this is bbc world news. the headlines: brazil now has the world's second—highest death toll from coronavirus after overtaking the uk. the country's health ministry says more than 900 people have died in the past 2a hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 41,828. new figures show the uk economy shrank by 20% in april, the largest monthly contraction on record. it was the first full month the country spent in lockdown. the governor of new york state has signed an executive order requiring hundreds of police departments to implement reforms. the measures are intended to resolve the issues which triggered the current anti—racism protests. police officers in france have held protests over a new government ban on a ‘chokehold' move used by officers to restrain suspects. the ban was announced on monday after black lives matter demonstrators took to the streets alleging french police brutality.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll, and susie boniface, columnist at the daily mirror. welcome back to you both. let's start with a look at those front pages. the daily mail goes with the story that the westminster monument to winston churchill has been boarded up to protect it from protesters. the paper cries, "let our greatest hero free" in a call to uncover the statue. the express says a furious borisjohnson made a passionate defence of sir winston churchill yesterday after the wartime leader's statue was hidden from public view. the guardian, however, says the prime minister is stoking fear and division by condemning those who want to replace statues with links to slavery and racism.

the times says the prime minister will try to reassure britons that it is safe to get out of the house and spend as nonessential stores open from monday, as the government tries to revive the country's battered economy. the daily telegraph says uk government scientists have told ministers that the two—metre social distancing rule can be dropped by businesses reopening after lockdown if they introduce other measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus. the i says appearances by scientists and medics at the government's daily coronavirus briefings have halfed since the row over dominc cummings, and, the paper claims, some haven't been allowed to appear after refusing to back the prime minister's senior aide. the daily mirror says frontline workers — what the paper calls britain's coronavirus heroes — could be rewarded with a palace garden party hosted by the queen. let's begin. welcome back to both of you. the daily mail is what we will start

with. the headline here, "that our greatest hero free." is that what should be done? well, this will be theissue should be done? well, this will be the issue that most people are talking about. they won't be discussing whether black lives matter or church hill's to historical record. they will be discussing the possibility of damage to the statue. last week, some graffiti was sprayed upon the statue and cause concern. it was cleaned off but there was more concerned that there would be something words this weekend. i don't think they could have dragged it to the thiem. —— thames. pretty but he'll —— priti patel calling for him to be released immediately. that's one of the sillier thing she's ever said because if he was to be released

immediately, there be the risk of her him being damaged by protesters and also there been claims from neo—nazi thugs planning to converge this weekend in order to defend the statues. and the idea, the idea of winston churchill being surrounded by nazis would make some graffiti curl into pain significance and his massive —— in its massive distasteful nest. the statues are being protected and that's probably what should happen. also another picture of the same statue on the daily telegraph. joe, the daily mail says london's mayor has been accused of caving in to mob rule. you think he has? he called the move of a shameful

surrender to the mall, but i think what it is is a pragmatic move. sadiq kong would have come under huge criticism —— sadiq khan. the thought of a clash between far right protesters, antagonist, what have you, and the small fraction of black lives matter activist who were disruptive and damaging in their behaviour would have been very, very difficult to deal with, far more difficult to deal with, far more difficult than simply putting up a barrier in parliament square. other statues have been covered up. i don't like seeing statue covered up. i also don't like seeing people dying at the hands of police officers, and i think that the

strong feeling that many people that certain groups in this country have about the situation is demonstrated in the fact that they feel the need to march and to protest against the situation. i did it —— as it is their democratic right to do so, and ifa their democratic right to do so, and if a small number of people do attack statues, do graffiti, do cause trouble, that is indeed very sad. and not to be supported. i think when you look at the pollen on this, you see the majority of the people support the concerns that black lives matter has, the polls. but they object to the action. there was a lot of violence at the end of the central london demonstration by a very small minority last weekend. the prime minister has said that the black lives matter demonstrations have been hijacked and many would agree by extremists into

nonviolence. it makes it extremely difficult for those who want to demonstrate this weekend, there are marches played around the country. there are, and i think the actual projects have been hijacked. —— protests. they've been on the street forfar protests. they've been on the street for far longer, they've protests. they've been on the street forfar longer, they've been peaceful, well organised, very focused on targeting the things they're calling for. they have not been as exciting to the media or to us been as exciting to the media or to us to commentate, as they're very small section of people who tend to come out later on at night. i've beenin come out later on at night. i've been in riots and covered them. they are always peaceful and happy and kind during the day. always, and summer kind during the day. always, and summer weather, after tea, decent people go home and the looters and

