this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm victoria derbyshire. bad news forjobs in the uk — new figures this morning show the impact of lockdown is starting to hit hard. manchester united striker marcus rashford puts the uk government under increasing pressure to issue free school meal vouchers for vulnerable children over the summer. we have actually, unusually in this case, along with all the other billions, multi—billion pound package we put in place to help families, also provided £63 million exceptionally to help local authorities help children over this period as well. tensions on the korean border as the north blows up itsjoint liaison office with the south, just hours after threatening military action. new zealand records two new cases of coronavirus. both had come from the uk,

ending 2a days of no new infections. and they don'tjust buzz — they also toot and quack. scientists discover secret sound messages sent by queen honeybees. 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. official figures released here in the uk this morning, suggest the number of workers on payrolls fell by more than 600,000 between march and may, as the coronavirus lockdown hit. but the jobless rate held steady in the three months to april

at 3.9%, according to the office for national statistics. economists say the full impact on employment will not be felt until wage support schemes end in october. pressure is mounting on the government to continue its voucher scheme for children who qualify for free school meals in england over the summer. there is growing unease among some conservative mps over the refusal to extend the support — as man united and england's marcus rashford continues to campaign on the issue. south korean officials say north korea has blown up itsjoint liaison office with the south near the border town of kaesong. the move comes just hours after the north renewed threats of military action at the korean border. and new zealand has confirmed two new cases of coronavirus, ending a 24—day streak of no new infections in the country. both women had travelled to new zealand from here in the uk. let's talk to our business

correspondent, ben thompson. let's talk about those who have dropped off the payroll, it is pretty bleak? you are right, and this is starting to give us a sense of what the coronavirus crisis means forjobs in the uk. it still seems a little too early to get the full picture, because the headline rate of unemployment has not changed a huge amount, 600,000 fewer on company payrolls but we get an indication of what coronavirus could mean forjobs in some other statistics, so if you look at the number of ballads worked, that has fallen by almost 9%, a record low, suggesting more people are being furloughed, not in their normal jobs, working as they would. if you look at the number ofjob offers or job vacancies on the market where people might move, those falling by a record amount too, down 60%. and

the claimant count gives an indication of what we would call economic distress, it includes people who are working but needing to claim additional income from the government to top up earnings, that might be through what is known as universal credit in the uk, but also people out of work, people on jobseeker‘s allowance, that number is up about 75%. last time we spoke the figure was 1.6 million, it has jumped to 2.8 million, so that gives an indication of what people are having to do. many employers both in the uk and around the world are looking at what the future may look like. will they still have the demand for goods under the one this is all over? how many staff will they need to service that demand? now will begin the consultation period for many people who might find themselves made redundant, because in the uk right now the furlough scheme, the jobs because in the uk right now the furlough scheme, thejobs retention scheme, is keeping lots of people

employed. they are not classed as unemployed if they are furloughed, so unemployed if they are furloughed, so the number of people in employment perhaps looks artificially high, so when the scheme started to be one down towards the end of the year in 0ctober, towards the end of the year in october, the finance minister, the chancellor, in the uk has said he will wipe that down by october, we will wipe that down by october, we will get an indication about whether those people will be made redundant. we have seenjob those people will be made redundant. we have seen job losses from many businesses, lots will be deciding what their future looks like and how many what their future looks like and how ma ny staff what their future looks like and how many staff they need. we have figures from the uk treasury today suggesting that almost 1 figures from the uk treasury today suggesting that almost1 million companies benefited from billions of pounds in loans put forward by the british government? yes, it is a staggering amount of money. in this job, i talk a lot about big numbers and lots of money sloshing around the economy, but the numbers are

pretty staggering, the uk treasury has said they have offered 38 billion p to companies through loans and grants to both big and small businesses, as you would expect, small businesses have borne the brunt of some of this, having to close entirely. £26 billion has been offered to them, larger businesses have benefited to the tune of £10 billion, that is loans to tide them through the worst of the shutdown. thejob retention through the worst of the shutdown. the job retention scheme, through the worst of the shutdown. thejob retention scheme, the furlough scheme, that its costing uk taxpayers a lot of money, coming in at £20.8 billion, that has risen from £19.6 billion last week, it shows quite how much the government is throwing up this problem and quite how many jobs is throwing up this problem and quite how manyjobs are being supported by taxpayer funding. again, when that starts to rewind time, the uk finance minister talking already about how he wants employers to take on more of the

cost, they will be asked to stump up more of the proportion of salaries and some workers might be able to get back to theirjobs but they will not be working the same number of hours, the same number of shifts, it might be they are working part—time and that their employer has to a bit of their salary. we will start to get a true indication of what it means forjobs get a true indication of what it means for jobs over the get a true indication of what it means forjobs over the coming months but the indications already are that it could be a very tough time to be looking for a job, keeping hold of yourjob, and the jobs market will look very different when this is all over. thank you, ben thompson. in an escalation of tensions, north korea has blown up the liaison office with south korea, that was set up near the border to promote peace. north korea's military also announced it would soon advance troops into previously demilitarized areas. the liaison office was located

in the north korean border city of kaesong, where you can see the smoke rising. 0ver recent weeks, pyongyang has released a series of angry statements directed at seoul, including the threat of military action. 0ur correspondent in seoul, laura bicker, gave her assessment of this development. one of the things that everybody keeps asking is, why is this happening? pyongyang's statement had taken aim at north korean defectors the south who fly propaganda leaflets in helium balloons over the demilitarised zone. that is the reason they say that they are taking this action. they are angry because they believe that breaches an agreement reached between president moon and kimjong—un in 2018, but it is likely that this is part of a wider picture. pyongyang is angry at seoul because south korea have failed to break with washington. it failed to break sanctions. i think there was a hope from north korea after the deal collapsed with donald trump that certain inter—korean projects would be able to go ahead,

but president moon and the administration here took the decision that they would not breach international sanctions, and that has angered north korea. so, since then, perhaps pyongyang will see seoul is not worthy of talking to, and certainly that is the statements that we have been seeing incrementally over the past few weeks. one of the concerns is, where does this go from here? because although this is a dramatic explosion, it is simply an office. it has been empty since january due to covid—19 restrictions. seoul certainly spent around $8 million refurbishment. it is dramatic, but it's simply perhaps a bit of theatre. the worry is where it escalates from here. what action does seoul take and how does pyongyang also respond? laura bicker reporting.

pressure is mounting on the uk government to continue its free school meals voucher system into the summer holidays in england. the manchester united footballer marcus rushford, who received free school meals himself, is spearheading a campaign for it to be extended. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. the opposition labour party is pushing for a vote on this issue, how do you think it will play out? i don't imagine the vote will succeed, it has gone beyond a commons vote and it is a full—blown pr horror story for the government. not only are they up against marcus rashford, the manchester united striker, but the manner in which he presented his case yesterday struck me as very impressive, genuine, serious minded, reasonable. the government's predicament has been compounded by the fact that the work and pensions secretary this morning fired back what has been described

as labour —— by labour is a snarky tweet, after marcus rashford cited that families might not be able to have a hot shower because water might be turned off, she said actually you can't disconnect water. which seems a bit of an abrupt response. i was looking at her twitter feed, she has response. i was looking at her twitterfeed, she has now response. i was looking at her twitter feed, she has now tweeted again, slightly emollient tone. she says hi, marcus rashford, i welcome your passion for supporting children and the most vulnerable in society, and the most vulnerable in society, a passion we share. we are working to the same name, i and the government will work to actively support families and businesses through this emergency and beyond —— working to the same aim. 0ne individual the government do not wa nt to individual the government do not want to be up against is a reasonable minded, genuine, authentic celebrity like marcus rashford, never mind the political heat today are under, including from

some conservative mps. albeit at the moment ministers seem determined not to execute a u—turn. this was transport secretary grant this morning. we have unusually in this case also provided £63 million exceptionally to help local authorities help children over this period as well. there has been additional support and no one would want otherwise. so we know the prime minister a p pa re ntly we know the prime minister apparently will respond to marcus rashford, i presume through a letter all, who knows, maybe a uncle, but he will respond. i imagine the comments this afternoon, we may hear from more tory mps who are unhappy. labour are certainly hoping that more tory mps who read the open letter which marcus rashford issued will support then this evening. thank you. as marcus said in his beautiful

letter, it's not about politics. this is about humanity, and there will be many conservative mps today watching this and having read marcus's letter who will be agonising about whether they support the government or not in this, because they will want what's best for children, so i'm asking all politicians whichever party they're in, this is not about party politics. so no sign of a u—turn, victoria budge, bluntly, watch this space. studio: thank you, and thanks to paul smith in nottingham who has gotten touch to say we currently receive these vouchers and they are a godsend. trying tojuggle money on a godsend. trying tojuggle money on a tight budget is stressful at any time, try it during lockdown. shop with precious little in your pocket and you realise how savvy supermarkets have been with pricing during the pandemic. choices have been more limited in shopping in different stores to try to save money has not really been possible. what changes in july that money has not really been possible. what changes injuly that suddenly

makes food more affordable? donna says i don't believe they should extend the free school meal vouchers, parents have always had to feed children over the summer holidays, this is no different. thank you for those, you are very welcome to e—mail me, or you can message me on twitter. there's also been concern after new research has found that around a third of pupils in the uk haven't been engaging with their work during the lockdown. the national foundation for educational research also found that the vast majority of teachers say their pupils are doing less work than they would normally do at this time of year. limited or no access to technology was identified as one of the biggest problems. let's speak now to reverend steve chalke, founder of oasis community learning, a chain of academies in some of the most deprived areas of the country, with 49% of pupils coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. that morning, steve. good morning. how do you react to this notion that

quite a lot of children are not engaging with work during lockdown? absolutely, and i don't think it is just children from disadvantaged families, i think families who are privileged, parents are doing online work with their children if they have got the resources and the digital access for a couple of weeks or three weeks was fine, but i speak to huge numbers of parents who tell me that they are not doing any learning either, they haven't got the time, they have to get on with their jobs, the time, they have to get on with theirjobs, so i think this is all reason for getting schools open as fast as we can through the summer, we are working on that. the digital access issue is a huge issue, covid—19 works against those who are most disadvantaged, of course. privilege buys you space to study m, privilege buys you space to study in, a desk to set out and the

resources you need , in, a desk to set out and the resources you need, the digital access to do something about it. but we are working on that, alongside the food issue. on the food issue, i was listening to you earlier and grant shapps did say on tv this morning, on bbc one, that there was £63 million being made available, my last call before coming on here was to the chief executive of a local council who told me there was 63p off at some time ago but none of that was for free school meals to the summer, the two things are not linked up. hang on, let's unravel that. it is up to the council what they spend that money on, the 63 million is going to local authorities' welfare assistance scheme to support the most vulnerable families and holiday activities and food programmes, it is up to the councils for them to direct it towards free school meals to vulnerable families, the

government would say? the government would say that, but that is not what the chief executive of the local authority i spoke to not ten minutes ago said to me. i have another meeting with him this afternoon that he said that it is £63 million altogether around the country, that pa rt altogether around the country, that part of that will be a drop in the bucket, it is supposed to do so many things, it is impossible to do anything with it and so we as a group of schools in oasis, as we are in summer, it is compounded, we are on our own. we try to provide a scheme every summer for the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children, we call it plate, we raise money from the public to provide an activity and a meal. —— we call it plate up. but the demands authority did what has been before this year and there is no digital access for

these kids, as you say. so adding all this up, it is not binary, we have been in lockdown for 13 weeks, what the government is saying is we go back in september, that is another ten weeks, 23 weeks, half a year. take kids out of education, many kids out of education and good food and safety for half a year, thatis food and safety for half a year, that is a serious issue. and those issues you have just described, they overla p. issues you have just described, they overlap. so you would think it would not be beyond the realms of possibility to come up with something that is a catch—up scheme, sort out food and gives kids activities during the summer? catch up activities during the summer? catch up education is really important, as you say, socialisation, emotional and social development, being together. i spoke to a mum who lives down the road from us, she is a gp,

her husband is a school deputy head, they have a five—year—old son, i have known him all his life because he would stand the road, he is very bright, she had said he is very good academically but becoming withdrawn, so to the six weeks of summer there is catch—up education which is really important, more fulsome than others, there is the socialisation, social and emotional development of children, their mental health, and there is the food issue. as you rightly say, all of these issues impinge on one another. it is not binary, we had to meet the holistic needs of each one of these children. thank you very much for talking to us, reference steve chalke, founder of oasis community learning, a chain of oasis community learning, a chain of academies in some of the most deprived areas of the country. latest figures from the office for national statistics show the number of people in england and wales to have died with covid—19 has risen to 117,820. the numbers up to 5thjune,

also show the total number of excess deaths for all causes in the uk has increased to 64,500. with me is the bbc‘s head of statistics, robert cuffe. so just sojust reminded us so just reminded us what these figures mean? there is a difference between the 64,500 you are talking about and the number we might hear at the press conference every day, that daily figure is the number who had tested positive and then died with coronavirus, across the uk that is down to just over 40,000. if you look at his analysis based on death certificates and the people who have mentioned covid on the death certificate, that is slightly harder, the people who were not diagnosed, that is over 50,000. the figure statisticians use, especially when making international comparisons, is the total number of deaths and how different to what we would expect at this time of the

year. not just people would expect at this time of the year. notjust people who die directly of virus macrobid people who die from other reasons, the stresses and strains on health care system, they do not seek help because they are worried about going into hospital, it is the effect of the pandemic cannot justly into hospital, it is the effect of the pandemic cannotjustly virus on individuals. that is a pretty staggering figure, almost 65,000, a large number, but it is getting smaller and smaller and smaller all the time. as you say, these are large numbers but what about the trends? the trends look at that weird if you look at them, there is a bit of bank holiday playing into the figures, making the week on week figures look not quite how you would expect, but broadly they are going in the right direction. if we can show people the weekly number of deaths you can see every week, it is down at about 10,000 this week in england and wales if you add in scotla nd england and wales if you add in scotland and northern ireland it is

around 12,500, the red line has slightly jumped up at around 12,500, the red line has slightlyjumped up at the end but i would not worry too much because there was a bank holiday in the last week of may, it sometimes has the fall in the next week, but every week it is getting closer to the average, the grey line across the middle of the charge, last week we we re middle of the charge, last week we were running at about 20% above where we would expect, this week we are only about 7.5% above the total number of deaths we would expect in england and wales. even more reassuring as the blue line at the bottom of the charge, showing the total number of deaths registered to the coronavirus, that has been falling steadily since the middle of april, falling in care homes, hospitals, all around the country, maybe 2000 last week, down to around 1700 this week. the trends are moving in the right direction but we are still not back to normal. thank you, robert. there have been two new confirmed cases of coronavirus in new zealand,

and they both arrived from the uk. the country had gone 24 days without a new case. our correspondent shaimaa khalil sent us this update. these two women are in their 40s and 30s, and they came to new zealand from the uk via brisbane, here in australia, on the 7th ofjune. we also know that they were in a managed isolation facility at the city of auckland in new zealand, and that they were given exceptional leave on compassionate grounds to go to wellington onjune the 13th to see a dying parent, who actually died that night, so they were on their way, in a private vehicle, to make funeral arrangements. we understand from the director of health in new zealand that they didn't come into contact with any members of the public on their way, that they were in a private vehicle, and that now we know that one more family member is at risk. we also know that one of these women was showing mild symptoms. the other is asymptomatic, but they were not

tested before they left that isolation hotel in auckland. other points of contact of course that the health authorities are looking at now are those in the isolation hotel in auckland, but also the brisbane plane on the way to new zealand. it breaks that streak of 24 days with no covid cases, and authorities in new zealand are saying despite the lifting of restrictions, people must remain vigilant. the chinese authorities are racing to contain a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital, beijing. all entertainment and indoor sports venues are being closed, and 21 housing estates have been locked down as cases increase. previously the city had seen no signs of the virus for at least 50 days. our correspondent steve mcdonell is in beijing.

