welcome to bbc news — i'm mike embley. our top stories: the city that never sleeps is starting to wake up. new york, once the global centre of the pandemic, begins reopening. south korean officals confirm a second wave of infections, even though numbers are relatively low. on the 72nd anniversary of the arrival of the windrush generation, more people are urged to claim the compensation they're owed. facebook and instagram are facing a growing boycott by advertisers over their failure to address hate speech. and archaeologists have discovered a major prehistoric monument just a short distance from stonehenge.

hello and welcome. the number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide has climbed to more than nine million. the world health organization says cases are peaking simultaneously in several heavily—populated countries. nearly half a million people have died. in the united states, the latest official figure is 120,000 deaths. parts of latin america and india are also reporting high numbers of cases. more americans have now died from coronavirus than were killed in the first world war. but in new york, not long ago the global centre of infections, life is starting to emerge from lockdown. this report from our north america correspondent nick bryant. in the midst of this viral onslaught, new york has taken on a different character. its state of mind has been anxious and fretful.

a city of the outspoken and rambunctious has been muted, behind protective masks. this morning, new york took its biggest step yet towards reopening, but it was farfrom being a stampede. though offices were allowed to welcome back staff, the quietness of this covid rush hour suggested many still are working from home. this was times square during the big apple lockdown, and this was the scene today — new yorkers still clearly uneasy about gathering at the so—called "crossroads of the world". people are still nervous, u nfortu nately. we still see a death toll around the country, and until that drops considerably, i think people will continue to be nervous. new york recovers like that, so it's just a matter of time. retail was allowed to reopen this morning, but many shops are still shuttered from the racial protests that have also had a paralysing effect. new york is america's

beating heart — the capital of its banking, retail, culture and tourism. getting this city reopen again is the key to reviving the us economy. so this — commercially, at least — may well be a concern. the shots we took of wall street before this partial reopening were almost the same as the shots we took today. there are signs of economic life. restaurants are now allowed to serve food at outdoor tables, although social—distancing regulations mean that street cafes now come with the trappings of a crime scene. we could never have gotten here if people had not done so much hard work, so consistently. and it took immense discipline and strength for new yorkers to get us here. states such as florida, that lifted their restrictions early, are now paying a price. the sunshine state has become a covid hotspot. and south carolina, too, has been setting single—day records for new cases. america, nationwide, hasjust reported its highest number of infections

since early may. the cloud of coronavirus is proving hard to escape, and it will be many more months before we see cities like new york in their fullness once again. nick bryant, bbc news, manhattan. we're joined now by lisa maragakis — associate professor of medicine and senior director of infection prevention at the johns hopkins health system in maryland. thank you very much for your time. how concerned are you about this global picture? infections rising worldwide to more than 9 million? thank you so more than 9 million? thank you so much for having me. i am very concerned. i remain very worried about the rising number of cases, both here in the united states and around the world. what we know is that many people around the world, the majority of people, are still vulnerable to this virus because we don't have a level

of immunity. it is a new virus. we have not seen it before. and so we have not seen it before. and so it really means that we must ta ke very so it really means that we must take very basic infection prevention precautions or it will continue to spread. in the united states in particular, how do you see the authorities handling it? we have seen a lot of states, in the states were used to hear many people talking about the whole thing asa talking about the whole thing as a hoax, and now they are hotspots? we have many hotspots where the cases are rising, the hospitalisations and deaths are on the rise. and so we really still are in the thick of this. and as you mentioned, leadership is really lacking and it is spotty. we have varying approaches, we have a lot of misinformation and u nfortu nately, lot of misinformation and unfortunately, people who still are not completely taking this seriously as we all must do. when you hear the president

talking about reducing the amount of testing, whether or not it was a joke as his officials claim, what do you think? well, statements about testing really a re think? well, statements about testing really are unfortunate if it discourages people from being tested. testing and tracing and isolation precautions and quarantine are really, in a way, the way we can really, in a way, the way we ca n p reve nt really, in a way, the way we can prevent further spread. u nfortu nately, can prevent further spread. unfortunately, in this country, the united states, we were very slow to start testing. it has taken a very long time to get the testing capacity that we need and to make it widely available to everybody. and so, it is one of the fundamental tools we have to prevent deaths. professor, we are now seeing, of course as you well know, huge spikes in brazil, peru, bolivia and south korean officials are talking about a second wave there. what does it

