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 no supporters in the stands, but a sweet success all the same, as bayern munich take the bundesliga title for the eighth consecutive season.

president trump has been claiming that the recent upsurge in cases of coronavirus are in part due to 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. the new spike has brought with it a return to restrictions in some of the states that had reopened. and it's also affected the election campaign. events planned by vice president mike pence in arizona and florida have been cancelled. tanya dendrinos reports. 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 16,000 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. (pres)media reports

from northern california say 2 people have killed and several have been wounded in a shooting at a walmart distribution centre. (00v) hundreds —— media reports from northern california say 2 people have killed and several have been wounded in a shooting at a walmart distribution centre. hundreds of workers locked themselves in a room after the gunman reportedly rammed a vehicle into the building. emergency services are at the scene in the city of red bluff, two hundred kilometres north of the state capital, sacramento. we'll bring you more on this story as it develops. back to the coronavirus now. more than $7 billion have been pledged by world leaders and private investors at a fundraising summit to help find a vaccine for coronavirus. 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. 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.

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. malawi's newly—elected president lazarus chakwera 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. partial results in iceland's presidential election are showing that the incumbent, gudni johannesson, has won 90% of the votes, giving him a second 4—year term. polls had predicted a landslide victory for the former history professor. he was challenged by the businessman gudmundur franklin jonsson. iceland is the second european country to hold polls since coronavirus lockdowns were eased. this is bbc world news. our top story this hour: a milestone in the us. more than two and a half million people have now been told they have covid—19. let's stay with that story now.

alison steinbach is journalist for the arizona republic. her state has had a big spike in hospitalisations because of coronavirus. she's usually based in phoenix, but has just arrived in washington to visit family. alison, let's talk about what is going on in arizona. cases are rapidly increasing. how are people reacting? yeah, i think it has been pretty concerning, i would say, for the past month. so pretty muchjune. trends have really been going in the wrong direction pretty much every metric. be it cases, deaths, tests, % of tests coming back positive, and obviously hospitalisations. so i think there is an increasing sense of concern and worry that trends are not really abating and are continuing to kind of go in the wrong direction. there has been more mask wearing, there was little to begin with but people have been increasing that. but i think it isa increasing that. but i think it is a little troubling, what we are seeing at this point in arizona. does anybody in arizona. does anybody in arizona say they just arizona. does anybody in

arizona say theyjust don't ca re arizona say theyjust don't care about the virus, they can get along without worrying about it? i think there is that sentiment, to a degree, though i think it has lessened as there has been more and more evidence in arizona and obviously in the united states and around the world but this virus is really pretty bad, and that a lot of people are going to hospitals and having severe outcomes. so i think that sentiment has lessened, but i think particularly among younger people there is a sense that they cannot get sick or they will not get very sick or they will not get very sick or they don't need to worry as much. if you see someone without a mask in public, can you automatically tell who they vote for, what their views might be on other issues?” think you can't, you know, some people don't wear masks because they have an underlying health condition that makes it really difficult for them to wear a mask, or they have some other reason. some people don't wear masks because they think it violates their personal choice and that shouldn't be a government choice, but should be an individual choice,

whether or not an individual wa nts to whether or not an individual wants to wear a mask. but masks have now, in most of arizona, this has been up to cities and towns to decide this, in the last two weeks or so, and most now have mandatory mask policies. so, people forthe most part, in most places in arizona, are actually required to wear masks. let's move onto politics. arizona is a battleground state in this november's presidential election, so how does it balance being a battleground states that politicians are desperate to visit with being a pandemic state which nobody can visit? yeah, i think it has been really interesting, and obviously way before coronavirus, everybody knew that arizona was a pretty essential state to this upcoming november presidential election, and now it is obviously, travel is tricky, campaign speeches, there is much more consideration that needs to go into them. president trump visited the state last week and he held a campaign speech that was

attended by mostly younger people. it was a students for trump event. he held that big speech in arizona and then on tuesday, vice president pentz is coming to the state and he initially had a campaign speech planned and a bunch of coronavirus discussions planned, and given the escalating numbers that we are seeing in arizona, he decided to cancel the campaign event and instead is just to cancel the campaign event and instead isjust holding conversations with the governor and public health officials, hospital administrators, and those types of people, to discuss the coronavirus trends in arizona. alison steinbach, thank you so much. the legendary british rock group, the rolling stones, have warned president trump that he could face legal action if he continues using one of the band's best—known songs at his campaign rallies. the trump campaign used the song you can't always get what you want at last week's rally in tulsa, 0klahoma. representatives for the group

said that "further steps to exclude" mr trump from using rolling stones material in future presidential campaigning was necessary after previous "cease and desist directives" had been ignored. 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. 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. 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. football, and saturday saw the final round of matches in the bundesliga. germany was the first country in europe to resume action after the coronavirus lockdown. all the games took place behind closed doors,

and it's still not clear when fans will be allowed to return. the bbc‘s tim allman watched the action. a strange season for obvious reasons. but for bayern munich, pretty glorious nonetheless. they wrapped up their league campaign witha they wrapped up their league campaign with a 4—0 away when at wolfsburg. this strike from thomas mueller. their 100th league goal of the season. no fa ns to league goal of the season. no fans to see them lift the title, there eighth bundesliga crown in a row. the german cup and champions league trophy still a possibility. runners—up borussia dortmund and did things in the worst possible fashion. they were spanked 4—0 at home by pop and home. —— hoffenheim. all the goals coming from the croatian striker. not much of a farewell for marion critzer, a was his last game of signal a doona park. data blenheim have given

themselves a chance of avoiding relegation. —— bremen. this 6—1 win over cologne combined with dusseldorf‘s 3—0 defeat means they will now face a play—off, another season in the bundesliga up for grabs. and it was definitely goodbye for striker seymour weiner, who scored twice in a 2—1win over ellsberg, his last appearance before a big—money move to chelsea. next up, the english premier league. he might want to know what will happen in this country when he gets here. well, let's have a look at what he might see. some stunning aerial shots of the uk's red arrows flying off the north east coast of britain. the rafjets carried out a fly past above the coastal town of scarborough to mark armed forces day in the uk. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some

of the team on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. 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.

this is bbc news. 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 is 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 overturned, with the opposition going on to win power. here in the uk, the government is 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. a resident at a glasgow hotel

where six people were stabbed