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james furlong, our wonderfully talented, inspirational teacher was tragically killed in a terrorist

incident. james was a very kind and gentle man with a real sense of duty and cared for everyone of our children. he inspired everyone he taught, with his passion for his subject and dedication. he was determined our students would develop critical awareness of global issues and in doing so became an active citizen. as a whole community we now need to absorb this sad news. counsellors are available for our students. words cannot describe our shock and sadness at this time. our thoughts are with his mum, dad, family, friends and colleagues. he was a cherished colleague and will be very sadly missed. applause collea g u es

colleagues of james furlong colleagues ofjames furlong paying tribute to him. we heard he was a kind and gentle man, truly inspired eve ryo ne kind and gentle man, truly inspired everyone he taught, and we heard that he was determined his students assert develop a critical awareness of the world. we heard that he was a cherished colleague and he will be sorely missed. james furlong, one of three people who lost their lives in that stabbing attack in reading on saturday night. we know the name of the second victim, according to cbs news in america, joe ritchie—bennett from philadelphia, and we are awaiting the name of the third victim. a two—minute silence held in reading this morning, as you just heard. our correspondent andy moore is in reading. the town incredibly shocked but wanting to come together to pay their respects this morning. that's

right. we are in the centre of reading with the guidance where the incident happened just behind us. a large police called in, so it is very quiet anyway, but we saw people stand in silence. the police officers here, some vehicles came to a stop. i believe the buses in reading actually stopped a few minutes ago. and we saw some people who were passing by, they stopped in silence and remembered the victims. as you say, we have two victims named now. the history teacherjames furlong, and a friend of his, joe ritchie—bennett, originally from philadelphia. what we know about him is that he came to the uk about 15 yea rs is that he came to the uk about 15 years ago. his family in philadelphia have been paying tribute to him. his father told local media, this is robert ritchie, the family is heartbroken. they have lost their brilliant and loving son.

this was senseless. we have also heard from the us ambassador to the uk, and he said in a message, i offer my deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the attack. to our great sorrow this includes an american citizen. i thoughts are with all those affected. we condemned the attack absolutely and offer our assistance to british law enforcement. the enquiry here behind those walls still very much going on. the suspect in police custody. he has been arrested under terrorism offences, so police have 14 days in which they can charge him or release him. thank you very much. the prime minister will meet senior cabinet members and his leading scientific advisers today, ahead of an announcement tomorrow about a further easing of the lockdown restrictions in england. it's expected he will confirm that the distance people are required to keep from one another will be halved to one metre from early next month, to coincide with more businesses being allowed to re—open. here's our assistant political

editor, norman smith. we should get a statement, i think, in the commons tomorrow which will confirm what we have been hearing from ministers for days now — that the two—metre rule will go. but there will be what they call mitigations. in other words we will be expected to change our behaviour when we are out and about. we are getting a sense of the sort of changes that we might see in bars and restaurants, so there may be restrictions on the numbers who are allowed to go into bars and restaurants. there may be restrictions on the amount of time you can spend in a restaurant. face masks — they may not be compulsory but i think they will be an obligation. they will be much more prevalent. we will have to get more organised, probably have to make reservations in advance if we want to go out to restaurants. you will not simply be able to turn up and queue and wait for a table. restaurants will have to rethink how they operate, so obviously they will be much sparser, more antiseptic environments — literally. tables spread out, much more use of disposable items — disposable

menus, disposable tablecloths. it will be a very, very changed experience, but we will at long last, it seems, be able to go out again into pubs and cafes and restaurants, hairdressers, hotels. it will be the start of what probably will be the biggest easing of the lockdown so far. with pubs, some websites and newspapers are reporting that when you get there you will have to give your name, e—mail address, phone number, in case there is an infection in that particular establishment, so they can contact you. that in part i think is because we don't have the app, which would have enabled us to get around that to some extent. we are having to go for a much more basic test and trace, which is literally handing your name and contact details in at restaurants, pubs, so if there is an outbreak you can be traced. that is going to be, i suppose, part of the way we have

to operate socially now. it will be much more structured, much less spontaneity. it will have to be much more controlled and it will be a lot less crowded, a lot less boisterous, a lot quieter. it will be a very different experience. but that said, for many i think it will be a huge relief and obviously for the hospitality and catering industry, absolutely crucial because we have heard from them for weeks now that many bars a nd cafes a nd restau ra nts are really going to struggle to survive unless the two—metre rule is reduced and they can reopen again. i wonder if there could be a worry that when this announcement comes, people will think, well, lockdown is over now, it's done. i think that is the big worry. if you go down to one metre, one metre is almost normal. it isn't such a big gap. basically, people take the conclusion that, 0k, we can all relax now. when in fact we know... infections — the ons say

there are still around 3,000 infections a day, which is quite a lot. it is coming down, but it is still pretty high. and the real fear is once people start to socialise again, of course that gives greater scope for the virus to return and you start to see increases maybe at a local level in the infection rate. it is a balance of risk which is why so much is relying on this test and trace system working effectively. thank you for your messages. pythagoras says, changing from two metres to one metre for things like public transport and restaurant is good, but in general the guidance went out of the window weeks ago. hi,| went out of the window weeks ago. hi, iwork went out of the window weeks ago. hi, i work for primark and most customers are not abiding by the two meet it real, not wearing face coverings and will come right up to

sales assistants to ask questions. patricia says, people are nervous about going out, especially the older and vulnerable. we need to get the economy moving so we all have to learn to live with the virus for now we oui’ learn to live with the virus for now we our own way. just be respectful at two metres, or a one metre, that some people are nervous and, if possible, give them space. samuel saiz, if we continue to shield the vulnerable, wear masks in public places, stay outdoors where possible, then i can't see a problem. we are going from two metres to one metre. i will happily go for a pint on the 4th ofjuly. i ama go for a pint on the 4th ofjuly. i am afit go for a pint on the 4th ofjuly. i am a fit and healthy 35—year—old and have more chance of dying from a random accident than covid—i9. if you want to get in touch, send us an e—mail. victoria@bbc.co.uk or on twitter @vicderbyshire. rajini vaidyanathan is outside holt school in wokingham where one of those who died — james furlong — taught history. we heard tributes in the last ten minutes or so to mr furlong. that's

right. the two head teachers at the school came out and delivered a very moving statement in memory of mr furlong. the teacher who was well loved by people here. the teachers stood in front of the school and were also joined by dozens of students here at the school. it is obviously a very difficult time for them. i was speaking to some of those who were taught by mr furlong, who was ahead of politics, history and government here, but also a much loved form tutor. 0ne here, but also a much loved form tutor. one of the students are said to me it is really hard to describe what he meant to them because he wasn't an ordinary teacher. he was someone wasn't an ordinary teacher. he was someone who changed people's lives, he was inspirational. people say that time and time again when i have spoken to some of the students here. it has been a very emotional morning here. the students, some of them have now gone to the church, which is a very short walk away from here. that is open today. people can share memories and get counselling because

of course this is a very distressing time for students. i was talking to two mothers who have a 16 and 14—year—old daughter at the school and they say the difficulty is having to deal with explaining what grief is. this is the first real lost their daughters have experience and it is a loss that the community is feeling very deeply. thank you. in germany, the health authorities have reported the reproduction number for coronavirus — that's the number of people that on average one person infects — has risen sharply. this has been fuelled by localised outbreaks of covid—19 in a meat—packing plant and at an apartment block. police reinforcements have been drafted in, after residents who were placed in quarantine clashed with officers, using fireworks, bottles and metal bars while trying to get out of the building. simonjones reports. police called in to enforce quarantine at this tower block in gottingen. 700 people told their movements are being restricted because of an outbreak of coronavirus there.

on thursday, two people tested positive for covid—19. by friday, that had risen by 120. ——by friday, that had risen to 120. translation: i am frightened, i'm afraid of staying here. i have work and can't go to work. everyone feels this way, they need to work. officers say they have faced a barrage of hostility. translation: the police, and i was able to see this with my own eyes on video, had bottles, stones, metal bars, planks of wood, household objects and fireworks thrown at them. having accurate data on how many people are becoming infected is vital to keeping a lid on any outbreaks. the r number refers to the rate of infection for the virus. it's the number of people that, on average, every person with the disease will pass it on to. with coronavirus, without social distancing, that number is three. every person infecting three others means a rapidly expanding outbreak. the key is to get r below one and keep it there, then you have a shrinking epidemic,

but in germany, it's now 2.8. officials, though, say this is largely due to specific localised outbreaks, such as at a big meat processing factory in the state of north rhine—westphalia. more than 1,300 positive tests have been linked to the plant, 7,000 employees and their families have been told to go into quarantine. translation: as a businessman and someone who puts people first, i can only offer my complete apologies because we are the cause of this issue and carry full responsibility — me as a businessman and the company as a whole. health officials hope that by acting quickly and decisively, they can stop any spread to the wider community. simon jones, bbc news. let's speak to our berlin correspondent, damian mcguinness. how worried other people, would you say? i think these individual incidents are incredibly worrying.

these are serious incidents will start as we head in the report, we are talking about 7000 people being quarantined in one region of germany. here in berlin there is also a city block of buildings which has been entirely quarantined. there you are talking about 400 households, 100 people there have been infected. also there was the block of flats where there was a clash with police over quarantine measures. there you are talking 400 people being quarantined. so for these individuals involved in these outbreaks, it is incredibly serious. however we have a few caveats with this quite drastically rising r number. 0ne this quite drastically rising r number. one of them is because the infection rates in germany over all are infection rates in germany over all a re pretty low, infection rates in germany over all are pretty low, any smalljob in the numbers leads to a quite rapid rise in the r factor. the other thing is that what we are seeing with these localised outbreaks is that self are the authorities have acted pretty effectively and there is no sign they have spread to the wider community. throughout germany as a whole, infection rates are pretty

low. and 140 local authorities for example say they have seen no new infections for the past seven days. what we are seeing so far in germany, despite these quite concerning individual localised outbreaks, there is no sign of a second wave nationwide as yet. but certainly the individual incidents are extremely worrying. thank you very much, damian. a two—minute silence has been held for the three people stabbed to death in a park in reading on saturday evening. joe ritchie—bennett, from philadelphia, has been named this morning as the second victim. he's reported to have been 39 years old. his friend, james furlong — a history teacher at a secondary school in wokingham — also died. police are continuing to question a 25—year—old libyan man — khairi saadallah — who is being held under the terrorism act. the home secretary priti patel has given her reaction. this is a tragic, tragic event. it really is. we have seen three people

die, so there is extensive work that is taking place. yes, with the police, but obviously now with city police, but obviously now with city police sec police and we have a lot of information to gather, we have to look at all aspects as to what happened on saturday, the individual in custody, as well. to ensure that justice is served but also we make sure that we learn the lessons from what has happened over the weekend to prevent anything like this from happening again. i understand you are constrained by what you can say because it is a live investigation. it has been widely reported he was known to the security services at least at some point whilst he was here. there will be people watching this concerned he was allowed to be free and walking the streets, therefore. what would you say to that? i think first of all this is a live investigation, i am very restricted and constrained in what i can say. but the security services have records on thousands of people, and rightly so. subjects of

interest, people of concern. there is very little i can say but at the end of the day when it comes to m15 and our intelligence and security services, they work intensively to look at the backgrounds of individuals to see what kind of risk they pose to society, to our communities, and they act accordingly in terms of what kind of protective measures are put in place around those individuals and what kind of protections are needed, yes around those individuals, but to keep people safe. so i can't say any more right now because we just don't know the full facts and there is an investigation taking place. but when it comes to our intelligence and security services who, by the way, i speak to every week and i have been in touch with everyday since this incident has happened and three people killed here in reading, the fa cts people killed here in reading, the facts we still have to ascertain, but obviously we will in more detail as the days proceed. british home secretary priti patel. it's almost a month since george floyd was killed in minneapolis,

after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. since then, black lives matter protests have taken place in over 2,000 towns and cities around the world. in the texas town of dripping springs — which is less than 1% african american — one 20—year—old student has adopted a unique approach. nifa kaniga has been going out from noon until dusk with a sign reading "ask me anything — make yourself uncomfortable". we can speak to him now. we have a photograph in a moment to show up in worried that sign. thank you for speaking to us, hello from us. you for speaking to us, hello from us. how's it going? very well. thank you. tell us what made you decide to do this. i saw a lot of... if you look at my sign, i have side panels with a bunch of sample questions and it is those questions like, why are people so angry why is everything

about race? and, you know, those kind of questions, those are the same questions i saw on social media andi same questions i saw on social media and i thought it would be an easier time reaching people one—on—one, rather than having fights on social media. because, you know, ithink everybody does make a well, not everybody, but a lot of people are tough on the internets, you know. and having those one—on—one conversations in real life, ifeel like it's a way to talk about those things and make it personal because it is uncomfortable to talk about these kind of issues, but, yeah, that's why i did it. it's really because of what i saw on social media and trying to reach those people, have a genuine conversation. and what kind of response did you get from people? it's been for the most pa rt get from people? it's been for the most part very, very positive. a lot of people have just come to listen to what i have to say, a lot of

