this is bbc news. i'm david eades with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. an end to chokeholds, a national registry of police misconduct. the us house of represenatives passes a reform bill in the name of george floyd. so what chance of it becoming law? several us states suspend plans to re—open the economy, after a spike in coronavirus cases. doctors say it's being driven by young people testing positive. over 80,000 cruise ship workers remain stranded at sea, as governments change their pandemic rules for coming into port. liverpool claim the premier league title, 30 long years since they were last crowned english football champions.

the house of representatives has approved the democratic police reform legislation named in honour of george floyd, whose death in police custody a month ago sparked calls to address police misconduct. the reform has provisions to end qualified immunity for law enforcement, prohibit racial profiling and ban chokeholds and create a national registry of police misconduct. the legislation is unlikely to pass in its current form in the senate, where the republicans have a majority. the bill, opposed by president trump, also faces a formal white house veto threat.

the bill was passed exactly one month after george's floyd death. floyd died in minnesota after a police officer knelt on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. 0ne officer has been charged with murder and three others have been charged with abetting the crime. now we have a powerful insight into what george floyd's family has been going through since his death. philonise floyd, george's brother, has told bbc news he and his family are still trying to hold everything together. he said how difficult it had been to lay his brother to rest, whilst also contemplating what george floyd would have made of the global outcry sparked by his death. if my big brother would have seen everything like this going on right now, he always talked to the youth and explained different things, butjust by what he would see, he would be

humbled. he would be sad that he's not here to be in a world thatis he's not here to be in a world that is change like this. but he would be happy that i'm advocating for him and the world is trying to kick a door down that has never been kicked down that has never been kicked down for, and basically he would be very excited. very excited. dr rashawn ray is a fellow at the brookings institution. he explained how police would no longer be covered by "qualified immunity" in the new george floyd justice in policing act. the boy, tamir rice who would have turned 18 today was killed for playing with a toy gun. qualified immunity gives a form of immunity to police against facing civil suits so they cannot be sued. it is interpreted also by a court of

law as leading to criminal immunity. so removing that all of a sudden allows the officer who killed tamir rice to be pursued. it allows for other people. qualified immunity in 99% of the time, leads to police officers, the thousands of times it happens in the united states, it leads to them not being held civilly or criminally liable. it is worth pointing out that the republican proposal was in fa ct the republican proposal was in fact rejected the republican proposal was in fa ct rejected by the republican proposal was in fact rejected by the democrats in the house of representatives so in the house of representatives so the likelihood is that the senate which is republican majority is going to reject that bill in any case, so we will see where that still has to go but clearly a long way still on the way to reform.

the us state of texas, one of the first to ease lockdown restrictions back in april, has now suspended plans to further re—open its economy, because of a sharp rise in coronavirus infections. the number of cases has nearly doubled in ten days. florida, oklahoma and south carolina have also reported their highest single—day totals. texas governor greg abbott made this appeal to people in the state. if you do not need to go out or go to the store, the best thing that you can do is to just stay—at—home. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis. grabbing the headlines for all the wrong reasons. at the epicentre of the coronavirus was here in new york and officials there responded by locking down the economy well after a two month plateau, we

are seeing a sharp surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the south and the west of this country. in fact, the number of daily infections is up to around the levels at the height of the pandemic back in april. you mentioned texas, one of the first states to reopen its economy, it has now put that reopening on hold and it is also looking to close down, than some elective surgeries in order to make space for people who are anticipated to be entered into the hospitals because of the coronavirus. indeed, government officials here are saying that while the officialfigure of 2.3 here are saying that while the official figure of 2.3 million cases here is given out by the john hopkins university, the actualfigure john hopkins university, the actual figure based john hopkins university, the actualfigure based on blood tests could be considerably more, perhaps around 20 million americans who actually

contracted the coronavirus. and from the figures that we have seenin from the figures that we have seen in the last few days, we are back into an exponential rise? yes, it would seem so, and president trump asked about that today, he said that he believed it was just the result of the fact that more testing is being carried out here. he has said in the past that he would like to see less testing going on rather than more but there are a number of factors potentially at play here. one of them could be that many of these southern states like texas were in a rush to reopen, some people claim, and that could have furthered the spread. there are republican governors that say that gatherings like the black lives matter protest may have helped spread the coronavirus, but you won't get many medical officials here that will say that there should be less testing as president trump has maintained, rather than more.