interesting, we had an official here describe the situation as extremely severe. now, this comes as they've added just 27 new infections to the tally. i mean, that doesn't sound like severe to the layperson, but i think what they are worried about is the potential, and that's because these cases have all been traced back to a huge market, wholesale market supplying 80% of the vegetables and meat to beijing city, and i think you canjust... you can work out from that the potential for the disease to spread throughout. and what they want to avoid doing is locking down this city, the same way they had to lockdown wuhan. it is the chinese capital. i mean, it seems like the authorities here were on top of the issue, and what's especially worrying is that all the new cases in china in recent times has basically been people returning from overseas and being tested at the airport and then being added to the list. not this outbreak. this is a sort of domestically driven one and we are not sure how the coronavirus got into that market.

as a result, housing communities are being closed off to anyone but residents, they've not said that people who live in those housing areas close to the market aren't even allowed to leave beijing. —— they have now said. some taxis and the local equivalent of a taxi, but private car, also can't leave the city. and so they are taking very extreme measures. serious measures, i should say. but either they know something we don't know that's not reflected in the numbers, or they are just being extremely cautious and trying to get hold of this situation before a second wave can properly take hold in beijing. steve mcdonnell reporting. thank you for your messages to do with free school meal vouchers in england.

jessica says we have been receiving these vouchers and what a godsend. you just read out an e—mail from someone who says we have always had to feed our kids normally in the summer but she obviously has not noticed the price increase in shops for food. my husband noticed the price increase in shops forfood. my husband is noticed the price increase in shops for food. my husband is a noticed the price increase in shops forfood. my husband is a key worker, i am a carer, the place is my daughter would go to in the summer are not available, ie grandparents and her older sister, the vouchers are necessary and should consider unless food prices drop. alexander says of marcus rashford and his multimillionaire team—mates donated two weeks' wagers each, that would cover the kids' meals for the summer and getting even closer to his much—needed knighthood. government does not have spare cash after the pandemic costs. pam says for the richness pandemic will not affect them, we are receiving free school meal vouchers for two of my children, we have four in total, we are awake —— mcrae working family, we pay 40% tax but

covid had seriously affected our jobs and pay, so these vouchers are a great help to families like us who are currently struggling. you can e—mail us or message me on twitter. human trials for a potential vaccine for covid—19 will start in the uk this week. 300 healthy people will be given two doses, and if its successful the trial will be widened. it's been developed by scientists at imperial college london, and is separate to the work being done at oxford university. professor robin shattock is leading the research — he explained how it worked and the potential timescale. we take just the small instructions from the genetic code of the virus for that surface protein you see on all the pictures, and we use that as our vaccine. we put it into tiny, microscopic fat particles, and when it's injected into the muscle, the muscle cells take those particles up and receive the instructions to make that protein, and they literally become miniature factories and start expressing the protein and get the immune system to make protective

antibodies. the timescales are very difficult to predict because we need to get through the safety part first, then we need to test it in a large trial against a placebo vaccine, and it's a numbers game. we need to see more infections in the placebo arm to the vaccine, and we won't start that till october. if the number of infections in the uk is low, it'll take us a long time to get an answer. if we see a second wave effect, we might see an answer very quickly. so, it's, you know, it's a guessing game to say when we'll get that answer, but when we do get the data, and it's important to get the data to show that it works, we all know that we've got something that really worthwhile rolling out across the uk. the mayor of atlanta has announced new police reforms which will come into effect immediately. it follows the death of rayshard brooks,

an african american man who died after being shot in the back by a police officer. the mayor, keisha lance bottoms, said she couldn't wait for official recommendations before taking action. police will now be required to de—escalate situations with suspects and intervene if a colleague is using excessive force. we saw the worst happen on friday night with mr brooks. it angered me and it saddened me beyond words, but i know that it is my responsibility as major of this great city for us to continue to work to put that anger and that sadness into action, and so this is the first of a series of actions and steps that we will take, and i continue, i look forward to continuing to working with all of our community stakeholders. well all this comes as president trump is expected to sign an executive order on police reform later today. for more on that here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. the president is planning

to focus on police misconduct and a big thrust of this executive order is the setting up of a national database, effectively to track those police officers who had been guilty of misconduct. and the idea seems to be to stop those officers, perhaps they'd been sacked from theirjobs in one district, from moving around the country and being re—employed. another aspect of this order is the encouragement of police forces around the country to deploy social workers to work alongside police officers in situations that are not violent. so it might be dealing with a drug case or dealing with a situation involving homelessness, a situation that may involve mental illness. the main thrust appears to be, according to officials in the white house, to bring the police closer to communities and quite significantly, this will not involve any defunding

of police forces, and we've heard about that, of course, in minneapolis where local councillors there planned to effectively break down the police force and replace it with something else more community—based. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: bad news forjobs in the uk — new figures this morning show the impact of lockdown is starting to hit hard. manchester united striker, marcus rashford, puts the uk government under increasing pressure to issue free school meal vouchers for vulnerable children over the summer. we have actually, unusually in this case, along with all the other billions, multi—billion pound package we put in place to help families, also provided £63 million exceptionally to help local authorities help children over this period as well. tensions on the korean border as the north blows up itsjoint

liaison office with the south — just hours after threatening military action. new zealand records two new cases of coronavirus — both had come from the uk, ending 24 days of no new infections. more now on those figures released this morning which show the number of workers on payrolls in the uk fell by more than 600,000 betwteen march and may as the coronavirus lockdown hit. tony wilson is the director of the institute for employment studies. what do these figures signify, would you say? it is pretty bad. it is the largest rise for claiming

unemployment since it was created in the 1920s. we have seen it rise by more in the last two months than it did in the first year of the great depression and more than any of the previous three recessions in the last 30 years. there is no question these figures are bad and they are every bit as poor as we were expecting. on the employment data itself, that seems to be holding up better. it looks like the tax data suggests employee numbers have fallen by 600,000 over the last couple of months and self—employment appears to be down by 400,000 as well. but these are not great figures. let's split the two up, in terms of people claiming benefits, as you say it has gone up 126% since march when lockdown began, which is extraordinary. and the 600,000 people who fell of the uk payroll,

what does that mean in practical terms, they lost their jobs? what does that mean in practical terms, they lost theirjobs?m what does that mean in practical terms, they lost theirjobs? it will be people being made redundant, losing theirjobs but also people whose jobs have come to an end and they haven't been able to find a new job. so a large group of people have fallen through the cracks of the government safety net by losing theirjobs government safety net by losing their jobs between march government safety net by losing theirjobs between march and may, they are not being able to secure a new one. it is a combination of factors and also people leaving the labour market because they are retiring and not being replaced by new people being hired. do you think we could be on course for a record figure of unemployment in the coming months? certainly with the claimant count, which is the measure of people unemployed and claiming benefits and recorded being unemployed, that figure will be above 3 million next month and i think there is a good chance it will

be the highest it has ever been which will be 3.1 million. the survey —based measure of unemployment hasn't caught up with that yet but i think it is only going to go up. there are signs of that already were people neither in work nor looking for work increasing and as we said, self—employment falling and employment falling. by the summer i think there is every chance we will have 3 million people unemployed and it will be the top priority for the government to set out how it can restart hiring, support employees to keep more people on and also start to invest in the employment support people will need to find newjobs and get back into work as quickly as possible. can you give us any positives, there are some tentative signs that hiring might be beginning to pick up again? we produced analysis each week using data from thejoseph analysis each week using data from the joseph rowntree foundation. analysis each week using data from thejoseph rowntree foundation. it

also suggests that the number of new vacancies is starting to rise again and it looks like it has doubled over the last fortnight. so over 100,000 newjobs were advertised in the week up to last sunday. that is still only a third of the level that it was a year ago. but it is a big improvement on where we were a couple of weeks ago when there was literally 50 or 60,000 jobs being advertised. also, the number of people making the new universal credit claims has come back down to the levels before the crisis. it is positive, hiring looking like it is picking up and the number of claims coming down. the big unknown will be in the summer when the job retention scheme starts to wind up and that could result in a second wave of unemployment. there is a lot of work to be done over the next few months to be done over the next few months to get on top of this crisis. thank you very much, tony wilson. the german authorities investigating the disappearance of the british girl madeleine mccann

have confirmed they've made contact with her parents. but the braunschweig prosecutor, hans christian wolter, would not confirm newspaper reports that he'd written to them to say that he believed their daughter was dead. three—year—old madeleine disappeared while on holiday in portugal in 2007. as we've been reporting, president trump is expected to sign an executive order on police reform today during a ceremony at the rose garden. the move follows a nationwide call for changes to the use of force — and even the dismantling of police departments accused of corruption. it sounds like a radical idea to some but it's exactly what happened in camden, newjersey — from where nada tawfik reports. buenos dias. this is what cracking down on crime looks like in camden, newjersey. all right, there we go. police officers patrol the neighbourhood once known as heroin highway. i like the way you are all doing yourjob. guided by the mantra that they are guardians

of the community, not worries. i feel safer with my cousins and my kids coming out, man. halfway between new york city and washington, dc, camden was infamous as america's poorest and most crime ridden city. now it's gaining national attention for the way its rethinking policing. in 2013, the city's police department was disbanded, one of the officials that led the county takeover was lou capelli. he said it took bipartisan cooperation, perseverance and a willingness to go to battle with the police unions. it was a big fight and we were told all along until the day this happen, you are not going to be able to do this, we are going to stop you in court. they had political, trying to get political support, people coming to our meetings, death threats, property damage to vehicles. we went through everything. camden has rejected the tough on crime, law and order approach that has disproportionately

affected black americans. changing, notjust its policies, but its culture too. and as a result, the city is experiencing its lowest crime rate in 50 years. i tried to get through this uniform. the captain was hired back onto the new force. as a black man, he says he's had negative interactions with the police. it's one of the reasons he became an officer in the first place. we train in de—escalation and that is the key. de—escalation and conversation, it's the focus of our department. building partnerships with the community and other agencies. we realise we couldn't arrest our way out of the problem so we had to change our tactics. during a recent march in the aftermath of george floyd's death, camden officers, including the chief of police, stood in solidarity with protesters. a gesture that spoke volumes to organiser and local salon owner, yolanda dever. he set an example for his police force. you look right across the bridge, the police officers were standing off with protesters.

you know, they were in full riot gear. while community block parties and policing alone cannot solve racial equality, camden's officers are seeing the value in redefining theirjob description. nada tawfik, bbc news, camden, newjersey. here in the uk the public strongly supports a call by over 50 mps and peers for restrictions to online gambling, according to new research by survation. a house of commons committee recommends banning all gambling advertising, a £2 stake limit for online slot machines and tighter regulation of the industry. the survey was conducted for ‘clean up gambling' whose director matt zarb—cousin joins me. he previously lobbied to reduce the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals from £100 to £2 a spin. we can also speak to kelly field, who built up over £70,000 in debt gambling online. she has started a gambling addiction recovery podcast called "all bets are off!"