people have come to share their stories. a lot of people just came to share their support. it's been very positive for the past few weeks. you mentioned a couple of the questions you have seen on social media. what sort of uncomfortable questions how people ask you in person? a lot of people ask me about my experience as a black person in america. a lot of people... it's ha rd to america. a lot of people... it's hard to understand where this black lives matter movement is coming from if you don't know what black people go through and why we want to change for the country. not even just for black people, for everybody, as well. and i think that is one of those uncomfortable questions that white people are afraid to ask black people. what is your experience? i wa nt to people. what is your experience? i want to be that resource and tell

people about my experience and tell people about my experience and tell people about my experience and tell people about the stuff i have been throughjust so people about the stuff i have been through just so that it broadens their perspective a bit.|j through just so that it broadens their perspective a bit. i don't know if anybody has asked you... this particular question, which a number of people have raised. which is, in the face of the black lives matter to protests, some people say, all lives matter. what do you say to that? i mean, i feel like all lives matter. what do you say to that? i mean, ifeel like for all lives matter. what do you say to that? i mean, i feel like for the most pa rt that? i mean, i feel like for the most part people have good intentions when they say that, but it is just the matter of perspective. you know, it's like, we don't go to breast cancer rallies to say, all diseases matter! you know? you don't go to somebody‘s funeral while they are giving a eulogy and say, everybody‘s death matters, look at all these tombstones, you are not special, everybody‘s death matters! nobody said that black lives matter

more, or that only black lives matter. it is attention on a very specific issue and it is an issue backed up by data. it is taking light and focusing on one issue. that's not to say that no body else's issues matter, it'sjust that, black lives need help right now and they need to be acknowledgement to the stuff that is going on because america has a long, long history of oppression of black people, harsher than any other minorities in america and that needs to be talked about, i think.|j minorities in america and that needs to be talked about, i think. i know that you say you deal with microaggressions on an almost daily basis and i'm going to read some of the ones that you sent across to us because there will be a lot of people watching around the world right now who will be able to relate to this. if i read you watch the

microaggression is, you tell us what it actually means. is that 0k? microaggression is, you tell us what it actually means. is that ok? yeah. 0k, it actually means. is that ok? yeah. ok, so you talk so white, you are so articulate. i get this a lotjust by the way i talk. not everybody has these kinds of microaggressions as malicious, but what it really comes down to is saying, "wow, you don't talk like the stereotypical black person. you don't talk hood, i'm surprised you can speak so well." what do you want me to talk like? it is one of those frustrating things where it's like, you know does macro yeah, it's frustrating. it is a microaggression. how about this? you don't play basketball? again, people ijust don't play basketball? again, people i just surprised, you don't play basketball? again, people ijust surprised, you know. what

that really comes down to is, like, you are not conforming to a stereotype that i believe about black people? it's like when i first came to dripping springs high skill, people thought does macro people we re people thought does macro people were so excited because they thought i was going tojoin were so excited because they thought i was going to join the basketball team! and i started a skateboarding clu b team! and i started a skateboarding club and people were just like, you skateboard? how do black people skateboard? how do black people skateboard? is one of those things where it's like, sorry i didn't conform to a stereotype about all black people play basketball or all black people play basketball or all black people play basketball or all black people either this or that. it's like, you should get drugs, this is my hair. that's the way i do it, you know? ok. what about this? you bet not be causing any trouble. yeah... i've got that from teachers and it's just yeah... i've got that from teachers and it'sjust like... yeah... i've got that from teachers and it's just like... it's yeah... i've got that from teachers and it'sjust like... it's really just, i suspect you're doing

something wrong. and it'sjust like, why? you know? it's one of those things where it's like, i have to ask why? you know. i'm not doing anything but its does macro yeah. 0ney anything but its does macro yeah. 0nerour anything but its does macro yeah. 0ne y four now, if i may. what are you doing here? oh, man. yeah. it's like, so does macro i get that a lot in school and does macro also in public services, you know? can i help you? you know, it's not how can i help you? it's can i help you? as though you shouldn't be there? exactly, yeah. that one is when i get at school, mostly in retail, stories. it's like... it kind of ru bs stories. it's like... it kind of rubs you the wrong way. especially with the tone, how it is said. it's

not, you know... can i help you? it cani not, you know... can i help you? it can i help you! suspicious. yeah, what do you want? nifa, thank you for speaking to us and continued success with your uncomfortable conversation. thank you. thank you. n ifa conversation. thank you. thank you. nifa kaniga. face coverings are now compulsory on public transport as scotland continues to ease its way out of lockdown. the ruling covers all buses and trains, planes and ferries, and taxis and private hire vehicles. children under five and people with certain medical conditions are exempt. nicola sturgeon said face coverings "can help to reduce the risk of transmission", but stressed that physical distancing, hand washing and good hygiene were still necessary to prevent infection. the scottish government is still urging people to continue to limit travel. all non—essential shops are allowed to re—open across wales today, in the latest easing of lockdown measures in the country. however, the five—mile

limit on non—essential journeys remains in place, with a review expected to take place by the 6th ofjuly. 0ur correspondent tomos morgan has more. for almost three months, high streets across wales and across the uk have been derelict of shoppers. but today marks the seeds of change here in wales as the first minister mark drakeford gave the green light for all non—essential shops to reopen. if they do try something on and they don't purchase it, we take the item out to the store room and we steam it professionally with a professional steamer, and we wait 24 hours until we can bring it back out. jaymin patel has been preparing for this day for a while, making sure safety is the top priority for customers and staff. he's adapted and done well online, selling his clothes during lockdown, hand—delivering stock to customers. but nothing can replace the business that is brought by footfall. we wanted to make customers feel

safe but still let them have that experience of being able to go shopping again and, you know, a shopping experience is something — especially for a small independent like ourselves — is quite personal. we've decided we'll let one or two people in at any one time. so in preparations for the shops to reopen today, the council has put actually a trial in on this street in cardiff. as you can see behind me, bollards in place to increase the pavement area so that shoppers can go between each shop at a safe and social distance. usually open every day of the week, troy's meze bar has curtailed its days, hours, and turned from a restaurant to a takeaway. it has been hard but at least we've got a couple of quid coming in to carry on, and we're happy to just to work and to basically provide food for people. but today's changes won't have much impact for the hospitality sector. 0ne metre will be great for us. i mean, two metres will be very difficult for us to open the restaurant. i would rather carry on doing takeaway, to have a two metre.

the welsh government hinted shops may reopen three weeks ago here. but some say that still wasn't enough time to get ready to reopen. i haven't had enough notice to take my staff off furlough. we've been told to prepare for this but we weren't given enough time to know in advance when to take them off. as high streets start trading again across wales, the stay—local rule remains in place, meaning people should only travel within five miles of their home. it'll be around another two weeks before people here can travel to see family, friends and nature further afield again. tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. after three months and one of europe's toughest lockdowns, spain's state of emergency has lifted, with visitors from across the uk and much of europe being welcomed into the country — without having to quarantine. 0ur correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe, explained what this means for spain and for travellers looking at visiting the country. the lifting of the state

of emergency effectively means the end of the three—month lockdown, so spaniards can travel around the country freely now but also crucially for the tourism industry it means that most people from the european union, from the schengen area and the united kingdom, can enter the country without having to go through that two—week quarantine which had been in place. essentially spain has opened its doors just in time for the high season — the high tourism season. the first three months of the tourism season have been basically wiped out so this is a very welcome move, i think, for the tourism industry which is extremely important for the spanish economy overall. the spanish foreign minister, arancha gonzalez, had said a few days ago that she was very keen that this should be a reciprocal arrangement and she was in talks with the british government to try to make sure that quarantine controls were lifted on both sides. now, when she announced that spain was lifting its own quarantine controls for the uk,

she did say she hadn't reached an agreement with the british that it was a unilateral measure, but that she still hoped the british would lift their own controls. as far as we know, the uk doesn't have any plans to change its own controls for spaniards — it was going to review them anyway onjune 29th. that hasn't changed. i should point out the number of british people arriving over the coming days is probably likely to be quite low because people simply hadn't had time to book their holidays and change plans since the quarantine issue has been changed. this morning police are continuing to question 25—year—old khairi saadallah, a libyan national who lived in reading, over the stabbing attacks that took place on saturday. let's just recap on what we know. atjust before 7pm, police were notified of a knife attack in forbury gardens, near reading town centre. thames valley police say officers arrested a man within five minutes of the call. several armed

police officers were seen going into a block of flats in reading just after 11pm. the next morning, police said they were treating the incident as an act of terrorism. a few hours later the man understood to be the suspect was named as saadallah. nick aldworth is a former counter terrorism national coordinator at scotland yard. good morning. what do we read into the significance of the pack this individual had come to the attention of mis individual had come to the attention of m15 previously? it would imply that he has undertaken an act or someone that he has undertaken an act or someone has information about him, he wanted to do something that could have led to him being involved in an act of terrorism or planning an act of terrorism or supporting terrorism. i understand from the reports i've seen it relates to potential travel back to the country from which he originates, libya, we

all know is a much troubled place at the moment. of course the security services deal with tens of thousands such reports every single year. and quite often, it is just a single strand of information, it's not even intelligence, it's nothing that corroborates its and therefore, once they have triage the information it becomes a judgement call whether or not there is further information, whether it justifies not there is further information, whether itjustifies applying quite limited resources into looking into the matter for which there limited resources into looking into the matterfor which there may limited resources into looking into the matter for which there may be limited resources into looking into the matterfor which there may be no further substance. yes, m15 have a database of further substance. yes, m15 have a data base of about further substance. yes, m15 have a database of about 45,000 —— 40,000 jihadist sympathisers, 3000 potentially active cases, we are told, at any one time. the nature of the attack carried out on saturday, obviously, that's very difficult to try and prevent. but what does the nature of that attack tell us about the kind of challenges the police

and counterterrorism officers face right now? there's lots of implications you can take from the attack and while i will comment on some of those i think the full picture will come out in due course. but at the moment it appears that this is an individual acting on their own, who has probably been radicalised by material on the internet or by individuals via the internet, at this point it's not known but we have seen plenty of individuals being self radicalised, we've seen plenty of individuals who have perhaps been had forces exerted on them by malevolent individuals but the consequence of either of those sorts of radicalisation is an individual who possibly has some complex social needs has been seen to be vulnerable and that vulnerability has potentially been exploited. i'm a passionate believer people are not born terrorists, they are turned into terrorists by their environmentalfactors

are turned into terrorists by their environmental factors are commonly education, or as i'vejust alluded to, external pressures being applied to, external pressures being applied to them. i mean, several news websites and newspapers are reporting that the suspect has served prison sentences for relatively minor offences, not terrorism —related. and as a newspaper report he only leftjail 16 days before this attack. could the fact that he has recently been in prison be relevant? the investigative agencies will be looking into that, for sure. but of course, quite often people who find themselves in jail have complex social needs. it's one of the reasons why they don't conform to societal norms. and i thinkjail clearly has been identified as a place where people become radicalised, but equally it still very easy to access material on the internet and if you look at what the

police internet referral unit have done over the last several years, they've taken down over 300,000 pieces of individual terrorist propaganda, material, but there's still lots of it out there, there really is. thank you very much for talking to us today. brazil has become the second country — after the united states — to register more than 50,000 deaths from covid—19. over the weekend, the number of cases of coronavirus in the country passed a million. 0ur correspondent katy watson reports from sao paolo. "it was just a little cold," said brazil's president when the crisis started. and even as the infection soared and the death toll climbed, jair bolsonaro carried on. "i'm no gravedigger," he quipped in april as he was questioned over the numbers. a week later, he was taken to task again. "so what? he answered. "i'm no miracle worker."

