this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump renews his threat to intervene in seattle after anti—racist protesters pccupy the city centre. —— after anti—racist protesters occupy the city centre. worldwide markets suffer their sharpest fall for three months as fears grow over a second coronavirus spike. in an apparent u—turn, the uk government drops plans for full border controls when the brexit transition period ends. audio of crowd singing. spanish football is back behind closed doors but with the sound of cheering crowds providing the atmosphere.

hello and welcome. president trump has renewed his threat to intervene in seattle, where hundreds of anti—racist protesters have taken over the city centre and declared an autonomous zone. he said he was ready to "go in" if the governor of washington state failed to act. after two weeks of national protests triggered by the killing of george floyd, mr trump promised more money for police training, but dismissed calls for defunding the police as an "extreme agenda". our north america correspondent david willis reports. on the streets of one of america's most liberal cities, peaceful protesters are posing a major challenge to the authorities. in the wake of the death of george floyd, hundreds

of them have moved into seattle's capitol hill district and set up camp. declaring the police department a place of the people and the area itself a cop— free zone. officials have said the occupation has to end that have not said how they plan to deal with it. they cannot afford a repeat of these scenes in washington, dc, where a peaceful protest against police brutality lead to more of the same. at a roundtable eventin of the same. at a roundtable event in texas, president trump announced those who have pulled the defunding of the police. he said more money, not less, was needed for police training and added later that if local officials were unable to sort the situation out in seattle, he would do it himself. no, no, we're not going to let this happen in seattle. if we have to go in, we have to go in. if the government said he would do it, the governor will do it, he has great national trip guard, he can do it, but one way or

the other, it will get done. these people are not gonna occu py these people are not gonna occupy a major portion of the great city. we do not need anyone, including the president, to try and so further defied, further distrust and misinformation. the threat to invade seattle, to divide and incite violence in our city, is not only unwelcome, it would be illegal. elsewhere, however, the appetite for confrontation appears to be diminishing. america's top military officer general mark milley now says he was wrong tojoin general mark milley now says he was wrong to join president trump in that controversial walk to a damaged church last week. dressed in military fatigues, general milley said it sent the wrong message and that the military should not involve itself in domestic politics. across this country, protest against racism and police brutality continue with the top —— toppling of statues erected in honour of confederate generals. resident trump seems determined to stick up trump seems determined to stick upfor trump seems determined to stick up for the police and stay true

to his self defined role as the president of law and order —— president trump. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. as you heard their general mark milley has said he made a mistake by accompanying president trump staged event outside of a church near the house during those protest. —— during those protests. let's get more on this from professor rachel vanlandingham. she is a formerjudge advocate in the us air force and is now an associate professor at the southwestern law school. shejoins me now from los angeles. thank you very much forjoining us thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. are you proponent —— surprised that general milley has spoken out in this way and was he right to? i'm not surprised and thank you for having me tonight. what iam you for having me tonight. what i am surprised by is that he has not spoken out sooner. frankly i was surprised he did not resign a week ago after he realised he had been used as a uniformed tool and the political campaign and through him, by virtue of him being the highest military ranking officer today, but the entire

military was so used. and the same day, in the same day that the president called for the military to be used against primarily peaceful protesters on american streets, the fact that that terrible imagery that general milley sent as he walked in his combat gear after the president, you know, someone the president, you know, someone for the president had ordered will protesters be tear gas to make way for the whole entourage, the entire imagery was terrible, it was terrible for the morale of the military and terrible for the apolitical institution that the military is. and so i frankly find his apology very needed. but rather late. what, why do you think he did it if it was so blatantly wrong, why do you think he felt pressured enough to do it? he has the highest ranking officer in the military and certainly not a guy to feel the pressure? well, he says and he seems authentic in this but he didn't

realise what was going on. in his speech today he gave two main points. two things he was giving to the senior officers we re giving to the senior officers were he was giving to the graduating officers, maintain situational awareness and remember that our life is to the constitution, your oath is to the concert situation. on the first constitutional point of awareness he said i didn't have mine and did not realise where we were going and i know better than to wear a uniform out there, especially in the turmoil that was going on at the time. ifailed turmoil that was going on at the time. i failed there. right? and so, every something to savour general milley coming out now and the strength of a senior military, the senior military officer, actually apologising. i think it would have been stronger for him to resign once he realised what had happened because he was negligent and he says he did not nobody should have known. he should have known the how that operation was going to go down because he had been placed in charge of the federal response to domestic law enforcement issues. that by