thank you both for talking to us. kelly, at the height of your addiction how long would you be on gambling websites each day and how much were you spending? initially when i was off work i would be up to eight hours a day, spending upwards of £500 a day, no questions asked from the industry or the bank. so what kind of sums where you spending per spin? probably at the most, 40 to £60. that could go up to £1000 on some of the slots online, but i was 40 to £60 maximum. what affect was that having on you? it affected my mental health. it ultimately made me

suicidal. the debts, i lost friendships, i became lonely and i isolated myself, depression, put weight on. no end of affects really. do you think some of the measures proposed in today's report would have stopped it becoming so addicted and losing so much money? i definitely think that £2 stake is very interesting. if then i was only allowed to do £2 a spin, the duty of ca re allowed to do £2 a spin, the duty of care on the operators and the industry would maybe have picked up the length of time and the amount of timei the length of time and the amount of time i would have been online to spend what i would have been spending. i do think that definitely isa spending. i do think that definitely is a positive thing. from 2014 i have been banned from online gambling because the products the

industry are advertising are aimed at people 18 and over and they should not be on tv before nine tm and you think what other adult products would be advertised on tv before nine o'clock at night. do you agree with that in terms of online gambling and advertising? agree with that in terms of online gambling and advertising ?|j agree with that in terms of online gambling and advertising? i do agree with that and the public seems to agree that gambling advertising should not be directed at children or children shouldn't be exposed to it at all. what we have seen with this report and what it has picked up this report and what it has picked up on, we have got outdated gambling laws. what underpins the 2005 gambling act, the current legislation was a report in 2001 by siralan legislation was a report in 2001 by sir alan budd. if you are lucky enough you are walking around with a nokia 32 ten in your pocket. gambling has changed since that time because most gambling is done on a mobile. the regulation we have to

regulate land—based products like machines and you fixed on fixed betting terminals earlier, does not apply to online stakes and prizes and it makes no sense. the framework is to post to put the most addictive products in the least accessible venues. products in the least accessible venues. this needs to be reviewed urgently. these are addictive products, no one chooses to get addicted and no one chooses to gamble ina addicted and no one chooses to gamble in a way that could be perceived as irresponsibly. it happens to people over time and the products to bring that out and induce it and it is important we have those controls on those products. as well as that i think the advertising ban is something most people can get behind. we have the return of the premier league this week and with it, a full return of advertising, so expecting obviously a huge impact in that

respect. the other recommendations such as affordability checks. if you are gambling more than you can afford to lose, that is a sign of addiction. it is important we get this right and when the government does come to review the gambling act in september, which is what we are expecting, we are expecting the review in september and that all of these things are included so we can have a proper debate about the future of gambling. the gambling industry contributes about 15 billion a year to the uk economy and the companies pay levies which help fund treatment for those with addictions. is that not enough?” don't think it contributes 15 billion to the economy, it makes 15 billion to the economy, it makes 15 billion in profits a year. which is a very different thing and a lot of those profits go offshore to tax havens. so that is a different thing. the levy they have agreed to pay, the 100 million over a period

of four years, it will barely scratch the surface. you are talking, from the big five operators, about £5 million a year, which won't even cover the cost of treatment i am afraid. there needs to bea treatment i am afraid. there needs to be a statutory levy of whatever their needs are, maybe 1% pay to an independent commissioning body who can commission treatment services and independent research. the gambling industry voluntarily gives money to a charity and the whole thing is needing to be reviewed and needs to be completely independent. the gambling industry will push back on any reforms because it will hurt their profitability and hurt their bottom line but they will not go bust. they will not go bankrupt. because of those restrictions on sta kes, because of those restrictions on stakes, it makes up to £5 billion a year. it is crazy money. let me read

the statement from the department for culture, media and sport. "we are absolutely committed to protecting people from the risks of gambling related harm and recognise there is more to do. we have been clear that we will review the gambling act to ensure it is fit for the digital age. "we have also worked closely with the gambling commission over the past 18 months to introduce a wave of tough measures — cutting the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals, introducing tighter age and identifying checks for online gambling, and banning gambling using credit cards across britain." they have made progress?” they have made progress? i welcome that and commend the minister at the time, tracey crouch, for pushing that through. they have accepted the restrictions on products, restrictions on products, restrictions on products, restrictions on gambling products are an effective way of reducing harm. i hope they apply that principle now to online stakes and prizes. i am looking forward to the

gambling review and hope it sorts a lot of these problems out. there seems to be a recurring theme, cases like kelly's all the time and we wa nt like kelly's all the time and we want the right regulatory framework and the right laws to minimise harm and the right laws to minimise harm and then get on with it. let me go back to cali, people might have an image of a gambling addict being a quy image of a gambling addict being a guy who goes back to the bookies every day. speaking to people on your podcast, code and addict the anyone of us? yes, and addict come from any walk of life, any creed and any colour and does not discriminate. more worrying, children are targeted and the statistics of children that are gambling is very, very worrying and it is the next generation i worry about. we are normalising gambling to young people, all singing, all dancing adverts. we need to protect the next generation and we need to do what we can to protect vulnerable

people from gambling harm. thank you very much, kelly. thank you both for your time. in the united states, the supreme court has ruled that employers cannot fire workers for being gay or transgender because it violates their legal protections on the basis of biological sex. the judge, justice neil gorsuch, said any employer who fires someone for being homosexual or transgender, is actually firing them for ‘traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex'. the ruling has been welcomed by lgbt rights advocates. well, much of europe has emerged from a cocoon of coronavirus restrictions. three months after the pandemic prompted many countries to lock down, the european union is encouraging member states to get people, and the economy, moving across borders. this is the view right now of one frontier opening up —

on the austrian—italian border. our correspondent bethany bell is at the brenner pass. there has been a steady stream of ca rs there has been a steady stream of cars coming from italy into austria. austria dropped its border controls at midnight last night. easing that borderfor the first time at midnight last night. easing that border for the first time in three months. it is interesting, austria had eased border restrictions with its other neighbours. it waited until last night to ease the borders with italy because of concerns about infection. also, it should be noted that the austrian government is still warning people in austria not to travel to lombardi in italy. that is the region that has been the most heavily hit by the coronavirus outbreak. as well as easing the restrictions on this border with italy, austria has also dropped the

quarantine requirements for around 20 other european countries, although it should be said that spain, portugal, great britain and sweden are excluded and certainly sweden are excluded and certainly sweden and great britain have been excluded because the infection rate is seen as being too high. but there is seen as being too high. but there is the sense that people are trying to get the economy moving again, that people moving backwards and forwards more easily between countries in central europe and also trying to give a boost to the summer tourism season. although it remains tourism season. although it remains to be seen whether or not people decide to go abroad for that or stay at home. quick quiz for you... what noise do bees make? yes, they do buzz. but they also "toot" and "quack", believe it or not. scientists have been listening in to the way that queen honeybees communicate in the hive. our science correspondent victoria gill reports. busy and vital pollinators.

the buzz of honeybee activity is, despite the insect‘s ongoing decline, a very familiar sound. these sounds, though, might be less familiar. tooting and quacking. they'e the toots and quacks of queen honeybees. tooting and quacking. they were detected during the late spring swarming system. by recording them and observing how the colony behaved, researchers revealed their crucial role in bee society. scientists used vibration detecting devices in the honeycomb to record and decode the signals. we think that the signals are sending information to the colony, to the worker bees. so rather than talking to other queens, the researchers found the tooting queen was moving around the colony, announcing her presence to the workers. the responding quacks

were from queens that were still wax sealed inside their special cells, but were ready to emerge. the life of a queen bee depends on the workers' response to those signals. they'll keep all the captive queens sealed away until an existing one has left with a swarm. if two queens are released at the same time, they'll fight to the death. it's yet another proof that the entire colony should be treated as an individual, as a super organism, and it's also warning beekeepers to be careful when they inspect the colonies and the tooting and quacking is taking place. be careful not to disrupt the sophisticated mechanism that is taking place at that very special time in the year for the colony of honeybees. beekeepers and the hives they provide are vital for the survival of honeybees in the uk, and the researchers hope their eavesdropping exercise will help those beekeepers to tune in to the health of their own hives. victoria gill, bbc news.

next year's oscars have been pushed back by two months from february to april because of the pandemic. organisers of the 93rd academy awards have also agreed to extend the eligibility window for nominees to the end of february. considerations will be extended temporarily to films that are released on streaming platforms rather than solely in cinemas. thank you for your messages today, this is from ian and whether free school meal vouchers should be extended. i am a one parent family andi extended. i am a one parent family and i depend on these badges because i have had to stop work to look after my sons. i get universal credit but my income has drastically dropped because i cannot work and home school them. i believe the school meal vouchers should continue, they are a big help. we live in county durham and we have three children aged five and under. the cost of food has gone up, we are on low benefits and we are struggling. we cannot go to a family

previously could for help. and we cannot getjobs in the of england. you are watching bbc news. now, it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. the weather where you are may have started the day on a fine note but you can't rely on it staying that way because yet again for the day ahead, although there are some warm sunny spells to be had at times, big clouds developing and you may catch a shower, thunderstorm and maybe even a torrential downpour. the reason why it's another day of this weather pattern, quite a large area of low pressure sitting across the north—west of europe at the moment. the isobars, white lines, these are not close together, these are not strong, gusty winds. winds are fairly light and is not a broad area of heavy rain and lots of weather fronts but there is instability in the atmosphere because of low pressure and look at this, as we get deeper on through the day, more showers and thunderstorms developing and they are possible just about anywhere. away from them, some sunny spells

but could well for wales, the midlands, north—west england, northern ireland and south—west scotland, be in the zone of really nasty downpours, torrential, frequent lightning, hail and maybe even enough rain in a short space of time to bring some flash flooding as well. away from these, there will be some sunny spells, not everybody will catch a downpour. there may be some low cloud hugging some north sea coasts keeping temperatures around 15 degrees. for most of us though, its high teens and some spots into the low 20s. it feels humid again, as it will tonight. gradually through this evening, some of the showers and thunderstorms will fade and the second half of the night mainly dry although still a few showers affecting parts of northern ireland and western scotland. turns misty and murky again, particularly across central and eastern parts of the uk. overnight temperatures of about ten to 13 degrees. so tomorrow we start with some areas of poor visibility. looks like it could stay murky again along some north sea coasts. whereas elsewhere we get some sunny spells developing and yet again, there will be some showers, thunderstorms developing giving torrential downpours in places and temperatures pretty similar.

as we go through wednesday night into thursday, take a look at the big picture here, we could see an area of heavy rain spreading in across initially south—eastern areas of the uk and then pushing northwards into thursday although some uncertainty about how far north that will get. following on from that, again some showers and thunderstorms and the chance of those into friday and gradually over the weekend more of us turn dry and a bit warmer as well. that's your forecast.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. bad news forjobs in the uk — new figures this morning show the impact of lockdown is starting to hit hard. manchester united striker marcus rashford puts the uk government under increasing pressure to issue free school meal vouchers for vulnerable children over the summer. we have actually, unusually in this case, along with all the other billions, multi—billion pound package we put in place to help families, also provided £63 million exceptionally to help local authorities help children over this period as well. the indian army says three of its soldiers have been killed in a clash with chinese troops along their disputed border. tensions on the korean border too,

as the north blows up itsjoint liaison office with the south, just hours after threatening military action. new zealand records two new cases of coronavirus — both had come from the uk — ending 24 days of no new infections. and they don'tjust buzz, they also toot and quack — scientists discover secret sound messages sent by queen honeybees. 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. official figures released

here in the uk this morning, suggest the number of workers on payrolls fell by more than 600,000 between march and may, as the coronavirus lockdown hit. but the jobless rate held steady in the three months to april, at 3.9%, according to the office for national statistics. economists say the full impact on employment will not be felt until wage support schemes end in october. pressure is mounting on the government to continue its voucher scheme for children who qualify for free school meals in england over the summer. there is growing unease among some conservative mps over the refusal to extend the support, as man united and england's marcus rashford continues to campaign on the issue. three indian soldiers have been killed in a clash with chinese forces in ladakh in the disputed kashmir region. south korean officials say north korea has blown up itsjoint liaison office with the south near the border town of kaesong. the move comes just hours after the north renewed threats of military action

at the korean border. and, new zealand has confirmed two new cases of coronavirus, ending a 24—day streak of no new infections in the country. both women had travelled to new zealand from here in the uk. let's talk to our business correspondent ben thompson. he can tell us more about the unemployment figures. ben, round up the figures and the underlying picture? yeah, these are interesting, joanna, in that they don't tell us a huge amount about what happened, according to the official figures, what happened, according to the officialfigures, because they what happened, according to the official figures, because they are backward —looking and in many respects they hide the true state of what is going on with ourjobs market. to get that answer we need to look at alternative numbers, numbers about the claimant count, the number of people using universal credit, one of the forms of benefit in the uk, to top up their earnings,

but also jobseeker‘s allowance if they are out of work, that rising significantly, up by 75%, coming in at 2.8 million. that is up sharply from the 1.6 million claiming it in the period before. we also get an indication of the number of hours people are working. those are down significantly. and the fall in the number of new vacancies, job vacancies out there, down by another 60%. and we have to rely on those figures to tell us what is perhaps really going on because the headline rate of unemployment has not changed. the number of people in work down by 600,000. but it is because of the furlough scheme in the uk, the government'sjob retention scheme, that is paying the wages of some 9 million people. whilst that is going on those people are not classed as unemployed, so it does hide the true state of what is going on in the labour market. the

chancellor, the uk finance minister, telling us that scheme will be wound down towards october, with employers paying increasingly more of it. and soi paying increasingly more of it. and so i think it's safe to say that many employers right now would be sitting down and working out what the future looks like for them. they will be working out what demands for their products and services will be, and how many staff they need to keep employed to service that demand. as consultations get under way to make redundancies, and we have seen them already in many industries, particularly travel and hospitality, i think it's fair to say we will see more of this as the jobs market sta rts more of this as the jobs market starts to unfold because the jobs market in future will look very, very different. ben, you mentioned the financial help from the government in terms of the furlough scheme. also help for businesses in terms of loans, and there are new figures out today in terms of how much has been taken out in loans?

yes, it's an astonishing figure. the headline, £38 billion, has been offered to businesses large and small. and as you might expect, it is small business that has borne the brunt of it. they are less financially cushioned against this unprecedented crisis. £26 billion has been given to them through loa ns. has been given to them through loans. large businesses tapping up the government for close to £10 billion —— for £10 million. we have also had a figure on the furlough scheme. the treasury saying that is costing taxpayers £20.8 billion, up from 19.6 billion last week. it gives you a sense of how much this is costing to keep the jobs market afloat. as i have touched on, we will start to get a real indication of what is happening with ourjobs over the coming months, is that financial help starts to be wound down and employers have to make some pretty tough decisions about what staff they need to keep on. there

are predictions that unemployment, the headline rate, could rise to maybe nine or 10%. it is currently a 3.9%. the next set of figures will give a clearer indication of what it means for the underlying jobs market, but nonetheless all the indications point to a worsening situation as we see the claimant count up, the number of hours people working down, so on that basis very difficult. if you have lost your job, the potential to find a newjob looking pretty tough right now. painting a picture of a jobs market thatis painting a picture of a jobs market that is really, really struggling. thank you very much, ben. the indian army says three of its soldiers have been killed in a clash with chinese troops along their disputed border. beijing has accused delhi of crossing the frontier and attacking its personnel. the incident took place in the galwan river valley area of the border. it follows weeks of escalating tension in the region with both sides deploying thousands of extra troops.