luciano had hoped for miracles. his family has been torn apart by covid—19. his father, marcus antonio, passed away in april. translation: my father was always the pillar of the family, a person who would help others without wanting anything in return. he was a peacemaker. his death has been very painful, but i feel privileged to have a father like i did. luciano is a musician and keen member of the evangelical church in brazil, like many of bolsonaro's supporters. he doesn't pin the blame squarely on the president. he thinks all the politicians have played a part in brazil's chaotic response to the pandemic. translation: here in brazil, covid—19 is no longer about public health,

it's about politics. each person defending their own interests. there is no unity to bring the pandemic to an end. there is, though, unity in grief here — grief that's growing every single day. as the situation worsens, the president continues to focus on reopening the economy and says little to ease the pain of those who have lost loved ones. brazil has hit two more grim milestones in a matter of days — more than a million cases and more than 50,000 people dead. but not even these numbers are prompting the president to change course. in the middle of a pandemic, many brazilians feel they are lacking leadership, and the numbers keep going up and up. there is no permanent health minister, either, in the middle of a pandemic. two have been and gone. one was fired, the other walked after less than a month in the job. neither agreed with his strategy. every country that took this lightly, every country that initially made a joke about it, paid a hefty price. when politicians face biology or challenge biology,

biology wins by a huge margin, you know? i am very sorry and sad to say that as a brazilian, but it is the reality, you know? we didn't prepare, we didn't take this seriously and now, we see the infection curves exploding. you cannot even describe this. who can solve this worsening crisis? with so little faith in the politicians now, many are looking for answers from above. katy watson, bbc news, sao paolo. saudi arabia has lifted its nationwide curfew and finally reopened mosques in mecca — the holiest city in islam — after they were closed for three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. but amidst an uptick in cases there's still no word on whether the hajj — the annual muslim pilgrimage which attracts millions will go ahead. reged ahmad reports. call to prayer. markings on the floor, temperature checks and hand sanitiser, just a few social distancing rules

and restrictions in mecca as the city's places of worship, some 1500 mosques, finally open up after three months of coronavirus lockdown. translation: thank god, social distancing was implemented. mosques are mandatory and everyone has a private prayer mat. many mosques outside mecca have already reopened but worshippers here will be relieved to be back and finally able to pray in the holiest city in islam. car horns toot. the country has also lifted its nationwide curfew with people wasting no time in taking to the streets as restaurants and hair salons welcome back their customers. translation: we are taking appointments and every client comes on time. there must be a 30 minute difference between each client so there is no wait. but there are still some restrictions,

large gatherings are not allowed and there is a ban on international travel too. saudi arabia has been the hardest hit gulf state when it comes to covid 19. and there's been a reported uptick in case numbers in recent days. that may be one of the reasons why the kingdom is yet to announce whether the much anticipated annual hajj pilgrimage will take place in latejuly. but as saudis emerge from lockdown, authorities will be considering their next move as they keep a watchful eye on the coronavirus case numbers. reged ahmed, bbc news. this was supposed to be a summer of celebrations for sandra and allan teasdale. instead of marking their 70th birthdays with a trip to spain, the couple were left fighting for their lives — after both contracting covid—19. jayne mccubbin reports

true love came late to sandra and allan. they were 54 when they married. and when the country went into lockdown, they had been planning a huge summer of celebration in spain for their 70th birthdays, just days apart. i can honestly say i've never loved anybody as much as i do sandra. it's... she's just the love of my life. never been so happy, and we're still happy. and you've come so close to losing it all? absolutely. very much so. the scariest moments of our lives, wasn't it? lives, absolutely. spain fell by the wayside as they spent sandra's birthday in isolation, and a week later, they both suddenly fell ill. text messages between sandra and her daughter over the following day show how quickly they both deteriorated. yeah, it was... it was heart—wrenching. "hi, how are you both doing?" "the last couple of days we don't seem to know what's going on. "we are just light—headed, tired, dizzy, don't want any food or drink. just don't know if it's the virus or not." and i put, "i'm sure it's nothing to worry about.

just chill out and try not to do too much. let me know if you need anything." "really can't do this anymore. i fainted again and allan has been hallucinating. we can't even walk about. we really need some help." "i'm getting dressed and coming around." do you remember that moment? yeah, absolutely. when she sent that to me on saturday, that's not my mum. my mum doesn't do things like that. does that bring it all back? yeah, it does. "yeah, i really can't do this any more. i'm really serious. we need help." their daughter dialled 999. they were taken to hospital in the same ambulance. they were both taken straight into icu. their chances of survival were 50—50. a final text message read... "be strong, mum. you will get through this — i know you will. we all love you very much." "keep that mask on. just keep thinking that the mask is going to make you better." both: "i love you so much and look forward to seeing you when you get better

and get out of there." love you loads and loads and loads. hard. hard to read it again, yeah, very difficult. you could see each other? we were next room. we could see each other through the blinds. you could see other fighting for your lives? through the blinds with the masks and everything on. yeah. i cried and cried and cried. it was awful. ijust thought, "i'm not going to make it." did you? "i'm not going to get out of here." you are thinking you are going to lose everything. both had completely different symptoms, both had been in isolation for six weeks when they fell ill, so neither really knew how they caught the virus. for two weeks, it was touch and go but slowly, they started to recover and by allan's 70th birthday, they turned a corner. then they said, "we've got a surprise for you. we're gonna let you come and have..." a meal together. .."a meal together." and then they brought this birthday cake in which was a caterpillar — chocolate caterpillar cake. all sang happy birthday. and sang happy birthday. i think for me, it wasjust

so special because when they brought the cake in for allan — i'm gonna cry now — hejust got, like, really, emotional but he was really laughing and smiling and it was the first time that i'd seen him for a long time just smiling. applause. two days before sandra was given the all clear to go home, allan was cheered off the ward. all of the doctors, nurses, everybody just lined up. well done! they walked me down the corridor and sat me on a chair at the end so that allan could be, like, wheeled past me. as soon as allan came up, we had a bit ofa hug, didn't we? a bit of a hug, yeah. you know, and i said, "i'll be home soon, hopefully". i cried. she cried, yeah. as usual, i cried! it wasjust... bye — bye! do you remember taking those vows, in sickness and in health? 0h, absolutely. yeah. and you could never have dreamt... you couldn't write it. no, we couldn't, could we? no, you couldn't have made it up.

we did actually say "70 is going to be our year. we're going to do this and do that." covid came. whoomp! wiped it all out. 71 is going to be your year! 71 — it'd better be! 70.5 if we've got any chance! 70.5, yeah! now you do have the rest of your life to look forward to, what would you like to say to each other? ijust love you very much and look forward to the rest of my life with you. we're so lucky to have found it so late on, we really, really are, aren't we? yeah. i think it's a once—in—a—lifetime. count our blessings every day. every day, we say, "we are so, so lucky." got another chance, haven't they? for many young people — already struggling with unemployment or burdened with student loans — the coronavirus pandemic has had a huge, and damaging, impact. research suggests they're more likely to lose theirjobs, and face long—term financial problems. our media editor, amol rajan, has been to rural warwickshire, in the west midlands in england,

to speak to some of those now rethinking their futures. come on, then! come on, pigs! raised in the shadow of a financial crisis and now counting the cost of covid—19, like millions of others, these young people know their future needs a rethink. furlough's affected myself and my mother. difficult — less income coming into the house — so i've had to kind of compensate for the money that's not coming in — paying bills, rent. does money stress you out? it does. from being in a single—parent family, that's very stressful — especially now my mother's been furloughed. so it'sjust a bit stressful now and then. but as long as i've still got a job, that's fine, then we're all good. i was studying my a—levels, which were cancelled. i don't know how this is going to affect jobs and graduate schemes and stuff after i've finished university. just emotionally, how have you found the whole experience of this pandemic? i feel like it's almost a rite of passage to take your a—levels at the end of school, and it seems weird. when i talk, in 20 years' time, and people ask me, "what did

you get in your a—levels? what did you do?" i'll be, like, "well, i did them, but i didn't actually have to sit the exams." so there's definitely, like, positives and negatives to it. covid—19's created an environment of uncertainty for me as a student, going forward, as far as my graduate roles and potentialjobs. how do you feel, sort of being part of a generation that is entering an economic contraction? in terms of the economic burden on us, i think our generation's got quite a large weight of responsibility on our shoulders and we've got to make sure that... you know, we've got a lot to pay into the system. i think we're expecting to be taxed and i think there is a lot of money being paid out, rightly so, with tax breaks on businesses and people on furlough. it's necessary and it has to be done, so i think everyonejust has to play their part. covid's given me some real uncertainty about where my future will go and, also,

it's affected how i can travel and what i can do and get experience within different industries during this period of time, which would have been quite useful. i've found it really difficult to find a job. i wasn't finding anywhere that would have staff like me. obviously, as i'm going to be a student september, i couldn't get a full—time job. so covid—19 has actually had a quite positive effect with my work. the farm shop has got really busy. i've still got to work. cows have still got to be fed, pigs have got to be fed. it's had a really good impact at work, because our farm shop has just gone crazy. a lot of people, they've realised local produce, home—bred, no food miles, it's really good. it's often been said about this virus that we're all in it together, but actually, each generation is having a very different experience. older people are more likely to fall

ill and younger people, already facing exorbitant house prices or student loans, are now going to be burdened by huge new national debts, as well as their own. amol rajan, bbc news, warwickshire. one of the industries hardest hit by the coronavirus lockdown has been tourism — but with some countries now emerging from severe restrictions on movement tourist attractions are desperate for customers to return. in venice — they've put on something of a show to drum up attention — as tim allman explains. if you didn't know any better, you'd say life here was pretty much back to normal. the canals and waterways full of traffic, gondolas and rowing boats bobbing along — this, the first such traditional race since the lockdown ended. venice getting back to its roots.

translation: we decided to call it race of the rebirth, because we wanted it to be an opportunity — the first time when venice, which is made of water, went back to its primary element, which are the boats and oars. but the scars of the last few months can't be ignored. italy has been one of the countries hit hardest by coronavirus, with more than 34,000 lives lost. applause. this was about paying tribute to the medical workers who fought on the frontline. applause. translation: the objective of the race was to show that the town's alive but we don't pity ourselves. having blisters on your hands is better than simply answering in an interview to thank doctors. now doctors should be thanked with some financial support. you see how they all stand as they row?

this is voga veneta — venetian rowing. an inspiration, perhaps? hopefully, venice itself will soon be back on its feet. tim allman, bbc news. thank you for your messages on two metres potentially going down to one metres potentially going down to one metre in england. susanna says it doesn't make sense, all nonessential shops opening, pubs and restaurants are due to open soon and the two metres distance being eased yet it's not safe for all children to go back to school. clearly education is not a priority, it is beyond ridiculous. if the distance is reduced says diana, it should be compulsory to use a mask everywhere. trish says i'm not happy with the two metre rule being reduced, so many people don't understand it or comply with it. i'm in the shielded group so i

feel abandoned the government at the moment as they don't seem to be doing much with the shielded, they seem doing much with the shielded, they seem to be more worried about the economy and not people's lives. this is bbc news. joanna is next. carol kirkwood has the weather. hello again. at the start of this week, some of us will see some rain — more notably across the north and the west of the country. but then what you'll find is, increasingly, temperatures are going to rise — as indeed is humidity — and notjust by day, but also by night. so what we have today is this weather front. it's what we call a waving front. it's just gently moving north and south, east and west — almost in situ, but not quite. so it's bringing in a lot of cloud and some rain — rain across northern ireland, scotland, at times getting into northwest england and north wales. and you can see the cloud building just ahead of it. so the sunnier skies will be through the midlands,

the far south of england and also the southeast and east anglia. and here we could see temperatures 23 or 24 — possibly locally even 25 degrees. through this evening and overnight, we still will have that rain. it pushes that bit further north. the winds that we're looking at today will start to ease down. quite a lot of cloud ahead of this weather front, as well, but clear skies as we push into central and eastern parts of england in particular. now, it's not going to be a cold night — most of us staying in double figures overnight. tomorrow, then, we start off with this rain from the same said front — still across scotland and northern ireland. at times we'll see the odd spot of rain coming out of the cloud in northern england and potentially north wales, but that front is pushing a bit further north, so it will brighten up through the day. but largely dry, with clear skies for the south and highs 27 or 28. 20 in aberdeen. now, as we move from tuesday and into wednesday, we still do very much have this feature, but it is weakening all the time. so we'll start off with some rain,

but then it will more or less become a band of cloud with the odd spot of rain in it. and on either side, there will be some sunshine. again, no breeze, really, to speak off. might catch the odd shower, say, in northern ireland — that's about it — and temperatures continuing to rise. 25 in newcastle, 30—31 in london, 16 in stornoway, and 20 in belfast. during the course of thursday, still one or two rogue showers left in the forecast. but for most of us, it's going to be dry, it's going to be sunny, and once again it's going to be very warm or hot with highs reaching 31 in the south.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a two minutes' silence has been held in reading to pay tribute to the three people stabbed to death on saturday. colleagues described history teacher james furlong as a very kind and gentle man". a second victim has been named by cbs news in america as joe ritchie—bennett from philadelphia. this is the scene live outside the abbey gateway in redding were civic and religious leaders are just about to lay flowers in tribute to those who died on saturday evening. 25 year old khairi saadullah originally from libya, is still being questioned by police. it's understood he came

to the attention of m15 last year the uk prime minister will meet with his leading scientific advisers today, ahead of tomorrow unveling of plans to further ease lockdown restrictions in england — including an expected move from the two metre rule to one metre. a big spike in the coronavirus reproduction number in germany, following two localised outbreaks. around the world coronavirus cases see their biggest one—day increase — brazil has now suffered 50,000 deaths. 72 years to the day that the empire windrush docked in the uk, i'll be speaking to her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, wendy williams, who carried out the review into the windrush scandal.