no, clearly not. david, thank you very much indeed. more than 25,000 people have now died of coronavirus in mexico. and there have been more than 200,000 cases in the past four months. despite new cases and deaths still rising the government began gradually reopening the economy at the beginning of june. mexico's president andres manuel lopez 0brador has been heavily criticised over his handling of the outbreak there. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro has said he might have contracted coronavirus previously and he may do another test for the disease, having already tested negative for the virus multiple times over the past few weeks. mr bolsonaro said he tested negative twice but fought a court battle to stop the release of the hospital test results, raising questions over whether he may have been infected or not. portugal's government is to reimpose a lockdown on parts of its capital,

lisbon and tighten restrictions in the rest of the region, after a series of coronavirus outbreaks in recent weeks. shops must close by 8pm and gatherings are limited to 10 people. the continuing coronavirus pandemic means that 80,000 cruise ship workers remain stuck at sea, many off the coast of the united states. governments continue to change the rules for them to come into port. many are desperate to get home, while others say they can't wait to head back out with passengers again. the bbc‘s sophie long reports. all right, we go! with no guests look after or entertain, for several weeks they their best to keep things shipshape, and the party alive. husband and wife team nick and karen love ships. they met on a

ship and got married on a ship. no morejob, no more pay and we will be staying here as guests. but after they were laid off in hopes of going home were dashed even they found things increasingly difficult. there isa increasingly difficult. there is a plan for ships to start sending people home but that ourship sending people home but that our ship wouldn't be able to join the plans because we are in code red at the moment. karen and nick finally made it home to edinburgh, but their thoughts are with those still on board. the thing that is making it harder for them on board. the thing that is making it harderfor them is the amount of time. we got home after two months and that was on may 14. it's now more than a month later and there are still people stuck without knowing when they are coming home. that's what thousands are still going through. 0ne told me that employers doing all they can, it is the government that letting them down. it is really, really bad. unless our

country will come to work, we wa nt to country will come to work, we want to make a little bit our life more easy and a better life more easy and a better life for ourfamily. life more easy and a better life for our family. everybody wa nt to life for our family. everybody want to be home with their loved ones, so the hardest part is every time we are having a date to leave and then it is being cancelled, and we don't even know when we are leaving. many confined to small cabin are finding it increasingly difficult to cope. it is really causing an extreme humanitarian crisis because the mental health on board continues to decline. there's been eight suicides at sea in our group, we talk to a lot of crewmembers who are struggling with mental health concerns, depression, anxiety. for years, this brazilian dj loved leading cruise parties stopping after three months trapped on board, he says he will never set foot ona ship he says he will never set foot on a ship again. they need to ta ke on a ship again. they need to take care of the mental health.

they need to have psychologists there. they don't have psychologists there. they don't have psychiatrists there. the party is over. the tens of thousands of crew, the ordeal that followed is not. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the online performances allowing theatres across the globe to still put on a show during the coronavirus pandemic. 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 on 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: the us house of representatives passes a police reform bill in the name of george floyd, but it may not get through the republican—dominated senate. several us states suspend plans to re—open the economy after a spike in coronavirus cases.

doctors say up to 20 million americans may have been infected since the pandemic began. britain's health secretary matt hancock has warned that the government has the power to close beaches in england if there's a spike in coronavirus cases, after huge crowds descended on bournemouth on the hottest day of the year. the chief medical officer for england, professor chris whitty, has urged people to follow social distancing rules or risk causing more infections. jon donnison reports. look closely and you mightjust be able to see the sand on bournemouth beach. half a million people visited dorset yesterday, according to one local mp. in many parts, social distancing almost impossible. we had a couple of drinks and enjoy the sun. the closest we are going to get to a holiday this year. i thought we would

get here early but there was still quite a few people but if people get too close, we may say can you move over a little bit? i don't know what is happening that so many people think it is acceptable to come down here and use our beaches when we have got a national emergency going on. it is a national emergency and not a national emergency and not a national holiday. but in many places, it is not looked that way. brighton beach has also been busy. at formby on merseyside, police have put in place a dispersal zone after a number of arrests were made on wednesday. and the government is not ruling out closing beaches if people ignore social distancing rules. we do have that power. i am reluctant to use it because, you know, people have had a pretty tough lockdown and i want people that make obviously, everybody should be able to enjoy the sunshine. key is to do it with respect. we do have those powers and if we see spike in the number of cases, then we will take action. a change in

the weather might ease concerns. while it is forecast to be warm in some places today, it will not be as hot as yesterday and will continue to call yesterday and will continue to ca ll over yesterday and will continue to call over the weekend. —— cool. jon donnison, bbc news. oxford university has helped develop a new home antibody test to show if someone has had coronavirus. it says the test delivers clear, accurate results within minutes. volunteers are being recruited to assess the effectiveness of the devices after previous kits ran into difficulties. catherine da costa reports. it isa it is a testifying find out if you have had coronavirus and in theory developed immunity. last month the government bought 10 million low based tests and have been offered to staff patients in hospitals as well as care homes. many of us are curious to see whether we have been infected but there is currently no reliable home test available. i would be interested to find out because