tell you about the picture worldwide? are we just going to have to learn how to live, somehow, with this virus? you know it is possible to reopened and of course everyone wants to reopen. economically we need that. and there is a way to do so that. and there is a way to do so safely. what we really need to do is to realise that we can't flip a switch and go back to the way we were before the pandemic. but we can begin to do activities if we take special precautions, make sure to wear masks, maintain social distancing, clean our hands and surfaces regularly. but this all ta kes surfaces regularly. but this all takes a lot of thought and it changes our behaviours. and it changes our behaviours. and it is very difficult. what we see instead is a lot of people going back to normal activities, particularly now in the united states we are seeing younger individuals returning to restaurants younger individuals returning to restau ra nts a nd younger individuals returning to restaurants and bars and beaches and unfortunately contracting the virus in many

cases. vasse, thank you very much. thank you so much for having me. -- professor. and don't forget you can find all the lastet news and anaylisis on the coronavirus pandemic on the bbc news website. including a look at a saliva test for the virus that's being trialled in the uk. there's also analysis that asks, ‘is there a second wave of coronavirus on the way?‘ just head to bbc.com/news. south korean health officials have said for the first time they believe they are seeing a second wave of coronavirus infections. south korea has been a success story in keeping case numbers and deaths low, but officials now expect the pandemic to go on for months. reged ahmad reports. south koreans enjoying a long weekend in may as relaxed social distancing rules came into effect. now, health officials think this could have been around the start of a second wave of coronavirus infections. translation: in the metropolitan area, we believe

that the first wave was from march to april, february to march. it's been on the decline for a while, and then we see the second wave that was triggered by the may holiday has going on. it does mark a shift. previously, health authorities said that the first wave had never really ended. there was a worrying warning for those who might‘ve predicted the warmer weather would help. translation: our forecasts that the coronavirus infection would decline in summer turned out to be wrong. as long as people are having close contact with others, we believe that infections will continue. some of south korea's more recent outbreaks have centred around bars and nightclubs in the capital. and parts of the country are reintroducing stricter social distancing measures, as new clusters of cases are identified. but south korea's approach to the virus is still one of the most successful. it's managed to avoid locking down the country, instead relying on aggressive

trace, test and treat strategies. its case numbers and death rates remain very low when compared to the outbreaks of some the worst affected nations. my understanding is that the vast majority of cases being detected are linked to existing and recognised clusters, and as such, the south korean authorities still have great visibility over where the virus is. countrywide, south korea has reported its lowest numbers of infections in nearly a month, and the world health organisation says it's still on track with its efforts to control the spread of covid—i9. but this new wave will keep authorities alert as they try and stamp out the disease. let's get some of the day's other news. borisjohnson is expected to announce changes to the two—metre social distancing rule in england later — timed, it's thought, to coincide with more businesses reopening, including pubs, bars a nd restau ra nts early next month. the british government's

announced that, from august, the 2.2 million vulnerable people, who have been self—isolating in england during the pandemic, will no longer need to shield. in two weeks they will be able to meet up to five other people outdoors and form so—called ‘support bubbles' with other households. cinemas, pools and holiday centres have reopened in france. children up to the age of 15 have gone back to school again. the schools have already been open for a few weeks but only on a voluntary basis. on the 72nd anniversary of the empire windrush arriving at tilbury docks in england, carrying immigrants from the caribbean, the windrush generation and their families faced so many challenges immediately, and more recently, when many people from the commonwealth were told wrongly they were in the uk illegally. some were left destitute, others deported. now the head of a new group representing many of them, has urged them to claim the compensation they are owed. this report from our community affairs correspondent, rianna croxford. meet denzil, sheriann and danny

— brothers and a sister caught up in the windrush scandal, whose lives were left in limbo, as they struggled with their immigration status. it's mad. it's absolute madness that we are still fighting for this, in 2020, we're still fighting for certain rights, as people that were brought here in 1956, in the 1930s. you know, it gets you paranoid. you always go and look over your shoulders every time you see a white van, you just go... you know? like you're a criminal. you just go and try to run. you can't go to school, you can't go out with your friends, you can't travel. i lost 12 years of my life. your whole teenage life. the whole teenage life. i never had the fun of doing nothing. i couldn't afford to get id, nothing. i couldn't even act like a teenager. so, yeah, it messed with my mental state. it took their father, pletus — a successful musician, pictured here in the middle — 62 years to have his citizenship confirmed after he came to britain

from st lucia in 1956. newsreel: the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans... he was one of thousands of commonwealth citizens from the windrush generation who, unable to provide original documentation, were wrongly treated as illegal immigrants, risked deportation and were denied rights to health care and benefits. pletus' family have just filed their claim for compensation but, two years on, since the scheme launched, critics say there's been little progress. so far, 1,275 claims have been made, but only 60 people have received payment. between them, they've been given just over £360,000. this is the man now leading a new government group to tackle the challenges still faced by this generation and their families. we cannot afford for this to fail. too much blood has been spilt

by many for this country. so, therefore, they're not granting us a favour — it's an inherent right. there's now a third generation of pletus' family who are british citizens, but sherryanne, denzil and danny say no amount of money can give them back the years they were robbed. rianna croxford, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a very green recital — barcelona's opera house reopens with a concert for plants. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim in certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words