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. a two minute's silence has been in reading this morning to remember the three people killed in a stabbing attack in a park on saturday evening, which police are treating as a terror incident. people gathered outside the holt school in wokingham, where one of the victims worked as a history teacher. he's been named as 36—year—old james furlong, who was described as a kind and gentle man. the second victim has been confirmed as joe ritchie—bennett from philadelphia, who had lived in the uk for the last 15 years. he family told the us network cbs they were heartbroken. police are continuing to question the suspect in saturday's attack, 25—year—old khairi saadallah, who's been arrested under the terrorism act.

as we saw at holt school, where james furlong's worked, students and staff held a two minutes silence to remember him. we are so very sad to report that on saturday the 28th ofjune —— back 20th ofjune, a head of history and politics was tragically killed in the terrorist incident in redding. dreams are the very kind and gentle man who had a real sense of duty and cared for each and every one of our students. he truly inspired everyone he talked to his passion for subject and dedication. he was determined our students will develop a greater awareness of global issues and insight become active citizens and have a voice. as a whole community, we will now need to absorb the sad news. counsellors are available for our staff and students. words cannot describe our shock and sadness at this time. our thoughts are with his mum, thy brother and family, and his

friends and colleagues. he was a cherished colleague and we will be very sadly missed. our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan is outside holt school in wokingham, where james furlong worked. he head teachers came out and delivered a very moving statement in memory of mr furlong, a teacher well loved by people here and the teacher stood in front of the school and we re stood in front of the school and were the enjoyed by dozens of stu d e nts were the enjoyed by dozens of students here. it's a very difficult time for them. i was speaking to some of them who were talking about mr furlong but also a much loved form tutor and one of the student said to me it's very hard to describe what he meant to them because he was not an ordinary teacher, he was some of this change lives, his inspirational people say that time and time again when i've been talking to some of the students

here so it's a very emotional warwick. some of the students have now gone to the church which is a very short walk away, and is open today for people to share memories and get counselling because this is and get counselling because this is a very distressing time for students andi a very distressing time for students and i was talking to two mothers, and i was talking to two mothers, and they were saying the difficulty is in having to deal with what the grief is because this is the first real loss though doctors have ever experienced. of course it's the loss the community is feeling very deeply. the home secretary priti patel has given her reaction to the attack. it's a tragic, tragic event, julius. three people have died. extensive work has taken place with the police but now with other police and the committees and all aspects of policing, and we have lots of information to gather. we have to

look at all aspects as to what happened on saturday with the individuals in custody as well to ensure that justice is individuals in custody as well to ensure thatjustice is served but make sure we learn the lessons from what has happened over the weekend to make sure it doesn't happen again. our correspondent andy moore is in reading. there will be a wreath—laying ceremony later, there has been two months of silence with everybody reflecting on what happened and reflecting on what happened and reflecting on what happened and reflecting on those losing their lives. i'm at the abbey gateway outside the gardens, i can see the civic leaders behind the camera gathering for the wreath—laying ceremony so i will step out of camera and we'll bring you that life and it happens. you may view the bindery the police cordon and just behind the some flowers that have already been laid to the three victims who died, and three were injured. we also know the

third victim was originally from philadelphia, came to the uk 15 yea rs philadelphia, came to the uk 15 years ago and was a friend ofjames furlong, history teacher we've been hearing about. his family have paid tribute to him and they said this was the father, his family is heartbreaking and they are lost your son heartbreaking and they are lost your son and this was senseless. we fell from the us ambassador to the uk who said he offered his condolences to the family of those killed in the attack. he said his thoughts was worth all those affected and they condemn the attack absolutely and offer their assistance to british law enforcement. the man suspected of the attack still being questioned

by officers. he has been arrested on a terror offence which means they can hold him for up to 14 days before charging or releasing him. normally in a major crime like this, you'd see people questioned quickly but the police officers now that time period in which they can build their case. we know you briefly came to the uk from libya as an asylum seeker and was known to the authorities and came across the radar two years ago. they offered up a wreath enquiry, that information they might be travelling to overseas, possibly for terrorist purposes, but the open that enquiry found there was no reason to continue any further. bearing in mind that some tens of thousands of people are on the radar, are brought to the security officials to people like m15, so it was known to them are not regarded as a serious

threat. we can see the pictures of the faith leaders and local council leaders with the floral tributes as they prepare to lay those down and pay tribute to the victims. as you mentioned, we know the names of two, the third yet to be identified but there is also, i gather, a local push or some sort of memorial, a permanent memorial already being launched to try to get that established in that park where they lost their lives. . of course it is very early days but i'm sure civic authorities and local people will wa nt to authorities and local people will want to mark this horrible attack. there will be plenty of time to find out how they do that. the events have already been marked. there was a silence here in redding. i was on the other side of a very large

police cordon and it was quiet anywhere with a city centre just emerging from what darren but i saw the silence marked by passers—by who stood respectfully and looked towards the gardens where the attack happened. the police officers marked it and one vehicle i sought stopped briefly and evenly bosses in redding stopped on their travels. certainly an event which has really hurt the city. 30, 40 miles from london, all the recent terrorist attacks have beenin the recent terrorist attacks have been in the capital so it's very rare for a horrible crime like this to happen in redding and i think the city is going to be scarred by it. you mention the time of —— timing of this. as we all emerge from a lockdown of course. obviously it is

a lwa ys lockdown of course. obviously it is always tragic but the backdrop to it was people staying at home for fear of leaving your house because of the pandemicjust as of leaving your house because of the pandemic just as livestock of leaving your house because of the pandemicjust as livestock get back to normal, saplings. people are passing —— i was passing through the park a couple of months ago on a day like saturday, and it's a very relatively small park in the centre of the city so there would have been a lot of people, i'm sure they were socially distancing. people were just enjoying the sunshine. if someone just enjoying the sunshine. if someone wanted to find groups of people coming together, then quite frankly, a city centre park like this, it's described as the back garden of the city of reading, swear someone garden of the city of reading, swear someone would come and i think a lot of people who witness that very confused as to what was happening initially, saying they saw a man

running about, speaking words that someone running about, speaking words that someone people can understand, some people did not understand what was going on initially but when they saw those seriously injured, until first aid being administers, they knew what was going on and ran away. that is when police officers arrive in gaza right very rapidly, they write very quickly and one of the police officers got out and rugby tackled the suspect. that sargent has been praised. when he did that, he did not know if the suspect a still armed with a knife, he may have had armed with a knife, he may have had a gun with him or a bone with them for all that police officer new. —— ora bomb for all that police officer new. —— or a bomb with him. that police officers price. just behind me, we can see some officers price. just behind me, we can see some of the forensics officers still working, and the

press taking photographs. while the wreath—laying is just about to happen, the police investigation is still under way. while we wait for those we used to be ray mcglade, i wa nt to those we used to be ray mcglade, i want to read the many tributes that rack reefs to be laid, i want to pay tribute to james furlong —— might read those tributes to james furlong while the wreaths are laid. his pa rents while the wreaths are laid. his parents describe the sun is beautiful, intelligent, honestand fun, saying it was the best brother, son, uncle and partner you could have hoped for. singer were thankful for the memories he gave them all and they would never forget him. you will live in our hearts forever. one former pupil, morally! molly collins, —— molly collins, said she would not have gone to university had she not spoken with him about it

and he took the time to support him. the prime minister will meet senior cabinet members and his leading scientific advisers today, ahead of an announcement tomorrow about a further easing of the lockdown restrictions in england. it's expected he will confirm that the distance people are required to keep from one another will be halved to one metre from early next month, to coincide with more businesses being allowed to re—open. liverpool is preparing to open dozens of street cafes to encourage people back out to eat when the government allows restaurants and pubs to re—open. existing car parking bays in parts of the city centre will be replaced with socially—distanced chairs and tables. bill addy is chief executive of the liverpool business improvement district and one of those behind the so—called "‘liverpool without walls' initiative. he joins us from liverpool. (0s —— hejoins us from liverpool.

obviously frey says it all, hoping to live without the barrier between indoor and out. we know the hospitality sector is a vital part of our... visitor economy and for in order to have those businesses trade and trade successfully... expand their premises, so they can do that by physically building but they can do... and into the street... i'm so sorry, it's really frustrating because we can see you sorry, it's really frustrating because we can see you talking but you're only picking up a few of your words, so will have to leave it and hopefully we can fix the technical issue and get some more from you a bit lighter but thank you.

in germany, the reproduction number for the virus has grown. ina in a meat—packing plant and anna pattern block are police reinforcements were dropped and, after quarantine residents try to get out clashed with officers —— in germany the reproduction number for coronavirus — that's the number of people that on average one person infects —— has risen sharply. health authorities say this has been fuelled by localised outbreaks of covid—19 in a meat—packing plant and at an apartment block — where police reinforcements were drafted in after quarantined residents trying to get out clashed with officers, using fireworks, bottles and metal bars. simonjones reports. police called in to enforce quarantine at this tower block in gottingen. 700 people told their movements are being restricted because of an outbreak of coronavirus there. on thursday, two people tested positive for covid—19. by friday, that had risen to 120. translation: i am frightened, i'm afraid of staying here. i have work and can't go to work.

everyone feels this way, they need to work. officers say they have faced a barrage of hostility. translation: the police - and i was able to see this with my own eyes on video — had bottles, stones, metal bars, planks of wood, household objects and fireworks thrown at them. having accurate data on how many people are becoming infected is vital to keeping a lid on any outbreaks. the r number refers to the rate of infection for the virus. it's the number of people that, on average, every person with the disease will pass it on to. with coronavirus, without social distancing, that number is three. every person infecting three others means a rapidly expanding outbreak. the key is to get r below one and keep it there, then you have a shrinking epidemic, but in germany, it's now 2.8. officials, though, say this is largely due to specific localised outbreaks, such as at a big meat processing factory in the state of north rhine—westphalia. more than 1,300 positive tests have been linked to the plant, 7,000 employees and their families have been told to go into quarantine. translation: as a businessman and someone who puts people first, i can only offer my complete apologies because we are the cause of this issue and carry full responsibility — me as a businessman and the company as a whole. health officials hope that by acting quickly and decisively,

they can stop any spread to the wider community. simon jones, bbc news. there's been a record increase in the number of global coronavirus cases, according to the world health organisation, which reported a jump of more than 183,000 in a 24 hour period. the biggest increase was in north and south america, accounting for 116,000 new cases — taking the global total to more than 8.7 million. worldwide, the covid—19 death toll stands at 461,000. the headlines on bbc news... tributes are being paid in reading to three people who were fatally stabbed on saturday — including history teacherjames furlong, and a second victim named today as joe ritchie—bennett from philadelphia. the uk prime minister

will meet with his leading scientific advisers today, ahead of tomorrow unveling of plans to further ease lockdown restrictions in england — including an expected move from the 2 metre rule to 1m a big spike in the coronavirus reproduction number in germany — following two localised outbreaks. brazil has become the second country in the world to register more than 50,000 deaths from coronavirus, after the united states. the news comes just days after the country also reached a million cases of covid—19. after the country also reached our south america correspondent katy watson reports. "it was just a little cold," said brazil's president when the crisis started. and even as the infection soared and the death toll climbed, jair bolsonaro carried on. "i'm no gravedigger," he quipped in april as he was questioned over the numbers. a week later, he was

taken to task again. "so what? he answered. "i'm no miracle worker." luciano had hoped for miracles. his family has been torn apart by covid—19. his father, marcus antonio, passed away in april. translation: my father was always the pillar of the family, a person who would help others without wanting anything in return. he was a peacemaker. his death has been very painful, but i feel privileged to have a father like i did. luciano is a musician and keen member of the evangelical church in brazil, like many of bolsonaro's supporters. he doesn't pin the blame squarely on the president. he thinks all the politicians have played a part in brazil's chaotic response to the pandemic.

translation: here in brazil, covid—19 is no longer about public health, it's about politics. each person defending their own interests. there is no unity to bring the pandemic to an end. there is, though, unity in grief here — grief that's growing every single day. as the situation worsens, the president continues to focus on reopening the economy and says little to ease the pain of those who have lost loved ones. brazil has hit two more grim milestones in a matter of days — more than a million cases and more than 50,000 people dead. but not even these numbers are prompting the president to change course. in the middle of a pandemic, many brazilians feel they are lacking leadership, and the numbers keep going up and up. there is no permanent health minister, either, in the middle of a pandemic. two have been and gone. one was fired, the other walked after less than a month in the job. neither agreed with his strategy. every country that took this lightly, every country that initially made a joke about it, paid a hefty price.