there was evidently times when i felt a there was evidently times when ifelt a bit there was evidently times when i felt a bit lethargic or under the weather and i would like to know whether that was covid—i9. something i would consider, yeah, yeah, why not? in march, the prime minister said antibody tests would be a game changer to get people back to work. the government bought 3.5 million home test kits. scientists at oxygen university we re scientists at oxygen university were asked to validate them but none were found to be reliable. reverse sirjohn bell has been advising the government on its antibody testing strategy, 0xford antibody testing strategy, oxford university has joined forces with four manufacturers what they say is a highly accurate home test. i think the uk is undoubtedly the leader globally in being able to validate those. we have really set the gold standard of what you need to expect from these tests. using a drop of blood, home test kits can show whether you have had covid—i9 injust ten minutes. 2.5 thousand volu nteers ten minutes. 2.5 thousand volunteers will be asked by public health england to try

out tests that are more than 98% accurate. but medical and scientific spirits urge caution. you really need to assume that you're still susceptible and you're still at risk to other people. having antibodies does not make people impervious to risk. initial results from the study are expected in late summer but the department of health has said research will help to understand the spread of the virus and how best to tackle the pandemic. catherine da costa, bbc news, in oxford. change of theme and scene! liverpool fans have been celebrating after the club became premier league champions, ending a 30—year wait for a top flight title. they last won what was then the first division in 1990. the title went to liverpool after second—placed manchester city lost 2—1 away to chelsea on thursday night, meaning the reds could no longer be beaten, even with seven games to play. liverpool is one of the most

widely supported football clubs on the planet with supporters clubs in over 90 countries. we can now speak to two passionate reds supporters who represent that diverse appeal. jose 0rozco is the head of the liverpool supporters club in costa rica, and shibashish nandi is a founding member of kolkata's supporters group, otherwise known as the bengal kop. it does pose, gents, you are expected to be joined it does pose, gents, you are expected to bejoined in harmony quite in this way today. a great result for both of you and i wonder first of all, explain what you are doing, jose, all, explain what you are doing,jose, in all, explain what you are doing, jose, in terms of celebration. were you on at the moment that city lost and effectively liveable one? hi, thank you for having me, first of all. of course, we were all watching the game and we were very excited and we still are very excited and we still are very excited, of course, because it has been 30 years and we are all celebrating this asafamily and we are all celebrating this as a family because our family is here in costa rica and we

are very big and we are very proud to be liveable supporters, of course. tell me, how did you celebrate? well, we are in social distancing, you know? so we celebrated in our houses, at home, so we made zoom houses, at home, so we made zoom meetings to celebrate and it lasted, like, you know, five or six hours. i bet it did, very well behaved though, well done. shibashish, how did you celebrate? about 233 in the morning, we had zoom calls like he did —— about half past two or three o'clock in the morning. and i cannot shut or scream celebrate at night so i we nt scream celebrate at night so i went for a walk and i am still buzzing. i have not slept. but is probably the calmest response of celebration that there is among all of the liverpool fans the world, to go for a little stroll. but in terms of you, shibashish, you

have been supporting them since you were a boy? yeah, since 2002. from that day, i have been supporting liveable. as far as the bengal kop, as you call yourselves, how big a supporters club are you? we are the official supporters club in calcutta. we organise things around this club too. 0ur fan base, all of us, all of the liveable fans across calcutta and across bangle joined together for underprivileged estates and children. and jose, in terms of the sort of support base in costa rica, particularly from yourself, i mean, we are talking 30 years ago since liveable one a domestic trophy, i mean, ——

liveable —— liverpool won a trophy. white liverpool? in 1998 at the world cup i saw them win and it made me realise that liverpool exists and then working 2001 they won the uefa cup and in 2005, they won the champions league against ac milan so many of us were very big fan since then. i am 28 yea rs old big fan since then. i am 28 years old so i have never watched liverpool raise the premier league trophy until today. well, it has happened now and i guess in a sense though for both of you, it would have been better to see them with a win rather than man city with a defeat. well, it was like, it divided opinions, at least in ourgroup, was like, it divided opinions, at least in our group, because some wanted them to win today and some wanted them to win it at etihad stadium. and of

