this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the fbi says bubba wallace was not the victim of racism after a noose was found in his nascar team's garage. as coronavirus cases rise in the us, the top infectious disease expert warns that some parts of the country are seeing a disturbing surge. right now, the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings that we are seeing. as latin america struggles to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, a judge in brazil orders the president to wear a mask in public. we have a special report on why women across europe are being denied abortions because of the coronavirus pandemic.

and zooming in on how our online lives have been transformed by the pandemic, lockdown, tiktok and twitch. the fbi has concluded that a noose found hanging on the garage door of the only black nascar racing driver was not an attempt to racially intimidate him. there had been speculation that bubba wallace had been targeted because of his support for the black lives matter campaign. we can now speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. tell us the story. there were fears that this was an attempt ata fears that this was an attempt at a hate crime targeted at bubba wallace because of his high profile with the black lives matter campaign, and also

his role in getting the confederate flag removed from nascar races. he was very successful in that. what happened on sunday was that one of his team members found what he believed to be a noose in the garage where his vehicle was stationed. the fbi were called in, thejustice department started to investigate. a relatively short investigation. that got access to some photographs and video and determined that this indeed was not a noose that had been targeted at bubba wallace because it had been there since last sober. the particular garage space had only been given to him in the last few days. at some point during last week. so he could not have been targeted in that respect. as far as investigators are concerned, no crime has been committed. bubba wallace has been on american television

responding to this, and he said he still believes that this rope, which investigators they was actually part of the garage door system, part of a pulley system, he still believes in fa ct system, he still believes in fact that it was a noose, but he accepts that he was not the target of any potential intimidation, that nascar have released a statement saying that they are thankful to hear that they are thankful to hear that this was not an intentional racist act against bubba wallace, and they say as an organisation, they are still steadfast in their commitment to providing what they describe asa to providing what they describe as a welcoming and inclusive environment for all who love racing. peter, thank you very much. the leading infectious disease expert in the us, anthony fauci, has warned of a disturbing surge in the number of covid—i9 cases in parts of the country. he said the next two weeks would be critical to stop more infections in states such as florida, texas and arizona. freya cole reports.

in miami, residents go about their daily business, but under a new rule. face masks in public are now mandatory after a surge of coronavirus cases in their home state. to be honest, it is very uncomfortable but it is just to be it is very uncomfortable but it isjust to be precautionary. i agree with it. unfortunately some people have done. florida is one of the southern states which are the variant outbreaks of covid—i9. cases are also increasing in the west. speaking at a rally in arizona, president trump dismissed fears ofa president trump dismissed fears of a second wave, using racist language to describe the virus, which is putting local health services under strain. wuhan... it was catching on.

coronavirus. .. kong it was catching on. coronavirus... kong flew... —— flu. president trump has suggested he will slow down testing. but america bother top infectious disease expert has denied any order was ever made. i know for sure, it is denied any order was ever made. i know forsure, it is in denied any order was ever made. i know for sure, it is in my knowledge never —— none of us ever being told slow down the testing. that just is ever being told slow down the testing. thatjust is a fact. in fact, we will be doing more testing. more than 2 million americans have now been infected with coronavirus and at least 120,000 people have died. it is more than any other nation in the world. freya cole, bbc news. we will be talking to an infectious disease expert from the united states injust a infectious disease expert from the united states in just a few minutes time, so to stay with us minutes time, so to stay with us for that. president trump has condemned anti—racism protesters for trying to demolish statues of controversial leaders in the united states. speaking at a public meeting in phoenix, arizona, mr trump said he would not give

in to what he called left—wing intolerance and mob violence. the left—wing mob is trying to demolish our heritage so they can replace it with a new oppressive regime that they alone control. they are tearing down statues, desecrating monuments and purging dissenters. it is not the behaviour of a peaceful political movement. it is the better —— behaviour of totalitarianism, tyrants and people that don't love our country. a police officer in the us city of louisville has been sacked for fatally shooting breonna taylor, a black medical worker, at her home in march. the police department said brett hankinson had displayed extreme indifference to human life when he fired off ten rounds after storming into ms taylor's apartment during a drugs investigation.