for more, let's speak to our correspondent, arunoday mukharji, in delhi. bring us up to date with what has happened? these are very worrying developments from the perspective of both countries, especially if you try to understand the context. both countries were trying to de—escalate tensions which have been escalating since the first week of may. so this was on “— since the first week of may. so this was on —— one of the most serious escalations in recent history at a time when both countries were attempting to de—escalate tensions. many attempting to de—escalate tensions. ma ny a nalysts attempting to de—escalate tensions. many analysts asking about the progress made with both countries. a senior army officer on the indian side says two soldiers have been killed. the indian army pointed out this was a violent face—off, no gunshots were fired, so this essentially means it was a result of hand—to—hand combat. the chinese foreign ministry has issued a stern statement, saying india should not stirup

statement, saying india should not stir up trouble in that area. they are not fearful of any escalation. they say this was done by the indian troops had crossed over a legally due the chinese side. officials are currently on location trying to defuse tension. this is the statement from the indian government. the languages around the escalation. is there hope this won't lead to something more serious? well, that is difficult to say because when we spoke to analysts about this recent escalation, they said this is something we have not seenin said this is something we have not seen in decades. we have seen skirmishes in the recent past. we have seen both sides coming to blows, physical skirmishes taking place, would never to this extent that a senior officer has been killed and two soldiers have been killed. the defence minister of india has held a meeting with the army, navy and air chiefs as well, a meeting which the foreign minister was also present at. this

essentially suggests there is an attempt to try to resolve this diplomatically as well. however, both sides, the kind of statements that have come in in recent weeks, have said things like, both sides are capable of defending their own territories, many saw this as a trigger when india started construction work near the border area, which apparently triggered some tension with china. they are of the talking table but this sets them back several weeks, when analysts actually thought there was some progress being made. thank you. in a clear escalation of tensions, north korea has blown up the liaison office with south korea, that was set up near the border to promote peace. over recent weeks, pyongyang has released a series of angry statements directed at seoul, including the threat of military action. the office was located in the north korean border city of kaesong. our correspondent in seoul, laura bicker, gave her assessment of this development.

the ministry of unification has confirmed that it to 40 am local time on explosion was heard and seen at the inter—korean liaison office in the border town of kaesong. the national security council has been convened. military commanders along the border have been sent to their posts. now they say is in essence a bit of theatre. this was an empty building. it was also a thread that north korea had made over the last few days. —— threat. the latest came from kim jong—un's sister. state media in north korea have also confirmed the building has been destroyed. why would north korea carry out these actions now? well, there are several reasons. first, they say they are angry at soul for

not preventing north korean defectors from sending anti—north korean regime propaganda and leaflets over the border in helium balloons. that is why they say they are angry. but it's likely there was something bigger in all of this. pyongyang has been angry at saul for quite some time. the south korean administration failed to break with washington and decided to stick with international sanctions. and not break away from the international community and join in korean projects with north korea. north korea saw that as betrayal and for some months now tensions have been escalating. statements over the past week have become far more military in their language. certainly earlier today the north korean military threatened to take action. now after we have seen this explosion, the north korean military has said that it will enter areas that it withdrew

from in 2018, along the border. that is something certainly they are preparing for here in seoul. as i mention right now, this is a piece of theatre. it is an empty building. but as things escalate, if north korea continues to act, how does seoul react? the fear is that tensions will escalate further along this border. pressure is mounting on the uk government to continue its free school meals voucher system into the summer holidays. the england footballer marcus rashford, who received free school meals himself, is spearheading a campaign for it to be extended. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. well, it's a pretty unusual thing, a footballer at loggerheads with the government. what is the government been saying? so far the government are digging in, there doesn't seem to be any indication they will back off. they have pointed to the £63

million they already give to local authorities to help the more vulnerable families over the summer months. on all —— also an extra 8 million that ghost to breakfast clu bs. million that ghost to breakfast clubs. as things stand there is no sign of retreat yet. a number of tory mps have been critical, others have been saying, no, it's right to focus the extra cash on those most in need. i have to say it's not a vast amount of money that free school meals over the summer would provide. certainly not in the current context when we are spending billions and billions on things like thejob retention scheme billions and billions on things like the job retention scheme so far. we know boris johnson the job retention scheme so far. we know borisjohnson is going to respond to marcus rashford, whether thatis respond to marcus rashford, whether that is by letter or a phone call, we don't know, but at the moment there does not appear to be an imminentabout turn there does not appear to be an imminent about turn looming, at least not if you listen to grant shapps this morning.

we have actually come on usually in this case, along with all the billions of pounds we have put in to help families, also provided £63 million exceptionally to help local authorities help children over this period as well. so there has been additional support, and of course everyone will want otherwise. and therese coffey responded to marcus rashford's tweets this morning in a way that has caused offence. he hit back and she has now apologised. talk us through that? well, you just think, therese coffey stay away from your phone, do not tweet, because she has got herself into quite a lot of hot water over this and faced a backlash. let me ta ke this and faced a backlash. let me take you through the sequence of events this morning. marcus rashford put out a series of new tweets, one of which it said, "when you wake up this morning and run your shower, ta ke this morning and run your shower, take a second to think about parents who have had their water turned off

during lockdown." that prompted therese coffey to tweet backjust during lockdown." that prompted therese coffey to tweet back just a very short tweet saying," water cannot be disconnected." now that sounded a bit of an abrupt slap down to marcus rashford, who was trying to marcus rashford, who was trying to make a serious point about the financial pressure facing many poorerfamilies during financial pressure facing many poorer families during the lockdown. he then responded by saying, i am concerned this is the only tweet of mine you have acknowledged. please put rivalries aside for a second and make a difference. and then it all blew up. labour weighed make a difference. and then it all blew up. labourweighed in, make a difference. and then it all blew up. labour weighed in, accusing therese coffey of making a snarky comment and demanding she apologise. a couple of hours later we didn't get a formal apology but we did get a much more emollient tone from therese coffey, where she basically applauded marcus rashford's

willingness and determination to stand up for vulnerable families. she then said, "i welcome your passion for supporting children and the most vulnerable in society, a passion we share. we are working to the same aim. i and this government will continue to actively help and support families and businesses through this emergency and beyond." and you just have to say this whole very public twitter spat has hardly helped the government's position, in pa rt helped the government's position, in part because marcus rashford has proved such an impressive advocate for retaining free school meals and that he has an adopted and extraordinary reasonable and cogent and authentic town. and you kind of think the only person who is going to come out of the loser here is therese coffey. let's see what unfolds. thank you norman. let's get more on those new uk figures suggesting the number of workers on payrolls fell by more than 600,000 between march and may,

as the coronavirus lockdown hit. james reed is the chairman of the uk's biggest recruitment agency, reed. welcome. thank you forjoining us. what is the picture from your perspective in terms of how things are slowing? well, the covid-19 pandemic has had a seismic effect on the labour market. these figures published today start to show that really. they contain a couple of unwelcome records. one is that vacancies advertised or at a record low in may. the other is that the number of hours worked in the period up number of hours worked in the period up to april also fell by a record. it is just the beginning, u nfortu nately. it is just the beginning, unfortunately. i think it's a very concerning situation. we need to do all we can to get the country back to work. it's a downturn in a way we

have just never seen before because everything just went off a cliff with the lockdown. how would you compare it to what has gone before, and how differently the approaches need to be in terms of tackling it? well, in our business we have never seen anything like this. we have beenin seen anything like this. we have been in business, we are a family company, for 60 years and we have never seen anything like this. vacancies advertised on our website fell 68% in two weeks a year on year. that gives you an indication of how bad it is. at the moment they are down 54%. it is still pretty bad. i think it has already commanded an immediate response. the hole furlough scheme is a very welcome intervention. what more needs to be done now i believe to get the economy back on its feet. and i hope there will be further reforms in the wayjobs are taxed

and employers are able to employ people. and i also hope that the two metre distancing rule is urgently reviewed because that will enable, if it is reduced, a lot of companies to reopen. in the end obviously the furlough scheme has been a hugely expensive and very important way of trying to keep people afloat through this with the hope, obviously, that jobs are retained. but in the end there is going to be a limit to how much help the government can't keep offering when tax receipts are down. —— can keep offering. there was talk ofa —— can keep offering. there was talk of a quick bounce back earlier on. do you think there is any real prospect? the furlough scheme is now close to 9 million people, i believe. it is closed to new entra nts believe. it is closed to new entrants and is due to roll out until october. i think there is a very big and significant danger that a lot of those people will not be able to go back to the jobs they had

before. so if that is to be avoided, andi before. so if that is to be avoided, and i think it is important we do all we can, we want to get businesses back on their feet as soon as possible because that will enable them to bring workers back. companies have had such a big revenue hit they don't even have the cash flow to reopen successfully. the longer it goes on, the longer the road back. that is a difficult policy question but i'm hoping the economy will soon reopen and we can get back to work. james reid, thank you. thank you. the german authorities investigating the disappearance of the british girl madeleine mccann have confirmed they've made contact with her parents. but prosecutor, hans christian wolter, would not confirm newspaper reports that he'd written to them to say that he believed their daughter was dead. three—year—old madeleine disappeared while on holiday in portugal in 2007. there have been two new confirmed cases of coronavirus in new zealand,

and they both arrived from the uk. the country had gone 24 days without a new case. shaimaa khalil sent us this update. these two women are in their 40s and 30s and they came to new zealand from the uk, via brisbane, here in australia, onjune 7th. we also know that they were in isolation, a managed isolation facility in the city of auckland in new zealand, and that they were given exceptional leave on compassionate grounds to go to wellington onjune the 13th, to see a dying parent who had actually died that night, and so they were on their way in a private vehicle to make funeral arrangements. we understand from the director of health in new zealand that they didn't come into contact with any members of the public on their way, that they were in a private vehicle and that now we know that one more family member is at risk. we also know that one of these women

was showing mild symptoms, the other was asymptomatic, but they were not tested before they left that isolation hotel in auckland. other points of contact, of course, that the health authorities are looking at now, are those in the isolation hotel in auckland, but also there was four on the brisbane plane on the way to new zealand. as you say, it breaks that streak of 24 days with no covid cases, and authorities in new zealand as saying despite the lifting of restrictions, people must remain vigilant. conflicting statements by officials in spain have sparked confusion over the country's rules for uk travellers. spanish authorities said on monday that travellers from the uk would not have to quarantine on arrival from sunday. but spain's foreign affairs minister then said the country may impose a two—week quarantine on britons, if the uk maintains its current travel rules. we will be checking what the uk will

be doing and we will be in dialogue with the uk to see whether or not we should be introducing reciprocity, as they have different measures than the rest of the european union. but for the members of the european union and the schengen countries, we have decided the best way is to do away with the quarantine measures. we will have them until the 22nd of june, then we will remove them. should the uk want to keep them beyond that date, for reasons that have to do with their own view of health, then we will respect this, but we will probably reciprocate. in other words, all this is a moving target we have to keep on adjusting. the most important thing is to make sure that we respect what scientists are telling us and to act accordingly. that was the spanish foreign minister. the chinese authorities are racing to contain a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital, beijing. all entertainment and indoor sports venues are being closed,

and 21 housing estates have been locked down as cases increase. previously the city had seen no signs of the virus for at least 50 days. our correspondent steve mcdonell is there. interesting, we had an official here describe the situation as extremely severe. now, this comes as they've added just 27 new infections to the tally. i mean, that doesn't sound like severe to the layperson, but i think what they are worried about is the potential, and that's because these cases have all been traced back to a huge market, wholesale market, supplying 80% of the vegetables and meat to beijing city, and i think you canjust... you can work out from that the potential for the disease to spread throughout. and what they want to avoid doing is locking down this city, the same way they had to lockdown wuhan. it is the chinese capital. i mean, it seems like

the authorities here were on top of the issue, and what's especially worrying is that all the new cases in china in recent times has basically been people returning from overseas and being tested at the airport and then being added to the list. not this outbreak. this is a sort of domestically driven one and we are not sure how the coronavirus got into that market. as a result, housing communities are being closed off to anyone but residents, they've now said that people who live in those housing areas close to the market aren't even allowed to leave beijing. some taxis and the local equivalent of a taxi, but private car, also can't leave the city. and so they are taking very extreme measures. serious measures, i should say. but either they know something we don't know that's not

reflected in the numbers, or they are just being extremely cautious and trying to get hold of this situation before a second wave can properly take hold in beijing. and we'll have more on china in a few minutes' time, when we'll speak to a resident in beijing. here in the uk, latest figures from the office for national statistics show the number of people in england and wales to have died with covid—19 has risen to 47,820. the numbers up to 5june, also show the total number of excess deaths for all causes in the uk has increased to 64,500. earlier our head of statistics robert cuffe explained the figures that daily figure that we hear is the number of people that have tested positive and then they have died with coronavirus. across the uk

that stands at just over died with coronavirus. across the uk that stands atjust over 40,000. if you look at this kind of analysis based on death certificates and the people you mentioned covid, that is slightly higher. that brings you up to over 50,000. but the figure that statisticians use, especially when making comparisons internationally, is when we look at the total number of deaths and how different that is to what we'd expect at this time of the year. that is how we get to the 65,000. notjust people who died directly of covid, but also people have died of other reasons, the stress and strains of the health ca re system, stress and strains of the health care system, they are worried about going to hospitals, so it is a broader measure of the effect of the pandemic and not just broader measure of the effect of the pandemic and notjust the virus and individuals. that's a pretty staggering figure, nearly 65,000, a large number of people. but the change we can week is getting smaller all the time. the mayor of atlanta has announced new police reforms which will come into effect immediately. it follows the death of rayshard brooks, an african american man who died

after being shot in the back by a police officer. the mayor, keisha lance bottoms, said she couldn't wait for official recommendations before taking action. police will now be required to de—escalate situations with suspects and intervene if a colleague is using excessive force. we saw the worst happen on friday night with mr brooks. it angered me and it saddened me beyond words. but i know it's my responsibility as mayor of this great city for us to continue to work to put that anger and that sadness into action. and so, this is the first of a series of actions and steps that we will take, and i look forward to continuing to work with all of our community stakeholders. well, all this comes as president trump is expected to sign an executive order on police reform later today. for more on that, here's our north america correspondent peter bowes.

the president is planning to focus on police misconduct and a big thrust of this executive order is the setting up of a national database, effectively to track those police officers who had been guilty of misconduct. and the idea seems to be to stop those officers, perhaps they'd been sacked from theirjobs in one district, from moving around the country and being re—employed. another aspect of this order is the encouragement of police forces around the country to deploy social workers to work alongside police officers in situations that are not violent. so it might be dealing with a drug case or dealing with a situation involving homelessness, a situation that may involve mental illness. the main thrust appears to be, according to officials in the white house, to bring the police closer to communities and quite significantly,

this will not involve any defunding of police forces, and we've heard about that, of course, in minneapolis where local councillors there planned to effectively break down the police force and replace it with something else more community—based. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: bad news forjobs in the uk — new figures this morning show the impact of lockdown is starting to hit hard. manchester united striker marcus rashford puts the uk government under increasing pressure to issue free school meal vouchers for vulnerable children over the summer. —— vulnerable children in england over the summer. we have actually, unusually in this case, along with all the other billions, multi—billion pound package we put in place to help families, also provided £63 million exceptionally

to help local authorities help children over this period as well. the indian army says three of its soldiers have been killed in a clash with chinese troops along their disputed border. tensions on the korean border too, as the north blows up itsjoint liaison office with the south, just hours after threatening military action. new zealand records two new cases of coronavirus, both coming from the uk, ending 24 days of no new infections. new research has found that around a third of pupils in the uk haven't been engaging with their work during the lockdown. the national foundation for educational research also found that the vast majority of teachers say their pupils are doing less work than they would normally do at this time of year. limited or no access to technology was identified as one of the biggest problems.

