch the infection. so the further you stand from an infected person the lower the likelihood is that you are going to encounter an infectious dose of the virus and pick it up. at two metres, we think, but this is based on data

published in the last —— lancet medical journal, published in the last —— lancet medicaljournal, we think the risk is about 1.3%. at one metre that risk actually doubles to 2.6%. so it isn't a huge number, it is certainly a lot smaller than the about 13% if you are closer than a metre but it is not zero. we started with a cautious two metres, but many people are saying it is difficult to run businesses can operate schools, have some semblance of normality in life with a two metres distance so one metre seems to be a reasonable compromise between risk and practicality. ok, thanks very much for that. obviously lots of use depending on where you're coming from on that one. i want to move on to of these questions on the new social support bubble advice. a question firstly from moira. if two people shielding in a separate household who are relatives and one lives alone for example my mother, can she stay in my house with myself, my husband and my son? this

isa myself, my husband and my son? this is a tricky one, this one, and i have full sympathy. the issue is if you are shielding you are shielding for a reason and the current guidance is that because people who are shielding and being asked to shield at very high risk relative to the general population, the guidance for them has not currently changed. so people who are shielding should stay shielding, they shouldn't form these support bubbles at this stage. borisjohnson did these support bubbles at this stage. boris johnson did so these support bubbles at this stage. borisjohnson did so yesterday more information will be coming out shortly for people who are shielding but for now the guidance remains in place. you shouldn't change your shielding status. let me just ask matt lynn says i live in a household with my husband and older children, my dad and father—in—law are both widows and live at home on their own, do we have to choose between them to form a support bubble? another tricky one at a sorry situation and they have my sympathy. but the answer is, you do have to choose between them because they are separate households and the current guidance is you can form a support bubble between two households, and

exclusively those two units, and by household we mean one of those households is a household with just one person in it, so you would have to choose between the two of them and thenjust to choose between the two of them and then just form that exclusive relationship with one of those individuals. or the other way of looking at it is, if they live close to each other, perhaps they could form a support bubble between each other and help each other out, that is another possibility. john asks if someone lives in a house of multiple occupancy but have no contact with others in the house, andi no contact with others in the house, and i classed as a single person and therefore can i form a bubble with my girlfriend? a good example of this would be students who are renting a house together and they have each got a room in that house but they don't actually live as a family. but as far as the interpretation of this would go, that probably constitutes actually a shared household because you are sharing a kitchen, sharing a bathroom, sharing other living spaces, therefore you are effectively a household, you are not a person living alone. if you had a flat that was a self—contained flat ina shared flat that was a self—contained flat in a shared building that's a bit

different, but in this circumstance it does sound like it is a group of people who may not have much contact but they are nevertheless living together and for the purposes of this guidance would be regarded as a household and therefore that is not a household with just one person household and therefore that is not a household withjust one person in it. so they have to stay distanced. the point about kitchens and bathrooms are obvious places where the virus and anything can spread much more easily, i suppose. theresa wa nts to much more easily, i suppose. theresa wants to know, can i have my grandson overnight? i am a single grandparent living on the ground floor of my own house. however, i have a lodger who lives on the second floor. again, this is sort of similarto second floor. again, this is sort of similar to the previous question, isn't it? if you have a lodger who isn't it? if you have a lodger who is in their own accommodation with their own front door and they keep themselves to themselves, there is no day—to—day contact between the two individuals, you could regard that as effectively two separate households. on the other hand, if there are shared facilities, shared living environments, that's one then household from an infectious transmission point of view and really that doesn't fit within the scope of this law. you might not be able to answer this one, it is an

anonymous question. i currently live with two adult children while my partner of long—standing lives with his two adult children. when will we be able to meet without social distancing? well, we don't know at the moment but for now what we are able to do is to go out in groups of up able to do is to go out in groups of up to six people, meet in an open space, so you can still meet as long as you observe social distancing. but at the moment it is only within your own household that you can actually give people a hug, for example. so for now, that hasn't changed. another very difficult one anonymously but has come in, what about grieving parents? my husband andi about grieving parents? my husband and i suffered massively since the death of our six—day—old son. both suffering from ptsd. can we meet with another household for the support we both desperately need for our mental health? i'm very sorry to hear that story. ptsd means post—traumatic stress disorder and this is where people get very harrowing flashbacks and recollections to what has happened

to them. it can be very, very frightening and very disabling. having good support is really, really important. the problem is that these two individuals are wanting to get together with other individuals from other households and this would be households meeting. this doesn't really fulfil the remit of support bubbles at this time. so the only thing they could perhaps explore our online support groups, or get together on an online forum, for example, talk to each other over an electronic munication is platform. at the moment there is no scope for people in that situation, awful as it is, getting together unfortunately. obviously people can meet outside but that isn't always the same. no. that is very difficult. anna asks i'm a single parent working from home and would like to be in a bubble with my pa rents would like to be in a bubble with my parents who are over 70 and live 100 miles away. can they come and use the flat they own near my house? this is how they support me during

normal times? anna says she is a single parent looking after a minor, and therefore she is completely within the scope of this guidance, which is that she can form a support bubble with her parents. they are allowed to travel wherever they like and if they come to stay in that house and it is exclusively their house and it is exclusively their house they stay in then there is nothing to stop them doing that and they are providing that important support for her. i think that's absolutely fine, in my view. ok, chris, those are some of the questions we have had on the social bubble question. if i could come back to the whole two metres and one metre argument dominating the political front a bit today, can metre argument dominating the politicalfront a bit today, can i just ask about some stats that we have that the scientists advising the government have said in the past that spending six seconds at a distance of one metre is the same are spending one minute at a distance of two metres. people will not be timing the interactions and don't necessarily stick to the exact distances anyway. what is your own sense about where the government

