this is bbc news. on pbs in america, or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughn jones. our top stories: coronavirus infections pass the two million mark in brazil, making it the second worst—hit country after the united states. people often say that this virus isn't visible, but the suffering here is so easy to see. america's top infectious disease specialist pleads with young people to show responsibility over the coronavirus. western governments say russian hackers are trying to steal the research on a covid—19 vaccine. and celebrations as real madrid win their first la liga title in three years, with a game to spare.

hello. welcome to the programme. brazil has now recorded more than two million coronavirus cases as the country struggles to deal with one of the worst outbreaks in the world. in the past few hours, brazil released figures showing that more than 2,012,000 people are now confirmed to have covid—19. the number of people who have died from the virus has risen to more than 76,000. brazil is the second worst—affected country in the world after the us, which has nearly 3,700,000 cases. the brazilian president jair bolsonaro says he has tested positive for a second time, after being re—tested, but despite that, he's encouraging the country to re—open and return to normality. katy watson reports from sao paulo. in these frightening

times, moments of comfort are everything. for two months now, this man has been in intensive care. he only has one working lung. it's unclear if he'll survive. dr andre asks if he's experiencing pain. all he can do is blink to say "yes". these are intense times for everyone. andre works on shift with his wife, dr fernanda. they live this crisis together, 21w. even here, brazil's top infectious diseases hospital, coronavirus has floored them. it was the first hospital to fill up in sao paulo and every day, they are turning more people away. it's not physical, it's psychological, because sometimes we fail and we have to deal with the family pain, and theyjust couldn't see those patients, they're not here for them

when they're dying. it's the loneliness that they feel, even if they are sedated. i feel safe here, more than outside. really? it's a comment that says a lot. the president has shunned social distancing and regularly refused to wear masks, despite them being mandatory. the death toll keeps climbing and even now that he has the virus, he's supportive of shops and restaurants reopening. there is little love for jair bolsonaro on this ward. i think he was the worst thing that we can have in this moment. he was — he is, in fact — irresponsible. he is a person without empathy and he said, "it's not my problem". so it's my problem? in the midst of grief, politics doesn't matter, but everyone is affected. gravediggers tell me

that their work has tripled. no longer do you have hearses bringing in a body, you have vans bringing in five. people often say that this virus isn't visible but the suffering here is so easy to see. i meet ada nielsen in latin america's largest cemetery. he's exhuming bodies today. with burials rising, space is at a premium, so those whose loved ones died more than 3.5 years ago are being asked to collect their bones. "the only thing a gravedigger is afraid of is getting covid," he says. he's been in thejob for 25 years. his hours are long and it's got personal — his uncle was buried here just a few weeks ago. a childhood friend was also lost to covid—i9. ada nielsen says hisjob nowadays is also that of a counsellor, telling families to stay home and stay safe. "if people here understood the point of quarantine,

"we wouldn't be so busy," says ada nielsen. "things would be different." for those who have passed, little chance to rest in peace in these challenging times. katy watson, bbc news, sao paulo. earlier, i spoke to emil kupek, a professor of public health at the university of santa catarina, and started by asking him what his analysis of the situation was. well, we have most parts of brazil still greatly affected by the epidemic. especially in the south of brazil, it has been less, less accelerated so far, and actually these numbers, these official numbers, are certainly far worse because several methods show that they underestimate by at least four or five times the real number

of infected and diseased. if you look at the so—called serious acute respiratory illness, those numbers will tell you that numbers are much higher. there is no other respiratory infection. so notjust on the side of personal suffering, it's also the lack of adequate information on the global and also local level that inhibits other protections. i see. so what do you make more widely of the handling of this? it's a terrible mess because, you see, we have social distancing measures like lockdown, for instance, left to the mayors to decide. and the governors of the

states, we are a federation, they each have their own view of what they should be doing, and obviously they are politically influenced, and so on and so forth, and the federal government is doing something to help financially, but i guess it's fair to say it's too little, too late. they have helped 30% of the population financially but that will not, by itself, curb the epidemic. and how seriously are people taking it there? are people in brazil — are they relaxed about it, are they scared? what's happening? they are very scared. they are very scared, most of them, but they don't have much choice. they have to work, they have