let's speak now to carole willis, chief executive of the national foundation for education research who published the report. how much of an issue is the one of technology, first of all? good morning. thank you very much for having me on. it is one of the key issues that we have had in our research is influencing people's lack of engagement with learning during this time. it has been a very challenging period both for schools and for families to adjust to the new normal and the extensive use of remote learning. we are concerned about all pupils. as you said, 90% of teachers said that 90% of their pupils are doing less work, but we are particularly concerned about those in low income groups and that any gap will widen. it access in itself is not sufficient, but it is a really important basis for actually helping to promote online

learning and engagement. so what is going on? is it that these kids have effectively been abandoned by their schools? are the schools are trying to support them? and it engagement is not that at the other end? what is not that at the other end? what is it? absolutely, schools are facing a range of different challenges. we produced a report a couple of weeks ago that showed that schools have a much reduced teaching capacity, by about 25%. that might be because people are ill or self isolating or have other caring responsibilities. they are also trying to manage in a school learning for the children of key workers and vulnerable children as well as promoting and developing forms of remote learning for the children. we are, of course —— but, of course, trying to learn any home environment is not going to be as effective for most peoples eyes trying to learn any school. we have

all been trying to adjust to this new normal. —— for most people trying to learn in a school. this is from the school's perspective and we found teachers and leaders estimated that around a quarter of their pupils overall have very limited access to it. that might be devices or a ccess access to it. that might be devices or access to broadband or they are having to share devices. that is the group that they are most worried about in terms of their revels engagement. —— levels of engagement. is this a period of time that is going to impact these kids that are not getting the support and education that they should be getting right now? is it going to impact them over the rest of their lives? quite possibly. there are various estimates looking at how much the learning gap might widen. how much learning lost children overall might experience during this period and the figures are quite frightening. but it suggests it is really important to have catch up

mechanisms in place as we go forward to try to address some of these issues because education is so important for children's future life chances. and of course, it is not just the education, is it? it has mental health issues as well. if kids are finding themselves filling at home —— at home feeling they have nothing to do, no particular goal, they do not know what is going to be happening when this will come to an end, that is highly stressful for kids. absolutely. and we have not explored that in this piece of research. we will be producing some research. we will be producing some research in the next few days looking particularly at vulnerable pupils and some of their challenges that they are facing, but one of the importantjobs that they are facing, but one of the important jobs for schools as children start to come back will be to actually assess their emotional well—being, how they have been coping during lockdown and to be acclimatise them to the school environment and those routines which are so important. quite possibly even more so for older children, who

we find a slightly less engaged than younger children. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. olena zelensky, the wife of ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky, has been admitted to hospital with covid—19. a statement from the president's office says she has pneumonia, but is stable and doesn't need additional oxygen. mr zelensky and the couple's children have tested negative for the disease. ukraine has reported more than 32,000 coronavirus cases and at least 900 deaths so far. a man who came to the uk as a teenage asylum—seeker has refused food for more than ninety days — in a protest over his age. the man — who doesn't want to be identified and is said to be close to death in a bristol hospital — says he is five years younger than the age he's

been given by officials. he says changing it back again would not affect his right to stay in the uk, but would help his mental health. a judicial review is underway. jon kay reports. he may die. they've said that it could be days. he's lost a lot of weight and it really is tragic. another heartbreaking hospital visit for patsy. the little boy she fostered a decade ago is now a man and has been on hunger strike since march. it means everything to him. he may lose his life over this. orphaned in gaza, he came to the uk seeking asylum with no official paperwork. he said he was 14 years old and an initial assessment here agreed. patsy had no doubts. typical teenager. he sat, he watched children's films, he liked cartoons. i'd been told he was 14 years old, it was agreed he was 14 years old. but then another assessment decided he was five years older. how did that affect him,

emotionally, being told that? he was devastated. the date of birth is connected to his identity, to his culture and to his dignity. the man has learning difficulties and post—traumatic stress disorder, and as a protest over his date of birth, he hasn't eaten for more than 90 days. he is now in bristol's southmead hospital. from his bed, he told me he already has the right to stay in the uk indefinitely, so reverting to his younger birth date wouldn't affect his legal status, only his state of mind. the home office says age assessments are done carefully but have to maintain the integrity of the wider asylum system. they say they will review the man's date of birth if new evidence

comes to light. do you accept that they are in a difficult position here? yes, i agree there are rules to protect us, protect this country. you have to deal with people on an individual people on an individual basis and this man, then, is going to lose his life over something that is just a matter of numbers. the case has been backed by the mental health charity mind and is now being reviewed by a judge. jon kay, bbc news, bristol. the chinese capital beijing has put more neighbourhoods under lockdown and boosted testing as it tries to contain an outbreak of coronavirus. 27 new cases have been reported today, bringing the total to 106 people over five days. a chinese official has described the new outbreak in the capital as "extremely severe". for more than seven weeks beijing

had only registered cases from people travelling in from abroad. angelica li lives in beijing, where she works as a translator. shejoins me now. cue forjoining us. what are you being told? cue forjoining us. what are you being told ? because cue forjoining us. what are you being told? because it has been described as an extremely severe outbreak, but the number of cases does not seem to reflect that. what is the messaging that you're getting? i have been receiving m essa g es getting? i have been receiving messages on my first mac chat and there have been new updates. i do not check it every hour, but i have been seeing the updates every single day. what are the measures that have been brought in that are affecting your? because i do not live anywhere close to that wholesale market not

much has been, not many measures have been directly affecting my daily life. it is just that you have to be more careful and you can sense that there are strict measures, but not actually changing your daily life. how does it feel... except, for example. 0h, life. how does it feel... except, for example. oh, sorry, carry on. you have to check your temperature if you are going to a shopping mall or going back to your community to the building where you live. how does it feel going from a situation where it was effectively clear to suddenly these measures being brought in again? well, it... it is really a surprise for all of us to see new cases coming up every really a surprise for all of us to see new cases coming up every day. but to have all of these measures

lunged and carried out, all strictly, it feel safe. it actually feels like it is under control —— new measures lunged and carried out. it feels at the date of the disease will be soon under containment. angelica, thank you very much. thank you. president trump has expressed surprise at a landmark ruling by the us supreme court that employers cannot fire workers for being gay or transgender. the expectation had been that more conservative judges might not uphold civil rights law. last week, the trump administration removed health insurance protections for transgender people. our reporter sylvia lennan—spence explains. the rainbow flag, a symbol of pride, and outside america's top court, a man celebrates an outcome which will protect lgbtq people from workplace discrimination.

the united states supreme court stood on the right side of history, declaring that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination are both prohibited under federal law. six of the nine supreme courtjudges agreed that the 1964 civil rights act, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, should include gay and transgender people. leading the decision is president trump—appointed conservative, justice neil gorsuch. he said: . gerald bostock is one of three people whose case was heard in court. mr bostock was fired from his job afterjoining a gay—friendly softball team. i did nothing wrong, and i now have that validated from the united states supreme court. we share this victory together as a community

and i learned early on that this was more than just about my own personal circumstances, that it impacts so many people across this country. president donald trump has said it was a very powerful decision. they've ruled. i've read the decision, and some people were surprised, but they've ruled and we live with their decision, that's what it's all about. it comes at a time of great social upheaval in america, when millions of people are fighting for equality. trans women are women! and the ruling has gained widespread reaction from high—profile activists and allies. victory, yes! a victory for the lgbt community in the supreme court today. this is great news. you know, trans voices must be heard and they are, this is a great thing. i mean, black trans lives matter, trans lives matter. we are not going to be erased.

more than half of america's states will have to adjust their understanding of the workplace discrimination law, a victory for the lgbtq community in its continuing fight for equal rights. sylvia lennan—spence, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the slowdown in the economy hits the labour market with the latest figures showing a big fall in the number of workers on payroll. marcus rashford refuses to give up on his campaign forfree school meal vouchers for vulnerable children over the summer, putting the government under increasing pressure. the indian army says three of its soldiers have been killed in a clash with chinese troops along their disputed border. for some children, lockdown has meant quality time with their family, and a welcome break from school. but there's a warning that the pandemic has severely affected some young people's mental health. new research here in the uk from the university of oxford says

primary school children have been most badly impacted. it comes as the charity childine says the number of children visiting its website has quadrupled. hannah gray reports. these are examples of the kind of calls helen has been hearing since march. she works for childline and she's really concerned about child ren's well—being. i think children are the hidden victims of this coronavirus and for many children home isn't a safe place.

i think children are the hidden victims of this coronavirus and for many children home isn't a safe place. and, you know, we haven't got community eyes and ears, schools, health services, looking out for children, so that is a real worry. people are dying, people are getting ill, and you can't see your friends, your relatives. sara is 11 years old. during lockdown she's done a survey asking 16 children in south yorkshire how they've been coping. lots of people are actually worried, scared, and concerned about coronavirus. that was 82%. it was a very big thing to go through as a child. and, yeah, it affected me quite a lot because i was worried what it could do to my family. her dad is a doctor at the local hospital and he inspired her to talk to others about their feelings. it's very important that we, as children, get our voices heard so that we feel calm and we know that it's safe, because when you are very young you can get very worried about things that completely change your life. a new survey from the university of oxford asked 10,000 families

across england to report on their child's mental health. secondary school aged children say they're less stressed and behave better out of school, but primary school aged children seem to be finding it more difficult. parents are reporting that over the course of lockdown children's emotional difficulties, so being clingy or worried or unhappy and behaviour problems, so having tantrums, getting into arguments, or maybe not doing what their parents are asking them to over that month, those things have actually got worse. even before the pandemic, the children's commissioners said that the current system is far away from meeting the needs of all the children who have mental health conditions. psychologists now suspect there will be an even greater number of children who will need support after being isolated for so long. it's ourjob as professionals, government, schools to make sure that there is enough support available. you know, these effects don't have to be lifelong and it's important that we all take account of what children and young people are telling us, believe them,

and give them the right support to emerge from this intact and able to go on and enjoy their childhood and adult lives. in the meantime, children like sara try to find their own ways of coping as they watch the adults around them deal with the biggest change to our world in a generation. hannah gray, bbc news. the health and social care committee here in the uk has been taking evidence on delivering core nhs and care services during the covid—19 pandemic disruption. during the session, the committee chair, jeremy hunt, heard from a selection of patients receiving treatment and members of the medical profession. we can speak to the former conservative health secretary and now chair of the health select committee, jeremy hunt. welcome, thank you forjoining us. just give us a bit of a flavour about the sort of things you are hearing this morning. what people have missed out on in terms of treatment in particular. well, we

heard some pretty depressing studies. we heard from a man from bracknell who is in the enormous pain in hisjoints, so much so that he had to take early retirement. he had an operation scheduled for april, of course terrible timing. not only was the operation cancelled, he has now been told that there is a zero chance of him getting the operation this year. we heard from a lady from sevenoaks who has had her chemotherapy stopped although that has now restarted. a pretty grim picture, but we also heard from some experts about what the solution to these problems here are. that was, i think, the solution to these problems here are. that was, ithink, probably the solution to these problems here are. that was, i think, probably the most informative bit of the morning. the question has been asked a lot during this about what has happened while there has been so much focus on covid—19 any lockdown too. to protect life, obviously, and one very important aspect, but of course the rest of life has been going on as we are now. do you think that the

approach has been to blinkered? no, i think they did exactly what they had to do, which is you're dealing with a pandemic, you know, it has been an enormous success for the nhs that throughout coronavirus, not a single person was denied an intensive care bed on a ventilator who needed them. but the challenge when we go back to normal, when we think about hips and knees and cancer treatment and dentistry, it is that hospitals are saying that they will only be able to operate at 60% of capacity, which means that they are not going to be able to suddenly switch the cap back on so we heard some very interesting thoughts as to what needs to happen if we are going to bring those waiting lists back down again. such as having trying to have covid free or covid low risk buildings and hospitals and other ones where there isa hospitals and other ones where there is a higher risk of their being

covid where there is, for example, an a&e department.” covid where there is, for example, an a&e department. i wanted bigger mother what you said about not being able to switch on the tab icon and capacity will only be able to be 60% going for —— —— i wanted to pick you up going for —— —— i wanted to pick you up and what you were saying there. that people have not been getting the care that they need, that everything can be delayed, the outcome will be fine whenever the treatment happens. it is the fact that outcomes will materially be worsened for many people as a result of having lost out on that treatment. that cannot be changed, it cannot be taken away. no, it can't. you're right. at the sight of the crisis we had 4.2 million people in the waiting list. —— at the start of the crisis. that appears likely to double or even more than double by september. every week that the nhs is not doing hips and knees, there are more people being added to there are more people being added to the waiting list. we are going to have to find a new way of doing things. one of the most wedding areas, actually, which i do not think has had enough tension ——

worrying areas which has not had enough attention, is dentistry. dentists are saying they can only see about ten or 20% of the patients they sell because of wearing protective equipment and social distancing and it is very high risk for coronavirus because someone is looking right inside your mouth is dentists have to be properly protected. there was an urgent plea from the british dental association for the plan from the government to help dentists get back to practising andi help dentists get back to practising and i think that is something that will have been taken away from anyone watching the session. looking at that, then, is a particular example, it gives a very... a microcosmic aspect, i guess which is that people are desperate for the services of dentists. people have been taking out their own teeth during this crisis. and people are still not going to be able to get the dental treatment that they need. at the same time, dentists are

wedded that they will go out of business. there is such a disconnect. —— are worried that they will go out of business. there is. and one of the wedding things that we heard —— disturbing things that we heard —— disturbing things that we heard —— disturbing things that we heard is that a small percentage of dentists believe that they will be viable when they're allowed open. wearing protective equipment is slowing them down and is very, very expensive and has to be change for every patient that they see. they need financial support and i know they are talking to departments of health about that, but this is something that really needs to be sorted out very urgently.” something that really needs to be sorted out very urgently. ijust wa nt to sorted out very urgently. ijust want to ask about marcus rashford. the footballer, manchester united and england striker. he wants the government to pay for school meals, free school meals over the summer. do you think that that should happen? i'm very sympathetic to the argument that he is making and i think, whether it is the particular