should be saying it is wise to wait until the infection rate comes down to relax these rules? viruses don't have sto pwatches to relax these rules? viruses don't have stopwatches and take measures and where these numbers come from is that it and where these numbers come from is thatitis and where these numbers come from is that it is all a numbers game, we know that you need to get what is called an infectious dose to pick up the virus. that infectious dose for this coronavirus is pretty low, perhaps as low as 20 virus particles in order to guarantee that a person is going to get infected. the further you are away from someone, or the more fleeting your contact with them, the lower the likelihood that you are going to pick up the infection. thejudgment that you are going to pick up the infection. the judgment we that you are going to pick up the infection. thejudgment we have that you are going to pick up the infection. the judgment we have to make is what will that do if we do shrink that distance to the numbers of cases and can we cope with that increase in numbers of cases and those other sorts of judgments increase in numbers of cases and those other sorts ofjudgments the government will have to make. many other countries in europe have changed their guidance. our original two metres a cautioned one, well reasoned and cautious and other countries are getting on ok at one

metre. i suspect there probably will bea metre. i suspect there probably will be a reduction down to one metre because it is more practical but there is no reason why if we started with one metre and we seek movement in the wrong direction we couldn't reverse that and perhaps do that originally in parts of the country where we see flare—ups. i guess we will just have where we see flare—ups. i guess we willjust have to wait and see. politicians have warned it is quite difficult to go backwards in a sense. what is the latest confirmed science as we have it on this presymptomatic transmission where i'm walking around now feeling absolutely fine but i come down with it tomorrow? i am at my most infectious right now, aren't i, in the two or three days before i'm not well? there are two things that we have really learned from this pandemic which have made a huge contribution to its success in terms of spreading around the world and infecting so many people. one of them is that people become really very infectious before they get any symptoms. and two is they may not get symptoms at all. with most

infections, your symptoms peek alongside the infection and in this case it is different. people are getting two or three days, probably two days, before they get any symptoms and a peak in infectivity which means they can be wandering around passing it on without realising they are doing so. but an appreciable number, may be half the cases who catch this, may have no symptoms whatsoever and that makes it even harder to track down who has actually got it. and to keep a lid on it. very quickly, if you're infectious for two days before you become ill come on the test, track and trace strategy, should people be checking for contacts two days before they are not well? there will before they are not well? there will be an envelope of the period when a person might therefore be able to pass it on and that's taken into account with the track and trace system to make sure we cover the people who will potentially have been exposed to an infected individual where one is picked up. the bigger worry isn't me dunnock we might miss after people because they have not got symptoms, the whole thing is driven by people who have

symptoms. thank you very much. in a moment we'll have the latest headlines from around the world. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello, north—west scotland is one of the sunniest and driest spots over the sunniest and driest spots over the next few days, suncheon elsewhere but a fairly changeable weather story coming up, certainly for the next couple of days england and wales are seeing windy conditions develop, turning more humid into the weekend, you will notice when the sun comes out but there will be the threat throughout of some thundery showers including today across parts of central and southern england and where is. brightest and driest conditions in scotla nd brightest and driest conditions in scotland and northern ireland. there will be sunshine breaking through the cloud elsewhere but it stays wet for much of the day in the channel islands, those thunderstorms by the afternoon across south wales and south—western parts of england, a bit brighter but stronger gale force winds bring in more persistent rains of the north—east of england later in the day, a bit more cloud through the borders and eastern parts of northern ireland. much of scotland

and northern ireland dry and bright with sunshine, low some cloud close to orkney and shetland and tempe does not far from where they should be. heavy rain to end the day across the north—east of england spreading across other parts of northern england, north wales and northern ireland and even southern scotland through the night, staying wet across the channel islands. away from those areas, most will be dry, low cloud in the north—east of scotland, giving a great day on friday, most temperatures in double figures as we start the day. one wet area a cross figures as we start the day. one wet area across northern england towards northern ireland to begin friday, turning wetter in eastern scotland later on. the rain in the channel islands will spread northwards across southern england and the midlands and south wales later, rumbles of thunder with that. either side there will be breaks in the cloud, a little bit of sunshine lifting temperatures into the low 20s, the best sunshine sheltered from the north—east breeze across western parts of scotland. the breeze will clear the rain away from the likes of wales and the south—west later but low pressure is close by into this weekend, so there will be some further downpours and with winds flowing anticlockwise

around, we will bring in ever more humid airupfrom around, we will bring in ever more humid air up from the near continent. for saturday, and more rainfor continent. for saturday, and more rain for parts of northern england and southern scotland and northern ireland. the heaviest rain across the north—east of england. scattered thunderstorms break out across england and wales, bit of sunshine in between, temperature 24, 25 motorised again in western scotland, as it will be on sunday. temperatures into the mid 20s here. low cloud throughout the weekend in north—east scotland and north—east england, and like saturday, the midlands and wales could see scattered thunderstorms and a humid feel for everyone. bye for now. 01:59:05,074 --> 2147483052:36:17,252 and still emerging on this, but for 2147483052:36:17,252 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 now, thank you very much.