welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: in the us, states reimpose restrictions as coronavirus cases increase. business owners say it's a devastating blow. we did everything. our staff were wearing masks, we had sanitising stations, we did weekly tests, we limited occupancy, we did everything that was asked. more than $7 billion are donated to the search for a vaccine, as the eu hosts another whip round on webcam. malawi's opposition leader wins the presidential election — a dramatic reversal of last year's discredited result. all change in ireland. a power—sharing government and a new prime minister after months of deadlock. quashing the quarantine — arrivals to the uk from a number of european countries will soon be exempt from 14—days of self—isolation.

hello and welcome to bbc news. president donald trump has been claiming recently that more cases of coronavirus are in part a result of more testing. that may well have some logic to it but it shouldn't detract from the figures. the us now has more than 2.5 million cases. and that surge has brought about a return to restrictions in some of the first states to reopen. florida has passed 10,000 infections while arizona matched its earlier record of 3,500 new cases. it's also affected the election campaign. events planned in both those states by the vice president mike pence have been cancelled. tanya dendrinos has this report. another day, another record. more than 9,500 new coronavirus

cases in 2a hours in florida, 600 more than the record set on friday. republican states like florida and texas had been keen to push ahead with a reopening of their economies early. but with a surge in cases, some of those decisions have been reversed. last drinks were called in florida, a bitter pill to swallow for those who feel they did all the right things. we did everything. our staff wore masks, we had sanitising stations, we did weekly tests, we limited occupancy, we did everything that was asked. it's a tough conversation to have with everybody that, you know, we won't be able to provide them with a place to work. on friday, bars were also ordered to close in texas with restaurants required to limit their indoor capacity. we certainly share everybody‘s concern about what's going on, but we didn't think we were at that point where we'd go backwards like that. nationally, the us registered its largest single—day increase

of the pandemic with more than a5,000 new cases on friday. more than 125,000 people have now died of covid—19, the grim figure far higher than any other country when it comes to officially recorded deaths. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. picking up on this, restrictions can only truly and once that is a successful vaccine or treatment for coronavirus. 0n vaccine or treatment for coronavirus. on that note, more than $7 billion have been pledged by world leaders in private investors at a fundraising summer to help find a vaccine for the virus. —— summit. the event, hosted by the european commission, was attended online by world leaders, sports stars, actors and musicians. simonjones reports. # help me if you can, i'm feeling down... a globally streamed concert. stars like miley cyrus joining an international call to pledge money to fight coronavirus. the culmination of a summit aiming to unite the world

online. first, we need a vaccine. then we need to make this vaccine affordable. a clear goal, but not a simple task. the president of the european commission brings together more than a dozen world leaders with the aim of making any future treatment universally available. this pandemic threatens every one of us. defeating it is the most important shared endeavour of our times, and when we do so, it will not be a victory for one nation, but a triumphant for all humanity. this translation: we can only beat the covid—19 pandemic and its consequences by working together. germany will continue to play an active role. there is only one certain way out of the pandemic, and that's a vaccine. coronavirus cases have been rising sharply in latin american countries.

in brazil, where this stadium in rio dejaneiro has become a temporary hospital, there have been what more than 1.3 million confirmed cases. the country has now signed a deal worth more than $120 million to produce, locally, a potential vaccine, which has been developed by oxford university and the british drug maker astrazeneca. the desperate need for it means that production is being scaled up before trials have even finished. translation: with the agreement that will be signed, we will be placing the country in the forefront of the development of the vaccine. the agreement provides for the purchase of lots of vaccine and the transfer of technology. africa's first trial of a vaccine is now under way in south africa. but until one is found to be effective, coronavirus will be something we have to live with, overshadowing our routine worldwide. simon jones, bbc news. that is a look to the future. let's look at what happens in the meantime.