itself was a dangerous line and itself was a dangerous line and it has only been really crossed in american history and so, he should have known. why is it so sensitive an issue to use troops in these terms of these protests in the us? i'll tell you, to quote retired general matters, who was the previous secretary of defence under president trump, he warned that militarising the protest response set up a conflict, a false conflict between the military and civilian society. the military has an ingrained ethos of remaining apolitical, long constitutional order of remaining the same, so if it becomes, the military becomes seen as becomes, the military becomes seen as being a private security force or president trump for security force or president trumpfora security force or president trump for a particular party, the confidence in the military would just, which has always been at quite a high, over the last several decades and in fa ct over 83% last several decades and in fact over 83% of americans who responded to a survey last year said they have confidence the military will act in the best interests of the public. but i will go back, let me go back to

your question about why is it so your question about why is it so dangerous to use the military against the american people? because the military is there to protect the american people but not to be used against them in the last time the active—duty military was used by the president against the american people was actually to help, to force a segregation because we had a governors that were refusing, refusing to obey constitutional dictates to segregate their schools. professor rachel vanlandingham, a pleasure to have you, thank you very much for taking the time to give us your inside. thank you so much. asian stock markets have fallen sharply in the wake of similar falls in the united states. stocks injapan and hong kong opened down more than 2%. oil prices have also fallen. the declines follow a warning from the head of the us central bank that the american economy would take some time to bounce back from the crisis, and also new data suggesting a new increase in coronavirus cases. the new data on the epidemic was compiled by the covid

tracking project — a volu nteer—run effort sponsored by the atlantic magazine. the head of that project is alexis madrigal, and he explained why the markets had reacted so dramatically. i think that is difficult for the stock market to metabolise these kind of medium—term risks, you know, the stock market is pretty good at looking out like a long way, it is pretty good going kind of day today, what does the data look like. the problem with the pandemic is that it is a little bit random, it is not going away, and there is always this sort of ever present fear that we might have to go back into lockdown in the major american industrial centres. so i think thatis industrial centres. so i think that is a big part of it. and i think people wanted heat and some are to be this virus —— make this virus go away and if you look at a map of the united states of where the outbreak is growing, it is growing in the hot parts of the country and so thatis hot parts of the country and so that is kind of taking up this folk theory that i think a lot of people on wall street really

wa nted of people on wall street really wanted to believe. other trips alexis magical there. —— alexis madrigal there. let's get an update on brexit now. the british government is expected to apply much less rigorous checks to goods coming into the uk than it was initially planning to when the transition period finishes at the end of this year. the bbc‘s been told it's necessary due to the impact of coronavirus. it means agricultural goods and animal products will now no longer have to be checked, and industrial goods declarations will be waived, as will safety and security checks. the measures will last six months and are not expected to be reciprocated by the eu. our political correspondent chris mason has this from westminster. we formally left the european union at the end ofjanuary. we are in this transition period where, technically, yes, we are outside of the eu, but in pretty much all practical terms, we are still in, and we are in a transition period that runs until the end of this year. now, the government is likely to confirm formally very soon that that transition period will not be extended — that's what they've been saying repeatedly for the last few months — but a report

in the financial times tonight saying that they will change their approach to imports coming into the country immediately after the end of the transition period at the start of next year, they will have a more flexible, pragmatic approach. and a source confirming that tonight, saying to the bbc that is essential, given the impact of the coronavirus, as businesses adjust to the reality after the virus, but also to being outside of the single market and the customs union — two of those big economic structures of the european union. you might have thought you'd heard the last brexit. you haven't. chris mason. let's get some of the day's other news. south korea will indefinitely extend coronavirus prevention measures until daily new cases of the virus drop to single digits. clusters of new infections have persisted in the seoul area. south korea swiftly introduced a system of tracking and testing in early february to squash new outbreaks. a medical team from cuba has returned home after spending two months in italy helping

tackle the country's coronavirus outbreak. the 52 medics were stationed in lombardy, the worst—affected region in italy. cuba's president paid tribute to what he called "intense, risky and heroic work". twitter says it has removed about 180,000 state—backed accounts, mostly from china, with the rest from turkey and russia. it said they were used for self—promotion or to attack critics and spread misinformation. twitter said the tweets mainly focused on narratives favourable to the chinese communist party, including its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, or denigrated pro—democracy campaigns in hong kong. in the middle east, there have been protests across lebanon in response to a record plunge in the value of the country's currency, with protesters blocking roads and throwing petrol bombs. government ministers are due to meet on friday to review the financial situation in what is lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades. rich preston has this report.