when politicians face biology or challenge biology, biology wins by a huge margin, you know? i am very sorry and sad to say that as a brazilian, but it is the reality, you know? we didn't prepare, we didn't take this seriously and now, we see the infection curves exploding. you cannot even describe this. who can solve this worsening crisis? with so little faith in the politicians now, many are looking for answers from above. katy watson, bbc news, sao paolo. —— today marks 72 years since the empire windrush arrived at tilbury docks, carrying hundreds of people from jamaica who were invited to help rebuild britain after the second world war. to make this journey, many families were split up, with children separated from their parents and siblings, and only sent for years later,

if at all. this is the story of bbc reporter shamaan freeman—powell. i didn't know my dad was going to england. you know, that's not something i would discuss. all i could recall was him going to get this bus and said he'd see me soon. so in my own mind, soon means he'd be coming back later when the bus come back. this is my uncle carl. he was five when his dad, leslie white, set off for england, leaving him, his brother and his mum behind. and for quite a while, i kept going back when i knew the bus were coming. kept going back, you know what i mean? until you suddenly dawned — he ain't coming back, really. but the bigger shock would come three years later when, in 1961, my nana violetjoined her husband and, like thousands of others in her generation, had to make the ultimate sacrifice — leaving carl and her eldest son in jamaica, separating them among family. seven years later, she sent

money for a plane ticket for both of her boys. but by this point, they'd got used to living without their parents, and only carl came — begrudgingly. i missed two flights, actually. i didn't want to go because i didn't want to leave my gran cos i'd got close to my gran. by the time he got here, though, things had changed in the family and he had a little brother and sister, both born in the uk. i have vague recollections. all i could think about was the fact that he was so dark. and i thought he had huge ears! the first thing i recall getting off the plane was how cold it was. and i had this little jacket on and some little nylon shirt, which was ideal forjamaica. just 18 months later, carl and jackie's dad passed away and eventually their mum remarried, meaning there would now be ten

children in the household. the household when i was growing up was utter chaos — absolute chaos. but violet still had one child left behind in jamaica, who would never live here permanently, and jackie wouldn't meet him until she was in her 20s. i feel that he does have a sense of — a small sense of resentment that he wasn't here with the rest of us. but again, historically, that is something that cannot be changed. but that still doesn't totally erase a little bit of feeling that... we somehow in the uk were much better off than him. it wasn't until after, when you start having your own kids, you realise what sacrifices they made to make sure i was here. you know, the windrush generation for me, i would say to them, thank you. because without them,

we wouldn't be surviving, we wouldn't be who we are. and particularly those that fought in the wars or who have contributed so much to the fabric of this country — building it — and yet still continue to experience that discrimination. yeah. to experience barefaced racism and exclusion. when they didn't just get up and say, "we're gonna come here." they were invited. this is just one example of the many sacrifices made by the windrush generation. today, the government has announced that it will set up a cross—party working group to address the challenges faced by the windrush generation and their families. shamoun freeman powell, bbc news. let's get some other developments the trial of four men accused of shooting down malaysia airlines flight mh17 resumes in the netherlands on monday. the defendants — three russians and a ukrainian — won't be present because russia and ukraine don't allow

their citizens to be extradited. the plane was en route from amsterdam to kuala lumpur in 2014, travelling over conflict—hit ukraine, when it was shot down, killing all 298 people aboard. tx 00v)afghan government officials have described last —— afghan government officials have described last —— us motor racing star bubba wallace has said he will "not back down" in his battle against racism after a noose was found in his garage at a nascar racing track in alabama. the racing driver has previously successfully campaigned to have the confederate flag banned useful for the from nascar events. in a statement, nascar said they were angry and outraged at what they called a "heinous act" afghan... that just bring you thatjust bring you some news from wales about the outbreak of covid—19

on anglesey. there is a lockdown considered they are what all shops have been opening today. the five mile limit on nonessentialjourneys does remain in place with a view expected to take place by the sikh them die. our correspondent thomas morgan has more. for almost three months, high streets across wales and across the uk have been derelict of shoppers. but today marks the seeds of change here in wales as the first minister mark drake said gave the green light for all non—exception —— that nonessential shops to reopen. —— mark drakeford. if they try it on and don't buy it, we steam it, leave it for 72 hours and then do not bring it back out for that time. they are making sure sought safety as the top priority for staff.

in preparation, the council has put a trial and on the street in cardiff, as you can see behind me. they want to increase the pavement area so they want to increase the pavement area so they can go between each shop at a safe and social distance. usually open every day of the week, this bar has curtailed its days, hours and temporary restaurant to a takeaway. it has been hard but at least you have a couple of quid carrying wood coming in to carry on. i'm happy to work and basically provide food for people. might make today's changes will not have much impact for the hospitality sector.

one metre is great for us, two metres would be too difficult, i would rather carry on doing to carry the two metres. some shops have been hinted at reopening three weeks ago here but that was not enough time to get ready to reopen. your mac i have not had enough notice to take my staff off furlough. we were told to prepare for this but not given enough time to know in advance when to ta ke enough time to know in advance when to take them off. as high—street stock trading again across wales, the stay local rule remains in place, meaning people should only travel within five miles of their home. it be around another two weeks people here can travel to see family, friends and nature further afield again. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. two minute's silence has been held in reading to pay tribute

to the three people stabbed to death on saturday. tributes are being paid in reading to three people who were fatally stabbed on saturday — including history teacherjames furlong, and a second victim named today as joe ritchie—bennett from philadelphia. 25 year old khairi saadallah originally from libya, is still being questioned by police — it's understood he came to the attention of m15 last year. the uk prime minister will meet with his leading scientific advisers today, ahead of tomorrow unveling of plans to further ease lockdown restrictions in england — including an expected move from the 2 metre rule to 1 metre. a big spike in the coronavirus reproduction number in germany — following two localised outbreaks. around the world coronavirus cases see their biggest one—day increase — brazil has now suffered 50,000 deaths.

police are continuing to question 25—year—old khairi saadallah, a libyan national who lived in reading, over the stabbing attacks that took place on saturday. this is what we know happened. atjust before 7pm, police were notified of a knife attack in forbury gardens, near reading town centre. thames valley police say officers arrested a man within five minutes of the call. several armed police officers were seen going into a block of flats in reading just after 11pm. the next morning, police said they were treating the incident as an act of terrorism. a few hours later the man understood to be the suspect was named as saadallah. the uk home secretary priti patel visited the scene of the attack and had this to say: this is a tragic, tragic event. it really is. we have seen three people die, so there is extensive work that is taking place. yes, with the police,

but obviously now with city police and we have a lot of information to gather, we have to look at all aspects as to what happened on saturday, the individual in custody, as well. to ensure thatjustice is served but also we make sure that we learn the lessons from what has happened over the weekend to prevent anything like this from happening again. i understand you are constrained by what you can say because it is a live investigation. it has been widely reported he was known to the security services at least at some point whilst he was here. there will be people watching this concerned he was allowed to be free and walking the streets, therefore. what would you say to that? i think first of all this is a live investigation, i am very restricted and constrained in what i can say. but the security services have records on thousands of people, and rightly so. subjects of interest, people of concern. there is very little i can say but at the end of the day when it comes to m15 and our intelligence

and security services, they work intensively to look at the backgrounds of individuals to see what kind of risk they pose to society, to our communities, and they act accordingly in terms of what kind of protective measures are put in place around those individuals and what kind of protections are needed, yes around those individuals, but to keep people safe. so i can't say any more right now because we just don't know the full facts and there is an investigation taking place. but when it comes to our intelligence and security services who, by the way, i speak to every week and i have been in touch with every day since this incident has happened and three people killed here in reading, the facts we still have to ascertain, but obviously we will learn more detail as the days proceed. earlier we spoke to the leader of reading council, jason brock. he says it's understandable that people in reading would feel afraid following the attack, but people should not let

an act of terror divide the community. i think it would be entirely understandable, everyone in reading is shocked and appalled, of course, but we are also afraid and uncertain and angry and i certainly feel all of those things and it's very difficult and the forbury garden is a very important place to us in reading, we use it to socialise and relax, right in the centre of town. i think it is entirely understandable that people will feel uncertain as they go about their day. but we mustn't allow an act of terror to divide us, because that is exactly what it intends to do. we have to move forward together as a community, steadfast in our commitment to unity. and although there will be very difficult times in the days, weeks and even months to come, it's important that we pull together as a community, dialogue with one another to understand what needs to be done, reassure one another as we move forward from these murders.

in france, students are returning to the classroom today, this a week after the president, emmanuel macron, announced that it would become mandatory for all children under 15. schools have been open for a few weeks, but on a voluntary basis. france is also re—opening cinemas, swimming pools and holiday centres, in the latest stage of the easing of its coronavirus restrictions. we can speak now from paris to corrinne menegaux — the director of the paris convention and visitors bureau — who joins me via webcam. what is changing in paris this week? it is like we are free again. it is normal life. the main thing when you go on the streets, it seems quite normal. normal but with a twist because obviously everything cannot get back completely to where it was. tell us about the changes that have been put into place to enable as far

as people can get back to normal. there are measures to respect the social distancing, that mask and everything. that is a habit for everything. that is a habit for every resident now. we are lacking to rest for the moment but it is beginning to come back. we are hoping that that will come back for this summer. tourism has pledged to adopt some measures. the caring attitudes which is a charger, and more than 250 locations have signed it, the idea is to make it happen for our tutors to be reassured, sanitary measures, the weighting of the masks, the distancing and everything. everyone is confident that they can come to paris and be able to visit. this is a good time

to visit because we do not have so many people at this time. you are doing a good job of making us want to come to paris but there are different restrictors in different countries which are going to make it difficult for people to travel there. what have you seen so far in terms of people coming back whether it is people returning to their own habits locally or new visitors coming in? residents, a chance to rediscover the city. hopefully as the countries from europe are open again we are going to see some people from italy, germany, belgium. it is beginning to happen. people will come back to old habits quite soon and i think. they wa nt to habits quite soon and i think. they want to travel everywhere. when you have all the access like planes and

trains and everything possible hopefully they will come back. trains and everything possible hopefully they will come backm paris 50% of hotel rooms are used by business travellers. obviously people have got used to working differently, working from home, conference calls replacing face—to—face meetings. what are the signs and whether that is coming back and what are your views around that? i think it's will come back a little longer. it is too early. the summer is not good business value but i think, as you know, we still have good figures on that. 40% of companies that we interrogated are planning an event in the next three months. probably two thirds of their clients that are business travellers are planning business travel in the next three months also. i think they

will come back but that will take a little longer. probably also it will change their ways of travelling. maybe you will not come a one—day trip so often but you will come maybe longer. that will be also better for everyone, tourism, maybe longer. that will be also betterfor everyone, tourism, the planet and everything. so much rests on confidence returning. in any context, whenever economies into a recession, but this one has been so different from previous ones just because of the way it went off a cliff. yes, and to think of the world my situation, it is very different. the next trimester, will be difficult. a number of people will face some difficult economic situations. we will have to take that into account. for the tourism industry that will be a huge hit in the next three months.

us, china, important in terms of tourism, it will not be able to come back before the end of the year. thank you. after three months and one of europe's toughest lockdowns, spain's state of emergency has lifted, with visitors from across the uk and much of europe being welcomed into the country — without having to quarantine. our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe, explained what this means for spain and for travellers looking at visiting the country. the lifting of the state of emergency effectively means the end of the three—month lockdown, so spaniards can travel around the country freely now but also crucially for the tourism industry it means that most people from the european union, from the schengen area and the united kingdom, can enter the country without having

to go through that two—week quarantine which had been in place. for the high season — the first three months basically wiped out so this is a very welcome move, i think, for the tourism industry which is extremely important for the spanish economy overall. the spanish foreign minister, arancha gonzalez, had said a few days ago that she was very keen that this should be a reciprocal arrangement and she was in talks with the british government to try to make sure that quarantine controls were lifted on both sides. now, when she announced that spain was lifting its own quarantine controls for the uk, she did say she hadn't reached an agreement with the british that it was a unilateral measure, but that she still hoped the british would lift their own controls. as far as we know, the uk doesn't have any plans to change its own controls for spaniards — it was going to review them anyway onjune 29th. that hasn't changed.

i should point out the number of british people arriving over the coming days is probably likely to be quite low because people simply hadn't had time to book their holidays and change plans since the quarantine issue has been changed. an eu study has shown the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the lgbtq community. the report, set to be released in full later today, also suggests the impact has been felt by those who are intersectional across, black, bame, youth and the elderly. dr helena dalli is the eu's commissioner for equality and joins me now. there has been a lot of discussion about the disproportionate impact of covid—19 on various groups. about the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on various groups. tell us what your study has found. it is not the scientific study that we have been doing fieldwork,

virtual fieldwork, by communicating with individuals and also with representatives of people from the lg btq representatives of people from the lgbtq communities and with members of parliament. the conclusion is they have been disproportionately affected. we also did this in regards of women and how they have been affected. there is a lot which has exacerbated the situation of lg btq has exacerbated the situation of lgbtq people has exacerbated the situation of lg btq people during has exacerbated the situation of lgbtq people during this pandemic. we already knew that there are serious difficulties with lgbtq people to live their lives as they are backed covid—19 has exposed more

of the discrimination that there is against these people. we should definitely do more. sorry to interrupt. i want to get more specific detail on how that discrimination is manifesting. for instance, for instance lgbtq youth living with their parents, and whose pa rents a re living with their parents, and whose parents are homophobic, and they wa nt to parents are homophobic, and they want to come out, and they have to live in confined spaces with the pa rents live in confined spaces with the parents who are not accepting of them. for instance, trans people who needed treatment but this was not regarded as an essential treatment during the pandemic and therefore at some of them were in life—threatening situations. these are the realities which we heard during the pandemic and which we knew existed already in the sense

that the fundamental rights agency report which has just come out to speaks about these difficulties but obviously being confined in a closed space for weeks on end, months on end, obviously compounds the situation. what is your solution to that and what are your concerns around the long—term impacts? that and what are your concerns around the long-term impacts? of course there is a lot of concern. we look for scientific evidence such as the fundamental rights agency survey. we are working on the first ever eu strategy which will come out by the end of this year which will set standards, which will speak about policies and stereotypes and what needs to be done in order that

lg btq what needs to be done in order that lgbtq people what needs to be done in order that lg btq people can what needs to be done in order that lgbtq people can live their lives just like the rest of us. discover and fulfil our potential. but some people in our society are not allowed to do that simply for the reason that they were born lgbtq+. that is not acceptable. discrimination is a very bad thing. there has been a lot of discussion around the impact of covid—19 on different communities. bame communities being disproportionately impacted. you mentioned women. the lower paid. what is your sense of where we end up after this in terms of how society might change? could we be more equal or less equal? i think that the impetus to work towards more equal societies is no

more evident. that people could see that what we have been working on in terms of racial discrimination, in terms of racial discrimination, in terms of racial discrimination, in terms of gender equality, in terms of lg btq + terms of gender equality, in terms of lg btq+ equality, terms of gender equality, in terms of lgbtq+ equality, now we are looking at these situations from this pandemic perspective, which i think is putting these issues more on the agenda, and maybe more people have tried to walk a few paces in the shoes of the people we are speaking about. obviously that will help in our policy formulation, in attitudes, because that is a lot of anti—discrimination legislation, there needs to be more, but there is already, but the hardest to change are the attitudes, peoples attitudes towards other people who they consider to be different from themselves. that is such an

interesting point. do you feel that asa interesting point. do you feel that as a society we have all got to a point where people are much more open and it is important to harness that because it could go if policymakers do not actually address that and make an exchange question mark i would not see all because why we are seeing this, there is also a backlash against lg btq+ we are seeing this, there is also a backlash against lgbtq+ people. and against black people. it would be altruistic to see all, but the point is being made. people were listening more, while we were speaking even during the pandemic, going through social dialogue with people online, speaking about these realities.