the british government will make it easier for holidaymakers to travel to much of europe this summer — including spain, france, and greece. from 6july, people arriving in the uk from a country considered to be at "low risk" from coronavirus won't have to self—isolate for 1h days. but there are calls for further clarifications, as our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. jetting off abroad should soon become easier because much of europe is said to be exempt from the government's travel quarantine. self—isolation would be a real barrier to going away because of the timing of our holiday, so when we get back, we haven't got 1a days before our little ones need to go back to school. they have missed out so much, we can't have them missing out on any more. a series of travel corridors are set to take effect from july 6, meaning people won't have to self—isolate. it is almost certain that big holiday destinations like spain, france, italy, greece and turkey will be included. however, the final list is expected to be much longer than that.

countries like sweden will probably not feature and there is confusion over portugal. anybody else? ferry companies are getting ready. the number of passengers crossing is set to rise. but emma jane, who has been shielding, has cancelled her holiday to france. quarantine makes no difference to me. i've got a motorhome with air conditioning and a fridge, i'm happy, i've got my ice cream. but if i can't get across the border, that is a whole different thing because the air corridor doesn't mean they will guarantee the ferries are running, it doesn't mean that they are going to guarantee they are not going to shut the tunnel. it'sjust too high risk. i can't risk not being able get home. we believe it can be safe to operate without the need for quarantine. but for airlines, which have been battered by the pandemic, it is a move in the right direction. we really need to move quickly to establish some safe corridors. we are not talking about throwing it open to the entire world. where it is safe to operate,

we fundamentally believe that we are also safe to operate and we need to do that quickly. eurotunnel says bookings have exploded in the past 2a hours since the government said it will relax its travel advice abroad. german tourists have already been filling flights into majorca. if brits are also to be welcomed in european resorts, the virus needs to remain under control back home in the uk. that was the warning from greece. given the fact that the uk is in the right direction, it's a matter of a few days or a few weeks to ensure that all restrictions are lifted. managing the crowds might help, but no—one can predict what will happen in different countries throughout the summer. tom burridge, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. mississippi lawmakers have taken the first step towards changing the state's flag. nationwide protests against racial injustice have refocused attention on the last

remaining state to feature a confederate emblem. the state's house of representatives voted in favour of a bill creating a new design, that won't contain the confederate flag. princeton university has decided to remove the name of the former us president woodrow wilson from a building on its campus because of his racist beliefs and policies. wilson led america during the first world war and founded the league of nations. but he also supported segregation, banned black students from princeton, and approved of the ku klux klan. protesters have surrounded the police department building in aurora, colorado, demanding justice, they say, for a young black man who died in police custody. elijah mcclain was put in a choke hold and injected with the sedative ketamine in denver last year. the authorities are to re—examine his death after a petition was signed by more than two million people. his case is among several to receive renewed attention following the death

of george floyd last month. malawi's newly—elected president, lazarus cha kwera, has said his victory is a win for democracy and justice. the election result is being seen as a democratic first in sub—saharan africa. a flawed election was over—turned and the opposition has gone on to win power. reged ahmed reports. counting and tallying the votes earlier this week, this election was a rerun of a discredited presidential poll from 2019. when the incumbent president peter mutharika won a narrow victory last year, the opposition disputed the election, sparking anger and months of anti—government protests, a rare sight in malawi. by february, the country's highest court, in a decision described as landmark, overturned the results, citing systematic and grave regularities. now, the final results have come in and the opposition candidate, lazarus cha kwera, has been declared the winner.

the preliminary results showed him as having a lead, and this result appears decisive. malawi's current president has been in power since 2014, but since he cast his ballot in a fresh poll, he's also complained of irregularities. but some of the governing party's election monitors have been attacked by the opposition, with 15 now missing. this election is the worst in malawi's history of our elections. the opposition has denied the allegations. the president has not yet called for the vote to be annulled, instead asking malawians to move on peacefully. some are seeing that it is a sign that the president may now be willing to move on himself. whatever happens next, these fresh elections have been viewed by some as a key test case for malawi and the african continent. in the powers of the courts to tackle electoral fraud