the troublemakers come out. i don't know whether a curfew should be necessary but i do know the police know things are going to get more to after dark. joe, what would you suggest should happen? do you think there needs to be at hand have your hand by police? referred the authorities say they will defend themselves as they have a right to do, but that creates further tension, doesn't it? i am not going to try and second guess the tactics of the police force. we saw debate la st of the police force. we saw debate last weekend about the removal of the statue in bristol and the senior police officer who was on the ground they are talking about the specific decisions they have made, not to intervene. that has made weighing up the consequences on both sides and that was the decision they came to, and i'm confident that the police, and i'm confident that the police, and all areas of the country, would make similar decisions this time

around. they are aware that tensions are running very high and they are also aware that there are a small minority of people who are out to make trouble. how they deal with thatis make trouble. how they deal with that is a difficult situation. in london, it's nothing like the situation that we saw back in 2011 with the writing, looting that came over the sun don't like summer —— rioting and looting. i don't see a situation like that repeating itself, but it is an extraordinarily difficult time for the police to walk. susie, the guardian's front page has a similar picture. it's got the un—boarded up statue of winston churchill. at what point and how is the conversation had about historicalfigures and how is the conversation had about historical figures and their links to either racism and slavery, and who gets to decide whether or not a statute should stay or taken down?

there's just so many difficult areas around all of these conversations. how does that even start? it's sta rts how does that even start? it's starts off by people being decent and reasonable. i statue put up an 1895 in bristol, vast majority of people that —— didn't want to contribute. it's been very unpopular for many years. had bristol council done something about it, we wouldn't be seeing this —— you go into the river. —— statue in the river. when there are uprisings, whether it is there are uprisings, whether it is the french revolution, the american independence, ukrainian independence and the soviet union, they tend to find a statue and push it over. right and left. saddam hussein in

2003, stalling in budapest in the 19505, 2003, stalling in budapest in the 1950s, people push them over because they are symbolic. it doesn't our rates history, and marks a point in history where and uprisings as this is not the symbol they want for the future. this is the past. interestingly, the street artist suggested a really good solution for bristol which was to hold the statue back out of the river and commission some statues of the protester and tie them up together and make eve ryo ne tie them up together and make everyone happy. we would put statues back and glorify the protesters who for them down. seems to be a solution. i thinkjoe likes that idea, he smiling. johnson pressed to relax the two metre rule after the economy colla pses. metre rule after the economy collapses. the news we had on the

disastrous impact of coronavirus in just one month on the uk economy. if the answer, joe, to relax the two metre rule? that would kick—start some of the economy. what are your goals telling you the public wants? what the polls show is there is no easy answer. whatever the government to it's going to have very serious consequences. to it's going to have very serious consequences. when you asked the general public, there is still a concern about the virus and this is a very strong concern about the virus and this is a very strong concern. concern about the virus and this is a very strong concern. people are concerned about their health. in many ways, today could mark the first day of the next stage of the coronavirus pandemic, where people start to focus on the economic consequences. up until now, overwhelmingly, the pollen has shown that people are concerned more about their health issues —— pollen has

shown. lives being lost as a result ofan shown. lives being lost as a result of an economic collapse. we have unemployment coming out next week. this is difficult and the consequences are starting to be filled by people in terms ofjob insecurity, lowerwages, not being able to find jobs, quality—of—life diminishing. asi able to find jobs, quality—of—life diminishing. as i start to be felt, people might think what is a greater concern. people might think what is a greater concern. at the moment, people may be hesitant about loosening the lockdown rules and reducing that two metre distance, but would that change and would that make any difference? change and would that make any difference ? how we change and would that make any difference? how we actually seen a scene chain it's an people's behaviour. will people go back to

shops, restaurants, or they behaviour. will people go back to shops, restaurants, orthey prefer to order online and at home. we don't know. a lot of this will depend on vaccines, which may be years away. the difficulty of the government is the economy does not have months and particularly years to wait. ijust have months and particularly years to wait. i just wanted to have months and particularly years to wait. ijust wanted to ask have months and particularly years to wait. i just wanted to ask you have months and particularly years to wait. ijust wanted to ask you a bit about the financial times story. it suggests a real pushback with ministers being quoted saying that they want to reduce the two metre rule. how much pressure do you think the prime minister is coming under internally? the conservative party has long been a party of business. i'm sure they have lots of donors and constituents putting pressure on those government. lots of backbench pressure as well to relax thing so that businesses can get back to normal. as joe

