this is bbc news. i'm aaron safir with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. france consider shutting its border with spain after a huge spike in coronavirus cases sparks fears of more deaths. us federal officials repossess the chinese consulate ordered shut by president trump — as tensions between the us and china continue to escalate. mirroring minneapolis, black lives matter protests in brazil where there were almost six times as many police —related deaths as there were in the us last year. and formula one cancels this season's races in the us, canada, mexico and brazil, blaming high covid rates in the americas.

france has advised its citizens not to travel over the border to spain's north—western region of catalonia because of a rise in coronavirus cases there. nearly half of all new cases over the past two weeks have been in the region and all nightclubs have been ordered to close. paul hawkins reports. on friday, spain's health ministry reported more cases of the virus. paul hawkins reports. the beach in barcelona, the capital of catalonia, working out even though this sign says sports facilities cannot be used. dining out, but little evidence of social distancing. there are fewer people here and in the famous last ramblers compared to last year and those

that are out i wearing mandatory masks. translation: you can tell that the spanish follow the rules on wearing masks more. in belgium, it is not so mandatory but here eve ryo ne not so mandatory but here everyone is wearing it. i think people follow the rules and that the rules are a little more rigid here. but not everyone, it seems, is following the authorities advice a week ago to stay—at—home unless absolutely necessary. that is because catalonia has seen 8000 new coronavirus cases in the past two weeks. that is half of spain's new cases over the same period. while here in aragon, and other spanish region to catalonia, doctors have seen a surge in new cases, too. translation: yes, we are under pressure because the icy us make a very full. in these moments, we have free bed for any patient who might need intensive care because the rebound is not like last time,

which is very good, but they have joined patients with other conditions. that is why the french government have issued this advice. translation: concerning the situation in catalonia, where as you know the health indicators are deteriorating, we strongly encourage french citizens to avoid going there until the health situation improves. we are in discussion with spanish and catalonia authorities so that the flow of travellers on the other direction will be as limited as possible. which is not good news for catalan tourism. the region in north—west spain shares an open border with france. last year, almost a fifth of its tourists we re almost a fifth of its tourists were french, making up more than any other spanish region's visitors. as if that was not bad enough, norway has also

announced a ten day quarantine for anyone returning from spain. catalonia's nightlife has been blamed for the rise in new infections, so from today, all nightclubs, discos and event halls are closed for two weeks. the border, meanwhile, between france and spain remains open but it may not be for much longer if the search continues. lets round—up some of the other main developments: the top infectious disease expert in the united states, doctor anthony fauci, has said he doesn't think a return to universal lockdown is necessary — despite surging coronavirus cases in many parts of the country. doctor fauci said americans hadn't yet given more basic measures a chance to work. president trump has signed executive orders that allow prescription drugs from canada and other countries where prices are cheaper, to be imported into the us. the president says this affects insulin and epi—pens, and that the move would "completely restructure" the prescription drug

market in the us. the united states has announced it will hold the first formal talks with russia on space security since 2013. the announcement follows accusations from the us and britain that russia recently tested an anti—satellite weapon in space. moscow has denied the charge. dozens of journalists at hungary's leading independent news website, index, have resigned, saying the government is attempting to destroy it. the move came after their plea to reinstate the sacked editor was dismissed. he was sacked on tuesday a decision he believes was related to his warnings of outside interference in the website's operations. federal officials have repossessed the chinese consulate in houston, texas, three days after president trump ordered its closure in an escalating diplomatic row. the officials were seen prising open a back door shortly after the us governments eviction deadline. chinese staff earlier cleared the consulate of documents

and other material. washington says the building had been a hub for chinese espionage and intellectual property theft. in response to the closure, china has ordered the us consulate in chengdu to shut down. so where are relations between china, the us — and indeed china and the rest of the world headed? ian bremmer is founder and president of eurasia group. they are deteriorating on almost every front that matters between the two countries whether it is hong kong or taiwan, the south china sea, treatment of uighurs, diplomatic closure and is of consulates, throwing journalists out from both countries, technology, cold war, trade, intellectual property, that is a pretty long list not to mention the fact that the united states blames the chinese for the so—called wuhan flu as secretary pompeo, trump and others have spoken about it. it is also accelerating that deterioration, it is broadly