in the capital beirut, crowds clashed with police, expressing their anger at what they see as their anger at what they see as the economic destruction of their country. blocking roads outside parliament, and setting fire to banks. riot police responded with tear gas. years of corruption and financial mismanagement have pushed many lebanese to the brink of poverty. many who rely on hard currency savings have been left with money worth a fraction of what it once was. the lebanese pound has lost 70% of its value since october. lebanon's politics have been a delicate power—sharing balance since the country's civil war of the late 70s and 80s. protests at the end of last year sought to change the political system that many said was no longer working. ushering in new leaders. but the country's dire economic situation cannot be

fixed as quickly, or as easily. in march, the country defaulted on its foreign debt payment, something it had never done before, not even at the height of the civil war. the prime minister morning at the time that nearly half the population could soon be in poverty. and that was all before the impact of coronavirus. lebanese officials are holding talks with the international monetary fund in the hope of securing a rescue deal but there is little confidence on the streets. in the northern city of tripoli, soldiers were deployed to try and restore calm as angry protesters threw rocks at them and petrol—bombs at the banks. lebanon is seen as a pillar of relative stability in an otherwise turbulent middle east but these protests, like those seen but these protests, like those seen last year, are reminiscent of much darker days in lebanon's recent history, sparking fears that a country that had done so well could suddenly, and very quickly, regress. rich preston, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come: spanish football returns, with la liga's top teams playing to empty stadiums. the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby— mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who for them has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade for the start of trooping the colour. gunshots. the queen looks worried, but recovers quickly. as long as they'll pay

to go see me, i'll get out there and kick ‘em down the hills. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump renews his threat to intervene in seattle after anti—racist protesters occupy the city centre. us stock markets suffer their deepest one—day falls since equity markets crashed in march. the world health organization has warned that the spread of the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in africa. there are now more than 200,000 confirmed cases in the continent, but the actual figure is likely to be much higher. in some countries there's not enough testing to get an accurate picture.

in others, governments are reluctant to acknowledge the spread of the virus. in tanzania, for example, the government has stopped publishing case numbers, and insists that the pandemic there is over. andrew harding reports. secretive nighttime burials in tanzania, evidence, it is alleged of an official coronavirus cover—up. for over a month now, the government here in the capital, dar yes salaam, has refused to publish any data regarding infections or death. instead, its populace president is actively urging people to socialise and claims the virus has almost disappeared. but we have heard from several tanzania doctors, all too scared to be identified, you insist the virus is spreading fast. the

misinformation is killing people? yes. but i can hear a note of frustration about this. how are you feeling about all of this? position politicians in tanzania accused the government of stifling dissent. this comedian, for example, was arrested for simply posting an image of himself laughing at the president. we are in a type of fear. very difficult to have ta nzanians speaking out of fear. very difficult to have tanzanians speaking out freely. the president has decided that people 's lives should not be protected. he has decided to let a few people die and others survive. some people have suggested that tanzania, indeed all of africa, mate enjoy special protection from the

virus because of hot weather and an exceptionally youthful population but the experts say thatis population but the experts say that is dangerous talk. —— may enjoy. i would be highly surprised that african countries do not suffer the same sort of fate as those in northern hemisphere. wishful thinking, basically. without question. a disservice to citizens of their country. in the meantime, the neighbours of tanzania are taking action, tightening borders and warning that tanzania and truck drivers are spreading the virus abroad, fearing that a government in denial is endangering an entire region. andrew harding, bbc news. barriers have been put up around a number of monuments in london to try and protect them ahead of further planned anti—racism protests this weekend. meanwhile, 24—hour security has been placed on a statue of scouts founder robert baden—powell in dorset until it can be safely taken down. nick beake reports.

a show of strength for the first chief scout, in paul, admirers of robert baden powell stop the temporary removal of a statue from quayside, and when antiracist campaigners but are ona antiracist campaigners but are on a target list, the council wa nted on a target list, the council wanted to take it away, fearing it would be attacked.|j wanted to take it away, fearing it would be attacked. i think whether his beliefs are in the past, he has also done a lot of good and we cannot obliterate history. it is really important we learn from mistakes of the past. by pulling down history and destroying our history, no—one can learn from that. that is a sentiment shared by one government minister. you cannot escape history and i think it would be fundamentally dishonest of us through removing statues and airbrushing out history to then pretend that all was well. totalitarian regimes do that. the statue of slave trader edward colston is expected to end up in a museum after it was a retreat from bristol docks,

where it had been dumped by protesters on the weekend but ina protesters on the weekend but in a city where his name has loomed large for so long, times are changing, and campaigners say more controversial symbols net also need to disappear from public view across the uk. i'm totally for a lot of the other statues in this country being removed and perhaps re— contextualised in museums or somewhere where we can actually understand what role they played in society, in a wider sense. the city of edinburgh is now proposing to dedicate their henry dundas monument to those enslaved, because of his actions. any sign would explain that the 18th—century politician helped delay the abolition of slavery by 15 yea rs. at westminster, abolition of slavery by 15 years. at westminster, where churchill ‘s statue was defaced in recent protests, new marriages status barriers have been brought in as debate rages over britain's past, present and future. nick beake, bbc news.