solution that he is talking about, which would mean the free school more process cutters over and over the summer holidays —— free school meal process carries on over the summer holidays are another solution that gives extra help to families in particular distress, we have this i need to look at the fact there are going to be some families that find it incredibly difficult over the summer months... sorry, if! could just interrupt your very moment. we are adjusting the about your viewers are adjusting the about your viewers are watching on bbc world. to carry on, sorry. no, it is all right. whether it is his solution to carry on with the free school meal programme on a different way of tie can help, perhaps of the local authorities, that are clearly going to bea authorities, that are clearly going to be a number of parents, carers who are not going to build to go back to work in the normal way over the summer and get an income, and therefore are going to struggle. we do need to think about that. is it a mistake for the government to

effectively be at loggerheads with a very popular footballer who is speaking from her questioning he has had its own expense of this? and the money is not a huge amount. the cost would be 120 over the summer. there are always difficult decisions that you have to make in government. -- the cost would be £120 million over the cost would be £120 million over the summer. in terms of generosity, we have had the most generous support anywhere in europe, possibly anywhere in the world in terms of the people afloat, keeping businesses going during the period of the pandemic so i think the government has been prepared to put their hands any taxpayer's pockets, ifi their hands any taxpayer's pockets, if i can put that way. this is clearly a n if i can put that way. this is clearly an issue that will have to be resolved. the question is, obviously, what the priorities are and very clearly, the priorities have had to be economic as well as saving lives for covid—19, as you say a huge amount of money has gone there. but for kids in vulnerable

positions, we're kidding about the outcome for them being worsened by not having the schooling, —— we are hearing about the outcome of them being worsened. it is going to have a long impact, isn't it? mental health and everything else in terms of outcome. it is. and of course one of outcome. it is. and of course one of the things that a crisis like this brings home is at the issue of health inequality. it is the fact that poorer people, poorer families have worse health outcomes anyway, but that is made worse by having a crisis such as the one we have gone through and of course, we are very sadly seen that in higher death rates. from people with coronavirus from poorerfamilies. rates. from people with coronavirus from poorer families. so rates. from people with coronavirus from poorerfamilies. so i think what is going to come out for this isa what is going to come out for this is a real desire to make sure that we address some of the inequalities in society that we have had very very long time. jeremy hunt, thank you for your time this morning. headlines coming up in a moment, now

the weather with nick. someone sunny spells are not for occasionally today, but thatis that is not the main feature of the weather yet again today there will be some showers and thunderstorms developing and if you catch one, it could be any form of a torrential downpour. there may be frequent lightning, the risk of hail as well, perhaps enough rain to bring some flash flooding. parts of wales, the north midlands, south—west scotland, northern ireland most likely to have some of the most severe impact from these numbers if you catch one. they are possible just about anywhere. some misty low cloud hugging the costs, pushing on across central and eastern parts of the uk as big overnight on it. many of the jan personal diary away. —— many of the showers will die on the way. mist or mackie start tomorrow and a sunny spells developing. you could say murky across go to sea coast and colour elsewhere. elsewhere, some sunny spells but yet again, showers, thunderstorms, torrential downpours developing.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the impact of lockdown hits ukjobs — new figures show a sharp drop in the number of workers on payroll. manchester united striker marcus rashford puts the uk government under increasing pressure to issue free school meal vouchers for vulnerable children over the summer. we have actually, unusually in this case, along with all the other billions, multi—billion pound package we put in place to help families, also provided £63 million exceptionally to help local authorities help children over this period as well. tensions on the korean border too, as the north blows up itsjoint liaison office with the south, just hours after threatening military action. just hours after threatening the results of a second review into the impact

of coronavirus on people in black, asian and minority ethnic communities in the uk recommends doing risk assessments for nhs staff and key workers. india says three of its soldiers have been killed in what it called a "violent face—off" with chinese troops on their border in the himalayas. new zealand records two new cases of coronavirus — both had come from the uk, ending 24 days of no new infections. and they don'tjust buzz, they also toot and quack — scientists decode secret sound messages sent by queen honeybees. 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. official figures released here in the uk today, suggest the number of workers on payrolls fell by more than 600,000 between march and may, as the coronavirus lockdown hit. but the jobless rate held steady in the three months to april — at 3.9%, according to the office for national statistics. economists say the full impact on employment will not be felt until wage support schemes end in october. pressure is mounting on the government to continue its voucher scheme for children who qualify for free school meals in england over the summer. there is growing unease among some conservative mps over the refusal to extend the support — as man united and england's marcus rashford continues to campaign on the issue. the results of a second review into the impact of coronavirus on people in black, asian and minority ethnic communities in the uk has just been published —

it makes a number of recommendations including the recording of ethnicity data and doing risk assessments for key workers. three indian soldiers have been killed in a clash with chinese forces in ladakh in the disputed kashmir region. south korean officials say north korea has blown up its joint liaison office with the south near the border town of kaesong. the move comes just hours after the north renewed threats of military action at the korean border. and, new zealand has confirmed two new cases of coronavirus, ending a 24—day streak of no new infections in the country. both women had travelled to new zealand from here in the uk. first, let's talk to our business correspondent ben thompson, about those latest unemployment figures in the uk. over to you. joanna, thank you. what is interesting about these unemployment figures is perhaps what they do not tell us about the state

of the uk jobs they do not tell us about the state of the ukjobs market, because the headline rate of unemployment are staying steady at 3.9%, the number of people on company payrolls falling by 600,000. but behind that lies a story of one that is a jobs market propped up by government intervention. if you look at some of the other details we have had today, i start to paint a more accurate picture of what the jobs market could look like in the coming months. the number of hours worked per individual has fallen sharply because workers have been furloughed, paid up to 80% of their salary by the government would not actually in work. the number ofjob vacancies, the number of job actually in work. the number ofjob vacancies, the number ofjob adverts for emptyjobs advertising to find staff, that falling sharply by 16%. we have also seen the claimant count, including people who are in work by claiming benefits to top up their salary, or those out of work

claiming jobseeker‘s allowance, that rises sharply by nearly 75%. at the last set of figures we were told at 1.6 million people were claiming that help. today we are told that is now 2.8 million. and so a significant increase. i think most employers right now would be sitting back and trying to work out what the jobs market will look like and what their business will look like, over their business will look like, over the coming months. what will be the demand for their products and services, and how many staff do they need to service that demand? we have seen it in many industries around the world, that they are laying off staff to cope with this new reduced level of demand, be they hotels or airlines, we might get a sense of what it means for the rest of the economy in the coming months as firms have to adopt —— adapt to the new normal. the jobs firms have to adopt —— adapt to the new normal. thejobs market firms have to adopt —— adapt to the new normal. the jobs market after this is done will look very different. thank you very much, ben. in a clear escalation of tensions, north korea has blown up the liaison office with south korea,

that was set up near the border to promote peace. over recent weeks, pyongyang has released a series of angry statements directed at seoul, including the threat of military action. the office was located in the north korean border city of kaesong. cristina varriale is an expert in proliferation and nuclear policy at rusi, where she focuses on north korea's weapons programme. thank you very much forjoining us. why do you think north korea has done this? i think the real hook for this rise in tensions comes from a recent incident where activist groups in south korea have sent propaganda leaflets to the north, criticising the north korean regime. i think north korea has been looking foran i think north korea has been looking for an opportunity in which it can start to unveil its new approach towards south korea. so since diplomatic engagement in 2018 and 2019, north korea has been extremely quiet and how it sees its relationship with the south going

forward. this has really become an opportunity for north korea to begin to demonstrate and signal how it sees its relationship with the south over the coming months and years. it has also provided an opportunity for north korea to test the southern president's commitment to inter—korean policy. and testing where his loyalties really lie. does he want to prioritise that engagement with the north, or is he still being restrained by his commitment to the alliance to america? the reaction from south korea will obviously be very important. what do you expect? we have already seen the south korean administration start the process of prosecuting the actors that sent the leaflets across the border to north korea. but everything we have seen so far signifies they will continue to prioritise diplomacy with north korea. so although we have seen

threats of military action from the north, president moon is focusing on making sure the door remains open to continue talks and to continue the opportunity to discuss north korea's nuclear programme, especially. so how sensitive do you think this situation is then? president moon says he does want diplomacy. could things just de—escalate again?” think what this recent bout of tensions is really demonstrating is the diplomatic efforts between south korea and the us. the peace process is not something the south korean administration can impose on the north. it has to be a two—way conversation. the current situation is really demonstrating that north korea is not prioritising diplomacy right now. and actually, it had other incentives in mind, other approaches in mind, to deal with that relationship, and clearly diplomacy is not at the top of its agenda. thank you. thank you.

pressure is mounting on the uk government to continue its free school meals voucher system into the summer holidays. the england footballer marcus rashford, who received free school meals himself, is spearheading a campaign for it to be extended. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. it's become a big row, norman. what is the latest from the government? well, there has been no movement from the government. they are pointing to the extra 65 million the government is already giving to local authorities to help disadvantaged families over the summer. but there is no doubt the pressure they are under, notjust from the opposition parties, labour have tabled a motion to be voted on theissue have tabled a motion to be voted on the issue this evening. there are signs of disquiet among a number of tory backbenchers. and we had the former leader of the conservative party in scotland, ruth davidson, tweeting this morning, expressing her bafflement that tory mps should be, in her words,

her bafflement that tory mps should be, in herwords, picking her bafflement that tory mps should be, in her words, picking this hill to die on. that said, so far no movement. and listen to the transport secretary grant schapps this morning. we have actually, unusually in this case, along with all the other billions, the multi—billion pound package we put in place to help families, also provided £63 million, exceptionally, to help local authorities help children over this period as well. so there has been additional support and no one would want otherwise. marcus rashford has been directly involved in a series of tweets with the work and pensions secretary after she responded to the things he put out this morning? yes, the government's position has been made an awful lot worse by the intervention of marcus rashford, who is not just use intervention of marcus rashford, who is notjust use the well—known and highly regarded as a footballer, but has also expressed himself in frankly very cogent, genuine, convincing terms. however, they work

and pensions secretary has now basically gone toe to toe with him on twitter after he issued a series of tweets this morning, one of which he picked up on. this one says, he is talking about families who really are at breaking point and don't have any cash, he says, "when you run your shower this morning take a second to think about parents who have had their water turned off during lockdown." therese coffey tweeted very sharply back, "water can't be disconnected though." sort of reprimanding him. i think there isa of reprimanding him. i think there is a view certainly amongst opposition mps that what this was a snarky response and there were calls for her to apologise. marcus rashford himself responded, again in very reasonable terms, saying, "i'm concerned this is the only tweet of mine you have acknowledged. please put rivalries aside for a second and make a difference." a couple of

hours later, we didn't get a full apology, but therese coffey certainly adopted, shall we say, a much more emollient tone. this is what she said. "i welcome your passion for supporting children and the most vulnerable in society, a passion we share. we are working to the same aim. i and this government will continue to actively help and support families and businesses through this emergency and beyond." why do we go from here? it seems to me the bottom line is if you are in a hole, stop digging. the question is, how far the government now feels they've got to retreat in order to get out of that hole. do they have to do get out of that hole. do they have todoa get out of that hole. do they have to do a full blown u—turn, can they repackage the cash they have already given to local authorities, earmark it for school meals? who knows? but i would suggest they are going to have to do something to try and just calm down this row because at the

moment they are taking a beating. norman, thank you. let's get more on those new uk figures saying that the number of workers on payrolls fell by more than 600,000 between march and may, as the coronavirus lockdown hit. amy golding is the ceo of opus talent solutions, a recruitment and tech training company. welcome. what have you been seeing at the sharp end in terms of employment and the difficulties? yeah, well our company specialises in tech and digital recruitment and training people to enter the tech workforce from non—tech backgrounds. at the moment the unemployment figures are not showing what is going to happen when furlough ends. they are not showing that people who remain employed have taken pay cuts. there is no bonuses, overtime,

self—employed people have got less work. so i think it is going to get worse. but what i think it's really interesting in this sector that i am m, interesting in this sector that i am in, there are a lot of companies actually increasing their employment during the pandemic, companies like e—commerce, cybersecurity, medical technology. and i think what this crisis has done has really highlighted two hiring trends, one is large—scale highlighted two hiring trends, one is la rge—scale redundancies highlighted two hiring trends, one is large—scale redundancies which you are seeing from the likes of debenhams, retail on the high street, which was starting to happen anyway. on the other side, an increase in hiring in short tech and digital. as people have gone more in line for work, for communications, you are actuallyjust seeing both of these trends expedited rather than new things happening. one of my major concerns is that we had a

huge... what you didn't have was mass and employment. people are talking about unemployment rates like we haven't seen since the 19805. like we haven't seen since the 1980s. my family are from doncaster. and we all know what happened when they closed the mines and the government didn't invest in retraining. so i think now the time has come that retraining people in tech and digital is going to be hugely important because we don't need to be two different sets of people. people being made redundant, you know, these companies are going to start rehiring. they are going to be hiring different skill sets. and for those people who have made their career in things like retail, they will not be able to re—enter the workforce unless we help them to retrain in future skills. people will be listening to what you are saying, fearing that they are about to lose theirjobs or they have lost their jobs, to lose theirjobs or they have lost theirjobs, thinking, wow, there is an area that is recruiting but i don't have the skills. i know that

you have spoken about retraining and saying that anyone can do it, effectively. how does someone go about that? well, even before this pandemic it was something i was passionate about because not only was there a huge skills shortage in tech, there was also a diversity issue. we started our company to retrain people who weren't from tech backgrounds at all, whether they we re backgrounds at all, whether they were from arts backgrounds, women, people from the bame community and even older people, who didn't think that attack was open to them, we developed a training course that can retrain people from any background injust retrain people from any background in just 12 retrain people from any background injust 12 weeks. and retrain people from any background in just 12 weeks. and allow them to start a complete glee different career in technology. technology is not as scary and inaccessible as people think. it is something i am hugely passionate about, even before this. and, you know, this isjust absolutely expedited of the need for

it before people do lose theirjobs. the company is making redundancies could be retraining their staff, rather than making redundancies on one side and hiring a completely different skill set on the other. amy, your passion really shines through. i'm sure you will have inspired people listening. thank you. thank you for having me on. the indian army says three of its soldiers have been killed in a clash with chinese troops along their disputed border. beijing has accused delhi of crossing the frontier and attacking its personnel. the incident took place in the galwan river valley area of the border. it follows weeks of escalating tension in the region with both sides deploying thousands of extra troops. our correspondent, arunoday mukharji, is in delhi. these are very worrying developments from the perspective of both countries, especially if you try to understand the context. both countries were trying to de—escalate tensions which have been escalating since the first week of may. so this was one of the most serious escalations in recent history,

at a time when both countries were attempting to de—escalate tensions. many analysts asking about the progress made with both countries. a senior army officer on the indian side and two soldiers have been killed. the indian army pointed out this was a violent face—off, no gunshots were fired, so this essentially means it was a result of hand—to—hand combat. the chinese foreign ministry has issued a stern statement, saying india should not stir up trouble in that area, that they are not fearful of any escalation. they say this was done by the indian troops had crossed over a legally due the chinese side. officials are currently on location trying to defuse tension. this is the statement from the indian government. the language is around the escalation. —— de—escalation. is there hope this won't lead to something more serious?