accepted between both democrats and republicans — there is almost no one you can find in washington who think we should have a softer reset of policy with the chinese and furthermore, increasingly, american allies around the world have their own set of issues with mainland china, so as bad as this year has been for president trump and, of course, he is behind in the polls right now compared tojoe biden, it is a lot worse for the chinese president. let's talk about him briefly. as you said, the us is not the only country with which china is having difficulties right now. china, india, many of its neighbours in the dispute over the south china sea, what is the chinese strategy, do you think, when it comes to foreign policy, its overall objective, and do you think it is succeeding orfailing? you have to mention the uk where i think that the relationship is deteriorating due to this national security law in hong kong rather than boris johnson so profoundly following everything that president trump

wants him to do. i think the chinese came out of this crisis more quickly than any other major economy in the world and they also were able to crush the curve of cases through surveillance and quarantine in a way that other countries were not able to, but still, it is a very difficult situation for xi xinping before we speak internationally because of the cover—up inside china led to a much worse explosion of cases than otherwise would have occurred and a lot of people in china were upset about that. also flat growth in china this year, even with 6% stimulus of gdp is far worse than xi xinping ever thought he was going to have to deal with, so i think there is a level of insecurity in china's own leadership which has led them to become

more reactive, more ethical escalatory and also more risk acceptance when it comes to other countries and foreign policies around the world borisjohnson has conceded that the way the uk government responded to the coronavirus pandemic might have been different, if the nature of the virus had been better understood. in a bbc interview to mark the end of his first year in office, the british prime minister also admitted there were "very open questions" about the timing of the lockdown back in march. he was speaking exclusively to our political editor laura kuenssberg. 366 days in number ten. hi, laura. hello. welcome, welcome. he won an election... sanitiser? we left the eu... you walked through this door as prime minister... but the days have been dominated by a crisis no—one could have imagined — covid—i9. what have you got wrong so that you get it right next time? i think, laura, when you look back at this crisis, everybody can see that this

was something that was new, that we didn't understand in the way that we would have liked in the first few weeks and months, and i think probably, you know, the single thing that we didn't see at the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted asymptomatically from person—to—person, but i am very proud of many of the things that people in our public services did, that members of the public did, to deal with coronavirus. what you are saying today now is that the response was too slow because the disease wasn't understood? i think it's fair to say there are things we need to learn about how we handled it in the early stages. i think what people really want to focus on now, is what are we doing to prepare for the next phase? but, prime minister, people also want to know what happened though, prime minister... you're talking about this as though it is in the past, laura, and it's not, it's the present. hindsight isn'tjust a wonderful thing,

it is also a useful thing. sure. and people want to know what happened. 16,000 people died, who have tested positive, what do you think the mistakes were? we mourn every one of those who lost their lives, and our thoughts are very much with their families, and... were you taking it... and i take full responsibility for everything that government did. your health secretary claimed a protective ring had been thrown round care homes, you know that's not the case. well, we have done a huge amount. it was too late, wasn't it? i mentioned the difficulty of testing, but actually, thanks to the fantastic work of our care home sector, if you look at what is happening now, the number of new outbreaks in care homes is massively down, and we're testing every care home worker weekly... so it'll be different next time? testing every care home worker weekly, every care home resident every 28 days, we will increase testing... what is your priority now?

i mean, you have had this roller coaster year. the priorities are exactly what they always have been. except more so. we are doubling down. covid has taught me that for too long this country has moved too slowly sometimes, so we need to go faster. yes, the country has been going through a very tough time, and psychologically it has been an extraordinary time for the country. but i also know this is a nation of incredible natural resilience, and fortitude, and imagination, and i think we will bounce back really much stronger than ever before. optimism, his familiar trademark. do you see yourself being here for the very long—term ? well, we are working very hard, laura. i thought i'd got through this interview already, folks! but borisjohnson has already discovered the real challenge of life in power is perhaps surprise. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street.

you can see the full interview on the bbc news website. iraq's health system has been worn down by years of war and poor investment and now it's being overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus infections, which were up by 600% last month. fighters from the armed popular mobilisation units, which were formed to fight is, are now being mobilised to bury baghdad s dead, in a new cemetery in the desert. reda el mawy reports. on the cusp of life and death, like many iraqis, jamileh saadoun has endured much in her lifetime. her son has been by her side for the last ten days. he is risking his own life to care for her. and he will stay until she recovers, or until she passes.

in this battle, the doctors are heavily outnumbered. drjafar nassir says he only has half the medics he needs. they are dealing with the double trauma of nursing the sick and putting their families in danger. outside, safir el mehdi is helping someone find the remains of a loved one.