and restrain presidential power. reged ahmed, bbc news. a new government is being formed in ireland after two parties which have been rivals for decades, fine gael and fianna fail, agreed to enter a coalition with the green party. the leader of fianna fail, micheal martin, has been elected prime minister by members of the parliament. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. after three decades in parliament and fourjobs in the cabinet, micheal martin has reached the pinnacle of politics in ireland. amidst the celebrations, there was a very visible reminder of his immediate challenge. politicians met in socially distanced format and away from their usual debating chamber to formally approve the new government. the head of the coalition said its priority was to deal with the social and economic havoc caused by covid—19. recovery and renewal — these are the themes which underpin everything in the programme for government which has been agreed

between fianna fail, fine gael and the green party, and has been ratified by our members with overwhelming majorities. fianna fail and fine gael have dominated governments here in dublin for almost a century, but never before have they gone into coalition together. they grew out of two sides in the irish civil war in the 1920s, and their historical rivalry has been intense. though both parties broadly have the political centre, fine gael has tended to be slightly to the right of fianna fail. the fine gael leader, leo varadkar, has stood down as taoiseach to be the deputy prime minister, but under the deal, he'll swap positions with mr martin and be taoiseach again in 2.5 years‘ time. this is a historic occasion. i believe civil war politics ended a long time ago in our country. but today, civil war politics ends in our parliament. in other big change, sinn fein, led by mary lou mcdonald, is now the main opposition party here. this country's facing a second pressing international issue

besides the coronavirus. as the uk's close neighbour, it'll be hugely affected by the brexit trade talks. micheal martin's leading an unprecedented coalition for uncertain times. chris page, bbc news, dublin. this is bbc world news. our main headline: a milestone in the us — more than 2.5 million people have now been told they have covid—19. meanwhile the eu hosts another vaccine fundraiser — more than $7 billion are pledged by world leaders and private investors. staying in the us now. many states, particularly republican ones such as florida and texas, that were starting to open up economically, have had to reverse some of that. and unlike other parts of the world, in the us, the issue of restrictions and especially the wearing of masks has become one of politics as well as of public health. you may have already seen this clip doing the rounds on the internet, of palm beach county commissioners holding a town hall debate

a few days ago. they voted to make mask wearing mandatory, but not all citizens were in favour. masks are meant to be worn for sick people, and they are also meant to be disposed of, not to keep wearing the same mask, which is what people are doing, and you're more likely — i know a lot of these have already been spoken about but this what i had in my notes — you are more likely to touch yourface more often, which is spreading the germs. where do you derive the authority to regulate human breathing? i ask you this because this is very important. you all are playing doctors and you are not. i have been a music teacher for 23 years. i need you to tell me how do i play a saxophone and sing with a mask on? i'll let you think about that. how about people that can't breathe with the myriad of conditions that there are. not just one, not just two, maybe four or maybe five. what about ptsd from child abuse situations? i was left in a hot car — you want to cover my face? i'm going to hyperventilate. cause i remember being

stuck in that hot car. what about people like me? we don't matter because of the greater good, right? i don't wear a mask for the same reason i do not wear underwear — things gotta breathe. mack bernard is a palm beach county commissioner and one of the officials who voted to make facecovering mandatory. i asked him how you get people to buy into wearing a mask in order to save lives. what we are having is some people are making it an issue of wearing masks a political issue where, in palm beach county, we're not making it a political issue. this is a matter of protecting the public and so, because we have a right and responsibility to protect the public, and so that is the reason we voted unanimously to require a mask in public places. now, you saw the clip, in terms of other people who oppose it, but that is just a small number of people who oppose wearing masks and i think that in the united states, that's about 16%, but overwhelmingly most of the people want to

make sure that they do not only protect themselves but also they want to protect their neighbours and their family members so that is a reason why we passed it. if i came and saw you and we went for a stroll down the street, would i be able to say that person's wearing a mask, they're democrat, that person's not wearing a mask, they're republican or is it more complicated than that? it is more complicated than that because what we are also thinking about is — and just think about it — in palm beach county, we have had over 12,928 residents that tested positive. 0ver a92 deaths and then also over 1700 hospitalisations. and when we're dealing with our residents who are in the hospitals, who have died from covid—19, we're not asking them for party affiliation at all so all we care about is their health, safety the welfare of over 1.5 million residents that call palm beach county their home. we've looked at republican and democrat, but also there's another issue — young and old. young people might feel that they are invincible,