been taking this risk. it's a cruel thing, but about 40% of brazilians, they depend on day—to—day work. they are informal workers, and they have this terrible choice, of not being able to provide to their families, or eventually getting that virus that no—one has exactly seen, you know, with all those fake news. bad examples from key figures, some of them, you know, it doesn't look good. our thanks to emil kupek there. next, america's top infectious disease specialist, dr anthony fauci, has pleaded with young people to show responsibility to wider society over the coronavirus by not gathering in crowds. the united states reported at least 70,000 new covid—i9 cases on thursday. in an interview with

the facebook founder mark zuckerberg, dr fauci said now was not the time to go to bars and have fun. what i would urge — and almost plead — with the younger people for them to understand this and take it seriously. —— because i know if they really understood this they would take it seriously. that you have to have responsibility for yourself, but also a societal responsibility — that you're getting infected is not just you in a vacuum. you are propagating a pandemic. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has more on the record number of cases. every day the figures here seem to get more alarming. the country hit a new record — more than 68,000 new cases of the coronavirus within the space of 2a hours. the states that have been worst affected are still in that position — texas, arizona, florida and california. and today, florida marked

a new grim record for the number of deaths — 156 in the space of 2a hours. so, given those numbers, we are also seeing, what, the opening up, still, relaxing of restrictions? we are in some places, and we are seeing a retreat in others. dr anthony fauci today honed in on young people — and it has been estimated that about 50% of the new coronavirus cases here involve people under the age of 35 — and dr fauci said they bore a societal responsibility, as he put it, to not propagate this pandemic. he urged them to social distance, to wearface masks, and, as you reported earlier, this is not the time, he said, to go to the bars and have fun. but you know what? a lot of people have been going to the bars and having

fun in those states that i mentioned which were among the first to reopen and have since been retreating from that position. david willis. russia has dismissed allegations it tried to steal research into a coronavirus vaccine and meddle in british politics. the uk, the united states and canada say hackers in russia have targeted organisations trying to find a vaccine. separately, the british government says it's "almost certain" there were russian attempts to interfere in the uk's last parliamentary election. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more. today, the government lashed out at russia's spies, accusing them directly of trying to steal vital uk research on the coronavirus pandemic. given that the world is trying to come together to find a vaccine for our own peoples, british people here in the uk, but also for people around the world, i'm afraid it's pretty egregious behaviour and it deserves and it should be called out in the way we're doing today. oxford university has

been leading the world in developing a vaccine. i understand it's one of the labs whose computer systems have been targeted. british intelligence says it's seen hackers trying to steal data from universities, labs and pharmaceutical companies but its cyber security chief told me it's been trying to defend them. we're working flat out to protect vaccine research because it's so important to the nation right now. and with our canadian and american partners, we've seen russian spies who go by the name of cozy bear and the dukes try to hack into the networks, undertaking some of our vital research. so we've been able to detect it. this was russian tv news last night, saying their vaccine, developed jointly with the defence ministry, was nearly ready. the british government is not saying it has confirmation that the russians have actually obtained sensitive data. trials here are under way and it is clear, though, that many countries are racing to find a vaccine, both for national prestige and to avoid being reliant

on others when it's ready. these cyber attacks on labs are said to have been carried out by a group called cozy bear, part of the russian intelligence services. but today, we learned about another operation allegedly linked to russia. this one involved a more shadowy group called secondary infektion, whose exact identity is less clear. it's alleged to have spread information online to interfere with last year's general election. applause. during the campaign, labour presented a leaked document, arguing it showed the nhs was on the table in us—uk trade talks but today, the government said it believed that the russian group was involved in spreading the document. the russian foreign ministry today mocked the allegations as confusing and contradictory, but russia has been long accused of trying to meddle and, according to the analyst who uncovered secondary

infektion‘s work, the group's aim has been to sow division. it's the kind of thing where you can see they're trying to drive wedges between different countries which are critical of the kremlin. and it's interesting that when they did the initial leaks of the trade documents themselves, they didn't actually focus on the nhs. the way they presented the leaks was much more, "here's another case of the americans bullying "the british". reporter: mr corbyn, do you have anything to say about russian disruption? in a statement today, jeremy corbyn said the claim was an attempt to divert attention from a long—overdue parliamentary report on russia expected next week. today's claims are a reminder that even during a global health crisis, hackers and spies remain active, and also that tensions between russia and the uk have not gone away. gordon corera, bbc news. i asked cyber security expert and former us department of defence official tyler cohen wood why the united states, uk and canada decided to make this hacking information public.