before the outbreak, safir was a taxi driver. now, he drives bodies to the cemetery. none of the usual burial sites will accept the bodies of covid—i9 patients. so, safir drives the bodies to the desert, south of the capital, where a vast new city for the dead has risen from the sands. all 3,000 graves are for victims of the virus. sadly, jamileh, who we filmed with her son a few days ago, did not survive. workers try their best to provide some dignity in death.

the government has been overwhelmed. it has turned to groups who fought so—called islamic state to bury the dead. iraqis are used to conflict, and this fight will get worse before it gets better. reda el mawy, bbc news. this is bbc news. our main headlines: france consider shutting its border with spain after a huge spike of coronavirus infections and catalonia sparking fears of more deaths. us federal officials repossess the chinese consulate ordered shut by president trump as tensions continue to rise. the death of george floyd in police custody in minneapolis had a profound impact across the world, not least in brazil where

last year police killed nearly six times as many people as in the us and which has a long history of racism and slavery. our correspondent, katy watson has been looking at the issues and sent this report from from sao paulo. a week before the death of george floyd, brazilians were mourning one of their own. 14—year—old joao pedro matos pinto was killed while playing with friends, a botched police operation in a rio favela. two deaths thousands of kilometres apart, and millions united in grief and anger. "black lives matter here, too", they said. but history keeps repeating itself. and in the sao paulo favela of americanopolis, people here are hardly living the american dream. guilherme was a 15—year—old with his whole life ahead of him. but a few weeks ago, he disappeared, his body found dumped

on the outskirts of the city. one policeman has since been arrested, the other is still on the run. translation: guilherme was such a good son. he helped me so much with his younger siblings. i'm afraid for my children now, not for me. i don't even have the will to live any more. friends and neighbours have come together but so much has changed. "the police should be protecting us," this woman tells me, "but they don't because of the colour of our skin." guilherme's death devastated this community but it's a reality lived by so many. they're not the first community to suffer and sadly, they won't be the last. the combination of racism, violence and poverty means it's also a reality that few people here think will ever change. brazilians were taught to believe that racism didn't

exist, that everybody got along without being discriminated against. it's what the president jair bolsonaro still believes. due to this myth that everybody is mixed, even black people in brazil sometimes have difficulty to see themselves as black because here it's not only about where you came from, it's the way you look like. so if you look like white, you are going to be treated as white even if your parents are black. that is slowly evolving. unlike the us, black people are the majority in brazil and there is more pride in being black than ever before but change is slow and the pandemic complicates progress. translation: black people are dying from gunshots, from hunger, and now from covid. as long as there's racism, there's no democracy. and fighting for democracy is fighting against

the bolsonaro government. these are hard times. despite the challenges, these past few months have offered a chance for reflection. this in a country where violence and exclusion are so often normalised. racism is being more openly discussed. people here can't ignore it any longer. so, could the winds of change finally move brazil in a new direction? katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. malaysia says the us bank goldman sachs has agreed to pay out nearly four billion dollars to settle a dispute over the troubled state investment fund, one mdb. the finance ministry says that goldman sachs has recognised the misconduct of two of its former employees — claims that they deny. prosecutors allege that malaysia's former prime minister, najib razak spent much of the money on luxury goods. he's also denied wrongdoing.

now some disappointing news for formula i fans. formula one has scrapped this season's races in the united states, canada, mexico and brazil because of the coronavirus pandemic. the organisers believe it would be irresponsible to go ahead with the events, as infection rates in the americas remain high. giselle zarur is a sports reporter for fox deportes, speaking to me earlier she told me these cancellations were a loss for fans as well as the organisers. here in america, we are really struggling with cases. as you know, the us is number one, brazil number two of positive cases, mexico in the top seven. canada may be a little bit far away from those numbers, but it is also a difficult moment for this country and, of course, for formula i to expose the drivers, the teams, to make all that travelling and, of course, it is expensive to travel and to have no spectators and the risk of getting the virus. can

you just give us a sense of... obviously, it is a very big pa rt obviously, it is a very big part of the world and you will have to generalise, butjust a sense of how important formula 1 sense of how important formula iisin sense of how important formula i is in the americas? sense of how important formula 1 is in the americas? well, to be honest, the four races are series stopping moments. the weekends are really big events for those cities, for example, in mexico city, 300,000 people attend the formula 1 grand prix weekend. they are sold out, the tickets are sold out before the event, so they are really massive events. actually, for example, the austin one in texas at the circuit of the americas and mexico are one of the busiest events for formula 1. there are a lot of fans, out—of—town visitors attending