course, celebrating with people, people, many of us wa nted people, people, many of us wanted to go to the parade. but, you know, covid—19, it is destroyed it all. but we are very happy and very proud to be in this position right now.|j think a premier league title is some compensation for what you are going through, in any case. jose, shibashish, thank you indeed and costa rica and calcutta joined together. great to see. thank you. thanks. to another form of theatre, really, now. theatres across the globe have been forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. but on friday in the uk, the renowned london theatre the old vic will livestream a socially distanced performance of duncan macmillan's play lungs. many theatre companies have released shows online in recent months, but they were either recorded before lockdown or have been filmed in actors' homes, rather than in the empty

venues themselves. rachel stanton reports. theatre, but not as you would know it. a socially distanced performance and an empty auditorium. actors claire foy and matt smith rehearsed two metres apart in the old vic for their upcoming play lungs. the coronavirus pandemic has created another new reality. the audience will be watching online from their homes. the audience will be watching online from their homeslj thought online from their homes.” thought about lungs which was a play we did last year with just two people in it but a lot of it is they are circling each other and they are separate in this 90 minute play about their relationship. and i thought it would not take too much to put two metres between the two of them and still be able to deliver a version of the play. there will be several performances, as well as rehearsed play readings streamed live from the stage. covid—19 has forced theatres to close their doors and many are

concerned about staying afloat financially. but the old vic has a solution. so what we're doing is each performance, we are putting 1000 tickets on sale for it because there are 1000 seats in the auditorium to replicate that and we're going to charge a range of prices for those tickets to reflect the different seats in the auditorium and of course eve ryo ne auditorium and of course everyone will get the same view but people will, i hope, pay what they think they can afford to pay. it is not going to be enough to reopen the building or to pay for new productions but it might just or to pay for new productions but it mightjust be a breathing space at a time when theatre has been badly hit the coronavirus pandemic. and a glimmer of hope that things might yet return to life as we know it. rachel stanton, bbc news. they desperately needed, don't they? a major part of the tourism industry as well and in a couple of minutes we will be looking and focusing on tourism and travel and the challenges ahead right across europe, in

fa ct, ahead right across europe, in fact, particularly here the uk as we focus on the business element of this coronavirus pandemic. stay with us for that. hello. thursday brought us, for the third consecutive day, the hottest day of the year so far in the uk. temperatures at heathrow in london reached 33.1; celsius, but if you are not a fan of the heat and the humidity, you will probably be pleased to hear that things are now turning fresher. through friday, it will be a cooler day, the chance of some heavy showers and some thunderstorms around too. still quite a mild, muggy start to the morning. first thing friday, those temperatures quite widely in the mid to high teens — could be not shy of 20 degrees for central london first thing friday morning. now, we start with this band of fairly heavy showers and thunderstorms. this is nine o'clock in the morning. it will be drier down towards the south—west of england and wales. the south—east of england, through the midlands, up towards north and north—west of england into northern

ireland as well, that's where we are likely to see some of those heavy downpours. and for the western isles, some of them are going to be really heavy and thundery once again. northern and eastern scotland probably avoiding quite a good deal of those heavy showers. now, across england and wales, they push their way northwards and eastward through the course of the day, so it's much of northern england, north wales into scotland that is going to be seeing some of the heavy showers and thunderstorms. northern ireland seeing fewer, i think, during the afternoon, but they will be hit and miss. it will still feel warm in the east with temperatures around 28, possibly up to around 30 degrees, but for many of us, it is turning cooler. into the weekend, fresher conditions moving across the whole of the uk, with some rainfall in the forecast as well down to the fact that we've got this area of low pressure moving its way in from the west. quite a lot of isobars on the map, as well as those heavy showers rattling around that area of low pressure. so this is how saturday is shaping up then. sunny spells but frequent heavy showers, again with some hail in some lightning mixed

in with some of those heavy —— and some lightning mixed in with some of those heavy thunderstorms. quite blustery winds as well, particularly where you do see the heavy showers, the thunderstorms, with hail as well — that's where you could see some squally and gusty winds at times, too. temperatures quite a bit cooler than recent days — somewhere between about 18—21 celsius for many of us. still a bit of sunshine in between the showers. by the time we get to sunday, the heaviest of the showery rain will be in the north and north—west. a little bit drier further south with a little bit more sunshine on offer, but the winds will be picking up. a blustery, fresher—feeling day with highs of 15—21 degrees. bye— bye.