scientists in israel say they've managed to produce hydrogen from plants, in what's hoped could be a breakthrough in using vegetation to produce electricity. aruna iyengar explains. the discovery was made by using microscopic algae, photosynthesis. when researchers in tel aviv planted any sign into the algae, they we re any sign into the algae, they were able to harvest the energy pla nts were able to harvest the energy plants are producing in the form of hydrogen. translation: the purpose of our research is to find a point inside the solar biological nano panels existing in every leaf in algae and redirect the electrical flow. the researchers say the electrical output from the algae means pla nts output from the algae means plants could be the power source of the future. translation: for 20,000 years, agriculture was outsourced for food. now we can expand its purposes and agriculture could

serve some of our daily energy, chemical, heavy industry and non—food needs. chemical, heavy industry and non-food needs. hydrogen is already used to fuel some cars and drones. britain even has a hydrogen training. whereas burning fossil fuels produces dirty, smelly carbon dioxide, the byproducts of hydrogen power is this, colourless, water. producing hydrogen is normally an energy intensive industrial process. this research gives hope of making the process much more natural but these scientists wore that while theirfindings to but these scientists wore that while their findings to signify a significant development, it could be another 20 years before the world benefits from plant power. another of europe's biggest football leagues, spain's la liga, has restarted. in the first match, seville beat real betis 2—0. the game was played behind closed doors but hundreds of supporters turned up outside the stadium. tim allman reports.

the fans were told to stay away, but some of them just could not resist. this, the first football match in spain for three months and what a wait it has been. escorted by police, the team coaches arrived one after the other, not just footballers but returning heroes. before kick—off, a minute's silence was held for the more than 27,000 people who have lost their lives in this country due to covid—i9. football may be back but the crowds are not. artificial noise was pumped out to try and create more of an atmosphere. creating their own, these fans watching at a nearby bar. face masks as obligatory as their team's colours. translation: when the league was suspended we were wondering how we could even think about playing the match.

these are extraordinary circumstances but the truth is i have had more important things to think about than a football. translation: you realise that, in the end, football is not the most important thing in the world, especially when people's health is at stake. that may be true but football has been called the most important of the least important things. seville won the match 2—0 and perhaps life in spain seems just that little bit more normal. tim allman, bbc news. finally, a story about a baby deer being adopted by a goat. this is silver hoof — a roe deer fawn that was found alone in a forest in the crimea. the animal was brought to this wildlife park and is now being looked after by a goat called roza, who feeds silver hoof

every three hours. poor her! you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbcmaryam. hello. a lot going on with our weather the next few days, and it's all being driven by an area of low pressure — this beautiful swirl of cloud here on the satellite picture. and rather than moving through quickly, this area of low pressure is just going to sit around, it's going to spin areas of rain up in our direction. brisk winds for a time, as well. and with the flow of air around this area of low pressure, we're going to tap into something rather warm and potentially quite humid. so, to sum up the next few days, there will be some heavy, thundery downpours, with some sunny spells in between, and that warm and humid feel across most parts of the uk. now over recent hours, we've had a lot of rain across northeast england. that rain continues here, pushing into northwest england,

northern ireland, eventually up into southern and eastern scotland. and across the south of england, another pulse of very heavy rain working in through the afternoon. some flashes of lightning, some rumbles of thunder are likely. this rain starting to get up into the southeast of wales, and the south midlands. the odd heavy shower following on behind. the temperatures a little bit higher than they have been, 2i celsius there in london. sunshine and showers to the north midlands into wales. a lot of cloud with some outbreaks in rain for northern england, and northern ireland. some of that rain eventually pushing up towards the southeast of scotland. but towards the northwest of scotland, well, here probably the best of the dry and sunny weather, although for some coasts in the northeast, it's likely to stay more murky. and it's going to be quite a breezy day, as well. now as we move through friday night and into saturday, you can see further pulses of wet weather pushing across the map. some clear spells, as well. it's going to be a very mild night. we've got quite a few mild nights to come, actually. temperatures as we start saturday in double digits for most. now potentially another area of rain to push across northern england into northern ireland, parts of southern scotland.

to the south of that, sunshine and really heavy showers breaking out — they will be quite well scattered. not everyone will get a shower but, if you do, it could bring some thunder, some lightning, some large hail and certainly a lot of rain in a short space of time. but look at the temperatures, 25 degrees in norwich, 20 there in glasgow. a bit cooler for some of these northern and eastern coasts where we keep a lot of cloud, some mist and fog. it could be quite grey and murky again for northeastern coasts on sunday. for most, it's another day of sunny spells and torrential, thundery downpours. and once again, it will feel warm — temperatures of 17 degrees in aberdeen, 2a celsius in london.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. back to earth with a bump: us shares suffer their biggest slump since the early days of the pandemic as doubts grow about a swift economic recovery. asian markets are following them. plus, style versus virus: london fashion week launches digitally, but can the industry bounce back from the pandemic? hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally.