those races. it is a big crash, of course, for tourism because, asi of course, for tourism because, as i told you, during those weekends, mostly 95% of the occupancy in hotels, restau ra nts, occupancy in hotels, restaurants, so it is a big hit for their countries. i wonder if it is a big hit for formula 1 itself, for the industry and the business, having to counsel these events and have to reschedule over in other parts of the world. it's formula 1 going to be damaged by this? yes, it has been damaged already. they have lost many, many races and, of course, without spectators, one of the biggest budgets that they have is from fans, from the paddock club, so formula 1 as an organisation has been losing with this virus. well, there s always room for a feel—good story and this has the hallmarks of all the greats. "a handshake s a handshake" ?

the phrase that s seen long—time friends become overnight millionaires in the us, after their numbers came up in the powerball lottery. tanya dendrinos has more. it's the stuff dreams are made of — cheesy grins and a cheque for $22 million. it's not every day you win the lottery. it was quite an experience when i read the first two or three numbers and i kinda froze and handed to her and she froze. and i said, are you jerking my chain? it is a friendship that has lasted a lifetime, so there was no question when it came to upholding a gentleman's agreement made almost three decades ago. a handshake is a handshake, man. we said when the big win comes, we would split it, not really thinking it would happen. but it did. the odds of winning the powerball jackpot are estimated to be around one in 292 million and for these

graciousjoint winners, it's not about grand plans but the opportunity to enjoy their retirement and make the most of precious time with their families it really begs the question what you would spend the big win on. and just before we go, a question — what do you do if you ve owned a laundry for nearly 70 years and have hundreds of items of clothing that customers have neglected to pick up over the years? well, you could do this. this is chan and siu, from taiwan, both in their eighties, who have gained internet fame for modelling all those left—behind pieces of clothing. their grandson put together the outfits and posted the pictures of instagram, where they have gained more than 140,000 followers. you can also see them on the bbc news website and get much more on many of oui’ bbc news website and get much more on many of our other stories including the latest on the coronavirus situation in

europe and this video on how not to wear a mask. that's it for now. i will be back in a few minutes with the headlines. hello again. i have been looking ahead to the weekend weather prospects. for saturday i don't like particularly what i see. a cloudy day for many, with outbreaks of rain at times. looking at the satellite picture, to the west, you can see how extensive the cloud is, and it is a complex area of low pressure, bringing different zones of rain across the country, with a couple of weather fronts mixed in, pushing east. the first of those, bringing rain at the moment to scotland across wales and england. as that clears, we will be left with low cloud, drizzle for northern ireland and heavier burst of rain and those rather murky conditions will extend to scotland. it will be a humid night with temperatures around 17 or 18 the low for some.

tomorrow, a cloudy start with some drizzle. in the jet stream winds, you can see a dip, responsible for this line of heavy showers extending in across the republic and northern ireland, so some heavy downpours around, and as that dip in thejet stream, the trough hits over the english channel it will cause a wave to develop and there will be a zone of heavy rain across east anglia and the south—east of england, and this rain could push into central and southern england, the midlands, lincolnshire and yorkshire, some of the wettest weather through the afternoon, but some areas will get pretty wet in the east. the cricket will see some interruptions to play for the third test on monday. looks like being a complete wash—out. that is one to watch, as well. through saturday night, outbreaks of rain clearing from east anglia and the south—east. skies clearing for a time, and it will begin to start to turn less humid but temperatures still around 12 or 13 celsius. for sunday, the better half

of the weekend for many of us. a day of sunshine and showers, with lengthy outbreaks of rain working their way into north—west scotland and a breezy day but feeling significantly fresher and more pleasant with more than a ray of sunshine coming through. temperatures for most of us between 17—20, not feeling too bad. into next week, we have a lot of cloud on monday, so it is not exactly triple—a rated weather, we will see some heavy rain as well, and turning drier and warmer as the week goes on.

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this is bbc news, the headlines. france may close its border with spain after a huge spike in coronavirus infections in catalonia. the government has advised its citizens not to travel over the border to spain's north—western regions. more than 900 new cases have been reported they are in the last 2a others. —— last 24—hour is. us federal officials have repossessed the chinese consulate in houston days after president trump ordered its closure, as diplomatic relations between the world's two largest economies continue to deteriorate, china has retaliated by ordering the united states to close its consulate in the city of chongdu. daily black lives matter protests in brazil are continuing after the death of george floyd in police custody in the us.