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this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're all going on a summer holiday — perhaps. the uk could loosen foreign travel restrictions as early as next week. but will it be enough to rescue the tourism industry? plus, more lockdowns ahead? infections surge in parts of the us and europe, casting doubt over investors' bets on a quick economic recovery we start with the tourism industry, it has been brought to its knees by the coronavirus pandemic, but could there be

a chance of saving, at least part, of the vital summer holiday season? early next week, the uk government is expected to announce a partial loosening of travel restrictions, allowing holidaymakers to visit countries it sees as low risk without needing to quarantine for 1h days afterwards. france, italy, spain and greece are likely to be among the first destinations for these ‘air bridges', according to reports. many eu countries have already re—opened their borders to other member states. we'll be hearing from the travel industry injust a moment. but first, hugh schofield reports from brittany in north western france, where the holiday season is already under way, largely without foreign tourists. the ferry from this island brings back its cargo of trippers. it is busy and getting busier but what is

clear as there are virtually no foreigners here. these tourists are all french. normally mid june other europeans are beginning to arrive. at the marina, half the yachts should be british. this year, none. but despite the absence, eve ryo ne but despite the absence, everyone agrees that season ahead still looks good. translation: after two months of confinement and after that people felt this rush to get outside and breathe some air. that is why we have seen so many people here on the weekend and the season is off to a really good start. of course, the perfect weather helps. hard not to be hopeful when the world looks like this. what strikes one is how quickly this place seems to have resumed its regular rhythm. yes, there are the masks and the floor markings and assigns but other than that it is hard to imagine that just a few weeks than that it is hard to imagine thatjust a few weeks ago, this place like the rest of france was in complete lockdown. a few establishments like this hotel

specialising in seawater treatments are still not quite open as they install the mandatory signposting. but the campsites are filling up especially at weekends. and we clea n especially at weekends. and we clean every two hours. the washrooms have new distancing rules. at the pool there is a limit on numbers and deck chairs are carefully spaced but it is nothing drastic because basically, as the manager says, camping is safe. all activity is outside, that is why this is a good activity for everyone and we have got particles in place so it is absolutely a safe place to spend the holidays. the sailing school is giving lessons again. believe it or not, these lucky children aren't on holiday. they are locals and sailing is on the curriculum. this is school. translation: at the start we had regulations up to here, with every day that passes, there are fewer and fewer to

there are fewer and fewer to the point where now, apart from the point where now, apart from the rules about keeping people apart on land, when it comes to actual sailing we can proceed pretty much as normal. keeping an essential separation is the new normal and there is no sign the rules are putting tourist off. quite the contrary, cooped up off. quite the contrary, cooped up so long by covid—19, open spaces are precisely what people need. joining me now is tom jenkins, ceo of the european tourism association. very good to see you. are you confident about an announcement that our bridges between the uk and france, spain, italy, greece as well, that is all going to come to light?” greece as well, that is all going to come to light? i think the averages will come through. it has been a slightly mystifying measure by the government, to which they have yet to provide any evidence to justify it, and we are

expecting our bridges to come m, expecting our bridges to come in, because the principal popular destinations. if you look at portugal, for example, my producer booked a holiday to portugal, that's got to go now. things will come up, things may change and they may change almost day—to—day, very difficult to plot and plan a clear route and message for tourists. it's extremely difficult. i think the main news from a commercial point of view, and there are so many issues bubbling here, one of them, you are quite right, is them, you are quite right, is the possibility of a second wave but the main point is there is huge demand for people to go on holiday, particularly this year when they have been cooped up at home. there's a push for people to go and leave and get into a different environment and this is throughout the world. if i look at my american members, i seeing a considerable level of

interest, almost last year's level of interest of people wanting to come to europe. whether they can is another matter entirely but the desire is there and that is one of the first things you need if you are in the travel industry. if iam clinging are in the travel industry. if i am clinging to examples of hope, that would an example. you've got to hope, but i am intrigued by what you say there because hugh schofield's report from brittany was about french people holidaying in brittany. are you saying that there is still the international demand, whether it is from the us or maybe big asian clients, the chinese, the japanese, to come over to europe? well, the proof will be on the putting. no—one is doing it at the moment and with almost certainly have lost the overwhelming part of this yea r‘s the overwhelming part of this year's business, so i would be very happy to receive 25% of the visitors we saw last year, but all we can look at is

demand and demand is there. now, whether the people are able to act on that, i've got no idea. what is also interesting is that there is considerable, particularly within europe, you've got the inkling of this occurring in your report. hsing and is opening up, and they got a domestic market but germans will be travelling down to southern europe, scandinavians will be travelling down to southern europe stopping the great migratory movements that you see within europe every year, this is going to take place whether it will be at the same level as normal years, no, but it still will occur. it is ha rd to but it still will occur. it is hard to imagine it being anywhere near the same level. we will have to leave it there, very good to see you. let's turn to the broader economic impact of the pandemic now. financial markets have been