first, we start with the markets. for ten weeks now, global shares have been on a roll as investors bet on a swift economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. well, on thursday, they were brought back to earth with a bump. on wall street, the dowjones industrial average slumped by over 1,800 points — almost 7% — the worst sell—off since the early days of the crisis back in march. asian markets are being hit hard, too. we'll show you those ina minute. let's just give you an idea of that roller—coaster ride on the dow. as the pandemic took hold in march, shares went into free fall, wiping out all the gains made over the previous four yea rs. since then, it has been recovering steadily. last week, it had got to within 7% of its pre—virus peak. meanwhile, this is what was happening in the real economy. 20 million jobs were lost in april — the worst month for employment since the great depression.

the stock market shrugged that off, and it continued to rise when may's figures unexpectedly showed jobs were bouncing back. so what has spooked investors? here's michelle fleury in new york. us stock marketjust suffered its worst day in three months, since march. but recently, there has been a lot of talk about how well the american stock market has been doing and that has led to this talk about this disconnect between what was going on on wall street and what was happening on the ground. the economic reality that most americans were experiencing, which was high rates of joblessness and unemployment rate above 30%. today, there has been this sort of crashing back to reality, if you like, for investors. and a lot of this was driven by news that some of the states had begun to reopen are seeing a rise in the number of

coronavirus infections, several us states that have started to reopen in the last few weeks are beginning to see an increase case numbers and in hospitalisations. that, coupled with comments america's central bank on wednesday, suggesting that the rebound could take several years and that the unemployment picture will remain pretty grim for several yea rs. remain pretty grim for several years. all of this has sort of spread down or cast doubt over hopes for a quick recovery and if you look at the stock—market, they had been hoping that the openings would lead to a recovery from the damage, the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic —— that the reopening would. let's go straight to singapore, now where sharanjit leyl is watching the asian markets. bring us up to date, what are doing now? no surprise, they are slumping to this friday morning, although they have not had the kind of declines we have just heard michelle talk about there in the us ——

slumping too. a two—month bull run ended on thursday, concerns over the emergence of a second wave of infections over there in the us along those dire warnings we have this week from the us fed reserve, yet another rise in those jobless claims that michelle was talking about and it lead to the sell—off so we have seen japanese, and it lead to the sell—off so we have seenjapanese, hong kong, australian, korean shares all think of the open but i should say that in fact japan's nick eight to 25 at the moment, the benchmark index there, is just down under i%. —— nikkei. suggesting the pace of the rallies in the us may have been overdone but of course bear in mind that markets here in asia have not been wholeheartedly tracking wall street's moves entirely. have been moving lower this week. they have not had the kind of run—up we have seen had the kind of run—up we have seenin had the kind of run—up we have seen in the us and part of this is the fact that asian investors have been a bit more cautious, having had to deal the pandemic here longer and actually having seen in waves

already in some countries. crude oil, i should say, was the other big mover, extending losses here in the asian trading hours from thursday, when they tumbled about 9%, and basically a nalyst when they tumbled about 9%, and basically analyst are suggesting that us and elsewhere may finally be coming back to earth, really hit by the reality of slumping economies worldwide following those lockdowns that brought many, those lockdowns that brought any those lockdowns that brought many, many cities to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic. thank you very much indeed. shamik dhar is chief economist at bny mellon investment management. he joins me via skype from surrey in the south of england. good to talk to you. back down to earth. my question to you is what will investors thinking over the last two months? why back down to earth now? well, i mean, it is a good question and to be honest we were due a correction of some kind of a lot of economists thought the market got a bit overexcited. that said, stock—market look forward and not back so i think

what the market happened, it was pricing in quite a strong recovery. and the news that came out in the fed with quite a downbeat outlook and some of this news about sort of pickups in infection rates in some of the southern states, those with the southern states, those with the immediate triggers, but i think it has caused a wholesale reassessment. and of course the worry for people watching at home who may not understand this is what happens in the us economy has an impact globally, doesn't it? absolutely, yes, the us is still the largest economy in the world and what it buys and what it sells to the rest of the world affects everybody else. absolutely what happens in the us really matters to us. what do you think the issues are now in terms of sectors? we have seen the travel sector particularly hit hard. if there is some kind of recovery sector by sector, where is it going to come from and how will it happen? it is ha rd to and how will it happen? it is hard to say. the obvious thing to say is that the sectors that