younger people might feel that they are invincible, that they are much less likely to catch it in a bad way? what kind of things have you been speaking to them about? first of all, when the crisis started, it was impacting older residence in the county and over one third of our residents in palm beach county are over 65 and older, so right now, the numbers have increased in terms of the younger population, 25—34. so what we have to do is we have to do a betterjob of spreading the message through the avenues that they listen to, so that means like, you know, if it's facebook, tik tok, whatever that we have to do to provide them the information so that way they not only protect themselves but they have to protect their grandparents, their parents that have compromised immune systems. have you been able to have a conversation where you have spoken to someone who does not want to wear a mask, you've spoken and they've been persuaded? yes, i've had those conversations with many of our residents and that's because what we have to do is we have to have

those conversations and educate the residents. just think about what we are dealing with, notjust in palm beach county, but the united states, over 47 million americans have filed for unemployment claims in the past 1a weeks. in palm beach county the unemployment rate is over 14% and last may it was 3%, so that means that we have a 14% unemployment rate so what we're telling the residents is you have to help us get the economy back on track and understanding that you have to do yourjob in terms of protecting yourself. let's stop the spread, practice social distancing, where the mask because we do not have time to continue to hurt our public that needs theirjobs to be open, we've got to help our retailers, our restaurants and our hospital and that is the only way to do that. india now has half a million cases of coronavirus and the rate of infection

appears to be rising. health experts have expressed concern over the rapid increase with more than 18,000 new cases declared yesterday — the highest number so far. zubair ahmed reports from delhi. a waiting hall in delhi being turned into a coronavirus care centre. the improvisation is the need of the hour, as india struggles to cope with a massive surge in covid—19 cases. but even this 100—bed facility is for treating only mild cases. big cities such as mumbai and delhi are facing acute shortages of beds and critical facilities in icus. translation: we were expecting that the cases of coronavirus would increase, but the cases increased more than we would have expected. and in the first week of june, we witnessed a shortage of beds. we were lagging behind in testing in delhi. and because of the shortage of beds, when some people were not getting beds, the death rate also increased.

as the virus spreads rapidly, even the new facilities may not be enough. hospitals are turning away suspected coronavirus patients because there are not enough beds. translation: if we talk about delhi, the situation is not good, whether it's in private hospitals or government hospitals. there's no proper system of treatment. people have lost faith in hospitals, so residents think it's better to be self—reliant, to save their own lives. they're all trying to do that now. swab tests are still commonly used to detect coronavirus, which take a few days for the results to come out. for quick results, digital x—rays and ct scans are being increasingly used now. experts warn that the peak is still a few weeks away, and that will be a massive challenge for an already fragile health care system. zubairahmed, bbc news, delhi. here in the uk, staff working

in psychiatric units say the personal protective equipment they've used during the covid—19 outbreak is not helping to keep them or their patients safe. healthcare workers have found protective gear either gets in the way or is too easily pulled off if a patient becomes distressed or tries to harm themselves or others. a study is now being launched into the effectiveness of ppe in mental health hospitals, which have more than 18,000 inpatients in england alone. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has been given a unique insight into the way covid—19 changed life in one psychiatric hospital. it is ten to seven in the morning and i'm about to start my early shift on gray forest psychiatric intensive care unit. laura will spend the day ahead looking after acutely mentally unwell people here at wotton lawn hospital in gloucestershire. morning, she isjust checking our ppe stock for the day... as a nurse, she and other mental health staff have had to rethink how they work.