rattled in recent days by soaring infection rates in some us states, and a resurgence of the virus in several european countries. it has cast doubt on any optimism that the global economy is over the worst. underlining that, figures from the us showing the economic damage is still increasing, as 1.5 million more americans signed up for unemployment benefits last week. that takes the total number of people laid off to over 47 million. here's samira hussain in new york. the weekly unemployment numbers that we get, it is probably the most up—to—date information that we get on the health of the american economy, and economists were really expect into see this number actually come down a little bit to be about1.3 come down a little bit to be about 1.3 million, but it was actually much higher than what economists were predicting, and although we were seeing that these weekly rates are coming

down, think about it. for 1a straight weeks we have seen more than1 straight weeks we have seen more than 1 million straight weeks we have seen more than1 million people lose theirjobs and before this, the record number of weekly jobless claims was 695,000 back in 1982. george buckley is chief economist for europe at nomura, hejoins me from his home in gerrards cross. very good to see you. just picking up on the message coming from the us, thejobless figures once again, do you think it isjust figures once again, do you think it is just a simple fact of life that the markets were overconfident over early? possibly, and of course we saw those much better payroll figures that employment actually bounced in the latest month. these numbers are falling at a lesser pace than we thought, and it may be that because we are seeing some

evidence, i'm not sure you would call it a second wave but more of a rolling wave of incidence of covid—19, that could be one of the reasons, it could be one of the reasons, it could be one of the reasons, it could be because of (audio gap). we are struggling a bit with the quality of the line hair, george. let mejust try one of the go, no, i think we are losing george entirely. we will try to come back to you george, sorry. in the meantime, let's go over to asia because the trade tensions between the us and china which are continuing to make life so difficult on both sides and in particular in the technology industry. sharanjit leyl has been talking to the boss of one of them, chip giant advanced micro devices. a challenge for all of them, but especially in tech.

advanced micro devices are one of the world's largest chipmakers and there is very high demand. we know for cloud computing and gaming hardware which has actually put the firm inafairly which has actually put the firm in a fairly good spot even before the coronavirus outbreak. i was speaking to lisa sue, she was the chief executive of the company and she told me that the trade war with china is posing lots of challenges for many companies like hers but also bringing in opportunities for her business and in fact, incredibly, at a time when there has been so much scrutiny over companies like huawei, she said they had a good relationship with them on the consumer side while of course being cognizant of the national security implications and regulations that us companies need to abide by so let's have a listen to what she had to say. i do think this is one of the areas between the us and china that need to fully get resolved but from our business standpoint, our

relationships with huawei have been primarily on the consumer shelf. is there a danger we are heading for two technology systems, one that is centred around the us with companies like yours and one that is centred in china? that will continue to be a focus whether for us, china or frankly european and other countries as well. each country will continue to invest but i think we will continue to have opportunities to collaborate across country borders and that is certainly how we view the situation. doesn't make job more complicated, at a time when you are seeing increasing strife between the us and china, lots of national security concerns, experts saying that actually the real race between the us and china, the one industry that people are focused on is semiconductors? i would say

that we have thought very carefully about how to continue and view china as an important market for us to invest in while also being very cognisant of the desire for national security reasons to have some technology that is not exportable, and i think we can do both and that is part of what we have to do as a global technology company. of course it is really rare to get insight from such senior leaders in the semiconductor industry and as you heard there, that is an area that is currently being contested, china really desperately trying to catch up to be able to build those kind of chips. she also shared a lot more in the interview including how they are managing the pandemic and how the crisis has really highlighted how important technology is when it comes to

research and development and in fa ct research and development and in fact they are part of a white house lead covid—19 consortium thatis house lead covid—19 consortium that is actually providing the supercomputing power to a lot of educational institutions to try to find a vaccine, so really some fascinating stuff from the chief executive there. all power to the tech elbow. thank you very much indeed. let's get some of the day's other news. nike says revenues slumped 38% in the three months to the end of may as lockdowns forced department and retail stores to close. online sales jumped, but they weren't enough to stop the sportswear giant making quarterly loss of $790 million. the dutch finance ministry will announce details later of a bailout package for air—france klm, thought to be worth 3.4 billion euros. france has already pledged 7 billion euros to the airline group, formed from a merger between their two national carriers in 2004. the bailout has been complicated by long—standing tensions between the two sides.