have been shot down, and are likely to reopen again are likely to reopen again are likely to reopen again are likely to be the ones that do best in terms of growing from here, going forward, so talking about you know the obvious ones that are coming opening up soon so that are coming opening up soon so maybe in time, the service sector, hospitality sector, restau ra nts a nd sector, hospitality sector, restaurants and pubs, it will bea restaurants and pubs, it will be a slow process but those are the ones that were most affected in the second quarter and they are likely to be the ones that will benefit. in terms of growth rates from here, foremost going forward. and of course markets are a lwa ys and of course markets are always aren't they, going up and down and especially when we haveissues and down and especially when we have issues with volume and stuff. what is your take on where we are heading in the short to medium term? how worried should we really be?|j worried should we really be?” think there is a huge amount of uncertainty out there but fundamentally the kind of recovery we get depends on what happens to the cause of the disease from here and that is a fundamental uncertainty. i think there were signs about one week ago that we were

coming out of locked down relatively successfully. and that i think encouraged markets to look forward. but the news in the past couple of days, particularly coming out of the us and some other countries, suggesting a second wave possible, is not brought us back a bit. you very much shamik dharforjoining back a bit. you very much shamik dhar for joining us. —— thank you very much shamik dhar for joining us. let's talk fashion now, because london fashion week launches today and it will look very different from previous events. a digital platform of podcasts, virtual showrooms and short films will replace the usual catwalk shows. it's a vital shop window for the industry — even more so now with global fashion sales predicted to fall sharply because of the pandemic. jamie gill is ceo of roksanda, one of the fashion houses taking part this year. roksanda clothes are worn by the duchess of cambridge and michelle obama, amongst others. how important are fashion events like london fashion week for brands, when it comes to winning new orders?

i think it is really crucial andi i think it is really crucial and i think the fashion week allows us to stage a show that can let the world into our world and i think it really has been, it allows us to promote our point of view and the touch points we get our shows are really significant, you know? it gets spread across the whole world and gets us to really get out there so without this, we are losing that and yeah, i think in terms of what is going on, yeah, fashion is still a really significant industry. i mean, it contributes about 35 billion to the economy and employs around 890,000 people, i think it is, just ahead of automobiles, really. so, yeah, there are some changes that we are concerned about. absolutely, the pandemic obviously has brought its own

challenges and people are in lockdown and possibly not buying as much or looking as much to function. how is the globalfashion industry much to function. how is the global fashion industry having to adapt to the pandemic and what it has brought about?” think the first thing is we have been given an opportunity really i think to look at ourselves and to assess how we have been doing business and it is this period over now, i can somewhat appreciate, we cannot get a housekeeping —— to get a housekeeping in order and look at best practice and look at all of our manifestoes that we have been working on before but really gives us a chance now to implement and we are now going online is a business that we have not had a transactional e—commerce platform before and something that was always in the pipeline but now, you know, like others, has really been the push for us to get that into swinging and get it into action so i think that is a positive. we're definitely to have to think about how we

build our businesses back to where they are and i'm confident that as human confidence returns after this pandemic, so will consumer confidence and people will want to shop again and they will wa nt to shop again and they will want to, you know, treat themselves and buy clothes and events will return so we are gearing up for that and we are reacting to intermediary plans... london fashion week has gone online jamie so will that make a difference to the whole feel and atmosphere, i.e., there is no atmosphere? completely, russian we could sell for such an exciting buzz field —— fashion week of course is such an exciting buzz— filled week. so it brings a lot. we do miss that when it comesjust online. i do lot. we do miss that when it comes just online. i do think that it comes just online. i do think thatitis comes just online. i do think that it is a great reaction to where we are now and it still allows the platform to remain

present but, and also going forward , present but, and also going forward, it gives brands and businesses the option to whether they take part in a physical show and some may still choose to remain online with, i suppose, still choose to remain online with, isuppose, cost still choose to remain online with, i suppose, cost being a factor to consider going forward. jamie gill, ceo of roksanda, a pleasure to talk to you. from splashing on haute couture to browsing for bargains now. on monday, the uk's charity shops will be able to open their doors again. britain's 11,000 charity shops generate nearly £300 for good causes each year — or did, until the pandemic closed them all down. re—opening will be challenging. it's a sector supported by volunteers, some of whom maybe vulnerable and unable to return to work. and many of the stores are small enough to make social distancing difficult. danny sriskandarajah is chief executive of oxfam gb. hejoins me via skype from london. it isa it is a pleasure to talk to you

danny so thank you for taking the time. talking about charity shops, there are some issues with the two metre rule and vulnerable people who volunteer for you. how are you coping with getting around all of thoseissues with getting around all of those issues to be ready for next week? give a having me and it is great to talk about what feels like reopening a 600 stores across the uk. we face all of the same challenges that traditional retailers will face so we traditional retailers will face so we need to, we getting ppe into our stores with gloves, masks, protective screens to keep our staff and volunteers are safe but also our customers are safe but also our customers are safe but also our customers are safe and introducing social distancing within the stores. but in our case, of course, we rely to a huge extent on donated goods. we are introducing a 72— hour quarantining on all donated goods so that there is no risk of contamination when those shops, those goods are then brought out onto the shop floor. so we have got some extra measures in place to devour customers confidence