i think it's really important they do so because this way, they can warn labs, pharmaceutical companies, universities or anyone that is in any way trying to find a vaccine to take special precautions and to be aware that their systems could be under attack. so what kind of precautions can they — should they be taking? 0bviously, trying not to be too technical on us here. well, some of the things that they can do is make sure that their lab employees know basic cyber security awareness steps, like don't click on suspicious links, but also making sure that all security tools are up to date and patched, that you have the highest security settings for any password or any account that

you use, making sure that if people are working from home, that they micro—segment their networks so that their work computer is on a completely different and more secured network than, say, their alexa or their child's computer, so it is much more secure. and also, make sure that employees are on the look—out for phishing attempts or weird social media types of requests. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: the closest ever pictures of the sun reveal the mini solar flares across its surface. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone has been averted.

emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the 'great white way' by americans, but tonight, it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoined the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines:

coronavirus infections have passed the two million mark in brazil — making it the second worst hit country after the united states. america's top infectious disease specialist pleads with young people to show responsibility over the coronavirus. the vatican has published new guidelines for catholic bishops on how to handle allegations of child sexual abuse by members of the clergy. the twenty—page handbook outlines the steps to be taken from the moment an allegation is reported to the conclusion of the case, but stops short of ordering officials to report the crimes to police. sophia tran—thomson has this report. catholic church has been plagued by sexual abuse scandals for decades. pope francis has made the fight against paedophilia, sexual abuse, and its cover—up in the church, one of the priorities of his pontificate. he held a

summit on the topic last year, passing a landmark measure obliging those who know about sex abuse to to their superiors. now, the vatican has released step—by—step guidelines for bishops and other senior church officials on how to deal with clerical, child sex abuse claims. translation: many times we are asked, what should i do? what must i do? so we thought is requested to us from many different sites, to write a guide, a practical guide so that a bishop or somebody in charge of a religious community who finds himself with this problem, can figure out what to do. how to proceed. the 20 page manual doesn't include any new laws but aims to clarify the existing rules and strengthen advice on reporting crimes to civil authorities. saying it should be done even if not required by law in the country in question. but critics of the church have long insisted that

senior church figures should be ordered, not merely urged, to report crimes. an essay that priests found realty should be permanently removed. the most important thing that the pope could do is introduce zero tolerance, zero tolerance for child sex abuse in the priesthood, and zero tolerance of enabling that abuse in the hierarchy. bishops who enable sexual abuse should be permanently removed and clergy hugh abuse children should be permanently removed from public ministry. for victims of sexual abuse at the hands of the church, the new guidelines won't make up for previous crimes. but for now, the vatican says the handbook is version 1.0 and it will be updated as necessary. sophia tran—thomson, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the us supreme court has ruled that a florida law that restricts voting rights for people with past felony convictions should stand. it means that hundreds

of thousands won't be able to vote in state primaries in august, and possibly the november presidential elections. the florida law requires people with convictions to pay outstanding court debts before being able to register to vote. the fbi has begun an investigation into the hacking of high profile twitter accounts as part of an apparent bitcoin scam. among its victims were barack 0bama, kanye west and bill gates. twitter said the attack took place after employees with access to internal systems were targeted. soldiers in southern china are racing to reinforce riverbanks with sandbags while residents flee the worst—hit areas. since the flood season began injune, 33 rivers in china have reached their highest levels in history. at least 1111 people have died. scientists have revealed the closest images ever taken

of the sun, which show mini solar flares, called campfires, dotted across its surface. the pictures were captured by the solar 0rbiter spacecraft — as our science correspondent, rebecca morelle reports. 0ur sun seen in remarkable close—up detail. these images taken by solar 0rbiter reveal something we've never seen before, small solar flares across the whole surface, which scientists have called 'campfires‘. seeing these images for the first time was breathtaking, and when we look at the sun in these images we are able to see explosions happening all throughout the sun's atmosphere and we weren't expecting to see that. and that's the beauty of it, finding new things for the first time, seeing the sun in a new way, in a way we couldn't have imagined. clear the tower... the spacecraft started its mission in february. built in the uk, it's designed to cope with extreme temperatures as it

nears our star. the earth is about 93 million miles from the sun and other missions have taken solar pictures from just above our planet. but on its first pass, solar 0rbiter got much closer, within 48 million miles. and over the next two years it's heading closer still, within 25 million miles of the sun. this will give us a totally new view. in the next few years we will actually be able to pull up and look down on the sun above the north pole, and then later on at the south pole, and we've never done that before, we've never ta ken pictures of the north and south poles. and it could be dramatically differen to what we see around the equator. today's images are just a glimpse of what is to come. the hope is this mission will finally shed light on our star. rebecca morelle, bbc news. in football, real madrid have won their first la liga title in three years. the team beat villarreal 2—1,

