this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in the us, lockdowns are eased, despite a record daily high of 40—thousand new coronavirus cases. the country's top expert says it's a serious problem. if it's a serious problem. we do not extinguish the outbreak, if we do not extinguish the outbreak, sooner or later, even the ones that are doing well are going to be vulnerable to the spread. police shoot dead an attacker after six people are stabbed at a hotel in glasgow. terror is ruled out as a motive. in yemen, the pandemic hits after years of civil war. the un warns that children are most at risk. and — how the pandemic has led to asian americans being harassed and targeted — and what's being said in response

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — the united states has recorded an all—time daily high of 40—thousand coronavirus infections, according to figures from thejohns hopkins university. two of the country's biggest states, texas and florida, have reimposed some lockdown restrictions — with the governor of texas ordering all bars to close. here's our north america editor, jon sopel florida seemed to be flourishing — beaches had reopened, bars were buzzing. the republican controlled state was one of the first to lift the shutters, despite not meeting government guidelines. but now coronavirus cases are absolutely skyrocketing — up over 60% injust21i hours, and the governor is hitting the pause button, urging people to maintain

social distancing and wear masks. but it's not going to be an easy sell. i need you to tell me, how do i play saxophone and sing with a mask on? listen to these people in palm beach. you literally cannot mandate somebody to wear a mask knowing that that mask is killing people. it literally is killing people. and they want to throw god's wonderful breathing system out the door. you're all turning your backs on it. and with the us yesterday recording more cases than at any time in the crisis, the pressure is on the president. i can name kung flu, i can name... 19 different versions of name. particularly after holding a rally in oklahoma last weekend, which has resulted in dozens of campaign staff and dozens of secret service officers having to quarantine with covid symptoms. it does sound, though, like you're saying, "do as we say, not as we do." you're telling people

to listen to local officials, but in tulsa, you defied local health officials. well, i want to remind you again that the freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble is enshrined in the constitution of the united states. and the vice president played down the severity of the current surge in cases. as we see new cases rising, and we are tracking them very carefully, there may be a tendency among the american people to think that we are back to that place that we were two months ago, that we are in a time of great losses and great hardship on the american people. the reality is we're in a much better place. the president insists it's because so many more people are being tested, like here in san francisco, that more cases are being discovered. but it's only part of the story. public—health officials, though, are far less sanguine about it. they say, unless urgent action is taken to deal with his current surge, then all the sacrifices of the past three months

could have been for naught. far from flattening the curve, america seems to be fattening it. the easing of lockdown restrictions in the uk are set to continue. travellers will be allowed to travel to spain, france and greece this summer without having to quarantine on their return, according to ministers. a government spokesperson said the rules will be relaxed to travel abroad — although it will depend on risks staying low. the full list of countries which will be included has not yet been published. six people have been injured in an attack at a hotel in the scottish city of glasgow, with the suspect shot dead by police. the six injured men are aged from 17 to 53 — one of them is a police constable david white, who is said to be in critical, but stable condition. police say the incident is not being treated as terrorism. here's our scotland correspondent

alexandra mackenzie. amid confusion and panic, armed police entered the park inn hotel in glasgow city centre. during lockdown it's been home to some of the city's asylum seekers. residents and onlookers were shocked. i think there were like a hundred police officers. there are really incredible response. across the street, we saw people running here and there, loud noises were heard and a lot of screaming. the attack happened early this afternoon. the city centre street became a crime scene. armed police arrived here within minutes. they discovered the six people who had been stabbed, others were laid out to safety. police raided the hotel and the attacker was shot dead. the

prime minister and others paid tribute to the emergency services, including a police officer was one of the injured. six of the other mentor in hospital for treatment, including a 42—year—old police officer, who was in a critical but sta ble officer, who was in a critical but stable condition. the officers family are aware and are being supported. the other men in the hospital are aged 17, 18, 20, 38 and 53. the officers of been appointed to the cases. scotland's first minister set the events are truly dreadful. this is a situation that has undoubtedly shaken glasgow to the core, police have dealt with it and there's no more to the public, it is not a terrorist related incident. there are six individuals that are in critical condition as result of injuries that they have sustained and all of her thoughts and good wishes this evening should be with them. . the motive for the stabbings is being investigated,