"ich bin ein berliner." cheering as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: in new york, once the global epicentre of the pandemic, shops have begun re—opening as the city emerges from lockdown.

health officials in south korea have said they believe the country is going through a second wave of coronavirus infections. facebook and instagram are facing a growing boycott by firms who accuse them of not doing enough to tackle hate speech and false information. the sporting goods maker patagonia is the latest us company to suspend its advertising. they said they'd be joining the stop hate for profit boycott, at least until the end ofjuly. the company said "the stakes were too high" for the company to remain "complicit in spreading misinformation and fomenting fear." facebook said it was committed to "advancing equity and racial justice", and has long argued it isn't facebook‘s role to police speech. steven levy is the editor—at—large of wired magazine. he's also the author of facebook: the inside story and spent years embedded at the company while researching it. he's speaking to us from massachusetts. what's going on here? what is

most likely to happen? what is most likely to happen? what is most likely to happen? what is most likely is the culmination of years of complaints about facebook‘s alleged, you know, complicity, really, in speech which is, you know, directed against minorities. divisive speech, hate speech. what is going to happen is i think facebook is under the kind of pressure it has not been under before, not only externally from groups like stop hate for profit, but also internally and its own employees. does facebook‘s algorithm and business model make it possible to do what it is being asked to do? everything with facebook boils down to its ceo, mark zuckerberg. he makes the ultimate decisions. he is the

person who approves the policies and is the person who, if the algorithm isn't aggressive enough to stop this speech, he can say let's make it more aggressive. facebook in the last few years has taken measures to respond to some of the complaints against it, but clearly it's not doing the job if its own employees are writing letters and walking off thejob, complaining writing letters and walking off the job, complaining that zuckerberg's zeal for free expression doesn't stop the toxic speech. so how serious is that pressure coming from employees and how effective could it be? in a way it's a bigger threat than even these advertisers that have decided to stay away for a month. ultimately they will have to come back because facebook is so powerful, if forced to sell their products. but the employees are something facebook cannot shrug off because if mark zuckerberg wa nts to because if mark zuckerberg wants to keep his company vital

and viable, he is going to need the best people to do it. if facebook isn't an attractive place to work, he can't do it. what is the political dynamic here? there maybe some moves to break up the company from american politics? people on the left side are unhappy at what they perceived to be a tilt towards the right. mark zuckerberg doesn't want to upset donald trump and republicans who control congress they may create regulatory processes that rule against them. thank you, steven levy. thank you and good evening. moments of silence have been observed and flowers laid in tribute to the three friends stabbed to death in a park in the english town of reading, on saturday evening. all three have now been named.

they were: james furlong, who was 36—years—old and a teacher, joe ritchie—bennett, 39, a lawyer, and david wails, a 49—year—old scientist. police are still questioning the suspect, khairi saadallah, who was arrested under the terrorism act. the fbi and the usjustice department are investigating the discovery of a noose in the garage of a black race car driver, bubba wallace. the incident happened at a race in alabama on sunday. wallace has been a vocal supporter of the black lives matter movement and labelled the incident as "a despicable act of racism and hatred." for more i'm joined by our north america correspondent peter bowes. peter, bubba wallace is a big figure in the sport. tell us more. yes, he's become very prominent recently because he has been taking part in those protests after the police killing of george floyd. a prominent figure in the sport as well, the only black driver, full—time, with nascar, a

predominantly white sport. the last few weeks have really attracted a lot of attention to him perhaps by people who do not follow the sport because of his involvement with those protests. and also is one of the few campaigners to have the confederate flag banned from nascar. there was some relu cta nce nascar. there was some reluctance from the sport to do that initially but he was, and others, were eventually successful in achieving that. it wasn't necessarily a popular decision with every follower of the sport. so this past weekend, the rays he was taking pa rt weekend, the rays he was taking part in and was postponed for a day because of the weather, the truck was quite quiet stop this was when the news was found in the garage for his team. it's been widely condemned and certainly his fellow drivers have rallied around him today on monday when the race eventually took place. some emotional scenes are some of the drivers were pushing his car towards the front of the

grid. he seemed to be in tears at one point because of the support he has received. but it is still relatively early days in that investigation and the fbi and the federal authorities are looking into whether this indeed was a hate crime. one that they will be looking into the future. peter, thank you very much for that. a team of archaeologists has discovered a major prehistoric monument, unknown until now, just a short distance from stonehenge. fieldwork has revealed 20 or more massive shafts, excavated at least 11,500 years ago. jon kay reports. it's one of the world's most famous sights, yet so much about stonehenge remains a mystery. but are we finally getting closer to understanding? it's this site, two miles away, that archaeologists have been examining, an area known as durrington walls. using ground—penetrating radar, they've been able to look deep into the earth and discovered what could be one of the uk's largest prehistoric sites. a ring of around 20 shafts, dug more than 4,000 years ago, around the time stonehenge