that businesses can get back to normal. asjoe said, this is all well and good, but when you've got polls showing that 36% of people don't feel safe leaving the house at the moment, when you still have 2 million on people who have been shielding for a long time, when you've got people who have been very convincingly and very strongly told to stay home, and that we are looking at potentially a second wave of the pandemic, we are in the middle and not the end, how likely will people go back to the shops? we are coming to the end of the furlough period. there will be a lot of very worried families keeping a tight hold for the next few months. no one will be rushing out. it will be nice if someone in government open a window occasionally and spoke toa open a window occasionally and spoke to a normal human being, because we are not all desperate to get back on the aeroplane, and while we do want to support local businesses and so on, there's an excreted ——

increasing public resentment about some of the bigger change and some of the international tax structures. it meant our apps are in a just didn't have the funding and needed. the times it says the prime minister will embark on a photo opportunity on monday. when those nonessential shops reopen, he will appear at a shopping centre to say, "look, guys, come on down? it is perfectly safe! n we come on down? it is perfectly safe! " we often see these photo opportunities during elections with politicians eating ice creams and kissing baby's politicians eating ice creams and kissing ba by‘s heads. politicians eating ice creams and kissing baby's heads. is this going to work, seeing the prime minister get a £5 note out? i can't see him kissing babies anytime soon, nor should he. ithink kissing babies anytime soon, nor should he. i think what this will be is the first attempt to try and change the story, as susie said. the message has been for some time

stay—at—home, and message has been for some time stay—at— home, and recently message has been for some time stay—at—home, and recently changed to stay alert. stay alert is far more difficult to people —— for people to understand, particularly if they been told they are in an at—risk group. if they were told they should be of isolating. we don't know how things will develop. will the all—important r figure creep back up? will there be regional differences? this is something that could be hugely important. in some areas, it is safer to go out into your local high street or local shops, whereas in others, it may be more difficult. will that be taken into account? if the next ordinarily difficult situation for the government to be and because whatever they choose, the difficulty is there. longer—term, a lot of it is actually largely outside their control. van scenes, antibodies, second wave —— vaccines. we've only begun to anticipate what could happen in that

respect. the consequences could be enormous. will either of you be going to a nonessential shop? have you been desperate to get something? 0f you been desperate to get something? of course i will. i have a small child going to school next autumn. borisjohnson child going to school next autumn. boris johnson hasn't child going to school next autumn. borisjohnson hasn't noticed that shopping isn't a pleasurable experience any more. it's quite stressful. it's not something people will rush out to do. it is, everyone will rush out to do. it is, everyone will be wearing face masks. it's not going to be the leisurely exercise that we've previously enjoyed for some time. look at the i. susie, the appearance of scientists at these daily press conferences have raised many eyebrows over the past few months. the government a lwa ys past few months. the government always maintained that they are

independent and they are allowed to say what they like, but the i says otherwise. the i has a couple of high nhs sources that have told it that the chief nurse, ruth mae, was dropped from the briefing behind the dominant cummings scandal when she was asked by political advisers beforehand —— dominic cummings. whether she would support him when he would —— she would face questions. she said she wouldn't and was dropped from the briefing. whether or not that's true, the i reports that in march, we had between eight and 12 scientific experts at these briefings every week. when it comes to scientific opinion, the range is where you achieve the consent since. hearing from lots of different scientists is reassuring. now we are hearing from just four. it's gone down by more than half. that is either because

people are incredibly busy, or maybe the government is losing support from the scientists. ijust want the government is losing support from the scientists. i just want to asked joe if there's been any polling done on this and how trusted these advisers are? whether or not they continue to be by the public. oh, they are trusted and they are the most trusted group in terms of public opinion. far in excess of that of the government. the government knows that. it's about messaging and it's about the government controlling messaging. you may think that's a good thing or bad thing, but that's why these things exist. through using scientific experts, they add legitimacy and comfort to people watching at home. stories like this do not help that. thank you both very much for taking us through

tomorrow's papers. have a lovely weekend. have a lovely weekend. that's it for the papers this hour. thanks tojoe and susie. i will be back at the top of the hour. goodbye for now. good evening. the the premier league has confirmed players‘ names will be replaced on the back of their shirts with ‘black lives matter‘ for the first 12 matches of the restarted season. they've also said they support any player who choses to take the knee before matches when games begin next week. we've had a statement from all 20 clubs which says "we stand together" with the singular objective of eradicating racial prejudice wherever it exists, to bring about a global society