people had more time to listen during the pandemic. i hope that we can turn this situation into a positive achievement in these areas of policy where we have been working for a very long time. i would not see for a very long time. i would not see with no results. in some countries we have got very good results. in others i am afraid to say we are going backwards. very good to talk to you. thank you. saudi arabia has lifted its nationwide curfew and finally reopened mosques in mecca — the holiest city in islam — after they were closed for three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. but amidst an uptick in cases there's still no word on whether the hajj — the annual muslim pilgrimage which attracts millions will go ahead. reged ahmad reports.

call to prayer. markings on the floor, temperature checks and hand sanitiser, just a few social distancing rules and restrictions in mecca as the city's places of worship, some 1500 mosques, finally open up after three months of coronavirus lockdown. translation: thank god, social distancing was implemented. masks are mandatory and everyone has a private prayer mat. many mosques outside mecca have already reopened but worshippers here will be relieved to be back and finally able to pray in the holiest city in islam. the country has also lifted its nationwide curfew with people wasting no time in taking to the streets as restaurants and hair salons welcome back their customers. translation: we are taking appointments and every client comes on time. there must be a 30 minute difference between each client so there is no wait.

but there are still some restrictions, large gatherings are not allowed and there is a ban on international travel too. saudi arabia has been the hardest hit gulf state when it comes to covid—19. and there's been a reported uptick in case numbers in recent days. that may be one of the reasons why the kingdom is yet to announce whether the much anticipated annual hajj pilgrimage will take place in latejuly. but as saudis emerge from lockdown, authorities will be considering their next move as they keep a watchful eye on the coronavirus case numbers. reged ahmed, bbc news. tighter social distancing measues are being implemented in south korea's fifth largest city, daejeon, after clusters of coronavirus cases. the country reported its lowest number of new infections in nearly a month but officials remain concerned about sporadic outbreaks,

particularly in the city of daejeon, around 50 miles south of seoul. all gatherings in public spaces such as museums and libraries have been banned with some churches also closed. preparations are also being made to combat a potential second wave of the virus in seoul with officials recruiting more contact tracers and securing more hospital beds. face coverings are now compulsory on public transport as scotland continues to ease its way out of lockdown. the ruling covers all buses and trains, planes and ferries and taxis and private hire vehicles. children under five and people with certain medical conditions are exempt. nicola sturgeon said face coverings can help to reduce the risk of transmission but stressed that physical distancing, hand washing and good hygiene were still necessary to prevent infection. the scottish government is still urging people to continue to limit travel. one of the industries hardest

hit by the coronavirus lockdown has been tourism — but with some countries now emerging from severe restrictions on movement, tourist attractions are desperate for customers to return. in venice — they've put on something of a show to drum up attention — as tim allman explains. if you didn't know any better, you'd say life here was pretty much back to normal. the canals and waterways full of traffic, gondolas and rowing boats bobbing along — this, the first such traditional race since the lockdown ended. venice getting back to its roots. translation: we decided to call it race of the rebirth, because we wanted it to be an opportunity — the first time when venice, which is made of water, went back to its primary element, which are the boats and oars. but the scars of the last few months can't be ignored. italy has been one of

the countries hit hardest by coronavirus, with more than 34,000 lives lost. applause. this was about paying tribute to the medical workers who fought on the frontline. applause. translation: the objective of the race was to show that the town's alive but we don't pity ourselves. having blisters on your hands is better than simply answering in an interview to thank doctors. now doctors should be thanked with some financial support. you see how they all stand as they row? this is voga veneta — venetian rowing. an inspiration, perhaps? hopefully, venice itself will soon be back on its feet. tim allman, bbc news.

a team of archaeologists has discovered evidence for a major new stone circle, dug thousands of years ago, just a short distance away from stonehenge. it surrounds the ancient settlement which lies two miles from stonehenge. tests suggest the circle is neolithic and was created more than 4,500 years ago. now it's time for a look at the weather with carole. hello again. at the start of this week, some of us will see some rain — more notably across the north and the west of the country. but then what you'll find is, increasingly, temperatures are going to rise — as indeed is humidity — and notjust by day, but also by night. so what we have today is this weather front. it's what we call a waving front. it's just gently moving north and south, east and west — almost in situ, but not quite. so it's bringing in a lot of cloud and some rain — rain across northern ireland, scotland, at times getting into northwest england and north wales.

and you can see the cloud building just ahead of it. so the sunnier skies will be through the midlands, the far south of england and also the southeast and east anglia. and here we could see temperatures 23 or 24 — possibly locally even 25 degrees. through this evening and overnight, we still will have that rain. it pushes that bit further north. the winds that we're looking at today will start to ease down. quite a lot of cloud ahead of this weather front, as well, but clear skies as we push into central and eastern parts of england in particular. now, it's not going to be a cold night — most of us staying in double figures overnight. tomorrow, then, we start off with this rain from the same said front — still across scotland and northern ireland. at times we'll see the odd spot of rain coming out of the cloud in northern england and potentially north wales, but that front is pushing a bit further north, so it will brighten up through the day. but largely dry, with clear skies for the south and highs 27 or 28. 20 in aberdeen.

now, as we move from tuesday and into wednesday, we still do very much have this feature, but it is weakening all the time. so we'll start off with some rain, but then it will more or less become a band of cloud with the odd spot of rain in it. and on either side, there will be some sunshine. again, no breeze, really, to speak off. might catch the odd shower, say, in northern ireland — that's about it — and temperatures continuing to rise. 25 in newcastle, 30—31 in london, 16 in stornoway, and 20 in belfast. during the course of thursday, still one or two rogue showers left in the forecast. but for most of us, it's going to be dry, it's going to be sunny, and once again it's going to be very warm or hot with highs reaching 31 in the south.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. tributes have been paid in the english town of reading to three people stabbed to death there on saturday. tributes are being paid to the victims — including history teacherjames furlong, and a second victim named today as joe ritchie—bennett from philadelphia. 25 year old khairi saadallah, originally from libya, is still being questioned by police — it's understood he came to the attention of m15 last year. the uk prime minister will meet with his leading scientific advisers today, ahead of tomorrow unveling of plans to further ease lockdown restrictions in england — including an expected move from the 2 metre rule to 1m.

a big spike in the covid—19 reproduction number in germany — following two localised outbreaks. around the world coronavirus cases see their biggest one—day increase — brazil has now suffered 50,000 deaths. 72 years to the day that the empire windrush docked in the uk, i'll be speaking to her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary wendy williams, who carried out the review into the windrush scandal. 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. a two minute's silence has been held in reading to remember the three people killed in a stabbing attack in a park on saturday evening, which police are treating as a terror incident.

people gathered outside the holt school in wokingham where one of the victims worked as a history teacher. he's been named as 36—year—old james furlong who was described as a kind and gentle man. the second victim has been confirmed as joe ritchie bennett from philadelphia who had lived in the uk for the last 15 years. his family told the us network cbs they were ‘heartbroken'. police are continuing to question the suspect in saturday's attack, 25—year—old khairi saadallah, who's been arrested under the terrorism act. we are sad to report that our inspirational head of history and politics was tragically killed at the terrorist incident at reading. james is a very kind and gentle man. he had a real sense of duty and cared for each and every one of our

students. he truly inspired everyone you talk through his passion for his subject and dedication. he was determined that our students will develop a critical awareness of global issues and in doing so become active citizens and have a voice. global issues and in doing so become active citizens and have a voicem active citizens and have a voicem a whole community, we have to absorb the sad news. counsellors are available for our staff and students. words cannot describe our shock and sadness at this time. our thoughts are with his mum, dad, brother and family, and his friends and colleagues. he was a cherished colleague and we will be very sadly missed. thank you. our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan was watching that tribute and sent this from outside holt school. you two head teachers at the school came out and delivered a very moving statement —— the two head teachers. the teacher stood in front of the

school and were joined by dozens of students here at the school. it's obviously a very, very difficult time for them. obviously a very, very difficult time forthem. i obviously a very, very difficult time for them. i was speaking to some of those taught by mr furlong who was the head of politics, history and government here but a much loved form tutor and one of the student said to mutually hard to describe what he meant to them because he wasn't an ordinary teacher. he was someone who chase people was like lives, and he was inspirational, which people have said time and time again. it's been a very emotional morning here and the students who have gone to the church come in very short walk away from here that is open today cover to share memories. this is a very distressing type of shoe and one as a 16—year—old daughter and his goal with another having a year old. the difficulty is having to deal with explaining what degree fizz. this the first real loss at their daughters have ever experienced.

it's a loss this community is feeling very deeply. the home secretary priti patel has given her reaction to the attack. it's a tragic, tragic event, it really is. three people have died. extensive work has taken place with the police but now with other police and the committees and all aspects of policing, and we have lots of information to gather. we have to look at all aspects as to what happened on saturday with the individuals in custody as well to ensure thatjustice is served but make sure we learn the lessons from what has happened over the weekend to make sure it doesn't happen again. our correspondent andy moore has been in reading as floral tributes were laid for the attack. he says police have been praised for their quick actions on the day. i was passing through the park a couple of months ago on a day like

saturday stop there would be a lot of people in a relatively small area people wanted to find groups of people coming together, a city centre park like this, one described as a back garden of reading, is what someone would come. i think reading, is what someone would come. ithinka reading, is what someone would come. i think a lot of people who witnessed the attack are very confused as to what would happen initially. all they said as they would see a man running about six people who are seriously injured.

one car arrived very rapidly, it brea ks very one car arrived very rapidly, it breaks very quickly and one of the police officers got out and rugby tackled the suspect. that police officer, police sergeant has been praised. when he did that, he didn't know if the suspect was still armed with a nice, didn't know if you had a gun with him, he may have had a bomb with him for all that police officers knew so certainly that police officer has been praised breaking news to bring you, bbc will prioritise 100 million pounds of its funding to diverse event inclusive content. they are making a 20% diverse talent target in april of next year. the bbc‘s director—general said the senseless killing of george floyd and what it

tells about the of systemic racism has had a profound impact on us all. it's made us question ourselves about what more we can do to help tackle racism and drive inclusion within our organisation and society asa within our organisation and society as a whole. this is our response, it will drive changes what you make this a big cold, and we have more to announce in the coming weeks. that just threw come from the bbc director—general about how money will be focused on diverse and inclusive talent going forward. in germany the reproduction number for coronavirus — that's the number of people that on average one person infects — has risen sharply. health authorities say this has been fuelled by localised outbreaks of covid—19 in a meat—packing plant and at an apartment block — where police reinforcements were drafted in after quarantined residents trying to get out clashed with officers, using fireworks, bottles and metal bars. simonjones reports. police called in to enforce

quarantine at this tower block in gottingen. 700 people told their movements are being restricted because of an outbreak of coronavirus there. on thursday, two people tested positive for covid—19. by friday, that had risen to 120. translation: i am frightened, i'm afraid of staying here. i have work and can't go to work. everyone feels this way, they need to work. officers say they have faced a barrage of hostility. translation: the police - and i was able to see this with my own eyes on video — had bottles, stones, metal bars, planks of wood, household objects and fireworks thrown at them. having accurate data on how many people are becoming infected is vital to keeping a lid on any outbreaks. the r number refers to the rate of infection for the virus. it's the number of people that, on average, every person with the disease will pass it on to. with coronavirus, without social distancing, that number is three. every person infecting three others

means a rapidly expanding outbreak. the key is to get r below one and keep it there, then you have a shrinking epidemic, but in germany, it's now 2.8. officials, though, say this is largely due to specific localised outbreaks, such as at a big meat processing factory in the state of north rhine—westphalia. more than 1,300 positive tests have been linked to the plant, 7,000 employees and their families have been told to go into quarantine. this translation: as a businessman and someone who puts people first, i can only offer my complete apologies because we are the cause of this issue and carry full responsibility — me as a businessman and the company as a whole. health officials hope that by acting quickly and decisively, they can stop any spread to the wider community. simon jones, bbc news. our correspondent damien mcguinness in berlin says germany is implementing very rigid quarantine measures to limit the localised outbreaks.