was built nearby. these are 20—metre diameter, at least 5—metre deep, sometimes even deeper, we think, shafts or pits that have been dug into the chalk and are oriented in kind of an arc, both to the south and the north of durrington walls. the orientation of them, the spacing of them, would suggest that they have some organised sort of ritualistic reason for being there. the task for historians now is to work out how the newly discovered outer ring of pits is connected to stonehenge itself. the national trust has described the find as "astonishing". what further secrets will it now reveal? jon kay, bbc news,

salisbury plain. amazing stuff. spain's state of emergency is now over and the country is working to reopen after a tough lockdown that lasted three months. an opera house in barcelona moved quickly to put on its first concert this week. but this wasn't your typical performance. alanna petroff reports. the grand teatro delicia held its first post— lockdown performance this week for an audience of potted plants. nearly 2300 leafy listeners we re nearly 2300 leafy listeners were in attendance. this was pa rt were in attendance. this was part concerned, part performance art. the artist who orchestrated everything said this was a new show for a new time in history.

translation: i believe it's been demonstrated that we are at the end of a whole era, so certain paradigms must be changed. we don't live in the same way we did 90 days ago, and so this must be reflected in each of the things we do. peter management cold the concert a symbolic act, reaffirming the value of art, music and nature. this is the latest move to field seeds in a time of social distancing. some sports stadiums brought in cardboard cutouts. in south korea, officials had to apologise after populating stands with sex dolls. back in barcelona, the audience members are keeping it classy, breathing new life into an age—old musical tradition. alanna petroff, bbc news.

much more any time for you on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. thank you for watching. hello there, i'm sure it's not going to be to everyone's liking, but this week, it is going to be turning hotter and more humid across many parts of the country. and for the first time this year, the temperature is likely to reach 30 degrees plus. now on monday, the highest temperature was at heathrow airport and in cambridgeshire with temperatures of 2a degrees. and that was with a south—westerly wind with lower pressure and weather fronts bringing some rain towards the north—west. higher pressure bringing the sunshine towards the south—east of the uk. now, as the position of the high pressure changes and as it moves northwards into scandinavia, so will change the wind direction and we are going to draw in all the heat and humidity from continental europe. temperatures rising by day and perhaps by night as well. quite warm first thing

actually on tuesday morning. a little bit cooler perhaps towards the far south—east of england and across the highlands in scotland. but tomorrow looks like being quite cloudy again across scotland and northern ireland. there's still some more rain to come, although it won't be as windy, it will be drier and brighter in eastern scotland too. some early cloud for wales and the north—west of england but more in the way of sunshine here, lots of sunshine for england and wales, those temperatures continuing to rise. 27—28 degrees south—east england, the midlands, east anglia, and lincolnshire. that high pressure is going to be more dominant around the middle part of the week. building across this weather front, it tends to weaken it all the while. so, on wednesday, there may well still be some cloud and some outbreaks of rain left for scotland and northern ireland but it should tend to peter out. the cloud thins and breaks and we should get more sunshine. the sunnier skies continue for england and wales where the winds are still light, and those temperatures are continuing to rise. perhaps making the low 20s in the south—east of scotland, 30—31 degrees is likely through the midlands and the south—east of england by this stage.

and another hot day to come on thursday with light wind. watch out for a few showers, it could be heavy and thundery towards the north—west of the uk. otherwise, it's going to be dry with light winds again and it is warming up. we are missing the extreme heat in northern ireland, mid—20s through the central belt of scotland. 31 or 32 in the south—east of england. that's 90 fahrenheit. it's an uncertain breakdown towards the end of the week. we're likely to find some heavy thundery showers coming in from the west on friday before we're into atlantic air on saturday, and it will feel cooler and fresher again.

this is bbc news, the headlines: in new york, shops and cafes have begun reopening as the city emerges from lockdown. but public transport and streets were relatively empty on monday as many workers stayed home. more than 21,000 new yorkers have died since the outbreak began. worldwide the number of confirmed coronavirus infections has climbed to more than 9 million. for the first time, south korean health officials have said they believe they're seeing a second wave of coronavirus infections. south korea has been a success story in keeping case numbers and deaths low, but officials now expect the pandemic to continue for months. the sporting goods maker patagonia is the latest us company to suspend its advertising. facebook has faced heavy criticism, including from its own staff, for chief executive mark zuckerberg's decision not to remove a controversial post by president trump. facebook said it was committed to "advancing equity and racial justice".