that they can shop at oxfam shops. and anecdotally speaking toa shops. and anecdotally speaking to a lot of people, they have had stuff that they wanted to get rid of and maybe lockdown has incentivised people to rid of stuff in there wafts or old clothes they don't want. there has been a massive influx coming next week so how will you cope with that. it is true that britain is one of the most generous excises in the world, not in terms of monetary donations but also goods donated to charity shops like ours. and yet, ifor one have been spending a lot of the last few weeks in lockdown going through my cupboards and preparing a clear out and i suspect there are lots of people out there doing the same. our advice to our donors is to just please be aware of donating things that you think are likely to sell, these wash clothes, wipe things down and maybe even call ahead to your local charity shop to make sure that they have got the capacity to be able to receive your donated goods because we and other charity retailers are expecting a huge surge in

stocks from monday onwards. and charities have obviously relied heavily on charity shops over time. how much has the last two months impacted oxfam ? time. how much has the last two months impacted oxfam? it has been a huge impact and the paradox for us is the curb in income, and we are losing about £5 million a month for every month shops are closed, comes ata time month shops are closed, comes at a time when the work of charities is more only told roar than ever before and in our case at oxfam we are providing hand washing stations, soap and water, hygiene training, public education, around responding to coronavirus to protect the poorest and most marginalised people on the planet so we have got huge pressures on the work that we do but at the same time one of our most important sources of income, i.e., the income from our charity shops, has been severely restricted in the last few months. so this is a problem that we really do need to address sooner and that is why we are so excited about being able to reopen, obviously safely and carefully but it is

really important to reopen that source of charitable income for us. source of charitable income for us. i think probably, finally, what is the message to anyone who is hoping to come back to their local charity store next week? please do donate generously, not only your goods but your time. we have 20,000 volunteers running the store network and we have been running an appeal recently because there must be many people who are fit and able and would like to be part ofan able and would like to be part of an amazing community, and so, charity shops are so important not just because so, charity shops are so important notjust because of the income they raise but they're such an important part of their high streets and communities and we love your support! notjust communities and we love your support! not just oxfam communities and we love your support! notjust oxfam but across 11,000 charity shops across 11,000 charity shops across the uk. a pleasure to talk to you and good luck for next week. thank you very much.

the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby— mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who for them has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade for the start of trooping the colour. gunshots the queen looks worried, but recovers quickly. as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll get out there and kick ‘em down the hills. what does it feel like to be the first man

to go across the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump renews his threat to intervene in seattle after anti—racist protesters occupy the city centre. us stock markets suffer their deepest one—day falls since equity markets crashed in march. the effects of the coronavirus pandemic have notjust been global, they've also been galactic. since the lockdown began, astronomical observatories in the north of chile have been forced to stop operations, and have been put into safe mode. the bbc‘s gail maclellan has more. high up in the andes, in chile's atacama desert, almost half of the world's astronomical observation has stopped.

the only visitors, the condors swooping above the enormous telescope in the clear cold air. because of the pandemic, all of the observatories have been put into safe mode, with only a few personnel remaining to maintain and repair. on the chajnantor plateau, the 66 antennas of the world's most advanced radiotelescope continually scan the skies... ..usually. now they stand in shutdown mode. the scientists are using the time to focus on processing the myriad data that's already been collected. translation: we astronomers work with a lot of data. we have observations that we are performing, well, under normal conditions, we would be carrying out right now, at the same time finishing investigations that began years ago and preparing for the future. but what will a sleeping telescope miss? the objects of the universe remain where they are but scientists say there are some phenomena that

occur unexpectedly and are transitory. and grb or supernova that go off while we're shutdown, you can't observe that, we've missed the opportunity to observe that, because they go off very bright and then they fade pretty quickly. so there's opportunities like that which are missed. while human eyes are temporarily closed to the wonders of the universe, scientists have time to think and to search their data for the answers to the questions they are always asked. where did all this start? and is it there anybody out there? gail maclellan, bbc news. us organisations have been coming under growing pressure to remove confederate monuments across the united states in the aftermath of george floyd's death. the confederacy was a group of southern states that fought to keep black people as slaves during the american civil war. the motor sport racing body, nascar, has just banned confederate battle

flags at its events. my colleague, christian fraser spoke to nascar driver bubba wallace, the only black driver in his division. i have always said that i never really took a strong stance on it. i would see it and it would not affect me and i always said i was just chasing chequered flags and will give that very bland and star but that was me only thinking for myself. nowadays, we are encouraging people to listen to other people to listen to other people and hear their stories and to speak out and step up for what is right in today's world, especially after george floyd ‘s life was taken and now when i see it, and i hear stories and the people that have been to nascar races, from african—american background and they have been to one race but they have been to one race but the flag being flown proudly, it bothers them very much and they would not come back and i