the number of people who've died of covid—19 in latin america and the caribbean has surpassed 100,000, raising further concerns about the spread of the coronavirus in the region. more than half the deaths have happened in brazil where president jair bolsonaro has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the disease. ajudge has now ordered him to wear a protective mask when out in public or face a $400 daily fine. joe robinson reports. hand on heart and face mask on. presidentjair bolsonaro follows protective measures on visual events in brazil, capital city. but it is only after a federal courtjudge ordered the far right leader to obey the laws or risk a fine. president bolsonaro has

downplayed the severity of the virus since the outset of the pandemic. he has attended rallies, without wearing a face covering, holding children and chatting alongside his devoted supporters. but there have been counter rallies as well. a mass cry to impeach the president from people who feel they are in grave danger. translation: we are here in defence of democracy and asking for bolsonaro to leave. this president who has taken the people's power and is committing atrocities. he does not deserve to govern our country. in the last 24 hours, brazil recorded almost 40,000 new cases of coronavirus. the total now goes beyond a million people and sadly more than 52,000 have died. but the

president says he is not a miracle worker and encouraged lockdown measures to easily uphold the economy. but now he has been told he not above the law and must take the same measures as his people to slow the spread of this deadly disease. joe robinson, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. businesses in england that have been told they can reopen early next month and are awaiting guidance to ensure they can welcome back customers and visitors safely. some scientists have cautioned that it's too early to cut the social distancing recommendation from two metres to one, in businesses such as restaurants, bars and cinemas, even with additional safety measures to mitigate the change. the peruvian government says that at least 223 police officers have died of covid—19 in the country. most of them contracted the virus as they tried to enforce quarantine measures. peru has the second highest number of deaths in latin america after brazil.

german authorities are bringing back local lockdown measures after a coronavirus outbreak linked to a meatpacking plant. the premier of the north rhine—westphalia state said restrictions will return to a district, which is home to about 360,000 people. it's the first time germany has reversed lockdown easing, which started to be lifted in may. russia is staging military parades across the country today more than six weeks after the 75th anniversary of the soviet victory over nazi germany. the victory day celebrations were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, and are taking place now even though russia has one of the biggest number of covid—19 infections in the world. women across europe are being denied abortions because of the coronavirus pandemic. the world health organization classifies abortion as essential healthcare, but the bbc has found hospitals that have stopped performing the procedure during the current crisis.

with women unable to travel to have the procedure elsewhere, some are left struggling to end unwanted pregnancies. jean mackenzie has this report. as the pandemic hit, hospitals across the world have been forced to suspend nonemergency surgeries. but in romania, nearly all of them stopped abortions. this is a phone call made to a hospital last month. at the height of the crisis, only 11 out of the 280 hospitals in rumania were offering the procedure. they are trying to use the pandemic as an excuse. lots of women, especially the ones from vulnerable background living in the property would like access to an abortion. this is how desperate the situation is. my

boyfriend tricked me. he pretended he was using a condom. i can't afford to have a child. diarrhoea couldn't find a single dock to give her an abortion. —— daria. find a single dock to give her an abortion. -- daria. iwent to the apartment. they had this special room and a bed. i was very afraid. it was done using a vacuum, very afraid. it was done using a vacuum, which i wasn't expecting. it is a similar story in countries across europe. we have spoken to women in italy, croatia, poland to have all been unable to get treatment. in these countries, it was difficult for women to getan it was difficult for women to get an abortion, and this crisis has just put more obstacles crisis has just put more o bsta cles in crisis has just put more obstacles in their way. there are fewer clinics offering the procedure now, and of course, women have been unable to travel to see —— seek out alternative. in slovakia where they have been recent attempts

to restrict abortion, logicians have formed women about having the procedure. very important people in the healthcare system in slovakia said that this is not urgent medicine and this is not urgent medicine and this is not the right time for a woman to undergo abortion. how do you respond to that as a clinician? this is not true from a medical point of view. are you recommending women not to have abortions during this time? no, not at all. i just say if it abortions during this time? no, not at all. ijust say if it is too dangerous from an epidemiologic point of view, i didn't say don't go for it. human rights organisations are now urging all governments in europe to make sure abortions are safely available. but daria still worrying about her procedure. i am still bleeding. i don't think i am badly

injured, but i am worried there might be something wrong. and there is concern that in some places access to abortion may never return to what it was before this pandemic. jean mackenzie, bbc news. do stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: the eurovision song contest gets the big—screen treatment courtesy of will ferrell. 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 news. the latest headlines: the fbi says bubba wallace was not the victim of racism after a noose was found in his nascar team's garage. america's leading infectious disease expert has warned of a disturbing surge in covid—19 cases in the us. anthony fauci told the congress the next couple of weeks are going to be critical. let's return now to the story