please compensate the incident has been contained and there is no danger to other members of the public. let's get some of the day's other news after months of deadlock, ireland will have a new government, after the mainstream fee—na foyl and fin—uh gayl parties agreed a coalition deal with the green party. the irish parliament will meet in dublin on saturday to elect the fianna fail leader micheal martin as tee—shok. the deal excludes the resurgent republicans party, sinn fein, from government. pakistan will start criminal proceedings against 28 pilots accused of falsifying their flying credentials. the aviation minister said at least nine had confessed to not having a valid flying licence. the action follows a pakistan international airlines crash that killed ninety—seven people. there's a stark warning that millions of children in yemen could be pushed to ‘the brink of starvation' unless international aid is dramatically stepped up. it comes from unicef, the united nations

children's organisation. the covid—i9 pandemic is compounding the effect of five years of civil war — to create the world's worst humanitarian crisis. our middle east editorjeremy bowen sent this report, and i must warn you, there are distressing images right from the start. selwa is five, the same age as the war. selwa has cerebral atrophy — brain damage caused by malnutrition she's had since she was two months old. the vicious mixture that is destroying yemen is killing her. a man—made war, man—made hunger, and the coronavirus pandemic‘s grip on a broken country. selwa's parents are among the 2 million yemenis who have been forced to flee their homes because of the war. herfather, ibrahim, says they can't pay for any more medical treatment.

selwa is not the only one. unicef says malnutrition has caused permanent mental and physical damage to 45% of yemen's under—fives. this is aden — better supplied than most parts of yemen, but still living on the edge. there is food, if you can pay — many cannot. it's 20% more expensive than a fortnight ago, because the currency has crashed. yemen is an easy target for the virus. its citizens' immune systems are exhausted, their health care system is 50% destroyed by the war. some provinces have two hospital

beds for every 10,000 people. this doctor filmed at his better—off hospital in aden. rich countries could buy thousands more ventilators. the doctor says they have to turn away most of the patients, whose families beg for them to be treated here. this woman had a chance — a bed in hospital run by the charity msf. they couldn't save her. in yemen, 25% of people with confirmed covid—i9 die — five times the global average. it's estimated yemen already has i million cases of covid—i9 — three times more than the uk in a population

less than half the size. it feels like the end. it feels like a calamity. they think the world has forgotten them. and it's chaotic and anarchic and desperate. are they right to think that, that the world's forgotten them? unless action's taken straightaway, we are going to see a tragedy of globally catastrophic proportions. making everything worse, separatists are fighting a new war to end south yemen's union with the north. it's on top of saudi arabia's intervention five years ago to fight houthi rebels aligned with iran. in the desert, saudi troops are with the southern separatists, trying to observe a ceasefire that so far does not exist. the un is cutting its aid operation

because donors have promised only half the funding they gave last year. unicef says that, in a single day, a child in yemen will suffer more injustice and hardship than most people face in a lifetime. when selwa was a baby, her parents had to escape with her from a hospital bombed by the saudis in a raid that killed 19 civilians. they feed her with sugar and water, love and prayer. that's all they have. in this war, and at this pandemic, it might not be enough. mexico city's security chief has been wounded in an attack that killed two of his body guards — the dramatic incident took place in a wealthy district of mexico city that has until now,

seen little violence. reged ahmad reports. in this grainy cctv footage broadcast on mexican television, a group of heavily armed men in the truck and suv drive up. they were preparing to open fire on the vehicle of mexico city possible security chief. the footage zooms in on some of them as one holds up with looks like an assault rifle. residents report gunfire ring for several minutes before the attack. as the car was spread with bullets. a group of men attacked the vehicle, caring mexico city public security chief, and he

is out of danger at the moment and is out of danger at the moment and is receiving medical attention at a mexico city hospital. at two security members of his team lost their lives. i woman passing by was also killed in the attack which took place on a mexico city's wealthy districts. ambassadorial residences, this level of violence is unusual for the neighbourhood and has shocked residents. he has been at thejobs and shocked residents. he has been at the jobs and since last october in the jobs and since last october in the security chief tweeted. a gang led by a former police officer, it is accused of fuelling record levels of violence in the country as it seeks to eliminate rivals. mexico cause despite growing drug cartel violence

of the decade, the capital has remained relatively calm compared to other parts of the country. officials say a number of arrests have been made and the involvement of the group is just one line of inquiry. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: new york's latest weapon in the fight against covid. we meet the contact tracers who are trying to prevent another outbreak.