playing to an empty stadium in the spanish capital because of the coronavirus pandemic. james ra nsley reports. it's been great, completely differently but is excellent. at the heart of the city, the city's fountain the traditional meeting spot for rialto's celebration. but with spain in the grips of a pandemic, fans we re the grips of a pandemic, fans were being discouraged from recovering in large numbers. around 300 police officers stationed at the fountain. translation: it's a bit sad, you know. when i came here last year, it was full and even the players came. now they are not coming and it's a bit sad for the fans. behind closed doors and a 6000 seat stadium, it was perhaps not the grand crowning victory club would have

imagined. benzema was in excellent form and got a goal. and then sergio ramos tried to do what a player did so long ago and tapped it to benzema. that had to be taken as benzema got into the box too early. he put the ball down and took himself to make it two — zero. the got one back, villarreal, but a 2—1 went to crown them as champions of la liga. fans watch the match in bars and cafes all across the spanish capital. translation: we cannot celebrate as we would like to but we always keep ourjoy as madrid fans in our hearts. real madrid fans in our hearts. real madrid ending a three year wait to ta ke madrid ending a three year wait to take back the spanish title ina to take back the spanish title in a homecoming of sorts. james ransley, bbc news. that's about it from me for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones.

you can give me your thoughts about what is happening at the world at any time. this is bbc news. goodbye. hello again. well, some places stayed cloudy on thursday. there was more sunshine more widely, and it was a warmer day as well. the temperature reached 26 celsius in hampshire during the afternoon. well, the temperatures weren't far behind actually in the north—east of scotland, helped by over eight hours of sunshine. let me set the scene for you, because at the moment, we've still got warm and humid air across the uk. that weather front is bringing some patchy rain and drizzle. to the north of it, it's cooler, fresher air. that will move southwards over the next few days as the band of cloud and patchy rain moves southwards. and that rain is pushing its way down into scotland and northern ireland. england and wales still dry early in the morning.

quite warm and humid start to the day. that cloud and mostly light rain will continue to trickle southwards across scotland, across northern ireland, eventually into northern england and later into north wales. to the north across northern scotland, it'll brighten up. there'll be some sunshine. not quite as warm as it was on thursday, but still 20—21. further south, there's a rain band across england and wales, some sunny spells, turning out to be quite warm. 26 or even 27 in the south—east of england. now, that weather front bringing that cloud and rain will continue to move southwards overnight and into the start of the weekend. it's a painfully slow process, mind you, and we'll see that rain moving away from much of northern england as it heads into wales, through the midlands, perhaps lincolnshire and eventually the south—west of england. the rain does tend to die out in most places. still dry towards the south—east, still quite warm here. temperatures perhaps 2a degrees or so, but further north, we've got that cooler air moving down and temperatures will continue to just drop away a little bit. for the second half of the weekend, we see that weather front continuing down towards the south—east. as it arrives here on saturday night, the rain could turn steadier and heavier. once that rain clears away, we're all getting into that

cooler and fresher air from the north—west. but still some rain to begin with on sunday morning across east anglia and the south—east. once that clears away, we'll have some sunny spells. maybe a few showers around, mostly towards the north—west of scotland. many places will be dry in the afternoon, but the air is cooler and fresher everywhere. we've got temperatures typically 16—20 celsius. that's a little below par for this time of the year, and we'll keep those sort of temperatures for the early part of next week. maybe one or two showers around, but many places, i think, will be dry. we're going to find some spells of sunshine at times. goodbye.

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the number of coronavirus cases recorded in brazil has passed two million. the country has been hit especially hard by the disease. many people have blamed presidentjair bolsonaro, who has consistently played down the severity of covid—19. nearly 77,000 brazilians have died from the virus. america's top infectious disease specialist, dr anthony fauci, has pleaded with young people not to gather in crowds as the number of daily coronavirus infections hits a new record of 68,000. over 970 people have died in the same period. russia has dismissed allegations that it's attempted to steal research into a coronavirus vaccine and meddled in last year's general election in britain. the uk, the united states and canada say russian hackers have targeted teams of scientists trying to find a treatment for covid—19.

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