that america's top infectious disease expert has told lawmakers that the us is seeing a disturbing surge in coronavirus infections in some states. we can now speak to epidemologist purnima madhiva nan, who's associate professor at the division of infectious diseases at the university of arizona. shejoins me from tucson now. thank you very much forjoining us on thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. doctor fauci has been worried about the surge. i believe they have been surges happening arizona where you are now. talk us through what is going on. thank you for having me. in terms of what doctor fauci said in terms of increase of surges, when we look at the projections at the time the models were lifted, this is what we expected that the memorial day weekend accelerated it and with all cases go up a week accelerated it and with all cases go up a week earlier than what we had thought about. i

think the opening was not done ina think the opening was not done in a methodical way and essentially what we are seeing now is a reflection of that. so, what was the problem in how things reopened? the challenges that arizona had was we were behind other states are one of the things we found with our population in the community, they did not have the risk perception of the dangers of having coronavirus in the community, so we had fatigue that 13 among people so as soon as the stay—at—home orders were lifted, people came out in full swing and the stay—at—home models were not done in a slow and methodicalfashion models were not done in a slow and methodical fashion so we did not have all the things put in place like the increased testing, the contact tracing. we did not have everything set together so it's an amalgamation of all these things that we are happening

right now. and taking it from a wider us perspective, is this is an issue that has been happening in other states as well? it is happening. there are certain spots, and a lot of hot spots, we cannot say it is the same across the country. there are certain states, surging communities in those states that are having these huge mergers and it all has to depend on the community transmission ‘s that are happening because of the way the day at home orders were lifted in all these different communities. how can one improve the public health message because that is what you are basically saying, isn't it? the public health message been confused? i think we have received many mixed messages and that has been one of the biggest challenges. public health cannot work by itself. what we are seeing right now is that all of these confusing m essa g es that all of these confusing messages the false dichotomy we are thing about the effect of coronavirus on the economy

versus the effect on our health, this is not the way we should have done it. we should have given a consistent, clear concise message all across, all the way from the top, all the way down to the community leadership and we did not do that and we are continuing not to do that. and that is one of the biggest concerns we have in public health, is this uptick we are seeing will continue if we are seeing will continue if we do not do something right now. purnima, a pleasure to talk to you. thank you. thank you. there's been a dramatic increase in the amount of time spent online during the coronavirus lockdown, with the biggest rise among those over the age of 65. despite a surge in use britain's media regulator 0fcom says many of us remain worried about our safety and security on the internet. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has more. from cabinet meetings... choir

practice... to exercise classes... much of life has moved online over the last few months and the average adult now spends more than four hours a day connected to the internet, half—an—hour more than last september. part of that time involves video and either watching it or using it to make calls to friends, relatives or colleagues we cannot meet face—to—face. video services are booming and the tick—tock short video platform had 5.4 million visitors in january and by april, nearly 13 million were turning up. the video calls and games app house party had more than 200,000 users in january and party had more than 200,000 users injanuary and by april four million were using it. at the beginning of the year, under 700,000 people we having business meetings by zoom but by april, 13 million using it for everything from pilates lessons to pub quizzes. for

many, this has become the new normal during lockdown, in front of screens of all kinds of both work and entertainment and it seems it applies to all ages. often it is the younger people who adopt new technology first, whether it is smart phones or social media but in this case we have seen the use of video calling double during their pandemic and the over 65 have embraced the new technology to meet and chat and spend time with grandchildren and loved ones, often using the technology for the first time ever. the lockdown. has also seen a surge in creativity, making videos for sites like tiktok, youtube and instagram is now something the majority of children over eight years of old say they do every week. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we've seen organizers cancel or delay countless performances. in switzerland, a group of acrobats decided the show must go on. alanna petroff reports on how these individuals got back to work

in a surprising new setting. you may be maintaining your social distance safe at home. here, in the swiss alps, these acrobats are social distancing at an altitude of 3,000m — that's nearly 10,000 feet! the show involves some blindfolded cable walking, some slow scary cycling. this one is called the wheel of the death. 0rganisers say this stunt, with the steep cable incline, set a new record. acrobat freddy nock and his troupe performed their death—defying moves to raise awareness about the artists who have not been able to perform over the past few months. it's good for everybody we don't give up, and keep thinking positive for the future. it's a hard time now, but i think it will become better also. it's certainly been a time of highs and lows, a time of balancing priorities.