you're watching bbc news. the centers for disease control says 20 million people in the us may have been infected with coronavirus, that's ten times higher than the existing number of confirmed cases. for more on this i've been speaking to william hanage from harvard university. the new data is actually very

interesting because it suggests that the infection rate is consistent with estimates we have seen in places like spain and switzerland and other places that have been relatively hard hit in the first wave. but the that is the infection rate, that includes the mild cases of disease as well. that means this isa of disease as well. that means this is a disease that we really do need to ta ke is a disease that we really do need to take seriously. one thing that is interesting that came out of today's coronavirus briefing and the vice president mike pence was that about half of new cases are actually people under the age of 35. sets price you? not in particular because if you look at the antibody tests which were done in places that were ha rd which were done in places that were hard hit the first search, there's more evidence in that age group. they a defined social distancing more difficult and they have a perceived lower risk to themselves, so perceived lower risk to themselves, so they're perhaps more likely to become infected. there is very good

evidence that the major risk of fatality grows as people get older. those were the lowest risk of severe consequences, although there are long—term consequences that we are only discovering now. however, once that age group becomes infected in large numbers, it is very difficult to prevent it leaking out from them into the other age groups which are at risk and so we can expect to see hospitalizations and deaths to pick up hospitalizations and deaths to pick up in the coming weeks. was the best way to stop this is the country opens up? the country does need to find a working economy that is a com pletely find a working economy that is a completely reasonable statement to make. but, to accept the nature of that economy is going to going to have to change. some things are going to be more difficult to be able to continue to do safely. but we need to do it all costs, even if we need to do it all costs, even if we a cce pt we need to do it all costs, even if we accept that some amount of the disease and death is inevitable in the place of a pandemic, want to minimise it, preserve health care and that is why it is especially concerning like in places like

houston and arizona, it is sounding like health care is very being stretched to capacity and we know that even if we were to stop all new infections in these places right now, the people were being infected right now to be rolling in getting really sick and there will be adding to the i see you and the near future. as coronavirus cases rise in the south and west of america — cases in new york are dropping rapidly. to keep it that way, the city government is ramping up contact tracing. the programme works. one of 3000 contact traces in new york city. testing positive for covid—i9. york city. testing positive for covid-19. this work is important, she is watch the virus devastated her neighbourhood. she is watch the virus devastated her neighbourhoodlj she is watch the virus devastated her neighbourhood. i have seen that we are exposed to the virus sudden exponential rate and we have seen businesses shut down in the past two weeks and months. it has heard a lot of people and a lot of people have lost loved ones and a lot of people

have lost livelihoods. and is that pa rt have lost livelihoods. and is that part of what motivated you to be a contact racer? it is so important for the deck should be reduced in forms of transition, people need to know what it is now we prevented, otherwise it's just going to keep going unchecked. the contact tracing operation is only three weeks old, so operation is only three weeks old, so our operation is only three weeks old, so our people cooperating? we wanted this to be clearly new yorkers from out this to be clearly new yorkers from our communities taking care of other new yorkers and i believe that is why we have had an improvement since we started in terms of new yorkers feeling comfortable to share their contacts and we are already at in a rate that i'm proud of which is 86% of people have given us contact. contact racing is being used in new york and around the world to track new outbreaks. butjuggling it individuals) with the public good is not easy. 4000 miles objectively, the government there is trying a new approach. search the application.

the italian minister in charge of a new app which 4 million people have downloaded. italians with the applicant and alert. if they have been near an infected person who agreed to share their contacts. been near an infected person who agreed to share their contactsm is important to use this application because the quicker you understand that the person is positive, the better you can track this person and the faster you can identify the cluster of the coronavirus in our country. back in new york, americans are wary of sharing the data for the government, even with the pandemic. and thus will not answer the phone to co nta ct and thus will not answer the phone to contact traces, here is coming next. we are going to have people who are going to be field operators or community engagement specialists we re or community engagement specialists were going to go into our communities and knock on the door of anyone who are not able to get through on the phone. the police are

a part of an effort to contain the virus and give out supplies and artisan neighbourhoods. new yorkers for the re—emergence of coronavirus and contact racing is the key to tracking its transmission. asian americans have endured a rise in harassment and hate attacks since the coronavirus pandemic began — being scapegoated because the virus came from china. increasingly, asian americans are speaking out against zenophobia increasingly, asian americans are speaking out against xenophobia and inflammatory political rhetoric. will make people judged will make peoplejudged by how will make people judged by how you look, if you wear a mask of the onion tomato at. three asians in texas got stabbed. you will try to feel a little bit secure, knowing that if you are attacked, you have something to self defend and ijust did not feel safe as they headed out.