i think what you're seeing is that these individual incidents are incredibly serious but they don't seem incredibly serious but they don't seem to be spreading to the wider community so far. each case is quite serious, really, so if you look at the meat processing plant for example, you're talking 1300 people infected which is 20% of the workforce. there are quite drastic quarantine measures now for all those people who do work for that large meat processing plant, so that means your large meat processing plant, so that means your restrictions on their lives and what the authorities are trying to do is to really ensure that does not spread to the further community and avoid for the lockdown because that is a real worry. they had to close down schools and kindergartens in that entire region. no general lockdown but of the situation gets worse at that one plant, there would be a lockdown in the region again which people obviously don't want. if you look at other outbreaks we've had, they have

been at individual blocks of flats, city blocks and they are very serious, up to 100 people testing positive in a city block of buildings here in berlin. they have been quarantined as well. as we saw in that report, the difficulty is you then have to enforce drastic measures which are not popular. the numbers across germany are still low so numbers across germany are still low so it does mean the picture as it stands these localised incidents are spread at the moment. there's been a record increase in the number of global coronavirus cases according to the world health organisation, which reported a jump of more than 183 thousand in a 24 hour period. the biggest increase was in north and south america accounting for 116 thousand new cases — taking the global total to more than 8.7 million. worldwide, the covid—19 death toll stands at 461 thousand. borisjohnson is expected to announce on tuesday if the hospitality sector can reopen

on 4july and if the 2m distancing rule in england can be relaxed. non—essential shops have reopened in england already, with retail resuming in wales from today. however, a leading body representing the british brewing industry is warning that hundreds of thousands ofjobs could be lost if the government doesn't set a date soon for pubs to re—open. i'm joined now by emma mcclarkin, the chief executive of the british beer and pub association. are you almost certainly now expecting it to be the 4th ofjuly and for it to be one metre distance on? we have been pressing the prime minister to confirm the date for the 4th ofjuly for our reopening, which isa 4th ofjuly for our reopening, which is a day we've been working to since the 10th of may and getting his preparations ready, and making big business decisions about how we can keep the industry going. we need that clarity and the confirmation they, which is where the risk is if we do not get the clarity, so we are hopeful we will hear it in the next

24—hour. a lot of detail needing to be find out in order to deal with it safely. you might we've been working with the government on the guidance. reduction is something that would bring significant more in. one third of pubs opening versus one metre bring that down and representing two thirds of the sector that could reopen but finding a new way to create that environment in terms of risk assessment. we need more detail in terms of what will do that in terms of bringing in ppe to put it in place. there are reports that

they will have to bring and contact details in terms of whether there is an outbreak in terms of the establishment and patrols in some of these environments to make your social distancing is observed. are you aware of those measures might put people off? keeping in contact with gdp are and it is difficult for us with gdp are and it is difficult for us to process that, and how we put the data protection in, there is a lot of problems we could have their and the problem with patrolling as we as an industry have always managed people, that is what we do. you are being monitored in that already environment but if it goes above and beyond that, it will become an an industry that is

already having to put in a lot of safety measures in place so we have to be clear that it has to be absolutely necessary for these to be introduced on top of everything else right now if pubs are able to survive. pubs are making a decision tomorrow after weighing up the science. do they have to feel that it is the signs of the driving this rather than the economics? it is completely understandable that is a key part of what is driving this. we've always said we want to open when it is safe to do so which is why it is important the prime minister and government give that confidence. that is something we look forward to

welcoming the prime minister saying is letting us demonstrate how safe those places are unwelcoming the public back to the great british pub. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... tributes are being paid in reading to three people who were fatally stabbed on saturday — including history teacherjames furlong, and a second victim named today as joe ritchie—bennett from philadelphia. the uk prime minister will meet with his leading scientific advisers today, ahead of tomorrow unveling of plans to further ease lockdown restrictions in england — including an expected move from the 2 metre rule to 1m a big spike in the coronavirus reproduction number in germany — following two localised outbreaks. brazil has become the second country in the world to register more than 50,000 deaths from coronavirus, after the united states. the news comes just days after the country also reached a million cases of covid—19.

our south america correspondent katy watson reports. "it was just a little cold," said brazil's president when the crisis started. and even as the infection soared and the death toll climbed, jair bolsonaro carried on. "i'm no gravedigger," he quipped in april as he was questioned over the numbers. a week later, he was taken to task again. "so what? he answered. "i'm no miracle worker." luciano had hoped for miracles. his family has been torn apart by covid—19. his father, marcus antonio, passed away in april. translation: my father was always the pillar of the family, a person who would help others without wanting anything in return. he was a peacemaker. his death has been very painful, but i feel privileged to have a father like i did. luciano is a musician and keen member of the evangelical church in brazil, like many of bolsonaro's supporters.

he doesn't pin the blame squarely on the president. he thinks all the politicians have played a part in brazil's chaotic response to the pandemic. translation: here in brazil, covid—19 is no longer about public health, it's about politics. there is, though, unity in grief here — grief that's growing every single day. as the situation worsens, the president continues to focus on reopening the economy and says little to ease the pain of those who have lost loved ones. brazil has hit two more grim milestones in a matter of days — more than a million cases and more than 50,000 people dead. but not even these numbers are prompting the president to change course. in the middle of a pandemic, many brazilians feel they are lacking leadership, and the numbers keep going up and up. there is no permanent health minister, either, in the middle of a pandemic. two have been and gone. one was fired, the other walked

after less than a month in the job. neither agreed with his strategy. who can solve this worsening crisis? with so little faith in the politicians now, many are looking for answers from above. katy watson, bbc news, sao paolo. after three months and one of europe's toughest lockdowns, spain's state of emergency has lifted, with visitors from across the uk and much of europe being welcomed into the country — without having to quarantine. our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe, explained what this means for spain and for travellers looking at visiting the country. the lifting of the state of emergency effectively means the end of the three—month lockdown, so spaniards can travel around the country freely now but also crucially for the tourism industry it means that most people from the european union, from the schengen area and the united kingdom, can enter the country without having to go through that two—week quarantine which had been in place. essentially spain has opened its doors just in time for the high season — the high tourism season. the first three months of the tourism season have been basically wiped out so this is a very welcome move, i think, for the tourism industry which is extremely important for the spanish economy overall. the spanish foreign minister, arancha gonzalez, had said a few days ago that she was very keen that this should be a reciprocal arrangement and she was in talks with the british government to try to make sure that quarantine

controls were lifted on both sides. now, when she announced that spain was lifting its own quarantine controls for the uk, she did say she hadn't reached an agreement with the british that it was a unilateral measure, but that she still hoped the british would lift their own controls. as far as we know, the uk doesn't have any plans to change its own controls for spaniards — it was going to review them anyway onjune 29th. that hasn't changed. i should point out the number of british people arriving over the coming days is probably likely to be quite low because people simply hadn't had time to book their holidays and change plans since the quarantine issue has been changed. as lockdown measures are beginning to ease in england, councils and local governments are beginning to assess what impact the costs of pandemic measures will have on their budgets. analysis undertaken by the ten greater manchester councils and greater manchester combined authority shows that the impact of coronavirus and the actions taken to manage the pandemic will be in the region of £732 million by the end ofthis financial year alone — and concerns are growing as to how

to address this deficit. let's speak now to andy burnham, the labour mayor for greater manchester. thank you forjoining us. that is a huge chunk of cash. how have you arrived at that number because that is projecting, isn't it? it is, to the end of the financial year. this ta kes the end of the financial year. this takes into the end of the financial year. this ta kes into accou nt the end of the financial year. this takes into account the costs that are ten councils have faced but also the lost income and then you add that together and it gets to this number. we've had some support from the government and we are grateful to that and the council to have some reserves to that and the council to have some rese rves so to that and the council to have some reserves so the net deficit is 368 million, so still a massive number. let's remember, it comes on top of a decade of austerity. a report is being published today that says councils in the north were hit disproportionately hard in the last decade. these are the spending fell by 20% compared to an england average of 13% so this is a very

serious moment for councils in greater manchester and across the north, and we are looking to the government to help. obviouslyjust looking at what the net deficit is, versus what the projected deficit would be, the government has already offered a lot of help, hasn't it? about £200 million, just under. what you say that obviously you need more. do you think you will get it? well, we'll see. this is the evidence. it's not... we arejust putting this figure out the is an honest figure given where we are. obviously if our councils ended the financial year almost 400 million down, that would have a severe impact on social care, and children's services, so it is a serious situation and we here in the press today that the chancellor is

looking at cutting public spending. i would say to the government, please do not go down that path. i just said a moment ago the authors it very hard over the last decade and this is the government saying it wa nts to and this is the government saying it wants to invest in a note, promising to level up. if you're going to see more cuts to councils in the north of england over the coming months and years, then levelling up i'm afraid orjust and years, then levelling up i'm afraid or just simply and years, then levelling up i'm afraid orjust simply not happen. our community will be laid low instead. you mentioned that services will suffer if you do have to cut costs to address that funding shortfall. would you do that rather than put up council tax?|j shortfall. would you do that rather than put up counciltax? i think there are difficult choices facing there are difficult choices facing the government and i understand that but i'm personally... not necessarily council tax because that isa necessarily council tax because that is a very regressive tax that hits the poorest hardest. i think the government has to look at taxation more broadly and particularly those who earn the most. sorry, just

focusing for now on the choices that you and your councils actually will have to make, they could increase revenue by increasing council tax. i know you said you don't want to do that but it's one of the options that but it's one of the options that would have to be considered. that but it's one of the options that would have to be consideredlj misunderstood that would have to be considered.” misunderstood your question. of course it would be one of the options that would have to be considered but i'm saying let's not get there. the size of the deficit is huge. it is a similar picture to what you see councils elsewhere in the north and you cannot make a deficit of that size up from raising people's council tax because, as i say, it's a regressive tax, not a fair tax so the government really does have to step in here and it also has to protect councils from the loss of income that they are having in investments. are your people and government saying councils should not have made commercial investments but they have been forced to because of the

spending situation so do not punish them for having been innovative over them for having been innovative over the last decade and i hope the chancellor understands these messages. thank you, thank you very much forjoining us. you're watching bbc news. all non—essential shops are allowed to re—open across wales today, in the latest easing of lockdown measures in the country. however, the five—mile limit on non—essential journeys remains in place, with a review expected to take place by the 6th ofjuly. our correspondent tomos morgan has more. for almost three months, high streets across wales and across the uk have been derelict of shoppers. but today marks the seeds of change here in wales as the first minister mark drakeford gave the green light for all non—essential shops to reopen. if they do try something on and they don't purchase it, we take the item out to the store room and we steam it professionally with a professional steamer, and we wait 24 hours until we can

bring it back out. jaymin patel has been preparing for this day for a while, making sure safety is the top priority for customers and staff. he's adapted and done well online, selling his clothes during lockdown, hand—delivering stock to customers. but nothing can replace the business that is brought by footfall. we wanted to make customers feel safe but still let them have that experience of being able to go shopping again and, you know, a shopping experience is something — especially for a small independent like ourselves — is quite personal. we've decided we'll let one or two people in at any one time. so in preparations for the shops to reopen today, the council has put actually a trial in on this street in cardiff. as you can see behind me, bollards in place to increase the pavement area so that shoppers can go between each shop at a safe and social distance. usually open every day of the week, troy's meze bar has curtailed its days, hours, and turned from a restaurant to a takeaway.

it has been hard but at least we've got a couple of quid coming in to carry on, and we're happy to just to work and to basically provide food for people. but today's changes won't have much impact for the hospitality sector. one metre will be great for us. i mean, two metres will be very difficult for us to open the restaurant. i would rather carry on doing takeaway, to have a two metre. the welsh government hinted shops may reopen three weeks ago here. but some say that still wasn't enough time to get ready to reopen. i haven't had enough notice to take my staff off furlough. we've been told to prepare for this but we weren't given enough time to know in advance when to take them off. as high streets start trading again across wales,

the stay—local rule remains in place, meaning people should only travel within five miles of their home. it'll be around another two weeks before people here can travel to see family, friends and nature further afield again. tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. now it's time for a look at the weather. it will turn hot again over the next three days. temperatures will peak at 33 celsius which is the hottest we've had since last summer. in the short—term, a lot of parts of western parts of the country, cloudy at times. the further east and south you are, the woman the weather will be. a muggy night tonight. you can see be. a muggy night tonight. you can see the cloud and rain... belfast could see some rain and 14 celsius.