these acrobats hope their performance at the top of the world will lift the spirits of those below. alanna petroff, bbc news. the eurovision song contest may have been cancelled this year, but a new netflix film starring will ferrell and rachel mcadams could help to fill the void for pop fans. they play an icelandic pop duo, whose dream is to become the next abba and take the competition by storm. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, has been speaking to rachel mcadams. ever since we were children, we have had one dream. winning the eurovision song contest. rachel mcadams, it feels appropriate speaking to you from a small box because that is how they announce the jury voting in eurovision. yes, yes! and your background is really taking me background is really taking me back to those big crowds! thank you, thank you! this is the

beauty of these virtual backgrounds! let's go eurovision! thank you. how much did you know about the revision about a did you know about the revision abouta canadian? did you know about the revision about a canadian? sadly, very little i am embarrassed to say. ido little i am embarrassed to say. i do remember the year that a few people won and then i got curious and then going to tel aviv and go to the real eurovision last year was actually quite an experience! when you are doing a film, you are stinging to a green screen and so to be able to go to israel and really know what those cars are like and how much passion there is and the flags waving and energy in that room, it wasjust, you cannot reca ptu re room, it wasjust, you cannot recapture that when you are

filming it, so it wasjust so value that is valuable for me as an actor. eurovision was absolutely on—boa rd, they let you use logos on previous winners in it. how much did that mean to the film? it was incredible! we kept asking whether it was ok, is that 0k? everybody wants to come? 0k! whether it was ok, is that 0k? everybody wants to come? ok! i think it is a love letter in its own way as much as there is a lots of funding cannotjudge it candidness to it as well and an appreciation of what the competition can do for people ‘s dreams coming true and that is what part of the thrust of the film is. # and i love you. that looks like a fun film! you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbcmaryam.

i'll be back with the business. stay with us. hello there. on tuesday, the temperature reached 29 celsius around london. now, by the end of the week, we're likely to find the weather breaking down with a bang but, for the next couple of days, the heat and humidity will continue to build, and we could get 90 fahrenheit. that heat and humidity coming in from continental europe, and spilling its way northwards to much of the country. that warmth coming in around an area of high pressure but, by the end of the week, the pressure pattern looks very different. lowering pressure coming in from the atlantic, threatening to sweep some thundery downpours in from the west on friday. now, at the moment, we've still got some rain around, mainly for western scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere, dry with clearer skies, and quite a warm start to wednesday — 12 to 15 degrees. now, the rain in the north—west will gradually peter out during wednesday. the cloud thins, skies brighten

and there'll be some sunshine, particularly for southern and eastern scotland, where it should be quite warm. but it's across england and wales where we've got the gentle breezes and the strong sunshine, and the temperatures are continuing to climb — 30 degrees in birmingham, 31 in london. and you probably noticed, like i have, that the pollen levels are very high, not just across england and wales, but in across northern ireland and a good part of scotland as well. as we move into thursday, there could be some thundery showers towards the far north—west of scotland to move away. later in the day, maybe just a hint of things to come, with some showers in cornwall, but thursday's probably going to be the peak of the heat. the warmth will continue to push its way into scotland. we're not getting the extreme heat in northern ireland. 32 is 90 fahrenheit, that's in london on thursday. and then the change as we head into friday. it's always going to be a little bit uncertain, but we do have that lowering pressure, and some of those thunderstorms are beginning to develop

out towards the west. now, the potentialfor some very wet and thundery weather for a while across northern ireland and western scotland. and then those thundery downpours push their way eastwards steadily through the day. could be a little bit more hit and miss towards the south—east, and the last of the heat is really getting pushed more towards eastern parts of england. elsewhere, those temperatures are starting to drop away. and that process will continue over the weekend. 20 or 21 will be the best we'll manage, i think, by sunday, and maybe a bit of rain around and it could be quite unusually windy for the time of year.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. open for business! the uk government says pubs, restaurants and hotels can reopen their doors onjuly 4 in england. and cleaning up the mess: we'll see how india's waste collectors are struggling with extra tons of rubbish caused by the global pandemic. hello and welcome. let's start here in the uk, where the government has announced further changes to lockdown measures in england.