when i first came here, i wanted to adapt to american culture, as soon as possible, that is why i chose to go to the football games and go to the parties. after this pandemic, they will always see you as an outsider because you look different. being an american means to me, they fully a cce pt being an american means to me, they fully accept you as who you are, you don't want to be aggressive or, we just want to hope we can feel safe in the states. as cities open up, we are expecting a surgeon anti—asian racism even more. my sister died over that. i expect kids to be bullied, will we go back to the office place, we will face jokes. with regard to the streets, we are going to be harassed even more. are you from china? if the coronavirus?

they are targeting the most vulnerable. women, children and elderly. ijoke about the chinese virus and i mean it, that's where it came from. i can virus and i mean it, that's where it came from. i can name... virus and i mean it, that's where it came from. i can name... and there are spikes after politicians use the term chinese virus. the associate asians with the disease. they think of the disease being chinese. i'm proud to stand with my black sisters and brothers. we stand with black lives matter, not as a generic group of people who show up, but as a particular community with a particular community with a particular racial history. we bled to built the railroads, the american farming economy is built on filipino and japanese labour. in the mid—1900s. black bodies are

brutalised in their objective fight, they're fetishized, asian bodies invoices are erased and they are marginalised and they are ignored. orderedjin zee, younger millennialist, for some this the first time that they have protested and marched. there's more of an understanding in this that we are ultimately fighting against the same oppressive system. my rap group and i wanted to emphasise the fact that asian americans belong here. we are born here, we are saying that he has no place in our country. and before we go —— social distancing can be tricky. but fear not — creative solutions are at hand. at the arena cinelounge in los angeles, movie—goers will be next to hollywood icons —— well, cutout versions of them. the idea is to keep people at a safe distance, when movie theatres eventually open up. and in paris, giant teddy bears are keeping people from getting too close at the city's legendary cafes. these cuddly creatures

are the toast of the internet. hello there. the heat and humidity sparking showers and thunderstorms from the midlands northwards. these will continue to push northwards into northern parts of england and scotland as we move into the first part of the night. you can see the rumbling further north as we move through the early hours. then we look to the southwest, the renewed area of showery rain pushing into northern ireland, wales, southwest england into east england. some of this rain could be quite heavy. still pretty warm and muggy and some of the larger towns and cities of england and wales. this weekend, significant changes on the way, we've got low pressure which will bring much cooler, fresher, windier conditions to our shores. also rain and some bit heavy. low pressure moving in for saturday, we will see showery burst of rain

around wales and heavy pushing northwards to the day becoming more confined to central and northern parts of the uk. further south we should start to see some sunshine breaking through that cloud across southern counties through the afternoon. temperatures, high teens, low 20s, celsius a cooler fresher field. north wales midlands northern england into scotland and northern ireland some really heavy showers here. possibly a risk of some localised flooding and places. temperatures again generally the high teens and celsius without a much fresher feel two things. with a much fresher feel two things. quite blustery as well through saturday afternoon. particularly across england and wales through northern ireland. as we move through the night, it stays pretty windy, lots of showers and long spells of rain spiralling around this area. and across the northwest of the uk. saturday night will be a cooler and fresher night across a more comfortable night for sleeping. on into sunday, our low pressure is still with us to the northwest of the uk. more isobars on the charts,

deepening slightly and means it's going to be a windier day on sunday. widespread gust, 30, 40 miles an hour maybe 50 miles per hour on northern england was up southern scotland into northern england. gale force winds here, very wet weather for a time throughout sunday. further south, a few showers mainly across the west but temperatures reach 20 degrees. a cooler feel to things with high of 14 to 18 celsius was up next week it remains quite cool and unsettled showers slowly easing through the week.

this is bbc world news, the headlines. the us vice president says there are 16 states with rises in coronavirus cases and the percentage of positive test results. the us has set a daily record for new cases — 40,000 infections reported on thursday alone. uk travellers will be allowed to travel to spain, france and greece this summer without having to quarantine on their return, according to ministers. a government spokesperson said travel restrictions will be relaxed from the 6th ofjuly. a man has been shot dead by police after a stabbing attack at a hotel in glasgow. six people are being treated in hospital for their injuries, including police constable david white. the police chief of mexico city says he has survived an assassination attempt by a powerful drugs cartel. omar garcia har—fush was shot and injured when gunmen opened fire in a wealthy part of the mexican capital.