well, that is difficult to say because when we spoke to analysts about this recent escalation, they said this is something we have not seen in decades. we have seen skirmishes in the recent past. we have seen both sides coming to blows, physical skirmishes taking place, but never to this extent that a senior officer has been killed and two soldiers have been killed. the defence minister of india has held a meeting with the army, navy and air chiefs as well, a meeting at which the foreign minister was also present. this essentially suggests there is an attempt to try to resolve this diplomatically as well. however, both sides, the kind of statements that have come in in recent weeks, have said things like, both sides are capable of defending their own territories. many say this as a trigger when india started construction work near the border area, which apparently triggered some tension with china. they are at the talking table, but this sets them back several weeks, when analysts actually thought there was some

progress being made. there have been two new confirmed cases of coronavirus in new zealand, and they both arrived from the uk. the country had gone 24 days without a new case. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, sent us this update. these two women are in their 40s and 30s and they came to new zealand from the uk, via brisbane, here in australia, onjune 7th. we also know that they were in isolation, a managed isolation facility in the city of auckland in new zealand and that they were given exceptional leave on compassionate grounds to go to wellington onjune the 13th to see a dying parent who had actually died that night, and so they were on their way in a private vehicle to make funeral arrangements. we understand from the director of health in new zealand that they didn't come into contact with any members of the public on their way, that they were in

a private vehicle and that now we know that one more family member is at risk. we also know that one of these women was showing mild symptoms, the other was asymptomatic, but they were not tested before they left that isolation hotel in auckland. other points of contact, of course, that the health authorities are looking at now, are those in the isolation hotel in auckland but also there was four on the brisbane plane on the way to new zealand. as you say, it breaks that streak of 24 days with no covid cases, and authorities in new zealand as saying despite the lifting of restrictions, people must remain vigilant. the results of a second review into the impact of coronavirus on people in black, asian and minority ethnic communities in the uk has just been published — it makes a number of recommendations including the recording of ethnicity

the results of a second review into the impact of coronavirus on people in black, asian and minority ethnic communities in the uk has just been published — it makes a number of recommendations including the recording of ethnicity data and doing risk assessments for key workers and prioritising the tackling of ethnic inequalities. with me is dr chaand nagpaul, the council chair of the british medical association, the trade union and professional body for doctors in the uk. also i'm joined by lord simon woolley , founder of operation black vote and chair of the race disparity unit advisory group to number 10. thank you forjoining us. doctor, first of all, what is your reaction to this report? we have had a previous report that underlined the different impact of covert on different impact of covert on different communities. yes, just to remind ourselves, this report should have been published two weeks ago and it has been today published after some leaks and it has been today published after some lea ks last and it has been today published after some leaks last week. it is overdue. what is really important is that this report has identified many actions and recommendations for change. and it's really important to now move beyond the rhetoric into implementing that change. there is

not a single reason why we are seeing this really disturbing statistic of our ethnic minority populations been disproportionately affected. black communities are four times at the risk of death compared to white counterparts. for doctors who i represent, the figures have been more concerning, with more than 90% of doctors who have died, all coming from a bame background. there are multiple factors that day. in some instances this —— these factors interrelate. it is important we deliver the changes because that is the fairand right deliver the changes because that is the fair and right thing to do for our population. lord woolley, how helpful you think these recommendations are? well, it could bea recommendations are? well, it could be a watershed. as the professor said, this has had a devastating impact on black, asian and minority ethnic community, particularly those on the front line, care workers, doctors and nurses. but also

security guards and bus drivers. i think what people are screaming for is an action plan. we have had a petition that has called for covid—19, race equality that looks at where this disease has laid bare uncomfortable, shocking inequalities, and have an action plan to close the gaps. within the nhs, for example, there are 279 chief executives and only seven are from bame communities. i would chief executives and only seven are from bame communities. iwould hope the nhs would have a strong look at themselves and say, we need a race audit but also an action plan to close these disparities, that in pa rt have close these disparities, that in part have exacerbated these figures of black people dying. so it should bea of black people dying. so it should be a watershed moment. it depends on leadership. leadership in the nhs, leadership. leadership in the nhs, leadership at number 10. people have spoken about how we need to change the narrative. it is not the

narrative, it is the system. we've got theirs. we also had announced a commission to look at inequality in the uk. there have been many reports before. it has been pointed out the recommendations of those reports have not happened. do you believe, lord woolley, that there is actually a desire and determination?” lord woolley, that there is actually a desire and determination? i know there is a desire and determination from bame communities, and many people on the streets.” from bame communities, and many people on the streets. i mean from the people who can make the change happen? we can all make the change, particularly number ten macro. —— numberio. i hope particularly number ten macro. —— number 10. i hope there will be solutions, not more information. there is a window of opportunity. we have to seize it. out of this awfulness, out of these deaths, we can build something better, stronger, fairer. if we lose that opportunity, actually we could go backwards, with all the challenges we will face in a post covid world.

gentlemen, stay with us. ijust want to say goodbye to viewers watching us around the world on bbc world. thank you for your company. just back to you doctor, in terms of how things change, we are talking about obviously so many different elements here. we are talking about equality through all different areas, and also the impact on the front line through covid—19. when you talk about 90% of all doctors who have died being from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, how do those doctors on the front line get properly protected? doctors on the front line get properly protected ? i doctors on the front line get properly protected? i mean there are recommendations in this report, but would they really change the risk factors ? would they really change the risk factors? so i think what we must do is have some very tangible action points. there's point having a report that is a discussion. for example, we know that many bame

health care workers suffer with underlying conditions that put them at extremely greater risk of ill health from covid—19. we know that many have felt unprotected in the workplace. in fact, this is an area —— inequality issue. when the bma have conducted surveys throughout the panic —— pandemic, we have had three times as many doctors from bame backgrounds saying they felt under pressure to see patients without full protective equipment. you will be aware of the shortages of ppe. that is the cultural factor that needs to end. so there is fairness for everybody working in the same environment. in terms of risk assessments, that is a critical pa rt risk assessments, that is a critical part of this. if we had, and if we do risk assessed properly, we can protect those people, bame and others, who are at greatest risk. we know that they would be at high

risk. these are health care workers who are in contact with the virus, they are notjust... sorry who are in contact with the virus, they are notjust. .. sorry to interrupt, but does the risk assessment mean they shouldn't be on the front line? if that is the case it would have a massive impact on personnel and the number of people available to deal with this? well, we already have risk assessments of people who are at high risk. we have highly vulnerable categories and they are also health care workers. this would just be an extension. what it does mean is that health ca re what it does mean is that health care workers what it does mean is that health ca re workers can what it does mean is that health care workers can be redeployed. you will be aware there is a huge backlog of work in the nhs at the moment. and so you would be redeploying somebody who is at high risk into an area where it is not an infectious environment, where they are infectious environment, where they a re less infectious environment, where they are less likely to contract the infection, and the risk assessment way —— may also put in place workplace adjustments. if you look at people who have not been able to socially distance, who have not been able to stay at home, bus drivers,

people working in supermarkets and shops, underground, they have not been risk assessed, they have no protection, they were mixing with people who are infected and in turn they became infected. and if from a bame background they suffered badly and many died. that is the sort of intervention we need. we do not need another review, we do not need to be spending too much time thinking about these measures. but what will be more challenging is that this review and report has highlighted some pre—existing inequalities that interlink with the bame community. we know, for example, that deprived communities are twice as likely to die from covid—19, compared to more affluent areas. but we also know that a larger proportion of bame people live in deprived areas, such as 30% of bangladeshis live in overcrowded housing, compared to 2% of the white population. so to

really tackle this we need a two pronged approach. one, immediately protecting those who are at highest risk and we can do that. but also, dressing those pre—existing inequalities which will require very concerted efforts from government and local authorities, and in doing so remember we will improve the health of the nation and it will be of benefit to the nhs as well if we can reduce ill and harm. thank you both very much. the uk'sjustice select committe is looking today at why ethnic minority children are so disproportionately represented in the youth justice system. the proportion of detained under—18s of bame origin has grown from about 20% in 2016 to over 50%, according to the latest government figures. i'm joined now by suleman amad, criminaljustice project coordinator for the charity maslaha, which works to change social inequalities affecting muslims. thank you forjoining us. why do you think there is that inequality in

the numbers? looking at the numbers, the numbers? looking at the numbers, the reasons drastically over the past four years, i believe we have a very restless criminaljustice system. it treats people from a may background from a different way to say their white counterparts, hence why you have such a rise in the number —— people from a bame background. can you give us some exa m ples of background. can you give us some examples of why you do believe there is racism at the heart of this? when you are looking at sentencing of people from bame backgrounds and comparing their white counterparts, you can see the sort —— for the same sort of crimes, people from bame backgrounds are getting longer sentences. it was reported in 2017 that there was definitely a racial disparity in our criminaljustice system and people from bame

backgrounds were at the front end of it. i think there are a number of reasons for the way it happens. i think maybe from the way we police, often times it is over policed. people from a band background are one in six times more likely to be stopped —— bame background full stop —— were stopped by the police. stopped —— bame background full stop -- were stopped by the police. you mentioned the report, the recommendations that were not implemented and there has been some criticism of that right now with the spotlight really shouting on all of these issues. do you believe that at these issues. do you believe that at the moment we are in a different place that we were before questioning that there is so much focus that things had to change? —— spotlight really shine on all these issues. i think we are in a better place to talk about race and, especially in institutions. with

black lives matter in america, i feel that they are ahead in terms of the conversation having in terms of racism in the criminaljustice system. i think being here in england and wales, we cannot talk about racism is openly in the criminal justice system about racism is openly in the criminaljustice system and we sometimes sugar—coat it with different words, but at the end of the day, looking at the number, the statistics, we can see that it is definitely a racist system. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon is leading the daily she'sjoined by scotland's economy secretary, fiona hyslop, gregor smith — the interim chief medical officer. let's listen in. i will start as always with the key statistics in relation to covid—19. as of nine o'clock this morning there have been 18,045 positive cases confirmed. you will recall that since yesterday the total now data from a uk testing sites. that

is an increase of 15 overall from the figures yesterday. a total of 986 patients are in hospital with confirmed or suspected covid—19. that represents a total increase of 116 from yesterday, but let me stress that there is a reduction of 11 any number of confirmed cases. a total of 19 people last night were in intensive care with either confirmed or suspected covid—19 and thatis confirmed or suspected covid—19 and that is an increase of one since yesterday. i am also able to confirm that it sends at the 5th of march, a total of 3929 patients who had tested positive and previously required hospital treatment have now been discharged from hospital. however, in the past 24 hours, five deaths were registered of a patient confirmed a three test as having covid—19. the total number of deaths in scotland under that measurement

is therefore now 2453. tomorrow, of course, we will see the weekly publication from national records for scotland, which gives us the total number of deaths, both those confirmed three test and those who are suspected of having had covid—19. let me gainsay my deepest condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one as a result of this by this and is currently grieving. —— one of the unique human beings who live behind the statistics. my thanks to our health and care workers and other key workers for everything you continue to do an extremely challenging circumstances. as well as the chief medical officer, i'm going to do an extremely challenging circumstances. as well as the chief medical officer, i am jointly by fiona this morning, the latest labour market statistics for scotland were published. they cover the period of february through to april and april was of course, the first full month

of the lockdown restrictions. today's figures show that when compared to the three months from november to january, unemployment in scotla nd november to january, unemployment in scotland increased from 97,000 to 127,000. the payment rate during this period increase from 3.5% to 4.6% and the employment rate fell from 74.9% to 74.3%. i should stress that this is a sample survey, the institute this morning has reminded us that we had to be cautious about what we conclude from it. however, we don't know a couple of things already. firstly, that the protection of the job retention scheme that was put in place at the start of lockdown will mean that these figures are likely to be an underestimate of the full impact of covid—19 on business activity. secondly, because these figures cover only until april, they do not

yet give out the fully up—to—date picture. the statistics that were published this morning on a claimant count to cover the month of may, so give us humourand count to cover the month of may, so give us humour and up—to—date indication, but important to stress that the statistics are still six bed mental. —— give us a more up—to—date indication. —— the statistics are still exponential. what the state undoubtedly demonstrates is that the public health crisis of covid has crated an economic crisis that demands our full focus and attention. i know that these kinds of statistics and generally increasing economic anxiety will lead some to argue for anxiety will lead some to argue for a quicker than planned exit from lockdown and absolutely understand that. get difficult though this is,

if we ease restrictions quickly and allow dividers to run out of control again, that would be economically counter—productive and would also cost many lives. —— allow the virus to run out of control again. the progress is evident again in the figures i have reported today. it is an essential foundation for the sustainable economic recovery that we wa nt sustainable economic recovery that we want to secure. the key point is that, the more that we can suppress this virus now, the more normality we can restore as we do open up the economy and society. and also the more able we will then be to cope with any resurgence of the virus, either from with any resurgence of the virus, eitherfrom sporadic with any resurgence of the virus, either from sporadic outbreaks like the one china is dealing with now or increased transmission as we face in the winter period and the flu season. however, all of that said, scotla nd season. however, all of that said, scotland does, like other countries around the world, face the challenge of how we do now open up our economy ina way of how we do now open up our economy in a way that is safe and