access to secure wards like this is rare. here too covid—19 has changed life dramatically. masks now obvious hurdles to vital human connections. we are having to follow various different procedures, having to wear masks, scrubs and also having to think about how we deal with people that are maybe suspected or positive for covid—19. across england about 18,000 people are living in mental health hospitals. psychiatric inpatient units like this one look after people when they are acutely mentally ill. providing that support at a time of coronavirus, under lockdown, is particularly challenging. the doors are locked. it is not normally how we do things but at the moment we are locking the area. the layout of the wards has been altered to separate people who might

have the virus from others but when someone is in crisis, seeing staff in full protective gear can addto their paranoia and distress. and restraining someone in ppe is difficult. staff have been hit, they have been kicked, spat at. if a patient is being resistive or continuing to act aggressively and violently and we can't safely let go, the situation does become very uncomfortable. staff are overheating. they have found the usual protective equipment isn't up to the job so they are now part of a research project looking at how to protect people better. we assessed a lot of the traditional ppe, for example, aprons and the face visor—type ppe and in a situation where someone is actively resisting the care and help your offering, much of that was ineffective. it came off and frankly in some circumstances it was a hazard. for dan, a patient on the low security unit,

covid—19 has delayed him leaving because of reductions in community—based services. he worries about getting the virus. staff are scared, patients are scared, but we are all in this together. and the pressures have underlined the importance of strong relationships between patients and staff in helping people get better. i'm going to turn it off now because we talk about private things. alison holt, bbc news. now let's have a look at some stunning aerial shots of the uk's red arrows flying off the north—east coast of britain. and if you want to know what it's like to fly in that formation. then here you are. the rafjets carried out a fly past above the coastal town of scarborough to mark armed forces day in the uk. more on our website and i am on

twitter. please, do stay with us. hello. well, the fresh weather is here to stay for the foreseeable future, at least the next week or so. so, plenty of showers in the forecast, and on top of that, it's also going to be windy, particularly on sunday. really quite blustery for the time of the year. now, the reason for it is this low pressure that swung out of the atlantic is being propelled by a jet stream. that jet stream has also introduced that much fresher air, and it's here to stay. this is what it looks like through the early hours. so, the possibility of catching showers almost anywhere through the early hours, but more especially, i think, across the north—west of the uk and really across parts of northern ireland, the north—west of england, and the south—western as well as western scotland. it could be really quite wet

during the course of sunday. you can see these weather fronts spiralling into the area of low pressure, and around it, we've also got those strong winds circling. you can see those winds circling about scotland. this low pressure is also quite slow—moving, which means that this weather is just going to carry on for the next 48 hours or so at least. and you can see where the heaviest the rain is across the north—west of the uk here. further south, it's going to be brighter. there certainly will be some sunshine around, but those winds will be strong. gusting in excess of a0 mph in places. that's near gale force — a real bluster out there. let's have a look at the weather around 4pm in the afternoon. so, actually not looking bad at all for the south, the london area, east anglia and much of the midlands, and then we get into wales and further towards the north and west, you can see the pulses of heavy rain. now in scotland, it looks as though these more eastern areas will probably be a little bit drier and brighter. so, let's have a look at the forecast, then, as we go through the course of monday. the low pressure is

still very much with us. you can see heavy rain affecting parts of northern britain once again, but to the south, so the further you are away from that area of low pressure, you can see it's drier and brighter with temperatures getting up to around about 19 degrees celsius. so not even making 20 early in the week. now, the temperatures will probably creep up a little bit into the low 20s through the course of the week, but plenty of showers, i think, on the cards across more northern parts of the uk. so, as i say, the fresh weather is here to stay.

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the headlines: more than 2.5 million people have tested positive for covid—19 in the us. some of the worst affected states are reimposing restrictions they had lifted. they include florida and texas. some business owners say it's a devastating blow. malawi's newly—elected president lazarus chakwera says his victory is a win for democracy and justice. the election result is being seen as a democratic first in sub—saharan africa. last year's flawed election was over—turned with the opposition going on to win power. here in the uk, the government's to ease travel restrictions meaning arrivals from certain european countries will no longer have to self—isolate. the 14—day quarantine will be scrapped for passengers coming from places including spain, france and greece. the new rules apply from 6july.