shareholders of german rival lufthansa have overwhelmingly backed a 9 billion euro bailout of the airline that will see the german government take a 20% stake and two seats on the board. germany's finance minister says the state's involvement is only fora limited time, and it would sell its stake once the airline has recovered. let's stay with the struggles of the aviation business, because the boss of delta air lines has told the bbc that the carrier will continue to limit the number of people on its planes beyond september. so far, the world's second biggest airline has been operating flights atjust 60% of capacity as it tries to limit the spread of coronavirus. ed bastian told my colleague aaron heslehurst this he was concerned about a second wave of the pandemic in the us — a country which account for 70% of the company's ticket sales.

i have said throughout this pandemic it is going to be a choppy recovery, it is going to be stops and starts and the virus is going to movejust be stops and starts and the virus is going to move just as people move here in atlanta, georgia, the south of southern pa rt georgia, the south of southern part of the us. we are absolutely facing spread, arising spread of the virus. we need to make certain that we ta ke need to make certain that we take all precautions for people who are our customers, reinforcing wearing masks, social distancing, keeping our planes only at 60% full, making certain every seat next to a customer is open. so you have space on board. doing everything we can be cautious in the face of the spread because there is a vaccine, it is going to be very hard to see this industry back at scale. in literally one line, do you think you could end up extending that you know 60% opacity on board post september? we will be extending

the on the plains post september, whether it is 60% or a slightly higher number, i don't know —— the cap. but we absolutely well. —— but we absolutely will. and viewers on bbc world news can see more of that interview the boss of delta airlines on talking business with aaron heslehurst this weekend. the times are on your screen now, with the first airing at 2330 gmt on saturday. beaches in england could be forced to close if there's a spike in coronavirus cases, according to the health secretary. matt hancock says the government has the power to force closures. it comes after huge crowds descended on bournemouth yesterday on the hottest day of the year. the council there declared a major incident after the beach was overwhelmed by visitors.

they reckon 250,000 people on those beaches. volunteers are being recruited to assess the effectiveness of a new home antibody testing kit. developers say the test delivers, clear, accurate results within minutes and the presence of antibodies can show if someone has had covid—19. however, scientists and clinicians warned yesterday that it remains unclear if this also guarantees long—lasting immunity. the labor leader sir keir starmer will this morning speak to mps on his backbenches concerned about his sacking of rebecca long—bailey. the former shadow education secretary, a key figure on the left of the party and close ally ofjeremy corbyn, was asked to stand down after sir keir said an interview she had retweeted contained anti—semitic conspiracy theories. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the us house of representatives passes a police reform bill in the name of george floyd. before it becomes law, it has to get through the republican—dominated senate. several us states suspend plans to re—open the economy after a spike in coronavirus cases. doctors say up to 20 million americans may have been infected since

the pandemic began. george floyd's brother, philonise floyd, has become an impassioned advocate forjustice and police reform in the weeks following that tragic encounter on the streets of minneapolis. he's testified before congress, speaking of his family's pain and those of countless others. earlier, my colleague katty kay spoke to philonise floyd and the family's attorney, benjamin crump. he is not a type of guy that is going tojust try he is not a type of guy that is going to just try to muscle you and do wrong. he is more of a confident guy. he is always saying things to bring you up soi saying things to bring you up so i know he was going to listen to whatever they said and on the video, as you can see, he did everything the right way. it's just the officers, they just had right way. it's just the officers, theyjust had a lot officers, theyjust had a lot of hatred in them at that time because, you would have to, to put your knee on someone's

neck, for that time? that time limit. and it isjust co nsta ntly, limit. and it isjust constantly, he kept hollering please, sir, please, i can't breathe, i can't breathe. it just hurt a lot, watching the video, and it hurt me even more when i watched him scream out for our deceased mom and that was painful and kids had to look at that and it is a lot of pain right now. if my big brother would have seen everything like this going on right now, he preached it a lot, he always talked to the youth, and explained to them different things, the trials they would go through if this is going to happen and things like that butjust by what he would see, he would be humbled, he would be, you know, sad that he would be, you know, sad that he is not here to be in a world thatis he is not here to be in a world that is making change like this but he would be happy that i'm advocating for him and the world is trying to get united and we're trying to kick the door down but has never been kicked before and basically, he

would be very excited. very excited. historically, black people who have been killed by police were denied accountability. they were denied any kind ofjustice. this has been the history of america since slavery. but i believe, just as philonise, who has articulated it so passionately, that this is the time to see systematic reform when it comes to the culture and behaviour of police in america, especially as it relates to black america. the protests have been multicultural, you have seen not only black people marching for george floyd but white people, hispanic people, native americans, and really, the young people are saying enough is enough. we don't want to see another hashtag of a black