from july 4, pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen as long as they keep to the government's social distancing guidelines. however, gyms and spas will remain closed for the time being. prime minister boris johnson added people should remain two metres apart where possible, but a "one—metre plus" rule would be introduced. unions representing the hospitality industry welcomed the announcement. but what does this mean for the wider economy? will the relief felt by uk businesses be reflected in a much—needed economic boost? joining us now from london is tej parikh, who's the chief economist at the institute of directors. so good to talk to you. this has been welcomed by uk businesses, they want to reopen. but how much confidence is there really amongst the general public out there and how important is the confidence in getting things moving again?

this certainly allows a number of businesses to increase their sales and volumes relative to what it would have been under two metres restrictions, and that makes it a lot more organisations viable in the coming months as the open up. but as you say, a key part of this is bringing confidence not only to consumers, but also to employees to actually get into the workplace, and i think there is still a challenge across the uk around confidence using public transport, and i think that would be the case i think that would be the case i think at least for the next couple of weeks and months. as people remain a bit cautious around the positions in going outside. and also, even if businesses reopen, clearly it will take time for them to start making money. they will haveissues start making money. they will have issues in terms of cash. yes, a number of businesses will be facing cash flow difficulties. know that over the last couple of months, they have lost a lot of business and

we will be repairing their balance sheets in the weeks ahead, and so it is very likely they will need additional support because now we are in the situation where businesses are opening up again, they are potentially taking workers off the furlough scheme and therefore incurring costs, but at the other end, revenue and demand still remains weak and tired to the social distancing conditions, so it is very likely they will need additional support in the form of further grant to help them make the adjustment they need. but also, they will need some incentives to kick—start investment and actually some growth going in the uk economy. 0k, good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed. as mentioned earlier, not all uk businesses are yet able to open their doors, with gyms, nightclubs and spas waiting for approval. elsewhere in europe, in italy and switzerland for example, gyms have been allowed to reopen. so how can fitness firms persuade the government that their gyms can

be made safe? we're nowjoined from oxford by humphrey cobbold, who's the ceo of puregym. a huge chain of health centres, fitness centres around the uk and europe. thank you for joining us. explain to me how disappointed are you that gyms are opening as they are in some european countries. good morning. understandably, we are bitterly disappointed by the government's decision yesterday and somewhat bemused by it i have to say. it is a strange war of obesity that starts with telling everybody to go down to the park and says you can't go toa the park and says you can't go to a gym and fitness centre to be more active and improve your physical and mental health. let's remember we are in a mental health crisis here at the moment and we are absolutely ready to open with protocols that are well developed, that have been approved by serious medical professionals and experts and

we would really urge the government to rethink the decision both for us and the whole sector, which has worked so well together over the last six or eight weeks and enable us six or eight weeks and enable us to open and get back to providing services to ten million users of gyms and fitness centres in the uk. that is what we would like to be doing. what have you done to keep gyms safe? what is the plan when you do eventually reopen? what haven't we done? we have introduced new and extremely high level cleaning measures, we have adopted the national health service standards for nonclinical areas, frequent cleaning of high touch point areas, deep cleaning overnight, provision of facilities and assistance on members wiping down equipment before and after use. the hours are all things members asked us to provide. they are in spades across the whole of our network and ready to open. we're also controlling the number of into the gym, we will limit the number of people at any given

environment, instituting physical distancing between equipment and exercise areas. the two metres separation, we are perfectly comfortable with that. that is the right thing to do in ourfacilities. finally, because we are set up technically and overwhelmingly as an membership ministry, we are able to provide the details and know exactly who is in our facilities every time. we are faced with a situation, we go to the pub and we are told we have to give our name and be contacted later if there is a problem. i think we all know thatis problem. i think we all know that is not going to happen. but we can actually provide the substance to track and trace for the government as a part of this. we are ready to provide a safe place to work and a safe place to work out for the british people and we really ask the government to allow us to get on with that. how much damage has been done to the fitness industry over the last three orfour fitness industry over the last three or four months? clearly, huge damage. it is challenging to runa huge damage. it is challenging to run a business on zero revenue for three months. they don't teach in business school.

you have to work out how to do it. i would like to call up the extraordinary courage and professionalism of my collea g u es professionalism of my colleagues and people all across our industry. we are getting back on our feet. across our industry. we are getting back on ourfeet. in switzerland and denmark, we have large portfolios and facilities and we are running on the same protocols that we propose six weeks ago to the uk government for us to be ready to be reopened. those protocols are going very well and we have had over1 million gym visits in that time. members are happy with the protocols, businesses are coming back nicely and so we have proven the protocols and business model in the new environment and we are ready to do that the health and well—being of the british people. ok. it has been good to talk to you. thank you for coming on. my pleasure. thank you very much. let's now take a look at how the markets are faring. in asia, stocks rose to their highest level in four months, boosted by some upbeat economic data.