started thinking, like, i am selfish but let me take me out of the equation but if we can have a full, new face coming into the sport just have a full, new face coming into the sportjust by removing a flag that many people see as heritage but a larger group of people see as hate and oppression, and many bad things come from that flag. he spoke backs on that flag at the start of this and it's like let's get rid of it, no—one should be feeling comfortable coming to a nascar event. i said that before and i will say it again. everyone should come to have a good time and she run their favourite drivers. is a people should stand up for what is right and many are standing up but it takes a certain bravery as the only black driver standing up and you have beans banning up with a t—shirt that says i can't breathe and black lives matter on the side of your car. how did that go down amongst fellow drivers and the

motorhead succumbed to the race, flying the confederate flag? yeah, well, fans have not been allowed since we started a couple of weeks ago so we have not had any fans there to hear any backlash but they have been very vocal on social media platforms, just like they are and they are found in person but there has been the opportunity came up, many do not know, we receive no money for this past race and that was an open race, sponsorship did not want to take up that race and we decided to make a positive impact with that. we we re positive impact with that. we were just positive impact with that. we werejust going to positive impact with that. we were just going to do a black car to show it is unsponsored, and to follow the blackout tuesday that happened last week, i was really proud of and many of my peers stepped up to participate in that and we started brainstorming ideas about why not add a movement or about why not add a movement or a charity to the car to raise awareness? and i said let's go

right to the root of it and put the # black lives matter.... are you the only, are you the only black person there on the track? are there engineers that are black? yeah, there is a very diverse group, of pit crews and race teams, leadership at nascar, you may not see them on camera but there are quite a few stoplights you talk to them in the view was taken that you would do this. yes. they were received very well by finally, how do you think they will enforce, when the fans come back, how will they enforce the ban on the flag? question. fans will be allowed in a few weeks and they will be allowed outside the track but, yeah, i'm behind nascar,100%, every step of the way to get the message across that we are trying to create inclusion and

unity to make everybody feel as one and have a great time. we will see what happens at. my colleague, christian fraser, speaker there with bubba wallace a nascar driver, speaking to us from concord, north carolina. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbcmaryam. hello. a lot going on with our weather the next few days, and it's all being driven by an area of low pressure — this beautiful swirl of cloud here on the satellite picture. and rather than moving through quickly, this area of low pressure is just going to sit around, it's going to spin areas of rain up in our direction. brisk winds for a time, as well. and with the flow of air around this area of low pressure, we're going to tap into something rather warm and potentially quite humid. so, to sum up the next few days, there will be some heavy, thundery downpours, with some sunny spells in between, and that warm and humid feel across most parts of the uk. now over recent hours, we've had a lot of rain across northeast england. that rain continues here, pushing into northwest england, northern ireland, eventually up into southern and eastern scotland. and across the south

of england, another pulse of very heavy rain working in through the afternoon. some flashes of lightning, some rumbles of thunder are likely. this rain starting to get up into the southeast of wales, and the south midlands. the odd heavy shower following on behind. the temperatures a little bit higher than they have been, 21 celsius there in london. sunshine and showers to the north midlands into wales. a lot of cloud with some outbreaks in rain for northern england, and northern ireland. some of that rain eventually pushing up towards the southeast of scotland. but towards the northwest of scotland, well, here probably the best of the dry and sunny weather, although for some coasts in the northeast, it's likely to stay more murky. and it's going to be quite a breezy day, as well. now as we move through friday night and into saturday, you can see further pulses of wet weather pushing across the map. some clear spells, as well. it's going to be a very mild night. we've got quite a few mild nights to come, actually. temperatures as we start saturday in double digits for most. now potentially another area of rain to push across northern england into northern ireland, parts of southern scotland. to the south of that, sunshine and really heavy showers breaking out —

they will be quite well scattered. not everyone will get a shower but, if you do, it could bring some thunder, some lightning, some large hail and certainly a lot of rain in a short space of time. but look at the temperatures, 25 degrees in norwich, 20 there in glasgow. a bit cooler for some of these northern and eastern coasts where we keep a lot of cloud, some mist and fog. it could be quite grey and murky again for northeastern coasts on sunday. for most, it's another day of sunny spells and torrential, thundery downpours. and once again, it will feel warm — temperatures of 17 degrees in aberdeen, 2a celsius in london.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: the impact of coronavirus on the economy — at 7:00, we'll find out how the uk economy performed in the first full month under lockdown. those numbers come as global stock markets fall amid fears a second peak in the epidemic could cause even more economic damage. why the family of tony brown, who died from covid—19, have joined more than 400 others who've lost relatives to the disease, to demand an immediate public inquiry. 24—hour security for the statue of the scouts founder, robert baden—powell in poole in dorset,