this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america, or around the globe. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: in the us, states reimpose restrictions as coronavirus cases increase. business owners say it is a devastating blow. we did everything. we — 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 sucess all the same, as bayern munich take germany's bundesliga title

for the eighth consecutive season. welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds. our top stories: 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 has also affected the election campaign. 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. we — our staff were wearing 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.

the experience in the states of easing of restrictions followed by the tightening up of them if infections rise could become the new normal for many other places unless a vaccine is developed. more than $7 billion have been pledged by world leaders and private investors at a fundraising summit to help find one. the event hosted b 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 is being 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. 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. 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 chokehold 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 2 million people. at least two people have been killed and four others injured in a shooting in northern california. a gunman rammed his vehicle into a walmart distribution centre and opened fire on employees during a shift change. the gunman, who was carrying an assault rifle, was shot by police soon after. emergency services are at the scene in the city of red bluff, 200km north of the state capital, sacramento. thousands of people have gathered across england to mark the first anniversary of the death of a 12—year—old refugee girl who drowned in a river in greater manchester. shukri abdi came to the uk in 2017.

herfamily does not believe her death in the river irwell last june was an accident. 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 overturned and the opposition has gone on to win power. reged ahmad 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. 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 the fresh poll, he has also complained of irregularities. but some of the governing party's election monitors have been attacked by the opposition, with 15 now missing. sadly, as we have seen, 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. 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. the 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. you know, they've 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 6july, 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, you know, 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're going to guarantee they're 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. and we're not talking about throwing it open to the entire world, but 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. 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, but 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 is 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 is leading an unprecedented coalition for uncertain times. chris page, bbc news, dublin. partial results in iceland's presidential election are showing that the incumbent, gudnijohannesson, has won 90% of the vote, giving him a second four—year term. polls had predicted a landslide victory for the former history professor. he was challenged by a businessman. 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 2.5 million people have now been told they have covid—19. let's stay with that story now.

staying in the us now, and 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 your face 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. the views of some palm beach residents. mack bernard is a palm beach county commissioner and one of the officials who voted to make face—coverings 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 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, 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. the legendary british rock group, the rolling stones, has warned president trump that he could face legal action if he continues using one of the bands‘ best known songs at his campaign rallies. # you can't always get what you want... 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. 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 with a 4—0 away when at wolfsburg. this strike from thomas muller their 100th league goal of the season. no fans to see them lift the title, their eighth bundesliga crown in a row. the german cup and champions league trophy still a possibility. runners—up borussia dortmund ended things in the worst possible fashion. they were spanked 4—0 at home by hoffenheim, all the goals coming from the croatian striker andrej kramaric.

not much of a farewell for mario gotze, in what was his last game at signal iduna park. werder bremen have given themselves a chance of avoiding relegation. this 6—1win over cologne, combined with dusseldorf‘s 3—0 defeat at union berlin, means they will now face a play—off, another season in the bundesliga up for grabs. and it was definitely auf wiedersehen for rb leipzig striker timo werner. he scored twice in a 2—1win over augsburg, his last appearance before a big—money move to chelsea. next stop, the english premier league. tim allman, 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 flypast 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. a reminder of our top story. the united states now has more than 2.5 million cases confirmed of covid—19. the spike has brought with it a return to strict restrictions in some of the states that had reopened, in particular, the southern states. florida has passed 10,000 infections while arizona in the west much its earlier record of 3500 new cases. ‘— earlier record of 3500 new cases. —— matched. the spike in infections has also affected the presidential campaign in the presidential campaign in the run—up to the vote in november. campaign events planned by vice president mike pence in arizona and in florida, which will both be battleground states in november, have been cancelled. we will of course continue to keep an eye on events in those states in the united states. i am on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews.

do send me a message if you would like, or look at our website. to stay with bbc news. 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.

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.