however, some investors have remained cautious due to a spike in new coronavirus infections. in the us, the dow, s&p 500 and nasdaq all ended tuesday's trading session in positive territory. a jump in technology shares powered the nasdaq to a new record high. let's now get the latest on the trade spat brewing between australia and china, because a new survey shows that australian confidence in beijing has more than halved in the past two years. in recent months, the two countries have been involved in a number diplomatic and trade rows. joining us now from our asia business hub of singapore is shara njit leyl. so, what's the latest? this has been brewing for a while but it has become much starker over the last few months. that is right. and certainly the evidence is in this latest poll. from australia's lowy institute, a pole they have been conducting for16 pole they have been conducting for 16 years. essentially showing that not only has

confidence fallen by half, as you say, it is actually at a record low. in fact some 94% of australians surveyed said they didn't trust the chinese government. they said they would like to see canberra being less reliant on beijing although we know of course china is australia was my biggest trading partner and was for many years the main customerfor for many years the main customer for its natural resources . customer for its natural resources. what has changed? i spoke to the lead author of the survey who said the biggest ta keaway survey who said the biggest takeaway is essentially was that australians have very low levels of confidence in xi jinping, this distrust of china predates the coronavirus, but the pandemic has accelerated the pandemic has accelerated the sentiment. a lot of australians don't like the way china dealt with the virus, but they are also unhappy about the way the chinese government is dealing with other big issues such as hong kong, huawei, the survey showed australians are beginning to see china as a security threat and they want

their government to diversify away from its reliance on china. however, we know australia is left in a huge conundrum because the reality is there is no market that can replace the size of china, even though the government is doing what it can do explained that an expanded trade with india, for example. thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news. easyjet is facing a legal claim brought by 10,000 of its customers, after personal details of almost 9 million passengers was breached by a cyber attack according to the financial times. law firm pgmbm is leading the case against the carrier afterfiling papers in may. the law firm says customers from more than 50 countries havejoined the claim. the us commerce department has opened investigations of imports of vehicle tires from south korea, taiwan, thailand and vietnam to determine whether they are being sold at less than fair value. the department said it was also

investigating whether tire producers in vietnam are receiving unfair subsidies. the ice cream maker ben and jerry's has joined a growing list of firms pulling advertising from facebook platforms throughout july. it's part of the stop hate for profit campaign, which calls on facebook to have stricter measures against racist and hateful content. as the coronavirus pandemic took hold, manufacturers around the world transformed their production lines to turn out huge quantities of face masks, often with little thought given to how they would be recycled. india is now grappling with the problem of what to do with all this bio—medical waste. as arunoday mukharji reports from delhi, refuse collectors are on the frontline of this growing health hazard. at the end of a gruelling day, a frontline health up waste

generated from covid—19 wards ata generated from covid—19 wards at a deli hospital. yellow bins are for masks, headgear and shoe covers. read for gloves and black other waste. every hazardous item including the ones on him has to be disposed of with utmost care. thousands of with utmost care. thousands of sanitation workers across the country load these covid—19 waste bags onto specially designated vans, which are taken to a dump yard, treated with chemicals so it doesn't pollute the air, and finally, incinerated. but there is another source of covid—19 waste, which is not easy to detect. translation: people in residential complexes don't know what to do with covid—19 waste, like masks and gloves. they throw it in regular dry waste and that is a big dublin farce. here is proof. masks, gloves and visors possibly used by coronavirus patients while undergoing home quarantine find

their way to the solid waste management centres. wests collect to sift through all of this, armed with only a mask and gloves. there is also an economic fallout for the likes of this person. she survives by collecting and selling garbage for businesses are still largely shut, there hasn't been enough scrap. mostly only comes across gloves and masks discarded by households which have no resale value. translation: my everyday income has dropped by a third. it is not enough for my family of 13 people. the labour crunch has also crippled india's recycling industry. it is planned, waste has been accumulating for nearly three months now. a lot of workers who are mostly migrant workers have left for their home towns, so there is also a scarcity of workforce.

thousands of workers dealing with unprecedented quantities of medical waste are doing so without being paid extra and at a huge personal risk. sanitation is key in the fight against the spread of covid—19. but with a focus largely on health and the and testing, india's waste disposal industry needs to be equally monitored. arunoday mukharji, bbc news. when schools were closed in britain last march as part of the coronavirus lockdown, it had a surprising impact on one of the country's best—known food brands. soreen, the maker of malt loaves, suddenly saw its sales slump. the firm's ceo, mark sinister, explains why, and what he learned from the experience. usually, parents would put anspach loads and send kids off to school. that occasion didn't exist anymore. that is a big problem for our business.