american being killed and justify —— unjustifiably and unnecessarily and senselessly by the people who are supposed to protect and serve them so right now, we are asking everybody to take a breath for peace, to take a breath for equaljustice, to take a breath for respect in our society but most importantly, let's take a breath for george floyd, the breath for george floyd, the breath that those police office rs breath that those police officers in minneapolis did not give him, so we can breathe again because we now have achieved change in the legacy of george floyd. that is when we will all be able to breathe again. a huge dust cloud whipped up from the sahara desert is going to move from the caribbean and mexico to hover over parts of south—east america this weekend. the details. a huge,

thick brown wall of dust sweeps into mexico. but this is no ordinary dust. it is a sand cloud coming all the way from the sahara desert in africa, some 5000 kilometres away. it is known as the saharan air layer, it is quite common in late spring to early autumn no—one has seen dust like this in halfa no—one has seen dust like this in half a century. strong warm winds over the sahara desert whip up sand and carry it thousands of miles across the atla ntic thousands of miles across the atlantic ocean to the americas. satellite images show the monster cloud with a brown tinge moving across the atlantic. at the weekend, it was over the caribbean and by tuesday had smothered has hollow, jamaica, porto rico and eastern cuba, continuing towards central america and the southern united states. according to nasa, the thickest pa rt according to nasa, the thickest part of the plume appeared to stretch around 3500 kilometres

across the atlantic. in cuba, the normally blue skies have turned to a milky brown haze. and the air in porto rico is heavy with fine, dangerous particles. a smog across the dominican republic. people are worried. the region is already struggling to deal with the coronavirus pandemic so another cause for chest infections is causing concern. translation: from the point of view of health the dust cloud affects people with allergies. in people with allergies. in people over 65 years of age and children underfour people over 65 years of age and children under four years of age it can cause asthma attacks. people may have respiratory symptoms and an itchy throat and eye irritation. the dust cloud is likely to linger over the region until the middle of next week when it is set to move into texas, florida and other states that have recently seen a spike in covid—19 cases. and

thatis a spike in covid—19 cases. and that is bbc news. thank you for being with us. hello. thursday brought us, for the third consecutive day, the hottest day of the year so far in the uk. temperatures at heathrow in london reached 33.4 celsius, but if you are not a fan of the heat and the humidity, you will probably be pleased to hear that things are now turning fresher. through friday, it will be a cooler day, the chance of some heavy showers and some thunderstorms around too. still quite a mild, muggy start to the morning. first thing friday, those temperatures quite widely in the mid to high teens — could be not shy of 20 degrees for central london first thing friday morning. now, we start with this band of fairly heavy showers and thunderstorms. this is nine o'clock in the morning. it will be drier down towards the south—west of england and wales. the south—east of england, through the midlands, up towards north and north—west of england into northern ireland as well, that's where we are likely to see some of those heavy downpours.

and for the western isles, some of them are going to be really heavy and thundery once again. northern and eastern scotland probably avoiding quite a good deal of those heavy showers. now, across england and wales, they push their way northwards and eastwards through the course of the day, so it's much of northern england, north wales into scotland that is going to be seeing some of the heavy showers and thunderstorms. northern ireland seeing fewer, i think, during the afternoon, but they will be hit and miss. it will still feel warm in the east with temperatures around 28, possibly up to around 30 degrees, but for many of us, it is turning cooler. into the weekend, fresher conditions moving across all of the uk, with some rainfall in the forecast as well down to the fact that we've got this area of low pressure moving its way in from the west. quite a lot of isobars on the map, as well as those heavy showers rattling around that area of low pressure. so this is how saturday is shaping up then. sunny spells but frequent heavy showers, again with some hail and some lightning mixed in with some of those heavy thunderstorms. quite blustery winds as well, particularly where you do see the heavy showers, the thunderstorms, with hail

as well — that's where you could see some squally and gusty winds at times, too. temperatures quite a bit cooler than recent days — somewhere between about 18—21 celsius for many of us. still a bit of sunshine in between the showers. by the time we get to sunday, the heaviest of the showery rain will be in the north and north—west. a little bit drier further south with a little bit more sunshine on offer, but the winds will be picking up. a blustery, fresher—feeling day with highs of 15—21 degrees. bye— bye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: 30 years of hurt come to an end as liverpool are crowned premier league champions. we are live inside and field, one of the great sporting venues as this clu b the great sporting venues as this club celebrates a glorious return to the top of the english game. it was u nfortu nately the top of the english game. it was unfortunately that thousands of fans defied orders to stay home and celebrated instead is on the streets. the health secretary says he has

the power to close beaches,