another blow for formula 1, as it confirms it's been forced to scrap another three races this season. organisers say the japanese, azerbaijan and singpore grand prix weren't possible in the current uncertain global situation. our formula 1 reporter jenni gow has more. it looks like 2020 won't be an easy logistical feet. another three races have disappeared. we expected japan to maybe go, that means that people can't get in and out of the country. suzukais can't get in and out of the country. suzu ka is one can't get in and out of the country. suzuka is one of the most fantastic racetrack. singapore as well. it's

seen some spectacular races since its inception a few years ago. it ta kes its inception a few years ago. it takes up to 16 weeks for all the planning to take place for those races, and in the current climate, it's just not feasible. they have to make last—minute decisions as they go in formula 1. unfortunately, those races have gone as well. organisers are still confident in getting this important 16 or 17 championship races away this year, but have to look in places elsewhere. may be coming back to europe for more of the racing. there will be plenty of circuits fine for that opportunity. let's quickly round up some of today's other sports news stories. surrey have promoted vikram solanki to the role of head coach. he replaces michael di venuto, who left last month. solanki has been assistant head coach since 2018. it's hoped county cricket games may be possible again from august. oxford united have confirmed two people have tested positive for coronavirus and are self—isolating. oxford's league one semi final

play—off opponents portsmouth have also had two cases come back positive. the other semi is between fleetwood and wycombe. the two legs will be played on the 3rd and 6thjuly and bolton wanderers manager keith hill will leave when his contract expires at the end of the month, following the club's relegation from league one. bolton started the season with a 12—point deduction for entering administration, and finished bottom. there may be no wimbledon next month, but there's still some tennis to look forward to. the draw took place earlier forjamie murray's charity tournament — the battle of the brits.. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has the details. this will be a fairly high profile event. would you consider what is possible at the moment because it involves the top eight british singles players. they will all be in the draw and also andy murray, who will be playing his first mass since

the davis cup finals —— first match. his bruised pelvic bone kept him off to work. even though he's thinking of coming back to play —— off to her. he's been drawn with liam brody and james wood, the other one will be jay clark and dan evans. there was a socially distant drawl that took place at the tennis penitentiary in london, and their role —— tennis centre. each player had a nickname. andy murray's was the one hit wonder. finally, rory mcilroy has put himself in a great position at the first pga tour event to take place since the start of the pandemic. the world number one had a fantastic second day at the charles schwab challenge. he made an eagle here on his tenth hole, and that alongside six birdies helped. you can follow the latest

from forth worth on the website, and there's commentary on bbc radio 5 live sports extra. that's all the sport for now. enjoy the rest of your evening. hello. there are some big thunderstorms in the forecast for this weekend, but it is not going to be raining everywhere all the time. in fact, there will be some sunny spells and if any sunshine, it will feel quite warm and pretty humid. but some thundery downpours are likely, all driven by an area of low pressure. you can see this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture. our area of low pressure has been spinning around across the bay of biscay. it's been throwing lumps of cloud and rain in our direction, a process which continues on through saturday. we can follow the different lumps of wet weather. this area of rain moving across northeast england through the morning, and then up into scotland, i think it's gonna stay quite grey and murky for some of these northern and eastern coasts. northern ireland should brighten up a little

bit with some sunshine, but some showers. and then down across england and wales, we'll see some sunny spells developing, but some very heavy downpours and thunderstorms breaking out here. a more persistent area of wet weather likely to push towards the southwest of england as we head through the afternoon. then you can see these scattered downpours and thunderstorms across parts of the midlands, wales and up into northwest england particularly. but it will be warm temperatures there for liverpool, for example, 23 degrees. the odd shower for northern ireland and some outbreaks of rain continuing across the some parts of scotland, although i think northwest scotland will see a decent amount of sunshine. northeast scotland holding onto some of that coastal cloud, mist and murk. so, as we go into saturday night, we continue to push our various lumps of wet weather northwards and westwards across the british isles. there will be some clear spells, equally some fog patches, and i think it's likely to stay very murky for some of those eastern coasts of scotland and england. a very mild night, temperatures as we start sunday morning between 11—14d. then for sunday, really, it is more of the same. a lot of cloud for these

eastern and northern parts. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, yes, but a scattering of showers that'll be quite hit and miss. where they do crop up, they could well be heavy with some hail and thunder thrown in for good measure. and it's another warm day as well with temperatures widely 21—24d. a little bit cooler, though, where we keep cloud close to some of those north sea coasts. now, our area of low pressure will still be with us as we head into monday, but it does all weaken. it becomes quite flabby, not many white lines on the chart, you'll notice. not many isobars. so not much of the window, but any showers that do crop up will be heavy and slow moving, and it stays unsettled, showery and rather humid throughout next week. not much of the wind.

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