0ur lunchbox loads products is actually 50% of the business in terms of sales, and of course, with kids not going to school anymore, the number one occasion for that lunchbox business disappeared. so we have had to look at different occasions, so we have changed our marketing to appeal to families in the home, which is where a lot of the meal occasions are now happening. they actually increased in sales, you have more families together, more people in the house. that has helped counterbalance the lunchbox loads. everyone here is paying a huge amount of attention to when schools can go back. it is really important to the

business that we get the occasion for soreen back into play. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll be looking at the possible long—term effects of covid—19, as experts warn that many people will need to be monitored for serious lung damage. the government is to spend more than £100 million to house rough sleepers in england until march next year. there are currently 15,000 people living in emergency accommodation provided under a scheme set up at the start of the lockdown; it was due to expire in ten days. charities had warned that thousands of people could return to the streets. lancashire police have concluded no criminal offences were committed when a plane flew over manchester city's

etihad stadium on monday night towing a banner saying: "white lives matter burnley". the stunt has been widely condemned — with burnley players saying it left them feeling ashamed and embarrassed. the banner was spotted just after burnley and manchester city players had knelt in support of the black lives matter movement. burnley football club says it'll ban whoever was behind the banner. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast, dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the fbi says bubba wallace was not the victim of racism after a noose was found in his nascar team's garage. america's leading infectious disease expert has warned of a disturbing surge in covid—19 cases in the us. anthony fauci told the congress the next couple of weeks are going to be critical.

armenia has become the worst hit country with coronavirus the country's prime minister, who caught the virus himself, has been facing growing criticism over his handling of the crisis. the bbc‘s caucasus correspondent rayhan demytrie has been monitoring the situation from neighbouring georgia. armenia ‘s hospitals are under pressure. this is the country ‘s prime minister, nikol pashinyan, visiting a frontline clinic treating covid—19 patients. how many beds are vacant? he asks, the chief doctor says there are just three. this video, allegedly of a wedding party hosted by the country ‘s top army general gave many armenians the impression that the government

has not been taking the crisis seriously. the following day, the prime minister sacked the general and other senior figures. but that has not satisfied armenia ‘s political opposition. it has been calling for the entire government to resign over its handling of the pandemic. a meanies infection rate per million of population is one of the highest in the world. what the government 's policy towards fighting covid—19 is a disaster. this is why armenia has found, u nfortu nately, why armenia has found, unfortunately, has found itself with other countries in the world with other figures, as there were statistics and with dynamic. armenia opened businesses back in april as the number of new infections continue to rise. that month,

the economy shrunk by 17% and the economy shrunk by 17% and the government said it simply cannot afford another lockdown - 7096. we do not have an in goal to eradicate the virus because it's impossible. we can actually put this goal in front of us and say eradicate it but we have to close borders, i don't know, for a year and close businesses for months and years and we will die from other causes, actually. nikol pashinyan owes his leadership to the armenian public are brought him to power in a popular revolution two years ago. now faced with the biggest challenge of his premiership, he is relying on his people, once again, to do their part to fight the virus. rayhan demytrie, bbc news. novak djokovic has tested

positive for covid—19. he had been organising a tournament in serbia and croatia were social distancing was not observed. he had already been criticised for staging the matches and several coaches and players who took pa rt have coaches and players who took part have been infected. he says he is extremely sorry for what has happened. there are reports that infections are being underreported in countries like somalia. it fears that women are being left out of testing programmes even though the figure — they form the majority of healthcare workers and carers. doctors say tens of thousands of patients who've had serious covid—19 infections in the uk, will need to be recalled to check whether they have suffered permanent lung damage. specialists at the royal college of radiologists fear that a significant proportion of people could have scarred lungs, which can result in life—long, irreversible breathlessness. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson has