temperatures will also see a peak. never turning hot in the north—west. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. tributes have been paid in reading to three people who were fatally stabbed on saturday — including history teacher james furlong, and a second victim named today as joe ritchie—bennett from philadelphia. 25—year—old khairi saadallah, originally from libya, is still being questioned by police. it's understood he came to the attention of m15 last year. let's go to edinburgh now where the first minister nicola sturgeon is leading today's coronavirus briefing. the number of confirmed cases has reduced by three. a total of 15 people last night were in intensive

ca re people last night were in intensive care with suspected covid—19, one fewer than yesterday. 3000 978 patients who have treated positive since 15th of march have now been discharged from hospital. in the last 24—hour is, no deaths were registered. that figure is welcome but we must bear in mind that fewer deaths tend to be registered on sundays. total number of deaths under that measurement of people confirmed by a test of having the virus is therefore still 2472. i send my deepest condolences to eve ryo ne send my deepest condolences to everyone behind these statistics who have lost a loved one as a result of this illness. i express my thanks to health care workers and all key workers across the country. everybody is extremely grateful to you for all you have done. success

in suppressing the virus continues as the statistics bear out, this progress allows us to consider whether and to what extent we can give more clarity in terms of indicative dates for the next steps in our route map out of lockdown. as a heads up today i intend to set out more detail on that later this week. as we do so we must remember that the virus has not gone away. there are already countries, china and germany for example, that are now dealing with spikes in cases as a result of localised outbreaks, and officials in south korea said the think they are now experiencing a second way. we are trying to get

back to normal and we want to do that as quickly as possible. i reiterate my strong view that acting recklessly would be a serious mistake. we must continue to be cautious and all of us must continue to adhere strictly to the public health advice. that will help us continue progress and avoid the resurgence of the virus now but it will also put us in a stronger position ahead of the winter months to come. please stick to the rules and when you are out and about, as all of us are able to be more now, rememberface coverings all of us are able to be more now, remember face coverings in closed spaces, these are mandatory to d on public transport. avoid public places, even outdoors. maintain two metres distance with people from other households. self—isolate and

book a test immediately if you have symptoms of covid—19. today's conference is following a different format from usual. one significant item that i want to update you on today and it relates to the economy. once i have finished my remarks i'm going to hand over to the chair of the advisory group on economic recovery. the scottish govern at a point at the advisory group in april to provide recommendations on how best to restore the economy to sustainable and inclusive growth as we bring the pandemic and a greater control. we did that because we knew then that the pandemic is what we had to do to tackle it would cause significant economic harm. our initial focus has had significant economic harm. our initialfocus has had to be on protecting peoples lives and on providing immediate lifeline support to keep businesses afloat and people

afloat. as the virus comes under control our efforts must focus on how the economy recovers and renews itself for the long term. i am grateful to the advisory group for all of their efforts and also fatal to all of the business organisations and others who engaged in the work and others who engaged in the work and you facilitated much of that business inclusion. this report includes 25 substantial recommendations. these are wide ranging in scope alongside areas like investment, employment, skills they cover areas such as the relationship between government and business, the care sector, the role of the third sector. the scottish government will produce a detailed response government will produce a detailed response to the report before the end ofjuly so i will not comment in detail today on the 25 recommendations. what i want to do

is to be clear that the scottish government sees this report as a serious and substantive use of work and we will deal with its basic principles. many of the themes, the importance of education and reducing inequality are going to be critical to economic recovery. the report is also strong... specific recommendations are significant and constructive. the importance of digital infrastructure investment has been emphasised once again and is rightly a major issue in the report. in addition, the scottish governor agrees with the advisory group on the importance of working with the uk government so that a fiscal framework has enough flexibility within to enable us to support investment for we also support investment for we also support the prioritisation of a green recovery and its recognition of the vital importance of the new scottish national investment bank.

the recommendations for youth employment and a jobs guarantee, including the essential contribution that businesses can make are potentially very significant as we seek to ensure that young people get the opportunities they deserve in the opportunities they deserve in the wake of this pandemic. finally the wake of this pandemic. finally the report highlights the fact that scotland's economic recovery must be a collaborative partnership. recommendations in this report are not just for the scottish recommendations in this report are notjust for the scottish government although many of them of course are but the agribusiness sector, the third sector, higher and further education sector and the uk government as well. the scottish governor eddie works well with these organisations in many areas but the covid—19 crisis has reinforced the need that partnership is required. the vast scale of the challenge that our economy faces as we come out of this crisis. it sets out practical measures founded on values which can

help us to address that challenge. it provides recommendations that can help us to help businesses and individuals get back on their feet and in doing so i think potentially it lays the foundations for a much more resilient, more sustainable and feeder economy in the years to come. i therefore warmly welcome it and once again want to thank everyone who has contributed to it. i'm going to hand over in a moment. i reiterate our key public health messages. we want to get into a recovery freeze , messages. we want to get into a recovery freeze, it is crucial to continue efforts to suppress this bias. since friday anyhow salt has been able to meet with up to two other households. those meetings must be outdoors unless you have formed an extended household group. you should only go indoors to use the toilet or get through to a garden. you should clean surfaces you touch as you do that. indicated at the outset of my remarks, when

you hear me report relatively low numbers on daily cases, and tha nkfully numbers on daily cases, and thankfully reducing numbers of people dying, many might wonder whether these rules still matter. it is important to stress that as we start to go out and about more, these rules matter more, not less. it is important to remember that covid—19 has not gone away. it remains highly infectious and highly dangerous. earlier we have seen reports from other countries increases in the virus and that should remind as of the risk that it still causes. it should remind all of as that it does not take much for that virus to take off again. it is only by sticking to the rules that we have made the progress that i report now on a daily basis and by continuing to stick with them and suppressing that by further we will all be able to move more quickly out of lockdown in the weeks ahead. that espied the decision is all that has a ticking now as individuals more than ever directly affect their

health, well—being, and economic prosperity for all of as. the public health campaign relaunched on friday, summarises the key need to remember and apply. let me end by reiterating those five crucial pieces of advice. you must wear face coverings in closed spaces, avoid crowded places, clean your hands and ha rd crowded places, clean your hands and hard surfaces regularly, keep to beater distancing, book a test and self—isolate if you have symptoms. by self—isolate if you have symptoms. by remembering and abiding by these requirements all of us can stay safe and protect others and we will all save lives. i ask you to continue to do the right thing and to stick to these rules. thank you to everyone who is doing exactly that. let's meet now hand over for more details of the report published this morning. thank you. good afternoon. the

health crisis has tragically claimed too many lives prematurely. it has been absolutely right that our priority has been to manage the spread of the virus stop today however i present a report on another matter, scotland's economic well— being another matter, scotland's economic well—being as we emerge from the height of the health crisis. the report was commissioned by the scottish government that it is a call to action to all of us in scotland, especially those in positions of leadership in the public sector, private sector, third sector. there has never been a more important time to collaborate across our society to pursue a collective national endeavour. the group i have cheered was asked to look beyond the immediate issues of economic life support for households and businesses, will that has been essential. to track empathic rebuild scotland's economy. one that is ultimately stronger and better. before the onset of covid—19 we face

a range of economic challenges. those charges have not gone away. some content is of brexit frankly have become bleaker. our focus must be to deliver an economy that can create jobs and with a focus on employment and fairness in society. our new starting point has three themes. any education, and employment. this crisis has exposed and eliminated the scale of inequalities in our society. —— eliminated. that recovery must address the learning loss suffered by schoolchildren and one that delivers skills needed on 21st century scotland including a focus on vocational training and

apprenticeships. the potential scenario of an employment requires urgent intervention, in particular young people aged between 16—25 are at risk of long—term scarring from the imminent recession. today almost 80% ofjobs in scotland are in the private sector and over 40% of those jobs in small businesses with less than 50 employees. the scottish government must convene the right conversation and engage with the private sector so that we can work independently and together. we must identify the sectors where scotland can reasonably aspire to be outstanding and make judicious choices about supporting their survival so they can thrive. to enable tourism and hospitality, food and drink, universities and colleges, life sciences, digital technology, the creative sector are amongst the obvious ones. let as

decide now what a successful scotland will look like on the other side this crisis. there are 25 recommendations in this report. i would like to lay them out. internationally, countries are beginning to shift the emphasis from emergency assistance to fiscal stimulus to revive the economy. we must also do that. recognising that the date will have to be managed carefully over a long period in a manner that aids rather than hinders recovery. the current fiscal arrangements between scottish government and uk government are limited in what we can do directly for ourselves. —— a manner that helps rather than hinders. we should pursue urgent discussions to bring greater flexibility but also asked the uk government to act now. on the 4th ofjune the uk government to act now. on the 4th of june emergency the uk government to act now. on the 4th ofjune emergency and ounce to 130 billion euros stimulus which equates to 4% of the economic

output. on the same day we would deploy stimulus of £6 billion. lowering vat to 15% generally, perhaps lower for tourism and hospitality, could make a difference. consideration should be given to small business tax incentives to improve adoption of digital technology. it is paramount that the spine of a recovery screen. scotland should have a realistic ambition to be one of the worlds leading countries regarding carbon capture, decoupling economic output from dependency on skewers and natural resources. a green scotland will be high skill, high paying jobs, it will create a market for exports. it is time to quicken the pace by examining the regulatory and planning officers are regulated ——

are placed. digital infrastructure, by accelerating existing programmes and developing new ones we can make changes that benefit flexible working, that you don't economy, and economic resilience. in particular we should follow ireland by investing in subsea cabling which has enabled them to become part of the key to be to continental europe and the united states. scotland should aim to build a greater sector powered by renewable energy. apprenticeships will be key. in the absence of intervention training suffers any downturn. there needs to be close engagement between businesses, colleges and universities. we need to consider supporting businesses to take on apprentices. the creation of a scottish guarantee jobs scheme, a

scheme would offer secure employment for at least two years for 16—25 —year—olds and be paid at the living wage, with access to training and the hope of progression. we have asked the scottish government to sponsor a report before the end of july. interventions must be commensurate with the scale of the issues. we need strong leadership across our societies. perhaps the most essential element of such leadership in a crisis is courage. in the words of nelson mandela, carriage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. —— carriage is not the absence. the group has asked the scottish government to respond to this report by the end ofjuly. i said that as a recommendation we have accepted. we will give a full and substantive response will give a full and substantive response to all of the conditions in that timescale. we have to make sure that timescale. we have to make sure that the scale of our interventions

are commensurate with the scale of the challenge and that we also move quickly which we are committed to doing. iam quickly which we are committed to doing. i am going to move straight to questions. a question for the first minister. do you see that the scottish government taking stakes across the economy and companies at risk of collapse just to be of strategic value? bass builders in falkirk, it cannot sustain, could that come into part government ownership? and for someone who fears that theirjob is at risk because of the current downturn, as this report telling them that theirjob is secure or telling them that theirjob is secure or that it is time to plan for a change of career and the

government to be there to support them? i will take the question for me. we will look positively at whether government intervention including taking stakes in companies will help keep productive companies that have a future beyond this crisis from going bust, keeping them in operation. i am not going to link my answer to any specific company because it would not be appropriate to do that. please do not read anything into that specific manner. but the interventionist approach of the scottish government has already taken over the the scottish government has already ta ken over the past the scottish government has already taken over the past few years. prestwick airport and others, we have been prepared to intervene either with stakes or negative financial interventions to stop companies going out of business. we are open—minded to that. i am duty

bound to point out we operate in all of these decisions within certain constraints, within constraints of state aid, within come —— constraints of value for taxpayers money, there is always a rigorous assessment that must be done before we come to decisions like that. but we come to decisions like that. but we are open—minded and as inventive and creative as possible as we try to steer my way through this crisis. last month we reported an increase in unemployment of 30,000. we have 628,000 people failed, 148,000 people on employment support, a total of 774,000. there is a real risk forjobs. a lot of people feel that in different ways. we have a duty of care. the steps set out in this report gives scotland the best

chance to get scotland back to work which is the absolute priority. the report says with the relationship to business some of the feedback suggested that relationship and dialogue between business and the government needed to be improved and that there is a pressing need for a resit. do you accept that the relationship between the government and business has not always been up to the mark and more needs to be done? and to benny higgins, you see in the report your recommendations are an action list, not a shopping list, do you expect all of them to be implemented? you have entered on the feral scheme in terms of going for the four other sectors, do you think the furlough scheme should be extended by the uk government.” warmly embrace the report and that

recommendation and it is important to a cce pt recommendation and it is important to accept that after a crisis like this we have to consider the quality, the nature, and depth of relationships and make sure that they go forward on the basis that is recognising the scale of the challenge. we have got between government and business, individual businesses, sectors, key organisations, we have got a good relationship but there will always be tensions. in the best of times we should look to see how we strengthen and deepen those relationships but i think any leader like me would say would come out of a crisis like this and proceed on any aspect of this just be that we always have would not be doing her duty. i look forward to thinking through with business organisations and business how we use the expertise that businesses have got, how we best engage in how we best up in that

dialogue because one of the things that comes through from the report very strongly is that you have to recover the economy and then lead the economy through a sustainable phase, that izzy collaboration. that collaboration is important. i give an undertaking today to focus the scottish government on making sure it works as people expect it to. scottish government on making sure it works as people expect it tom the first instance the emphasis has got to be on protecting jobs rather than paying and appoint its benefits. for me it is important that as we move away from the universal feral arrangement that you make judicious choices about how to offer support. —— furlough. there

are certain sectors we have to make sure survive, i favour extended but more targeted furlough. this is the first day we are willing to face coverings on public transport is mandatory. if people are not following that what should happen to them? is it a matterfor the police? is it them? is it a matterfor the police? isita them? is it a matterfor the police? is it a matter of advice? if they do not do it they could endanger others. and, one of the recommendations from benny higgins, scottish government, local authorities, getting schools back working again, educating

authorities, getting sct skills ack