sustainable. on thursday, i will announce the outcome of a review into lockdown restrictions and i hope and expect that on thursday we will be able to confirm a move from phase 12 phase two of our plan for reopening economy and lifting restrictions more generally —— move from phase one to phase a two. it will not mean restrictions lifted overnight, but i do hope in the coming week that other restrictions can be lifted so that workers can return to factories with strict hygiene and social distancing measures in place so that the construction industry can continue with its own research plan and so that nonessential retail businesses can have a date for safe reopening. none of this will restore the economy immediately to full health. but it will be significant and sustainable improvement on our current position and that is, of

course, important. that gradual emergence from lockdown is crucial. that is how we allow our businesses to start to operate and to make money again. we know that because that re—emergence, by necessity, it's gradual, then it all must also be accompanied by continued support from business as business seeks to recover. we have continued assistance from the uk government, such as thejob assistance from the uk government, such as the job retention scheme, but it is essential that this scheme is extended, which i think —— if it appears necessary which i think it is, and were making a case to the uk government. the domestic rates relief, the son that matches more than a total that we receive from the uk government consequential. —— the uk government consequential. —— the summer. i want to discuss additional measures to promote economic recovery in the immediate term. later today, kit economic recovery in the immediate term. latertoday, kit firms economic recovery in the immediate term. later today, kit firms will set out to parliament details of a

further £230 million for support for the economy. amongst other things, this package will fund maintenance of education and higher facilities help transport to prepare for physical distancing measures and include a further investment of companies of high potential. and in development such as ravenscraig,, the edinburgh bio quarter and in dundee. will also helping to prepare economy and public services for the future. we are also providing further support today for skills and training. during this crisis, the scottish government has already invested additional money in services such as personal scotland and, as! services such as personal scotland and, as i have said standing here on previous occasions, skills developed in scotland has expanded some of its support for people who are looking for training and employment. today we are making individual training

accou nts we are making individual training accounts available to people who are out of work or on low incomes. last year, these accounts helped more than 18,000 people to develop new skills and take up new positions and this year, we are adapting them to respond to the emerging labour market challenges from july, we will offer access to online training in areas such as computing and it, construction, early years provision and care. initially, we expect to release 14,000 accounts with more becoming available later in the year. and further details of these courses will be available on the my world of work website. i know not eve ryo ne world of work website. i know not everyone who is eligible will be able to take advantage of this. if you had caring responsibilities, which of course many more people, especially parents do right now, for if you are volunteering to help others, time to train and said he will be pretty limited. for some people, especially for perhaps but not excessively for people who are furloughed, only relatively low income or who have been made

unemployed, it does make sense to develop new skills at this time. these learning accounts will offer a further way of supporting people who wa nt to further way of supporting people who want to do that as we seek to emerge from lockdown. the other issue that i want to briefly talk about today isa i want to briefly talk about today is a free school meals. and emergency food support more generally. free school meals are currently being made available to around 175,000 children across scotland. i do authority and early yea rs scotland. i do authority and early years premises, which are still open, or were often through direct cash payments, supermarket vouchers are the direct supply of video meals. i can confirm today that this provision will be extended right throughout the summer holiday period —— supply of meals. families are under considerable pressure right now and free school meals are a vital help to many, but are also very important to the health and well—being of children. we will provide £12.6 million in funding to

local authorities to enable the continuation of the school meals during the period from the end of june to the start of the new term in august. the funding will be allocated anyway that aligns councils, as many currently do, to coordinate school meal provision with wider support that they give to families. in addition to that, 59p will be made available to councils to maintain that wider support —— £50 million. —— £15 million. and people who are being nice it is to isolate under the new test and protect system. support for sure incomes with different budget, it is also being maintained. at the time and these implement figures today show many families will be finding it much harder than normal to make ends meet, i hope these announcements provide some reassurance during an extremely difficult time. before the handover

to the cabinet secretary, ijust wa nt to to the cabinet secretary, ijust want to close, as usual, by emphasising our key public health guidance. and to remind everybody that following this guidance now remains a crucial to keeping dividers under control and allowing us to reopen the economy and to emerge from lockdown on a firm and sustainable basis. —— keep the virus under control. you should still be sitting at home as much as possible and meeting fewer people than normal, and let me remind you that when you do meet people from another household, state doors and stay two metres apart from them. do not meet with more than one hassle with at the time, do not meet more than one a day and keep to a maximum of eight equipped —— one household at a time. wash your hands often, where it is carving in public transport or in shops. —— where a face covering. avoid touching hard surfaces, remember to clean those who do touch. remember this will be

important for some time to come. if you have the symptoms of covid—19, a fever, in due course, you'll also change in your sense of taste or smell, please pick a test immediately and follow the advice on self isolation —— a fever, a new cough, a change in taste or smell. by cough, a change in taste or smell. by doing this we are suppressing the virus and saving lives. if we continue to do that, we are also giving ourselves a much stronger opportunity to take both further and firmer steps out of mactan so my thanks once again to all of you for doing all of the right things —— out of lockdown. i will hand over to fiona hislop who will say a few words before we move on to questions. as outlined on friday, we are dealing with significant economic effects from a continuing health crisis. we do not underestimate the scale of the impacts on gdp and on point. we recognise the effects on our communities and especially on our communities and especially on our

communities and especially honour society's most vulnerable people. three's labour market statistics are the first indicate a full month of nocturne measures. and a scale —— lockdown measures and the skill of covid—19. scotland is a deployment rate estimate fell to 74.3% and in a payment rate estimate rose over the course to 4.6%. in relation to the provisions and what we are doing, the government is very, very conscious that many people will be feeling a deep sense of anxiety about their livelihoods and keeping people in work whilst supporting those who have lost their jobs theirjobs will be at the heart of my thinking as we carefully reopen the economy. every penny we receive from the uk government to support our businesses is being passed on and more. a package of support now

totals more than £23 billion. in addition, i have been working with the cabinet secretary for finance on the cabinet secretary for finance on the restart stimulus package mentioned by the first minister and look forward to her announcement in the afternoon in parliament. work is continuing with businesses, trade unions, regulators and others to develop guidance that will support safer working as a more parts of the economy restart. this week, we will see published guidance on tourism, hospitality, creative industries and has moving, as well as updating guidance on a manufacturing and retail as we move into phase two of the route map. —— house are moving. we also have to support those who have lost theirjobs and we are convening a labour market summit model to make sure that we had a coordinated approach to tackling unemployment and giving people the skills they need as we re—emerge from the crisis. i, along with the

deputy first minister, the minister for further education, the higher education and science, and the minister for business, fabric and skills will be taking part in discussions on the scale of this challenge with a skills development scotland and the scottish council. we will also be working with employers across scotland to develop and stimulate job creation opportunities. we will be focused on the action needed to support people into work and to get the skills and training needed to succeed. in addition, the uk government has to play its part and i have written to the chancellor on the need to extend the chancellor on the need to extend the job retention scheme. more than 600,000 jobs have been furloughed in scotland and almost 150,000 people have made use of the self employment scheme. it is important that we insure their support continues to be offered for as long as it is required and we are asking them to work with us to ensure that support where reflect the needs of

scotland's economy. we know that businesses will need further resources to aid recovery and, as we gradually start to rebuild capacity, but also to invest in growth and to support innovation and improve productivity. they economy will not go back to where it was and we know globally that the impact will last for a long time. this gradual return will require ongoing support. this needs to go beyond the financial and other enterprise agencies will continue to work to safeguard jobs and supply chains. during all of this, it is important that we do not lose our focus on promoting fair work. in these difficult times, it is especially important that we ensure that those who have traditionally faced greater barriers in entering the labour market are not left behind. many thanks for that. we will now move to questions. the chief medical officer, of course, is with us today to help

address the questions. first up, suzanne allen from bbc scotland. the announcement earlier on school meals, will it be the national scheme that it is now in that every child who is entitled to a free school meal will get one or will it be like the holiday hunger programme is where it is up to the discretion of the cancel the provision? can you give me a few more details on that? __ up give me a few more details on that? —— up to the council. give me a few more details on that? -- up to the council. it is to continue with the arrangements that councils have had in place to the crisis period. and they have been providing that in a range of different ways. some have been providing free school meal entitlements are the hubs that have been opened, but in the main, it has been opened, but in the main, it has been through cash equivalent or actual food and meals. been through cash equivalent or actualfood and meals. it is been through cash equivalent or actual food and meals. it is clear continue that provision until they say the rules on eligibility for free school meals are well known in scotla nd free school meals are well known in scotland and that is what we want to see continue, but it is an important

pa rt see continue, but it is an important part of making sure that we are helping to mitigate some of the impact of the unusual circumstances we are living in just now, but also some of the economic impact that the kind of figures we have reported today are having. it is part of an overall package of support that we will continue to keep under review to deal with the immediate effects of this crisis, but also as we come through it to rededicate ourselves, as we have been doing through many of the elements of our welfare system to the children sustainably out of poverty. young petrie from stv. thank you very much, first minster. you said an extension to the furlough scheme was essential. have you had any indication from the uk government that they would be willing to extend it? even on a sector by sector basis? if not, are we simply seen the tip of the iceberg now. i will hand over to the

economy secretary who will see a bit more of the recommendations were made to the uk government and the state of those discussions. we have not had any definitive indication from the uk government that they are willing to extend, but i very much remain hopeful that we will see a positive outcome to these discussions. as i said earlier on, these are deployment figures that are being reported today, of course only up until the end of april, —— unemployment figures are deeply concerning and it is a danger that they mask the full impact of this crisis because many people will still be in employment right now, so they are not registered as unemployed, but they are continuation in employment is dependent on the furlough scheme and thejob retention dependent on the furlough scheme and the job retention initiative dependent on the furlough scheme and thejob retention initiative so if thatis thejob retention initiative so if that is withdrawn, before it is safe to do so the danger is that we see unemployment rise even further than u nfortu nately we unemployment rise even further than unfortunately we may already see in the next few months. i think it is really important, and other countries have already given indications of continuing similar

schemes, france has said theirs might continue for a period of up to two years. it is really important that we are by that cliff edge. and while we want to see that support continue, in general, i think it is reasonable to say that there are some more detailed discussions about the particular sectors and the particular circumstances in which it is critically important. we know, in scotla nd is critically important. we know, in scotland for example, tourism is harder hit and is likely to be hit for longer than some other sectors so that has to be taken into account as well. if you can give an update on the representations we have already made. it is setting at 7.896 for those applying for job already made. it is setting at 7.896 for those applying forjob seekers allowa nce for those applying forjob seekers allowance and universal credit and thatis allowance and universal credit and that is the same in the uk. —— rest of the uk. the job retention scheme is keeping people in employment. as the economy is open, we would hope that a considerable amount of those people on the job retention scheme will be working with businesses that can will be working with businesses that ca n re cover will be working with businesses that can recover and return. but not all will sow any sense, the job

retention scheme is disguising what the underlying unemployment figures are likely to be just like the scottish government is looking at its labour market response, so will the uk government be looking at theirs in the case that i am bidding to the chancellor is that he has to look at the sustainability of unemployment over a long period of time because we know that the economic impact, even global demand pressures will mean that this economic downturn will mar some time so it is better to keep people in employment, even if you're subsidising that, rather than have an increasing number of people on unemployment because it takes more ofa unemployment because it takes more of a challenge a difficulty to get them back in to get them back into implement. sol them back in to get them back into implement. so i know that they have listened previously when we asked them to look at flexibility within them to look at flexibility within the job retention scheme and i also asked previously for an extension from august onwards and that has been delivered. but we have yet to have a response but i think we still need to make the case, particularly

for the sectors that really matter to scotland in terms of the longer term because the impact... we are living in a news briefing. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon announcing an extension to free school meals throughout the summer, a significant development putting further pressure on the english government. the welsh government has already announced extension of free school meals. there is that campaign by marcus rashford asking the government to extend free school meal provision. more coming up at 1pm. now it is time for the weather. our weather is going to stay in an u nsettled our weather is going to stay in an unsettled showery kind of made for the next few days and it means we are going to see a mixture of sunshine and heavy afternoon thunderstorms. capable of bringing some localised surface water flooding. aside from that, it will be quite warm and often feeling quite humid as well. today is no exception, we are seeing lots of

warm sunshine already, but we are seeing lines of thunderstorms breaking out. some nasty ones across south—west england, some fairly slow moving downpours to the brecon beacons and manchester again has been hit with some lively weather earlier on today with some thunderstorm activity and storms as well expected across western parts of scotland. these heavy showers capable of bringing 25 to 35 millimetres of rain in the space of just one hour so there is a risk of some localised surface water flooding. and spray on the roads. many of the showers fit to be overnight, but again it is going to turn ona overnight, but again it is going to turn on a cloudy and grey across parts of the north—east and mist and fog patches, protect in coastal areas and it will feel a little on the human side as well as we head into wednesday. wednesday is another day where, for the most part, it is a largely story dry start the day and some showers by the northwest. as we head into the action, that as many showers start to get going. they will be quite widespread across wales, the midlands and areas of southern england. again, heaviest

emperors could bring us some localised flooding issues. —— heaviest emperors. winds will look like this on thursday. and we're going to see the winds bashing together, a convergence zone and where we get this we will have a line of storms that are particularly slow moving and we could see large amounts of rain, 40 or 50 millimetres per some falling in the space ofjust millimetres per some falling in the space of just two millimetres per some falling in the space ofjust two or three hours. the amount of rain that you get from place to place is going to vary. this is a day where we could see some localised surface water flooding problems building and once again. showers and thunderstorms to watch out for, rain pushing northwards elsewhere. temperatures still generally into the low 20s and it continues to feel rather humid as well. as we head into the weekend, thatis well. as we head into the weekend, that is no sign of the weather settling down, but it probably will turn a little bit fresher, rain at times moving into the north—west, perhaps the dress and bright as well towards the south—east of the uk. that is your weather. —— the driest

and brightest of the weather towards the south—east of the uk.

payroll fell by more than 600,000 in two months. the number of people claiming unemployment—related benefits more than doubled to 2.8 million. by the summer there's every chance we'll have 3 million people unemployed and it'll be the top, top priority for government to be setting out how it can restart hiring, can support more employers to keep people on. we'll be analysing the figures. also this lunchtime... testing their defence — footballer marcus rashford calls for a government u—turn over the provision of free meals over the school summer holidays. hope for coronavirus patients on a ventilator — the drug which reduces the risk of death by a third. new zealand no longer free from coronavirus — after two women who flew from london to see a dying parent