the story. breathless after even a short walk. tony mchugh, a retired taxi driver, spent two weeks on a ventilator with covid—19. three months on, he's still struggling. even, like, having a shower still exerts you a bit, you know. so i have to sit down when i come out of the shower, just for a little bit. see, the silly thing, like, if i'm just watering the flowers at night, you bend down and you're picking something up and...he gasps. most people who have been breathless with the virus are expected to recover, but doctors are concerned about tens of thousands of people who have been seriously ill with what's called covid—19 pneumonia, and whether they have permanent lung damage. this is what healthy lungs look like — nice and black where they are filled with air. but in stark contrast, these are the lungs of a severely ill covid—19 patient, and you can see this white haze

covering much of them. it's the air sacs filled with fluid. and it's this that doctors are concerned may lead to scarring, permanent damage, which could leave some patients breathless for the rest of their lives. this consultant radiologist has seen hundreds of abnormal scans throughout the pandemic. he's been shocked by how badly the virus can affect the lungs and says up to 30% of those he's re—examined could have scarring. i am concerned about it, because of the unusual nature of this infection and how much of both lungs it's affecting. the other thing that's concerning me is the length of time it's seemingly taking, based on the x—rays, to clear the virus from your lungs — and when you have those two in combination, that is the ideal scenario for scarring. it's estimated that between 20% to 60% of survivors of other coronaviruses, sars and mers,

have been left with lung scarring. 45 minutes, i have to stop because i can't breathe... this clinic in nottingham is one of a number in the uk that have begun monitoring for lung damage. it follows new guidelines from the british thoracic society that patients must be followed up. never before in our lifetime have so many people been subject to the same lung injury at the same time. so even if it's only a very small proportion of people who do get scarring of the lung, that's still going to be a large number of people overall. because of that, the government says it's providing more clinics and equipment, but radiologists fear services could be overwhelmed by the tens of thousands of patients in need of care, like tony. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. you can get all the latest on

the stories we are following on the stories we are following on the website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbcmaryam. thank you so much for your company. goodbye from me. hello there. on tuesday, the temperature reached 29 celsius around london. now, by the end of the week, we're likely to find the weather breaking down with a bang but, for the next couple of days, the heat and humidity will continue to build, and we could get 90 fahrenheit. that heat and humidity coming in from continental europe, and spilling its way northwards to much of the country. that warmth coming in around an area of high pressure but, by the end of the week, the pressure pattern looks very different. lowering pressure coming in from the atlantic, threatening to sweep some thundery downpours in from the west on friday. now, at the moment, we've still got some rain around, mainly for western scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere, dry with clearer skies, and quite a warm start to wednesday — 12 to 15 degrees. now, the rain in the north—west will gradually peter out during wednesday.

the cloud thins, skies brighten and there'll be some sunshine, particularly for southern and eastern scotland, where it should be quite warm. but it's across england and wales where we've got the gentle breezes and the strong sunshine, and the temperatures are continuing to climb — 30 degrees in birmingham, 31 in london. and you probably noticed, like i have, that the pollen levels are very high, not just across england and wales, but in across northern ireland and a good part of scotland as well. as we move into thursday, there could be some thundery showers towards the far north—west of scotland to move away. later in the day, maybe just a hint of things to come, with some showers in cornwall, but thursday's probably going to be the peak of the heat. the warmth will continue to push its way into scotland. we're not getting the extreme heat in northern ireland. 32 is 90 fahrenheit, that's in london on thursday. and then the change as we head into friday. it's always going to be a little bit uncertain, but we do have that lowering pressure, and some of those thunderstorms are beginning to develop out towards the west. now, the potentialfor some

very wet and thundery weather for a while across northern ireland and western scotland. and then those thundery downpours push their way eastwards steadily through the day. could be a little bit more hit and miss towards the south—east, and the last of the heat is really getting pushed more towards eastern parts of england. elsewhere, those temperatures are starting to drop away. and that process will continue over the weekend. 20 or 21 will be the best we'll manage, i think, by sunday, and maybe a bit of rain around and it could be quite unusually windy for the time of year.

good morning, welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: senior medics warn urgent action is needed to make sure the uk is prepared for the real risk of another coronavirus outbreak in the winter. with just ten days to go, there's still no detailed safety guidance for many businesses in england which are expected to reopen from lockdown. we will be live in manchester to find out what your local pub might look like when it welcomes you back for your first

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